ABBOTT LABORATORIES — Director's Dealing 2004

Apr 20, 2004

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ABBOTT LABORATORIES (ABT)
CIK: 0000001800
Period of Report: 2004-04-16

Reporting Person: WASCOE THOMAS M (Senior Vice President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2004-04-16	Common shares without par value	M	19127	$34.70	Acquired	79676	Direct
2004-04-16	Common shares without par value	F	16685	$43.97	Disposed	62991	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2004-04-16	Option (right to buy)	$34.70	M	12741	Disposed	2010-02-10	common shares (12741)	Direct
2004-04-16	Option (right to buy)	$34.70	M	6386	Disposed	2010-02-10	common shares (6386)	Direct
2004-04-16	Option (right to buy)	$43.97	A	16685	Acquired	2010-02-10	common shares (16685)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common shares without par value	8990	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Balance in the Abbott Laboratories Stock Retirement Trust as of April 16, 2004.

F2: Employee stock option granted pursuant to the Abbott Laboratories 1996 Incentive Stock Program, including a replacement option feature, in a transaction exempt from Section 16(b) under Rule 16b-3.