ABBOTT LABORATORIES — Director's Dealing 2004

Feb 24, 2004

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ABBOTT LABORATORIES (ABT)
CIK: 0000001800
Period of Report: 2004-02-20

Reporting Person: GONZALEZ RICHARD A (Director, President and COO)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2004-02-20	Common shares without par value	A	40000	$43.66	Acquired	257688	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2004-02-20	Option (right to buy)	$43.66	A	270000	Acquired	2014-02-19	common shares (270000)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common shares without par value	16663	Indirect
Common shares without par value	15266	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: These shares represent a restricted stock award under the Abbott Laboratories 1996 Incentive Stock Program in a transaction exempt from Section 16(b) under Rule 16b-3. The award includes the right to have stock withheld for tax purposes.

F2: Balance in the Abbott Laboratories Stock Retirement Trust as of February 20, 2004.

F3: The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of all securities held by his wife.

F4: 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. The option becomes exercisable in annual increments of 1/3, 1/3, and 1/3 beginning on February 20, 2005, the first anniversary date of the grant.