ABBOTT LABORATORIES — Director's Dealing 2004

Feb 19, 2004

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ABBOTT LABORATORIES (ABT)
CIK: 0000001800
Period of Report: 2004-02-17

Reporting Person: BEGLEY CHRISTOPHER B (Senior Vice President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2004-02-17	Common shares without par value	M	29999	$35.36	Acquired	262505	Direct
2004-02-17	Common shares without par value	F	26381	$44.31	Disposed	236124	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2004-02-17	Option (right to buy)	$35.36	M	29999	Disposed	2013-02-13	common shares (29999)	Direct
2004-02-17	Option (right to buy)	$44.31	A	26381	Acquired	2013-02-13	common shares (26381)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common shares without par value	13933	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Balance in the Abbott Laboratories Stock Retirement Trust as of February 13, 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.