ABBOTT LABORATORIES — Director's Dealing 2004

Jan 26, 2004

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ABBOTT LABORATORIES (ABT)
CIK: 0000001800
Period of Report: 2003-07-16

Reporting Person: FREYMAN THOMAS C (Senior Vice President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2003-07-16	Common shares without par value	G	480	—	Disposed	155614	Direct
2004-01-22	Common shares without par value	M	10216	$19.57	Acquired	165830	Direct
2004-01-22	Common shares without par value	M	26666	$34.70	Acquired	192496	Direct
2004-01-22	Common shares without par value	F	27773	$43.70	Disposed	164723	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2004-01-22	Option (right to buy)	$19.57	M	10216	Disposed	2005-04-27	Common shares (10216)	Direct
2004-01-22	Option (right to buy)	$34.70	M	26666	Disposed	2010-02-10	Common shares (26666)	Direct
2004-01-22	Option (right to buy)	$43.70	A	23199	Acquired	2010-02-10	Common shares (23199)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common shares without par value	15903	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Balance in the Abbott Laboratories Stock Retirement Trust as of January 22, 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.