ABBOTT LABORATORIES — Director's Dealing 2004

Jan 2, 2004

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ABBOTT LABORATORIES (ABT)
CIK: 0000001800
Period of Report: 2003-12-31

Reporting Person: MCCULLOUGH GARY E (Senior Vice President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2003-12-31	Common shares without par value	A	40000	$46.62	Acquired	40000	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2003-12-31	Option (right to buy)	$46.62	A	100000	Acquired	2013-12-30	Common shares (100000)	Direct

Footnotes

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

F2: Employee stock options 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 33,334, 33,333, and 33,333 beginning on December 31, 2004, the first anniversary date of the grant.