ABBOTT LABORATORIES — Director's Dealing 2005

May 17, 2005

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ABBOTT LABORATORIES (ABT)
CIK: 0000001800
Period of Report: 2005-04-20

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

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2005-04-20	Common shares without par value	G	1967	—	Disposed	306637	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common shares without par value	17071	Indirect
Common shares without par value	15266	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Balance in the Abbott Laboratories Stock Retirement Trust as of May 11, 2005.

F2: The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of all securities held by his wife.