ABBOTT LABORATORIES — Director's Dealing 2005

Apr 19, 2005

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ABBOTT LABORATORIES (ABT)
CIK: 0000001800
Period of Report: 2005-04-15

Reporting Person: DEMPSEY WILLIAM G (Senior Vice President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2005-04-15	Common shares without par value	M	35468	$33.2314	Acquired	178377	Direct
2005-04-15	Common shares without par value	F	28771	$48.29	Disposed	149606	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2005-04-15	Option (right to buy)	$33.2314	M	35468	Disposed	2013-02-13	common shares (35468)	Direct
2005-04-15	Option (right to buy)	$48.29	A	28771	Acquired	2013-02-13	common shares (28771)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common shares without par value	10126	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Balance in the Abbott Laboratories Stock Retirement Trust as of April 15, 2005.

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 under Rule 16b-3.