ABBOTT LABORATORIES — Director's Dealing 2005

Mar 11, 2005

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ABBOTT LABORATORIES (ABT)
CIK: 0000001800
Period of Report: 2005-03-08

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

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2005-03-08	Common shares without par value	M	3643	$27.4328	Acquired	301043	Direct
2005-03-08	Common shares without par value	M	3065	$32.6111	Acquired	304108	Direct
2005-03-08	Common shares without par value	M	10653	$39.9791	Acquired	314761	Direct
2005-03-08	Common shares without par value	M	45113	$33.2314	Acquired	359874	Direct
2005-03-08	Common shares without par value	F	51270	$46.65	Disposed	308604	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2005-03-08	Option (right to buy)	$27.4328	M	3643	Disposed	2007-02-13	common shares (3643)	Direct
2005-03-08	Option (right to buy)	$32.6111	M	3065	Disposed	2010-02-10	common shares (3065)	Direct
2005-03-08	Option (right to buy)	$39.9791	M	10653	Disposed	2005-04-27	common shares (10653)	Direct
2005-03-08	Option (right to buy)	$33.2314	M	45113	Disposed	2013-02-13	common shares (45113)	Direct
2005-03-08	Option (right to buy)	$46.65	A	2142	Acquired	2007-02-13	common shares (2142)	Direct
2005-03-08	Option (right to buy)	$46.65	A	2142	Acquired	2010-02-10	common shares (2142)	Direct
2005-03-08	Option (right to buy)	$46.65	A	37256	Acquired	2013-02-13	common shares (37256)	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 March 9, 2005.

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

F3: 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.