ABBOTT LABORATORIES — Director's Dealing 2005

Feb 23, 2005

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ABBOTT LABORATORIES (ABT)
CIK: 0000001800
Period of Report: 2005-02-18

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

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2005-02-18	Common shares without par value	A	46400	$46.34	Acquired	297400	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2005-02-18	Option (right to buy)	$46.34	A	313200	Acquired	2015-02-17	common shares (313200)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

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

Footnotes

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

F2: Balance in the Abbott Laboratories Stock Retirement Trust as of February 17, 2005.

F3: The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of all securities held by his wife.

F4: Employee stock option granted pursuant to the Abbott Laboratories 1996 Incentive Stock Program in a transaction exempt from Section 16(b) under Rule 16b-3. The option becomes exercisable in annual increments of 104,400 on 2/18/06, 104,400 on 2/18/07 and 104,400 on 2/18/08.