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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 30, 2001.  </B></FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=2><B> Registration No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=5><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>Washington, D.C. 20549  </B></FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=5><B>Form&nbsp;S-8<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
Under<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933  </B></FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=5><B>Abbott Laboratories<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="49%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Illinois<BR> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(State or other jurisdiction of<BR>
incorporation or organization)</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="49%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>36-0698440<BR> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
Identification No.)</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="49%" ALIGN="CENTER"><BR><FONT SIZE=2><B>Abbott Laboratories<BR>
100 Abbott Park Road<BR>
Abbott Park, Illinois<BR> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="49%" ALIGN="CENTER"><BR><FONT SIZE=2><B>60064-6400<BR> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Zip Code)</FONT></TD>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=4><B>ABBOTT LABORATORIES ASHLAND UNION 401(K) PLAN<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Full Title of the Plan) </FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Jose M. de Lasa<BR>
Abbott Laboratories<BR>
100 Abbott Park Road<BR>
Abbott Park, Illinois 60064-6400<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Name and address of agent for service) </FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>Telephone
number, including area code, of agent for service: </FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>(847) 937-5200  </B></FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B> CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE  </B></FONT></P>

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<TH WIDTH="36%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Title of Securities to be Registered<BR> </B></FONT><BR></TH>
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<TH WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Amount to be Registered</B></FONT><BR></TH>
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<TH WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share(a)<BR> </B></FONT><BR></TH>
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<TH WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price(a)<BR> </B></FONT><BR></TH>
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<TD WIDTH="36%"><FONT SIZE=2>Common shares (without par value)</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>75,000</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>$53.78</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>$4,033,500</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>$965</FONT></TD>
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<DT><FONT SIZE=2>(a)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>In
addition, pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416(c)&nbsp;under the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests offered or sold
pursuant to the employee benefit plan named herein. The filing fee has been calculated in accordance with Rule&nbsp;457(c)&nbsp;based on the average of the high and low prices of Registrant's
Common Shares reported in the consolidated reporting system on November&nbsp;27, 2001. </FONT></DD></DL>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>The
contents of Abbott Laboratories Ashland Union 401(K) Plan Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 (File no.&nbsp;333-13091) are incorporated herein by reference. </FONT></P>

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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>SIGNATURES    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2><I>The Registrant</I></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in unincorporated Lake County, and State of Illinois, on November&nbsp;29, 2001. </FONT></P>

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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>MILES D. WHITE</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="48%"><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Miles D. White,<BR></FONT> <FONT SIZE=2><I>Chairman of the Board and<BR>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Miles D. White and Jose&nbsp;M. de Lasa,&nbsp;Esq., and each of them, as his or her true
and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all
amendments to this registration statement, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and
agent full power and authority to do and perform each act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated. </FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="44%"><BR><FONT SIZE=2>/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>MILES D. WHITE</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Miles D. White</FONT></TD>
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Chairman of the Board,<BR>
Chief Executive Officer,<BR>
and Director</FONT></TD>
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November&nbsp;29, 2001</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>JEFFREY M. LEIDEN</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Jeffrey M. Leiden, M.D., Ph.D.</FONT></TD>
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Executive Vice President,<BR>
Pharmaceuticals, Chief Scientific<BR>
Officer and Director</FONT></TD>
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November&nbsp;29, 2001</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>THOMAS C. FREYMAN</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Thomas C. Freyman</FONT></TD>
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Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>GREG W. LINDER</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Greg W. Linder</FONT></TD>
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Vice President and Controller (Principal Accounting Officer)</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>ROXANNE S. AUSTIN</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Roxanne S. Austin</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>H. LAURANCE FULLER</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> H. Laurance Fuller</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>JACK M. GREENBERG</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Jack M. Greenberg</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>DAVID A. L. OWEN</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> David A. L. Owen</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>BOONE POWELL, JR.</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Boone Powell, Jr.</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>A. BARRY RAND</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> A. Barry Rand</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>W. ANN REYNOLDS</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> W. Ann Reynolds</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>ROY S. ROBERTS</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Roy S. Roberts</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>WILLIAM D. SMITHBURG</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> William D. Smithburg</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>JOHN R. WALTER</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> John R. Walter</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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November&nbsp;29, 2001<BR></FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2><I>The Plan</I></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Abbott Laboratories Ashland Union
401(K) Plan has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in unincorporated Lake County, and State of Illinois, on the 29th day
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ABBOTT LABORATORIES ASHLAND<BR>
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ABBOTT LABORATORIES<BR>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>THOMAS C. FREYMAN</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Thomas C. Freyman</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>GREG W. LINDER</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Greg W. Linder</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>THOMAS M. WASCOE</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Thomas M. Wascoe</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="89%"><FONT SIZE=2>Abbott Laboratories Ashland Union 401(K) Plan.</FONT></TD>
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Opinion of Jose M. de Lasa, as to the legality of the securities being issuedand the compliance of the Program with the requirements of ERISA.</FONT></TD>
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23.1</FONT></TD>
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Consent of counsel, Jose M. de Lasa, is included in his opinion.</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP.</FONT></TD>
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23.3</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Deloitte&nbsp;&amp; Touche GmbH.</FONT></TD>
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23.4</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Ernst&nbsp;&amp; Young.</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Asahi&nbsp;&amp; Co.</FONT></TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 30, 2001.
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Abbott Laboratories
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Illinois
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
36-0698440
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
Abbott Laboratories
100 Abbott Park Road
Abbott Park, Illinois
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
60064-6400
(Zip Code)
ABBOTT LABORATORIES ASHLAND UNION 401(K) PLAN
(Full Title of the Plan)
Jose M. de Lasa
Abbott Laboratories
100 Abbott Park Road
Abbott Park, Illinois 60064-6400
(Name and address of agent for service)
Telephone
number, including area code, of agent for service:
(847) 937-5200
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities to be Registered
Amount to be Registered
Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share(a)
Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price(a)
Amount of Registration Fee(a)
Common shares (without par value)
75,000
$53.78
$4,033,500
$965
(a)
In
addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests offered or sold
pursuant to the employee benefit plan named herein. The filing fee has been calculated in accordance with Rule 457(c) based on the average of the high and low prices of Registrant's
Common Shares reported in the consolidated reporting system on November 27, 2001.
The
contents of Abbott Laboratories Ashland Union 401(K) Plan Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File no. 333-13091) are incorporated herein by reference.
SIGNATURES
The Registrant
. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in unincorporated Lake County, and State of Illinois, on November 29, 2001.
ABBOTT LABORATORIES
By:
/s/
MILES D. WHITE
Miles D. White,
Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Miles D. White and Jose M. de Lasa, Esq., and each of them, as his or her true
and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all
amendments to this registration statement, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and
agent full power and authority to do and perform each act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/
MILES D. WHITE
Miles D. White
Chairman of the Board,
Chief Executive Officer,
and Director
November 29, 2001
/s/
JEFFREY M. LEIDEN
Jeffrey M. Leiden, M.D., Ph.D.
Executive Vice President,
Pharmaceuticals, Chief Scientific
Officer and Director
November 29, 2001
/s/
THOMAS C. FREYMAN
Thomas C. Freyman
Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)
November 29, 2001
/s/
GREG W. LINDER
Greg W. Linder
Vice President and Controller (Principal Accounting Officer)
November 29, 2001
/s/
ROXANNE S. AUSTIN
Roxanne S. Austin
Director
November 29, 2001
/s/
H. LAURANCE FULLER
H. Laurance Fuller
Director
November 29, 2001
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/s/
JACK M. GREENBERG
Jack M. Greenberg
Director
November 29, 2001
/s/
DAVID A. JONES
David A. Jones
Director
November 29, 2001
/s/
DAVID A. L. OWEN
David A. L. Owen
Director
November 29, 2001
/s/
BOONE POWELL, JR.
Boone Powell, Jr.
Director
November 29, 2001
/s/
A. BARRY RAND
A. Barry Rand
Director
November 29, 2001
/s/
W. ANN REYNOLDS
W. Ann Reynolds
Director
November 29, 2001
/s/
ROY S. ROBERTS
Roy S. Roberts
Director
November 29, 2001
/s/
WILLIAM D. SMITHBURG
William D. Smithburg
Director
November 29, 2001
/s/
JOHN R. WALTER
John R. Walter
Director
November 29, 2001
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The Plan
. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Abbott Laboratories Ashland Union
401(K) Plan has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in unincorporated Lake County, and State of Illinois, on the 29th day
of November, 2001.
ABBOTT LABORATORIES ASHLAND
UNION 401(K) PLAN
By:
ABBOTT LABORATORIES
EMPLOYEE BENEFIT BOARD OF
REVIEW
/s/
THOMAS C. FREYMAN
Thomas C. Freyman
/s/
GREG W. LINDER
Greg W. Linder
/s/
THOMAS M. WASCOE
Thomas M. Wascoe
Being all of the Members of the Abbott Laboratories Employee Benefit Board of Review
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
Description
4
Abbott Laboratories Ashland Union 401(K) Plan.
5
Opinion of Jose M. de Lasa, as to the legality of the securities being issuedand the compliance of the Program with the requirements of ERISA.
23.1
Consent of counsel, Jose M. de Lasa, is included in his opinion.
23.2
Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP.
23.3
Consent of Deloitte & Touche GmbH.
23.4
Consent of Ernst & Young.
23.5
Consent of Asahi & Co.
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Power of Attorney is included on the signature page.
S–5
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