SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 11-K
(Mark One)
[ X ] ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15 (d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 (FEE REQUIRED)
For the fiscal year ended
December 31, 1993
OR
[ ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 (FEE REQUIRED)
For the transition period ______ to ______
Commission file number 33-51585
A. Full title of Plan and the address of the plan, if different
from that of the issuer named below:
ABBOTT LABORATORIES STOCK RETIREMENT PLAN
B. Name of issuer of securities held pursuant to the plan and the address of
its principal executive office:
ABBOTT LABORATORIES
One Abbott Park Road
Abbott Park, Illinois 60064-3500
The information required by Item 4 of Form 11-K was filed on June 27, 1994
in paper with the Securities and Exchange Commission under cover of Form SE
pursuant to General Instruction E to Form 11-K and Item 311(c) of
Regulation S-T.
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EXHIBITS
23 Consent of Independent Public Accountants
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, the trustees have duly caused this annual report to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Abbott Laboratories Stock
Retirement Plan
Date: June 28, 1994 By: /s/ Thomas C. Freyman
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Thomas C. Freyman, Chairman
of the Trustees and Trustee
EXHIBIT 23
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the incorporation of our
report dated April 16, 1994 included in this Form 11-K, into the Company's
previously filed S-8 Registration Statements for the Abbott Laboratories 1981
Incentive Stock Program (Number 2-79691), the Abbott Laboratories 1991 Incentive
Stock Program (Number 33-39798), and the Abbott Laboratories Stock Retirement
Plan and Trust (Numbers 33-26685, 33-50452 and 33-51585).
/s/ Arthur Andersen & Co.
Chicago, Illinois,
June 16, 1994