Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 7739H

AstraZeneca PLC

26 February 2010

 



Transaction by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities

Disclosure Rule DTR 3.1.4

We hereby inform you that on 25 February 2010, the following Directors acquired an interest in the USD0.25 Ordinary Shares of AstraZeneca PLC.  The interest arises as a result of the previously disclosed arrangements relating to the payment of annual bonuses whereby each individual is required to defer a portion of the bonus earned into shares for a period of three years.  The shares were allocated at a price of 2817.5 pence per share.  The individuals will become beneficially entitled to these shares on 25 February 2013.

Name	Number of shares awarded	Total interest in shares after this allocation	Percentage of shares in issue
D Brennan	20,718	See below	See below
S Lowth	9,760	150,003	0.01%

Mr Brennan has interests in both the Ordinary Shares and the American Depositary Shares (ADSs) of AstraZeneca PLC.  One ADS equals one Ordinary Share.

As a result of this transaction, Mr Brennan's interest is now 516,713 Ordinary Shares and 78,027 AstraZeneca ADSs, which together represent approximately 0.04% of the Company's issued ordinary capital.

A C N Kemp

Company Secretary

26 February 2010

 

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