AstraZeneca PLC
28 March 2006
Dealing by Directors
Companies Act 1985 Sections 324/329
We hereby inform you that on 24 March 2006 the following Directors of
AstraZeneca PLC were each granted an award under the terms of the AstraZeneca
Performance Share Plan over the Company's USD0.25 Ordinary Shares.
Target number of Award price Total interest in Percentage of
shares awarded per share Normal vesting shares after this shares in issue
date award
Name of Director
D R Brennan 73,109 2975p 24 March 2009 See below See below
J R Symonds 41,646 2975p 24 March 2009 108,430 0.007%
J S Patterson 32,319 2975p 24 March 2009 81,390 0.005%
The AstraZeneca Performance Share Plan was approved by shareholders at the
Company's AGM in 2005. Awards made under the Plan may not generally vest before
the third anniversary of the relevant date of grant nor unless the specified
performance target(s) have been met at the end of the three year period which,
for this award, is 1 January 2006 to 31 December 2008.
The performance target that applies to this award is the Company's Total
Shareholder Return ('TSR') compared to the TSR of a selected peer group of 12
other pharmaceutical companies. The actual number of shares to which a
participant may become unconditionally entitled will depend on the extent to
which the performance target(s) have been met. A summary of the Plan, including
a more detailed explanation of the performance target(s), can be found in the
AstraZeneca Annual Report and Form 20-F Information 2005 which is available on
the Company's website www.astrazeneca.com.
On 25 March 2005, David R Brennan, a Director of the Company, became
unconditionally entitled to a final award of 31,780 American Depositary Shares
(ADSs) on the partial vesting of an original target award of 33,104 ADSs, which
were awarded to him in March 2003 under the terms of the AstraZeneca US
Executive Performance Share Plan. Mr Brennan has ceased to have an interest in
the 1,324 ADSs of the original target award that did not vest. The closing
price of AstraZeneca ADSs on 24 March 2006 was US$51.73. One ADS equals one
Ordinary Share. In total, Mr Brennan now has an interest in 79,461 Ordinary
Shares and 170,764 ADSs which together represent approximately 0.016% of the
number of shares currently in issue.
G H R Musker
Company Secretary
28 March 2006
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