Directors' Dealings

AstraZeneca PLC
1 March 2000

DEALING BY DIRECTORS
COMPANIES ACT 1985 SECTION 324/329

ASTRAZENECA PLC ANNOUNCES THAT ON 29 FEBRUARY 2000 IT WAS NOTIFIED BY MR KARL
VON DER HEYDEN, A DIRECTOR OF THE COMPANY, THAT ON 28 FEBRUARY 2000 HE
PURCHASED 10,000 AMERICAN DEPOSITARY SHARES OF THE COMPANY AT USD33.625 PER
SHARE. EACH AMERICAN DEPOSITARY SHARE REPRESENTS ONE USD0.25 ORDINARY SHARE OF
THE COMPANY. THIS PURCHASE BRINGS MR VON DER HEYDEN'S TOTAL INTEREST TO 20,000
SHARES WHICH REPRESENTS 0.001 PER CENT OF THE ISSUED SHARES.