Holding in Company

AstraZeneca PLC
3 July 2001

COMPANIES ACT 1985 SECTION 198
DISCLOSURE OF INTEREST IN VOTING SHARES IN PUBLIC COMPANIES

ON 2 JULY 2001 WE WERE INFORMED THAT AS OF 28 JUNE 2001, BARCLAYS PLC, THROUGH
ITS SUBSIDIARY BARCLAYS BANK PLC, NO LONGER HAD A NOTIFIABLE INTEREST IN THE
USD0.25 ORDINARY SHARES OF ASTRAZENECA PLC. 

G H R MUSKER
COMPANY SECRETARY
3 JULY 2001