Notice of Results

AstraZeneca PLC
27 July 2005

AstraZeneca second quarter and half year results 2005

Tomorrow, Thursday, 28 July 2005 AstraZeneca will be releasing its second
quarter and half year results for 2005 at 11:00bst.

An analysts' presentation of the second quarter and half year results will take
place at 13:00bst.  You will be able to access the presentation via two routes:

1) Audio webcast (available at www.astrazeneca.com).  You will be able to email
questions to the presenters during the Q&A session.  If you wish to take part in
the Q&A session live rather than by e-mail you will need to dial in to the
teleconference, details below.

2) Teleconference for which the numbers are in the UK: 0800 279 9640,
International: [phone] and for the US: 866 850 2201.  Printable .pdf
versions (b/w) of slides will be available to download on the AstraZeneca
Investor Relations website (www.astrazeneca.com/node/investor.aspx) 15 minutes
before the analysts presentation begins.

Details of the teleconference and webcast replay facilities available until
Monday, 8 August are available on the Investor Relations part of the AstraZeneca
website at www.astrazeneca.com.


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