Purchase of Own Securities

AstraZeneca PLC
10 December 1999


REPURCHASE OF SHARES IN ASTRAZENECA PLC

AstraZeneca PLC announces that on 9 December 1999, it purchased for
cancellation 162,000 ordinary shares of AstraZeneca PLC at a price of 2726.78
pence per share.


G H R Musker
Company Secretary