Purchase of Own Securities

AstraZeneca PLC
12 June 2000

REPURCHASE OF SHARES IN ASTRAZENECA PLC

AstraZeneca PLC announces that on 9 June 2000, it purchased for cancellation
415,000 ordinary shares of AstraZeneca PLC at a price of 2720 pence per share.
Upon the cancellation of these shares, the number of shares in issue will be
1,765,869,850.


G H R Musker
Company Secretary