Purchase of Own Securities

AstraZeneca PLC
13 March 2002



REPURCHASE OF SHARES IN ASTRAZENECA PLC


AstraZeneca PLC announces that on 12 March 2002, it purchased for cancellation
150,000 ordinary shares of AstraZeneca PLC at a price of 3462 pence per share.
Upon the cancellation of these shares, the number of shares in issue will be
1,744,186,810.







G H R Musker

Company Secretary

13 March 2002



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