Purchase of Own Securities

AstraZeneca PLC
17 June 2002

                    REPURCHASE OF SHARES IN ASTRAZENECA PLC





AstraZeneca PLC announces that on 14 June 2002, it purchased for cancellation
1,000,000 ordinary shares of AstraZeneca PLC at a price of 2681 pence per share.
Upon the cancellation of these shares, the number of shares in issue will be
1,730,563,927.







G H R Musker

Company Secretary

17 June 2002



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