Purchase of Own Securities

AstraZeneca PLC
16 September 2003



                    REPURCHASE OF SHARES IN ASTRAZENECA PLC

AstraZeneca PLC announced that on 15 September 2003, it purchased for
cancellation 600,000 ordinary shares of AstraZeneca PLC at a price of 2644 pence
per share. Upon the cancellation of these shares, the number of shares in issue
will be 1,708,424,808.

G H R Musker

Company Secretary

16 September 2003

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