Purchase of Own Securities

AstraZeneca PLC
12 September 2003

                    REPURCHASE OF SHARES IN ASTRAZENECA PLC


AstraZeneca PLC announced that on 11 September 2003, it purchased for
cancellation 500,000 ordinary shares of AstraZeneca PLC at a price of 2673 pence
per share. Upon the cancellation of these shares, the number of shares in issue
will be 1,709,524,808.




G H R Musker
Company Secretary
12 September 2003


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