Purchase of Own Securities

AstraZeneca PLC
05 November 2003

                    REPURCHASE OF SHARES IN ASTRAZENECA PLC


AstraZeneca PLC announced that on 4 November 2003, it purchased for cancellation
300,000 ordinary shares of AstraZeneca PLC at a price of 2740 pence per share.
Upon the cancellation of these shares, the number of shares in issue will be
1,701,566,214.



G H R Musker
Company Secretary
5 November 2003


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