Purchase of Own Securities

AstraZeneca PLC
07 November 2003

                    REPURCHASE OF SHARES IN ASTRAZENECA PLC


AstraZeneca PLC announced that on 6 November 2003, it purchased for cancellation
500,000 ordinary shares of AstraZeneca PLC at a price of 2756 pence per share.
Upon the cancellation of these shares, the number of shares in issue will be
1,701,066,214.


G H R Musker
Company Secretary
7 November 2003


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