Purchase of Own Securities

AstraZeneca PLC
27 November 2003


                    REPURCHASE OF SHARES IN ASTRAZENECA PLC


AstraZeneca PLC announced that on 26 November 2003, it purchased for
cancellation 700,000 ordinary shares of AstraZeneca PLC at a price of 2675 pence
per share. Upon the cancellation of these shares, the number of shares in issue
will be 1,696,747,717.



G H R Musker
Company Secretary
27 November 2003



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