Result of AGM

AstraZeneca PLC
27 April 2001


ASTRAZENECA PLC
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING : 26 APRIL 2001

AstraZeneca PLC announces the results of the polls taken at its Annual General
Meeting on Thursday 26 April 2001 in respect of Items 6 and 7 on the Agenda,
as follows:

Item 6: Special Resolution to authorise the Directors to allot unissued
shares:

VOTES FOR:       872,104,023             VOTES AGAINST:       3,141,451

This Resolution was passed as a Special Resolution at the AGM.


Item 7: Special Resolution to authorise the Company to purchase its own
shares:

VOTES FOR:       880,687,811             VOTES AGAINST:       977,773

This Resolution was passed as a Special Resolution at the AGM.


Under the Company's Articles of Association, voting on all Special Resolutions
is conducted by poll.


G H R Musker
Company Secretary