Transaction in Own Shares

AstraZeneca PLC
09 February 2004

                   REPURCHASE OF SHARES IN ASTRAZENECA PLC

AstraZeneca PLC announced that on 6 February 2004, it purchased for cancellation
400,000 ordinary shares of AstraZeneca PLC at a price of 2649 pence per share.
Upon the cancellation of these shares, the number of shares in issue will be
1,691,001,996.



G H R Musker
Company Secretary
9 February 2004


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