Transaction in Own Shares

AstraZeneca PLC
12 February 2004


                REPURCHASE OF SHARES IN ASTRAZENECA PLC


AstraZeneca PLC announced that on 11 February 2004, it purchased for
cancellation 1,300,000 ordinary shares of AstraZeneca PLC at a price of 2605
pence per share. Upon the cancellation of these shares, the number of shares in
issue will be 1,689,312,027.


G H R Musker
Company Secretary
12 February 2004


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