Transaction in Own Shares

AstraZeneca PLC
16 February 2004

REPURCHASE OF SHARES IN ASTRAZENECA PLC

AstraZeneca PLC announced that on 13 February 2004, it purchased for
cancellation 600,000 ordinary shares of AstraZeneca PLC at a price of 2597 pence
per share. Upon the cancellation of these shares, the number of shares in issue
will be 1,687,967,927.


G H R Musker
Company Secretary
16 February 2004


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