Transaction in Own Shares

AstraZeneca PLC
06 September 2006


REPURCHASE OF SHARES IN ASTRAZENECA PLC


AstraZeneca PLC announced that on 5 September 2006, it purchased for
cancellation 700,000 ordinary shares of AstraZeneca PLC at a price of 3389 pence
per share. Upon the cancellation of these shares, the number of shares in issue
will be 1,558,198,170.



G H R Musker
Company Secretary

6 September 2006


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