Transaction in Own Shares

AstraZeneca PLC
03 May 2007

REPURCHASE OF SHARES IN ASTRAZENECA PLC


AstraZeneca PLC announced that on 2 May 2007, it purchased for cancellation
500,000 ordinary shares of AstraZeneca PLC at a price of 2689 pence per share.
Upon the cancellation of these shares, the number of shares in issue will be
1,502,789,748.


G H R Musker
Company Secretary
3 May 2007


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