Transaction in Own Shares

AstraZeneca PLC 19 May 2006 REPURCHASE OF SHARES IN ASTRAZENECA PLC AstraZeneca PLC announced that on 18 May 2006, it purchased for cancellation 1,000,000 ordinary shares of AstraZeneca PLC at a price of 2817 pence per share. Upon the cancellation of these shares, the number of shares in issue will be 1,572,560,721. G H R Musker Company Secretary 19 May 2006 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange MRTMMMBBBF

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