Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 9478I

AstraZeneca PLC

23 June 2011

 



REPURCHASE OF SHARES IN ASTRAZENECA PLC

AstraZeneca PLC announced that on 22 June 2011, it purchased for cancellation 341,556 ordinary shares of AstraZeneca PLC at a price of 3037 pence per share.

Some of these shares were purchased under the terms of the previously announced irrevocable, non-discretionary share repurchase programme for the period 9 May 2011 to 26 August 2011.

Upon the cancellation of these shares, the number of shares in issue will be 1,370,421,312.

A C N Kemp

Company Secretary

23 June 2011

 

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