Transaction in Own Shares

AstraZeneca PLC
02 February 2005



                     REPURCHASE OF SHARES IN ASTRAZENECA PLC

AstraZeneca PLC announced that on 1 February 2005, it purchased for cancellation
600,000 ordinary shares of AstraZeneca PLC at a price of 2011 pence per share.
Upon the cancellation of these shares, the number of shares in issue will be
1,644,458,029.


G H R Musker
Company Secretary
2 February 2005


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