Transaction in Own Shares

AstraZeneca PLC
24 February 2005

REPURCHASE OF SHARES IN ASTRAZENECA PLC


AstraZeneca PLC announced that on 23 February 2005, it purchased for
cancellation 500,000 ordinary shares of AstraZeneca PLC at a price of 2143 pence
per share. Upon the cancellation of these shares, the number of shares in issue
will be 1,639,357,463.





G H R Musker
Company Secretary
24 February 2005


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