Transaction in Own Shares

AstraZeneca PLC 17 March 2005 REPURCHASE OF SHARES IN ASTRAZENECA PLC AstraZeneca PLC announced that on 16 March 2005, it purchased for cancellation 850,000 ordinary shares of AstraZeneca PLC at a price of 2183 pence per share. Upon the cancellation of these shares, the number of shares in issue will be 1,634,634,972. G H R Musker Company Secretary 17 March 2005 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange JFMRTMMBBBMA

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