Transaction in Own Shares

AstraZeneca PLC
03 August 2006

REPURCHASE OF SHARES IN ASTRAZENECA PLC





AstraZeneca PLC announced that on 2 August 2006, it purchased for cancellation
1,000,000 ordinary shares of AstraZeneca PLC at a price of 3192 pence per share.
Upon the cancellation of these shares, the number of shares in issue will be
1,564,931,428.







G H R Musker

Company Secretary

3 August 2006


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