Purchase of Own Securities

GlaxoSmithKline PLC
26 August 2003

GlaxoSmithKline plc

GSK Share Repurchase

GlaxoSmithKline plc announces that today, in accordance with the authority
granted by shareholders at the Annual General Meeting on 19 May 2003 , it
purchased for cancellation 500,000 of its ordinary shares at a price of
1219.4494p per share.

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