Director/PDMR Shareholding

AstraZeneca PLC 06 March 2006 Transaction by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities Disclosure Rules DR 3.1.2R We hereby inform you that on 3 March 2006, Tony Bloxham, Executive Vice-President, Human Resources, a person discharging managerial responsibilities, exercised an option over 5,231 AstraZeneca PLC USD0.25 Ordinary Shares at an option price of 1337 pence per share. The option was granted to Mr Bloxham in March 1996 under the Company's 1994 Executive Share Option Scheme and was due to expire on 29 March 2006 if not exercised before then. We also inform you that on 3 March 2006, Mr Bloxham sold the 5,231 shares acquired from the exercise at a price of 2649 pence per share. G H R Musker Company Secretary 6 March 2006 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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