Notice of Results

AstraZeneca PLC
25 April 2001


AstraZeneca First Quarter Results

Tomorrow, Thursday, 26 April 2001, AstraZeneca will be releasing its first
quarter results for 2001 at 9:30 BST.

There will be an analyst teleconference at 14:30 BST, 9:30 EST, for which the
numbers are in the UK: 0800 027 2020, for Europe [phone] and for
the US: 888 489 9489. These numbers, as well as details of the replay facility
available through 4 May 2001, are also available on the Investor Relations
part of the AstraZeneca website at www.astrazeneca.com.