Purchase of Own Securities

AstraZeneca PLC 17 June 2002 REPURCHASE OF SHARES IN ASTRAZENECA PLC AstraZeneca PLC announces that on 14 June 2002, it purchased for cancellation 1,000,000 ordinary shares of AstraZeneca PLC at a price of 2681 pence per share. Upon the cancellation of these shares, the number of shares in issue will be 1,730,563,927. G H R Musker Company Secretary 17 June 2002 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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