Purchase of Own Securities

AstraZeneca PLC
12 September 2002


                    REPURCHASE OF SHARES IN ASTRAZENECA PLC


AstraZeneca PLC announces that on 11 September 2002, it purchased for
cancellation 150,000 ordinary shares of AstraZeneca PLC at a price of 2047 pence
per share. Upon the cancellation of these shares, the number of shares in issue
will be 1,725,360,996.


G H R Musker

Company Secretary

12 September 2002


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