Purchase of Own Securities

AstraZeneca PLC
24 November 2003

                    REPURCHASE OF SHARES IN ASTRAZENECA PLC



AstraZeneca PLC announced that on 21 November 2003, it purchased for
cancellation 500,000 ordinary shares of AstraZeneca PLC at a price of 2694 pence
per share. Upon the cancellation of these shares, the number of shares in issue
will be 1,697,897,717.



G H R Musker
Company Secretary

24 November 2003


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