Purchase of Own Securities

AstraZeneca PLC
01 December 2003


                    REPURCHASE OF SHARES IN ASTRAZENECA PLC


AstraZeneca PLC announced that on 28 November 2003, it purchased for
cancellation 300,000 ordinary shares of AstraZeneca PLC at a price of 2638 pence
per share. Upon the cancellation of these shares, the number of shares in issue
will be 1,696,147,717.


G H R Musker
Company Secretary
1 December 2003


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