Result of AGM

AstraZeneca PLC 26 April 2007 ASTRAZENECA PLC ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING : 26 APRIL 2007 AstraZeneca PLC announced the results of the voting at its Annual General Meeting today. As proposed in the Notice of AGM, all Resolutions were decided by poll vote. Resolution 1: Ordinary Resolution to receive the Company's Accounts and the Reports of the Directors and Auditor for the year ended 31 December 2006: VOTES FOR: 860,890,995 (97.33%) VOTES AGAINST: 23,594,612 (2.67%) The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution. Resolution 2: Ordinary Resolution to confirm dividends: VOTES FOR: 908,634,212 (100%) VOTES AGAINST: 45,353 (0%) The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution. Resolution 3: Ordinary Resolution to re-appoint KPMG Audit Plc, London as Auditor: VOTES FOR: 892,728,682 (99.68%) VOTES AGAINST: 2,898,464 (0.32%) The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution. Resolution 4: Ordinary Resolution to authorise the Directors to agree the remuneration of the Auditor: VOTES FOR: 906,239,311 (99.86%) VOTES AGAINST: 1,279,285 (0.14%) The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution. Resolution 5(a): Ordinary Resolution to re-elect Louis Schweitzer as a Director: VOTES FOR: 851,335,417 (98.63%) VOTES AGAINST: 11,862,809 (1.37%) The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution. Resolution 5(b): Ordinary Resolution to re-elect Hakan Mogren as a Director: VOTES FOR: 883,948,298 (97.44%) VOTES AGAINST: 23,267,528 (2.56%) The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution. Resolution 5(c): Ordinary Resolution to re-elect David R Brennan as a Director: VOTES FOR: 892,147,778 (99.48%) VOTES AGAINST: 4,684,827 (0.52%) The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution. Resolution 5(d): Ordinary Resolution to re-elect John Patterson as a Director: VOTES FOR: 891,350,402 (99.48%) VOTES AGAINST: 4,614,490 (0.52%) The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution. Resolution 5(e): Ordinary Resolution to re-elect Jonathan Symonds as a Director: VOTES FOR: 891,635,719 (99.48%) VOTES AGAINST: 4,624,144 (0.52%) The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution. Resolution 5(f): Ordinary Resolution to re-elect John Buchanan as a Director: VOTES FOR: 888,358,360 (99.20%) VOTES AGAINST: 7,179,449 (0.80%) The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution. Resolution 5(g): Ordinary Resolution to re-elect Jane Henney as a Director: VOTES FOR: 888,168,135 (99.13%) VOTES AGAINST: 7,830,923 (0.87%) The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution. Resolution 5(h): Ordinary Resolution to re-elect Michele Hooper as a Director: VOTES FOR: 907,906,325 (99.90%) VOTES AGAINST: 943,965 (0.10%) The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution. Resolution 5(i): The Resolution was withdrawn prior to the meeting. Resolution 5(j): Ordinary Resolution to re-elect Dame Nancy Rothwell as a Director: VOTES FOR: 906,758,198 (99.91%) VOTES AGAINST: 854,042, (0.09%) The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution. Resolution 5(k): Ordinary Resolution to re-elect John Varley as a Director: VOTES FOR: 904,573,536 (99.76%) VOTES AGAINST: 2,188,177 (0.24%) The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution. Resolution 5(l): Ordinary Resolution to re-elect Marcus Wallenberg as a Director: VOTES FOR: 885,326,451 (98.85%) VOTES AGAINST: 10,257,148 (1.15%) The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution. Resolution 6: Ordinary Resolution to approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2006: VOTES FOR: 820,779,377 (95.14%) VOTES AGAINST: 41,945,824 (4.86%) The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution. Resolution 7: Ordinary Resolution to authorise limited EU political donations: VOTES FOR: 887,648,416 (98.77%) VOTES AGAINST: 11,083,491 (1.23%) The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution. Resolution 8: Ordinary Resolution to authorise the Directors to allot unissued shares: VOTES FOR: 898,973,524 (98.91%) VOTES AGAINST: 9,913,596 (1.09%) The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution. Resolution 9: Special Resolution to authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights: VOTES FOR: 901,098,301 (99.16%) VOTES AGAINST: 7,594,128 (0.84%) The Resolution was passed as a Special Resolution. Resolution 10: Special Resolution to authorise the Company to purchase its own shares: VOTES FOR: 908,465,073 (99.94%) VOTES AGAINST: 544,863 (0.06%) The Resolution was passed as a Special Resolution. Resolution 11: Special Resolution to authorise the electronic communication with shareholders: VOTES FOR: 907,901,669 (99.94%) VOTES AGAINST: 583,040 (0.06%) The Resolution was passed as a Special Resolution. G H R Musker Company Secretary 26 April 2007 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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