Share RePurchase

AstraZeneca PLC
14 March 2001


REPURCHASE OF SHARES IN ASTRAZENECA PLC

AstraZeneca PLC announces that on 13 March 2001, it purchased for cancellation
500,000 ordinary shares of AstraZeneca PLC at a price of 3079 pence per share.
Upon the cancellation of these shares, the number of shares in issue will be
1,764,353,570.

G H R Musker
Company Secretary
14 March 2001