Transaction in Own Shares

AstraZeneca PLC
24 February 2004

REPURCHASE OF SHARES IN ASTRAZENECA PLC





AstraZeneca PLC announced that on 23 February 2004, it purchased for
cancellation 500,000 ordinary shares of AstraZeneca PLC at a price of 2550 pence
per share. Upon the cancellation of these shares, the number of shares in issue
will be 1,685,475,527.




G H R Musker

Company Secretary

24 February 2004


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