Transaction in Own Shares

AstraZeneca PLC 20 October 2006 REPURCHASE OF SHARES IN ASTRAZENECA PLC Further to the announcement of its close period share repurchase programme, AstraZeneca PLC announced that under the terms of that programme it purchased for cancellation 376,600 ordinary shares of AstraZeneca PLC at a price of 3487 pence per share on 19 October 2006. Upon the cancellation of these shares, the number of shares in issue will be 1,545,493,889. G H R Musker Company Secretary 20 October 2006 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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