Transaction in Own Shares

AstraZeneca PLC 01 December 2005 REPURCHASE OF SHARES IN ASTRAZENECA PLC AstraZeneca PLC announced that on 30 November 2005, it purchased for cancellation 1,000,000 ordinary shares of AstraZeneca PLC at a price of 2677 pence per share. Upon the cancellation of these shares, the number of shares in issue will be 1,584,608,337. G H R Musker Company Secretary 1 December 2005 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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