Notice of AGM
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10 March 2026
Notice of Annual General Meeting
AstraZeneca PLC (the Company) announced today the publication of its Notice of Annual General Meeting 2026 and Shareholders' Circular (the Notice).
The Company's Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be digitally-enabled and will be held on Thursday 9 April 2026 at 14:30 (BST). Full details and joining instructions are set out in the Notice.
The Notice, proxy form and 2020 Performance Share Plan rules have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism. The Notice is also available on the Company's website at www.astrazeneca.com/noticeofmeeting2026.
The Notice is being despatched to shareholders today.
The business to be conducted at the AGM is summarised below:
1. To receive the Company's Accounts, the Reports of the Directors and Auditor and the Strategic Report for the year ended 31 December 2025
2. To confirm the 2025 interim dividends
3. To appoint KPMG LLP as Auditor
4. To authorise the Directors to agree the remuneration of the Auditor
5. To re-elect Directors
6. To approve the annual statement of the Chair of the Remuneration Committee and the Annual Report on Remuneration for the year ended 31 December 2025
7. To renew the authorisation to grant awards under the French Appendix 3 of the AstraZeneca Performance Share Plan 2020
8. To authorise limited political donations
9. To authorise the Directors to allot shares
10. To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights
11. To authorise the Directors to further disapply pre-emption rights for acquisitions and specified capital investments
12. To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares
13. To reduce the notice period for general meetings
Holders of ordinary shares listed on the New York Stock Exchange entered in the register of members of the Company by 18:30 (BST) on 7 April 2026 (or their duly appointed proxies), or if this meeting is adjourned, in the register of members by 18:30 (UK time) two UK business days prior to any adjourned meeting, are entitled to participate and vote at the AGM in respect of the number of ordinary shares registered in their name at that time.
Holders of AstraZeneca PLC UK Depositary Interests (UK DIs) in the AstraZeneca PLC Corporate Sponsored Nominee facility (CSN Holders) entered in the Company's register of CSN Holders (the CSN Register) as at 18:00 (BST) on 1 April 2026 or, if the meeting is adjourned, at 18:00 (UK time) on the day which is four UK business days before the day of the adjourned meeting, shall be entitled to provide voting instructions to Computershare Investor Services Plc (in accordance with the notes set out in the Notice) in respect of the number of UK DIs that such holders are beneficially entitled to at that time.
Registered holders of UK DIs other than UK DIs held via the AstraZeneca PLC Corporate Sponsored Nominee facility (UK DI Holders) entered in the Company's register of UK DI Holders (the DI Register) as at 18:00 (BST) on 1 April 2026 or, if the meeting is adjourned, at 18:00 (UK time) on the day which is four UK business days before the day of the adjourned meeting, shall be entitled to provide voting instructions to Computershare Investor Services Plc (in accordance with the notes set out in the Notice) in respect of the number of UK DIs registered in their name at that time.
The Record Date applied to the Euroclear Sweden system for this AGM is close of business on 27 March 2026. Holders of ordinary shares listed on Nasdaq Stockholm at the Record Date are entitled to vote and participate in the AGM in respect of the number of shares held at the Record Date.
Changes to the entries in the: (i) register of members of the Company; (ii) CSN Register; (iii) DI Register; or (iv) records held in the Euroclear Sweden system, after the respective record dates and times set out above, shall be disregarded in determining the rights of any person to participate or vote at the AGM.
Holders of ordinary shares or UK DIs through a nominee account, broker or bank should refer to the information provided by their account provider (as well as the notes set out in the Notice) for the relevant voting deadlines that apply to them.
AstraZeneca (LSE/STO/NYSE: AZN) is a global, science-led biopharmaceutical company that focuses on the discovery, development, and commercialisation of prescription medicines in Oncology, Rare Diseases, and BioPharmaceuticals, including Cardiovascular, Renal & Metabolism, and Respiratory & Immunology. Based in Cambridge, UK, AstraZeneca's innovative medicines are sold in more than 125 countries and used by millions of patients worldwide. Please visit astrazeneca.com and follow the Company on social media @AstraZeneca
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