RNS Number:2570Q
AstraZeneca PLC
29 September 2003


                    REPURCHASE OF SHARES IN ASTRAZENECA PLC


AstraZeneca PLC announced that on 26 September 2003, it purchased for
cancellation 350,000 ordinary shares of AstraZeneca PLC at a price of 2534 pence
per share. Upon the cancellation of these shares, the number of shares in issue
will be 1,705,421,271.


G H R Musker
Company Secretary
29 September 2003


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