RNS Number:3948T
AstraZeneca PLC
18 December 2003


               REPURCHASE OF SHARES IN ASTRAZENECA PLC

AstraZeneca PLC announced that on 17 December 2003, it purchased for
cancellation 300,000 ordinary shares of AstraZeneca PLC at a price of 2579 pence
per share. Upon the cancellation of these shares, the number of shares in issue
will be 1,692,816,544.


G H R Musker
Company Secretary
18 December 2003

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