Chair succession planning update and Annual Report
22 February 2022 11:00 GMT Update on Succession Planning for Chair of the Board and Publication of Annual Financial Report AstraZeneca PLC (the Company) announced today that Leif Johansson, Non-Executive Chair of the Board, intends to retire from the Board at the conclusion of the Company's Annual General Meeting (AGM) in 2023. Mr Johansson was first elected to the Board in April 2012 and reached nine years' tenure as a Director in April 2021. Last year, the Board asked him to seek re-election at the 2021 AGM to lead the Board's oversight of completion of the acquisition of Alexion.