Dealing by Directors in AstraZeneca

DEALING BY DIRECTORS COMPANIES ACT 1985 SECTIONS 324/329 We hereby inform you that, on 16 May 2003, the company sold AstraZeneca Plc ordinary shares of USD0.25 each at a price of 2679 pence per share on behalf of the following Directors in order to meet an immediate income tax liability arising on the release of shares from the company's executive share retention scheme. Name of Director Number of shares Total interest after Percentage of sold sale shares in issue T F W McKillop 4,944 69,499 0.004 H L Mogren 3,810 62,164 0.004 J R Symonds 2,899 10,929 0.001 G H R Musker Company Secretary 19 May 2003 ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net The following files are available for download: http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2003/05/19/20030519BIT00460/wkr0001.doc http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2003/05/19/20030519BIT00460/wkr0002.pdf