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12 March 2019 12:00 GMT

TRANSACTIONS BY PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

AstraZeneca PLC (the Company) announces that, on 8 March 2019, certain Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities of the Company (PDMRs) were granted awards of the Company's ordinary shares of $0.25 each (Ordinary Shares) under the terms of the AstraZeneca Deferred Bonus Plan (AZDBP) and the AstraZeneca Performance Share Plan (AZPSP), as detailed in the table below.

PDMR Ordinary Shares granted under the AZDBP Ordinary Shares granted under the AZPSP Award price per Ordinary Share
Pascal Soriot 9,849 102,475 £62.87
Marc Dunoyer 4,874 48,690 £62.87

The AZDBP award represents the portion of each PDMR's annual bonus for 2018 that they are required to defer into shares. The Ordinary Shares granted under the AZDBP are subject to a three-year holding period and are due to vest on the third anniversary of grant.

The AZPSP award is subject to a combination of performance measures focused on scientific, commercial and financial performance assessed over a three-year performance period (1 January 2019 to 31 December 2021). The Ordinary Shares granted under the AZPSP are subject to a two-year holding period following the performance period, and are due to vest on the fifth anniversary of grant.

Details of the performance measures attached to the AZPSP award can be found in the Directors' Remuneration Report within the AstraZeneca Annual Report and Form 20-F Information 2018, which is available on the Company's website at www.astrazeneca.com/annualreport2018.

1  Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated 
a)  Name  Pascal Soriot
2  Reason for the notification 
a)  Position/status    Chief Executive Officer
b)   Initial notification /Amendment  Initial notification
3  Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor 
a)  Name  AstraZeneca PLC
b)   LEI  PY6ZZQWO2IZFZC3IOL08
4  Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted 
a)  Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument   Identification code Ordinary Shares of US$0.25 each in AstraZeneca PLC     GB0009895292   
b)   Nature of the transaction  Grants of share awards under the AstraZeneca Performance Share Plan and the AstraZeneca Deferred Bonus Plan
c)  Price(s) and volume(s)  Price(s) Volume(s) £62.87 112,324
d)  Aggregated information   - Aggregated volume     - Price    Not applicable - single transaction     
e)  Date of the transaction  8 March 2019
f)  Place of the transaction  Outside a trading venue

  

1  Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated 
a)  Name  Marc Dunoyer
2  Reason for the notification 
a)  Position/status    Chief Financial Officer
b)   Initial notification /Amendment  Initial notification
3  Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor 
a)  Name  AstraZeneca PLC
b)   LEI  PY6ZZQWO2IZFZC3IOL08
4  Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted 
a)  Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument   Identification code Ordinary Shares of US$0.25 each in AstraZeneca PLC     GB0009895292   
b)   Nature of the transaction  Grants of share awards under the AstraZeneca Performance Share Plan and the AstraZeneca Deferred Bonus Plan
c)  Price(s) and volume(s)  Price(s) Volume(s) £62.87 53,564
d)  Aggregated information   - Aggregated volume     - Price    Not applicable - single transaction     
e)  Date of the transaction  8 March 2019
f)  Place of the transaction  Outside a trading venue

  

  

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Adrian Kemp 

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