Repurchase of shares in AstraZeneca PLC

REPURCHASE OF SHARES IN ASTRAZENECA PLC AstraZeneca PLC announces that on 9 August 2001, it purchased for cancellation 200,000 ordinary shares of AstraZeneca PLC at a price of 3429 pence per share. Upon the cancellation of these shares, the number of shares in issue will be 1,759,173,872. G H R Musker Company Secretary ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net The following files are available for download: http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2001/08/10/20010810BIT00030/bit0002.doc http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2001/08/10/20010810BIT00030/bit0002.pdf