ASTRAZENECA PLC - ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING: 30 APRIL 2009

AstraZeneca PLC announced the results of the voting at its Annual General Meeting today. As proposed in the Notice of AGM, all Resolutions were decided by poll vote.

Resolution 1: Ordinary Resolution to receive the Company’s Accounts and the Reports of the Directors and Auditor for the year ended 31 December 2008:
VOTES FOR: 863,615,453 (95.06%)
VOTES AGAINST: 44,922,985 (4.94%)
The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution.

Resolution 2: Ordinary Resolution to confirm dividends:
VOTES FOR: 910,394,568 (99.98%)
VOTES AGAINST: 185,120 (0.02%)
The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution.

Resolution 3: Ordinary Resolution to re-appoint KPMG Audit Plc, London as Auditor:
VOTES FOR: 902,794,992 (99.67%)
VOTES AGAINST: 3,027,558 (0.33%)
The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution.

Resolution 4: Ordinary Resolution to authorise the Directors to agree the remuneration of the Auditor:
VOTES FOR: 903,909,501 (99.79%)
VOTES AGAINST: 1,872,951 (0.21%)
The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution.

Resolution 5(a): Ordinary Resolution to re-elect Louis Schweitzer as a Director:
VOTES FOR: 852,999,005 (95.98%)
VOTES AGAINST: 35,688,615 (4.02%)
The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution.

Resolution 5(b): Ordinary Resolution to re-elect David Brennan as a Director:
VOTES FOR: 896,145,406 (99.62%)
VOTES AGAINST: 3,429,994 (0.38%)
The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution.

Resolution 5(c): Ordinary Resolution to re-elect Simon Lowth as a Director:
VOTES FOR: 896,482,501 (99.66%)
VOTES AGAINST: 3,062,318 (0.34%)
The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution.

Resolution 5(d): Ordinary Resolution to elect Bo Angelin as a Director:
VOTES FOR: 909,913,836 (99.90%)
VOTES AGAINST: 919,924 (0.10%)
The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution.

Resolution 5(e): Ordinary Resolution to re-elect John Buchanan as a Director:
VOTES FOR: 842,555,499 (93.55%)
VOTES AGAINST: 58,069,313 (6.45%)
The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution.

Resolution 5(f): Ordinary Resolution to re-elect Jean-Philippe Courtois as a Director:
VOTES FOR: 907,503,373 (99.87%)
VOTES AGAINST: 1,139,966 (0.13%)
The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution.

Resolution 5(g): Ordinary Resolution to re-elect Jane Henney as a Director:
VOTES FOR: 906,405,867 (99.75%)
VOTES AGAINST: 2,252,688 (0.25%)
The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution.

Resolution 5(h): Ordinary Resolution to re-elect Michele Hooper as a Director:
VOTES FOR: 907,582,907 (99.88%)
VOTES AGAINST: 1,078,591 (0.12%)
The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution.

Resolution 5(i): Ordinary Resolution to re-elect Rudy Markham as a Director:
VOTES FOR: 880,123,467 (96.85%)
VOTES AGAINST: 28,583,164 (3.15%)
The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution.

Resolution 5(j): Ordinary Resolution to re-elect Dame Nancy Rothwell as a Director:
VOTES FOR: 899,859,091 (99.68%)
VOTES AGAINST: 2,892,063 (0.32%)
The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution.

Resolution 5(k): Ordinary Resolution to re-elect John Varley as a Director:
VOTES FOR: 899,762,070 (99.67%)
VOTES AGAINST: 2,987,526 (0.33%)
The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution.

Resolution 5(l): Ordinary Resolution to re-elect Marcus Wallenberg as a Director:
VOTES FOR: 835,306,128 (92.75%)
VOTES AGAINST: 65,272,851 (7.25%)
The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution.

Resolution 6: Ordinary Resolution to approve the Directors’ Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2008:
VOTES FOR: 798,618,984 (91.01%)
VOTES AGAINST: 78,847,491 (8.99%)
The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution.

Resolution 7: Ordinary Resolution to authorise limited EU political donations:
VOTES FOR: 881,044,594 (97.90%)
VOTES AGAINST: 18,853,951 (2.10%)
The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution.

Resolution 8: Ordinary Resolution to authorise the Directors to allot unissued shares:
VOTES FOR: 895,771,313 (98.59%)
VOTES AGAINST: 12,768,256 (1.41%)
The Resolution was passed as an Ordinary Resolution.

Resolution 9: Special Resolution to authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights:
VOTES FOR: 896,019,198 (98.40%)
VOTES AGAINST: 14,560,672 (1.60%)
The Resolution was passed as a Special Resolution.

Resolution 10: Special Resolution to authorise the Company to purchase its own shares:
VOTES FOR: 905,634,325 (99.66%)
VOTES AGAINST: 3,095,745 (0.34%)
The Resolution was passed as a Special Resolution.

A C N Kemp
Company Secretary
30 April 2009