25th Aug 2006 13:00
AstraZeneca PLC25 August 2006 Transaction by Person Discharging Managerial ResponsibilitiesDisclosure Rules DR 3.1.2R We hereby inform you that on 24 August 2006, Barrie Thorpe, a person dischargingmanagerial responsibilities, exercised options over 30,802 AstraZeneca PLCUSD0.25 Ordinary Shares as follows: - option over 1,795 shares at an option price of 2674 pence per share - option over 29,007 shares at an option price of 2231 pence per share The options were granted to Mr Thorpe under the Company's 1994 Executive ShareOption Scheme and the AstraZeneca Share Option Plan. We also inform you that on 24 August 2006, Mr Thorpe sold the 30,802 sharesacquired from the exercise at an average price of 3322 pence per share. G H R MuskerCompany Secretary25 August 2006 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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