26th Mar 2007 16:30
AstraZeneca PLC26 March 2007 Transaction by Person Discharging Managerial ResponsibilitiesDisclosure Rules DR 3.1.2R We hereby inform you that on 23 March 2007, Tony Bloxham, ExecutiveVice-President, Human Resources, a person discharging managerialresponsibilities, exercised options over 4,971 AstraZeneca PLC USD0.25 OrdinaryShares as follows: - option over 2,069 shares at an option price of 1740 pence per share - option over 2,902 shares at an option price of 1933 pence per share The options were granted to Mr Bloxham under the Company's 1994 Executive ShareOption Plan in 1997 and were due to expire in April 2007 and August 2007respectively if not exercised before then. We also inform you that on 23 March 2007, Mr Bloxham sold the 4,971 sharesacquired from the exercise at a price of 2798 pence per share. G H R MuskerCompany Secretary26 March 2007 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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