17th Aug 2006 16:00
AstraZeneca PLC17 August 2006 Transaction by Person Discharging Managerial Responsibilities Disclosure Rules DR 3.1.2R We hereby inform you that on 15 August 2006, Martin Nicklasson, ExecutiveVice-President, Global Marketing, a person discharging managerialresponsibilities, exercised options over 55,295 AstraZeneca PLC USD0.25 OrdinaryShares as follows: - option over 21,862 shares at an option price of 1913 pence per share - option over 33,433 shares at an option price of 2231 pence per share The options were granted to Mr Nicklasson under the AstraZeneca Share OptionPlan. We also inform you that on 15 August 2006, Mr Nicklasson sold the 55,295 sharesacquired from the exercise at a price of 3280 pence per share. G H R MuskerCompany Secretary17 August 2006 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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