18th Aug 2006 16:30
AstraZeneca PLC18 August 2006 Companies Act 1985 Section 198Disclosure of Interest in Voting Shares in Public Companies On 18 August 2006 we were informed by Barclays PLC, that on 11 August 2006 itsinterest in the USD0.25 Ordinary Shares of AstraZeneca PLC had increased to80,177,587 shares (5.14 per cent of the current issued ordinary capital) fromthe previously notified level of 73,107,396 shares (4.68 per cent of the issuedordinary capital at that time). G H R MuskerCompany Secretary18 August 2006 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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