26th Jan 2005 16:00
AstraZeneca PLC26 January 2005 Companies Act 1985 Section 198 Disclosure of Interest in Voting Shares in Public Companies On 26 January 2005 we were informed by The Capital Group Companies, Inc., aregistered investment manager in the U.S., that on 24 January 2005 its interestin the USD0.25 Ordinary Shares of AstraZeneca PLC had decreased to 220,352,313shares (13.39 per cent of the current issued ordinary capital) from thepreviously notified level of 229,717,719 shares (13.96 per cent). Within thesaid holding of 13.39 per cent of the issued ordinary capital of AstraZenecaPLC, Capital Guardian Trust Company, an affiliate of The Capital GroupCompanies, Inc., has decreased its interest in these shares to 82,190,937 shares(4.99 per cent). G H R Musker Company Secretary 26 January 2005 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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