17th Aug 2007 07:00
AstraZeneca PLC17 August 2007 REPURCHASE OF SHARES IN ASTRAZENECA PLC AstraZeneca PLC announced that on 16 August 2007, it purchased for cancellation1,048,161 ordinary shares of AstraZeneca PLC at a price of 2,284 pence pershare. Some of these shares were purchased under the terms of the previously announcedirrevocable, non-discretionary share repurchase programme for the period 2 July2007 to 31 October 2007. Upon the cancellation of these shares, the number of shares in issue will be1,484,425,401. G H R Musker Company Secretary 17 August 2007 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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