24th Nov 2006 07:00
AstraZeneca PLC24 November 2006 REPURCHASE OF SHARES IN ASTRAZENECA PLC Further to the announcement of its irrevocable, non-discretionary sharerepurchase programme for the month of November, AstraZeneca PLC announced thatunder the terms of that programme it purchased for cancellation 380,515 ordinaryshares of AstraZeneca PLC at a price of 2982 pence per share on 23 November2006. In addition, AstraZeneca PLC announced that on the same date, it purchased forcancellation 286,800 ordinary shares of AstraZeneca PLC at a price of 2978 penceper share. Upon the cancellation of all of the shares purchased on that date, the number ofshares in issue will be 1,537,614,835. G H R Musker Company Secretary 24 November 2006 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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