AstraZeneca Announces Share Repurchase Programme

AstraZeneca PLC today announced that, further to the announcement made on 30 September 2011 in relation to an irrevocable, non-discretionary programme with Barclays Bank PLC to purchase ordinary shares on AstraZeneca's behalf during the period which commenced on 3 October 2011 and was due to end on 16 December 2011, the programme will be extended, in accordance with its terms, by one additional trading day and will end on 19 December 2011.