Result of AGM

ASTRAZENECA PLC - ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2016

Results of Annual General Meeting held on 29 April 2016

AstraZeneca PLC announced the results of the voting at its Annual General
Meeting today.  As proposed in the Notice of AGM, all Resolutions were decided
by poll vote. Resolutions 1 - 8 were passed as ordinary resolutions and
resolutions 9 - 11 were passed as special resolutions.

    RESOLUTION    VOTES   FOR  %      VOTES        %      VOTES        TOTAL
VOTES
                               OF     AGAINST      OF     CAST IN      VOTES
WITHHELD
                               VOTES               VOTES  TOTAL        CAST
                               CAST                CAST                AS A
                                                                       % OF
                                                                       ISSUED
                                                                       SHARE
                                                                       CAPITAL
1   To   receive  924,514,473  99.61  3,665,459    0.39   928,179,932  73.40%
8,998,621
    the
    Company's
    Accounts and
    the Reports
    of the
    Directors
    and Auditor
      for the
    year ended
    31 December
    2015
2   To   confirm  933,191,043  99.69  2,915,972    0.31   936,107,015  74.03%
1,071,537
    dividends
3   To   re       929,918,594  99.56  4,151,154    0.44   934,069,748  73.87%
3,108,804
    -appoint
    KPMG LLP,
    London as
    Auditor
4   To            934,984,319  99.89  988,556      0.11   935,972,875  74.02%
1,204,865
    authorise
    the
    Directors to
    agree the
    remuneration
    of the
    Auditor
5a  To   re       861,678,834  94.69  48,321,545   5.31   910,000,379  71.96%
27,177,942
    -elect Leif
    Johansson as
    a Director
5b  To   re       935,167,473  99.93  697,471      0.07   935,864,944  74.01%
1,342,796
    -elect
    Pascal
    Soriot as a
    Director
5c  To   re       931,875,086  99.58  3,920,615    0.42   935,795,701  74.00%
1,380,982
    -elect Marc
    Dunoyer as a
    Director
5d  To   re       935,157,654  99.93  635,873      0.07   935,793,527  74.00%
1,384,110
    -elect Cori
    Bargmann as
    a Director
5e  To   re       935,199,102  99.93  622,099      0.07   935,821,201  74.00%
1,356,436
    -elect
    Geneviève
    Berger as a
    Director
5f  To   re       933,026,505  99.70  2,762,355    0.30   935,788,860  74.00%
1,389,088
    -elect Bruce
    Burlington
    as a
    Director
5g  To   re       933,220,149  99.72  2,618,183    0.28   935,838,332  74.01%
1,339,989
    -elect Ann
    Cairns as a
    Director
5h  To   re       919,686,570  98.97  9,526,012    1.03   929,212,582  73.48%
7,965,366
    -elect
    Graham
    Chipchase as
    a Director
5i  To   re       933,177,891  99.72  2,593,420    0.28   935,771,311  74.00%
1,406,637
    -elect Jean
    -Philippe
    Courtois as
    a Director
5j  To   re       923,984,532  98.74  11,766,347   1.26   935,750,879  74.00%
1,427,442
    -elect Rudy
    Markham as a
    Director
5k  To   re       927,479,182  99.11  8,287,726    0.89   935,766,908  74.00%
1,410,552
    -elect
    Shriti
    Vadera as a
    Director
5l  To   re       870,828,312  95.76  38,511,577   4.24   909,339,889  71.91%
27,837,158
    -elect
    Marcus
    Wallenberg
    as a
    Director
6   To   approve  836,396,151  89.61  96,959,428   10.39  933,355,579  73.81%
3,822,290
    the Annual
    Report on
    Remuneration
    for the year
    ended 31
    December
    2015
7   To            908,106,542  97.83  20,185,176   2.17   928,291,718  73.41%
8,886,009
    authorise
    limited EU
    political
    donations
8   To            849,809,843  90.97  84,303,774   9.03   934,113,617  73.87%
3,064,122
    authorise
    the
    Directors to
    allot shares
9   To            922,425,478  98.82  11,009,374   1.18   933,434,852  73.82%
3,742,888
    authorise
    the
    Directors to
    disapply pre
    -emption
    rights
10  To            926,166,577  98.96  9,722,078    1.04   935,888,655  74.01%
1,289,613
    authorise
    the Company
    to purchase
    its own
    shares
11  To   reduce   829,946,353  88.85  104,116,202  11.15  934,062,555  73.87%
3,115,081
    the notice
    period for
    general
    meetings





Issued capital

As at 27 April 2016, the number of issued shares of the Company was
1,264,542,488 ordinary shares, which was the total number of shares entitling
the holders to attend and vote for or against all the resolutions at the AGM.
In accordance with the Company's Articles of Association, on a poll every member
present in person or by proxy has one vote for every share held.

A C N Kemp

Company Secretary

29 April 2016