Annual Financial Report

ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT

AstraZeneca PLC (the Company) announced today the publication of its Annual
Report and Form 20-F Information 2014 (Annual Report).

A copy of the Annual Report will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism
and will shortly be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm.

The Annual Report is also available on the Company's website at
www.astrazeneca.com/Investors/Annual-reports (http://www.astrazeneca.com/agm).

The Annual Report, together with the Notice of Annual General Meeting 2015 and
Shareholders' Circular, 'AstraZeneca 2014 In Brief' and a covering letter from
the Chairman will be despatched to shareholders on or about 19 March 2015.

The meeting place for the Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be the Lancaster
London Hotel, Lancaster Terrace, London, W2 2TY and the AGM will commence at
2.30 pm (BST) on 24 April 2015.

To view the full announcement, please click on the following link.

http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/0226H_1-2015-3-10.pdf