GENERAL TEXT AMENDMENT
The following amendment has been made to the 'Block Listing Application' announcement released on 17 January 2014 at 7.00am under RNS No 8238X.
The names of the employee share plans under which the shares will be issued have been added.
All other details remain unchanged.
The full amended text is shown below.
BLOCK LISTING APPLICATION
A block listing application has been made for 10,000,000 Ordinary Shares of $0.25 each in AstraZeneca PLC (the "Company") to be admitted to the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and admitted to trading on the London Stock Exchange.
Admission is expected to become effective on 20 January 2014.
The shares will be issued fully paid and will rank pari passu in all respects with the existing ordinary shares of the Company and will be issued pursuant to the following employee share plans:
AstraZeneca Share Option Plan
AstraZeneca Savings-Related Share Option Plan
AstraZeneca All-Employee Share Plan
AstraZeneca PLC 2012 Savings-Related Share Option Scheme
A C N Kemp
Company Secretary
17 January 2014
