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Remuneration Report

Directors' emoluments in 2007

The aggregate remuneration, excluding pension contributions and the value of shares under option and shares subject to performance share plan awards, paid to or accrued for all Directors of the Company for services in all capacities during the year ended 31 December 2007 was £4.5 million ($9.0 million). The remuneration of individual Directors is set out below in sterling and US dollars. All salaries, fees, bonuses and other benefits for Directors are established in sterling.

DIRECTORS’ REMUNERATION – STERLING

Bonuses
Salary and fees
£000
Cash
£000
Shares1
£000
Taxable benefits
£000
Other
£000
Total
2007
£000
Total
2006
£000
Total
2005
£000
Louis Schweitzer 260 260 260 260
David Brennan 992 672 336 19 1312 2,150 2,663 819
John Patterson 500 312 156 14 982 1,007 1,049
Simon Lowth3 91 53 27 1 172
John Buchanan 69 69 69 69
Jane Henney 57 57 57 57
Michele Hooper 64 64 49 49
Håkan Mogren 100 100 100 100
Nancy Rothwell 54 54 30
John Varley 56 56 21
Marcus Wallenberg 40 40 40 49
Bo Angelin4 21 21
Former Directors
Jonathan Symonds5 404 1 405 1,176 1,269
Peter Bonfield6 26 26 82 82
Joe Jimenez7 14 14 49 49
Erna Möller6 18 18 57 57
Others 188 2,3469
Total 2,766 1,037 519 35 131 4,488 5,678 6,255

1These figures represent that portion of the 2007 bonuses required to be deferred into shares to be held for a three-year period, as explained in the Short-term bonus section.
2Relates to relocation allowances.
3Part year only as appointed Director on 5 November 2007.
4Part year only as appointed Director on 25 July 2007.
5Part year only as ceased to be Director on 31 July 2007.
6Part year only as ceased to be Director on 26 April 2007.
7Part year only as ceased to be Director on 12 April 2007.
8This comprises Bridget Ogilvie’s 2006 total of £18,000 ($34,000).
9This comprises Tom McKillop’s 2005 total of £2,253,000 ($4,125,000), Bridget Ogilvie’s 2005 total of £57,000 ($104,000) and Åke Stavling’s final payment of £36,000 ($66,000).

DIRECTORS’ REMUNERATION – US DOLLARS

Bonuses
Salary and fees
$000
Cash
$000
Shares1
$000
Taxable benefits
$000
Other
$000
Total
2007
$000
Total
2006
$000
Total
2005
$000
Louis Schweitzer 520 520 475 476
David Brennan 1,984 1,344 672 38 2622 4,300 4,865 1,499
John Patterson 1,000 625 312 28 1,965 1,839 1,918
Simon Lowth3 182 107 54 2 345
John Buchanan 138 138 126 126
Jane Henney 114 114 104 104
Michele Hooper 128 128 89 90
Håkan Mogren 200 200 183 183
Nancy Rothwell 108 108 56
John Varley 113 113 39
Marcus Wallenberg 80 80 73 90
Bo Angelin4 42 42
Former Directors
Jonathan Symonds5 809 2 811 2,149 2,321
Peter Bonfield6 53 53 150 150
Joe Jimenez7 28 28 89 90
Erna Möller6 37 37 104 104
Others 348 4,2959
Total 5,536 2,076 1,038 70 262 8,982 10,375 11,446

1These figures represent that portion of the 2007 bonuses required to be deferred into shares to be held for a three-year period, as explained in the Short-term bonus section.
2Relates to relocation allowances.
3Part year only as appointed Director on 5 November 2007.
4Part year only as appointed Director on 25 July 2007.
5Part year only as ceased to be Director on 31 July 2007.
6Part year only as ceased to be Director on 26 April 2007.
7Part year only as ceased to be Director on 12 April 2007.
8This comprises Bridget Ogilvie’s 2006 total of £18,000 ($34,000).
9This comprises Tom McKillop’s 2005 total of £2,253,000 ($4,125,000), Bridget Ogilvie’s 2005 total of £57,000 ($104,000) and Åke Stavling’s final payment of £36,000 ($66,000).

In the tables on this page, salaries have been converted between sterling and US dollars at the average exchange rate for the year in question. These rates were:

GBP/USD
2005 0.546
2006 0.547
2007 0.500

The Executive Directors were also granted options to subscribe for Ordinary Shares and awards of Ordinary Shares under the Company’s long-term incentive plans (the AstraZeneca Share Option Plan and the AstraZeneca Performance Share Plan). Details of share options granted to, and exercised by, Directors and the aggregate of gains realised on the exercise of options, and of awards under the long-term incentive plans, in the year are given in the sections Directors' interest in shares, Share options and Gains by directors on exercise of share options.

No Director has a family relationship with any other Director.

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