AstraZeneca Annual Report and Form 20-F Information 2008

Dividend payments

For Ordinary Shares listed on the London and Stockholm Stock Exchanges and ADRs listed on the New York Stock Exchange, the record date for the second interim dividend for 2008, payable on 16 March 2009, is 6 February 2009 and the ex-dividend date is
4 February 2009.

The record date for the first interim dividend for 2009, payable on 14 September 2009, is
7 August 2009.

Future dividends will normally be paid as follows:

First interim: Announced in July and paid in September.

Second interim: Announced in January and paid in March.

Other key dates

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