26 September 2016 16:00
Transaction by Person Discharging Managerial Responsibilities
Disclosure Rule DTR 3.1.4
On 26 September 2016, the interest of Sean Bohen, a person discharging
managerial responsibilities, in the ordinary shares of AstraZeneca PLC changed
as detailed below.
The change in interest relates to the vesting of an award of AstraZeneca
American Depositary Shares (ADSs) made in September 2015 under the AstraZeneca
Restricted Share Plan.
One ordinary share equals two ADSs.
After sufficient vested shares were withheld to satisfy certain tax obligations
arising on the vesting, Mr Bohen has become beneficially entitled to and has
received 12,385 ADSs into a personal brokerage account.
For tax purposes, the fair market value of the shares at vest was $33.97 per ADS
being the closing price on the last trading day preceding the vesting day.
The attached notification, made in accordance with the requirements of the EU
Market Abuse Regulation, gives further detail.
Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging
managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them
1 Details of the person discharging
managerial responsibilities / person
closely associated
a) Name Sean Bohen
2 Reason for the notification
a) Position/status Executive
Vice
-President,
Global
Medicines
Development
and Chief
Medical
Officer
b) Initial notification /Amendment Initial
notification
3 Details of the issuer, emission
allowance market participant, auction
platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a) Name AstraZeneca
PLC
b) LEI Not
applicable
4 Details of the transaction(s): section
to be repeated for (i) each type of
instrument; (ii) each type of
transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv)
each place where transactions have been
conducted
a) Description of the financial AstraZeneca
instrument, type of instrument PLC American
Identification code Depositary
Shares
CUSIP:
046353108
b) Nature of the transaction Acquisition
of
AstraZeneca
American
Depositary
Shares
pursuant to
the vesting
of an award
under the
AstraZeneca
Restricted
Share Plan
c) Price(s) and volume(s) Price(s) Volume(s)
12,385
$33.97
d) Aggregated information - Aggregated Not
volume - Price applicable -
single
transaction
e) Date of the transaction 26 September
2016
f) Place of the transaction New York
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Autoimmunity, Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases, and Oncology. The Company
is also active in inflammation, infection and neuroscience through numerous
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medicines are used by millions of patients worldwide. For more information
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