BASE PROSPECTUS

AstraZeneca

AstraZeneca PLC

(incorporated with limited liability in England)

AstraZeneca Finance LLC

(a Delaware corporation)

Euro Medium Term Note Programme

unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed, in the case of Notes issued by

AstraZeneca Finance LLC, by AstraZeneca PLC

AstraZeneca PLC and AstraZeneca Finance LLC ("AstraZeneca Finance") have established a Euro Medium Term Note Programme (the "Programme") described in this Base Prospectus for the issuance of notes from time to time issue ("Notes"). Each of AstraZeneca PLC and AstraZeneca Finance shall be referred to herein as an "Issuer", and in respect of issues of Notes by AstraZeneca Finance, AstraZeneca PLC shall be a Guarantor (in such capacity, the "Guarantor").

Notes will be issued in series (each a "Series") in bearer form or registered form, as specified in the applicable Final Terms. Each Series may comprise one or more tranches (each a "Tranche") issued on different issue dates. Each Tranche of Notes will be issued on the terms set out herein under "Terms and Conditions of the Notes" (the "Conditions") as completed by a document setting out the final terms of such Tranche (the "Final Terms") or as amended, supplemented and/or replaced in a separate prospectus specific to such Tranche (the "Drawdown Prospectus") as described under "Final Terms and Drawdown Prospectuses" below. In the case of a Tranche of Notes which is the subject of a Drawdown Prospectus, each reference in this Base Prospectus to information being specified or identified in the relevant Final Terms shall be read and construed as a reference to such information being specified or identified in the relevant Drawdown Prospectus unless the context requires otherwise. This Base Prospectus must be read and construed together with all documents incorporated by reference herein, any amendments or supplements hereto and, in relation to any Tranche of Notes which is the subject of Final Terms, must be read and construed together with the relevant Final Terms. References in this Base Prospectus to "relevant Issuer" shall, in relation to any Tranche of Notes, be references to the Issuer which is, or is intended to be, the Issuer of such Notes as indicated in the applicable Final Terms.

The Notes are constituted by, have the benefit of and are in all respects subject to a trust deed dated 10 September 2007 and amended and restated on 9 June 2026 (the "Trust Deed") between the Issuers, the Guarantor and Deutsche Trustee Company Limited (the "Trustee", which expression shall include all persons appointed for the time being as trustee or trustees under the Trust Deed) as trustee for the holders of the Notes (the "Noteholders"). The Notes also have the benefit of an amended and restated agency agreement dated 9 June 2026 (the "Agency Agreement") between the Issuers, the Guarantor, Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch as principal paying agent (the "Principal Paying Agent") and ICSD Transfer Agent, Deutsche Bank AG, Hong Kong Branch as CMU lodging and paying agent (the "CMU Lodging and Paying Agent"), as CMU transfer agent and as CMU registrar ("CMU Registrar"), Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas as ICSD registrar and Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch as ICSD transfer agent and ICSD paying agent.

This Base Prospectus has been approved by the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority (the "FCA") in accordance with the rules in the Prospectus Rules: Admission to Trading on a Regulated Market sourcebook (the "PRM") made in accordance with the Public Offers and Admissions to Trading Regulations 2024 (the "POATRs" and, together with the PRM, the "UK Prospectus Regime"). The FCA only approves this Prospectus as meeting the standards of completeness, comprehensibility and consistency imposed by the rules in the PRM. Such approval should not be considered as an endorsement of the Issuers or the Guarantor, nor as an endorsement of the quality of any Notes that are the subject of this Base Prospectus. Investors should make their own assessment as to the suitability of investing in such Notes. This Base Prospectus is valid for a period of twelve months from the date of approval.

Applications have been made for the Notes to be admitted to listing on the Official List of the FCA and to trading on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange plc (the "London Stock Exchange") during the period of twelve months after the date thereof. The Main Market of the London Stock Exchange is a regulated market for the purposes of Article 2(1)(13A) of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 as it forms part of the domestic law of the UK by virtue of the EUWA ("UK MiFIR").

The Notes may only be issued under the Programme in minimum denominations of at least EUR 100,000 (or its equivalent in another currency).

Investing in Notes issued under the Programme involves certain risks. The principal risk factors that may affect the abilities of the Issuers and/or the Guarantor, as the case may be, to fulfil their respective obligations under the Notes or the Guarantee (as defined below) as the case may be, are discussed under "Risk Factors" below.

Arranger

CITIGROUP

Dealers

BARCLAYS

BNP PARIBAS

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BOFA SECURITIES
DEUTSCHE BANK
HSBC
MIZUHO
SANTANDER CORPORATE &
INVESTMENT BANKING
SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE CORPORATE & INVESTMENT BANKING
CITIGROUP
GOLDMAN SACHS INTERNATIONAL
J.P. MORGAN
MORGAN STANLEY
SEB

The date of this Base Prospectus is 9 June 2026

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IMPORTANT NOTICES... 1
DESCRIPTION OF THE PROGRAMME... 6
RISK FACTORS... 10
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE... 25
FINAL TERMS AND DRAWDOWN PROSPECTUSES... 27
FORMS OF NOTES... 28
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE NOTES... 33
FORM OF FINAL TERMS... 71
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE NOTES WHILE IN GLOBAL FORM... 82
USE OF PROCEEDS... 86
DESCRIPTION OF ASTRAZENECA... 87
DESCRIPTION OF ASTRAZENECA FINANCE LLC... 112
TAXATION... 113
SUBSCRIPTION AND SALE... 117
GENERAL INFORMATION... 122

IMPORTANT NOTICES

AstraZeneca PLC accepts responsibility for the information contained in this Base Prospectus and the Final Terms for each Tranche of Notes AstraZeneca PLC issues or guarantees under the Programme and AstraZeneca PLC declares that, to the best of AstraZeneca PLC's knowledge the information contained in this Base Prospectus and any Final Terms is, in accordance with the facts and this Base Prospectus as completed by the Final Terms makes no omission likely to affect its import.

With the exception of the information contained in the section entitled "Description of AstraZeneca", the information contained in the documents referred to in paragraphs (i) and (ii) of the section entitled "Documents incorporated by reference" and the information contained in paragraphs 1, 3, and 7, the second sentence of paragraph 5 and under the heading LEI as it relates to AstraZeneca PLC in the section entitled "General Information" (the remaining information, the "AstraZeneca Finance Prospectus"), AstraZeneca Finance accepts responsibility for the information contained in the AstraZeneca Finance Prospectus and the Final Terms for each Tranche of Notes AstraZeneca Finance issues under the Programme (the "AstraZeneca Finance Final Terms") and AstraZeneca Finance declares that, to the best of AstraZeneca Finance's knowledge the information contained in the AstraZeneca Finance Prospectus and the AstraZeneca Finance Final Terms is, in accordance with the facts and the AstraZeneca Finance Prospectus as completed by the AstraZeneca Finance Final Terms makes no omission likely to affect its import.

AstraZeneca PLC and AstraZeneca Finance each confirms that any information from third party sources has been accurately reproduced and that, so far as it is aware and is able to ascertain from information published by such third party source, no facts have been omitted which would render the reproduced information inaccurate or misleading.

No person has been authorised to give any information or to make any representation not contained in or not consistent with this Base Prospectus or any other document entered into in relation to the Programme or any information supplied by the Issuers and/or the Guarantor, as the case may be, or such other information as is in the public domain and, if given or made, such information or representation should not be relied upon as having been authorised by the Issuers, the Guarantor, the Trustee or any Dealer.

None of the Dealers, any of their respective affiliates, the Agents or the Trustee have authorised the whole or any part of this Base Prospectus and none of them makes any representation or warranty or accepts any responsibility as to the accuracy or completeness of the information contained in this Base Prospectus. Neither the delivery of this Base Prospectus or any Final Terms nor the offering, sale or delivery of any Note shall, in any circumstances, create any implication that the information contained in this Base Prospectus is true subsequent to the date hereof or the date upon which this Base Prospectus has been most recently amended or supplemented or that there has been no adverse change, or any event reasonably likely to involve any adverse change, in the prospects or financial performance or financial position of the Issuers and/or the Guarantor, as the case may be, since the date thereof or, if later, the date upon which this Base Prospectus has been most recently amended or supplemented or that any other information supplied in connection with the Programme is correct at any time subsequent to the date on which it is supplied or, if different, the date indicated in the document containing the same.

The distribution of this Base Prospectus and any Final Terms and the offering, sale and delivery of the Notes in certain jurisdictions may be restricted by law. Persons into whose possession this Base Prospectus or any Final Terms comes are required by the Issuers, the Guarantor and the Dealers to inform themselves about and to observe any such restrictions. For a description of certain restrictions on offers, sales and deliveries of Notes and on the distribution of this Base Prospectus or any Final Terms and other offering material relating to the Notes, see "Subscription and Sale". In particular, neither the Notes nor the Guarantee have been, nor will they be, registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933 (as amended) (the "Securities Act") and Notes in bearer form are subject to U.S. tax law requirements. Subject to certain exceptions, Notes may not be offered, sold or (in the case of Notes in bearer form) delivered within the United States or to U.S. persons (as defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act).

Neither this Base Prospectus nor any Final Terms constitutes an offer or an invitation to subscribe for or purchase any Notes and should not be considered as a recommendation by the Issuers, the Guarantor, the Dealers or any of them that any recipient of this Base Prospectus or any Final Terms should subscribe for or purchase any Notes. Each recipient of this Base Prospectus or any Final Terms shall be taken to have made its own investigation and appraisal of the condition (financial or otherwise) of the Issuers and/or the Guarantor, as the case may be.

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None of the Notes will be marketed as green, social, sustainable or sustainability-linked securities.

The Programme has been rated by S&P Global Ratings UK Limited ("S&P") and by Moody's Investors Service Limited ("Moody's"), as more fully set out in "Description of the Programme" below. Each of S&P and Moody's is established in the UK and registered under Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009 on credit rating agencies as it forms part of domestic law of the UK by virtue of the EUWA (the "UK CRA Regulation"). Each of S&P and Moody's appears on the latest update of the list of registered credit rating agencies (as of 13 February 2026) on the FCA's Financial Services Register. The rating S&P has given to the Notes to be issued under the Programme is endorsed by S&P Global Ratings Europe Limited, which is established in the European Economic Area (the "EEA") and registered under Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009, as amended (the "EU CRA Regulation"). The rating Moody's has given to the Notes to be issued under the Programme is endorsed by Moody's Deutschland GmbH, which is established in the EEA and registered under the EU CRA Regulation.

Tranches of Notes issued under the Programme may be rated or unrated. Where a Tranche of Notes is rated, such rating will not necessarily be the same as the ratings assigned to the Programme as described above or the rating(s) assigned to Notes already issued. Where a Tranche of Notes is rated, the applicable rating(s) will be specified in the relevant Final Terms. Whether or not each credit rating applied for in relation to a relevant Tranche of Notes will be (1) issued or endorsed by a credit rating agency established in the EEA and registered under the EU CRA Regulation or by a credit rating agency which is certified under the EU CRA Regulation and/or (2) issued or endorsed by a credit rating agency established in the UK and registered under the UK CRA Regulation or by a credit rating agency which is certified under the UK CRA Regulation, will be disclosed in the relevant Final Terms.

In general, European regulated investors are restricted from using a rating for regulatory purposes if such rating is not issued by a credit rating agency established in the EEA and registered under the EU CRA Regulation or (1) the rating is provided by a credit rating agency not established in the EEA but is endorsed by a credit rating agency established in the EEA and registered under the EU CRA Regulation or (2) the rating is provided by a credit rating agency not established in the EEA which is certified under the EU CRA Regulation. In general, UK regulated investors are restricted from using a rating for regulatory purposes if such rating is not issued by a credit rating agency established in the UK and registered under the UK CRA Regulation or (1) the rating is provided by a credit rating agency not established in the UK but is endorsed by a credit rating agency established in the UK and registered under the UK CRA Regulation or (2) the rating is provided by a credit rating agency not established in the UK which is certified under the UK CRA Regulation.

A security rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and may be subject to suspension, reduction or withdrawal at any time by the assigning rating agency.

Each potential investor in the Notes must make its own assessment as to the suitability of that investment in light of its own circumstances. In particular, each potential investor should:

(a) have sufficient knowledge and experience to make a meaningful evaluation of the Notes and the merits and risks of investing in the Notes on the basis of the information contained or incorporated by reference in this Base Prospectus or any applicable supplement;

(b) have access to, and knowledge of, appropriate analytical tools to evaluate, in the context of its particular financial situation, an investment in the Notes and the impact the Notes will have on its overall investment portfolio;

(c) have sufficient financial resources and liquidity to bear all of the risks of an investment in the Notes, including Notes with principal or interest payable in one or more currencies, or where the currency for principal or interest payments is different from the potential investor's currency;

(d) understand thoroughly the terms of the Notes and be familiar with the behaviour of any relevant indices and financial markets; and

(e) be able to evaluate (either alone or with the help of a financial adviser) possible scenarios for economic, interest rate and other factors that may affect its investment and its ability to bear the applicable risks.

The investment activities of certain investors are subject to legal investment laws and regulations, or review or regulation by certain authorities. Each potential investor should consult its legal advisers to determine whether and to what extent (1) Notes are legal investments for it, (2) Notes can be used as collateral for various types

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of borrowing and (3) other restrictions apply to its purchase or pledge of any Notes. Financial institutions should consult their legal advisers or the appropriate regulators to determine the appropriate treatment of Notes under any applicable risk-based capital or similar rules.

In this Base Prospectus, unless otherwise specified, references to a "Member State" are references to a Member State of the EEA, references to "US$", "U.S. dollars" or "dollars" are to United States dollars, references to "EUR" or "euro" are to the single currency introduced at the start of the third stage of European Economic and Monetary Union, and as defined in Article 2 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 974/98 of 3 May 1998 on the introduction of the euro, as amended, references to "£" or "sterling" are to the lawful currency for the time being of the United Kingdom and references to "Renminbi", "Chinese Yuan" and "CNY" are to the lawful currency of the People's Republic of China (for the purpose of this Base Prospectus, excluding the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the Macau Special Administrative Region and Taiwan) ("PRC").

Certain figures included in this Base Prospectus have been subject to rounding adjustments; accordingly, figures shown for the same category presented in different tables may vary slightly and figures shown as totals in certain tables may not be an arithmetic aggregation of the figures which precede them. All figures included in this Base Prospectus which express growth rates are expressed at constant exchange rates unless otherwise stated.

In connection with the issue of any Tranche of Notes, the Dealer or Dealers (if any) acting as the Stabilisation Manager(s) (or persons acting on behalf of any Stabilisation Manager(s)) may over allot Notes or effect transactions with a view to supporting the market price of the Notes at a level higher than that which might otherwise prevail. However, stabilisation may not necessarily occur. Any stabilisation action may begin on or after the date on which adequate public disclosure of the terms of the offer of the relevant Tranche of Notes is made and, if begun, may cease at any time, but it must end no later than the earlier of 30 days after the issue date of the relevant Tranche of Notes and 60 days after the date of the allotment of the relevant Tranche of Notes. Any stabilisation action or over-allotment must be conducted by the relevant Stabilisation Manager(s) (or persons acting on behalf of any Stabilisation Manager(s)) in accordance with all applicable laws and rules.

NOTICE TO CANADIAN INVESTORS

The Notes may be sold only to purchasers purchasing, or deemed to be purchasing, as principal that are accredited investors, as defined in National Instrument 45-106 Prospectus Exemptions or subsection 73.3(1) of the Securities Act (Ontario), and are permitted clients, as defined in National Instrument 31-103 Registration Requirements, Exemptions and Ongoing Registrant Obligations. Any resale of the Notes must be made in accordance with an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the prospectus requirements of applicable securities laws.

Securities legislation in certain provinces or territories of Canada may provide a purchaser with remedies for rescission or damages if this Base Prospectus (including any amendment thereto) contains a misrepresentation, provided that the remedies for rescission or damages are exercised by the purchaser within the time limit prescribed by the securities legislation of the purchaser's province or territory. The purchaser should refer to any applicable provisions of the securities legislation of the purchaser's province or territory for particulars of these rights or consult with a legal advisor.

IMPORTANT EEA RETAIL INVESTORS

If the relevant Final Terms in respect of any Notes includes a legend entitled "Prohibition of Sales to EEA Retail Investors", the Notes are not intended to be offered, sold or otherwise made available to, and should not be offered, sold or otherwise made available to any retail investor in the EEA. For these purposes, a retail investor means a person who is one (or more) of: (i) a retail client as defined in point (11) of Article 4(1) of Directive 2014/65/EU (as amended, "EU MiFID II"); or (ii) a customer within the meaning of Directive (EU) 2016/97, where that customer would not qualify as a professional client as defined in point (10) of Article 4(1) of EU MiFID II. Consequently, no key information document required by Regulation (EU) No. 1286/2014 (the "EU PRIIPs Regulation") for offering or selling the Notes or otherwise making them available to retail investors in the EEA has been prepared and therefore offering or selling the Notes or otherwise making them available to any retail investor in the EEA may be unlawful under the EU PRIIPs Regulation.

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IMPORTANT UK RETAIL INVESTORS

If the relevant Final Terms in respect of any Notes includes a legend entitled "Prohibition of Sales to UK Retail Investors", the Notes are not intended to be offered, offered, sold, distributed or otherwise made available to and should not be offered, sold, distributed or otherwise made available to any retail investor in the UK. For these purposes, a retail investor means a person who is not a professional client as defined in point (8) of Article 2(1) of UK MiFIR. Consequently, no disclosure document required by the FCA Product Disclosure Sourcebook ("DISC") for offering, selling or distributing the Notes or otherwise making them available to retail investors in the UK has been prepared and therefore offering, selling or distributing the Notes or otherwise making them available to any retail investor in the UK may be unlawful under DISC and the Consumer Composite Investments (Designated Activities) Regulations 2024.

EU MIFID II PRODUCT GOVERNANCE/TARGET MARKETS

The Final Terms in respect of any Notes may include a legend entitled "EU MiFID II Product Governance" which will outline the target market assessment in respect of the Notes and which channels for distribution of the Notes are appropriate. Any person subsequently offering, selling or recommending the Notes (a "distributor") should take into consideration the target market assessment; however, a distributor subject to EU MiFID II is responsible for undertaking its own target market assessment in respect of the Notes (by either adopting or refining the target market assessment) and determining appropriate distribution channels.

A determination will be made in relation to each issue of Notes about whether, for the purpose of the EU MiFID Product Governance rules under EU Delegated Directive 2017/593 (the "EU MiFID Product Governance Rules"), any Dealer subscribing for any Notes is a manufacturer in respect of such Notes, but otherwise neither the Arranger nor the Dealers nor any of their respective affiliates will be a manufacturer for the purpose of the EU MiFID Product Governance Rules.

UK MIFIR PRODUCT GOVERNANCE/TARGET MARKETS

The Final Terms in respect of any Notes may include a legend entitled "UK MiFIR Product Governance" which will outline the target market assessment in respect of the Notes and which channels for distribution of the Notes are appropriate. Any distributor should take into consideration the target market assessment; however, a distributor subject to the UK MiFIR Product Governance Rules (as defined below) is responsible for undertaking its own target market assessment in respect of the Notes (by either adopting or refining the target market assessment) and determining appropriate distribution channels.

A determination will be made in relation to each issue about whether, for the purpose of the UK MiFIR product governance rules set out in the FCA Handbook Product Intervention and Product Governance Sourcebook (the "UK MiFIR Product Governance Rules"), any Dealer subscribing for any Notes is a manufacturer in respect of such Notes, but otherwise neither the Arranger nor the Dealers nor any of their respective affiliates will be a manufacturer for the purpose of the UK MiFIR Product Governance Rules.

UK BENCHMARKS REGULATION

Interest and/or other amounts payable under the Notes may be calculated by reference to certain reference rates. Any such reference rate may constitute a benchmark for the purposes of Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 as it forms part of domestic law of the UK by virtue of the EUWA (the "UK Benchmarks Regulation"). If any such reference rate does constitute such a benchmark, the Final Terms will indicate whether or not the benchmark is provided by an administrator included in the register of administrators and benchmarks established and maintained by FCA pursuant to Article 36 of the UK Benchmarks Regulation. The registration status of any administrator under the UK Benchmarks Regulation is a matter of public record and, save where required by applicable law, the Issuers do not intend to update the Final Terms to reflect any change in the registration status of the administrator.

PRODUCT CLASSIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 309B OF THE SECURITIES AND FUTURES ACT 2001 OF SINGAPORE

The Final Terms in respect of any Notes may include a legend entitled "Singapore Securities and Futures Act Product Classification" which will state the product classification of the Notes pursuant to Section 309B(1) of the Securities and Futures Act 2001 of Singapore (as modified or amended from time to time, the "SFA"). If applicable, the relevant Issuer will make a determination and provide the appropriate written

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notification to "relevant persons" in relation to each issue about the classification of the Notes being offered for the purposes of Section 309B(1)(a) and Section 309B(1)(c) of the SFA. Any such legend included on the relevant Final Terms will constitute notice to "relevant persons" for the purposes of section 309B(1)(c) of the SFA.

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DESCRIPTION OF THE PROGRAMME

This description of the Programme must be read as an introduction to this Base Prospectus, and any decision to invest in the Notes should be based on a consideration of the Base Prospectus as a whole, including all documents incorporated by reference. Words and expressions defined in the "Terms and Conditions of the Notes" below or elsewhere in this Base Prospectus have the same meanings in this summary.

Issuers: AstraZeneca PLC.
AstraZeneca Finance LLC ("AstraZeneca Finance").

Guarantor: AstraZeneca PLC (only in respect of Notes issued by AstraZeneca Finance).

Risk Factors: Investing in Notes issued under the Programme involves certain risks. The principal risk factors that may affect the abilities of AstraZeneca PLC and AstraZeneca Finance to fulfil their respective obligations under the Notes are discussed under "Risk Factors" below.

Arranger: Citigroup Global Markets Limited.

Dealers: Banco Santander, S.A., Barclays Bank PLC, BNP PARIBAS, Citigroup Global Markets Limited, Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch, Goldman Sachs International, HSBC Bank plc, J.P. Morgan Securities plc, Merrill Lynch International, Mizuho International plc, Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc, Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ), Société Générale and any other Dealer appointed from time to time by the relevant Issuer and the Guarantor, as the case may be, either generally in respect of the Programme or in relation to a particular Tranche of Notes.

Trustee: Deutsche Trustee Company Limited.

Principal Paying Agent: Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch.

CMU Lodging and Paying Agent: Deutsche Bank AG, Hong Kong Branch.

Final Terms or Drawdown Prospectus: Notes issued under the Programme may be issued either (1) pursuant to this Base Prospectus and associated Final Terms or (2) pursuant to a Drawdown Prospectus. The terms and conditions applicable to any particular Tranche of Notes will be the Terms and Conditions of the Notes as completed by the relevant Final Terms or, as the case may be, as supplemented, amended and/or replaced to the extent described in the relevant Drawdown Prospectus.

Listing and Trading: Application has been made for Notes to be admitted during the period of twelve months after the date hereof to listing on the Official List of the FCA and to trading on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange.

Clearing Systems: Euroclear Bank SA/NV ("Euroclear") and Clearstream Banking S.A. ("Clearstream") and/or the Central Moneymarkets Unit Service operated by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority ("CMU"), in relation to any Tranche of Notes.

Programme Size: Unlimited.

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Issuance in Series:

Notes will be issued in Series. Each Series may comprise one or more Tranches issued on different issue dates. The Notes of each Series will all be subject to identical terms, except that the issue date, issue price and the amount of the first payment of interest may be different in respect of different Tranches.

Forms of Notes:

Notes may be issued in bearer form or registered form, as specified in the applicable Final Terms. Bearer Notes (as defined below) will not be exchangeable for Registered Notes (as defined below) and Registered Notes will not be exchangeable for Bearer Notes. No single Series or Tranche may comprise both Bearer Notes and Registered Notes.

Each Tranche of Bearer Notes will initially be in the form of either a Temporary Global Note or a Permanent Global Note, in each case as specified in the relevant Final Terms. Each Global Note which is not intended to be issued in new global note form (a "Classic Global Note" or "CGN"), as specified in the relevant Final Terms, will be deposited on or around the relevant issue date with a depositary or a common depositary for Euroclear and/or Clearstream and/or lodged with a sub-custodian for CMU and/or any other relevant clearing system and each Global Note which is intended to be issued in new global note form (a "New Global Note" or "NGN"), as specified in the relevant Final Terms, will be deposited on or around the relevant issue date with a common safekeeper for Euroclear and/or Clearstream. Each Temporary Global Note will be exchangeable for a Permanent Global Note or, if so specified in the relevant Final Terms, for Definitive Notes. If the TEFRA D Rules are specified in the relevant Final Terms as applicable, certification as to non-U.S. beneficial ownership will be a condition precedent to any exchange of an interest in a Temporary Global Note or receipt of any payment of interest in respect of a Temporary Global Note. Each Permanent Global Note will be exchangeable for Definitive Notes in accordance with its terms. Definitive Notes will, if interest-bearing, have Coupons attached and, if appropriate, a Talon for further Coupons.

Each Note represented by Global Registered Note will either be registered in the name of a common depositary (or its nominee) for Euroclear and/or Clearstream, Luxembourg and/or the Hong Kong Monetary Authority in its capacity as operator of the CMU and/or any other relevant clearing system and the relevant Global Registered Note will be deposited on or about the issue date with the common depositary or lodged with a sub-custodian for the CMU and will be exchangeable for Individual Note Certificates in accordance with its terms or registered in the name of a common safekeeper (or its nominee) for Euroclear and/or Clearstream and/or any other relevant clearing system and the relevant Global Registered Note will be deposited on or about the issue date with the common safekeeper for Euroclear and/or Clearstream and will be exchangeable for Individual Note Certificates in accordance with its terms.

Currencies:

Notes may be denominated in any currency or currencies, subject to compliance with all applicable legal and/or regulatory and/or central bank requirements. Payments in respect of Notes may, subject to such compliance, be made in and/or linked to, any currency or currencies other than the currency in which such Notes are denominated.

Status of the Notes:

Notes will be issued on an unsubordinated basis.

Status of the Guarantee:

The guarantee of the Notes issued by AstraZeneca Finance given by the Guarantor in the Trust Deed (the "Guarantee") is an unsubordinated obligation of the Guarantor.

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Issue Price:
Notes may be issued at any price, as specified in the relevant Final Terms. The price and amount of Notes to be issued under the Programme will be determined by the relevant Issuer and the relevant Dealer(s) at the time of issue in accordance with prevailing market conditions.

Maturities:
Such maturity as may be agreed between the relevant Issuer and the relevant Dealer(s), subject to such minimum or maximum maturities as may be allowed or required from time to time by the Bank of England (or equivalent body) or any laws or regulations applicable to the relevant Issuer and Guarantor, as applicable, or the relevant currency.

Any Notes having a maturity of less than one year must (a) have a minimum redemption value of £100,000 (or its equivalent in other currencies) and be issued only to persons whose ordinary activities involve them in acquiring, holding, managing or disposing of investments (as principal or agent) for the purposes of their businesses; or who it is reasonable to expect will acquire, hold, manage or dispose of investments (as principal or agent) for the purposes of their businesses or (b) be issued in other circumstances which do not constitute a contravention of section 19 of the FSMA by the relevant Issuer.

Redemption:
Notes may be redeemable at par or at such other redemption amount as may be specified in the relevant Final Terms.

Optional Redemption:
Notes may be redeemed before their stated maturity at the option of the relevant Issuer (either in whole or in part) and/or at the option of the Noteholders to the extent (if at all) specified in the relevant Final Terms.

Tax Redemption:
Except as described in "Optional Redemption" above, early redemption will only be permitted for tax reasons as described in Condition 9(b) (Redemption and Purchase – Redemption for tax reasons).

Interest:
Notes may be interest-bearing or non-interest bearing. Interest (if any) may accrue at a fixed rate or a floating rate or other variable rate and the method of calculating interest may vary between the issue date and the maturity date of the relevant Series. For the avoidance of doubt, the interest rate in respect of floating rate Notes shall not be less than zero.

Denominations:
No Notes may be issued under the Programme with a minimum denomination of less than EUR100,000. Notes will be issued in such denominations as may be specified in the relevant Final Terms, subject to compliance with all applicable legal and/or regulatory and/or central bank requirements and the regulations of the applicable securities system in which the Notes are issued.

Negative Pledge:
The Notes will have the benefit of a negative pledge as described in Condition 5 (Negative Pledge).

Taxation:
All payments in respect of Notes will be made free and clear of withholding taxes of the Relevant Jurisdiction(s) (as defined in the Conditions), unless the withholding is required by law. In that event, the relevant Issuer or the Guarantor, as the case may be, will (subject as provided in Condition 12 (Taxation)) pay such additional amounts as will result in the Noteholders receiving such amounts as they would have received in respect of such Notes had no such withholding been required.

Governing Law:
The Notes and the Trust Deed and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with the Notes and the Trust Deed are governed by English law.

Ratings

The Programme has been rated as follows by S&P and by Moody's, S&P and Moody's are both established in the UK and registered under the UK CRA Regulation:

S&P Global Ratings UK Limited: A+

Moody's Investors Service Limited: A1

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RISK FACTORS

Prospective investors should read the entire Base Prospectus. Investing in Notes issued under the Programme involves certain risks. Set forth below are risk factors that AstraZeneca believes are the key risks involved in an investment in the Notes. In these risk factors "AstraZeneca" shall mean AstraZeneca PLC (as Issuer or as Guarantor, as the case may be) and its subsidiaries, including AstraZeneca Finance.

Words and expressions defined in the "Terms and Conditions of the Notes" below or elsewhere in this Base Prospectus have the same meanings in this section.

Prospective investors should consider carefully the following:

RISKS RELATING TO FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This Base Prospectus contains certain forward-looking statements about AstraZeneca. AstraZeneca believes such forward-looking statements, identified by words such as 'anticipates', 'believes', 'expects' and 'intends', are based on reasonable assumptions. However, forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties such as those summarised below. They relate to events that may occur in the future, that may be influenced by factors beyond AstraZeneca's control and that may have actual outcomes materially different from AstraZeneca's expectations.

RISKS RELATING TO ASTRAZENECA AND ITS BUSINESS

The pharmaceutical sector is inherently risky and a variety of risks and uncertainties may affect AstraZeneca's business. Here AstraZeneca summarises, under the headings Product Pipeline Risks; Commercialisation Risks; Supply Chain and Business Execution Risks; Legal, Regulatory and Compliance Risks; and Economic and Financial Risks, the key risks and uncertainties that it currently considers may have a significant effect on its financial condition, results of operations and/or reputation. Other risks not listed here could have a similar effect.

Product Pipeline Risks

Failure or delay in the delivery of AstraZeneca's pipeline or launch of new medicines

AstraZeneca's continued success depends on the development and successful launch of innovative new drugs. The development of pharmaceutical product candidates is a complex, risky and lengthy process involving significant resources. Projects have failed, and may fail in the future, at any stage of the process due to various factors, including: failure to obtain the required regulatory or marketing approvals, unfavourable clinical efficacy data, safety concerns, failure to demonstrate adequate cost-effective benefits to regulatory authorities and/or payers, and the emergence of competing products.

Failure or delay in development of new product candidates could damage the reputation of AstraZeneca's research and development ("R&D") capabilities, and adversely affect its future business and results of operations.

Launch activities have been delayed, and may be delayed in the future, by a number of factors, including: adverse findings in preclinical or clinical studies, regulatory demands, price negotiation, large-scale natural disasters or global pandemics, competitor activity and technology transfer.

Delays to launches can lead to excess expenses in the manufacture of pre-launch inventories, marketing materials and salesforce training. For the launch of products that are seasonal in nature, delays in regulatory approvals or manufacturing may delay launch to the next season which, in turn, may significantly reduce the return on costs incurred in preparing for the launch for that season. Furthermore, in immuno-oncology in particular, speed to market is critical given the large number of clinical trials being conducted by competitors. Delay of launch can also erode the term of patent exclusivity.

In addition to developing products in-house, AstraZeneca continues to expand its portfolio through licensing arrangements and strategic collaborations which may not ultimately be successful.

Competition from other pharmaceutical companies means that AstraZeneca may have to pay a significant premium over book or market values for AstraZeneca's acquisitions. Failure to complete collaborative projects in a timely, cost-effective manner may limit AstraZeneca's ability to access a greater portfolio of products,

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intellectual property ("IP"), technology and shared expertise. In many cases, AstraZeneca makes milestone payments in advance of the commercialisation of its products, with no assurance of recouping costs.

Failure to meet regulatory or ethical requirements for medicine development or approval

AstraZeneca is subject to laws and regulations that control its ability to market its pharmaceutical products. AstraZeneca's development programmes must meet many standards to prove its products are safe, effective and of high quality. Health authorities, such as the Food and Drug Administration (the "FDA") in the United States of America ("US") and the European Medicines Agency in the European Union ("EU"), can refuse to approve AstraZeneca's products or require it to conduct additional clinical trials or scientific testing before they will approve them for marketing. Many factors influence health authority decisions to approve or reject a marketing application for a pharmaceutical product. These include advances in science and technology, new laws, regulations and policies, and different standards for evaluating safety and effectiveness.

Delays in regulatory approvals could delay AstraZeneca's ability to market its products and may adversely affect its revenue. Also, post-approval requirements, including additional clinical trials, could cause increased costs. AstraZeneca seeks to manage these risks, but policymaking by governments and health authorities can be unpredictable and unforeseen circumstances, such as public health emergencies, may strain health authority resources and delay the approval of AstraZeneca's products.

Following approval, a health authority may require AstraZeneca to conduct additional clinical trials or scientific testing to address concerns raised after patients have used its products in the marketplace. New data may impact a product's approval status or lead to labelling changes that limit the use of a product.

Commercialisation Risks

Pricing, affordability, access and competitive pressures

AstraZeneca's approach to pricing balances the priorities of patients, their physicians, payers, society and AstraZeneca's business. The four guiding principles – Access, Value, Sustainability and Equity – aligned to AstraZeneca's overarching company values, form the cornerstones of its brand pricing strategies. Prices are rooted in the assurance of high-quality science, and the benefit this brings to patients. They also reflect holistic value, in the context of healthcare systems and market dynamics, affordability and equity; so that AstraZeneca can adapt prices across the more than 80 countries in which it has an active presence and help support long-term healthcare system resilience.

This pricing approach is a key contributor to AstraZeneca's success. However, there are various external risk factors that could compromise its ability to execute pricing strategies as planned. The market access environment is highly complex and subject to dynamic economic, political and social pressures. Globally, there are increasing cost-containment measures, greater calls for net price and R&D cost transparency, as well as early discussions towards pooled procurement mechanisms beyond emergency countermeasures and essential medicines.

Continued deterioration of, or lack of improvement in, socio-economic conditions could adversely affect supply and/or distribution in affected countries and the ability or willingness of customers to purchase AstraZeneca's medicines, putting pressure on price and/or volumes. This could adversely affect AstraZeneca's business or results of operations. For example, those healthcare systems most severely impacted by downturn may seek alternative ways to settle their debts at a discount. Other customers may cease to trade, which may result in losses from writing off debts or a reduction in demand for products.

Across the industry, AstraZeneca and the wider pharmaceutical industry continue to navigate pricing pressures and policy changes including the EU Joint Clinical Assessment (the "JCA"), the US Inflation Reduction Act (the "IRA") as well as more recent health equalisation initiatives requiring countries to increase their drug spending to support R&D costs, ensuring a more balanced global pharmaceutical landscape.

Failures or delays in the quality or execution of AstraZeneca's commercial strategies

Maximising the commercial potential of AstraZeneca's new products underpins the success of its strategy and the delivery of its short- and medium-term targets. AstraZeneca may ultimately be unable to achieve commercial success for various reasons, including: difficulties in manufacturing sufficient quantities of the product; any price control measures imposed by governments and healthcare authorities; patient access to

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healthcare; diagnosis rates; erosion of IP rights; failure to show a differentiated product profile; or changes in prescribing habits.

The ability to successfully carry out business in emerging markets can be more challenging than in established markets. Such challenges may include: volatility in economic or political climates; inadequate protection against crime (including counterfeiting, corruption and fraud); and inadvertent breaches of local and international law.

Failure to execute AstraZeneca's commercial strategies or achieve the level of sales anticipated for a medicine could materially impact AstraZeneca's business or results of operations.

Failure to leverage potential opportunities or appropriately manage risks in emerging markets may materially adversely affect AstraZeneca's reputation, business or results of operations.

Supply Chain and Business Execution Risks

Failure to maintain supply of compliant, quality medicines

AstraZeneca may experience challenges, delays or interruptions in the manufacturing and supply of its products for various reasons, including: supply shortages or delays in construction of facilities to support future demand of its products caused by significant un-forecasted demand growth or supply chain disruptions (e.g. natural disasters, climate impacts, pandemics, conflict or political unrest, failure in IT (including cyber-attack)); and the inability to supply products due to a product quality failure or regulatory compliance action such as licence withdrawal, product recall or change of regulatory standards (e.g. nitrosamines, where regulators have been introducing new limits/expectations for regulatory filings).

Supply chain difficulties may result in product shortages, which could lead to lost product sales and materially affect AstraZeneca's reputation and results of operations.

It is necessary for AstraZeneca to meet all regulations, including compliance with Good Manufacturing Practices and Good Distribution Practices and comparable regulatory dossier conditions of approval in all countries in which AstraZeneca's products are licensed, manufactured or sold.

Failure to comply with all manufacturing regulations can result in negative regulatory inspection findings that could lead to the halt of manufacturing, and/or product seizure, debarment or recalls which could have an adverse effect on AstraZeneca's business, financial condition and results of operations.

AstraZeneca relies significantly on third parties for the timely supply of goods (e.g. active ingredients and packaging components, many of which are difficult to substitute in a timely manner or at all).

Failure in information technology or cybersecurity

IT systems enable critical business functions which are increasingly dependent on solution provider cybersecurity controls and maturity. High availability and resilient IT systems remain a business imperative, providing AstraZeneca's workforce with continuous access to artificial intelligence ("AI") tools, collaboration environments, global communications channels, applications and data. In addition to availability and reliability, these systems must comply with provisions specified in cybersecurity, data security, privacy and individual protection laws.

Disruption to AstraZeneca's IT systems and/or the internet (including breaches of data security or cybersecurity, failure to integrate new and existing IT systems) or failure to comply with additional requirements under applicable laws, could harm AstraZeneca's reputation and materially adversely affect its financial condition or operations. While AstraZeneca invests heavily in the protection of its data, IT, Operational Technology and AI assets it may be unable to prevent hardware or software failures or breaches which could result in disclosure of confidential information, damage to its reputation, regulatory penalties or sanctions, or financial loss.

AstraZeneca prioritises data protection and access to delivery innovation, business growth, and uninterrupted medicine supply. Data is often characterised as strictly confidential including clinical trial records, personal information, IP, R&D data, and compliance information. IT systems and data are potentially vulnerable to service interruptions and security breaches via attacks by malicious third parties or intentional or inadvertent

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actions by AstraZeneca's employees or vendors. Attempts to exploit AstraZeneca's IT systems and data are increasingly sophisticated with increased volume, and fuelled by malicious AI use. Threat actors include organised criminal groups, 'hacktivists', nation states, employees and others. Privacy legislation includes obligations to report data protection breaches to regulators and affected individuals within expedited timeframes.

The inability to back-up and restore data effectively could lead to permanent loss of data that could, in turn, result in non-compliance with applicable laws and regulations and otherwise harm AstraZeneca's business. Data loss could lead to public disclosure of confidential information which may damage AstraZeneca's reputation, materially affect its business or results of operations, and expose it to legal risks and/or additional legal obligations. Public disclosure of sensitive information could materially adversely affect AstraZeneca's reputation and business or operations' results.

The internet is AstraZeneca's primary critical business transaction channel. Internet availability remains at risk due to geopolitical tensions and conflict.

Cybersecurity insurance coverage limits may not protect against any future claim or claim proceeds may be delayed.

Failure to comply with regulatory disclosure requirements could cause reputational damage and a loss of public trust.

Failure to collect and manage data and artificial intelligence in line with legal and regulatory requirements and strategic objectives

Data is increasingly recognised as being AstraZeneca's most valuable commodity. There is an increasing range of legislative and regulatory requirements to manage data across all countries where AstraZeneca conducts business. The requirements may impact certain types of data such as personal data, the way that AstraZeneca conducts business, such as restricting the movement of data between countries or jurisdictional regions, or how it makes use of new technological capabilities such as AI. In addition, geopolitical changes may require changes to how AstraZeneca manages data.

Despite AstraZeneca and its third parties taking measures designed to ensure compliance with applicable privacy- and AI-related laws and regulations, non-compliance may occur. If future instances of non-compliance are deemed significant, these may attract material regulatory sanctions or fines and corresponding reputational damage, orders to stop certain processing of personal data, or legal action on behalf of impacted individuals. Further, failure to protect personal data could lead to a competitive disadvantage, loss of trust from stakeholders, including patients, and prevent AstraZeneca from delivering its strategic objectives.

If the scope of data-related laws is expanded or if the interpretation or enforcement of existing laws change or new privacy laws are implemented, AstraZeneca and its third-party vendors may be required to change business practices or data processing practices and policies. This may lead to substantial compliance-related costs or materially adversely impact AstraZeneca's business and financial condition.

Beyond legal and regulatory requirements, achieving strategic objectives will require good management of data across the enterprise. As AstraZeneca increasingly relies on data, including sensitive data relating to health and genomics, a failure to properly understand personal and collective accountabilities for managing data to maximise its value, or failure to address data risks, will reduce AstraZeneca's ability to execute at pace and deliver its strategic objectives.

AI technologies present significant opportunities and risks to AstraZeneca's business. Harnessing AI's transformative potential may enable AstraZeneca to speed up the discovery and development of new drugs, optimise its manufacturing processes, drive efficiencies and productivity, and accelerate its growth. Failure to exploit these opportunities may put AstraZeneca at a competitive disadvantage and impact delivery of its strategic objectives.

AstraZeneca is investing significant resources into AI experimentation, development and deployment across many parts of its business. As AstraZeneca scales its use of AI, it is possible not all investments will succeed. AI technologies may exacerbate existing risks, like those associated with data privacy, cybersecurity and IP. AI also introduces new risks due to the autonomous nature of the technology, the ease at which AI-enabled decision making can be scaled up, and the commercial pressures to adopt AI. AI systems can amplify biased

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and discriminatory decision making, perform unreliably and malfunction, generate insights which are difficult to interpret and explain, and cause direct harm to individuals or groups. These risks may become more significant as AstraZeneca increasingly utilises AI to inform, augment and automate decision making and processes in sensitive areas (e.g. clinical trials and medical decision making).

The adoption and exploitation of AI is occurring under the backdrop of intense global media scrutiny, heightened political attention and low levels of public trust and understanding. There is also a range of new AI regulations being adopted and implemented worldwide, including in the EU, China and the US.

AstraZeneca's failure to use AI technologies in a way that maintains trust, quality and control in its business activities would pose reputational, legal, regulatory and financial risks to AstraZeneca. Investments in AI may not realise the benefits that were anticipated.

Illegal trade in AstraZeneca's medicines

The illegal trade of pharmaceutical products, including counterfeiting, tampering, theft and illegal diversion (where products are found in a market where AstraZeneca did not send them and where they are not approved to be sold) may lead to a loss of public confidence in the integrity of medicines.

The incidence of illegal trade could materially adversely affect AstraZeneca's reputation and financial performance, and pose a direct risk to patient safety. In addition, concern about this issue may cause some patients to stop taking their medicines, with consequential risks to their health.

If AstraZeneca is found liable for breaches in its supply chains, authorities may take action, financial or otherwise, that could restrict the distribution of its products.

Reliance on third-party goods and services

A significant proportion of AstraZeneca's annual costs relates to spend with third-party suppliers. The level of spend supports the length of AstraZeneca's value chain from discovery to manufacture and commercialisation of its medicines.

Many of AstraZeneca's business-critical operations are outsourced to third-party providers. AstraZeneca is, therefore, heavily reliant on these third parties to get medicines to patients, comply with applicable laws and regulations, while also ensuring prudent use of AstraZeneca's financial resources.

Failure to successfully secure, onboard and manage outsourced services, particularly with continued inflationary pressures, or the failure of outsourced providers to deliver timely services, and to the required level of quality, could materially adversely affect AstraZeneca's reputation, its financial condition and operating results as well as its ability to deliver medicines to patients.

Failure to effectively manage third-party suppliers when external factors, including geopolitical tensions or raw materials and components shortages, place increased pressure on AstraZeneca's ability to purchase goods and services may lead to major business disruption.

Any breach of security, whether physical, cyber or data related, or failure of these third parties to operate in a way that is consistent with laws or regulations, may lead to regulatory penalties, materially affect the results of operations and adversely impact AstraZeneca's reputation.

Failure of critical processes

Unexpected events including those beyond AstraZeneca's control could result in the failure of critical processes within AstraZeneca or at third parties on whom it is reliant.

Examples of threats include: instability including as a result of war or armed conflicts, terrorism, pandemics, riots, unstable governments, civil insurrection or social unrest; natural disasters and extreme weather events; and cyber threats detailed in the "Failure in information technology or cybersecurity" risk factor above.

Crystallisation of such threats may heighten other risks, such as the delivery of the pipeline, launch of new medicines, or the manufacture and supply of medicines, and may lead to loss of revenue and have a adverse impact on AstraZeneca's operations.

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Failure to attract, develop, engage and retain a diverse, talented and capable workforce

AstraZeneca relies heavily on recruiting and retaining talented employees with a diverse range of skills and capabilities to meet its strategic objectives. Externally, there is intense competition for well-qualified individuals, as the supply of people with certain skills or in specific geographic regions may be limited. The inability to attract and retain highly skilled personnel may weaken AstraZeneca's succession plans for critical positions, impact the implementation of AstraZeneca's strategic objectives and have a significant impact on AstraZeneca's business.

Ensuring employees are continually developed so that they can fully exploit the opportunities presented by new technologies will be important for AstraZeneca's ongoing financial performance.

Failure to develop and engage AstraZeneca's workforce could result in business disruption, a loss of productivity and higher turnover rates, all of which could materially adversely affect its business.

Legal, Regulatory and Compliance Risks

Safety and efficacy of marketed medicines is questioned

AstraZeneca's ability to accurately assess, prior to launch, the eventual safety or efficacy of a new product once in broader clinical use can only be based on data available at that time, which is inherently limited due to relatively short periods of product testing and relatively small clinical study patient samples.

Any unforeseen safety concerns or adverse events relating to AstraZeneca's products, or failure to comply with laws, rules and regulations relating to provision of appropriate warnings concerning the dangers and risks of its products that result in injuries, could expose AstraZeneca to large product liability claims, settlements and awards, particularly in the US. Adverse publicity relating to the safety of a product, or of other competing products, may increase the risk of product liability claims.

Serious safety concerns or adverse events relating to AstraZeneca's products could lead to product recalls, seizures, loss of product approvals, declining sales and interruption of supply, and could materially adversely impact patient access, AstraZeneca's reputation and financial revenues. Significant product liability claims could also arise which could be costly, divert management attention, or damage AstraZeneca's reputation and demand for AstraZeneca's products.

Unfavourable resolution of such current and similar future product liability claims could subject AstraZeneca to enhanced damages, consumer fraud and/or other claims, including civil and criminal governmental actions. This could require it to make significant provisions in its accounts relating to legal proceedings and could materially adversely affect AstraZeneca's financial condition or results of operations, particularly where such circumstances are not covered by insurance.

Adverse outcome of litigation and/or governmental investigations

AstraZeneca's business is subject to a wide range of laws and regulations around the world. AstraZeneca has been, and may continue to be, subject to various legal proceedings and governmental investigations.

Actual or perceived failure to comply with laws or regulations may result in AstraZeneca and/or its employees being investigated by government agencies and authorities and/or in civil legal proceedings. Relevant authorities have wide-ranging administrative powers to deal with any failure to comply with laws, regulations or continuing regulatory oversight, and this could affect AstraZeneca, whether such failure is its own or that of its contractors or external partners. In particular, the manufacturing, marketing, exportation, promotional, clinical, pharmacovigilance and pricing practices of pharmaceutical manufacturers, as well as manufacturer interaction with regulatory agencies, purchasers, prescribers and patients, are subject to extensive regulation, litigation and governmental investigation. Moreover, such laws, rules and regulations are subject to change.

Many companies, including AstraZeneca, have been subject to legal claims asserted by federal and state governmental authorities and private payers and consumers, which have resulted in substantial expense and other significant consequences. Governmental investigations or proceedings could result in civil or criminal sanctions and/or the payment of fines or damages. Civil litigation, particularly in the US, is inherently unpredictable, and unexpectedly high awards for damages can result from an adverse result. In many cases, litigation adversaries may claim enhanced damages in extremely high amounts. Government investigations,

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litigations, and other legal proceedings, regardless of the outcome, could be costly, divert management attention, or damage AstraZeneca's reputation and demand for its products.

Unfavourable resolutions to current and similar future proceedings against AstraZeneca that could subject it to criminal liability, fines, penalties or other monetary or non-monetary remedies, including enhanced damages, require it to make significant provisions in AstraZeneca's accounts relating to legal proceedings and could materially adversely affect its business or results of operations.

IP risks related to AstraZeneca's products

IP protection provides the foundation for continued investment in developing innovative medicines to improve patient health. However, the pharmaceutical industry is experiencing pressure from governments and other healthcare payers to impose limits on IP protections in an effort to manage healthcare costs. Additionally, policymakers are progressively leveraging regulations to expedite the approval of generic drugs and encourage generic drug utilisation. These policies may drive accelerated utilisation of generic alternatives to AstraZeneca's products following expiry or loss of its IP rights. There is also increasing use of compulsory licensing in some countries in which AstraZeneca operates.

AstraZeneca is subject to numerous patent challenges relating to various products or processes and assertions of non-infringement of its patents. A loss in any of these challenges could result in loss of patent protection on the covered product and a risk to the revenue generated by the product. AstraZeneca also faces the risk that its products may be found to infringe patents owned or licensed by third parties and it may be subject to monetary damages or compelled to cease sales of the infringing product, resulting in a potential risk to revenue. These challenges threaten the value of AstraZeneca's investment in pharmaceutical development.

If AstraZeneca is unable to obtain, defend and enforce its IP, it may experience accelerated and intensified competition. Also, if AstraZeneca's products are found to infringe a third-party patent, it may be subject to monetary damages or compelled to cease sales of the infringing product. These negative outcomes could have an adverse material impact on AstraZeneca's financial results.

Failure to meet sustainability targets, regulatory requirements and stakeholder expectations with respect to the environment

Environmental issues will become more important as healthcare systems continue to adopt net-zero climate targets and environmental considerations are embedded in the public procurement of medicinal products and devices. Investors, governments and non-governmental organisations will increasingly scrutinise AstraZeneca's environmental targets and performance. Investors are increasingly focusing on environmental issues. There is an increased requirement to quantify the impact of specific environmental issues and to disclose strategy, targets and performance.

Specific materials used to manufacture medicines, or used as excipients or propellants, are coming under increased regulation and may be subject to time-limited exemptions or potential phase-out. Failure to maximise AstraZeneca's sustainability credentials could expose AstraZeneca to increased regulatory risk and put it at a commercial disadvantage relative to AstraZeneca's peers. This could adversely impact AstraZeneca's financial results and lead to reputational damage.

The impacts of climate change could impact the resilience of AstraZeneca's business operations and supply chain. Failure to proactively manage these risks could result in supply interruptions, loss of stock and adversely impact AstraZeneca's financial results.

Failure to meet regulatory and ethical expectations on commercial practices, including anti-bribery/anti-corruption, anti-fraud and scientific exchanges

There remains an increased global focus on the implementation and enforcement of anti-bribery/anti-corruption and anti-fraud legislation. Many other countries where AstraZeneca operates are also enforcing their own laws more aggressively and/or adopting tougher new measures. There has also been an increase in cooperation and coordination between regulators across countries with respect to investigation and enforcement. AstraZeneca has been the subject of anti-corruption investigations and there can be no assurance that it will not, from time to time, be subject to informal enquiries and formal investigations from governmental agencies. In the context of AstraZeneca's business, governmental officials interact with AstraZeneca in various roles that are important

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to its operations, such as in the capacity of a regulator, partner or healthcare payer, reimbursor or prescriber, among others.

Despite taking measures to prevent breaches of applicable anti-bribery/anti-corruption and anti-fraud laws by AstraZeneca's personnel and associated third parties, breaches may still occur, potentially resulting in the imposition of significant penalties, such as fines, the requirement to comply with monitoring or self-reporting obligations, or debarment or exclusion from government sales or reimbursement programmes, any of which could materially adversely affect AstraZeneca's reputation, business or results of operations.

Economic and Financial Risks

Geopolitical and/or macroeconomic volatility disrupts the operation of AstraZeneca's global business

With an active presence in more than 80 countries, AstraZeneca is subject to political, socio-economic and financial factors around the world. A sustained global economic downturn, periods of high inflation, stagflation or large fluctuation in exchange rates may adversely impact financial markets and/or exacerbate pressure from governments and other healthcare payers on medicine prices and other cost control measures in order to limit healthcare spending.

A severe or prolonged economic downturn could result in a variety of risks to AstraZeneca's business, including weakened demand for medicines and its ability to raise additional capital when needed or on favourable terms, if at all. A weak or declining economy could strain AstraZeneca's suppliers, possibly resulting in supply disruption, or cause delays in payments for AstraZeneca's services by third-party payers. Measures taken to limit healthcare spending may lead to lower than anticipated rates of growth in some markets and limit the incentives to develop innovative medicines, resulting in an adverse impact on revenues and profitability.

Geopolitical tensions may lead to the imposition, alteration or escalation of trade controls, tariffs, taxes or other restrictions to market access which may increase AstraZeneca's costs or reduce revenues.

Any escalation in barriers to the global free flow of medicines could increase costs to serve affected markets which may lead to downward pressure on margins. While the introduction of severe sanctions would be unprecedented in relation to medicines, the landscape continues to evolve. It could occur if matters escalate significantly and could impact processes for the manufacture, distribution and commercialisation of medicines and levels of sales in affected markets.

Any of the foregoing could harm AstraZeneca's business, and it cannot anticipate all of the ways in which the current economic climate and financial market conditions could adversely impact its business.

Failure to achieve strategic plans or meet targets or expectations

When AstraZeneca communicates its business strategy, targets or performance expectations, all such statements are forward-looking and based on assumptions and judgements, all of which are subject to significant inherent risks and uncertainties.

To achieve its strategic objectives, AstraZeneca must continue to develop commercially viable new products and successfully integrate new organisations it has acquired. There can be no guarantee that AstraZeneca's strategy or expectations will materialise. Any failure to successfully implement its business strategy may frustrate the achievement of its financial targets, which may therefore materially damage its brand, business, financial position or results of operations.

Failure in internal control, financial reporting or the occurrence of fraud

Effective internal controls assist in the provision of reliable financial statements and the detection and prevention of fraud. Testing of internal controls provides only limited assurance over the accuracy of financial statements and may not prevent or detect misstatements or fraud.

The introduction of new legislation such as the failure to prevent fraud offence in the UK's Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act may increase regulator focus on fraud.

Significant resources may be required to remediate any deficiency in internal controls. Any such deficiency may trigger related investigations and may result in fines being levied against individual directors or officers.

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Serious fraud may lead to prosecution of senior management. Any of the foregoing could adversely affect AstraZeneca's financial results and lead to reputational damage.

Unexpected deterioration in AstraZeneca's financial position

Movements in exchange rates against the US dollar, AstraZeneca's reporting currency, impact its reported results. The key currencies of product sales and costs are: US dollar, euro, Chinese renminbi, pound sterling, Japanese yen, and Swedish krona.

Foreign exchange rate movements may materially adversely affect AstraZeneca's financial condition or results of operations.

Most of AstraZeneca's cash is invested in AAA credit-rated institutional money market funds, fixed income securities issued by government, financial and non-financial entities, and collateralised and non-collateralised bank deposits. AstraZeneca's credit exposure is a mix of US, EU and rest of world default risk across these institutions. In a sustained economic downturn, such institutions may cease to trade and there can be no guarantee that AstraZeneca will be able to access the full value of its investments.

AstraZeneca invests in many projects in an effort to develop a successful portfolio of approved products. AstraZeneca's consolidated statement of financial position therefore contains significant investments in intangible assets, including goodwill. AstraZeneca's ability to realise value on these investments depends on regulatory approvals, market acceptance, competition, and legal developments.

AstraZeneca expects that some of its intangible assets will become impaired in the future. Impairment losses may materially adversely affect its financial condition or results of operations.

AstraZeneca's defined benefit post-retirement obligations (primarily in the UK and Sweden) can materially change in value but are largely backed by assets invested in growth and liability hedging portfolios, which hedge some of the risks inherent in liability valuations.

Solvency levels could fall, adversely impacting AstraZeneca's financial position and requiring higher cash contributions if there are: falls in assets; increases in liability valuations (from falls in bond yields, increases in inflation or lower mortality); or changes in regulations. As liability valuation risks are hedged to a material level in some pension schemes, significant collateral may need to be posted to meet margin requirements, which in extreme circumstances, could lead to a short-term liquidity risk in these pension schemes and a request to the Group to provide temporary liquidity.

Although AstraZeneca maintains relevant insurance coverage for risks arising within it, it may not be able to maintain its insurance coverage at a reasonable cost or in sufficient amounts to protect it against losses.

Uninsured losses, or those where an insurer denies coverage, could materially adversely affect AstraZeneca's financial condition.

Tax law is complex, leading to the risk of different interpretations. Revenue authorities can make conflicting claims to the profits taxed in individual countries, leading to double taxation and the potential for fines and penalties. Tax laws can change following action by international bodies such as the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development or individual governments.

The resolution of tax disputes can result in incremental tax costs, a reallocation of profits or losses between jurisdictions, or even double taxation, fines and penalties. They are costly, divert management attention and may adversely affect AstraZeneca's reputation. If tax treaties are withdrawn or amended, or competent authorities are unable to reach an agreement that eliminates double taxation, this could materially adversely affect AstraZeneca's financial position.

Changes in tax regimes could result in a material impact on AstraZeneca's cash tax liabilities and tax charge, resulting in either an increase or a reduction in financial results.

RISKS RELATING TO THE NOTES

Notes issued by AstraZeneca PLC will be structurally subordinated to any Notes issued by AstraZeneca Finance and guaranteed by AstraZeneca PLC as to the assets of AstraZeneca Finance.

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Notes issued by AstraZeneca PLC will be structurally subordinated to any Notes issued by AstraZeneca Finance and guaranteed by AstraZeneca PLC as to the assets of AstraZeneca Finance. This means that claims of the creditors of AstraZeneca Finance, including the holders of Notes issued by AstraZeneca Finance, will have priority as to the assets of AstraZeneca Finance over AstraZeneca PLC's rights as the sole shareholder of AstraZeneca Finance. Consequently, in the event of AstraZeneca Finance's insolvency, the claims of holders of Notes issued by AstraZeneca PLC will be structurally subordinated to the prior claims of the creditors of AstraZeneca Finance, including the holders of Notes issued by AstraZeneca Finance.

Regulation of benchmarks may lead to future reforms or discontinuation

The Euro Interbank Offered Rate ("EURIBOR") and other interest rate or other types of rate and indices which are deemed to be benchmarks have been subject to significant regulatory scrutiny and legislative intervention in recent years. This relates not only to creation and administration of benchmarks, but, also, to the use of a benchmark rate. In the EU, for example Regulation (EU) No. 2016/1011, as amended (the "EU Benchmarks Regulation") applies to the provision of, contribution of input data to, and the use of, a benchmark within the EU, subject to certain transitional provisions. Similarly, Regulation (EU) No. 2016/1011 as it forms part of domestic law of the United Kingdom by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, as amended (the "UK Benchmarks Regulation") applies to the provision of, contribution of input data to, and the use of, a benchmark within the UK, subject to certain transitional provisions.

Legislation such as the EU Benchmarks Regulation or the UK Benchmarks Regulation, if applicable, could have a material impact on any Notes linked to EURIBOR or another benchmark rate or index for example, if the methodology or other terms of the benchmark are changed in the future in order to comply with the terms of the EU Benchmarks Regulation or UK Benchmarks Regulation or other similar legislation, or if a critical benchmark is discontinued or is determined by a regulator to be "no longer representative". Such factors could (amongst other things) have the effect of reducing or increasing the rate or level or may affect the volatility of the published rate or level of the benchmark. They may also have the effect of discouraging market participants from continuing to administer or contribute to certain "benchmarks", trigger changes in the rules or methodologies used in certain "benchmarks", or lead to the discontinuance or unavailability of quotes of certain "benchmarks".

Although EURIBOR has subsequently been reformed in order to comply with the terms of the EU Benchmarks Regulation, it remains uncertain as to how long it will continue in its current form, or whether it will be further reformed or replaced with the Euro Short Term Rate ("ESTR") or an alternative benchmark.

The elimination of the EURIBOR benchmark or any other benchmark, or changes in the manner of administration of any benchmark, could require or result in an adjustment to the interest calculation provisions of the Conditions (as further described in Condition 7(i) (Benchmark Discontinuation)), or result in adverse consequences to holders of any Notes linked to such benchmark (including Floating Rate Notes whose interest rates are linked to EURIBOR or any other such benchmark that is subject to reform). Furthermore, even prior to the implementation of any changes, uncertainty as to the nature of alternative reference rates and as to potential changes to such benchmark may adversely affect such benchmark during the term of the relevant Notes, the return on the relevant Notes and the trading market for securities (including the Notes) based on the same benchmark.

Interest Rate "fallback" arrangements may lead to Notes performing differently or the effective application of a "fixed rate"

If a relevant benchmark (including any page on which such benchmark may be published (or any other successor service)) becomes unavailable or a Benchmark Event (as defined in the Conditions), as applicable, occurs, the Conditions of Notes provide for certain fallback arrangements. Such fallback arrangements include the possibility that the rate of interest could be set by reference to a successor rate or an alternative rate and that such successor rate or alternative reference rate may be adjusted (if required) in accordance with the recommendation of a relevant governmental body in order to reduce or eliminate, to the extent reasonably practicable in the circumstances, any economic prejudice or benefit (as applicable) to investors arising out of the replacement of the relevant benchmark, although the application of such adjustments to the Notes may not achieve this objective.

Any such changes may result in the Notes performing differently (which may include payment of a lower interest rate) than if the original benchmark continued to apply. It is also possible that such an event may be deemed to have occurred prior to the issue date for a Series of Notes. Moreover, due to the uncertainty

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concerning the availability of successor rates and alternative reference rates and the involvement of an Independent Adviser (as defined in the Conditions) in certain circumstances, the relevant fallback provisions may not operate as intended at the relevant time. Additionally, in certain circumstances, the ultimate fallback of interest for a particular Interest Period may result in the rate of interest for the last preceding Interest Period being used, which may result in the effective application of a fixed rate for Floating Rate Notes based on the rate which was last observed on the Relevant Screen Page.

Any such consequences could have a material adverse effect on the value of and return on any such Notes. Investors should consult their own independent advisers and make their own assessment about the potential risks imposed by the Benchmarks Regulation reforms in making any investment decision with respect to any Notes linked to or referencing a benchmark.

Investors should consult their own independent advisers and make their own assessment about the potential risks arising from the possible cessation or reform of certain reference rates in making any investment decision with respect to any Notes linked to or referencing a benchmark.

Interest rate risks

Investment in fixed rate Notes involves the risk that subsequent changes in market interest rates may adversely affect the value of fixed rate Notes.

Credit ratings may not reflect all risks and may affect the trading price of the Notes

Tranches of Notes that may be issued under the Programme may be rated or unrated. Where a Tranche of Notes issued under the Programme is rated, the applicable rating(s) will be specified in the relevant Final Terms. Such rating will not necessarily be the same as the rating(s) assigned to the Programme, the relevant Issuer or to Notes already issued. One or more independent credit rating agencies may also assign credit ratings to the Notes.

Such ratings may not reflect the potential impact of all risks discussed above, and other factors that may affect the value of any Tranche of Notes. In addition, any negative change in the credit ratings of an Issuer could adversely affect the trading price of the Notes. A credit rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and may be revised or withdrawn by the relevant rating agency at any time.

The Notes may be redeemed prior to maturity

In the event that an Issuer and/or the Guarantor, as the case may be, would be obliged to increase the amounts payable in respect of any Notes or the Guarantee due to any withholding or deduction for or on account of, any present or future taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges of whatever nature imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by or on behalf of the Relevant Jurisdiction(s) (as defined in the Conditions) or any political subdivision thereof or any authority therein or thereof having power to tax, the relevant Issuer may redeem all outstanding Notes in accordance with the Conditions.

In addition, if in the case of any particular Tranche of Notes the relevant Final Terms specify that the Notes are redeemable at the relevant Issuer's option in certain other circumstances such Issuer may choose to redeem the Notes at times when prevailing interest rates may be relatively low. In such circumstances an investor may not be able to reinvest the redemption proceeds in a comparable security at an effective interest rate as high as that of the relevant Notes.

Because the Global Notes are held by or on behalf of Euroclear and Clearstream, or lodged with a sub-custodian for CMU, investors will have to rely on their procedures for transfers, payments and communications with the relevant Issuer

Notes issued under the Programme may be represented by one or more Global Notes. Such Global Notes will be deposited with a common depository or, as the case may be, common safekeeper for Euroclear and Clearstream or lodged with a sub-custodian for CMU. Except in the circumstances described in the relevant Global Note, investors will not be entitled to receive Definitive Notes. The relevant clearing system(s) will maintain records of the beneficial interests in the Global Notes. While the Notes are represented by one or more Global Notes, investors will be able to trade their beneficial interests only through the clearing system(s).

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While the Notes are represented by one or more Global Notes the relevant Issuer will discharge its payment obligations under the Notes by making payments to the common depository or, as the case may be, a common safekeeper for Euroclear and Clearstream or, as the case may be, a sub-custodian for CMU, for distribution to their account holders or in the case of the CMU, to the persons for whose account(s) interests in such Global Notes are credited as being held in the CMU in accordance with the CMU Rules (as defined in the Agency Agreement) as notified by the CMU to the Issuer in a relevant CMU Instrument Position Report (as defined in the Agency Agreement) or any other notification by the CMU. A holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Note must rely on the procedures of Euroclear and Clearstream or, as the case may be, the CMU to receive payments under the relevant Notes. The relevant Issuer has no responsibility or liability for the records relating to, or payments made in respect of, beneficial interests in the Global Notes.

Holders of beneficial interests in the Global Notes will not have a direct right to vote in respect of the relevant Notes. Instead, such holders will be permitted to act only to the extent that they are enabled by the relevant clearing system(s) to appoint appropriate proxies.

There is no active trading market for the Notes

Notes issued under the Programme will be new securities which may not be widely distributed and for which there is currently no active trading market (unless in the case of any particular Tranche, such Tranche is to be consolidated with and form a single series with a Tranche of Notes which is already issued). If the Notes are traded after their initial issuance, they may trade at a discount to their initial offering price, depending upon prevailing interest rates, the market for similar securities, general economic conditions and the financial condition of the relevant Issuer and/or the Guarantor, as the case may be. Although applications have been made for the Notes issued under the Programme to be admitted to the Official List of the FCA and to trading on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange, there is no assurance that such applications will be accepted, that any particular Tranche of Notes will be so admitted or that an active trading market will develop. In addition, the ability of the Dealers to make a market in the Notes (if applicable) may be impacted by changes in regulatory requirements applicable to the marketing, holding and trading of, and issuing quotations with respect to, the Notes. Accordingly, there is no assurance as to the development or liquidity of any trading market for any particular Tranche of Notes.

Modification and waivers

The Conditions contain provisions for calling meetings of Noteholders to consider matters affecting their interests generally. These provisions permit defined majorities to bind all Noteholders including Noteholders who did not attend and vote at the relevant meeting and Noteholders who voted in a manner contrary to the majority.

The Conditions also provide that the Trustee may, without the consent of Noteholders, agree to (i) any modification of, or to the waiver or authorisation of any breach or proposed breach of, any of the provisions of Notes or (ii) determine without the consent of the Noteholders that any Event of Default or potential Event of Default shall not be treated as such.

Notes with integral multiples

In relation to any issue of Notes which have a denomination consisting of the minimum Specified Denomination plus a higher integral multiple of another smaller amount, it is possible that the Notes may be traded in amounts in excess of the Specified Denomination that are not integral multiples of the Specified Denomination. Noteholders who, as a result of trading such amounts, hold a principal amount of Notes other than a multiple of the minimum Specified Denomination will receive definitive Notes in respect of their holding (provided that the aggregate amount of Notes they hold is in excess of the minimum Specified Denomination), however, any such definitive Notes which are printed in denominations other than the minimum Specified Denomination may be illiquid and difficult to trade. Furthermore, a Noteholder who, as a result of trading such amounts, holds a principal amount of less than the minimum Specified Denomination may not receive a definitive Note in respect of such holding (should definitive Notes be printed) and would need to purchase a principal amount of Notes such that its holding amounts to a Specified Denomination.

If an investor holds Notes which are not denominated in the investor's home currency, he will be exposed to movements in exchange rates adversely affecting the value of his holding. In addition, the imposition of exchange controls in relation to any Notes could result in an investor not receiving payments on those Notes

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The relevant Issuer, or, as the case may be, the Guarantor will pay principal and interest on the Notes in the Specified Currency. This presents certain risks relating to currency conversions if an investor's financial activities are denominated principally in a currency or currency unit (the "Investor's Currency") other than the Specified Currency. These include the risk that exchange rates may significantly change (including changes due to devaluation of the Specified Currency or revaluation of the Investor's Currency) and the risk that authorities with jurisdiction over the Investor's Currency may impose or modify exchange controls. An appreciation in the value of the Investor's Currency relative to the Specified Currency would decrease (1) the Investor's Currency-equivalent yield on the Notes, (2) the Investor's Currency-equivalent value of the principal payable on the Notes and (3) the Investor's Currency-equivalent market value of the Notes.

Government and monetary authorities may impose (as some have done in the past) exchange controls that could adversely affect an applicable exchange rate or the ability of the relevant Issuer, or, as the case may be, the Guarantor to make payments in respect of the Notes. As a result, investors may receive less interest or principal than expected, or no interest or principal.

Notes denominated in Renminbi are subject to additional risks

Set out below is a description of the principal risks which may be relevant to an investor in Notes denominated in Renminbi ("Renminbi Notes"):

Renminbi is not freely convertible and there are significant restrictions on the remittance of Renminbi into and out of the PRC which may adversely affect the liquidity of Renminbi Notes

Renminbi is not freely convertible at present. The government of the PRC (the "PRC Government") continues to regulate conversion between Renminbi and foreign currencies, including the Hong Kong dollar.

However, there has been significant reduction in control by the PRC Government in recent years, particularly over trade transactions involving import and export of goods and services as well as other frequent routine foreign exchange transactions. These transactions are known as current account items.

On the other hand, remittance of Renminbi into and out of the PRC for the settlement of capital account items, such as capital contributions, debt financing and securities investment, is generally only permitted upon obtaining specific approvals from, or completing specific registrations or filings with, the relevant authorities and/or designated foreign exchange banks on a case-by-case basis and is subject to a strict monitoring system. Regulations in the PRC on the remittance of Renminbi into and out of the PRC for settlement of capital account items are being developed.

Although Renminbi was added to the Special Drawing Rights basket created by the International Monetary Fund in 2016 and policies further improving accessibility to Renminbi to settle cross-border transactions in foreign currencies were implemented by the People's Bank of China ("PBoC") in 2018, there is no assurance that the PRC Government will continue to gradually liberalise control over cross-border remittance of Renminbi in the future, that the schemes for Renminbi cross-border utilisation will not be discontinued or that new regulations in the PRC will not be promulgated in the future which have the effect of restricting or eliminating the remittance of Renminbi into or out of the PRC. Despite the Renminbi internationalisation pilot programme and efforts in recent years to internationalise the currency, there can be no assurance that the PRC Government will not impose interim or long-term restrictions on the cross-border remittance of Renminbi. In the event that funds cannot be repatriated out of the PRC in Renminbi, this may affect the overall availability of Renminbi outside the PRC and the ability of the relevant Issuer and/or, as the case may be, the Guarantor to source Renminbi to finance its obligations under Notes denominated in Renminbi.

There is only limited availability of Renminbi outside the PRC, which may affect the liquidity of the Renminbi Notes and the relevant Issuer and/or, as the case may be, the Guarantor's ability to source Renminbi outside the PRC to service Renminbi Notes

As a result of the restrictions by the PRC Government on cross-border Renminbi fund flows, the availability of Renminbi outside the PRC is limited. The PBoC has entered into agreements (the "Settlement Arrangements") on the clearing of Renminbi business with financial institutions (the "Renminbi Clearing Banks") in a number of financial centres and cities, including but not limited to Hong Kong, has established the Cross-Border Inter-Bank Payments System (CIPS) to facilitate cross-border Renminbi settlement, and is in the process of establishing Renminbi clearing and settlement mechanisms in several other jurisdictions. Nevertheless, the current size of Renminbi denominated financial assets outside the PRC is limited.

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There are restrictions imposed by PBoC on Renminbi business participating banks in respect of cross-border Renminbi settlement, such as those relating to direct transactions with PRC enterprises. Furthermore, Renminbi business participating banks do not have direct Renminbi liquidity support from PBoC, although PBoC has gradually allowed participating banks to access the PRC's onshore inter-bank market for trading of Renminbi. The Renminbi Clearing Banks only have limited access to onshore liquidity support from PBoC for the purpose of squaring open positions of participating banks for limited types of transactions and are not obliged to square for participating banks any open positions resulting from other foreign exchange transactions or conversion services. In cases where the participating banks cannot source sufficient Renminbi through the above channels, they will need to source Renminbi from outside the PRC to square such open positions.

Although it is expected that the offshore Renminbi market will continue to grow in depth and size, its growth is subject to many constraints as a result of PRC laws and regulations on foreign exchange. There is no assurance that new PRC regulations will not be promulgated or the Settlement Arrangements will not be terminated or amended in the future which will have the effect of restricting availability of Renminbi outside the PRC. The limited availability of Renminbi outside the PRC may affect the liquidity of the Renminbi Notes. To the extent the relevant Issuer, or, as the case may be, the Guarantor is required to source Renminbi in the offshore market to service its Renminbi Notes, there is no assurance that the relevant Issuer, or, as the case may be, the Guarantor will be able to source such Renminbi on satisfactory terms, if at all.

Payments with respect to the Renminbi Notes may be made only in the manner designated in the Renminbi Notes

All payments to investors in respect of the Renminbi Notes will be made solely (i) for so long as the Renminbi Notes are represented by global certificates held with the common depository or common safekeeper, as the case may be, for Clearstream and Euroclear or any alternative clearing system, by transfer to a Renminbi bank account maintained in Hong Kong or a financial centre in which a Renminbi Clearing Bank clears and settles Renminbi, (ii) for so long as the Renminbi Notes are represented by global certificates lodged with a sub-custodian for or registered with the CMU, by transfer to a Renminbi bank account maintained in Hong Kong in accordance with prevailing CMU rules and procedures, or (iii) for so long as the Renminbi Notes are in definitive form, by transfer to a Renminbi bank account maintained in Hong Kong or a financial centre in which a Renminbi Clearing Bank clears and settles Renminbi in accordance with prevailing rules and regulations. The relevant Issuer, or, as the case may be, the Guarantor cannot be required to make payment by any other means (including in any other currency or by transfer to a bank account in the PRC).

Gains on the transfer of the Renminbi Notes may become subject to income taxes under PRC tax laws

Under the PRC Enterprise Income Tax Law, the PRC Individual Income Tax Law and the relevant implementing rules, as amended from time to time, any gain realised on the transfer of Renminbi Notes by non-PRC resident enterprise or individual Noteholders may be subject to PRC enterprise income tax ("EIT") or PRC individual income tax ("IIT") if such gain is regarded as income derived from sources within the PRC. The PRC Enterprise Income Tax Law levies EIT at the rate of 20 per cent. of the gains derived by such non-PRC resident enterprise Noteholder from the transfer of Renminbi Notes but its implementation rules have reduced the enterprise income tax rate to 10 per cent. The PRC Individual Income Tax Law levies IIT at a rate of 20 per cent. of the gains derived by non-PRC resident individual Noteholders from the transfer of Renminbi Notes.

However, uncertainty remains as to whether the gain realised from the transfer of Renminbi Notes by non-PRC resident enterprise or individual Noteholders would be treated as income derived from sources within the PRC and become subject to the EIT or IIT. This will depend on how the PRC tax authorities interpret, apply or enforce the PRC Enterprise Income Tax Law, the PRC Individual Income Tax Law and the relevant implementing rules. According to the arrangement between the PRC and Hong Kong, for avoidance of double taxation, Noteholders who are residents of Hong Kong, including enterprise Noteholders and individual Noteholders, will not be subject to EIT or IIT on capital gains derived from a sale or exchange of the Notes.

Therefore, if non-PRC resident enterprise or individual Noteholders are required to pay PRC income tax on gains derived from the transfer of Renminbi Notes, unless there is an applicable tax treaty between PRC and the jurisdiction in which such non-PRC resident enterprise or individual holders of Renminbi Notes reside that reduces or exempts the relevant EIT or IIT, the value of their investment in Renminbi Notes may be materially and adversely affected.

Investment in the Renminbi Notes is subject to currency risk

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If the relevant Issuer, or, as the case may be, the Guarantor is not able, or it is impracticable for it, to satisfy its obligation to pay interest and principal on the Renminbi Notes as a result of Inconvertibility, Nontransferability or Illiquidity (each, as defined in the Conditions), the relevant Issuer, or, as the case may be, the Guarantor shall be entitled, on giving not less than 10 Hong Kong Banking Days' nor more than 30 calendar days' irrevocable notice to the investors prior to the due date for payment, to settle any such payment in U.S. Dollars on the due date at the U.S. Dollar Equivalent (as defined in the Conditions) of any such interest or principal, as the case may be.

Investment in the Renminbi Notes is subject to exchange rate risks

The value of Renminbi against other foreign currencies fluctuates from time to time and is affected by changes in the PRC and international political and economic conditions as well as many other factors. Recently, the PBoC implemented changes to the way the Renminbi's daily mid-point against the U.S. dollar is determined, by requesting market-makers to submit daily mid-point quotations by reference to the closing rate on the inter-banks market of the previous day. This change, and others that may be implemented, may increase the volatility in the value of the Renminbi against foreign currencies. All payments of interest and principal will be made in Renminbi with respect to Renminbi Notes unless otherwise specified. As a result, the value of these Renminbi payments may vary with the changes in the prevailing exchange rates in the marketplace. If the value of Renminbi depreciates against another foreign currency, the value of the investment made by a holder of the Renminbi Notes in that foreign currency will decline.

Investment in the Renminbi Notes is subject to interest rate risks

The PRC Government has gradually liberalised its regulation of interest rates in recent years. Further liberalisation may increase interest rate volatility. In addition, the interest rate for Renminbi in markets outside the PRC may significantly deviate from the interest rate for Renminbi in the PRC as a result of foreign exchange controls imposed by PRC law and regulations and prevailing market conditions.

As Renminbi Notes may carry a fixed interest rate, the trading price of the Renminbi Notes will consequently vary with the fluctuations in the Renminbi interest rates. If holders of the Renminbi Notes propose to sell their Renminbi Notes before their maturity, they may receive an offer lower than the amount they have invested.

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DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

The following documents (excluding all information incorporated by reference in any such documents either expressly or implicitly) shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in, and to form part of, this Base Prospectus:

(i) pages 116 to 196 of the "Annual Report and Form 20-F Information 2025" of AstraZeneca PLC (the audited consolidated financial statements of AstraZeneca PLC as at and for the year ended 31 December 2025 together with the notes thereto, prepared in accordance with UK-adopted International Accounting Standards and with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 as applicable to companies reporting under those standards and also International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board and International Accounting Standards as adopted by the European Union, and the independent auditor's report to the members of AstraZeneca PLC (Group) and the definition and unaudited reconciliation of constant exchange rate growth rates and core measures set out on pages 52 to 55) (available at https://www.astrazeneca.com/content/dam/az/Investor_Relations/annual-report-2025/pdf/AstraZeneca_AR_2025.pdf)

(ii) pages 138 to 218 of the "Annual Report and Form 20-F Information 2024" of AstraZeneca PLC (the audited consolidated financial statements of AstraZeneca PLC as at and for the year ended 31 December 2024 together with the notes thereto, prepared in accordance with UK-adopted International Accounting Standards and with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 as applicable to companies reporting under those standards and also International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board and International Accounting Standards as adopted by the European Union, and the independent auditor's report to the members of AstraZeneca PLC (Group) and the definition and unaudited reconciliation of constant exchange rate growth rates and core measures set out on pages 70 to 72) (available at https://www.astrazeneca.com/content/dam/az/Investor_Relations/annual-report-2024/pdf/AstraZeneca_AR_2024.pdf);

(iii) the Terms and Conditions of the Notes as set out on pages 19 to 38 (inclusive) of the base prospectus dated 10 September 2007 relating to the Programme (available at: https://www.astrazeneca.com/content/dam/az/Investor_Relations/debt-investors/pdf/AstraZeneca_EMTN_Prospectus_10_September_2007.pdf);

(iv) the Terms and Conditions of the Notes as set out on pages 31 to 57 (inclusive) of the base prospectus dated 5 May 2016 relating to the Programme (available at: https://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/4058X_-2016-5-5.pdf);

(v) the Terms and Conditions of the Notes as set out on pages 44 to 80 (inclusive) of the base prospectus dated 24 May 2021 relating to the Programme (available at: https://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/6580Z_1-2021-5-24.pdf);

(vi) the Terms and Conditions of the Notes as set out on pages 33 to 71 (inclusive) of the base prospectus dated 15 June 2022 relating to the Programme (available at: https://www.astrazeneca.com/content/dam/az/Investor_Relations/debt-investors/pdf/AstraZeneca-PLC-EMTN-Update-2022-Base-Prospectus.pdf);

(vii) the Terms and Conditions of the Notes as set out on pages 35 to 72 (inclusive) of the base prospectus dated 15 June 2023 relating to the Programme (available at: https://www.astrazeneca.com/content/dam/az/Investor_Relations/debt-investors/pdf/AstraZeneca-PLC-EMTN-Update-2023-Base-Prospectus.pdf);

(viii) the Terms and Conditions of the Notes as set out on pages 36 to 73 (inclusive) of the base prospectus dated 13 June 2024 relating to the Programme (available at: https://www.astrazeneca.com/content/dam/az/Investor_Relations/debt-investors/pdf/AstraZeneca-EMTN-U24-Base-Prospectus.pdf) and

(ix) the Terms and Conditions of the Notes as set out on pages 33 to 70 (inclusive) of the base prospectus dated 10 June 2025 relating to the Programme (available at:

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In addition to the above, the following documents published by AstraZeneca PLC from time to time after the date of this Base Prospectus during the 12-month validity of this Base Prospectus shall, when published on the website of the Regulatory News Service operated by the London Stock Exchange at https://www.londonstockexchange.com/news in accordance with the requirements of the PRM, be incorporated by reference in, and form part of, this Base Prospectus:

any future unaudited consolidated half-year financial statements of AstraZeneca PLC, together with the notes thereto, the review report thereon and the definition, description and reconciliation of non-GAAP measures; and
any future audited consolidated financial statements of AstraZeneca PLC, together with the notes thereto, the audit report thereon and the definition, description and reconciliation of non-GAAP measures.

Any non-incorporated parts of a document referred to herein are either deemed not relevant for an investor or are otherwise covered elsewhere in this Base Prospectus.

Copies of the documents incorporated by reference in this Base Prospectus are (or will be) available to the public on the Issuers' website (www.astrazeneca.com/Investors). For the avoidance of doubt, unless specifically incorporated by reference into this Base Prospectus, information contained on any website does not form part of this Base Prospectus. Unless specifically incorporated by reference into this Base Prospectus, information contained on any website does not form part of this Base Prospectus.

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FINAL TERMS AND DRAWDOWN PROSPECTUSES

In this section the expression "necessary information" means, in relation to any Tranche of Notes, the necessary information which is material to an investor for making an informed assessment of the assets and liabilities, financial position, profits and losses and prospects of the Issuers and the Guarantor, of the rights attaching to the Notes and the Guarantee and the reasons for the issuance and its impact on the relevant Issuer. In relation to the different types of Notes which may be issued under the Programme the relevant Issuer and the Guarantor, as applicable, have included in this Base Prospectus all of the necessary information except for information relating to the Notes which is not known at the date of this Base Prospectus and which can only be determined at the time of an individual issue of a Tranche of Notes.

Any information relating to the Notes which is not included in this Base Prospectus and which is required in order to complete the necessary information in relation to a Tranche of Notes will be contained either in the relevant Final Terms or in a Drawdown Prospectus. Such information will be contained in the relevant Final Terms unless any of such information constitutes a significant new factor, material mistake or material inaccuracy relating to the information contained in this Base Prospectus in which case such information, together with all of the other necessary information in relation to the relevant series of Notes, may be contained in a Drawdown Prospectus.

For a Tranche of Notes which is the subject of Final Terms, those Final Terms will, for the purposes of that Tranche only, complete this Base Prospectus and must be read in conjunction with this Base Prospectus. The terms and conditions applicable to any particular Tranche of Notes which is the subject of Final Terms are the Conditions as completed to the extent described in the relevant Final Terms.

The terms and conditions applicable to any particular Tranche of Notes which is the subject of a Drawdown Prospectus will be the Conditions as supplemented, amended and/or replaced to the extent described in the relevant Drawdown Prospectus. In the case of a Tranche of Notes which is the subject of a Drawdown Prospectus, each reference in this Base Prospectus to information being specified or identified in the relevant Final Terms shall be read and construed as a reference to such information being specified or identified in the relevant Drawdown Prospectus unless the context requires otherwise.

The Issuers and the Guarantor will, in the event of any significant new factor, material mistake or material inaccuracy relating to information included in this Base Prospectus which may affect the assessment of any Notes, prepare a supplement to this Base Prospectus or publish a new Base Prospectus for use in connection with any subsequent issue of Notes.

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FORMS OF NOTES

Bearer Notes

Each Tranche of Notes in bearer form ("Bearer Notes") will initially be in the form of either a temporary global note in bearer form (the "Temporary Global Note"), without interest coupons, or a permanent global note in bearer form (the "Permanent Global Note"), without interest coupons, in each case as specified in the relevant Final Terms. Each Temporary Global Note or, as the case may be, Permanent Global Note (each a "Global Note") which is not intended to be issued in new global note ("NGN") form, as specified in the relevant Final Terms, will, on or around the issue date of the relevant Tranche of the Notes, be deposited with a depository or a common depositary for Euroclear Bank SA/NV ("Euroclear") and/or Clearstream Banking S.A. ("Clearstream") or lodged with a sub-custodian for the Central Moneymarkets Unit Service operated by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority ("CMU", and together with Euroclear and Clearstream, the "Clearing Systems") and/or any other relevant clearing system and each Global Note which is intended to be issued in NGN form, as specified in the relevant Final Terms, will, on or around the issue date of the relevant Tranche of the Notes, be deposited with a common safekeeper for Euroclear and/or Clearstream.

On 13 June 2006, the European Central Bank (the "ECB") announced that Notes in NGN form are in compliance with the "Standards for the use of EU securities settlement systems in ESCB credit operations" of the central banking system for the euro (the "Eurosystem"), provided that certain other criteria are fulfilled. At the same time the ECB also announced that arrangements for Notes in NGN form will be offered by Euroclear and Clearstream as of 30 June 2006 and that debt securities in global bearer form issued through Euroclear and Clearstream after 31 December 2006 will only be eligible as collateral for Eurosystem operations if the NGN form is used.

In the case of each Tranche of Bearer Notes, the relevant Final Terms will also specify whether United States Treasury Regulation §1.163-5(c)(2)(i)(C) (the "TEFRA C Rules") or United States Treasury Regulation §1.163-5(c)(2)(i)(D) (the "TEFRA D Rules") are applicable in relation to the Notes or, if the Notes do not have a maturity of more than 365 days, that neither the TEFRA C Rules nor the TEFRA D Rules are applicable.

AstraZeneca Finance will not issue any Bearer Notes.

Temporary Global Note exchangeable for Permanent Global Note

If the relevant Final Terms specifies the form of Notes as being "Temporary Global Note exchangeable for a Permanent Global Note", then the Notes will initially be in the form of a Temporary Global Note which will be exchangeable, in whole or in part, for interests in a Permanent Global Note, without interest coupons, from the 40th day after the issue date of the relevant Tranche of the Notes upon certification as to non-U.S. beneficial ownership. No payments will be made under the Temporary Global Note unless exchange for interests in the Permanent Global Note is improperly withheld or refused. In addition, interest payments in respect of the Notes cannot be collected without such certification of non-U.S. beneficial ownership.

Whenever any interest in the Temporary Global Note is to be exchanged for an interest in a Permanent Global Note, the relevant Issuer and/or the Guarantor, as the case may be shall procure (in the case of first exchange) the prompt delivery (free of charge to the bearer) of such Permanent Global Note to the bearer of the Temporary Global Note or (in the case of any subsequent exchange) an increase in the principal amount of the Permanent Global Note in accordance with its terms against:

(i) presentation and (in the case of final exchange) surrender of the Temporary Global Note to or to the order of the Principal Paying Agent or, as the case may be, the CMU Lodging and Paying Agent; and
(ii) receipt by the Principal Paying Agent or, as the case may be, the CMU Lodging and Paying Agent of a certificate or certificates of non-U.S. beneficial ownership,

within 7 days of the bearer requesting such exchange.

The principal amount of the Permanent Global Note shall be equal to the aggregate of the principal amounts specified in the certificates of non-U.S. beneficial ownership; provided, however, that in no circumstances shall the principal amount of the Permanent Global Note exceed the initial principal amount of the Temporary Global Note.

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The Permanent Global Note will be exchangeable in whole, but not in part, for Bearer Notes in definitive form ("Definitive Notes"):

(i) on the expiry of such period of notice as may be specified in the relevant Final Terms; or
(ii) at any time, if so specified in the relevant Final Terms; or
(iii) if the relevant Final Terms specifies "in the limited circumstances described in the Permanent Global Note", then if (a) Euroclear, Clearstream or CMU or any other relevant clearing system is closed for business for a continuous period of 14 days (other than by reason of legal holidays) or announces an intention permanently to cease business or (b) an Event of Default as defined in Condition 13 (Events of Default) occurs and the Notes become due and payable.

For the avoidance of doubt, Notes will only be issued with a minimum Specified Denomination and in integral multiples of another smaller amount in excess thereof if the relevant Final Terms specifies "in the limited circumstances described in the Permanent Global Note" in accordance with paragraph (iii) above.

Whenever the Permanent Global Note is to be exchanged for Definitive Notes, the relevant Issuer and/or the Guarantor, as the case may be shall procure the prompt delivery (free of charge to the bearer) of such Definitive Notes, duly authenticated and with Coupons and Talons attached (if so specified in the relevant Final Terms), in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Permanent Global Note to the bearer of the Permanent Global Note against the surrender of the Permanent Global Note to or to the order of the Principal Paying Agent or, as the case may be, the CMU Lodging and Paying Agent within 30 days of the bearer requesting such exchange.

Temporary Global Note exchangeable for Definitive Notes

If the relevant Final Terms specifies the form of Notes as being "Temporary Global Note exchangeable for Definitive Notes" and also specifies that the TEFRA C Rules are applicable or that neither the TEFRA C Rules or the TEFRA D Rules are applicable, then the Notes will initially be in the form of a Temporary Global Note which will be exchangeable, in whole but not in part, for Definitive Notes from the 40th day after the issue date of the relevant Tranche of the Notes.

If the relevant Final Terms specifies the form of Notes as being "Temporary Global Note exchangeable for Definitive Notes" and also specifies that the TEFRA D Rules are applicable, then the Notes will initially be in the form of a Temporary Global Note which will be exchangeable, in whole or in part, for Definitive Notes from the 40th day after the issue date of the relevant Tranche of the Notes upon certification as to non-U.S. beneficial ownership. Interest payments in respect of the Notes cannot be collected without such certification of non-U.S. beneficial ownership.

Whenever the Temporary Global Note is to be exchanged for Definitive Notes, the relevant Issuer and/or the Guarantor, as the case may be shall procure the prompt delivery (free of charge to the bearer) of such Definitive Notes, duly authenticated and with Coupons and Talons attached (if so specified in the relevant Final Terms), in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Temporary Global Note to the bearer of the Temporary Global Note against the surrender of the Temporary Global Note to or to the order of the Principal Paying Agent or, as the case may be, the CMU Lodging and Paying Agent within 30 days of the bearer requesting such exchange.

For the avoidance of doubt, if Notes are to be issued with a minimum Specified Denomination and in integral multiples of another smaller amount in excess thereof as specified in the relevant Final Terms, the Notes cannot be represented on issue by a Temporary Global Note exchangeable for Definitive Notes.

Permanent Global Note exchangeable for Definitive Notes

If the relevant Final Terms specifies the form of Notes as being "Permanent Global Note exchangeable for Definitive Notes", then the Notes will initially be in the form of a Permanent Global Note which will be exchangeable in whole, but not in part, for Definitive Notes:

(i) on the expiry of such period of notice as may be specified in the relevant Final Terms; or
(ii) at any time, if so specified in the relevant Final Terms; or

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(iii) if the relevant Final Terms specifies "in the limited circumstances described in the Permanent Global Note", then if (a) Euroclear, Clearstream or CMU or any other relevant clearing system is closed for business for a continuous period of 14 days (other than by reason of legal holidays) or announces an intention permanently to cease business or does in fact do so and no other clearing system acceptable to the Trustee is then in existence or (b) an Event of Default as defined in Condition 13 (Events of Default) occurs and the Notes become due and payable.

Terms and Conditions applicable to the Notes

The terms and conditions applicable to any Definitive Note will be endorsed on that Note and will consist of the terms and conditions set out under "Terms and Conditions of the Notes" below and the provisions of the relevant Final Terms which complete those terms and conditions.

The terms and conditions applicable to any Note in global form will differ from those terms and conditions which would apply to the Note were it in definitive form to the extent described under "Summary of Provisions Relating to the Notes while in Global Form" below.

Legend concerning United States persons

In the case of any Tranche of Bearer Notes having a maturity of more than 365 days, the Notes in global form, the Notes in definitive form and any Coupons and Talons appertaining thereto will bear the following legend:

"Any United States person who holds this obligation will be subject to limitations under the United States income tax laws, including the limitations provided in Sections 165(j) and 1287(a) of the Internal Revenue Code."

Registered Notes

Each Tranche of Notes is registered form ("Registered Notes"), will be represented by either individual note certificates in registered form ("Individual Note Certificates") or a global note in registered form (a "Global Registered Note"), in each case as specified in the relevant Final Terms.

In a press release dated 22 October 2008, "Evolution of the custody arrangement for international debt securities and their eligibility in Eurosystem credit operations", the ECB announced that it has assessed the new holding structure and custody arrangements for registered notes which by Euroclear and Clearstream had designed in cooperation with market participants and that Notes to be held under the new structure (the "New Safekeeping Structure" or "NSS") would be in compliance with the "Standards for the use of EU securities settlement systems in ESCB credit operations" of the central banking system for the euro (the "Eurosystem"), subject to the conclusion of the necessary legal and contractual arrangements. The press release also stated that the new arrangements for Notes to be held in NSS form will be offered by Euroclear and Clearstream as of 30 June 2010 and that registered debt securities in global registered form issued through Euroclear and Clearstream after 30 September 2010 will only be eligible as collateral in Eurosystem operations if the New Safekeeping Structure is used.

Each Global Registered Note will either be: (a) in the case of a Note which is not to be held under the New Safekeeping Structure, registered in the name of a common depositary (or its nominee) for Euroclear and/or Clearstream and/or the Hong Kong Monetary Authority in its capacity as operator of the CMU and/or any other relevant clearing system and the relevant Global Registered Note will be deposited on or about the issue date with the common depositary or a sub-custodian for the CMU and will be exchangeable in accordance with its

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terms; or (b) in the case of a Note to be held under the New Safekeeping Structure, be registered in the name of a common safekeeper (or its nominee) for Euroclear and/or Clearstream and/or any other relevant clearing system and the relevant Global Registered Note will be deposited on or about the issue date with the common safekeeper for Euroclear and/or Clearstream and will be exchangeable for Individual Note Certificates in accordance with its terms.

If the relevant Final Terms specifies the form of Notes as being "Individual Note Certificates", then the Notes will at all times be represented by Individual Note Certificates issued to each Noteholder in respect of their respective holdings.

Global Registered Note exchangeable for Individual Note Certificates

If the relevant Final Terms specifies the form of Notes as being "Global Registered Note exchangeable for Individual Note Certificates", then the Notes will initially be in the form of a Global Registered Note which will be exchangeable in whole, but not in part, for Individual Note Certificates:

(i) on the expiry of such period of notice as may be specified in the relevant Final Terms; or
(ii) at any time, if so specified in the relevant Final Terms; or
(iii) if the relevant Final Terms specifies "in the limited circumstances described in the Global Registered Note", then if (a) Euroclear, Clearstream or CMU or any other relevant clearing system is closed for business for a continuous period of 14 days (other than by reason of legal holidays) or announces an intention permanently to cease business or does in fact do so and no other clearing system acceptable to the Trustee is then in existence or (b) an Event of Default as defined in Condition 13 (Events of Default) occurs and the Notes become due and payable.

Whenever a Global Registered Note is to be exchanged for Individual Note Certificates, each person having an interest in a Global Registered Note must provide the Registrar or, as the case may be, the CMU Registrar (through the relevant clearing system) with such information as the relevant Issuer and the Registrar may require to complete and deliver Individual Note Certificates (including the name and address of each person in which the Notes represented by the Individual Note Certificates are to be registered and the principal amount of each such person's holding).

Whenever a Global Registered Note is to be exchanged for Individual Note Certificates, the Issuer shall procure that Individual Note Certificates will be issued in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Registered Note within five business days of the delivery, by or on behalf of the registered holder of the Global Registered Note to the Registrar or, as the case may be, the CMU Registrar of such information as is required to complete and deliver such Individual Note Certificates against the surrender of the Global Registered Note at the specified office of the Registrar or, as the case may be, the CMU Registrar.

Such exchange will be effected in accordance with the provisions of the Trust Deed and the Agency Agreement and the regulations concerning the transfer and registration of Notes scheduled to the Agency Agreement and, in particular, shall be effected without charge to any holder, but against such indemnity as the Registrar or, as the case may be, the CMU Registrar may require in respect of any tax or other duty of whatsoever nature which may be levied or imposed in connection with such exchange.

Terms and Conditions applicable to the Notes

The terms and conditions applicable to any Individual Note Certificate will be endorsed on that Individual Note Certificate and will consist of the terms and conditions set out under "Terms and Conditions of the Notes" below and the provisions of the relevant Final Terms which complete those terms and conditions.

The terms and conditions applicable to any Global Registered Note will differ from those terms and conditions which would apply to the Note were it in definitive form to the extent described under "Summary of Provisions Relating to the Notes while in Global Form" below.

CMU

The CMU is a central depositary service provided by the Central Moneymarkets Unit Service of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority for the safe custody and electronic trading between the members of this service

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("CMU Members") of capital markets instruments ("CMU Notes") which are specified in the CMU Reference Manual as capable of being held within the CMU.

The CMU is only available to CMU Notes issued by a CMU Member or by a person for whom a CMU Member acts as agent for the purposes of lodging instruments issued by such persons. Membership of the CMU is open to all members of the Hong Kong Capital Markets Association and "authorized institutions" under the Banking Ordinance (Cap. 155) of Hong Kong.

An investor holding an interest through an account with either Euroclear or Clearstream in any Notes held in the CMU will hold that interest through the respective accounts which Euroclear and Clearstream each have with the CMU.

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TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE NOTES

The following is the text of the terms and conditions which, as completed by the relevant Final Terms, will be endorsed on each Note in definitive form issued under the Programme. The terms and conditions applicable to any Note in global form will differ from those terms and conditions which would apply to the Note were it in definitive form to the extent described under "Summary of Provisions Relating to the Notes while in Global Form" below.

1. Introduction

(a) Programme:

AstraZeneca PLC and AstraZeneca Finance LLC ("AstraZeneca Finance") (each, if so specified in the relevant Final Terms, the "Issuer") have established a Euro Medium Term Note Programme (the "Programme") for the issuance of notes (the "Notes"), guaranteed, in respect of Notes issued by AstraZeneca Finance, by AstraZeneca PLC (in such capacity, the "Guarantor", and such Notes, the "Guaranteed Notes").

(b) Final Terms:

Notes issued under the Programme are issued in series (each a "Series") and each Series may comprise one or more tranches (each a "Tranche") of Notes. Each Tranche is the subject of final terms (the "Final Terms") which completes these terms and conditions (the "Conditions"). The terms and conditions applicable to any particular Tranche of Notes are these Conditions as completed by the relevant Final Terms. In the event of any inconsistency between these Conditions and the relevant Final Terms, the relevant Final Terms shall prevail.

(c) Trust Deed:

The Notes are constituted by, have the benefit of and are in all respects subject to a trust deed made on 10 September 2007 and amended and restated on 9 June 2026 (the "Trust Deed") between the Issuers, the Guarantor and Deutsche Trustee Company Limited (the "Trustee", which expression shall include all persons for the time being the trustee or trustees under the Trust Deed) as trustee for the Noteholders (as defined below).

(d) Agency Agreement:

The Notes are the subject of an amended and restated issue and paying agency agreement dated 9 June 2026 (the "Agency Agreement") between the Issuers, the Guarantor, Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch as principal paying agent (the "Principal Paying Agent" which expression includes any successor principal paying agent appointed from time to time in connection with the Notes) and Deutsche Bank AG, Hong Kong Branch as CMU lodging and paying agent (the "CMU Lodging and Paying Agent", which expression includes any successor CMU lodging and paying agent appointed from time to time in connection with the Notes), Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas as ICSD registrar (the "Registrar", which expression includes any successor registrar appointed from time to time in connection with the Notes), Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch as ICSD transfer agent (the "Transfer Agent", which expression includes any successor transfer agent appointed from time to time in connection with the Notes), Deutsche Bank AG, Hong Kong Branch as CMU registrar (the "CMU Registrar", which expression includes any successor CMU transfer agent appointed from time to time in connection with the Notes to be held in the CMU Service and, together with the Registrar and any successor and the other registrars appointed in respect of any Notes, the "Registrars"), Deutsche Bank AG, Hong Kong Branch as CMU transfer agent (the "CMU Transfer Agent", which expression includes any successor CMU transfer agent appointed from time to time in connection with the Notes to be held in the CMU) and the Trustee. In these Conditions references to the "Agents" are to the Paying Agents, the Registrars and the Transfer Agents and any reference to an "Agent" is to any one of them.

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(e) The Notes:

All subsequent references in these Conditions to "Notes" are to the Notes which are the subject of the relevant Final Terms. Copies of the relevant Final Terms are available for viewing at https://www.astrazeneca.com/investor-relations/debt-investors/emtn-programme.html.

(f) Summaries:

Certain provisions of these Conditions are summaries of the Trust Deed and the Agency Agreement and are subject to their detailed provisions. The holders of the Notes (the "Noteholders") and the holders of the related interest coupons, if any, (the "Couponholders" and the "Coupons", respectively) are entitled to the benefit of, are bound by, and are deemed to have notice of, all the provisions of the Trust Deed and the Agency Agreement applicable to them. Copies of the Trust Deed and the Agency Agreement are available to Noteholders upon request during normal business hours.

Interpretation

(a) Definitions:

In these Conditions the following expressions have the following meanings:

"2006 ISDA Definitions" means, in relation to a Series of Notes, the 2006 ISDA Definitions (as supplemented, amended and updated as at the date of issue of the first Tranche of the Notes of such Series) as published by ISDA (copies of which may be obtained from ISDA at www.isda.org);

"2021 ISDA Definitions" means, in relation to a Series of Notes, the latest version of the 2021 ISDA Interest Rate Derivatives Definitions (including each Matrix (and any successor Matrix thereto), as defined in such 2021 ISDA Interest Rate Derivatives Definitions) as at the date of issue of the first Tranche of Notes of such Series, as published by ISDA on its website (www.isda.org);

"Accrual Yield" has the meaning given in the relevant Final Terms;

"Additional Business Centre(s)" means the city or cities specified as such in the relevant Final Terms;

"Additional Financial Centre(s)" means the city or cities specified as such in the relevant Final Terms;

"Business Day" means:

(i) in relation to any sum payable in euro, a TARGET Settlement Day and a day on which commercial banks and foreign exchange markets settle payments generally in each (if any) Additional Business Centre; and

(ii) in relation to any sum payable in a currency other than euro, a day on which commercial banks and foreign exchange markets settle payments generally in London, in the Principal Financial Centre of the relevant currency and in each (if any) Additional Business Centre;

"Business Day Convention", in relation to any particular date, has the meaning given in the relevant Final Terms and, if so specified in the relevant Final Terms, may have different meanings in relation to different dates and, in this context, the following expressions shall have the following meanings:

(i) "Following Business Day Convention" means that the relevant date shall be postponed to the first following day that is a Business Day;

(ii) "Modified Following Business Day Convention" or "Modified Business Day Convention" means that the relevant date shall be postponed to the first following

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day that is a Business Day unless that day falls in the next calendar month in which case that date will be the first preceding day that is a Business Day;

(iii) "Preceding Business Day Convention" means that the relevant date shall be brought forward to the first preceding day that is a Business Day;

(iv) "FRN Convention", "Floating Rate Convention" or "Eurodollar Convention" means that each relevant date shall be the date which numerically corresponds to the preceding such date in the calendar month which is the number of months specified in the relevant Final Terms as the Specified Period after the calendar month in which the preceding such date occurred, provided, however, that:

(A) if there is no such numerically corresponding day in the calendar month in which any such date should occur, then such date will be the last day which is a Business Day in that calendar month;

(B) if any such date would otherwise fall on a day which is not a Business Day, then such date will be the first following day which is a Business Day unless that day falls in the next calendar month, in which case it will be the first preceding day which is a Business Day; and

(C) if the preceding such date occurred on the last day in a calendar month which was a Business Day, then all subsequent such dates will be the last day which is a Business Day in the calendar month which is the specified number of months after the calendar month in which the preceding such date occurred; and

(v) "No Adjustment" means that the relevant date shall not be adjusted in accordance with any Business Day Convention;

"Calculation Agent" means the Principal Paying Agent or such other Person specified in the relevant Final Terms as the party responsible for calculating the Rate(s) of Interest and Interest Amount(s) and/or such other amount(s) as may be specified in the relevant Final Terms;

"Calculation Amount" has the meaning given in the relevant Final Terms;

"Consolidated Net Tangible Assets" means the aggregate amount of consolidated total assets of AstraZeneca PLC, after deducting therefrom (a) all liabilities due within one year (other than (x) short-term borrowings and (y) long-term debt due within one year) and (b) all goodwill, trade names, trademarks, patents and other like intangibles, as shown on the audited consolidated balance sheet contained in the last annual report to shareholders of AstraZeneca PLC;

"Coupon Sheet" means, in respect of a Note, a coupon sheet relating to the Note;

"Day Count Fraction" means, in respect of the calculation of an amount for any period of time (the "Calculation Period"), such day count fraction as may be specified in these Conditions or the relevant Final Terms and:

(i) if "Actual/Actual (ICMA)" is so specified, means:

(a) where the Calculation Period is equal to or shorter than the Regular Period during which it falls, the actual number of days in the Calculation Period divided by the product of (1) the actual number of days in such Regular Period and (2) the number of Regular Periods in any year; and

(b) where the Calculation Period is longer than one Regular Period, the sum of:

(A) the actual number of days in such Calculation Period falling in the Regular Period in which it begins divided by the product of (1) the actual number of days in such Regular Period and (2) the number of Regular Periods in any year; and

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(B) the actual number of days in such Calculation Period falling in the next Regular Period divided by the product of (a) the actual number of days in such Regular Period and (2) the number of Regular Periods in any year;

(ii) if "Actual/Actual (ISDA)" is so specified, means the actual number of days in the Calculation Period divided by 365 (or, if any portion of the Calculation Period falls in a leap year, the sum of (A) the actual number of days in that portion of the Calculation Period falling in a leap year divided by 366 and (B) the actual number of days in that portion of the Calculation Period falling in a non-leap year divided by 365);

(iii) if "Actual/365 (Fixed)" is so specified, means the actual number of days in the Calculation Period divided by 365;

(iv) if "Actual/360" is so specified, means the actual number of days in the Calculation Period divided by 360;

(v) if "30/360" is so specified, the number of days in the Calculation Period divided by 360, calculated on a formula basis as follows:

$$
\text{Day Count Fraction} = \frac{[360 \times (Y_2 - Y_1)] + [30 \times (M_2 - M_1)] + (D_2 - D_1)}{360}
$$

where:

"Y₁" is the year, expressed as a number, in which the first day of the Calculation Period falls;

"Y₂" is the year, expressed as a number, in which the day immediately following the last day included in the Calculation Period falls;

"M₁" is the calendar month, expressed as a number, in which the first day of the Calculation Period falls;

"M₂" is the calendar month, expressed as number, in which the day immediately following the last day included in the Calculation Period falls;

"D₁" is the first calendar day, expressed as a number, of the Calculation Period, unless such number would be 31, in which case D₁ will be 30; and

"D₂" is the calendar day, expressed as a number, immediately following the last day included in the Calculation Period, unless such number would be 31 and D₁ is greater than 29, in which case D₂ will be 30";

(vi) if "30E/360" or "Eurobond Basis" is so specified, the number of days in the Calculation Period divided by 360, calculated on a formula basis as follows:

$$
\text{Day Count Fraction} = \frac{[360 \times (Y_2 - Y_1)] + [30 \times (M_2 - M_1)] + (D_2 - D_1)}{360}
$$

where:

"Y₁" is the year, expressed as a number, in which the first day of the Calculation Period falls;

"Y₂" is the year, expressed as a number, in which the day immediately following the last day included in the Calculation Period falls;

"M₁" is the calendar month, expressed as a number, in which the first day of the Calculation Period falls;

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"M₂" is the calendar month, expressed as a number, in which the day immediately following the last day included in the Calculation Period falls;

"D₁" is the first calendar day, expressed as a number, of the Calculation Period, unless such number would be 31, in which case D₁ will be 30; and

"D₂" is the calendar day, expressed as a number, immediately following the last day included in the Calculation Period, unless such number would be 31, in which case D₂ will be 30; and

(vii) if "30E/360 (ISDA)" is so specified, the number of days in the Calculation Period divided by 360, calculated on a formula basis as follows:

$$
\text{Day Count Fraction} = \frac{[360 \times (Y_2 - Y_1)] + [30 \times (M_2 - M_1)] + (D_2 - D_1)}{360}
$$

where:

"Y₁" is the year, expressed as a number, in which the first day of the Calculation Period falls;

"Y₂" is the year, expressed as a number, in which the day immediately following the last day included in the Calculation Period falls;

"M₁" is the calendar month, expressed as a number, in which the first day of the Calculation Period falls;

"M₂" is the calendar month, expressed as a number, in which the day immediately following the last day included in the Calculation Period falls;

"D₁" is the first calendar day, expressed as a number, of the Calculation Period, unless (i) that day is the last day of February or (ii) such number would be 31, in which case D₁ will be 30; and

"D₂" is the calendar day, expressed as a number, immediately following the last day included in the Calculation Period, unless (i) that day is the last day of February but not the Maturity Date or (ii) such number would be 31, in which case D₂ will be 30,

provided, however, that in each such case the number of days in the Calculation Period is calculated from and including the first day of the Calculation Period to but excluding the last day of the Calculation Period;

"Early Redemption Amount (Tax)" means, in respect of any Note, its principal amount or such other amount as may be specified in, or determined in accordance with, the relevant Final Terms;

"Early Termination Amount" means, in respect of any Note, its principal amount or such other amount as may be specified in, or determined in accordance with, these Conditions or the relevant Final Terms;

"EURIBOR" means, in respect of any specified currency and any specified period, the interest rate benchmark known as the Euro zone interbank offered rate which is calculated and published by a designated distributor (currently Thomson Reuters) in accordance with the requirements from time to time of the European Banking Federation based on estimated interbank borrowing rates for a number of designated currencies and maturities which are provided, in respect of each such currency, by a panel of contributor banks (details of historic EURIBOR rates can be obtained from the designated distributor);

"Extraordinary Resolution" has the meaning given in the Trust Deed;

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"Final Redemption Amount" means, in respect of any Note, its principal amount or such other amount as may be specified in, or determined in accordance with, the relevant Final Terms;

"First Interest Payment Date" means the date specified in the relevant Final Terms;

"Fixed Coupon Amount" has the meaning given in the relevant Final Terms;

"Guarantee" and "Guarantee of the Notes" each means the Guarantee of the Notes issued by AstraZeneca Finance by the Guarantor in the Trust Deed;

"Holder", in the case of Bearer Notes, has the meaning given in Condition 3(b) (Form, Denomination and Title – Title to Bearer Notes) and, in the case of Registered Notes, has the meaning given in Condition 3(d) (Form, Denomination and Title – Title to Registered Notes);

"Indebtedness" means any indebtedness (whether being principal, premium, interest or other amounts) for or in respect of any notes, bonds, debentures, debenture stock, loan stock or other securities or any borrowed money or any liability under or in respect of any acceptance or acceptance credit;

"Interest Amount" means, in relation to a Note and an Interest Period, the amount of interest payable in respect of that Note for that Interest Period;

"Interest Commencement Date" means the Issue Date of the Notes or such other date as may be specified as the Interest Commencement Date in the relevant Final Terms;

"Interest Determination Date" has the meaning given in the relevant Final Terms;

"Interest Payment Date" means the First Interest Payment Date and any date or dates specified as such in, or determined in accordance with the provisions of, the relevant Final Terms and, if a Business Day Convention is specified in the relevant Final Terms:

(i) as the same may be adjusted in accordance with the relevant Business Day Convention; or
(ii) if the Business Day Convention is the FRN Convention, Floating Rate Convention or Eurodollar Convention and an interval of a number of calendar months is specified in the relevant Final Terms as being the Specified Period, each of such dates as may occur in accordance with the FRN Convention, Floating Rate Convention or Eurodollar Convention at such Specified Period of calendar months following the Interest Commencement Date (in the case of the first Interest Payment Date) or the previous Interest Payment Date (in any other case);

"Interest Period" means each period beginning on (and including) the Interest Commencement Date or any Interest Payment Date and ending on (but excluding) the next Interest Payment Date;

"ISDA" means the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (or any successor);

"ISDA Definitions" has the meaning given in the relevant Final Terms;

"Issue Date" has the meaning given in the relevant Final Terms;

"Margin" has the meaning given in the relevant Final Terms;

"Maturity Date" has the meaning given in the relevant Final Terms;

"Maximum Redemption Amount" has the meaning given in the relevant Final Terms;

"Minimum Redemption Amount" has the meaning given in the relevant Final Terms;

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"Noteholder", in the case of Bearer Notes, has the meaning given in Condition 3(b) (Form, Denomination and Title – Title to Bearer Notes) and, in the case of Registered Notes, has the meaning given in Condition 3(d) (Form, Denomination and Title – Title to Registered Notes);

"Optional Redemption Amount (Call)" means, in respect of any Note, its principal amount or such other amount as may be specified in, or determined in accordance with, the relevant Final Terms;

"Optional Redemption Amount (Put)" means, in respect of any Note, its principal amount or such other amount as may be specified in, or determined in accordance with, the relevant Final Terms;

"Optional Redemption Date (Call)" has the meaning given in the relevant Final Terms;

"Optional Redemption Date (Put)" has the meaning given in the relevant Final Terms;

"Par Redemption Date" has the meaning given in the relevant Final Terms;

"Participating Member State" means a Member State of the European Communities which adopts the euro as its lawful currency in accordance with the Treaty;

"Paying Agents" means the Principal Paying Agent or, as the case may be, the CMU Lodging and Paying Agent and any substitute or additional paying agents appointed in accordance with the Agency Agreement and a "Paying Agent" means any of them;

"Payment Business Day" means:

(i) if the currency of payment is euro, any day which is:

(A) a day on which banks in the relevant place of presentation are open for presentation and payment of bearer debt securities and for dealings in foreign currencies; and
(B) in the case of payment by transfer to an account, a TARGET Settlement Day and a day on which dealings in foreign currencies may be carried on in each (if any) Additional Financial Centre; or

(ii) if the currency of payment is not euro, any day which is:

(A) a day on which banks in the relevant place of presentation are open for presentation and payment of bearer debt securities and for dealings in foreign currencies; and
(B) in the case of payment by transfer to an account, a day on which dealings in foreign currencies may be carried on in the Principal Financial Centre of the currency of payment and in each (if any) Additional Financial Centre;

"Permitted Security Interest" means:

(i) any Security Interest over Relevant Assets and the shares of stock or Indebtedness of AstraZeneca PLC, and its Restricted Subsidiaries securing Indebtedness of AstraZeneca PLC and its Restricted Subsidiaries the principal amount of which (when aggregated with the principal amount of any other Indebtedness which has the benefit of any Security Interest over Relevant Assets and the shares of stock or Indebtedness of AstraZeneca PLC and its Restricted Subsidiaries) does not at the time exceed 15 per cent. of the Consolidated Net Tangible Assets;
(ii) any Security Interest on property, shares of stock or Indebtedness of any Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary;
(iii) any Security Interest on property or shares of stock existing at the time of acquisition of that property or those shares of stock, or to secure the payment of all or any part

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of the purchase price of that property or those shares of stock, or to secure any debt incurred before, at the time of, or within twelve months after, in the case of shares of stock, the acquisition of such shares of stock and, in the case of property, the later of the acquisition, completion of construction (including any improvements on an existing property) or commencement of the commercial operation of the property, where the debt is incurred to finance all or any part of the purchase price thereof;

(iv) any Security Interest securing Indebtedness owed to AstraZeneca PLC or to any of its Restricted Subsidiaries by AstraZeneca PLC or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

(v) any Security Interest existing at the Issue Date of the Notes;

(vi) any Security Interest on a Relevant Asset to secure Indebtedness incurred to finance all or part of the cost of improving, constructing, altering or repairing any building, equipment or facilities or of any other improvements on all or any part of that Relevant Asset, if such Indebtedness is incurred before, during, or within twelve months after completing the improvement, construction, alteration or repair;

(vii) any Security Interest on property owned or held by any Person or on shares of stock or Indebtedness of any Person, where the Security Interest existed either at the time the corporation is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with either AstraZeneca PLC or a Restricted Subsidiary or at the time of a sale, lease or other disposition of all or substantially all of the property of a Person to AstraZeneca PLC or a Restricted Subsidiary;

(viii) any Security Interest arising by operation of law and not securing amounts more than 90 days overdue or otherwise being contested in good faith;

(ix) any Security Interest arising by operation of law over any credit balance or cash held in any account with a financial institution;

(x) any rights of financial institutions to offset credit balances in connection with the operation of cash management programs established for the benefit of AstraZeneca PLC and/or the benefit of any Restricted Subsidiary;

(xi) any Security Interest incurred or deposits made in the ordinary course of business, including but not limited to:

(a) any mechanics', materialmen's, carriers', workmen's, vendors' or other similar Security Interests;

(b) any Security Interests securing amounts in connection with workers' compensation, unemployment insurance and other types of social security; or

(xii) any Security Interest incurred or deposit made securing the performance of tenders, bids, leases, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, government contracts, performance and return of money bonds and other obligations of a similar nature incurred in the ordinary course of business;

(xiii) any Security Interest securing taxes or assessments or other applicable governmental charges or levies;

(xiv) any extension, renewal or replacement or successive extensions, renewals or replacements, in whole or in part, of any Security Interest described in paragraphs (i) to (xiii) above or of any Indebtedness secured by a Security Interest described in paragraphs (i) to (xiii) above, so long as the principal amount of Indebtedness secured does not exceed the principal amount of Indebtedness secured at the time of the extension, renewal or replacement, and that the extension, renewal or replacement

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Security Interest is limited to all or any part of the same property or shares of stock that secured the Security Interest extended, renewed or replaced (including improvements on that property), or property received or shares of stock issued in substitution or exchange;

(xv) any Security Interest in favour of AstraZeneca PLC or any of its Subsidiaries; and
(xvi) any Security Interest on property of AstraZeneca PLC or a Restricted Subsidiary in favour of the United States or any State of the United States, or the United Kingdom, or any other country, or any political subdivision of, or any department, agency or instrumentality of, these countries or states, to secure partial, progress, advance or other payments under provisions of any contract or statute including, but not limited to, Security Interests to secure Indebtedness of pollution control or industrial revenue bond type, or to secure any Indebtedness incurred for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price or cost of construction of the property subject to these Security Interests;

"Person" means any individual, company, corporation, firm, partnership, joint venture, association, organisation, state or agency of a state or other entity, whether or not having separate legal personality;

"Principal Financial Centre" means, in relation to any currency, the principal financial centre for that currency, provided, however, that:

(i) in relation to euro, it means the principal financial centre of such Member State of the European Communities as is selected (in the case of a payment) by the payee or (in the case of a calculation) by the Calculation Agent; and
(ii) in relation to Australian dollars, it means either Sydney or Melbourne and, in relation to New Zealand dollars, it means either Wellington or Auckland; in each case as is selected (in the case of a payment) by the payee or (in the case of a calculation) by the Calculation Agent;

"Put Option Notice" means a notice which must be delivered to a Paying Agent by any Noteholder wanting to exercise a right to redeem a Note at the option of the Noteholder pursuant to Condition 9(f) (Redemption and Purchase – Redemption at the option of Noteholders);

"Put Option Receipt" means a receipt issued by a Paying Agent to a depositing Noteholder upon deposit of a Note with such Paying Agent by any Noteholder wanting to exercise a right to redeem a Note at the option of the Noteholder;

"Rate of Interest" means the rate or rates (expressed as a percentage per annum) of interest payable in respect of the Notes specified in the relevant Final Terms or calculated or determined in accordance with the provisions of these Conditions and/or the relevant Final Terms;

"Redemption Amount" means, as appropriate, the Final Redemption Amount, the Early Redemption Amount (Tax), the Optional Redemption Amount (Call), the Optional Redemption Amount (Put), the Early Termination Amount or such other amount in the nature of a redemption amount as may be specified in, or determined in accordance with the provisions of, the relevant Final Terms;

"Reference Banks" has the meaning given in the relevant Final Terms or, if none, four major banks selected by the Issuer or an agent appointed at the time in the market that is most closely connected with the Reference Rate;

"Reference Price" has the meaning given in the relevant Final Terms;

"Reference Rate" means EURIBOR for the relevant tenor specified in the applicable Final Terms;

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"Regular Period" means:

(i) in the case of Notes where interest is scheduled to be paid only by means of regular payments, each period from and including the Interest Commencement Date to but excluding the first Interest Payment Date and each successive period from and including one Interest Payment Date to but excluding the next Interest Payment Date;

(ii) in the case of Notes where, apart from the first Interest Period, interest is scheduled to be paid only by means of regular payments, each period from and including a Regular Date falling in any year to but excluding the next Regular Date, where "Regular Date" means the day and month (but not the year) on which any Interest Payment Date falls; and

(iii) in the case of Notes where, apart from one Interest Period other than the first Interest Period, interest is scheduled to be paid only by means of regular payments, each period from and including a Regular Date falling in any year to but excluding the next Regular Date, where "Regular Date" means the day and month (but not the year) on which any Interest Payment Date falls other than the Interest Payment Date falling at the end of the irregular Interest Period;

"Relevant Asset" means any manufacturing plant or facility or any research facility owned by AstraZeneca PLC or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries which is located within the United States or the United Kingdom and having a gross book value (before deducting any depreciation reserve), as of the date of determination, exceeding 2 per cent. of AstraZeneca PLC's Consolidated Net Tangible Assets other than:

(i) any plant or facility or research facility which, in the opinion of the board of directors of AstraZeneca PLC is not materially important to the total business conducted by the Issuer or the Guarantor, as the case may be, and its subsidiaries considered as a whole; or

(ii) any portion of a property described above which, in the opinion of the board of directors of AstraZeneca PLC, is not materially important to the use or operation of such property;

"Relevant Date" means, in relation to any payment, whichever is the later of (a) the date on which the payment in question first becomes due and (b) if the full amount payable has not been received by the Principal Paying Agent or, as the case may be, the CMU Lodging and Paying Agent on or prior to such due date, the date on which (the full amount having been so received) notice to that effect has been given to the Noteholders;

"Relevant Financial Centre" has the meaning given in the relevant Final Terms;

"Relevant Jurisdiction" means the United Kingdom in the case of Notes issued by AstraZeneca PLC and the United States and/or the United Kingdom in the case of Notes issued by AstraZeneca Finance;

"Relevant Screen Page" means the page, section or other part of a particular information service (including, without limitation, Reuters) specified as the Relevant Screen Page in the relevant Final Terms, or such other page, section or other part as may replace it on that information service or such other information service, in each case, as may be nominated by the Person providing or sponsoring the information appearing there for the purpose of displaying rates or prices comparable to the Reference Rate;

"Relevant Time" has the meaning given in the relevant Final Terms;

"Reserved Matter" means any proposal:

(i) to change any date fixed for payment of principal or interest in respect of the Notes, to reduce the amount of principal or interest payable on any date in respect of the Notes or to alter the method of calculating the amount of any payment in respect of

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the Notes on redemption or maturity (other than in respect of any Benchmark Amendments);

(ii) to effect the exchange or substitution of the Notes for, or the conversion of the Notes into, shares, bonds or other obligations or securities of the Issuer or any other person or body corporate formed or to be formed (other than as permitted under Clause 8.3 of the Trust Deed);

(iii) to change the currency in which amounts due in respect of the Notes are payable;

(iv) to change the quorum required at any meeting of Noteholders or the majority required to pass an Extraordinary Resolution; or

(v) to amend this definition;

"Restricted Subsidiary" means any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of AstraZeneca PLC other than a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary principally engaged in leasing or financing instalment receivables or principally engaged in financing the operations of AstraZeneca PLC and its consolidated subsidiaries:

(i) with substantially all of its property located within the United Kingdom or the United States; and

(ii) which owns a Relevant Asset;

"Security Interest" means any mortgage, charge, pledge, lien or other security interest including, without limitation, anything analogous to any of the foregoing under the laws of any jurisdiction;

"Specified Currency" has the meaning given in the relevant Final Terms;

"Specified Denomination(s)" has the meaning given in the relevant Final Terms;

"Specified Office" has the meaning given in the Agency Agreement;

"Specified Period" has the meaning given in the relevant Final Terms;

"Subsidiary" means, in relation to any Person (the "first Person") at any particular time, any other Person (the "second Person"):

(i) whose affairs and policies the first Person controls or has the power to control, whether by ownership of share capital, contract, the power to appoint or remove members of the governing body of the second Person or otherwise; or

(ii) whose financial statements are, in accordance with applicable law and generally accepted accounting principles, consolidated with those of the first Person;

"Talon" means a talon for further Coupons;

"T2" means the real time gross settlement system operated by the Eurosystem, or any successor or replacement for that system;

"TARGET Settlement Day" means any day on which T2 is open for the settlement of payments in euro;

"Treaty" means the Treaty establishing the European Communities, as amended;

"Wholly-Owned Subsidiary" means any Person in which AstraZeneca PLC and/or one or more of its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries, controls, directly or indirectly, all of the stock with ordinary voting power to elect the board of directors of that Person; and

"Zero Coupon Note" means a Note specified as such in the relevant Final Terms.

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(b) Interpretation:

In these Conditions:

(i) if the Notes are Zero Coupon Notes or are Registered Notes, references to Coupons and Couponholders are not applicable;

(ii) if Talons are specified in the relevant Final Terms as being attached to the Notes at the time of issue, references to Coupons shall be deemed to include references to Talons;

(iii) if Talons are not specified in the relevant Final Terms as being attached to the Notes at the time of issue, references to Talons are not applicable;

(iv) any reference to principal shall be deemed to include the Redemption Amount, any additional amounts in respect of principal which may be payable under Condition 12 (Taxation), any premium payable in respect of a Note and any other amount in the nature of principal payable pursuant to these Conditions;

(v) any reference to interest shall be deemed to include any additional amounts in respect of interest which may be payable under Condition 12 (Taxation) and any other amount in the nature of interest payable pursuant to these Conditions;

(vi) references to Notes being "outstanding" shall be construed in accordance with the Trust Deed;

(vii) if an expression is stated in Condition 2(a) (Interpretation – Definitions) to have the meaning given in the relevant Final Terms, but the relevant Final Terms gives no such meaning or specifies that such expression is "not applicable" then such expression is not applicable to the Notes;

(viii) any reference to the Agency Agreement or the Trust Deed shall be construed as a reference to the Agency Agreement or the Trust Deed, as the case may be, as amended and/or supplemented up to and including the Issue Date of the Notes; and

(ix) any reference in these Conditions to any legislation (whether primary legislation or regulations or other subsidiary legislation made pursuant to primary legislation) shall be construed as a reference to such legislation as the same may have been, or may from time to time be, amended or re-enacted.

Form, Denomination and Title

(a) Bearer Notes: Bearer Notes are in the Specified Denomination(s) with Coupons and, if specified in the relevant Final Terms, Talons attached at the time of issue. In the case of a Series of Bearer Notes with more than one Specified Denomination, Bearer Notes of one Specified Denomination will not be exchangeable for Bearer Notes of another Specified Denomination.

(b) Title to Bearer Notes: Title to Bearer Notes and the Coupons will pass by delivery. In the case of Bearer Notes, "Holder" means the holder of such Bearer Note and "Noteholder" and "Couponholder" shall be construed accordingly.

(c) Registered Notes: Registered Notes are in the Specified Denomination(s), which may include a minimum denomination specified in the relevant Final Terms and higher integral multiples of a smaller amount specified in the relevant Final Terms.

(d) Title to Registered Notes: The Registrar will maintain the register in accordance with the provisions of the Agency Agreement. A certificate (each, a "Note Certificate") will be issued to each Holder of Registered Notes in respect of its registered holding. Each Note Certificate will be numbered serially with an identifying number which will be recorded in the Register. In the case of Registered Notes, "Holder" means the person in whose name such Registered

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Note is for the time being registered in the Register (or, in the case of a joint holding, the first named thereof) and "Noteholder" shall be construed accordingly.

(e) Ownership: The Holder of any Note or Coupon shall (except as otherwise required by law) be treated as its absolute owner for all purposes (whether or not it is overdue and regardless of any notice of ownership, trust or any other interest therein, any writing thereon, in the case of Registered Notes, on the Note Certificate relating thereto (other than the endorsed form of transfer) or any notice of any previous loss or theft thereof) and no Person shall be liable for so treating such Holder. No person shall have any right to enforce any term or condition of any Note or the Trust Deed under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999.

(f) Transfers of Registered Notes: Subject to Conditions 3(i) (Closed periods) and 3(j) (Regulations concerning transfers and registration) below, a Registered Note may be transferred upon surrender of the relevant Note Certificate, with the endorsed form of transfer duly completed, at the Specified Office of the Registrar or any Transfer Agent, together with such evidence as the Registrar or (as the case may be) such Transfer Agent may reasonably require to prove the title of the transferor and the authority of the individuals who have executed the form of transfer; provided, however, that a Registered Note may not be transferred unless the principal amount of Registered Notes transferred and (where not all of the Registered Notes held by a Holder are being transferred) the principal amount of the balance of Registered Notes not transferred are Specified Denominations. Where not all the Registered Notes represented by the surrendered Note Certificate are the subject of the transfer, a new Note Certificate in respect of the balance of the Registered Notes will be issued to the transferor.

(g) Registration and delivery of Note Certificates: Within five business days of the surrender of a Note Certificate in accordance with Condition 3(f) (Transfers of Registered Notes) above, the Registrar will register the transfer in question and deliver a new Note Certificate of a like principal amount to the Registered Notes transferred to each relevant Holder at its Specified Office or (as the case may be) the Specified Office of any Transfer Agent or (at the request and risk of any such relevant Holder) by uninsured first class mail (airmail if overseas) to the address specified for the purpose by such relevant Holder. In this paragraph, "business day" means a day on which commercial banks are open for general business (including dealings in foreign currencies) in the city where the Registrar or (as the case may be) the relevant Transfer Agent has its Specified Office.

(h) No charge: The transfer of a Registered Note will be effected without charge by or on behalf of the Issuer or the Registrar or any Transfer Agent but against such indemnity as the Registrar or (as the case may be) such Transfer Agent may require in respect of any tax or other duty of whatsoever nature which may be levied or imposed in connection with such transfer.

(i) Closed periods: Noteholders may not require transfers to be registered during the period of 15 days ending on the due date for any payment of principal or interest in respect of the Registered Notes.

(j) Regulations concerning transfers and registration: All transfers of Registered Notes and entries on the Register are subject to the detailed regulations concerning the transfer of Registered Notes scheduled to the Agency Agreement. The regulations may be changed by the Issuer with the prior written approval of the Registrar. A copy of the current regulations will be mailed (free of charge) by the Registrar to any Noteholder who requests in writing a copy of such regulations.

Status of the Notes and the Guarantee of the Notes

(a) The Notes constitute direct, general and unconditional obligations of the Issuer which will at all times rank pari passu among themselves and at least pari passu with all other present and

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future unsecured obligations of the Issuer, save for such obligations as may be preferred by provisions of law that are both mandatory and of general application.

(b) The Guarantor has in the Trust Deed unconditionally and irrevocably Guaranteed the due and punctual payment of all sums from time to time payable by AstraZeneca Finance in respect of the Guaranteed Notes. This Guarantee of the Guaranteed Notes constitutes direct, general and unconditional obligations of the Guarantor which will at all times rank at least pari passu with all other present and future unsecured obligations of the Guarantor, save for such obligations as may be preferred by provisions of law that are both mandatory and of general application.

5. Negative Pledge

So long as any Note remains outstanding, AstraZeneca PLC shall not, and shall procure that none of its Restricted Subsidiaries will, create or permit to subsist any Security Interest other than a Permitted Security Interest over any Relevant Asset or any shares of stock or Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary without at the same time or prior thereto securing the Notes equally and rateably therewith.

6. Fixed Rate Note Provisions

(a) Application:

This Condition 6 is applicable to the Notes only if the Fixed Rate Note provisions are specified in the relevant Final Terms as being applicable.

(b) Accrual of interest:

The Notes bear interest from the Interest Commencement Date at the Rate of Interest payable in arrear on each Interest Payment Date, subject as provided in Condition 10 (Payments – Bearer Notes) and Condition 11 (Payments – Registered Notes). Each Note will cease to bear interest from the due date for final redemption unless, upon due presentation, payment of the Redemption Amount is improperly withheld or refused, in which case it will continue to bear interest in accordance with this Condition 6 (as well after as before judgment) until whichever is the earlier of (i) the day on which all sums due in respect of such Note up to that day are received by or on behalf of the relevant Noteholder and (ii) the day which is seven days after the Principal Paying Agent or, as the case may be, the CMU Lodging and Paying Agent has notified the Noteholders that it has received all sums due in respect of the Notes up to such seventh day (except to the extent that there is any subsequent default in payment).

(c) Fixed Coupon Amount:

The amount of interest payable in respect of each Note for any Interest Period shall be the relevant Fixed Coupon Amount and, if the Notes are in more than one Specified Denomination, shall be the relevant Fixed Coupon Amount in respect of the relevant Specified Denomination.

(d) Calculation of interest amount:

The amount of interest payable in respect of each Note for any period for which a Fixed Coupon Amount is not specified shall be calculated by applying the Rate of Interest to the Calculation Amount, multiplying the product by the relevant Day Count Fraction, rounding the resulting figure to the nearest sub-unit of the Specified Currency (half a sub-unit being rounded upwards) and multiplying such rounded figure by a fraction equal to the Specified Denomination of such Note divided by the Calculation Amount. For this purpose a "sub-unit" means, in the case of any currency other than euro, the lowest amount of such currency that is available as legal tender in the country of such currency and, in the case of euro, means one cent.

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Floating Rate Note Provisions

(a) Application:

This Condition 7 is applicable to the Notes only if the Floating Rate Note provisions are specified in the relevant Final Terms as being applicable.

(b) Accrual of interest:

The Notes bear interest from the Interest Commencement Date at the Rate of Interest payable in arrear on each Interest Payment Date, subject as provided in Condition 10 (Payments – Bearer Notes) and Condition 11 (Payments – Registered Notes). Each Note will cease to bear interest from the due date for final redemption unless, upon due presentation, payment of the Redemption Amount is improperly withheld or refused, in which case it will continue to bear interest in accordance with this Condition 7 (as well after as before judgment) until whichever is the earlier of (i) the day on which all sums due in respect of such Note up to that day are received by or on behalf of the relevant Noteholder and (ii) the day which is seven days after the Principal Paying Agent or, as the case may be, the CMU Lodging and Paying Agent has notified the Noteholders that it has received all sums due in respect of the Notes up to such seventh day (except to the extent that there is any subsequent default in payment).

If Screen Rate Determination is specified in the relevant Final Terms as the manner in which the Rate(s) of Interest is/are to be determined, the Rate of Interest applicable to the Notes for each Interest Period will be determined by the Calculation Agent on the following basis:

(i) if the Reference Rate is a composite quotation or customarily supplied by one entity, the Calculation Agent will determine the Reference Rate which appears on the Relevant Screen Page as of the Relevant Time on the relevant Interest Determination Date;

(ii) in any other case, the Calculation Agent will determine the arithmetic mean of the Reference Rates which appear on the Relevant Screen Page as of the Relevant Time on the relevant Interest Determination Date;

(iii) if, in the case of (i) above, such rate does not appear on that page or, in the case of (ii) above, fewer than two such rates appear on that page or if, in either case, the Relevant Screen Page is unavailable, the Rate of Interest applicable to the Notes during such Interest Period will be the sum of the Margin and the rate or (as the case may be) the arithmetic mean last determined in relation to the Notes in respect of a preceding Interest Period.

(d) ISDA Determination: If ISDA Determination is specified in the relevant Final Terms as the manner in which the Rate(s) of Interest is/are to be determined, the Rate of Interest applicable to the Notes for each Interest Period will be the sum of the Margin and the relevant ISDA Rate where "ISDA Rate" in relation to any Interest Period means a rate equal to the Floating Rate that would be determined by the Calculation Agent under an interest rate swap transaction if the Calculation Agent were acting as Calculation Agent for that interest rate swap transaction under the terms of an agreement incorporating the ISDA Definitions and under which:

(i) if the Final Terms specify either "2006 ISDA Definitions" or "2021 ISDA Definitions" as the applicable ISDA Definitions:

(A) the Floating Rate Option is as specified in the relevant Final Terms;

(B) the Designated Maturity is a period specified in the relevant Final Terms; and

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(D) if the specified Floating Rate Option is an Overnight Floating Rate Option, Compounding is specified to be applicable in the relevant Final Terms and:

(1) if Compounding with Lookback is specified as the Compounding Method in the relevant Final Terms then (a) Compounding with Lookback is the Overnight Rate Compounding Method and (b) Lookback is the number of Applicable Business Days specified in the relevant Final Terms;

(2) if Compounding with Observation Period Shift is specified as the Compounding Method in the relevant Final Terms then (a) Compounding with Observation Period Shift is the Overnight Rate Compounding Method, (b) Observation Period Shift is the number of Observation Period Shift Business Days specified in the relevant Final Terms and (c) Observation Period Shift Additional Business Days, if applicable, are the days specified in the relevant Final Terms; or

(3) if Compounding with Lockout is specified as the Compounding Method in the relevant Final Terms then (a) Compounding with Lockout is the Overnight Rate Compounding Method, (b) Lockout is the number of Lockout Period Business Days specified in the relevant Final Terms and (c) Lockout Period Business Days, if applicable, are the days specified in the relevant Final Terms;

(E) if the specified Floating Rate Option is an Overnight Floating Rate Option, Averaging is specified to be applicable in the relevant Final Terms and:

(1) if Averaging with Lookback is specified as the Averaging Method in the relevant Final Terms then (a) Averaging with Lookback is the Overnight Rate Averaging Method and (b) Lookback is the number of Applicable Business Days specified in relevant Final Terms;

(2) if Averaging with Observation Period Shift is specified as the Averaging Method in the relevant Final Terms then (a) Averaging with Overnight Period Shift is the Overnight Rate Averaging Method, (b) Observation Period Shift is the number of Observation Period Shift Business Days specified in the relevant Final Terms and (c) Observation Period Shift Additional Business Days, if applicable, are the days specified in the relevant Final Terms; or

(3) if Averaging with Lockout is specified as the Averaging Method in the relevant Final Terms then (a) Averaging with Lockout is the Overnight Rate Averaging Method, (b) Lockout is the number of Lockout Period Business Days specified in the relevant Final Terms and (c) Lockout Period Business Days, if applicable, are the days specified in the relevant Final Terms; and

(F) if the specified Floating Rate Option is an Index Floating Rate Option and Index Provisions are specified to be applicable in the relevant Final Terms, the Compounded Index Method with Observation Period Shift shall be applicable and, (a) Observation Period Shift is the number of Observation Period Shift Business Days specified in the relevant Final Terms and (b) Observation Period Shift Additional Business Days, if applicable, are the days specified in the relevant Final Terms;

(ii) references in the ISDA Definitions to:

(A) "Confirmation" shall be references to the relevant Final Terms;

(B) "Calculation Period" shall be references to the relevant Interest Period;

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(C) "Termination Date" shall be references to the Maturity Date;
(D) "Effective Date" shall be references to the Interest Commencement Date; and

(iii) If the Final Terms specify "2006 ISDA Definitions" as being applicable, the definition of 'Fallback Observation Day' in the ISDA Definitions shall be deemed deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following: "'Fallback Observation Day' means, in respect of a Reset Date and the Calculation Period (or any Compounding Period included in that Calculation Period) to which that Reset Date relates, unless otherwise agreed, the day that is five Business Days preceding the related Payment Date".
(iv) if the Final Terms specify "2021 ISDA Definitions" as being applicable:

(A) "Administrator/Benchmark Event" shall be disapplied; and
(B) if the Temporary Non-Publication Fallback in respect of any specified Floating Rate Option is specified to be "Temporary Non-Publication Fallback – Alternative Rate" in the Floating Rate Matrix of the 2021 ISDA Definitions the reference to "Calculation Agent Alternative Rate Determination" in the definition of "Temporary Non-Publication Fallback – Alternative Rate" shall be replaced by "Temporary Non-Publication Fallback – Previous Day's Rate".

(v) Unless otherwise defined capitalised terms used in this Condition 7(d) shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the ISDA Definitions.

(e) Maximum or Minimum Rate of Interest

If any Maximum Rate of Interest or Minimum Rate of Interest is specified in the relevant Final Terms, then the Rate of Interest shall in no event be greater than the maximum or be less than the minimum so specified.

(f) Calculation of Interest Amount:

The Calculation Agent will, as soon as practicable after the time at which the Rate of Interest is to be determined in relation to each Interest Period, calculate the Interest Amount payable in respect of each Note for such Interest Period. The Interest Amount will be calculated by applying the Rate of Interest for such Interest Period to the Calculation Amount, multiplying the product by the relevant Day Count Fraction, rounding the resulting figure to the nearest sub-unit of the Specified Currency (half a sub-unit being rounded upwards) and multiplying such rounded figure by a fraction equal to the Specified Denomination of the relevant Note divided by the Calculation Amount. For this purpose a "sub-unit" means, in the case of any currency other than euro, the lowest amount of such currency that is available as legal tender in the country of such currency and, in the case of euro, means one cent.

(g) Calculation of other amounts:

If the relevant Final Terms specifies that any other amount is to be calculated by the Calculation Agent, the Calculation Agent will, as soon as practicable after the time or times at which any such amount is to be determined, calculate the relevant amount. The relevant amount will be calculated by the Calculation Agent in the manner specified in the relevant Final Terms.

(h) Publication:

The Calculation Agent will cause each Rate of Interest and Interest Amount determined by it, together with the relevant Interest Payment Date, and any other amount(s) required to be determined by it together with any relevant payment date(s) to be notified to the Paying Agents and each competent authority, stock exchange and/or quotation system (if any) by

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which the Notes have then been admitted to listing, trading and/or quotation as soon as practicable after such determination but (in the case of each Rate of Interest, Interest Amount and Interest Payment Date) in any event not later than the first day of the relevant Interest Period. Notice thereof shall also promptly be given to the Noteholders. The Calculation Agent will be entitled to recalculate any Interest Amount (on the basis of the foregoing provisions) without notice in the event of an extension or shortening of the relevant Interest Period. If the Calculation Amount is less than the minimum Specified Denomination the Calculation Agent shall not be obliged to publish each Interest Amount but instead may publish only the Calculation Amount and the Interest Amount in respect of a Note having the minimum Specified Denomination.

(i) Benchmark Discontinuation:

(i) If the Issuer (in consultation with the Calculation Agent) determines that a Benchmark Event occurs in relation to the Reference Rate when the Rate of Interest (or any component part thereof) for any Interest Period remains to be determined by reference to such Reference Rate, then the Issuer shall notify the Calculation Agent and shall use its reasonable endeavours to select and appoint an Independent Adviser, as soon as reasonably practicable, to determine a Successor Rate, failing which an Alternative Rate (in accordance with Condition 7(i)(ii)) and, in either case, an Adjustment Spread, if any (in accordance with Condition 7(i)(iii)) and any Benchmark Amendments (in accordance with Condition 7(i)(iv)).

In the absence of bad faith or fraud, the Independent Adviser shall have no liability whatsoever to the Issuer, the Guarantor (where applicable), the Trustee, the Paying Agents or the Noteholders for any determination made by it pursuant to this Condition 7(i).

If (i) the Issuer is unable to select and appoint an Independent Adviser or (ii) the Independent Adviser selected and appointed by it fails to determine a Successor Rate or, failing which, an Alternative Rate in accordance with this Condition 7(i) prior to the date which is ten Business Days prior to the relevant Interest Determination Date, the Reference Rate applicable to the immediate following Interest Period shall be the Reference Rate applicable as at the last preceding Interest Determination Date. If there has not been a first Interest Payment Date, the Reference Rate shall be the Reference Rate applicable to the first Floating Rate Interest Period. For the avoidance of doubt, any adjustment pursuant to this final paragraph of Condition 7(i) shall apply to the immediately following Interest Period only. Any subsequent Interest Period may be subject to the subsequent operation of this Condition 7(i).

(ii) If the Independent Adviser determines and notifies the Calculation Agent prior to the date which is ten Business Days prior to the next Interest Determination Date in its discretion that:

(A) there is a Successor Rate, then such Successor Rate shall (subject to adjustment as provided in Condition 7(i)(iii)) subsequently be used in place of the Reference Rate to determine the Rate of Interest for the immediately following Interest Period and all following Interest Periods, subject to the subsequent operation of this Condition 7(i); or

(B) there is no Successor Rate but that there is an Alternative Rate, then such Alternative Rate shall (subject to adjustment as provided in Condition 7(i)(iii)) subsequently be used in place of the Reference Rate to determine the Rate of Interest for the immediately following Interest Period and all following Interest Periods, subject to the subsequent operation of this Condition 7(i).

(iii) If the Independent Adviser determines and notifies the Calculation Agent prior to the date which is ten business days prior to the next Interest Determination Date in its discretion (A) that an Adjustment Spread is required to be applied to the Successor Rate or the Alternative Rate (as the case may be) and (B) the quantum of, or a formula

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or methodology for determining, such Adjustment Spread, then such Adjustment Spread shall apply to the Successor Rate or the Alternative Rate (as the case may be).

(iv) If any relevant Successor Rate, Alternative Rate or Adjustment Spread is determined in accordance with this Condition 7(i) and the Independent Adviser determines in its discretion (A) that amendments to these Conditions, the Trust Deed or the Agency Agreement are necessary to ensure the proper operation of such Successor Rate, Alternative Rate and/or Adjustment Spread (such amendments, the "Benchmark Amendments") and (B) the terms of the Benchmark Amendments, then the Issuer shall, subject to giving notice thereof in accordance with Condition 7(i)(vi), without any requirement for the consent or approval of relevant Noteholders or Couponholders, vary or amend these Conditions, the Trust Deed and the Agency Agreement to give effect to such Benchmark Amendments with effect from the date specified in such notice.

(v) The Trustee shall, at the request and expense of the Issuer and without the requirement for any consent or approval of the Noteholders or Couponholders, concur with the Issuer in effecting any Benchmark Amendments as may be required in order to give effect to this Condition 7(i) (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not be treated as being within the scope of the Reserved Matters (as defined in the Trust Deed)), subject to receipt by the Trustee of the certificate referred to in Condition 7(i)(vii) below, provided however, that neither the Trustee nor the Agents shall be obliged so to concur if in the reasonable opinion of the Trustee or the Agents, doing so would have the effect of (i) exposing the Trustee or the Agents (as applicable) to any liabilities against which it has not been indemnified and/or prefunded and/or secured to their satisfaction or (ii) imposing more onerous obligations upon it or expose it to any additional duties, responsibilities or liabilities or reduce or amend the protective provisions in these Conditions, the Agency Agreement or the Trust Deed (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any documents supplemental thereto) afforded to the Trustee or the Agents (as applicable). For the avoidance of doubt, none of the Trustee, the Paying Agents or the Calculation Agent will be responsible for determining whether or not a Benchmark Event has occurred.

(vi) Any Successor Rate, Alternative Rate, Adjustment Spread and the specific terms of any Benchmark Amendments, as determined under this Condition 7(i) will be notified promptly by the Issuer to the Trustee, the Paying Agents, the Calculation Agent and, in accordance with Condition 20 (Notices), the Noteholders. Such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the effective date, which shall be not less than ten Business Days prior to the next Interest Determination Date, of the Benchmark Amendments, if any.

(vii) No later than notifying the Trustee and the Agents of the same, which shall be not less than ten Business Days prior to the next Interest Determination Date, the Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee and the Agents a certificate signed by an authorised signatory of the Issuer:

(A) confirming (x) that a Benchmark Event has occurred, (y) the relevant Successor Rate, or, as the case may be, the relevant Alternative Rate and, (z) where applicable, any relevant Adjustment Spread and/or the specific terms of any relevant Benchmark Amendments, in each case as determined in accordance with the provisions of this Condition 7(i); and

(B) certifying that the relevant Benchmark Amendments are necessary to ensure the proper operation of such relevant Successor Rate, Alternative Rate and/or Adjustment Spread.

The Trustee and the Agents shall be entitled to rely on such certificate (without further enquiry and without liability to any person) as sufficient evidence thereof.

(viii) The Successor Rate or Alternative Rate and the Adjustment Spread (if any) and the Benchmark Amendments (if any) determined in accordance with this Condition 7(i)

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will (in the absence of manifest error, bad faith or fraud in the determination of the Successor Rate or Alternative Rate, and the Adjustment Spread (if any) and the Benchmark Amendments (if any) and without prejudice to the Trustee's or the Agents ability to rely on such certificate as aforesaid), be binding on the Issuer, the Noteholders, the Trustee, the Paying Agents and the Calculation Agent.

(ix) Without prejudice to the obligations of the Issuer under Conditions 7(i)(i), 7(i)(ii), 7(i)(iii) and 7(i)(iv), the Reference Rate and the fallback provisions provided for in Condition 7(c) (Screen Rate Determination) will continue to apply unless and until a Benchmark Event has occurred and only then once the Agents and the Trustee have been notified of the Successor Rate or the Alternative Rate (as the case may be) and any Adjustment spread (if applicable) and Benchmark Amendments (if applicable) in accordance with paragraph (vi) above.

(x) As used in this Condition 7(i):

"Adjustment Spread" means either a spread (which may be positive or negative), or the formula or methodology for calculating a spread, in either case, which the Independent Adviser determines is required to be applied to the relevant Successor Rate or the relevant Alternative Rate (as the case may be) to reduce or eliminate, to the extent reasonably practicable in the circumstances, any economic prejudice or benefit (as the case may be) to Noteholders as a result of the replacement of the Reference Rate with the Successor Rate or the Alternative Rate (as the case may be) and is the spread, formula or methodology which:

(A) in the case of a Successor Rate, is formally recommended in relation to the replacement of the Reference Rate with the Successor Rate by any Relevant Nominating Body; or
(B) (if no such recommendation has been made, or in the case of an Alternative Rate) the Independent Adviser determines, is recognised or acknowledged as being the industry standard for over-the-counter derivative transactions which reference the Reference Rate, where such rate has been replaced by the Successor Rate or the Alternative Rate (as the case may be); or
(C) (if the Independent Adviser determines that no such industry standard is recognised or acknowledged) the Independent Adviser determines to be appropriate.

"Alternative Rate" means an alternative benchmark or screen rate which the Independent Adviser determines in accordance with Condition 7(i)(ii) is customary in market usage in the international debt capital markets for the purposes of determining floating rates of interest (or the relevant component part thereof) in the Specified Currency.

"Benchmark Amendments" has the meaning given to it in Condition 7(i)(iv).

"Benchmark Event" means:

(A) the Reference Rate ceasing to be published for a period of at least five (5) Business Days or ceasing to exist; or
(B) a public statement by the administrator of the Reference Rate that it will cease publishing the Reference Rate permanently or indefinitely (in circumstances where no successor administrator has been appointed that will continue publication of the Reference Rate); or
(C) a public statement by the supervisor of the administrator of the Reference Rate, that the Reference Rate has been or will permanently or indefinitely discontinued; or

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(D) a public statement by the supervisor of the administrator of the Reference Rate as a consequence of which the Reference Rate will be prohibited from being used either generally, or in respect of the relevant Floating Rate Notes; or

(E) there has taken place (or will otherwise take place, prior to the next following Interest Determination Date) a change in customary market practice in the international debt capital markets applicable generally to floating rate notes denominated in the Specified Currency (determined according to factors including, but not limited to, public statements, opinions and publications of industry bodies and organisations) to refer to a base rate other than the Reference Rate specified in the applicable Final Terms despite the continued existence of such Reference Rate, when any Rate of Interest (or any component part thereof) remains to be determined by reference to the Reference Rate; or

(F) it has become unlawful for the Calculation Agent, the Issuer or any other party to calculate any Rate of Interest using the Reference Rate;

"Independent Adviser" means an independent financial institution of international repute or other independent financial adviser experienced in the international capital markets, in each case selected and appointed by the Issuer at its own expense under Condition 7(i)(i).

"Relevant Nominating Body" means, in respect of a benchmark or screen rate (as applicable):

(A) the central bank for the currency to which the benchmark or screen rate (as applicable) relates, or any central bank or other supervisory authority which is responsible for supervising the administrator of the benchmark or screen rate (as applicable); or

(B) any working group or committee sponsored by, chaired or co-chaired by or constituted at the request of (a) the central bank for the currency to which the benchmark or screen rate (as applicable) relates, (b) any central bank or other supervisory authority which is responsible for supervising the administrator of the benchmark or screen rate (as applicable), (c) a group of the aforementioned central banks or other supervisory authorities or (d) the Financial Stability Board or any part thereof.

"Successor Rate" means a successor to or replacement of the Reference Rate which is formally recommended by any Relevant Nominating Body.

(j) Notifications etc.:

All notifications, opinions, determinations, certificates, calculations, quotations and decisions given, expressed, made or obtained for the purposes of this Condition 7 by the Calculation Agent will (in the absence of manifest error) be binding on the Issuer and the Guarantor, as the case may be, the Trustee, the Paying Agents, the Noteholders and the Couponholders and (subject as aforesaid) no liability to any such Person(s) will attach to the Calculation Agent in connection with the exercise or non-exercise by it of its powers, duties and discretions for such purposes.

(k) Calculation Agent

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Condition 7, if in the Calculation Agent's opinion there is any uncertainty between two or more alternative courses of action in making any determination or calculation under this Condition 7, the Calculation Agent shall promptly notify the Issuer and the Guarantor, as the case may be, and the Independent Adviser thereof and the Issuer and the Independent Adviser shall direct the Calculation Agent in writing as to which alternative course of action to adopt. If the Calculation Agent is not promptly provided

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with such direction, or is otherwise unable to make such calculation or determination for any reason, it shall notify the Issuer and the Guarantor, as the case may be, and the Independent Adviser thereof and the Calculation Agent shall be under no obligation to make such calculation or determination and shall not incur any liability for not doing so.

8. Zero Coupon Note Provisions

(a) Application:

This Condition 8 is applicable to the Notes only if the Zero Coupon Note provisions are specified in the relevant Final Terms as being applicable.

(b) Late payment on Zero Coupon Notes:

If the Redemption Amount payable in respect of any Zero Coupon Note is improperly withheld or refused, the Redemption Amount shall thereafter be an amount equal to the sum of:

(i) the Reference Price; and
(ii) the product of the Accrual Yield (compounded annually) being applied to the Reference Price on the basis of the relevant Day Count Fraction from (and including) the Issue Date to (but excluding) whichever is the earlier of (i) the day on which all sums due in respect of such Note up to that day are received by or on behalf of the relevant Noteholder and (ii) the day which is seven days after the Principal Paying Agent or, as the case may be, the CMU Lodging and Paying Agent, or, as the case may be, the Trustee has notified the Noteholders that it has received all sums due in respect of the Notes up to such seventh day (except to the extent that there is any subsequent default in payment).

9. Redemption and Purchase

(a) Scheduled redemption:

Unless previously redeemed, or purchased and cancelled in accordance with Condition 9(j) (Cancellation), the Notes will be redeemed at their Final Redemption Amount on the Maturity Date, subject as provided in Condition 10 (Payments – Bearer Notes) and Condition 11 (Payments – Registered Notes).

(b) Redemption for tax reasons:

The Notes may be redeemed at the option of the Issuer in whole, but not in part:

(i) at any time (if the Floating Rate Note provisions are not specified in the relevant Final Terms as being applicable); or
(ii) on any Interest Payment Date (if the Floating Rate Note provisions are specified in the relevant Final Terms as being applicable),

on giving not less than 10 nor more than 60 days' notice to the Noteholders (which notice shall be irrevocable), at their Early Redemption Amount (Tax), together with interest accrued (if any) to the date fixed for redemption, if:

(A) the Issuer or (in respect of payments under the Guarantee of the Notes for Guaranteed Notes) the Guarantor, as the case may be, has or will or, in the case of payments under the Guarantee, if a demand was made under the Guarantee, would become obliged to pay additional amounts as provided or referred to in Condition 12 (Taxation) as a result of any change in, or amendment to, the tax laws or regulations of the Relevant Jurisdiction(s) or any political subdivision or any authority thereof or therein having power to tax, or any change in the application or official interpretation of such laws or regulations (including a holding by a court of competent jurisdiction),

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which change or amendment becomes effective on or after the date of issue of the first Tranche of the Notes; and

(B) such obligation cannot be avoided by the Issuer or the Guarantor, as applicable taking reasonable measures available to it,

provided, however, that no such notice of redemption shall be given earlier than:

(1) where the Notes may be redeemed at any time, 90 days prior to the earliest date on which the Issuer or the Guarantor, as the case may be, would be obliged to pay such additional amounts if a payment in respect of the Notes were then due; or

(2) where the Notes may be redeemed only on an Interest Payment Date, 60 days prior to the Interest Payment Date occurring immediately before the earliest date on which the Issuer or the Guarantor, as the case may be, would be obliged to pay such additional amounts if a payment in respect of the Notes were then due.

Prior to the publication of any notice of redemption pursuant to this paragraph, the Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee (A) a certificate signed by an authorised officer of the Issuer, stating that the Issuer is entitled to effect such redemption and setting forth a statement of facts showing that the conditions precedent to the right of the Issuer so to redeem have occurred and (B) an opinion of independent legal advisers of recognised standing to the effect that the Issuer or the Guarantor, as the case may be, has or will or, in the case of payments under the Guarantee, if a demand was made under the Guarantee, would become obliged to pay such additional amounts as a result of such change or amendment. Upon the expiry of any such notice as is referred to in this Condition 9(b), the Issuer shall be bound to redeem the Notes in accordance with this Condition 9(b).

(i) If Call Option is specified in the relevant Final Terms as being applicable, the Notes may be redeemed at the option of the Issuer in whole or, if so specified in the relevant Final Terms, in part on any Optional Redemption Date (Call) at the relevant Optional Redemption Amount (Call) on the Issuer's giving not less than 10 nor more than 60 days' notice to the Noteholders and the Trustee (which notice shall be irrevocable (other than in the circumstances set out below) and shall oblige the Issuer to redeem the Notes or, as the case may be, the Notes specified in such notice on the relevant Optional Redemption Date (Call) at the Optional Redemption Amount (Call) plus accrued interest (if any) to such date).

Any such notice of redemption may, at the Issuer's discretion, be subject to one or more conditions precedent, in which case such notice shall state that, in the Issuer's discretion, the Optional Redemption Date (Call) may be delayed until such time as any or all such conditions shall be satisfied (or waived by the Issuer in its sole discretion), or such redemption may not occur and such notice may be rescinded in the event that any or all such conditions shall not have been satisfied (or waived by the Issuer in its sole discretion) by the Optional Redemption Date (Call), or by the Optional Redemption Date (Call) so delayed.

Any notice of redemption given under Condition 9(f) (Redemption at the option of Noteholders) will override any notice of redemption given (whether previously, on the same date or subsequently) under this Condition 9(c).

(ii) If the Optional Redemption Amount specified in the relevant Final Terms is the "Make-Whole Redemption Amount", the amount payable on the relevant Optional Redemption Date will be the higher of:

(A) the principal amount of the Notes; and

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(B) the price, expressed as a percentage of the principal amount of the Notes (rounded to four decimal places with 0.00005 being rounded upwards), at which the then current yield on the Notes on the Reference Date would be equal to the current yield (determined by reference to the middle market price) at the Reference Time on the Reference Date of the relevant Benchmark Security plus the Make-Whole Margin, as determined by the Determination Agent,

provided however that, if the Optional Redemption Date occurs on or after the Par Redemption Date the amount payable on such Optional Redemption Date will be the principal amount of the Notes.

The "Benchmark Security", the "Reference Time" and the "Make-Whole Margin" will be specified in the relevant Final Terms, provided however that, if "Linear Interpolation" is specified as applicable in the relevant Final Terms, the current yield of the Benchmark Security shall be determined by linear interpolation (calculated to the nearest one twelfth of a year) of the yield of the two Benchmark Securities specified in the Final Terms.

The "Reference Date" means the date which is the third London Business Day prior to the date fixed for redemption.

The "Determination Agent" means the agent specified as such in the relevant Final Terms.

(d) Partial redemption:

If the Notes are to be redeemed in part only on any date in accordance with Condition 9(c) (Redemption at the option of the Issuer), in the case of Bearer Notes, the Notes to be redeemed shall be selected by the drawing of lots in such place as the Trustee approves and in such manner as the Trustee considers appropriate, subject to compliance with applicable law, the rules of each competent authority, stock exchange and/or quotation system (if any) by which the Notes have then been admitted to listing, trading and/or quotation and the notice to Noteholders referred to in Condition 9(c) (Redemption at the option of the Issuer) shall specify the serial numbers of the Notes so to be redeemed and, in the case of Registered Notes, each Note shall be redeemed in part in the proportion which the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes to be redeemed on the relevant Optional Redemption Date (Call) bears to the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes on such date. If any Maximum Redemption Amount or Minimum Redemption Amount is specified in the relevant Final Terms, then the Optional Redemption Amount (Call) shall in no event be greater than the maximum or be less than the minimum so specified.

(e) Clean-up Call Option:

If Clean-Up Call is specified in the applicable Final Terms and 75 per cent. or more in nominal amount of the Notes originally issued (which shall for this purpose include any further Notes issued and which are consolidated and forming a single Series with one or more previous Tranche(s) of Notes) have been redeemed or purchased and cancelled, the Issuer may, having given: (i) not less than 10 nor more than 60 days' notice to the Noteholders in accordance with Condition 20 (Notices); and (ii) not less than 10 days (or such shorter notice as such party shall accept) before the giving of the notice referred to in (i), notice to the Trustee, (which notice shall be irrevocable (other than in the circumstances set out below) and shall specify the date fixed for redemption) redeem or, at the Issuer's option, purchase (or procure the purchase of) on any Interest Payment Date (if the relevant Note is a Floating Rate Note) or at any time (if the relevant Note is not a Floating Rate Note), all but not some only of the Notes then outstanding at the Clean-Up Redemption Amount specified in the applicable Final Terms together with interest accrued (if any) to (but excluding) the date fixed for redemption, provided that the Notes in that Series that are no longer outstanding have not been redeemed by the Issuer pursuant to Condition 9(c)(ii).

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(f) Redemption at the option of Noteholders:

If Put Option is specified in the relevant Final Terms as being applicable, the Issuer shall, at the option of the Holder of any Note redeem such Note on the Optional Redemption Date (Put) specified in the relevant Put Option Notice at the relevant Optional Redemption Amount (Put) together with interest (if any) accrued to such date. In order to exercise the option contained in this Condition 9(f), the Holder of a Note must, not less than 15 nor more than 60 days before the relevant Optional Redemption Date (Put), deposit with any Paying Agent such Note together with all unmatured Coupons relating thereto and a duly completed Put Option Notice in the form obtainable from any Paying Agent. The Paying Agent with which such Note is so deposited shall deliver a duly completed Put Option Receipt to the depositing Noteholder. No Note, once deposited with a duly completed Put Option Notice in accordance with this Condition 9(f), may be withdrawn; provided, however, that if, prior to the relevant Optional Redemption Date (Put), any such Note becomes immediately due and payable or, upon due presentation of any such Note on the relevant Optional Redemption Date (Put), payment of the redemption moneys is improperly withheld or refused, the relevant Paying Agent shall mail notification thereof to the depositing Noteholder at such address as may have been given by such Noteholder in the relevant Put Option Notice and shall hold such Note at its Specified Office for collection by the depositing Noteholder against surrender of the relevant Put Option Receipt. For so long as any outstanding Note is held by a Paying Agent in accordance with this Condition 9(f), the depositor of such Note and not such Paying Agent shall be deemed to be the Holder of such Note for all purposes.

(g) No other redemption:

The Issuer shall not be entitled to redeem the Notes otherwise than as provided in Conditions 9(a) (Scheduled redemption) to 9(f) (Redemption at the option of Noteholders).

(h) Early redemption of Zero Coupon Notes:

Unless otherwise specified in the relevant Final Terms, the Redemption Amount payable on redemption of a Zero Coupon Note at any time before the Maturity Date shall be an amount equal to the sum of:

(i) the Reference Price; and
(ii) the product of the Accrual Yield (compounded annually) being applied to the Reference Price from (and including) the Issue Date to (but excluding) the date fixed for redemption or (as the case may be) the date upon which the Note becomes due and payable.

Where such calculation is to be made for a period which is not a whole number of years, the calculation in respect of the period of less than a full year shall be made on the basis of such Day Count Fraction as may be specified in the Final Terms for the purposes of this Condition 9(h) or, if none is so specified, a Day Count Fraction of 30E/360.

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(i) Purchase:

AstraZeneca PLC and AstraZeneca Finance or any of their Subsidiaries may at any time purchase Notes in the open market or otherwise and at any price and such Notes may be held, resold or, at the option of the Issuer, cancelled, provided that if the Notes are to be cancelled, they are purchased together with all unmatured Coupons relating to them.

(j) Cancellation:

All Notes redeemed and any unmatured Coupons attached to or surrendered with them shall be cancelled and all Notes so cancelled and any Notes cancelled pursuant to Condition 9(i) (Purchase) above (together with, in respect of Bearer Notes, all unmatured Coupons cancelled with them) may not be reissued or resold. Any Notes purchased by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries may be cancelled, reissued or resold.

Payments – Bearer Notes

This Condition 10 is only applicable to Bearer Notes.

(a) Principal:

Payments of principal shall be made only against presentation and (provided that payment is made in full) surrender of Bearer Notes at the Specified Office of any Paying Agent outside the United States by cheque drawn in the currency in which the payment is due on, or by transfer to an account denominated in that currency (or, if that currency is euro, any other account to which euro may be credited or transferred) and maintained by the payee with, a bank in the Principal Financial Centre of that currency (in the case of a sterling cheque, a town clearing branch of a bank in the City of London).

(b) Interest:

Payments of interest shall, subject to Condition 10(h) (Payments other than in respect of matured Coupons) below, be made only against presentation and (provided that payment is made in full) surrender of the appropriate Coupons at the Specified Office of any Paying Agent outside the United States in the manner described in Condition 10(a) (Principal) above.

Payments of principal or interest may be made at the Specified Office of a Paying Agent in New York City if (i) the Issuer has appointed Paying Agents outside the United States with the reasonable expectation that such Paying Agents will be able to make payment of the full amount of the interest on the Notes in the currency in which the payment is due when due, (ii) payment of the full amount of such interest at the offices of all such Paying Agents is illegal or effectively precluded by exchange controls or other similar restrictions and (iii) payment is permitted by applicable United States law.

(d) Payments subject to fiscal laws:

All payments in respect of the Bearer Notes are subject in all cases to any applicable fiscal or other laws and regulations in the place of payment, but without prejudice to the provisions of Condition 12 (Taxation). No commissions or expenses shall be charged to the Noteholders or Couponholders in respect of such payments.

(e) Deductions for unmatured Coupons:

If the relevant Final Terms specifies that the Fixed Rate Note provisions are applicable and a Bearer Note is presented without all unmatured Coupons relating thereto:

(i) if the aggregate amount of the missing Coupons is less than or equal to the amount of principal due for payment, a sum equal to the aggregate amount of the missing Coupons will be deducted from the amount of principal due for payment; provided, however, that if the gross amount available for payment is less than the amount of

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principal due for payment, the sum deducted will be that proportion of the aggregate amount of such missing Coupons which the gross amount actually available for payment bears to the amount of principal due for payment;

(ii) if the aggregate amount of the missing Coupons is greater than the amount of principal due for payment:

(A) so many of such missing Coupons shall become void (in inverse order of maturity) as will result in the aggregate amount of the remainder of such missing Coupons (the "Relevant Coupons") being equal to the amount of principal due for payment; provided, however, that where this subparagraph would otherwise require a fraction of a missing Coupon to become void, such missing Coupon shall become void in its entirety; and

(B) a sum equal to the aggregate amount of the Relevant Coupons (or, if less, the amount of principal due for payment) will be deducted from the amount of principal due for payment; provided, however, that, if the gross amount available for payment is less than the amount of principal due for payment, the sum deducted will be that proportion of the aggregate amount of the Relevant Coupons (or, as the case may be, the amount of principal due for payment) which the gross amount actually available for payment bears to the amount of principal due for payment.

Each sum of principal so deducted shall be paid in the manner provided in Condition 10(a) (Principal) above against presentation and (provided that payment is made in full) surrender of the relevant missing Coupons.

(f) Unmatured Coupons void:

If the relevant Final Terms specifies that this Condition 10(f) is applicable or that the Floating Rate Note provisions are applicable, on the due date for final redemption of any Note or early redemption in whole of such Note pursuant to Condition 9(b) (Redemption and Purchase – Redemption for tax reasons), Condition 9(f) (Redemption and Purchase – Redemption at the option of Noteholders), Condition 9(c) (Redemption and Purchase – Redemption at the option of the Issuer), Condition 9(e) (Redemption and Purchase – Clean-up Call Option) or Condition 13 (Events of Default), all unmatured Coupons relating thereto (whether or not still attached) shall become void and no payment will be made in respect thereof.

(g) Payments on business days:

If the due date for payment of any amount in respect of any Bearer Note or Coupon is not a Payment Business Day in the place of presentation, the Holder shall not be entitled to payment in such place of the amount due until the next succeeding Payment Business Day in such place and shall not be entitled to any further interest or other payment in respect of any such delay.

(h) Payments other than in respect of matured Coupons:

Payments of interest other than in respect of matured Coupons shall be made only against presentation of the relevant Bearer Notes at the Specified Office of any Paying Agent outside the United States (or in New York City if permitted by Condition 10(c) (Payments in New York City) above).

(i) Partial payments:

If a Paying Agent makes a partial payment in respect of any Bearer Note or Coupon presented to it for payment, such Paying Agent will endorse thereon a statement indicating the amount and date of such payment.

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(j) Exchange of Talons:

On or after the maturity date of the final Coupon which is (or was at the time of issue) part of a Coupon Sheet relating to the Notes, the Talon forming part of such Coupon Sheet may be exchanged at the Specified Office of the Principal Paying Agent or, as the case may be, the CMU Lodging and Paying Agent for a further Coupon Sheet (including, if appropriate, a further Talon but excluding any Coupons in respect of which claims have already become void pursuant to Condition 14 (Prescription)). Upon the due date for redemption of any Bearer Note, any unexchanged Talon relating to such Note shall become void and no Coupon will be delivered in respect of such Talon.

(k) CMU:

Notwithstanding the foregoing, all payments of principal and interest in respect of Notes held in the CMU will be made to the person(s) for whose account(s) interests in the relevant Note are credited as being held with the CMU in accordance with the CMU Rules (as defined in the Agency Agreement) at the relevant time as notified to the CMU Lodging and Paying Agent by the CMU in a relevant CMU Instrument Position Report (as defined in the Agency Agreement) or any other relevant notification by the CMU, which notification shall be conclusive evidence of the records of the CMU (save in the case of manifest or proven error) and payment made in accordance thereof shall discharge the obligations of the Issuer and the Guarantor, as the case may be, in respect of that payment.

(l) Payment of US Dollar Equivalent:

The following provisions apply to Notes denominated in Renminbi only. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if by reason of Inconvertibility, Non-transferability or Illiquidity, the Issuer or the Guarantor, as the case may be, is not able to satisfy payments of principal or interest in respect of Notes denominated in Renminbi when due in Renminbi in Hong Kong, the Issuer or the Guarantor, as the case may be, may, on giving not less than 10 Hong Kong Banking Days' or more than 30 calendar days' irrevocable notice to the Noteholders prior to the due date for payment, settle any such payment in US Dollars on the due date at the US Dollar Equivalent of any such Renminbi denominated amount.

For the purposes of these Conditions:

"CMU" means the Central Moneymarkets Unit Service, operated by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority;

"Determination Business Day" means a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which commercial banks are open for general business (including dealings in foreign exchange) in Hong Kong, Beijing and in New York City;

"Determination Date" means the day which is two Determination Business Days before the due date for any payment of the relevant amount under these Conditions;

"Governmental Authority" means any de facto or de jure government (or any agency or instrumentality thereof), court, tribunal, administrative or other governmental authority or any other entity (private or public) charged with the regulation of the financial markets (including the central bank) of Hong Kong;

"Hong Kong" means the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the PRC;

"Hong Kong Banking Day" means a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which commercial banks and foreign exchange markets are generally open for business in Hong Kong for business and settlement of Renminbi;

"Illiquidity" means where the general Renminbi exchange market in Hong Kong becomes illiquid and, as a result of which, the Issuer or the Guarantor, as the case may be, cannot obtain sufficient Renminbi in order to satisfy its obligation to pay interest and principal (in whole or in part) in respect of the Notes as determined by the Issuer or the Guarantor, as the case may

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be, in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner following consultation (if practicable) with two Renminbi Dealers;

"Inconvertibility" means the occurrence of any event that makes it impossible for the Issuer or the Guarantor, as the case may be, to convert any amount due in respect of the Notes in the general Renminbi exchange market in Hong Kong, other than where such impossibility is due solely to the failure of the Issuer or the Guarantor, as the case may be, to comply with any law, rule or regulation enacted by any Governmental Authority (unless such law, rule or regulation is enacted after date of the relevant Final Terms and it is impossible for the Issuer or the Guarantor, as the case may be, due to an event beyond its control, to comply with such law, rule or regulation);

"Non-transferability" means the occurrence of any event that makes it impossible for the Issuer or the Guarantor, as the case may be, to transfer Renminbi between accounts inside Hong Kong or from an account inside Hong Kong to an account outside Hong Kong and outside the PRC or from an account outside Hong Kong and outside the PRC to an account inside Hong Kong, other than where such impossibility is due solely to the failure of the Issuer or the Guarantor, as the case may be, to comply with any law, rule or regulation enacted by any Governmental Authority (unless such law, rule or regulation is enacted after date of the relevant Final Terms and it is impossible for the Issuer or the Guarantor, as the case may be, due to an event beyond its control, to comply with such law, rule or regulation);

"PRC" means the People's Republic of China which, for the purpose of these Conditions, shall exclude Hong Kong, the Macau Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China and Taiwan;

"Renminbi Calculation Agent" means Deutsche Bank AG, Hong Kong Branch;

"Renminbi Dealer" means an independent foreign exchange dealer of international repute active in the Renminbi exchange market in Hong Kong;

"Spot Rate" means the spot CNY/US dollar exchange rate for the purchase of US dollars with Renminbi in the over-the-counter Renminbi exchange market in Hong Kong for settlement in two Determination Business Days, as determined by the Renminbi Calculation Agent at or around 11 a.m. (Hong Kong time) on the Determination Date, on a deliverable basis by reference to Reuters Screen Page TRADCNY3, or if no such rate is available, on a non-deliverable basis by reference to Reuters Screen Page TRADNDF. If neither rate is available, the Renminbi Calculation Agent will determine the Spot Rate at or around 11 a.m. (Hong Kong time) on the Determination Date as the most recently available CNY/U.S. dollar official fixing rate for settlement in two Determination Business Days reported by The State Administration of Foreign Exchange of the PRC, which is reported on the Reuters Screen Page CNY=SAEC. Reference to a page on the Reuters Screen means the display page so designated on the Reuter Monitor Money Rates Service (or any successor service) or such other page as may replace that page for the purpose of displaying a comparable currency exchange rate;

"US Dollar Equivalent" means the Renminbi amount converted into US Dollars using the Spot Rate for the relevant Determination Date; and

"US Dollars" means the lawful currency of the United States of America.

All notifications, opinions, determinations, certificates, calculations, quotations and decisions given, expressed, made or obtained for the purposes of the provisions of this Condition 10(l) by the Renminbi Calculation Agent, will (in the absence of its gross negligence or wilful misconduct) be binding on the Issuer, the Guarantor, in the case of Guaranteed Notes, the Agents and all Noteholders.

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11. Payments – Registered Notes

This Condition 11 is only applicable to Registered Notes.

(a) Principal:

Payments of principal shall be made by cheque drawn in the currency in which the payment is due drawn on, or, upon application by a Holder of a Registered Note to the Specified Office of the Principal Paying Agent not later than the fifteenth day before the due date for any such payment, by transfer to an account denominated in that currency (or, if that currency is euro, any other account to which euro may be credited or transferred) and maintained by the payee with, a bank in the Principal Financial Centre of that currency and (in the case of redemption) upon surrender (or, in the case of part payment only, endorsement) of the relevant Note Certificates at the Specified Office of any Paying Agent.

(b) Interest:

Payments of interest shall be made by cheque drawn in the currency in which the payment is due drawn on, or, upon application by a Holder of a Registered Note to the Specified Office of the Principal Paying Agent not later than the fifteenth day before the due date for any such payment, by transfer to an account denominated in that currency (or, if that currency is euro, any other account to which euro may be credited or transferred) and maintained by the payee with, a bank in the Principal Financial Centre of that currency (in the case of a sterling cheque, a town clearing branch of a bank in the City of London) and (in the case of interest payable on redemption) upon surrender (or, in the case of part payment only, endorsement) of the relevant Note Certificates at the Specified Office of any Paying Agent.

(c) Payments subject to fiscal laws:

All payments in respect of the Registered Notes are subject in all cases to any applicable fiscal or other laws and regulations in the place of payment, but without prejudice to the provisions of Condition 12 (Taxation). No commissions or expenses shall be charged to the Noteholders in respect of such payments.

(d) Payments on business days:

Where payment is to be made by transfer to an account, payment instructions (for value the due date, or, if the due date is not Payment Business Day, for value the next succeeding Payment Business Day) will be initiated and, where payment is to be made by cheque, the cheque will be mailed (i) (in the case of payments of principal and interest payable on redemption) on the later of the due date for payment and the day on which the relevant Note Certificate is surrendered (or, in the case of part payment only, endorsed) at the Specified Office of a Paying Agent and (ii) (in the case of payments of interest payable other than on redemption) on the due date for payment. A Holder of a Registered Note shall not be entitled to any interest or other payment in respect of any delay in payment resulting from (A) the due date for a payment not being a Payment Business Day or (B) a cheque mailed in accordance with this Condition 11 arriving after the due date for payment or being lost in the mail.

(e) Partial payments:

If a Paying Agent makes a partial payment in respect of any Registered Note, the Issuer shall procure that the amount and date of such payment are noted on the Register and, in the case of partial payment upon presentation of a Note Certificate, that a statement indicating the amount and the date of such payment is endorsed on the relevant Note Certificate.

(f) Record date:

Each payment in respect of a Registered Note will be made to the person shown as the Holder in the Register at the opening of business in the place of the Registrar's Specified Office on the fifteenth day before the due date for such payment (the "Record Date"). Where payment in respect of a Registered Note is to be made by cheque, the cheque will be mailed to the

address shown as the address of the Holder in the Register at the opening of business on the relevant Record Date.

(g) CMU:

Notwithstanding the foregoing, all payments of principal and interest in respect of Registered Notes held in the CMU will be made to the person(s) for whose account(s) interests in the relevant Registered Note are credited as being held with the CMU in accordance with the CMU Rules (as defined in the Agency Agreement) at the relevant time as notified to the CMU Lodging and Paying Agent by the CMU in a relevant CMU Instrument Position Report (as defined in the Agency Agreement) or any other relevant notification by the CMU, which notification shall be conclusive evidence of the records of the CMU (save in the case of manifest or proven error) and payment made in accordance thereof shall discharge the obligations of the Issuer and the Guarantor, as the case may be, in respect of that payment.

(h) Payment of US Dollar Equivalent:

For the purposes of these Conditions:

"CMU" means the Central Moneymarkets Unit Service, operated by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority;

"Determination Date" means the day which is two Determination Business Days before the due date for any payment of the relevant amount under these Conditions;

"Hong Kong" means the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the PRC;

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regulation is enacted after date of the relevant Final Terms and it is impossible for the Issuer or the Guarantor, as the case may be, due to an event beyond its control, to comply with such law, rule or regulation);

"PRC" means the People's Republic of China which, for the purpose of these Conditions, shall exclude Hong Kong, the Macau Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China and Taiwan;

"Renminbi Calculation Agent" means Deutsche Bank AG, Hong Kong Branch;

"Renminbi Dealer" means an independent foreign exchange dealer of international repute active in the Renminbi exchange market in Hong Kong;

"US Dollar Equivalent" means the Renminbi amount converted into US Dollars using the Spot Rate for the relevant Determination Date; and

"US Dollars" means the lawful currency of the United States of America.

All notifications, opinions, determinations, certificates, calculations, quotations and decisions given, expressed, made or obtained for the purposes of the provisions of this Condition 11(h) by the Renminbi Calculation Agent, will (in the absence of its gross negligence or wilful misconduct) be binding on the Issuer, the Guarantor, in the case of Guaranteed Notes, the Agents and all Noteholders.

12. Taxation

(a) Gross up:

All payments of principal and interest in respect of the Notes and the Coupons by or on behalf of the Issuer or the Guarantor, as the case may be, shall be made free and clear of, and without withholding or deduction for or on account of, any present or future taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges of whatever nature imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by or on behalf of the Relevant Jurisdiction(s) or any political subdivision therein or any authority therein or thereof having power to tax, unless the withholding or deduction of such taxes, duties, assessments, or governmental charges is required by law. In that event, the Issuer or the Guarantor, as the case may be, shall pay such additional amounts as will result in receipt

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by the Noteholders and the Couponholders after such withholding or deduction of such amounts as would have been received by them had no such withholding or deduction been required, except that no such additional amounts shall be payable in respect of any Note or Coupon:

(i) held by or on behalf of a Holder which is liable to such taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges in respect of such Note or Coupon by reason of its having some connection with the jurisdiction by which such taxes, duties, assessments or charges have been imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed other than the mere holding of the Note or Coupon; or

(ii) where the relevant Note or Coupon or Note Certificate is presented or surrendered for payment more than 30 days after the Relevant Date except to the extent that the Holder of such Note or Coupon would have been entitled to such additional amounts on presenting or surrendering such Note or Coupon or Note Certificate for payment on the last day of such period of 30 days; or

(iii) where such withholding or deduction is required pursuant to an agreement described in section 1471(b) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the "Internal Revenue Code"), or is otherwise imposed pursuant to sections 1471 through 1474 of the Internal Revenue Code and any regulations, agreements or undertakings thereunder or official interpretations thereof or other law implementing an intergovernmental approach thereto; or

(iv) in the case of Notes issued by AstraZeneca Finance, presented for payment by or on behalf of (i) any 10 per cent shareholder of AstraZeneca Finance within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code, (ii) any controlled foreign corporation related to AstraZeneca Finance within the meaning of Section 864(d)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code or (iii) any bank whose acquisition of Notes constitutes an extension of credit pursuant to a loan agreement entered into in the ordinary course of its business, or (iv) any tax, assessment or governmental charge that would not have been imposed or withheld but for the failure of the holder, if required, to comply with certification, identification or information reporting or any other requirements under United States income tax laws and regulations, without regard to any tax treaty, with respect to the payment, concerning the nationality, residence, identity or connection with the United States of the holder or a beneficial owner of such Note or Coupon, if such compliance is required by United States income tax laws and regulations, without regard to any tax treaty, as a precondition to relief or exemption from such tax, assessment or governmental charge, including, failure of the holder or of the beneficial owner of such Note or Coupon, to provide a valid U.S. IRS Form W-8 (or successor form) or other documentation as permitted by official IRS guidance.

(b) Taxing jurisdiction:

If the Issuer or the Guarantor, as the case may be, becomes subject at any time to any taxing jurisdiction other than the Relevant Jurisdiction(s), references in these Conditions to the Relevant Jurisdiction(s) shall be construed as references to the Relevant Jurisdiction(s) and/or such other jurisdiction.

Events of Default

If any of the following events occurs and is continuing:

(a) Non-payment:

If default is made in the payment of principal in respect of the Notes within seven days of the due date for payment thereof or any amount of interest in respect of the Notes within fourteen days of the due date for payment thereof; or

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(b) Breach of other obligations:

the Issuer or the Guarantor, as the case may be, does not comply in all material respects with any of its other obligations under or in respect of the Notes, the Guarantee or the Trust Deed and (except in any case where, in the opinion of the Trustee, such failure is incapable of remedy in which case no continuation or notice as is hereinafter provided will be required) such failure to comply continues unremedied for 30 days (or such longer period as the Trustee may permit) after written notice thereof has been delivered by the Trustee to the Issuer and, in the case of Guaranteed Notes, the Guarantor; or

a secured party takes possession, or a receiver, manager or other similar officer is appointed, of all or substantially all of the undertaking, assets and revenues of the Issuer or the Guarantor, as applicable or any Restricted Subsidiaries; or

(d) Insolvency etc.:

(i) the Issuer or the Guarantor, as the case may be, or any Restricted Subsidiaries becomes insolvent or is unable to pay its debts as they fall due, (ii) an administrator or liquidator of the Issuer or the Guarantor, as the case may be or any Restricted Subsidiaries or all or substantially all of the undertaking, assets and revenues of the Issuer or the Guarantor, as the case may be or any Restricted Subsidiaries is appointed, (iii) the Issuer or the Guarantor, as the case may be, or any Restricted Subsidiaries or makes a general assignment or an arrangement or composition with or for the benefit of its creditors generally or declares a moratorium in respect of any of its Indebtedness given by it or (iv) the Issuer or the Guarantor, as the case may be or any Restricted Subsidiaries ceases or threatens to cease to carry on all or any substantial part of its business (otherwise than, in the case of a Subsidiary of the Issuer or the Guarantor, as the case may be, for the purposes of or pursuant to an amalgamation, reorganisation or restructuring whilst solvent); or

(e) Winding up etc.:

an order is made or an effective resolution is passed for the winding up, liquidation or dissolution of the Issuer or the Guarantor, as the case may be (otherwise than for the purposes of or pursuant to an amalgamation, reorganisation or restructuring whilst solvent on terms previously approved in writing by the Trustee or by an Extraordinary Resolution); or

(f) Failure to take action etc.:

any action, condition or thing at any time required to be taken, fulfilled or done in order (i) to enable the Issuer and the Guarantor, in the case of Guaranteed Notes, lawfully to enter into, exercise their respective rights and perform and comply with their respective obligations under and in respect of the Notes, the Coupons and the Trust Deed, (ii) to ensure that those obligations are legal, valid, binding and enforceable and (iii) to make the Notes, the Coupons and the Trust Deed admissible in evidence in the courts of England is not taken, fulfilled or done; or

(g) Unlawfulness:

it is or will become unlawful for the Issuer or the Guarantor, as the case may be, to perform or comply with any of its obligations under or in respect of the Notes or the Trust Deed,

then the Trustee may at its discretion and shall, if so requested in writing by the holders of at least one quarter of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes, or if so directed by an Extraordinary Resolution (subject to the Trustee having been indemnified or provided with security to its satisfaction) by written notice addressed and delivered to the Issuer and, in the case of Guaranteed Notes, the Guarantor, declare the Notes to be immediately due and payable, whereupon they shall become immediately due and payable at their Early Termination Amount together with accrued interest (if any) without further action or formality. Notice of any such declaration shall promptly be given to the Noteholders.

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14. Prescription

Claims for principal in respect of Bearer Notes shall become void unless the relevant Bearer Notes are presented for payment within ten years of the appropriate Relevant Date. Claims for interest in respect of Bearer Notes shall become void unless the relevant Coupons are presented for payment within five years of the appropriate Relevant Date. Claims for principal and interest on redemption in respect of Registered Notes shall become void unless the relevant Note Certificates are surrendered for payment within ten years of the appropriate Relevant Date.

15. Replacement of Notes and Coupons

If any Note, Note Certificate or Coupon is lost, stolen, mutilated, defaced or destroyed, it may be replaced at the Specified Office of the Principal Paying Agent or, as the case may be, the CMU Lodging and Paying Agent, in the case of Bearer Notes, or the Registrar, in the case of Registered Notes (and, if the Notes are then admitted to listing, trading and/or quotation by any competent authority, stock exchange and/or quotation system which requires the appointment of a Paying Agent or Transfer Agent in any particular place, a Paying Agent or Transfer Agent having its Specified Office in the place required by such competent authority, stock exchange and/or quotation system), subject to all applicable laws and competent authority, stock exchange and/or quotation system requirements, upon payment by the claimant of the expenses incurred in connection with such replacement and on such terms as to evidence, security, indemnity and otherwise as the Issuer may reasonably require. Mutilated or defaced Notes, Note Certificates or Coupons must be surrendered before replacements will be issued.

16. Trustee and Agents

The Trust Deed contains provisions for the indemnification of the Trustee and for its relief from responsibility, including provisions relieving it from any obligation to take proceedings to enforce repayment unless indemnified and/or secured to its satisfaction and to be paid its costs and expenses in priority to the claims of Noteholders. The Trust Deed also contains provisions pursuant to which the Trustee is entitled, inter alia, (i) to enter into business transactions with the Issuer or the Guarantor as the case may be, and/or any of their Subsidiaries and/or any related entity thereof and to act as trustee for the holders of any other securities issued or guaranteed by or relating to the Issuer or the Guarantor as the case may be, or any of their Subsidiaries, (ii) to exercise and enforce its rights, comply with its obligations and perform its duties under or in relation to any such transactions or, as the case may be, any such trusteeship without regard to the interests of, or consequences for, the Noteholders or Couponholders, and (iii) to retain and not be liable to account for any profit made or any other amount or benefit received thereby or in connection therewith.

In the exercise of its powers and discretions under these Conditions and/or the Trust Deed, the Trustee will have regard to the interests of the Noteholders as a class and will not be responsible for any consequences for individual holders of Notes, Coupons or Talons as a result of such holders being connected in any way with a particular territory or taxing jurisdiction.

In acting under the Agency Agreement and in connection with the Notes and the Coupons, the Paying Agents and the Calculation Agent (if any) act solely as agents of the Issuer and the Guarantor or, following the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Trustee and do not assume any obligations towards or relationship of agency or trust for or with any of the Noteholders or Couponholders.

The Agents and their initial Specified Offices are set out below. The initial Calculation Agent (if any) is specified in the relevant Final Terms. The Issuer and the Guarantor, as the case may be, reserve the right at any time, with the prior written consent of the Trustee, to vary or terminate the appointment of any Agent or Calculation Agent and to appoint a successor principal paying agent, CMU lodging and paying agent or registrar or calculation agent and additional or successor paying agents; provided, however, that:

(a) the Issuer and the Guarantor, as the case may be, shall at all times maintain a Principal Paying Agent, a Registrar and a CMU Lodging and Paying Agent; and
(b) if a Calculation Agent is specified in the relevant Final Terms, the Issuer and the Guarantor, as the case may be, shall at all times maintain a Calculation Agent; and

(c) if and for so long as the Notes are admitted to listing, trading and/or quotation by any competent authority, stock exchange and/or quotation system which requires the appointment of a Paying Agent and/or a Transfer Agent in any particular place, the Issuer and the Guarantor, as the case may be, shall maintain a Paying Agent and/or a Transfer Agent having its Specified Office in the place required by such competent authority, stock exchange and/or quotation system.

Notice of any appointment of, or change in, any of the Paying Agents or in their Specified Offices shall promptly be given to the Noteholders.

Meetings of Noteholders; Modification and Waiver

(a) Meetings of Noteholders:

The Trust Deed contains provisions for convening meetings of Noteholders to consider matters relating to the Notes, including the modification of any provision of these Conditions or the Trust Deed. Any such modification may be made if sanctioned by an Extraordinary Resolution. Such a meeting may be convened by the Issuer, or in the case of the Guaranteed Notes, the Guarantor or the Trustee and shall be convened by the Trustee upon the request in writing of Noteholders holding not less than one-tenth of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes. The quorum at any meeting convened to vote on an Extraordinary Resolution will be two or more Persons holding or representing one more than half of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes or, at any adjourned meeting, two or more Persons being or representing Noteholders whatever the principal amount of the Notes held or represented; provided, however, that Reserved Matters may only be sanctioned by an Extraordinary Resolution passed at a meeting of Noteholders at which two or more Persons holding or representing not less than three-quarters or, at any adjourned meeting, not less than one quarter of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes form a quorum. Any Extraordinary Resolution duly passed at any such meeting shall be binding on all the Noteholders and Couponholders, whether present or not.

Any such meeting of the Noteholders may be convened at a physical location, or such other method (which may include, without limitation, a conference call or video conference) as (i) the Trustee may prescribe or (ii) the Trustee may concur with the Issuer in prescribing, each in accordance with the provisions of the Trust Deed.

In addition, a resolution in writing signed by or on behalf of at least 90 per cent. of the Noteholders who for the time being are entitled to receive notice of a meeting of Noteholders under the Trust Deed will take effect as if it were an Extraordinary Resolution. Such a resolution in writing may be contained in one document or several documents in the same form, each signed by or on behalf of one or more Noteholders.

(b) Modification and waiver:

The Trustee may agree, without the consent of the Noteholders or Couponholders, to (i) any modification to or of these Conditions, the Notes or the Trust Deed (other than in respect of a Reserved Matter) which is, in the opinion of the Trustee, proper to make if, in the opinion of the Trustee, such modification will not be materially prejudicial to the interests of Noteholders, (ii) any modification of these Conditions and the Notes or the Trust Deed that is of a formal, minor or technical nature or is made to correct a manifest error, and (iii) any waiver or authorisation of any breach or proposed breach, of any of the provisions of these Conditions, the Notes or the Trust Deed (other than a proposed breach or breach relating to the subject of a Reserved Matter) that is in the opinion of the Trustee not materially prejudicial to the interests of the Noteholders. Any such modification, authorisation or waiver shall be binding on the Noteholders and the Couponholders and, if the Trustee so requires, such modification, authorisation or waiver shall be notified to the Noteholders as soon as practicable in accordance with Condition 20 (Notices).

Additionally, the Issuer may in accordance with Condition 7(i) (Floating Rate Note Provisions – Benchmark Discontinuation), vary or amend these Conditions, the Trust Deed and/or the Agency Agreement to give effect to certain amendments without any requirement

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for the consent or approval of Noteholders or Couponholders, as described in Condition 7(i) (Floating Rate Note Provisions – Benchmark Discontinuation) and the Trustee shall agree to such variations or amendments subject to the terms of Condition 7(i) (Floating Rate Note Provisions – Benchmark Discontinuation), or as otherwise notified to Noteholders and Couponholders.

The Trust Deed contains provisions under which the Guarantor or any Subsidiary of the Guarantor may, without the consent of the Noteholders or Couponholders assume the obligations of the Issuer as principal debtor under the Trust Deed and the Notes provided that certain conditions specified in the Trust Deed are fulfilled.

No Noteholder or Couponholder shall, in connection with any substitution, be entitled to claim any indemnification or payment in respect of any tax consequence thereof for such Noteholder or (as the case may be) Couponholder except to the extent provided for in Condition 12 (Taxation) (or any undertaking given in addition to or substitution for it pursuant to the provisions of the Trust Deed).

Enforcement

The Trustee may, at any time, at its discretion and without further notice, institute such proceedings against the Issuer or the Guarantor, as the case may be, as it thinks fit to enforce any obligation, condition or provision binding on the Issuer or the Guarantor, as the case may be, under these Conditions or under the Trust Deed in respect of the Notes, but shall not be bound to do so unless:

(a) it has been so directed by an Extraordinary Resolution or it has been so requested in writing by the holders of at least one quarter of the nominal amount of the Notes outstanding; and
(b) it has been indemnified and/or secured to its satisfaction.

No Noteholder or Couponholder shall be entitled to institute proceedings directly against the Issuer or, in the case of the Guaranteed Notes, the Guarantor unless the Trustee, having become bound to proceed as aforesaid, fails to do so within a reasonable time and such failure is continuing.

Further Issues

The Issuers may from time to time, without the consent of the Noteholders and in accordance with the Trust Deed, create and issue further notes having the same terms and conditions as the Notes in all respects (or in all respects except for the first payment of interest) so as to form a single series with the Notes. The Issuers may from time to time with the consent of the Trustee, create and issue other series of notes having the benefit of the Trust Deed.

Notices

(a) Bearer Notes:

(i) Valid Notices:

Notices to the Noteholders of Bearer Notes shall be valid if published in a leading English language daily newspaper published in London (which is expected to be the Financial Times) or, in the case of Renminbi Notes cleared through the CMU, published in Asia or, if such publication is not practicable, in a leading English language daily newspaper having general circulation in Europe or Asia (as the case may be). Any such notice shall be deemed to have been given on the date of first publication (or if required to be published in more than one newspaper, on the first date on which publication shall have been made in all the required newspapers).

(ii) Other Methods:

Notwithstanding Condition 20(a)(i) (Valid Notices) above, the Trustee may approve some other method of giving notice to the Noteholders if, in its opinion, that other method is

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(iii) Couponholders:

Couponholders shall be deemed for all purposes to have notice of the contents of any notice given to the Noteholders of Bearer Notes.

(b) Registered Notes:

Notices to the Holders of Registered Notes shall be sent to them by first class mail (or its equivalent) or (if posted to an overseas address) by airmail at their respective addresses on the Register or, if such publication is not practicable, in a leading English language daily newspaper having general circulation in Europe. Any such notice shall be deemed to have been given on the fourth day after the date of mailing.

Rounding

For the purposes of any calculations referred to in these Conditions (unless otherwise specified in these Conditions or the relevant Final Terms), (a) all percentages resulting from such calculations will be rounded, if necessary, to the nearest one hundred-thousandth of a percentage point (with 0.000005 per cent. being rounded up to 0.00001 per cent.), (b) all United States dollar amounts used in or resulting from such calculations will be rounded to the nearest cent (with one half cent being rounded up), (c) all Japanese Yen amounts used in or resulting from such calculations will be rounded downwards to the next lower whole Japanese Yen amount, and (d) all amounts denominated in any other currency used in or resulting from such calculations will be rounded to the nearest two decimal places in such currency, with 0.005 being rounded upwards.

Governing Law and Jurisdiction

(a) Governing Law:

The Notes and the Trust Deed and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with the Notes and the Trust Deed are governed by English law.

(b) Jurisdiction:

The parties to the Trust Deed have (i) agreed that the courts of England have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute (a "Dispute"), arising out of or in connection with the Trust Deed or the Notes (including a dispute regarding the existence, validity or termination of the Trust Deed or the Notes and all non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with them) or the consequences of their nullity; and (ii) agreed that those courts are the most appropriate and convenient courts to settle any Dispute and, accordingly, that they will not argue to the contrary. Notwithstanding the above, the Trustee or any of the Noteholders may take proceedings relating to a Dispute ("Proceedings") in any other courts with jurisdiction. To the extent allowed by law, the Trustee or any of the Noteholders may take concurrent Proceedings in any number of jurisdictions.

In the Trust Deed, AstraZeneca Finance has agreed that the documents which start any Proceedings or any other documents required to be served in relation to those Proceedings may be served on it by being delivered to AstraZeneca PLC which is presently at 1 Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge CB2 0AA for the time being and undertakes that, in the event of AstraZeneca PLC ceasing so to act or ceasing to be registered in England, it will appoint another person as its agent for service of process in England in respect of any Proceedings in England. Nothing in this paragraph shall affect the right of the Trustee or, failing the Trustee, any Noteholder, to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.

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FORM OF FINAL TERMS

[PROHIBITION OF SALES TO EEA RETAIL INVESTORS - The Notes are not intended to be offered, sold or otherwise made available to and should not be offered, sold or otherwise made available to any retail investor in the European Economic Area ("EEA"). For these purposes, a retail investor means a person who is one (or more) of: (i) a retail client as defined in point (11) of Article 4(1) of Directive 2014/65/EU (as amended, "EU MiFID II"); (ii) a customer within the meaning of Directive (EU) 2016/97, where that customer would not qualify as a professional client as defined in point (10) of Article 4(1) of EU MiFID II. Consequently, no key information document required by Regulation (EU) No 1286/2014 (the "EU PRIIPs Regulation") for offering or selling the Notes or otherwise making them available to retail investors in the EEA has been prepared and therefore offering or selling the Notes or otherwise making them available to any retail investor in the EEA may be unlawful under the EU PRIIPs Regulation.]

[PROHIBITION OF SALES TO UK RETAIL INVESTORS - The Notes are not intended to be offered, sold, distributed or otherwise made available to and should not be offered, sold, distributed or otherwise made available to any retail investor in the United Kingdom (the "UK"). For these purposes, a retail investor means a person who is not a professional client as defined in point (8) of Article 2(1) of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 as it forms part of the domestic law of the UK by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 ("EUWA"). Consequently, no disclosure document required by the FCA Product Disclosure Sourcebook ("DISC") for offering, selling or distributing the Notes or otherwise making them available to retail investors in the UK has been prepared and therefore offering, selling or distributing the Notes or otherwise making them available to any retail investor in the UK may be unlawful under DISC and the Consumer Composite Investments (Designated Activities) Regulations 2024.]

[EU MiFID II product governance/Professional investors and ECPs only target market - Solely for the purposes of [the/each] manufacturer's product approval process, the target market assessment in respect of the Notes has led to the conclusion that: (i) the target market for the Notes is eligible counterparties and professional clients only, each as defined in [Directive 2014/65/EU (as amended, "EU MiFID II")/EU MiFID II]; and (ii) all channels for distribution of the Notes to eligible counterparties and professional clients are appropriate. [Consider any negative target market.] Any person subsequently offering, selling or recommending the Notes (a "distributor") should take into consideration the manufacturer['s/s'] target market assessment; however, a distributor subject to EU MiFID II is responsible for undertaking its own target market assessment in respect of the Notes (by either adopting or refining the manufacturer['s/s'] target market assessment) and determining appropriate distribution channels.]

[UK MiFIR product governance/Professional investors and ECPs only target market - Solely for the purposes of [the/each] manufacturer's product approval process, the target market assessment in respect of the Notes has led to the conclusion that: (i) the target market for the Notes is only eligible counterparties, as defined in the FCA Handbook Conduct of Business Sourcebook, and professional clients, as defined in Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 as it forms part of domestic law of the UK by virtue of EUWA ("UK MiFIR"); and (ii) all channels for distribution of the Notes to eligible counterparties and professional clients are appropriate. [Consider any negative target market.] Any [person subsequently offering, selling or recommending the Notes (a "distributor")/ distributor] should take into consideration the manufacturer['s/s'] target market assessment; however, a distributor subject to the FCA Handbook Product Intervention and Product Governance Sourcebook (the "UK MiFIR Product Governance Rules") is responsible for undertaking its own target market assessment in respect of the Notes (by either adopting or refining the manufacturer['s/s'] target market assessment) and determining appropriate distribution channels.]

[Singapore Securities and Futures Act Product Classification - Solely for the purposes of its obligations pursuant to Sections 309B(1)(a) and 309B(1)(c) of the Securities and Futures Act 2001 of Singapore (as modified or amended from time to time, the "SFA"), the Issuer has determined, and hereby notifies all relevant persons (as defined in Section 309A of the SFA) that the Notes are ["prescribed capital markets products"]/["capital markets products other than prescribed capital markets products"] (as defined in the Securities and Futures (Capital Markets Products) Regulations 2018).]

Final Terms dated [+]

AstraZeneca PLC

Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): PY6ZZQWO2IZFZC3IOL08

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AstraZeneca Finance LLC
Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 549300C3HATU4Q460S18

unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed, in the case of Notes issued by AstraZeneca Finance LLC, by AstraZeneca PLC

Issue of [Aggregate Nominal Amount of Tranche] [Title of Notes] under the Euro Medium Term Note Programme

PART A — CONTRACTUAL TERMS

[Terms used herein shall be deemed to be defined as such for the purposes of the Conditions (the "Conditions") set forth in the base prospectus dated 9 June 2026 [and the supplemental base prospectus dated [•]] which [together] constitute[s] a base prospectus (the "Base Prospectus") for the purposes of the UK Prospectus Regime (as defined below). This document constitutes the Final Terms of the Notes described herein for the purposes of the UK Prospectus Regime. These Final Terms contain the final terms of the Notes and must be read in conjunction with the Base Prospectus in order to obtain all relevant information.

The Base Prospectus [and the supplemental base prospectus] [is] [are] available for viewing [at the website of the London Stock Exchange (www.londonstockexchange.com)] [and] during normal business hours at [•] [and copies may be obtained from [•]].]

[Terms used herein shall be deemed to be defined as such for the purposes of the Conditions (the "Conditions") set forth in the base prospectus dated [10 September 2007] [5 May 2016] [24 May 2021] [15 June 2022] [15 June 2023] [13 June 2024] [10 June 2025] and which are incorporated by reference in the Base Prospectus dated 9 June 2026. This document constitutes the Final Terms of the Notes described herein for the purposes of the UK Prospectus Regime (as defined below) and must, in order to obtain all relevant information, be read in conjunction with the Base Prospectus dated 9 June 2026 [and the supplemental base prospectus dated [•]], which [together] constitute[s] a base prospectus (the "Base Prospectus") for the purposes of the UK Prospectus Regime, save in respect of the Conditions which are set forth in the base prospectus dated [10 September 2007] [5 May 2016] [24 May 2021] [15 June 2022] [15 June 2023] [13 June 2024] [10 June 2025] and are incorporated by reference in the Base Prospectus.

In these Final Terms, the expression "UK Prospectus Regime" means the FCA Handbook Prospectus Rules: Admission to Trading on a Regulated Market sourcebook and the Public Offers and Admissions to Trading Regulations 2024.

[(i)] Issuer: [AstraZeneca PLC/AstraZeneca Finance LLC]
[(ii) Guarantor: AstraZeneca PLC in respect of Notes issued by AstraZeneca Finance LLC]
[(i)] Series Number: [•]
[(ii) Tranche Number: [•]]
Specified Currency or Currencies: [•]
Aggregate Nominal Amount:
[(i)] Series: [•]
[(ii) [Tranche: [•]]
Issue Price: [•] per cent. of the Aggregate Nominal Amount [plus accrued interest from [•]]

(i) Specified Denominations:
[•] [and integral multiples of EUR [•] in excess thereof up to and including EUR [•]. Definitive Notes will not be issued in denominations in excess of EUR [•].

(ii) Calculation Amount: [•]

(i) Issue Date: [•]

(ii) Interest Commencement Date: [•] / [Issue Date] / [Not Applicable]

Maturity Date: [•]
Interest Basis:
[[•] per cent. Fixed Rate]
[[•] month EURIBOR] +/— [•] per cent. Floating Rate]
[Zero Coupon]
Redemption/Payment Basis: [Redemption at par]
Change of Interest or Redemption/Payment Basis: [[•]/Not Applicable]
Put/Call Options:
[Investor Put]
[Issuer Call]
[Not Applicable]
(i) Status of the Notes: Senior
[(ii) Status of the Guarantee: Senior]
[(iii)] [Date [Board] approval for issuance of Notes [and Guarantee respectively] obtained: [•]

PROVISIONS RELATING TO INTEREST (IF ANY) PAYABLE

Fixed Rate Note Provisions [Applicable/Not Applicable]
(i) Rate[(s)] of Interest: [•] per cent. per annum payable in arrear on each Interest Payment Date
(ii) Interest Payment Date(s): [•] in each year
(iii) Fixed Coupon Amount[(s)]: [•] per Calculation Amount
(iv) Broken Amount(s): [[•] per Calculation Amount payable on the Interest Payment Date falling [in/on] [•]]
(v) Day Count Fraction: [30/360/Actual/Actual(ICMA)/Actual/Actual (ISDA)]
[(vi) Determination Dates: [•] in each year [[•]]
Floating Rate Note Provisions [Applicable/Not Applicable]
(i) Interest Period(s): [•]

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[(ii) Specified Period: [[•]/[Not Applicable]]

(iii) Specified Interest Payment Dates: [•]

(iv) First Interest Payment Date: [•]

(v) Business Day Convention: [Floating Rate Convention/Following Business Day Convention/Modified Following Business Day Convention/Preceding Business Day Convention/No Adjustment]

(vi) Additional Business Centre(s): [Not Applicable/[•]]

(vii) Manner in which the Rate(s) of Interest is/are to be determined: [Screen Rate Determination/ISDA Determination]

(viii) Party responsible for calculating the Rate(s) of Interest and Interest Amount(s) (if not the [Principal Paying Agent/ CMU Lodging and Paying Agent]): [[•]/[Not Applicable]]

(ix) Screen Rate Determination:

Reference Rate: [[•] month EURIBOR]
Interest Determination Date(s): [•]
Relevant Screen Page: [•]
Relevant Time: [•]
Relevant Financial Centre: [•]

(x) ISDA Determination: [Applicable/Not Applicable]

ISDA Definitions: [2006 ISDA Definitions / 2021 ISDA Definitions]
Floating Rate Option: [•]
Designated Maturity: [•]
Reset Date: [•]
Compounding: [Applicable/Not Applicable]
Compounding Method: [Compounding with Lookback
Lookback: [•] Applicable Business Days]
[Compounding with Observation Period Shift
Observation Period Shift: [•] Observation Period Shift Business Days
Observation Period Shift Additional Business Days: [•] / [Not Applicable]]

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[Compounding with Lockout

Lockout: [•] Lockout Period Business Days

Lockout Period Business Days: [•]/[Applicable Business Days]]

Averaging: [Applicable/Not Applicable]]
[Averaging Method: [Averaging with Lookback

Lookback: [•] Applicable Business Days]

[Averaging with Observation Period Shift

Observation Period Shift: [•] Observation Period Shift Business days

Observation Period Shift Additional Business Days: [•]/[Not Applicable]]

[Averaging with Lockout

Lookout: [•] Lockout Period Business Days

Lockout Period Business Days: [•]/[Applicable Business Days]]

Index Provisions: [Applicable/Not Applicable]
Index Method: [Averaging with Observation Period Shift]

Compounded Index Method with Observation Period Shift

Observation Period Shift: [•] Observation Period Shift Business days

Observation Period Shift Additional Business Days: [•] / [Not Applicable]

(xi) Margin(s): [+/-] [•] per cent. per annum
(xii) Minimum Rate of Interest: [[•] per cent. per annum]/[Not Applicable]
(xiii) Maximum Rate of Interest: [[•] per cent. per annum]/[Not Applicable]
(xiv) Day Count Fraction: [Actual / Actual (ICMA) / Actual/Actual (ISDA) / Actual/365 (Fixed) / Actual/360 / 30/360 / 30E/360 / Eurobond Basis / 30E/360 (ISDA)]
(xv) Determination Agent: [[•]/Not Applicable]

Zero Coupon Note Provisions [Applicable/Not Applicable]

(i) [Amortisation/Accrual] Yield: [•] per cent. per annum
(ii) Reference Price: [•]
(iii) Any other formula/basis of determining amount payable: [[•]]

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PROVISIONS RELATING TO REDEMPTION

Call Option
[Applicable/Not Applicable]
(i) Optional Redemption Date(s): [•]
(ii) Optional Redemption Amount(s) of each Note and method, if any, of calculation of such amount(s): [•] per Calculation Amount/Make-Whole Redemption Amount/[•]
(iii) If redeemable in part:
(a) Minimum Redemption Amount: [•] per Calculation Amount
(b) Maximum Redemption Amount: [•] per Calculation Amount
(iv) Notice period: [•]
(v) [Benchmark Security] [Benchmark Securities]: [•]
(vi) Reference Time: [•]
(vii) Make-Whole Margin: [•]
(viii) Linear Interpolation: [Applicable/Not Applicable]
(ix) Par Redemption Date: [[•]/Not Applicable]
(x) Clean-up Call: [Applicable/Not Applicable]
(xi) Clean-up Redemption Amount [[•]/Not Applicable]
Put Option
[Applicable/Not Applicable]
(i) Optional Redemption Date(s): [•]
(ii) Notice period: [•]
Final Redemption Amount of each Note
[[•] per Calculation Amount]
Early Termination Amount
Early Redemption Amount (Tax) and Early Termination Amount per Calculation Amount payable on redemption for taxation reasons or, as the case may be, on event of default: [•][Not Applicable]

GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO THE NOTES

Form of Notes:
Bearer Notes:
[Temporary Global Note exchangeable for a Permanent Global Note which is exchangeable for Definitive Notes on [•] days' notice/at any time/in the limited circumstances specified in the Permanent Global Note.]

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[Temporary Global Note exchangeable for Definitive Notes on [•] days' notice.]

[Permanent Global Note exchangeable for Definitive Notes on [•] days' notice/at any time/in the limited circumstances specified in the Permanent Global Note].

Registered Notes:

[Global Registered Note exchangeable for Individual Note Certificates on [•] days' notice/at any time/in the limited circumstances described in the Global Registered Note]]

[[and]]

[Global Registered Note [(U.S.$/Euro [•] nominal amount)] registered in the name of a nominee for [a common depositary for Euroclear and Clearstream, Luxembourg/a common safekeeper for Euroclear and Clearstream, Luxembourg (that is, held under the New Safekeeping Structure).]]

New Global Note Form: [Applicable/Not Applicable]
Additional Financial Centre(s) or other special provisions relating to Payment Dates: [Not Applicable/[•]]
Talons for future Coupons or Receipts to be attached to Definitive Notes (and dates on which such Talons mature): [Yes/No.]
[Consolidation provisions: [Not Applicable]

Signed on behalf of the Issuer:

By: Duly authorised

[Signed on behalf of the Guarantor:

By: Duly authorised]

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PART B — OTHER INFORMATION

LISTING AND ADMISSION TO TRADING

(i) Admission to trading: Application [has been/is expected to be] made by the Issuer (or on its behalf) for the Notes to be admitted to trading on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange plc with effect from [•].

(ii) Estimate of total expenses related to admission to trading: [•]

RATINGS

Ratings: The Notes to be issued [have been/are expected to be] rated:

[S&P Global Ratings UK Limited ("S&P"): [•]]

[Moody's Investors Service Limited ("Moody's"): [•]]

[Not Applicable]

[[Each of] [S&P] [and] [Moody's] is established in the UK and registered under Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009 as it forms part of domestic law of the United Kingdom by virtue of the EUWA (the "UK CRA Regulation"). [Each of] [S&P] [and] [Moody's] appears on the latest update of the list of registered credit rating agencies (as of [•]) on the FCA's Financial Services Register.]

[The rating S&P has given to the Notes is endorsed by S&P Global Ratings Europe Limited, which is established in the EEA and registered under Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009, as amended (the "EU CRA Regulation").]

[The rating Moody's has given to the Notes is endorsed by Moody's Deutschland GmbH, which is established in the EEA and registered under Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009, as amended (the "EU CRA Regulation").]

[[•] is established in the EEA and has applied for registration under Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009, as amended, although notification of the corresponding registration decision has not yet been provided by the [relevant competent authority] /[European Securities and Markets Authority]. [The rating [•] has given to the Notes is endorsed by [•], which is established in the UK and registered under Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009 as it forms part of domestic law of the United Kingdom by virtue of the [European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, as amended/EUWA] (the "UK CRA Regulation").]/[[•] has been certified under Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009 as it forms part of domestic law of the United Kingdom by virtue of the [European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, as amended/EUWA] (the "UK CRA Regulation)".]/[[•] has not been certified under Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009, as it forms part of domestic law of the United Kingdom by virtue of the [European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, as amended/EUWA] (the "UK CRA Regulation)" and the rating it has given to the Notes is not endorsed by a credit rating agency established in the UK and registered under the CRA Regulation (UK).]

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[[•] is established in the EEA and is neither registered nor has it applied for registration under Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009, as amended.] [The rating [•] has given to the Notes is endorsed by [•], which is established in the UK and registered under Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009 as it forms part of domestic law of the United Kingdom by virtue of the [European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, as amended/EUWA] (the "UK CRA Regulation").]/[[•] has been certified under Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009 as it forms part of domestic law of the United Kingdom by virtue of the [European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, as amended/EUWA] (the "UK CRA Regulation)".]/[[•] has not been certified under Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009, as it forms part of domestic law of the United Kingdom by virtue of the [European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, as amended/EUWA] (the "UK CRA Regulation)" and the rating it has given to the Notes is not endorsed by a credit rating agency established in the UK and registered under the CRA Regulation (UK).

[[•] is not established in the EEA or in the UK but the rating it has given to the Notes is endorsed by [•], which is established in the EEA or in the UK and registered under Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009, as amended (the "EU CRA Regulation") [and][Regulation (EU) No 1060/2009 as it forms part of domestic law of the United Kingdom by virtue of the EUWA (the "UK CRA Regulation")]

[[•] is not established in the EEA or in the UK but is certified under Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009, as amended (the "EU CRA Regulation")][and][Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009 as it forms part of domestic law of the United Kingdom by virtue of the EUWA (the "UK CRA Regulation")]

[[•] is not established in the EEA or in the UK and is not certified under Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009, as amended (the "EU CRA Regulation") or Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009 as it forms part of domestic law of the United Kingdom by virtue of the EUWA (the "UK CRA Regulation") and the rating it has given to the Notes is not endorsed by a credit rating agency established in either the EEA and registered under the EU CRA Regulation or in the UK and registered under the UK CRA Regulation.]

[For Notes with a different credit rating to the Programme, include disclosure as to ratings definitions.]

INTERESTS OF NATURAL AND LEGAL PERSONS INVOLVED IN THE ISSUE/OFFER

[Save as discussed in "Subscription and Sale" in the Base Prospectus, so far as the Issuer [and the Guarantor are] [is] aware, no person involved in the offer of the Notes has an interest material to the offer.]/[•]/[Not Applicable]

[Fixed Rate Notes Only —YIELD

Indication of yield: [•]

OPERATIONAL INFORMATION

ISIN Code: [•]

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Common Code: [•]

[FISN] [See the website of the Association of National Numbering Agencies (ANNA) or alternatively source from the responsible National Numbering Agency that assigned the ISIN /Not Applicable / Not Available]

[CFI Code] [See the website of the Association of National Numbering Agencies (ANNA) or alternatively source from the responsible National Numbering Agency that assigned the ISIN / Not Applicable / Not Available]

(If the FISN and/or CFI code is not required or requested, it/they should be specified to be "Not Applicable")

[CMU Instrument Number] [•]

Any clearing system(s) other than Euroclear Bank SA/NV and Clearstream Banking S.A. and the relevant identification number(s):

[Not Applicable / [•]]

New Global Note intended to be held in a manner which would allow Eurosystem eligibility:

[Not Applicable]

[Yes. Note that the designation "Yes" simply means that the Notes are intended upon issue to be deposited with one of the ICSDs as common safekeeper[, and registered in the name of a nominee of one of the ICSDs acting as common safekeeper,][include this text for registered notes]] and does not necessarily mean that the Notes will be recognised as eligible collateral for Eurosystem monetary policy and intra-day credit operations by the Eurosystem either upon issue or at any or all times during their life. Such recognition will depend upon the European Central Bank being satisfied that Eurosystem eligibility criteria have been met.]

[No. Whilst the designation is specified as "No" at the date of this Final Terms, should the Eurosystem eligibility criteria be amended in the future such that the Notes are capable of meeting them, the Notes may then be deposited with one of the ICSDs as common safekeeper. Note that this does not necessarily mean that the Notes will then be recognised as eligible collateral for Eurosystem monetary policy and intra-day credit operations by the Eurosystem at any time during their life. Such recognition will depend upon the European Central Bank being satisfied that Eurosystem eligibility criteria have been met.]

Delivery: Delivery [against/free of] payment

Names and addresses of additional paying agent(s) (if any): [•]

Relevant Benchmark[s]: [[specify benchmark] is provided by [administrator legal name]][repeat as necessary]. As at the date hereof, [[administrator legal name][appears]/[does not appear]][repeat as necessary] in the register of administrators and benchmarks established and maintained by the FCA pursuant to Article 36

(Register of administrators and benchmarks) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 as it forms part of domestic law of the UK by virtue of the EUWA]/ [As far as the Issuer is aware, as at the date hereof, [specify benchmark] does not fall within the scope of the Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 as it forms part of domestic law of the UK by virtue of the EUWA]/ [As far as the Issuer is aware, the transitional provisions in Article 51 of Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 as it forms part of domestic law of the UK by virtue of the EUWA apply, such that [name of administrator] is not currently required to obtain recognition, endorsement or equivalence]/ [Not Applicable]

Prohibition of Sales to EEA Retail Investors: [Applicable / Not Applicable]

Prohibition of Sales to UK Retail Investors: [Applicable / Not Applicable]

TEFRA: [Not Applicable/The [C/D] Rules are applicable]

Reasons for the Offer: [•] / [See ["Use of Proceeds"] in the Base Prospectus]

Estimated Net Amount of Proceeds of the Offer: [•]

[THIRD PARTY INFORMATION]

[[•] has been extracted from [•]. The Issuer [and the Guarantor] confirm[s] that such information has been accurately reproduced and that, so far as it is aware, and is able to ascertain from information published by [•], no facts have been omitted which would render the reproduced inaccurate or misleading.

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SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE NOTES WHILE IN GLOBAL FORM

Clearing System Accountholders

In relation to any Tranche of Notes represented by a Global Note in bearer form, references in the Terms and Conditions of the Notes to "Noteholder" are references to the bearer of the relevant Global Note which, for so long as the Global Note is held (i) in the case of a Global Note not lodged with CMU, by a depository or a common depositary, in the case of a CGN, or a common safekeeper, in the case of an NGN for Euroclear and/or Clearstream and/or any other relevant clearing system, will be that depositary or common depositary or, as the case may be, common safekeeper, or (ii) in the case of a Global Note lodged with CMU, a sub-custodian for CMU.

In relation to any Tranche of Notes represented by a Global Registered Note, references in the Terms and Conditions of the Notes to "Noteholder" are references to the person in whose name such Global Registered Note is for the time being registered in the Register which, for so long as the Global Registered Note is held by or on behalf of a depositary or a common depositary or a common safekeeper for Euroclear and/or Clearstream and/or a sub-custodian for the CMU and/or any other relevant clearing system, will be that depositary or sub-custodian or common depositary or common safekeeper or a nominee for that depositary or sub-custodian or common depositary or common safekeeper, as the case may be.

Each of the persons shown in the records of Euroclear, Clearstream and/or any other relevant clearing system as being entitled to an interest in a Global Note or a Global Registered Note (each an "Accountholder") must look solely to Euroclear, Clearstream and/or such other relevant clearing system (as the case may be) for such Accountholder's share of each payment made by the relevant Issuer or the Guarantor, as the case may be, to the holder of such Global Note or Global Registered Note and in relation to all other rights arising under such Global Note or Global Registered Note. The extent to which, and the manner in which, Accountholders may exercise any rights arising under a Global Note or Global Registered Note will be determined by the respective rules and procedures of the relevant Clearing System(s) and any other relevant clearing system from time to time. For so long as the relevant Notes are represented by a Global Note or Global Registered Note, Accountholders shall have no claim directly against the relevant Issuer or the Guarantor, as the case may be, in respect of payments due under the Notes and such obligations of the relevant Issuer or the Guarantor, as the case may be, will be discharged by payment to the holder of the Global Note or Global Registered Note.

If a Global Note or a Global Registered Note is lodged with a sub-custodian for or registered with the CMU, the person(s) for whose account(s) interests in such Global Note or a Global Registered Note are credited as being held in the CMU in accordance with the CMU Rules as notified by the CMU to the CMU Lodging and Paying Agent in a relevant CMU Instrument Position Report or any other relevant notification by the CMU (which notification, in either case, shall be conclusive evidence of the records of the CMU save in the case of manifest error) shall be the only person(s) entitled or in the case of Registered Notes, directed or deemed by the CMU as entitled to receive payments in respect of Notes represented by such Global Note or Global Registered Note and the Issuer and the Guarantor will be discharged by payment to, or to the order of, such person(s) for whose account(s) interests in such Global Note or Global Registered Note are credited as being held in the CMU in respect of each amount so paid. Each of the persons shown in the records of the CMU, as the beneficial holder of a particular nominal amount of Notes represented by such Global Note or Global Registered Note must look solely to the CMU Lodging and Paying Agent for his share of each payment so made by the Issuer and/or the Guarantor in respect of such Global Note or Global Registered Note.

Exchange of Temporary Global Notes

Whenever any interest in a Temporary Global Note is to be exchanged for an interest in a Permanent Global Note, the relevant Issuer shall procure:

(a) in the case of first exchange, the prompt delivery (free of charge to the bearer) of such Permanent Global Note, duly authenticated and, in the case of an NGN, effectuated, to the bearer of the Temporary Global Note; or
(b) in the case of any subsequent exchange, an increase in the principal amount of such Permanent Global Note in accordance with its terms,

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Whenever a Temporary Global Note is to be exchanged for Definitive Notes, the relevant Issuer shall procure the prompt delivery (free of charge to the bearer) of such Definitive Notes, duly authenticated and with Coupons and Talons attached (if so specified in the relevant Final Terms), in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Temporary Global Note to the bearer of the Temporary Global Note against the surrender of the Temporary Global Note to or to the order of the Principal Paying Agent or, as the case may be, the CMU Lodging and Paying Agent within 30 days of the bearer requesting such exchange.

If:

(a) a Permanent Global Note has not been delivered or the principal amount thereof increased by 5.00 p.m. (London time or, in the case of Notes lodged with CMU, Hong Kong time) on the seventh day after the bearer of a Temporary Global Note has requested exchange of an interest in the Temporary Global Note for an interest in a Permanent Global Note; or

(b) Definitive Notes have not been delivered by 5.00 p.m. (London time or, in the case of Notes lodged with CMU, Hong Kong time) on the thirtieth day after the bearer of a Temporary Global Note has requested exchange of the Temporary Global Note for Definitive Notes; or

(c) a Temporary Global Note (or any part thereof) has become due and payable in accordance with the Terms and Conditions of the Notes or the date for final redemption of a Temporary Global Note has occurred and, in either case, payment in full of the amount of principal falling due with all accrued interest thereon has not been made to the bearer of the Temporary Global Note in accordance with the terms of the Temporary Global Note on the due date for payment,

then the Temporary Global Note (including the obligation to deliver a Permanent Global Note or increase the principal amount thereof or deliver Definitive Notes, as the case may be) will become void at 5.00 p.m. (London time or, in the case of Notes lodged with CMU, Hong Kong time) on such seventh day (in the case of (a) above) or at 5.00 p.m. (London time or, in the case of Notes lodged with CMU, Hong Kong time) on such thirtieth day (in the case of (b) above) or at 5.00 p.m. (London time or, as the case may be, Hong Kong time) on such due date (in the case of (c) above) and the bearer of the Temporary Global Note will have no further rights thereunder.

Exchange of Permanent Global Notes

Whenever a Permanent Global Note is to be exchanged for Definitive Notes, the relevant Issuer shall procure the prompt delivery (free of charge to the bearer) of such Definitive Notes, duly authenticated and with Coupons and Talons attached (if so specified in the relevant Final Terms), in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Permanent Global Note to the bearer of the Permanent Global Note against the surrender of the Permanent Global Note to or to the order of the Principal Paying Agent or, as the case may be, the CMU Lodging and Paying Agent within 30 days of the bearer requesting such exchange.

If:

(a) Definitive Notes have not been delivered by 5.00 p.m. (London time or, in the case of Notes lodged with CMU, Hong Kong time) on the thirtieth day after the bearer of a Permanent Global Note has duly requested exchange of the Permanent Global Note for Definitive Notes; or

(b) a Permanent Global Note (or any part of it) has become due and payable in accordance with the Terms and Conditions of the Notes or the date for final redemption of the Notes has occurred and, in either case, payment in full of the amount of principal falling due with all accrued interest thereon has not been made to the bearer of the Permanent Global Note in accordance with the terms of the Permanent Global Note on the due date for payment,

then the Permanent Global Note (including the obligation to deliver Definitive Notes) will become void at 5.00 p.m. (London time or, in the case of Notes lodged with CMU, Hong Kong time) on such thirtieth day (in the case of (a) above) or at 5.00 p.m. (London time or, in the case of Notes lodged with CMU, Hong Kong time)

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Exchange of Global Registered Notes

Whenever the Global Registered Note is to be exchanged for Individual Note Certificates, the relevant Issuer shall procure that Individual Note Certificates will be issued in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Registered Note within 30 business days of the delivery, by or on behalf of the registered holder of the Global Registered Note to the Registrar of such information as is required to complete and deliver such Individual Note Certificates (including, without limitation, the names and addresses of the persons in whose names the Individual Note Certificates are to be registered and the principal amount of each such person's holding) against the surrender of the Global Registered Note at the specified office of the Registrar.

Such exchange will be effected in accordance with the provisions of the relevant Indenture and the regulations concerning the transfer and registration of Notes scheduled thereto and, in particular, shall be effected without charge to any holder, but against such indemnity as the Registrar may require in respect of any tax or other duty of whatsoever nature which may be levied or imposed in connection with such exchange.

Conditions applicable to Global Notes and Global Registered Notes

Each Global Note or Global Registered Note will contain provisions which modify the Terms and Conditions of the Notes as they apply to the Global Note or Global Registered Note. The following is a summary of certain of those provisions:

Payments:

All payments in respect of the Global Note or Global Registered Note which, according to the Terms and Conditions of the Notes, require presentation and/or surrender of a Note, Note Certificate or Coupon will be made against presentation and (in the case of payment of principal in full with all interest accrued thereon) surrender of the Global Note or Global Registered Note to or to the order of any Paying Agent and will be effective to satisfy and discharge the corresponding liabilities of the relevant Issuer and the Guarantor, as the case may be, in respect of the Notes. On each occasion on which a payment of principal or interest is made in respect of the Global Note or Global Registered Note, the relevant Issuer and/or the Guarantor, as the case may be, shall procure that in respect of a CGN the payment is noted in a schedule thereto and in respect of an NGN the payment is entered pro rata in the records of Euroclear and Clearstream.

Exercise of put option:

In order to exercise the option contained in Condition 9(f) (Redemption and Purpose – Redemption at the option of Noteholders) the bearer of the Permanent Global Note or the holder of a Global Registered Note must, within the period specified in the Conditions for the deposit of the relevant Note and put notice, give written notice of such exercise to the Principal Paying Agent or, as the case may be, the CMU Lodging and Paying Agent specifying the principal amount of Notes in respect of which such option is being exercised. Any such notice will be irrevocable and may not be withdrawn.

Payment Business Day

In the case of a Global Note or Global Registered Note, shall be: if the currency of payment is euro, any day which is a TARGET Settlement Day and a day on which dealings in foreign currencies may be carried on in each (if any) Additional Financial Centre; or, if the currency of payment is not euro, any day which is a day on which dealings in foreign currencies may be carried on in the Principal Financial Centre of the currency of payment and in each (if any) Additional Financial Centre.

Payment Record Date:

Each payment in respect of a Global Registered Note will be made to the person shown as the Holder in the Register at the close of business (in the relevant clearing system) on the Clearing System Business Day before the due date for such payment (the "Record Date") where "Clearing System Business Day" means a day on which each clearing system for which the Global Registered Note is being held is open for business.

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Partial exercise of call option:

In connection with an exercise of the option contained in Condition 9(c) (Redemption and Purpose – Redemption at the option of the Issuer) in relation to some only of the Notes, the Permanent Global Note or Global Registered Note may be redeemed in part in the principal amount specified by the relevant Issuer in accordance with the Conditions and the Notes to be redeemed will not be selected as provided in the Conditions but in accordance with the rules and procedures of the relevant Clearing System(s) (to be reflected in the records of the relevant Clearing System(s) as either a pool factor or a reduction in principal amount, at their discretion).

Notices:

Notwithstanding Condition 20 (Notices), while all the Notes are represented by a Permanent Global Note (or by a Permanent Global Note and/or a Temporary Global Note) or a Global Registered Note and the Permanent Global Note is (or the Permanent Global Note and/or the Temporary Global Note are), or Global Registered Note is (i) deposited with a depository or a common depository for Euroclear and/or Clearstream and/or any other relevant clearing system (other than the CMU) or a common safekeeper (as the case may be), notices to Noteholders may be given by delivery of the relevant notice to Euroclear, Clearstream and/or CMU and/or any other relevant clearing system (as the case may be) and, in any case, such notices shall be deemed to have been given to the Noteholders in accordance with Condition 20 (Notices) on the date of delivery to Euroclear, Clearstream and/or any other relevant clearing system or (ii) deposited with the CMU, notices to Noteholders may be given by delivery of the relevant notice to the persons shown in a CMU Instrument Position Report issued by the CMU on the second business day preceding the date of despatch of such notice as holding interests in the relevant Global Note or Global Registered Note.

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DESCRIPTION OF ASTRAZENECA

Introduction

AstraZeneca PLC was formed on 6 April 1999 from the merger of Astra AB of Sweden and Zeneca Group PLC of the United Kingdom. AstraZeneca PLC's registered office is situated at 1 Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge CB2 0AA, telephone number: +44 20 3749 5000. The registered number of AstraZeneca PLC is 02723534.

This business description set out in this section of this Base Prospectus is an overview of, is qualified in its entirety by, and should be read in conjunction with, the information incorporated by reference into this Base Prospectus (see "Documents incorporated by reference").

Principal Activities

AstraZeneca is a global, science-led, patient-focused, pharmaceutical business, committed to excellence in the research, development and commercialisation of prescription medicines. It is focused on three main therapy areas: Oncology, BioPharmaceuticals (comprising cardiovascular, renal and metabolism ("CVRM"), respiratory and immunology ("R&I") and infectious disease ("ID")) and rare disease ("Rare Disease"). AstraZeneca also has a diversified portfolio of medicines across primary care, specialty care and rare disease.

AstraZeneca has an active presence in over 80 countries, with six strategic Research & Development ("R&D") centres in Sweden, the UK, the US and China and 31 operations sites in 15 countries. As at 31 December 2025, it employed approximately 96,100 people (approximately 35 per cent. in Europe, 38 per cent. in Emerging Markets (as defined in the Annual Report and Form 20-F Information 2025), 19 per cent. in the US and 8 per cent. in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and Japan (the "Established Rest of World")).

Key Products

AstraZeneca has a broad range of marketed medicines that continue to make a positive difference in healthcare. In addition to its pipeline of products in the discovery and development phases, AstraZeneca's pipeline includes life-cycle management initiatives for approved products to bring further benefit for patients and maximise their commercial potential.

Oncology medicines

AstraZeneca's key marketed oncology products include:

Tagrisso (osimertinib), an epidermal growth factor receptor ("EGFR")-tyrosine kinase inhibitor indicated for early- and late-stage EGFR-mutated non-small cell lung cancer ("NSCLC");
Imfinzi (durvalumab), a human monoclonal antibody ("mAb") that blocks PD-1 and CD80 on T-cells indicated for unresectable, Stage III NSCLC, resectable NSCLC in combination with neoadjuvant chemotherapy, metastatic NSCLC in combination with Imjudo and chemotherapy, extensive-stage small cell lung cancer ("SCLC") in combination with chemotherapy; limited-stage SCLC, advanced biliary tract cancer in combination with chemotherapy, unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma ("uHCC") in combination with Imjudo, in a perioperative regimen with fluorouracil, leucovorin, oxaliplatin, and docetaxel ("FLOT") chemotherapy in resectable, early-stage and locally advanced gastric and gastroesophageal junction cancers, endometrial cancer in combination with Lynparza and chemotherapy, and for muscle-invasive bladder cancer;
Calquence (acalabrutinib), a selective inhibitor of Bruton's tyrosine kinase indicated for the treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia ("CLL") and mantle cell lymphoma and in development for the treatment of multiple B-cell malignancies;
Lynparza (olaparib), an oral poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibitor indicated for platinum-sensitive relapsed ovarian cancer, for first-line BRCA-mutated ("BRCAm") ovarian cancers, for homologous recombination repair deficient-positive advanced ovarian cancer in combination with bevacizumab, for germline BRCAm, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 ("HER2")-negative early and metastatic breast cancers, for germline BRCAm metastatic pancreatic cancer, for homologous recombination repair gene-mutated and BRCAm metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancers

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("mCRPC"), for first-line mCRPC in combination with abiraterone and as maintenance treatment after treatment with platinum-based chemotherapy in combination with Imfinzi in advanced or recurrent mismatch repair proficient endometrial cancer;

Enhertu (trastuzumab deruxtecan), a HER2-directed antibody drug conjugate ("ADC") indicated for HER2-positive, HER2-low and HER2-ultralow advanced breast cancers, for HER2-mutant metastatic NSCLC, and for HER2-positive advanced gastric cancer. Also indicated for metastatic HER2-positive solid tumours (tumour agnostic);
Truqap (capivasertib), a first-in-class, potent, adenosine triphosphate-competitive inhibitor approved in combination with Faslodex for hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative advanced breast cancer with certain gene alterations;
Imjudo (tremelimumab), a cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated antigen 4 blocking antibody indicated for uHCC in combination with Imfinzi and for NSCLC in combination with Imfinzi and chemotherapy; and
Datroway (datopotamab deruxtecan), a TROP2-directed ADC indicated for patients with previously treated metastatic HR-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer and for patients with previously treated advanced epidermal growth factor receptor mutated NSCLC.

In 2025, AstraZeneca saw commercial delivery and sales performance driven by five multi-blockbuster medicines: Tagrisso, Imfinzi, Calquence, Lynparza and Enhertu, as well as by broad market penetration of its oncology medicines, with 13 major market approvals across 10 indications. AstraZeneca has also had 10 positive Phase III trial readouts across tumour types including lung, breast, bladder and gastric cancers trials.

BioPharmaceuticals

Cardiovascular, renal and metabolism medicines

AstraZeneca's key marketed CVRM products include:

Farxiga/Forxiga (dapagliflozin), a sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitor indicated for adult patients with Type 2 diabetes ("T2D") or in adults with or without T2D with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction or chronic kidney disease ("CKD");
Brilinta/Brilique (ticagrelor), an oral P2Y12 platelet inhibitor for acute coronary syndromes ("ACS") (ticagrelor 90mg) or continuation therapy in high-risk patients (ticagrelor 60mg) with a history of myocardial infarction ("MI"). An oral P2Y12 platelet inhibitor for the prevention of atherothrombotic events in adult patients with ACS or high-risk patients with a history of MI, high-risk patients with coronary artery disease or stroke
Lokelma (sodium zirconium cyclosilicate), an insoluble, non-absorbed sodium zirconium cyclosilicate, formulated as a powder for oral suspension, that acts as a highly selective potassium-removing agent for the treatment of hyperkalaemia;
Roxadustat, an oral hypoxia-inducible factor prolyl hydroxylase inhibitor indicated for the treatment of anaemia from CKD;
Wainua/Wainzua (eplontersen), an injection, for subcutaneous use, is a prescription medicine used to treat adults with stage one or two polyneuropathy of hereditary transthyretin-mediated amyloidosis; and
Xigduo/Xigduo XR (dapagliflozin/metformin), combines dapagliflozin and metformin as either Xigduo – to improve glycaemic control in adults with T2D who are inadequately controlled on metformin alone, or Xigduo XR – an extended release tablet for adults with T2D who are inadequately controlled on metformin alone.

AstraZeneca's ambition is to enhance care and to improve outcomes for the millions of people who are living with the complexities of CVRM diseases by targeting the core risk factors that drive stroke, heart disease and heart failure.

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Respiratory and Immunology Medicines

AstraZeneca's key marketed respiratory products include:

Symbicort (budesonide/formoterol), a combination of an inhaled corticosteroid ("ICS") and a fast-onset long-acting beta2-agonist ("LABA") to treat asthma and/or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ("COPD") either as Symbicort Turbuhaler or Symbicort pressurised metered-dose inhaler ("pMDI");
Fasenra (benralizumab), a mAb which directly targets and depletes eosinophils by recruiting natural killer cells and inducing apoptosis (programmed cell death). Approved as an add-on maintenance treatment for severe eosinophilic asthma and for eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis;
Breztri/Trixeo Aerosphere (budesonide/glycopyrrolate/formoterol), a fixed-dose triple combination of an ICS, a long-acting muscarinic antagonist and a LABA delivered in an Aerosphere pMDI, used for the long-term maintenance treatment of COPD;
Tezspire (tezepelumab), a first-in-class human mAb that inhibits the action of thymic stromal lymphopoietin, a key epithelial cytokine that sits at the top of multiple inflammatory cascades and is critical in the initiation and persistence of allergic, eosinophilic and other types of epithelial inflammation associated with severe asthma, chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps ("CRSwNP"). Approved for a broad population of severe asthma patients, without phenotype and biomarker limitation, and for CRSwNP. Developed in collaboration with Amgen Inc;
Saphnelo (anifrolumab), a first-in-class fully human mAb for moderate to severe systemic lupus erythematosus ("SLE") that binds to subunit 1 of the type I interferon ("IFN") receptor, blocking the activity of type I IFNs. Type I IFNs such as IFN-alpha, IFN-beta and IFN-kappa are cytokines involved in driving the inflammatory pathways implicated in SLE; and
Airsupra (albuterol/budesonide), a first-in-class, fixed-dose combination rescue medication for asthma in the US containing a short-acting beta2-agonist and an anti-inflammatory ICS, for the as-needed treatment or prevention of bronchoconstriction and to reduce the risk of exacerbations, developed in a pMDI using AstraZeneca's Aerosphere delivery technology.

AstraZeneca's ambition is to transform R&I care for patients by moving beyond symptom control to disease modification, remission and, one day, cure.

Infectious Disease Therapies

AstraZeneca's key marketed ID products include:

Beyfortus (nirsevimab), a long-acting anti-RSV F mAb used to prevent RSV lower respiratory tract disease in neonates and infants during their first respiratory syncytial virus ("RSV") season. Jointly developed and commercialised with Sanofi; and
FluMist (live attenuated influenza vaccine), a live attenuated vaccine indicated for active immunisation for the prevention of influenza disease caused by influenza A subtype viruses and type B viruses contained in the vaccine.

Through next-generation vaccines and long-acting antibodies, AstraZeneca aims to prevent viral respiratory diseases as a key cause of morbidity, hospitalisation and death and deliver new solutions in the fight against serious bacterial and chronic viral infections.

AstraZeneca is advancing platforms such as virus-like particle vaccine technology, bioconjugate vaccines, half-life extended antibodies and new antibody formats such as bispecifics to accelerate development and deliver tailored immune protection against previously hard-to-target or rapidly evolving pathogens.

Rare Diseases

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need, where scientific progress has been absent or limited, advancing first-class medicines and new modalities, while expanding its global geographic footprint for the rare disease community.

AstraZeneca's key marketed Rare Disease products include:

Ultomiris (ravulizumab), a long-acting C5 complement inhibitor for the treatment of paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria, atypical haemolytic uraemic syndrome, generalised myasthenia gravis and neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder;
Soliris (eculizumab), a C5 complement inhibitor for the treatment of paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria, atypical haemolytic uraemic syndrome, generalised myasthenia gravis and neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder;
Strensiq (asfotase alfa), a targeted enzyme replacement therapy for patients with hypophosphatasia;
Koselugo (selumetinib), a kinase inhibitor that blocks specific enzymes (MEK1 and MEK2) for the treatment of patients with neurofibromatosis type 1 who have symptomatic, inoperable plexiform neurofibromas; and
Voydeya (danicopan), a first-in-class oral, Factor D complement inhibitor for certain adults with PNH as add-on therapy to ravulizumab or eculizumab.¹

AstraZeneca is pioneering new possibilities for the rare disease community to help improve outcomes for more people impacted by rare disease around the globe through: (i) continued leadership in complement inhibition; (ii) diversifying its pipeline across disease areas with significant unmet medical need, using an array of innovative modalities; (iii) advancing an industry-leading suite of next-generation potential therapies, including biologics, genomic medicines, small molecules, and cell therapies; (iv) bringing transformative treatments to more rare disease patients around the globe; and (v) raising awareness of rare diseases while shaping policies and ecosystems needed to advance access to innovation.

Business Environment

The pharmaceutical sector continues to grow against a backdrop of increasing demand for healthcare. Global pharmaceutical sales grew by 10 per cent. in 2025².

Impact of global trends

Shifting economic power

Economic power is shifting from the G7 to the largest emerging markets, such as China and countries with large populations, including India and Indonesia, altering global economic dynamics and creating new opportunities and challenges. For example, the G7 comprised some 65 per cent. of global GDP in 2000 which is expected to drop to less than one third by 2050.³

Global instability

Continuing geopolitical tensions and shifting alliances are creating a more volatile global landscape, impacting international relations and stability. This includes the rise of economic nationalism, sustained strategic rivalry between the US and China, as well as conflicts, such as the war in Ukraine and conflict in the Middle East, as well as 'grey zone' conflict – the contested arena between routine diplomacy and open warfare.

Changing populations

The UN predicts the global population will reach 9.7 billion by 2050.⁴ Key trends include continued urbanisation, falling birth rates in many countries, notably South Korea, Japan and within Western Europe, and an ageing population, with those aged 65 and older set to triple by 2100. Furthermore, the ratio of retirees to workers will rise dramatically as the share of younger people declines, putting structural pressure on pay-as-

¹ Voydeya revenues are combined with Ultomiris.
² Source: IQVIA, IQVIA Midas Quantum Q3 2025
³ Source: Global Trade Outlook, February 2023
⁴ Source: United Nations

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you-go pensions and on health and long-term care financing. Population growth is also becoming more concentrated, with much of the growth coming from Africa and South Asia.

Increasing international friction

The political climate has acute consequences for security, trade and global collaboration. Some governments deliberately use economic ties, such as access to critical minerals, to gain strategic leverage over others, thereby increasing the risk of supply chain disruption. However, such trends also present opportunities as companies are encouraged to localise operations to mitigate supply chain risks. As a consequence, AstraZeneca is investing in robust and flexible supply chains and a strong global manufacturing footprint.

Global economy in flux

Before the Iran conflict global growth was projected to remain resilient at 3.3 per cent. in 2026 and at 3.2 per cent. in 2027 – rates similar to the estimated 3.3 per cent. outturn in 2025. In addition, healthcare budgets are under pressure which is leading to downward pressure on pricing. AstraZeneca works closely with payers and policymakers to deliver locally affordable medicines. In 2025, AstraZeneca reached an agreement with the US Government to lower the cost of medicines for US patients.

Increasing healthcare demands

Demographic change is driving an increased demand for healthcare across all age groups. However, people in low- and middle-income countries are disproportionately affected by non-communicable deaths ("NCDs"), as 82 per cent. of NCD deaths occur in these countries. In total, NCDs represent 75 per cent. of non-pandemic-related deaths globally. Through AstraZeneca's health equity programme, it aims to close healthcare gaps and to give people everywhere the chance to be as healthy as possible.

Changing the way AstraZeneca works

Rapid advances in the field of AI and machine learning are enhancing AstraZeneca's ability to process and understand vast amounts of data. AI will unlock value and bring new risks. Generative AI is estimated to unlock US$4-7 billion in value for pharmaceutical companies.7 Guided by AstraZeneca's principles of ethical and responsible data and AI use, new technologies enable it to deliver better medicines and treatments, more quickly, to more patients.

Deep interconnection between climate and health

The climate crisis is amplifying health inequities and putting additional strain on health systems. Older adults, children, outdoor workers, and low- and middle-income communities face heightened risks from heat-related cardiovascular, respiratory, renal and neurological harms. AstraZeneca is pursuing ambitious science-based decarbonisation targets to achieve net zero by 2045.8

Opportunities and challenges for the sector

The use of advancements in science and digital technologies offer the potential to revolutionise the healthcare industry. However, coupled with growing distrust of governments, political leaders and more generally, information, concerns around the politicisation of science can exacerbate existing issues.9

Strategy

AstraZeneca is dedicated to transforming the future of healthcare by unlocking the power of what science can do for people, society and the planet. AstraZeneca: (i) invests in new technologies and modalities to deliver the next wave of pipeline innovation and life-changing medicines; (ii) focuses on areas where it can transform patient outcomes through novel medicines and combinations; (iii) delivers a diversified portfolio of medicines across primary care, speciality care and rare disease through its broad-based global network and (iv) operate

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responsibly, harnessing the power of science and innovation, and its global reach, to help build a healthier, more sustainable future.

AstraZeneca's Growth Through Innovation strategy has three priorities, whose effective delivery will help AstraZeneca achieve its financial targets:

Science and innovation
Growth and Therapy Area ("TA") leadership
People and sustainability
Science and innovation

This pillar focuses on how AstraZeneca can revolutionise the way it works through advances in science and technology, enabling it to push boundaries to deliver new and better medicines and treatments more quickly to more patients by:

Delivering the next wave of pipeline innovation.
Accelerating platform of therapeutic modalities.
Transform R&D ways of working.
Growth and TA leadership

The second strategic pillar focuses on transforming care and meeting the increasing demand for healthcare through improving access to AstraZeneca's medicines, expanding treatment options and enabling patients to take control of their own health by:

Delivering industry-leading growth in AstraZeneca's TAs.
Improving patient outcomes by transforming care.
Realising industry-leading supply chains.
People and sustainability

The third strategic pillar focuses on the interconnection between business growth and societal needs, AstraZeneca's sustainability strategy is focused on action on climate and nature, health equity and health systems resilience. AstraZeneca cultivates an inclusive, diverse workplace where employees thrive and are empowered to make an impact for people, society and the planet.

AstraZeneca's strategic focus areas are:

Delivering a great employee experience.
Leading on climate, equity and resilience.
Enabling an agile organisation.

Ambition 2030

AstraZeneca's ambition is to be pioneers in science, lead in its disease areas and transform patient outcomes. By 2030, AstraZeneca aims to launch at least 20 new medicines and achieve US$80 billion in total revenue with sustained growth thereafter.

Organisation

AstraZeneca's business is organised to deliver its Growth Through Innovation strategy. The success of its functions is built on recruiting, retaining and developing talented people.

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Science and innovation

AstraZeneca is focused on science and innovation, from discovery through to development and life-cycle management, and on transforming care and outcomes for patients. AstraZeneca has three TA-focused R&D organisations – Oncology, BioPharmaceuticals and Rare Disease.

Growth and TA leadership

AstraZeneca is focused on launching medicines that deliver sustainable growth and realising the potential of its pipeline. Its commercial regions align product strategy and commercial delivery while its operations function manufactures and delivers its medicines.

Digital Technologies

The use of AI supports AstraZeneca's strategy by accelerating innovation, improving outcomes, and driving productivity and efficiency.

In December 2025, AstraZeneca created a dedicated Enterprise AI unit to bring together AI expertise and accelerate the delivery of Ambition 2030. Partnering with the business, this team will advance a unified enterprise AI transformation, prioritise and scale high value initiatives, manage change effectively, and unlock synergies that amplify impact.

In R&D, AstraZeneca is developing an ecosystem of foundation models and AI agentic frameworks to accelerate AstraZeneca's drug discovery end-to-end. This ecosystem is expected to transform AstraZeneca's clinical development, leveraging AstraZeneca's key differentiator – its data. Examples include: (i) REINVENT, AstraZeneca's small molecule discovery platform, now enables significant time savings by predicting molecular properties and optimising potential molecules before synthesis and further development. Over 90 per cent. of AstraZeneca's small molecule discovery pipeline is AI-enabled, with similar approaches actively applied to other areas, including biologics; (ii) MILTON integrates de-identified health records with genetic and protein data to develop models that can predict the risk of more than 1,000 diseases, sometimes 10 to 15 years before they are clinically diagnosed; (iii) computational pathology solutions achieved FDA Breakthrough Device Designation as part of an AI-driven companion diagnostic, and released multi-cancer, cross-target quality control system models, and identified promising biomarkers in gastric cancer.

AstraZeneca is rapidly integrating AI into clinical workflows from study design to site and patient selection – enhancing scientific decision-making and enabling broader, diverse patient groups to participate without compromising research quality.

In commercial, partnering with leading technology companies is enabling AstraZeneca to tackle healthcare challenges. In over 20 markets, more than six million AI-enabled chest x-rays support early screening for high-risk lung nodules, improving referral and diagnostic pathways for possible lung cancer. In precision diagnostics, AstraZeneca published an AI-driven computational pathology validation study that used advanced image analysis and machine learning to evaluate HER2 in breast cancer tissue. AstraZeneca is also deploying AI to increase efficiency, optimise content creation and enhance the relevance of physicians' interactions.

In Operations, AstraZeneca is scaling AI to build an intelligent, autonomous, sustainable supply network that reduces lead times, drives productivity, and cuts waste. AstraZeneca's synthetic drug development timelines are shortened thanks to its agentic AI platform, which integrates scientific knowledge and simulation models. AstraZeneca's award-winning Digital Changeover solution is deployed across 17 sites and over 95 per cent. of eligible packing lines. To ensure uninterrupted supply, AstraZeneca is engineering a resilient, self-healing supply chain using predictive sensing and autonomous planning.

Underpinning AstraZeneca's Enterprise AI transformation is its risk-based AI Governance Framework, based on global laws, regulations and standards for best practice, and ensuring responsible use. It includes policies, processes, and guardrails for building, buying, and using AI, to manage risks while maximising the value of AI. AstraZeneca continues to upskill its teams to advance a digital first mindset and optimise transformation at scale.

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Cybersecurity

Recognising the important role AstraZeneca's employees play in managing its cybersecurity risk, AstraZeneca provides cybersecurity training, conduct recurring phishing simulations and has a Cybersecurity Culture and Awareness programme including regular messaging via internal communications. The annual cybersecurity training is mandatory for all active employees and is designed to reduce risk and improve resilience. In 2025, new content included emerging AI scenarios and reinforced AstraZeneca's new AI standards.

AstraZeneca launched a Disaster Recovery Programme in 2025, focused on strengthening AstraZeneca's recovery capabilities and response frameworks to support the resilience of critical business applications. Continued evolution is required to keep pace with changing business demands and an increasingly dynamic technology landscape – ensuring recovery strategies, tooling, and response practices remain current, scalable, and consistently effective.

Data privacy

The Enterprise Data Office ("EDO") has established data governance practices that are managed through a control framework sponsored by AstraZeneca's Enterprise Data Council ("EDC"). The EDO strengthens and standardises data governance by partnering with other data functions across AstraZeneca and acting as a central hub for data management and related regulatory compliance. This approach also ensures that AstraZeneca's data policies and standards are streamlined, clear and effective.

In 2025, AstraZeneca released a new standard operating procedure for the management of personal data incidents and a revised standard for data retention management. These updates aim to reduce the likelihood of personal data incidents. Key privacy compliance concerns are reported via the SET data governance boards, EDO, EDC and appointed senior leaders. Breaches and policy deviations can also be reported to AZ Ethics via a helpline or its website.

People and sustainability

AstraZeneca is committed to its people, ensuring that it remains a great place to work. It promotes health equity and resilient healthcare, and plays an active role in addressing the climate crisis. AstraZeneca operates in a responsible and sustainable way to build a healthy future for people, society and the planet.

Responsible sales and marketing

Responsible sales and marketing practices are essential for AstraZeneca to maintain compliance with stringent regulatory frameworks, protect patient safety, and foster trust with healthcare professionals and the public. By adhering to ethical standards and all relevant laws, AstraZeneca ensures that its products are promoted transparently and in line with global healthcare expectations. AstraZeneca emphasises transparency, integrity and accountability in its operations, ensuring that its marketing strategies accurately reflect the efficacy and safety of its products.

At AstraZeneca, responsible sales and marketing practices are embedded in its Code of Ethics (the "Code"), Global Standards on anti-bribery and anti-corruption ("ABAC") and promoting its products, and its patient-centric values. AstraZeneca's compliance professionals advise on, and monitor adherence to, its Code and policies, and work with local staff to ensure AstraZeneca meets its high ethical standards. Nominated signatories review product promotional materials and activities to ensure compliance with applicable regulations and codes of practice, and that information is accurate and balanced. Group Internal Audit conducts risk-based audits of marketing companies and other business units.

AstraZeneca's Code training continues to have a pathway tailored for its customer-facing Sales and Marketing employees with scenarios relevant to the highest risks in their roles. In 2025, AstraZeneca identified 10 confirmed external breaches across its Commercial business. Confirmed external breaches comprise cases where AstraZeneca has been found to violate a law, industry code, or regulation by an external authority.

Anti-bribery and anti-corruption

Adhering to high standards of business conduct and ABAC principles is critical for AstraZeneca to meet global regulatory requirements, preserve ethical integrity, and safeguard stakeholder trust. AstraZeneca does not

tolerate bribery or any other form of corruption. Preventing bribery and corruption is a focus of AstraZeneca's third-party risk management and due diligence processes, as well as its monitoring and audit programmes.

AstraZeneca's ABAC Global Standard, which was updated in 2025, outlines its key ABAC principles and is complemented by additional Global Standards and local requirements. Through AstraZeneca's Global Compliance programme and associated policies and other controls, AstraZeneca strives to comply with all applicable ABAC legislation, including the UK Bribery Act 2010, which is aligned with the United Nations Convention against Corruption.

Restructuring

Post Alexion Acquisition Group Review ("PAAGR")

In conjunction with the acquisition of Alexion in 2021, the enlarged Group initiated a comprehensive review, aimed at integrating systems, structure and processes, optimising the global footprint and prioritising resource allocations and investments. Except as referenced below, these activities are expected to be substantially complete by the end of 2026.

During 2023, AstraZeneca identified all remaining activities and finalised the scope of the programme. During 2025, AstraZeneca undertook an assessment of the planned activities within the PAAGR programme, this resulted in a decrease of US$0.4 billion in expected one-time restructuring costs, bringing the total expected costs to US$4.0 billion, of which approximately US$2.8 billion are cash costs and US$1.2 billion are non-cash costs, and capital investments of approximately US$2.2 billion.

The PAAGR programme includes the commencement of work on the planned upgrade of the Group's Enterprise Resource Planning IT systems, which is expected to be substantially complete by the end of 2030, resulting in capital investments for software assets of US$1.3 billion and one-time restructuring cash costs of US$0.5 billion, over the full course of the project.

Run-rate pre-tax benefits, before reinvestment, are now expected to be approximately US$2.2 billion by the end of 2026. In line with established practice, restructuring costs will be excluded from AstraZeneca's Core (non-GAAP) financial measures.

In 2025, AstraZeneca recorded restructuring charges of approximately US$0.2 billion in relation to the PAAGR (2024: US$1.1 billion), bringing the cumulative charges to date under this programme to US$3.4 billion.

As at 31 December 2025, the PAAGR has realised annual run-rate pre-tax benefits, before reinvestment, of US$1.9 billion.

Other programmes

Legacy programmes include the centralisation of AstraZeneca's global R&D footprint. Net costs for legacy programmes in 2025 were US$6 million (2024: US$39 million).

The aggregate restructuring charge incurred in 2025 across all of AstraZeneca's restructuring programmes was US$237 million (2024: US$1,154 million). Final estimates for programme costs, benefits and headcount impact in all functions are subject to completion of the requisite consultation in the various areas.

AstraZeneca's priority, as it undertakes these restructuring initiatives, is to work with its affected employees on the proposed changes, acting in accordance with relevant local consultation requirements and employment law.

Business Review

Science and innovation

AstraZeneca uses its scientific capabilities and focuses on transformative science to accelerate the delivery of high-quality, life-changing medicines.

During 2025, AstraZeneca:

invested US$14.2 billion in its R&D

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had one new molecular entity ("NME") first approval, taking it to nine NMEs delivered against its Ambition 2030;
had 97 regulatory events and 38 pipeline progressions;
had 197 pipeline projects, of which 176 are in the clinical phase of development;
published 718 manuscripts with 135 in 'high-impact' journals; and
since 2019, the number of R&D employees in China has grown significantly from over 300 to more than 1,200.

Research and Development

In 2025, AstraZeneca continued to progress its science and pipeline, committed to early diagnosis and treatment, improving its understanding of disease biology and advancing its scientific modalities across disease areas.

Enhancing AstraZeneca's understanding of disease biology

Advancing AstraZeneca's understanding of disease biology is helping uncover novel drivers for the diseases it aims to prevent, treat and even cure. Selecting the right target remains the most important decision in drug discovery.

2025 developments included: (i) achieved 40 per cent. representation of individuals with non-European genetic ancestries in AstraZeneca's human genomic datasets, driving several high-impact publications that demonstrate the importance of diversity in genetic research; (ii) delivered industry-leading genomic insights while remaining sustainable, redesigning algorithms that cut CO2 emissions and compute time by 99.8 per cent. compared to global standards; (iii) launched partnership with Illumina and industry partners to generate a 1-billion cell atlas, accelerating novel target discovery and expanding AI training data 1,000-fold through improved disease understanding; and (iv) established landmark 10-year partnership with the University of Gothenburg, Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, and Region Västra Götaland to tackle obesity and metabolic diseases including a new Gothenburg-based research professorship launching in 2026.

Creating the next generation of therapeutics

AstraZeneca continues to advance its intentionally diverse portfolio of therapeutic modalities across disease areas, including cutting-edge platform technologies for innovative small molecules, biologics and genomic medicines.

2025 developments included: (i) advanced AstraZeneca's proprietary antibody drug conjugates with Phase I clinical data for torvu-sam (FRα) in ovarian cancer presented at ESMO and first subject in for the pivotal BLUESTAR-Endometrial01 trial with puxi-sam (B7-H4)s; (ii) data published in Nature Communications describes AstraZeneca's novel platform for enabling next-generation engineered TCR-T therapies based on high-throughput TCR discovery from diagnostic tumour biopsies; (iii) Expanded AZD0120 (BCMAxCD19 dual targeting) autologous CAR T-cell therapy programme across oncology, immunology and rare diseases with clinical data presented at The American Society for Hematology Annual Meeting from AstraZeneca's first US trial demonstrating high complete response rates in multiple myeloma and an encouraging safety profile. AZD0120 expansion continued in systemic lupus erythematosus with Phase I starts and Investigator Initiated data presented at the European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology and the American College of Rheumatology, as well as Phase I starts in multiple sclerosis, a basket study in rheumatoid arthritis systemic sclerosis and idiopathic inflammatory myopathies, and rare diseases including amyloid light-chain amyloidosis; (vi) advanced pipeline of CD8+ guided modalities, designed for more selective tumour-targeting with multiple disclosures including AZD9793 (GPC3 T-cell engager) and AZD6750 (CD8+ IL-2 immunocytokine); (v) acquired EsoBiotec to accelerate AstraZeneca's in vivo cell therapy build through their ENaBL platform capabilities; (vi) entered into an agreement with Jacobio Pharma for JAB-23E73, a clinical-stage oral small molecule pan-KRAS inhibitor, with potential in pancreatic, colorectal and non-small cell lung cancers; (vii) Advancing genomic medicines into the clinic: gene therapy for BAG-3-related dilated cardiomyopathy and first siRNA therapy targeting complement C3 for antibody-mediated rejection after kidney transplantation, alongside expanded collaboration with JCR Pharmaceuticals and investment in Yoltech Therapeutics; (viii) progressed several novel molecular entities within CVRM into Phase I clinical trials,

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including AZD1613 (PAPPA-1) for autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease, AZD3974 (anti-inflammatory and anti-fibrotic mechanism) for cirrhosis, AZD4248 (NNMT) for cardiorenal disease, AZD4954 (Lp(a)) for dyslipidemia, and AZD4063 (PLN) for PLN R14del dilated cardiomyopathy, the first cardiac-targeted siRNA to reach clinical trials; (ix) entered the acute kidney injury space with AZD4144 (NLRP3), which has completed Phase I and is now advancing to Phase II; and (x) strengthened weight management portfolio through the acquisition of SixPeaks Bio, including early-stage assets that aim to preserve lean mass, modulate body composition and improve metabolic function by targeting activin signalling pathways.

Better predicting clinical success of AstraZeneca's candidate drug molecules

AstraZeneca is adopting a range of cutting-edge technologies, generating data that are more relevant to patients than previous methods, to help predict the clinical effectiveness of its candidate drug molecules.

2025 developments included: (i) established three-year collaboration with Sahlgrenska University to further AstraZeneca's current adipose tissue research capabilities to support healthy weight loss programmes aiming to address adipose tissue dysfunction; (ii) in collaboration with Roche Tissue Diagnostics and Daiichi Sankyo, received US Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") Breakthrough Device Designation ("BDD") for the VENTANA TROP2 RxDx Computational Solution which incorporates Quantitative Continuous Scoring, marking the first BDD for an AI-driven companion diagnostic; (iii) accelerated covalent drug discovery through advanced technology and strategic collaborations, including with the Gygi Lab at Harvard Medical School, to target previously undruggable proteins across multiple therapeutic areas; (iv) established strategic AI collaborations with Tempus and Pathos to develop the largest multimodal oncology foundation model. AstraZeneca acquired Modella AI to advance foundation models across oncology clinical development, in addition to advancing existing and new collaborations with ImmunAI, Syneron Bio, Stanford Medicine and Algen Biotechnologies – to complement its robust internal AI capabilities and enhance drug discovery and the probability of clinical success.; and (v) accelerated the identification of novel small molecules, oligonucleotides and biologics by applying AI technologies to predict molecular properties before synthesis so AstraZeneca can prioritise those most likely to deliver patient benefit.

Pioneering new approaches to engagement in the clinic

AstraZeneca is designing and delivering patient-centric clinical trials that improve the patient and site team experience while optimising the use of data, digital technologies and AI.

2025 developments included: (i) advanced AI medical devices for early, accurate detection of rare diseases, including hypophosphatasia in adults and FDA-cleared AI for cardiac amyloidosis, through collaborations with Pangaea Data and InVision; and (ii) transformed clinical trial operations across therapy areas through enhancing AI-driven patient data collection and digital consent, reducing consent form length by 35 per cent., migrating 19 studies to new systems, and cutting processing time from 10 weeks to two.

Development Pipeline Overview

2025 was another remarkable year for pipeline development. AstraZeneca achieved 97 regulatory events, either submissions or approvals for its medicines in major markets, including one NME first approval. This success is supported by a robust pipeline of promising medicines. AstraZeneca had 38 significant pipeline progression events, including NME Phase II starts and pivotal Phase II/III investment decisions, showcasing AstraZeneca's potential for sustainable growth.

AstraZeneca's pipeline comprises 197 projects, of which 176 are in the clinical phase of development. It has 20 NME projects in pivotal trials or under regulatory review, up from 19 at the end of 2024. In 2025, 35 NMEs progressed to their next development phase, while 20 projects were discontinued: 11 due to safety or efficacy, eight due to strategic shifts and one due to regulatory reasons.

Accelerating AstraZeneca's pipeline

AstraZeneca is prioritising its investment in specific programmes, focusing on scientific innovation, patient benefit and return on investment. This has led to AstraZeneca receiving 12 Regulatory Designations for Breakthrough Therapy, Priority Review, Accelerated or Fast Track for 10 new medicines which offer potential to address unmet medical need in certain diseases. It also secured Orphan Drug Designation for the development of three medicines to treat rare diseases.

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Animals in research

The responsible use of animals is a vital part of biomedical research and product safety testing, where suitable alternatives are not available. At the centre of AstraZeneca's commitment to quality science and animal welfare are the Replacement, Reduction and Refinement of animals in research (the 3Rs). All animal studies are undertaken in compliance with all relevant local and national laws and regulations, and with the principles of the 'Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals' (Institute for Laboratory Animal Research). Wherever possible, AstraZeneca works with third parties accredited by the Association for the Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care International.

Animals were needed for in-house studies 138,356 times in 2025 (2024: 141,947), and on AstraZeneca's behalf in contract research studies 63,869 times (2024: 63,810). In total, over 97 per cent. were rodents or fish, with the majority being mice (85 per cent.). The remainder is made up of rabbits, camelids, ferrets, dogs, pigs, non-human primates, chickens and sheep. Dogs and non-human primates make up less than 1 per cent. of the total. AstraZeneca does not conduct research using wild-caught non-human primates or great ape species, and AstraZeneca has an animal welfare assurance programme that ensures research conducted by third parties meets its high standards. AstraZeneca is committed to transparency and is signatory to the Concordat on Openness on Animal Research (UK), the Openness Agreement on Animal Research and Teaching (Australia/New Zealand) and the U.S. Animal Research Openness Agreement.

Delivering growth

In 2025:

AstraZeneca's total revenue, comprising product sales, alliance revenue and collaboration revenue, increased by 9 per cent. (8 per cent. at CER) to US$58,739 million;
AstraZeneca committed to high ethical standards: 434 employees and third parties were removed from their role as a result of a breach; and
AstraZeneca delivered 217 successful on-time market launches.

Sales and marketing

AstraZeneca's growth is delivered by its commercial teams, which employed 47,400 people at the end of 2025. AstraZeneca has an active presence in more than 80 countries and sells its products in more than 125 countries. In most markets, AstraZeneca sells its medicines through wholly-owned local marketing companies, as well as distributors and local representative offices. AstraZeneca's products are primarily marketed to primary and specialty care physicians.

US

Total revenue increased by 10 per cent. in 2025 to US$25,450 million, driven by the continued demand growth of AstraZeneca's medicines.

The US healthcare system is complex. Multiple payers and intermediaries influence patient access to branded medicines through regulatory rebates in government programmes and voluntary rebates paid to private insurers for commercially insured patients. Significant pricing pressure is driven by payer consolidation, restrictive reimbursement policies and cost control tools which reduce patient access.

In October 2025, AstraZeneca announced an agreement with the US administration to lower the cost of prescription medicines in America. AstraZeneca voluntarily agreed to a range of measures that will enable the American healthcare system and patients to access medicines at prices that are equalised with those available in other wealthy countries. AstraZeneca also reached an agreement with the US Department of Commerce for a three-year exemption of Section 232 tariffs on medicines imported to the US, enabling the Group to onshore medicines manufacturing so that substantially all of its medicines sold in the US are made in the US.

The Inflation Reduction Act ("IRA") of 2022 was passed to address Medicare spending concerns. Farxiga was selected for the first round of Medicare price negotiations under the IRA. As the Maximum Fair Price for

Medicare has now taken effect in 2026, coinciding in the same year as the expected US loss of market exclusivity that will also reduce Farxiga's price, the overall impact is expected to be manageable.

Calquence was selected for the second round of price negotiations in 2025. Its Maximum Fair Price for Medicare will take effect in 2027. AstraZeneca's diversified product portfolio, providing a broad spectrum of treatments across therapy areas, well position it to mitigate business impact.

Emerging Markets

Total revenue in Emerging Markets predominantly comprising countries in Latin America, the Middle East, Africa and Asia, was US$15,303 million, up 12 per cent. (14 per cent. at CER). Total revenue for China increased by 4 per cent. (four per cent. at CER) to US$6,654 million (2024: US$6,413 million). Ex-China Emerging Markets Total Revenue grew by 19 per cent. (22 per cent. at CER), with continued increased across all therapy areas.

Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 AstraZeneca continues to provide practical support to ensure the safety, health and wellbeing of its employees. As a healthcare business, AstraZeneca is doing everything possible to ensure medical supply chains continue to operate and that patients in both countries are able to access its medicines, while complying with sanctions imposed on Russia.

Europe

Total revenue was US$12,739 million, up 5 per cent. (1 per cent. at CER), with continued growth in Oncology and BioPharmaceuticals.

Established Rest of World

Established Rest of World comprises Japan, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. In 2025, total revenue increased by 5 per cent. (6 per cent. at CER) to US$5,247 million, with sales in Japan up 6 per cent. (five per cent. at CER) to US$3,768 million. Growth was driven by strong performance from Oncology and R&I medicines.

Operations

AstraZeneca's manufacturing and supply function continued to support business growth and pipeline development, maintaining excellence in product launch, quality and resilient supply, with focus on progressive, sustainable processes. In 2025, AstraZeneca made strong progress against its Operations strategic goals, expanding capacity and new modality capability, while leveraging new technology and AI innovations to sustainably support the demands of the business: (i) AstraZeneca delivered 217 successful on-time market launches across markets; (ii) AstraZeneca progressed its investments in manufacturing footprint, technology and AI innovations; and (iii) AstraZeneca's Operations function achieved an 89 per cent. reduction in its Scope 1 and Scope 2 global greenhouse gas ("GHG") emissions, a 24 per cent. reduction in water use, and a 23 per cent. reduction in waste against a 2015 baseline.

Patient safety and product quality

AstraZeneca's business model requires the supply of safe and high-quality medicines, which are constantly and carefully monitored during their entire life-cycle. AstraZeneca is dedicated to patient safety and bases its behaviours on its belief that everyone deserves to have confidence in the safety, quality and efficacy of its medicines.

AstraZeneca ensures that the development, licensing, manufacturing, distribution and monitoring of active pharmaceutical ingredients ("APIs"), medicinal products and devices comply with international codes, Good Pharmaceutical Practices, including Good Manufacturing Practice, Good Distribution Practice and Good Pharmacovigilance Practices, and AstraZeneca's Good Regulatory Practice. AstraZeneca continuously monitors the safety, quality and efficacy of its medicines throughout their life-cycle to maintain product confidence.

AstraZeneca ensures patient safety through key policies and standards such as its Code, Quality Policy, Quality Standards and Good Pharmaceutical Practice. AstraZeneca is also a member of the Biotechnology Innovation Organization, International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations, the European

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Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations, the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America and the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry, and adhere to their industry codes.

Managing AstraZeneca's supply chain

In a year marked by elevated geopolitical and macroeconomic turbulence and capacity shortages, the external environment tested supply chains globally. Drug shortages reached record levels, weather-related disruptions intensified, quality challenges persisted industry-wide, and geopolitical events now encompass trade and tariff uncertainty, driving cost pressure and friction at borders. Simultaneously, conflicts and instability in key regions forced rapid route reconfiguration and heightened the need for robust business continuity planning. Against this backdrop, AstraZeneca has continued to meet its responsibilities to patients. AstraZeneca sustained high customer service, protected supply, ensured quality, launched new products on time, and built capacity and resilience to secure sustainable growth.

Global manufacturing capability

AstraZeneca's principal tablet and capsule formulation and packing sites are in the UK, Sweden, China, Puerto Rico and the US, with local supply sites in Egypt, Japan and Russia, and regional supply sites in Brazil, Indonesia and Mexico. AstraZeneca also has major formulation sites for the global supply of parenteral and/or inhalation products in the US, Sweden, France, Australia and the UK. Most of the manufacture of APIs is delivered through the efficient use of external sourcing that is complemented by expanding use of internal capabilities. For biologics, AstraZeneca's principal commercial manufacturing facilities are in the US, Ireland, Sweden, the UK and the Netherlands. AstraZeneca's network contains capabilities in process development, drug substance and drug product manufacturing, and distribution.

In July 2025, AstraZeneca announced its intention to invest a US$4.5 billion new manufacturing facility in Charlottesville, Virginia, US. The new facility will produce drug substances for AstraZeneca's weight management and metabolic portfolio, as well as its leading ADC cancer portfolio. The facility will be at the forefront of technological innovation, leveraging AI, automation and data analytics to optimise production. In November 2025, AstraZeneca announced a further US$2 billion expansion of its manufacturing footprint in Maryland, US. AstraZeneca's investment in its existing Frederick Biologics facility will double capacity. Additionally, AstraZeneca will build a new facility in Gaithersburg, US, to produce medicines for clinical supply.

In May 2025, manufacturing ceased at AstraZeneca's tablet facility in Bangalore, India. The intent to exit was announced in November 2023.

At the end of 2025, AstraZeneca employed 16,900 people at 31 operations sites in 15 countries.

People and sustainability

In 2025, AstraZeneca received 1.2 million applications and hired 19,000 employees (7,000 internal and 12,000 external). In addition:

Over 5,800 employees participated in a development programme;
51.5 per cent. of its senior middle management roles and above are filled by women;
AstraZeneca updated its health equity strategy, embedding health equity across science, healthcare delivery and community investment; and
AstraZeneca continued to decarbonise its value chain, including its own operations.

People

AstraZeneca relies on its global workforce to uphold its Code and behaviours in line with its values, to deliver its Ambition 2030 strategic priorities and work to sustain and improve short- and long-term performance.

Enabling an agile organisation

In 2025, AstraZeneca continued to build talent internally by investing in its workforce. AstraZeneca: (i) maintained the focus on building capability in its Global hubs. In 2025, 2,760 external hires were made in these

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locations; (ii) continued to develop internal talent and made 5,100 promotions during 2025; and (iii) focused on AI upskilling to enable employees to leverage AI in their roles. AstraZeneca also provided access to an AI agent builder, empowering teams to gain hands-on experience in developing and deploying AI-driven tools.

Developing skills and capabilities

AstraZeneca develops strategic capabilities for the future through targeted and inclusive development programmes, and high potential talent initiatives, supporting employees ranging from early talent and individual contributors to enterprise leaders. Its digital learning portal supports a continuous learning mindset underpinning a high-performing and innovative organisation. Its development programmes help AstraZeneca to unlock potential, drive innovation and foster an inclusive culture, building the capabilities of diverse future leaders in support of AstraZeneca's People strategy. All employees have access to AstraZeneca's global learning platform. AI-adoption is a key aspect of achieving AstraZeneca's strategic objectives by accelerating decision making and innovation. In 2025, more than 50,000 employees participated in AstraZeneca's Thriving in the Age of AI programme. AstraZeneca also continues to embed coaching skills to enhance performance and increase engagement.

Inclusion and diversity goals

AstraZeneca's global commitment to inclusion and diversity is woven into what it does, and is reflected in its Values and the behaviours that underpin them. Women comprise 54 per cent. (approximately 52,000) of AstraZeneca's global workforce and men 45 per cent. (approximately 43,300). At the end of 2025, there were seven women on AstraZeneca's Board (50 per cent. of the total). Five out of 10 SET members (50 per cent.) were women and five were men (50 per cent.). Directors of AstraZeneca's subsidiaries comprised of 209 women (45 per cent.) and 256 men (55 per cent.).

AstraZeneca's Board of Directors and the SET conduct quarterly reviews of its workforce composition. This encompasses gender, ethnicity and age representation among other things.

AstraZeneca is committed to hiring and promoting talent ethically and in compliance with applicable laws. AstraZeneca's Code and its supporting Standards are designed to help protect against unlawful discrimination on any relevant grounds. The Code covers recruitment and selection, performance management, career development and promotion, transfer, training, and reward. AstraZeneca embraces the cognitive differences of neurodivergent employees and supports employees with both seen and unseen disabilities in line with their country-specific laws and regulations. Where risk assessments can be performed, AstraZeneca will consider accommodating adjustments to the working environment that support an inclusive and safe workplace.

AstraZeneca's Global Standard for Inclusion and Diversity sets out how it fosters an inclusive and diverse workforce where everyone feels valued and respected because of their individual abilities and perspectives. In 2025, AstraZeneca's inclusion and diversity efforts earned recognition externally. AstraZeneca were featured in: (i) Forbes World's Top Companies for Women; (ii) Forbes World's Best Employers; (iii) Financial Times, Diversity Leaders 2026; and (iv) TIME World's Best Companies.

Health and Safety

AstraZeneca is committed to providing a work environment that is both physically and psychologically safe for everyone. AstraZeneca's Global Safety, Health and Environment ("SHE") Standard describes its management of and accountability for SHE. It does this by embracing a culture of learning and continuous improvement. AstraZeneca strives to maintain or exceed compliance with all company, legal and regulatory requirements ensuring that it is welcome in the communities in which it operates.

Sustainability

Approach to sustainability

AstraZeneca's sustainability reporting is prepared in line with the UK Companies Act 2006, the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive and European Sustainability Reporting Standards, EU Taxonomy on Sustainable Activities and the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures.

Sustainability is embedded in AstraZeneca's Growth Through Innovation strategy, with material sustainability topics aligned to its three strategic pillars and disclosed within the Business Review. This year AstraZeneca

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introduced the Sustainability Statement section in the Annual Report, setting out general disclosures such as basis for preparation, an overview of the double materiality assessment process and management of impacts, risks and opportunities, with policies, targets and metrics for each material topic.

Accessible and Affordable Healthcare

AstraZeneca's medicines impact more than 100 million patient lives annually, ranging from cancer and chronic diseases to rare diseases. AstraZeneca is closing healthcare gaps along the entire patient journey to improve access to screening, early detection, diagnosis and treatment, and innovating to deliver its life-changing medicines in a sustainable and equitable way.

Affordability and pricing

AstraZeneca takes a broad and collective approach across diverse global healthcare systems, working with payers and policymakers to promote widespread, sustainable access. AstraZeneca's tailored programmes address local health needs, strengthen health systems resilience and enhance affordability by partnering with country-specific health systems to deliver medicines in a locally accessible way. In 2025, AstraZeneca's key continuous initiatives included: (i) health system strengthening: to build resilient and sustainable health systems, AstraZeneca partners with health system stakeholders to transform care by providing evidence-based recommendations and co-creating solutions that help to reduce disease progression, hospital admissions and premature deaths, globally; (ii) customised solutions for out-of-pocket gaps: supporting patients' ability to stay on prescribed therapies; (iii) patient assistance programmes: assisting those unable to pay and addressing funding gaps, enabling patients to fund part of their treatment in line with their affordability and means, and in a manner consistent with applicable laws; and (iv) tailored payment models: leveraging tiered pricing and innovative solutions such as, value-based agreements, to maximise patient access.

Clinical trial representation

AstraZeneca aims to achieve more representative clinical trial populations to better reflect the patient communities it serves. In 2025, AstraZeneca extended its real-time dashboard for measuring representativeness of Phase III studies to Canada, building on previous launches in the US and Brazil in 2024. AstraZeneca actively participate in public-private partnerships including the Innovative Health Initiative's Research in Europe and Diversity Inclusion, ESMO, and the Cancer Drug Development Forum to enhance trial representativeness, while contributing to the scientific community through publications in the American Society of Clinical Oncology Educational Book series that outline methods for improving clinical trial representation. Additionally, AstraZeneca is partnering with community-focused organisations such as Acclinate and Black Health Matters, as well as not-for-profit organisations including the Sexual Gender Minority Alliance, National Medical Fellowship, and Women Health Access Matters, all aimed at improving representation across its clinical trials.

Key early and post-trial access

AstraZeneca reaffirms its approach to early and post-clinical trial access to medicines, providing its therapies to those in need prior to regulatory approval in specific countries, in addition to its approach to continue treating patients after the termination of clinical trials, ensuring ongoing access and continuity of care. Patients who face serious or life-threatening illnesses, and have exhausted alternative treatment options, will have their requests for early access to investigational medicinal products carefully considered. This applies to those unable to participate in clinical trials, and is carried out through appropriate early access pathways in accordance with local laws and regulations. Where appropriate, AstraZeneca's approach also includes supporting continued treatment after clinical trial participation (post-trial access), ensuring safe, ethical, timely and lawful patient support prior to product approval in their respective countries.

Climate change

In support of AstraZeneca's Ambition 2030, it has set and is delivering action on its corporate climate targets. AstraZeneca is decarbonising its value chain including its own operations, and through global initiatives and collaboration with its own peers, it is driving action to accelerate the delivery of net-zero healthcare. Failure to meet regulatory requirements, voluntary sustainability targets and stakeholder expectations could adversely affect AstraZeneca's reputation with key stakeholders.

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Transition plan for climate change

In 2020, AstraZeneca launched its Ambition Zero Carbon strategy, through which it is pursuing decarbonisation targets compatible with the limiting of global warming to 1.5°C and making progress towards achieving net zero by 2045. AstraZeneca's near- and long-term GHG emissions target were verified under the Science Based Targets Initiative ("SBTi") Net-Zero Corporate Standard in 2021. AstraZeneca is targeting a 98 per cent. absolute reduction in Scope 1 and 2 by 2026 (2015 baseline), a 35 per cent. absolute reduction in total Scope 3 by 2030 and 90 per cent. by 2045 (2019 baseline), and net zero by 2045.

Delivering these targets requires whole value-chain decarbonisation across Scopes 1, 2 and 3, through levers which eliminate, reduce, substitute and then neutralise residual emissions to achieve net zero. Specific decarbonisation levers are described below.

AstraZeneca has a near-term target of 98 per cent. absolute reduction in Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions by 2026 from a 2015 baseline. By the end of 2025, AstraZeneca achieved 88.1 per cent.. AstraZeneca faces localised challenges across its global operations with accessing sources of renewable energy to decarbonise site operations and to procure and operate electric vehicles, that present transition risks for delivering reductions to its Scope 1 and 2 GHG footprint against its 2026 target.

Over 95 per cent. of AstraZeneca's total GHG emissions are in the upstream and downstream value chain. To support AstraZeneca's longer-term target of 35 per cent. reduction in total Scope 3 GHG emissions by 2030 and 90 per cent. reduction by 2045, from a 2019 baseline, it is engaging with suppliers for them to set validated science-based targets to cover most of its supplier spend by the end of 2025. Achieving Scope 3 targets requires extensive global decarbonisation across AstraZeneca's entire supply chain, including AstraZeneca's product portfolio which represents a large portion of its GHG emissions. Pharmaceutical products have a long development cycle, which makes it critical to design and embed climate considerations at an early stage for future products now in development. In addition, to achieve AstraZeneca's goals, it must tackle emissions from its existing commercial portfolio, which creates challenges with heavily regulated production processes and materials.

AstraZeneca is conducting a scheduled review of its SBTi-verified Net-Zero Corporate Standard targets in line with SBTi timelines, taking the opportunity to embed learnings from the past five years. This includes certain targets disclosed in previous years. AstraZeneca expects to communicate the outcomes in 2026.

Governance

AstraZeneca's executive-led SET Sustainability Governance Group is accountable for the delivery of Ambition Zero Carbon and its transition plan. Regular governance updates and proposals are provided to the Group, which in 2025 included AstraZeneca's CEO, CFO, Chief Human Resources Officer and Gener Counsel, and the EVP, Global Operations, IT & Chief Sustainability Officer. The Sustainability Committee monitors progress on Ambition Zero Carbon. Sustainability reporting is overseen by the Audit Committee. The CEO's responsibilities to the Board include the development and performance of the Ambition Zero Carbon strategy and related risks and opportunities. The EVP, Global Operations, IT & Chief Sustainability Officer is responsible for the Ambition Zero Carbon strategy and its execution, and all SET members have responsibility for working with their teams to ensure alignment of the Ambition Zero Carbon strategy with business priorities and climate risks and opportunities.

Initiatives approved by the SET Sustainability Governance Group are included in the relevant management units' financial planning.

Nature

As AstraZeneca works to enhance patient health outcomes through advances in medical treatments, it aims to manage its dependencies and impacts on nature by designing them out where it can and addressing those that remain across its raw material sourcing, production, use and disposal of its medicines.

AstraZeneca strives to minimise the environmental impact of its products from discovery to disposal, in alignment with its Code. This approach is embedded into key internal processes and procedures through the life-cycle of its medicines, such as the OneSHE Framework.

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Pharmaceuticals in the environment

Pharmaceutical residues entering the environment is currently an unavoidable result of the patient use of medicines. AstraZeneca recognises its most material water pollution impact as the APIs in its products. APIs are biologically active molecules and may interact with and impact wildlife in the environment. AstraZeneca has ongoing programmes and processes across the value chain to minimise the impact of pharmaceuticals in the environment, as part of its ambition to lower the environmental burden of healthcare, while improving health outcomes and reducing its exposure to environmental risks.

EcoPharmacoVigilance

AstraZeneca's EcoPharmacoVigilance approach reviews emerging science and peer-reviewed literature to inform and improve AstraZeneca's environmental risk assessments associated with its APIs. AstraZeneca monitors measurements of its products in the water bodies across the world that are published in scientific journals and publish those results on its website, as well as industry-leading dashboard, where users can visualise. It shows that, where detection of AstraZeneca's APIs have been reported in scientific literature, the measured concentrations pose low or insignificant environmental risk in over 99 per cent. of cases. There can be some location-specific environmental risks for particular pharmaceuticals, especially in regions where there may be inadequate sewage treatment and/or high populations discharging waste into rivers with low-dilution conditions.

PFAS Restrictions

In the EU, the European Chemicals Agency ("ECHA") is evaluating a proposed restriction of PFAS, employing a broad, structure-based definition of PFAS. The proposal potentially impacts a family of more than 10,000 chemicals which are used across many industries. In other jurisdictions, including the UK, the US and Canada, policymakers have signalled their intent to restrict, or have initiated reviews aimed at restricting, PFAS chemicals. Definitions of PFAS may vary by jurisdiction, and scopes and timelines for regulatory action differ.

Not all materials classified as PFAS, nor all uses of such materials, present equivalent environmental or human-health risks. Certain PFAS materials play important roles across the biopharmaceutical value chain, supporting process integrity and product quality; in certain applications, technically viable alternatives are not available, making complete substitution challenging.

AstraZeneca applies a science-based approach to its management of PFAS use, which includes ongoing evaluation and implementation of reductions or substitutions of PFAS materials wherever possible, while continuing to protect medicines for patients, including ensuring supply security, patient safety and regulatory compliance. Proposals for blanket bans of PFAS that do not account for essential uses could potentially affect development, manufacturing, packaging and drug delivery of medicines, raising a potential risk of shortages or the removal of therapeutic options, with significant impact for patients and public health.

In the EU and globally, AstraZeneca is working with relevant authorities and experts to ensure any new regulations regarding the use of PFAS meet patient, public health and environmental needs, and protect the supply of medicines to patients in the EU and globally. These activities include industry-wide engagements in public-private partnerships on PFAS exposure, emissions, and end-of-life management in the healthcare sector, as well as AstraZeneca's contributions to the ECHA's public consultations on the PFAS Restriction Proposal.

AZ ethics

AstraZeneca's Code asks employees to report possible violations and provides information on how to do so. This includes via the AZ Ethics helpline and website, which are also available to third parties, as well as AstraZeneca's intranet site and social media platform. This is also included in the annual Code training. AstraZeneca continues to foster a culture where employees can speak their minds, with strong first-line oversight (and related reporting) as well as targeted second-line monitoring to identify concerns early and use learnings to improve its programme. AstraZeneca's Pulse survey enables management and the Board to understand the views and sentiments of its employees, including the proportion of employees who feel comfortable speaking up at work. The resulting report also demonstrates how AstraZeneca's values and behaviours are embedded across the workforce, including a summary metric dashboard organised by category, with remedial action taken on any concerns identified and discussed as necessary. AstraZeneca also sees regular usage of reporting channels across markets, evidencing that individuals are aware of how to report concerns.

Reporting can be done anonymously, where permitted by local law, through AstraZeneca's helpline or via line managers or relevant functions such as Compliance or HR, who will carry out an investigation. Issues raised via AZ Ethics are triaged and assigned accordingly for action, with cases tracked and monitored for completion. Anyone who raises a potential breach in good faith is fully supported by management in confidence (subject to disclosure obligations in local markets) and AstraZeneca does not tolerate retaliation. Any whistleblower can report violations inside and outside the organisation (to the designated authority or the media), with the same level of protection, regardless of the means of reporting. The most serious incident reports from whistleblowers – those implicating senior leaders or involving other allegations of serious misconduct (including alleged bribery or corruption) – are promptly, independently and objectively investigated by AstraZeneca's Global Compliance Investigations team, an above-market investigatory unit within the Global Compliance function. Investigators are part of Compliance or HR and are not associated with the reporters or the implicated parties. In the event that someone within the Compliance or HR function is the subject of an investigation, the matter is managed by someone not involved with the implicated party and in certain cases, a third party may be retained to conduct the investigation. AZ Ethics is compliant with Directive (EU) 2019/1937 of the European Parliament and of the Council.

There were 4,441 instances (instances can involve multiple people) of employee and third-party non-compliance with AstraZeneca's Code. A total of 434 employees and third parties were removed from their role as a result of a breach and 1,810 received warnings. Breaches primarily consist of low-impact incidents.

Group Structure

AstraZeneca PLC is the ultimate holding company of the Group. The principal subsidiaries of AstraZeneca PLC, being those subsidiaries which account for more than (i) 10 per cent. of the Group's operating income; or (ii) 10 per cent. of the Group's assets; or (iii) if the Group's total investment in the subsidiary exceeds 10 per cent. of the Group's assets as at 31 December 2025, are listed below.

As at 31 December 2025	Country	Percentage of Voting Share Capital Held (per cent.)
United Kingdom
AstraZeneca Intermediate Holdings Limited	England	100
AstraZeneca UK Limited	England	100
AstraZeneca Treasury Limited	England	100
Continental Europe
Alexion Pharma International Operations Limited	Ireland	100
AstraZeneca AB	Sweden	100
AstraZeneca Biotech AB	Sweden	100
The Americas
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	United States	100
AstraZeneca Finance and Holdings Inc.	United States	100
AstraZeneca Finance LLC	United States	100
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, LP	United States	100
Zeneca Holdings Inc.	United States	100

Major Shareholdings

As at 31 December 2025, the following had disclosed an interest in the issued ordinary share capital of AstraZeneca PLC in accordance with the requirements of section 5.1.2 or 5.1.5 of the United Kingdom Listing Authority's Disclosure Rules and Transparency Rules:

Shareholder	Number of shares	Date of disclosure to AstraZeneca PLC	Percentage of issued share capital (per cent.)
BlackRock, Inc.	100,885,181	4 December 2009	6.96
Investor AB	51,587,810	3 April 2019	3.93
The Capital Group Companies, Inc.	77,125,348	3 December 2025	4.97
Wellington Management Group LLP	65,120,892	21 July 2020	4.96
Wellington Management Company LLP	65,118,411	21 July 2020	4.96

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Board of Directors

The Directors and Secretary of AstraZeneca PLC as at 8 June 2026, their functions in AstraZeneca PLC and their principal outside activities (if any) of significance to AstraZeneca PLC are as follows:

Name	Function within AstraZeneca PLC	Principal Outside Activity (if any) of significance to AstraZeneca PLC
Pascal Soriot	Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer	Board of Agilent Technologies Inc. and Sustainable Markets Initiative Limited.
Aradhana Sarin	Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer	Board of Governors of the American Red Cross and an independent director and Audit Committee member of Anheuser-Busch InBev.
Michel Demaré	Non-Executive Chair, Chair of the Nomination and Governance Committee and member of the Remuneration Committee.	Non-Executive Director of Vodafone Group plc and Louis Dreyfus Int'l Holding BV.
Philip Broadley	Senior Independent Non-Executive Director, Chair of the Audit Committee, and member of the Remuneration Committee and the Nomination and Governance Committee.	Non-Executive Chair of Lancashire Holdings Limited and Non-Executive Director of Bupa.
Euan Ashley	Non-Executive Director, Chair of the Science Committee and member of the Nomination and Governance Committee.	Arthur L. Bloomfield Professor of Medicine, Genetics and Biomedical Data Science, the Chair of the Department of Medicine at Stanford University, and a member of the Board of Directors at DexCom, Inc.
Karen Knudsen	Non-Executive Director and member of the Science Committee and Sustainability Committee.	CEO of the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy. Professor Emerita of Thomas Jefferson University and the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center. Board Member of 3T Biosciences, Independent Director of Exai Bio, board member of Research America and of Paradigm Health, and board advisor for ArteraAI
Diana Layfield	Non-Executive Director and member of the Science Committee and Remuneration Committee	CEO of Monzo Group, Chair of British International Investment plc and a Council Member of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.
Anna Manz	Non-Executive Director and member of the Audit Committee	CFO of Nestlé S.A. and member of Nestlé's Executive Board.
Sheri McCoy	Non-Executive Director, Chair of the Remuneration Committee and member of the Audit Committee, the Sustainability Committee and the Nomination and Governance Committee	Member of the boards of Stryker Corporation, Kimberly-Clark, Galderma and Sail Biomedicines. Industrial advisor for EQT, in connection with which she serves as Chair of Parexel and Chair of Dechra.

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Name	Function within AstraZeneca PLC	Principal Outside Activity (if any) of significance to AstraZeneca PLC
Tony Mok	Non-Executive Director, Chair of the Sustainability Committee and member of the Science Committee and Nomination and Governance Committee	Non-Executive Director of HUTCHMED (China) Limited, member of the Scientific Advisory Board of Prenetics Global Limited and serves on the board of Insights.
Marcus Wallenberg	Non-Executive Director and Member of the Science Committee and the Sustainability Committee	Chair of Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB, Saab AB, Wallenberg Investments AB and FAM AB. Vice-Chair of Investor AB and EQT AB. Chair of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences. Board member of the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation.
Birgit Conix	Non-Executive Director and Member of the Audit Committee and the Sustainability Committee	Member of the ASML's Supervisory Board is Chair of its ESG Committee and a member of its Audit Committee, and serves on Ricola's Board and is Chair of its Audit Committee.
Matthew Bowden	Company Secretary	None

The business address of each of the Directors and the Company Secretary referred to above is 1 Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge CB2 0AA.

There are no potential conflicts of interest between the duties to AstraZeneca PLC of its Directors and the Company Secretary and their private interests and other duties.

Pipeline developments

On 6 January 2026, AstraZeneca announced positive full results from the Phase III TULIP-SC trial, showed that subcutaneous administration of Saphnelo (anifrolumab) demonstrated a statistically significant and clinically meaningful reduction in disease activity compared to placebo in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.

On 30 January 2026, AstraZeneca announced a new strategic collaboration agreement with CSPC Pharmaceuticals to advance the development of multiple next-generation therapies for obesity and type 2 diabetes across eight programmes. Under this agreement, the companies will initially progress four programmes, which utilise CSPC's advanced AI-driven peptide drug discovery platform and their proprietary LiquidGel once-monthly dosing platform technology. AstraZeneca will receive exclusive global rights outside of China to CSPC's once-monthly injectable weight management portfolio, comprising one clinical-ready asset, SYH2082, a long-acting GLP1R/GIPR agonist progressing into Phase I and three preclinical programmes with differing mechanisms designed to provide extended therapeutic benefits for people living with obesity and weight-related conditions.

On 2 February 2026, AstraZeneca announced that its Imfinzi (durvalumab) in combination with standard-of-care FLOT chemotherapy has been recommended for approval in the EU for the treatment of adult patients with resectable, early-stage and locally advanced (Stages II, III, IVA) gastric and gastroesophageal junction ("GEJ") cancers. The regimen includes neoadjuvant Imfinzi in combination with chemotherapy before surgery, followed by adjuvant Imfinzi in combination with chemotherapy, then Imfinzi monotherapy.

On 3 February 2026, AstraZeneca announced that the FDA issued a complete response letter regarding the Biologics License Application for Saphnelo (anifrolumab) for subcutaneous administration in adult patients with SLE. AstraZeneca subsequently provided the information requested in the complete response letter and is committed to working with the FDA to progress the application as quickly as possible.

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On 3 February 2026, AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo announced that their supplemental Biologics License Application ("sBLA") for Datroway (datopotamab deruxtecan) has been accepted and granted Priority Review in the US for the treatment of adult patients with unresectable or metastatic triple-negative breast cancer who are not candidates for PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitor therapy.

On 13 February 2026, AstraZeneca announced positive full results from the Phase III KALOS and LOGOS trials, showed that Breztri Aerosphere (budesonide/glycopyrronium/formoterol fumarate or BGF) demonstrated statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvements in patients with uncontrolled asthma compared with dual-combination inhaled ICS/LABA medicines: Symbicort (budesonide/formoterol fumarate or BFF, a standard therapeutic option), PT009 (BFF in an Aerosphere formulation) and the Symbicort and PT009 treatment groups combined. Breztri is a single-inhaler, fixed-dose triple-combination of ICS/LABA and a long-acting muscarinic antagonist ("LAMA").

On 20 February 2026, AstraZeneca announced that its Calquence (acalabrutinib) in combination with venetoclax has been approved in the US as the first all-oral, fixed-duration regimen for the treatment of adult patients with CLL and small lymphocytic lymphoma.

On 9 March 2026, AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo announced that their sBLA for Enhertu (trastuzumab deruxtecan) has been accepted and granted Priority Review in the US for the treatment of adult patients with HER2-positive breast cancer who have residual invasive disease after neoadjuvant HER2-targeted treatment.

On 16 March 2026, AstraZeneca announced that its Imfinzi (durvalumab) in combination with standard-of-care FLOT chemotherapy has been approved in the EU for the treatment of adult patients with resectable, early-stage and locally advanced (Stages II, III, IVA) GEJ cancers. The regimen includes two cycles of Imfinzi in combination with chemotherapy before and after surgery, followed by Imfinzi monotherapy.

On 27 March 2026, AstraZeneca announced positive high-level results from the Phase III OBERON and TITANIA trials in patients with COPD showed that tozorakimab reduced the annualised rate of moderate-to-severe COPD exacerbations compared with placebo, in the primary population of former smokers, and in the overall population, which included former and current smokers, and patients across all blood eosinophil counts and all stages of lung function severity. Tozorakimab was generally well tolerated with a favourable safety profile.

On 31 March 2026, AstraZeneca announced positive results for the efzimfotase alfa (ALXN1850) Phase III clinical programme, designed to study a broad hypophosphatasia patient population. The global clinical programme, which included two randomised, placebo-controlled trials and one randomised, open-label, active-controlled paediatric switch trial, enrolled 196 patients spanning children, adolescents and adults with either paediatric-onset or adult-onset hypophosphatasia across 22 countries.

On 2 April 2026, AstraZeneca announced positive high-level results from the EMERALD-3 Phase III trial showed AstraZeneca's Imfinzi (durvalumab) in combination with Imjudo (tremelimumab), lenvatinib and transarterial chemoembolisation ("TACE") demonstrated a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in the primary endpoint of progression-free survival versus TACE alone for patients with uHCC eligible for embolisation.

On 10 April 2026, AstraZeneca announced that Alexion, AstraZeneca Rare Disease, will deliver 20 presentations, including five oral presentations across generalised myasthenia gravis ("gMG"), neurofibromatosis type 1 ("NF1") plexiform neurofibromas ("PN") and neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder ("NMOSD") at the American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois, 18 to 22 April 2026. Key presentations will include new results from the PREVAIL Phase III trial evaluating novel dual-binding nanobody gefurulimab in adults with anti-acetylcholine receptor antibody-positive gMG as well as a new substudy from the KOMET Phase III trial evaluating Koselugo (selumetinib) in adults with NF1 who have symptomatic, inoperable PN. An oral presentation will share new transcriptomics data from the CHAMPION-NMOSD Phase III trial, and additional presentations will highlight real-world evidence, including radiological outcomes, on the approved use of Ultomiris (ravulizumab) in NMOSD.

On 20 April 2026, AstraZeneca announced positive high-level results from the pivotal Phase III MIRANDA trial showed potential first-in-class tozorakimab demonstrated a statistically significant and clinically meaningful reduction in the annualised rate of moderate-to-severe COPD exacerbations in the primary population of former smokers and in the overall population, which included former and current smokers, and patients across all blood eosinophil counts and all stages of lung function severity.

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On 21 April 2026, AstraZeneca announced positive high-level results from a prespecified interim analysis of the I CAN Phase III trial showed that Ultomiris (ravulizumab) met its primary endpoint, demonstrating a statistically significant and clinically meaningful reduction of proteinuria, based on 24-hour urine protein creatinine ratio, at week 34 in adults with immunoglobulin A nephropathy who are at risk of disease progression. The primary endpoint of change from baseline in estimated glomerular filtration rate will be measured at week 106.

On 27 April 2026, AstraZeneca announced that its Saphnelo (anifrolumab) has been approved in the US for self-administration as a once-weekly autoinjector, the Saphnelo Pen, for the treatment of adult patients with SLE on top of standard therapy.

On 28 April 2026, AstraZeneca announced that its fixed-dose triple-combination therapy Breztri Aerosphere (budesonide/glycopyrrolate/formoterol fumarate or BGF 320/36/9.6μg) has been approved in the US for the maintenance treatment of asthma in adult and paediatric patients 12 years of age and older. Breztri is a single-inhaler that combines the efficacy of ICS/LABA medicines with a LAMA. Breztri was approved in the US in 2020 to treat adults with COPD and was prescribed to more than 6.8 million patients globally in 2025.

On 30 April 2026, AstraZeneca announced that the FDA Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee ("ODAC") did not reach a majority vote in favour of the benefit risk profile of AstraZeneca's camizestrant in combination with a cyclin-dependent kinase 4/6 inhibitor (palbociclib, ribociclib or abemaciclib) for the 1st-line treatment of patients with hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative advanced breast cancer whose tumours have an emergent ESR1 mutation, based on the SERENA-6 Phase III trial.

On 30 April 2026, AstraZeneca announced that the FDA ODAC has recognised a favourable benefit risk profile for AstraZeneca's Truqap (capivasertib) in combination with abiraterone and androgen deprivation therapy for the treatment of patients with PTEN-deficient metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer, based on the CAPItello-281 Phase III trial.

On 12 May 2026, AstraZeneca announced positive results from the CALYPSO Phase III trial showed that eneboparatide (AZP-3601), an investigational parathyroid hormone 1 receptor agonist, met its composite primary endpoint, demonstrating a statistically significant and clinically meaningful normalisation of albumin-adjusted serum calcium levels and independence from active vitamin D and oral calcium supplements in adults with chronic hypoparathyroidism at week 24. These late-breaking results were presented today at the European Congress of Endocrinology in Prague, Czech Republic.

On 14 May 2026, AstraZeneca announced high-level results from a planned interim analysis of the VOLGA Phase III trial showed perioperative treatment with Imfinzi (durvalumab) in combination with neoadjuvant enfortumab vedotin demonstrated statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvements in event-free survival and overall survival in patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer versus standard of care. Patients were ineligible for or had declined cisplatin-based chemotherapy. Patients in the comparator arm had a radical cystectomy (surgery to remove the bladder) with or without approved adjuvant treatment.

On 15 May 2026, AstraZeneca announced that AstraZeneca's and Daiichi Sankyo's Enhertu (trastuzumab deruxtecan) has been approved by the FDA for both the neoadjuvant and adjuvant treatment of patients with HER2-positive early breast cancer based on results from the DESTINY-Breast11 and DESTINY-Breast05 Phase III trials, respectively.

On 18 May 2026, AstraZeneca announced that its Baxfondy (baxdrostat) has been approved in the US as a first-in-class aldosterone synthase inhibitor for the treatment of hypertension in combination with other antihypertensive medications, to lower blood pressure in adults who are not adequately controlled.

On 22 May 2026, AstraZeneca announced plans to showcase Phase III data in liver, breast and bladder cancers and potential first-in-class rare disease therapy at the American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting, 29 May to 2 June 2026. The EMERALD-3 late-breaking presentation will showcase benefit of Imfinzi and Imjudo in early liver cancer, the Phase III data from SERENA-6, DESTINY-Breast09 and TROPION-Breast02 span all three major subtypes of metastatic breast cancer and the CARES Phase III results will demonstrate highly clinically meaningful benefit of anti-fibril therapy, anselamimab, for kappa light chain amyloidosis.

On 22 May 2026 AstraZeneca announced that its camizestrant in combination with a cyclin-dependent kinase ("CDK") 4/6 inhibitor (palbociclib, ribociclib or abemaciclib) has been recommended for approval in the EU

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for the treatment of adult patients with estrogen receptor-positive, HER2-negative locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer upon detection of $ESR1$ mutation and without disease progression during 1st-line endocrine therapy in combination with a CDK4/6 inhibitor.

On 22 May 2026, AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo announced that their Enhertu (trastuzumab deruxtecan) has been recommended for approval in the EU as a monotherapy for the treatment of adult patients with unresectable or metastatic HER2-positive (immunohistochemistry 3+) solid tumours who have received prior treatment and who have no satisfactory treatment options.

On 22 May 2026, AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo announced that their Datroway (datopotamab deruxtecan) has been approved in the US for the treatment of adult patients with unresectable or metastatic triple-negative breast cancer who are not candidates for PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitor therapy.

On 27 May 2026, AstraZeneca announced that the FDA had informed AstraZeneca that it will extend the Prescription Drug User Fee Act date to review additional data requested to support the New Drug Application for camizestrant in combination with a cyclin-dependent kinase 4/6 inhibitor (palbociclib, ribociclib or abemaciclib) for the 1st-line treatment of patients with hormone receptor (HR)-positive, HER2-negative advanced breast cancer whose tumours have an emergent $ESR1$ mutation.

On 28 May 2026, AstraZeneca announced that its Imfinzi (durvalumab) in combination with Bacillus Calmette-Guérin ("BCG") induction and maintenance therapy has been approved in the US for the treatment of adult patients with BCG-naïve, high-risk non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer.

On 29 May 2026, AstraZeneca announced that its global CARES Phase III clinical programme showed that treatment with anselamimab, a potential first-in-class anti-fibril therapy, resulted in nominally statistically significant and highly clinically meaningful benefit in adults with advanced kappa light chain amyloidosis as first-line therapy added to standard of care plasma cell dyscrasia treatments, compared to placebo. In the overall population of patients with AL amyloidosis, treatment with anselamimab did not meet the primary endpoint, defined as a hierarchical combination of time to all-cause mortality and frequency of cardiovascular hospitalisations.

On 1 June 2026, AstraZeneca announced positive results from the EMERALD-3 Phase III trial showed AstraZeneca's Imfinzi (durvalumab) in combination with Imjudo (tremelimumab), lenvatinib and TACE, demonstrated a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in progression-free survival versus TACE alone for patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma eligible for embolisation. Patients in the investigational arms were treated with the STRIDE regimen (Single Tremelimumab Regular Interval Durvalumab), with or without lenvatinib, prior to TACE and then in combination with TACE thereafter.

On 2 June 2026, AstraZeneca announced further positive results from the Phase III SERENA-6 trial, showed that camizestrant plus a CDK 4/6 inhibitor – palbociclib, ribociclib or abemaciclib – maintained its progression-free survival benefit with longer follow-up and delivered a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in second progression-free survival, demonstrating sustained benefit beyond initial treatment. Additionally, exploratory analyses showed that the camizestrant combination profoundly reduced total circulating tumour DNA and enabled substantially more patients to achieve total circulating tumour DNA clearance.

On 6 June 2026, AstraZeneca announced positive results from a prespecified interim analysis of the I CAN Phase III trial evaluating Ultomiris (ravulizumab) demonstrated a statistically significant and clinically meaningful reduction in proteinuria from baseline, based on 24-hour urine protein creatinine ratio, compared to placebo at week 34 in adults with immunoglobulin A nephropathy who are at risk of disease progression.

Commercial developments

On 29 January 2026, AstraZeneca announced that it will invest US$15 billion in China through 2030 to expand medicines manufacturing and R&D. This investment will leverage the country's scientific excellence, advanced manufacturing, and China-UK healthcare ecosystem collaborations to deliver cutting-edge treatments to patients across China and globally.

On 2 February 2026, AstraZeneca announced that it had begun trading its ordinary shares on the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") for the first time, enabling more US investors to participate in AstraZeneca's strong

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growth. With this change the trading of AstraZeneca ordinary shares is now aligned across the NYSE, the London Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stockholm under a harmonised listing structure.

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DESCRIPTION OF ASTRAZENECA FINANCE LLC

General

AstraZeneca Finance is a direct wholly owned subsidiary of AstraZeneca Finance and Holdings Inc. which is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of AstraZeneca PLC.

AstraZeneca Finance was formed as a limited liability company on 6 May 2021 in the state of Delaware, United States of America with registered number 5899410 and 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, Delaware DE 19801, United States of America as its registered address. Its telephone number is +1 800 236 9933. The operating agreement of AstraZeneca Finance is governed by Delaware law. AstraZeneca Finance was formed to operate as a finance vehicle for the Group.

The issued capital of AstraZeneca Finance is US$350,000,010 consisting of 100 per cent. of the AstraZeneca Finance's membership interest.

Organisational Structure

The management of AstraZeneca Finance is made up of two directors and eight officers who manage the business of AstraZeneca Finance subject to constitutional and legislative restrictions.

As at 8 June 2026, the directors of AstraZeneca Finance are:

Name	Function	Principal other activities outside AstraZeneca Finance
Michael Elloian	Director	Director of AstraZeneca Finance and Holdings Inc., also holds a number of other directorships for subsidiaries within the Group.
Kevin Durning	Director	Director of AstraZeneca Finance and Holdings Inc., also holds a number of other directorships for subsidiaries within the Group.

As at 8 June 2026, the officers of AstraZeneca Finance are:

Name	Function
Richard J. Kenny	Secretary
Rob Nelson	Treasurer
Kevin Durning	President and Assistant Treasurer
Theresa Rogler	Assistant Treasurer
Michael Elloian	Assistant Treasurer
Stephen La Rosa	Assistant Treasurer

The business address of each of the directors and officers referred to above is 1800 Concord Pike, Wilmington, DE 19803, United States of America.

The directors and officers referred to above have no potential conflicts of interest between any duties owed to AstraZeneca Finance and their private interests or other duties.

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TAXATION

The tax laws of the investor's state and of the Issuers' states of incorporation might have an impact on the income received from the securities. Prospective purchasers of Notes should consult their own tax advisers as to which countries' tax laws could be relevant to acquiring, holding and disposing of Notes and receiving payments of interest, principal and/or other amounts under the Notes or the Guarantee, as applicable, and the consequences of such actions under the tax laws of those countries.

In this section, notes issued by AstraZeneca PLC are referred to as "AZ PLC Notes" and notes issued by AstraZeneca Finance are referred to as "AZ Finance Notes" (together with the AZ PLC Notes, the "Notes").

United Kingdom Taxation

The following is a summary of the United Kingdom withholding taxation treatment at the date hereof in relation to payments of principal and interest in respect of the Notes and the Guarantee, as applicable. It is based on current law and the published practice of HM Revenue and Customs ("HMRC"), which may be subject to change, sometimes with retrospective effect. The comments do not deal with any other United Kingdom tax aspects of acquiring, holding or disposing of Notes. The comments relate only to the position of persons who are absolute beneficial owners of the Notes. Prospective Noteholders should be aware that the particular terms of issue of any series of Notes as specified in the relevant Final Terms may affect the tax treatment of that and other series of Notes. The following is a general guide for information purposes and should be treated with appropriate caution. It is not intended as tax advice and it does not purport to describe all of the tax considerations that may be relevant to a prospective purchaser. Noteholders who are in any doubt as to their tax position should consult their professional advisers. Noteholders who may be liable to taxation in jurisdictions other than the United Kingdom in respect of their acquisition, holding or disposal of the Notes are particularly advised to consult their professional advisers as to whether they are so liable (and if so under the laws of which jurisdictions), since the following comments relate only to certain United Kingdom taxation aspects of payments in respect of the Notes and the Guarantee, as applicable. In particular, Noteholders should be aware that they may be liable to taxation under the laws of other jurisdictions in relation to payments in respect of the Notes and the Guarantee, as applicable even if such payments may be made without withholding or deduction for or on account of taxation under the laws of the United Kingdom.

Withholding Tax on UK Source Interest

The AZ PLC Notes which carry a right to interest will constitute "quoted Eurobonds" provided they are and continue to be listed on a recognised stock exchange (within the meaning of section 1005 of the Income Tax Act 2007 (the "Act") for the purposes of section 987 of the Act) or admitted to trading on a "multilateral trading facility" operated by a regulated recognised stock exchange (within the meaning of section 987 of the Act). Whilst the AZ PLC Notes are and continue to be quoted Eurobonds, payments of interest on the AZ PLC Notes may be made without withholding or deduction for or on account of United Kingdom income tax.

The London Stock Exchange is a recognised stock exchange, and accordingly the AZ PLC Notes will constitute quoted Eurobonds provided they are and continue to be included in the United Kingdom official list and admitted to trading on the Main Market of that Exchange.

In all cases falling outside the exemption described above, interest on the AZ PLC Notes may fall to be paid under deduction of United Kingdom income tax at the relevant rate (currently at the basic rate of 20 per cent., and on and after 6 April 2027 at the savings basic rate of 22 per cent.) subject to such relief or exemption as may be available. However, this withholding will not apply if the relevant interest is paid on the AZ PLC Notes with a maturity date of less than one year from the date of issue and which are not issued under arrangements the effect of which is to render such AZ PLC Notes part of a borrowing which may have a total term of a year or more.

Interest paid by AstraZeneca Finance on AZ Finance Notes is not currently expected to have a UK source and, as such, UK withholding is not expected to be applicable to such interest payments. If such interest did have a UK source, the comments in the preceding paragraphs of this section headed "Withholding Tax on UK Source Interest" and the successive paragraphs of the section below headed "Other Rules relating to Withholding in respect of United Kingdom Tax" would apply.

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Payments by the Guarantor

If the Guarantor makes any payments in respect of interest on the AZ Finance Notes (or other amounts due under the AZ Finance Notes other than the repayment of amounts subscribed for the AZ Finance Notes) such payments may be subject to UK withholding tax either at the basic rate of 20 per cent., or potentially (on or after 6 April 2027 only) at the savings basic rate (currently anticipated to be 22 per cent.), subject to such relief as may be available. Such payments by the Guarantor may not be eligible for any of the other exemptions described above.

Other Rules relating to Withholding in respect of United Kingdom Tax

Notes may be issued at an issue price of less than 100 per cent. of their principal amount. Any discount element on any such Notes will not generally be subject to any United Kingdom withholding tax pursuant to the provisions mentioned above.
Where Notes are to be, or may fall to be, redeemed at a premium, as opposed to being issued at a discount, then any such element of premium may constitute a payment of interest. Payments of interest are subject to United Kingdom withholding tax as outlined above.
Where interest has been paid under deduction of United Kingdom income tax, Noteholders who are not resident in the United Kingdom may be able to recover all or part of the tax deducted if there is an appropriate provision in any applicable double taxation treaty.
The references to "interest" in this United Kingdom Taxation section mean "interest" as understood in United Kingdom tax law. The statements in this United Kingdom Taxation section do not take any account of any different definitions of "interest" or "principal" which may prevail under any other law or which may be created by the terms and conditions of the Notes or any related documentation. Noteholders should seek their own professional advice as regards the withholding tax treatment of any payment on the Notes or the Guarantee, as applicable, which does not constitute "interest" or "principal" as those terms are understood in United Kingdom tax law. Where a payment on a Note or the Guarantee does not constitute (or is not treated as) interest for United Kingdom tax purposes, and the payment has a United Kingdom source, it would potentially be subject to United Kingdom withholding tax if, for example, it constitutes (or is treated as) an annual payment or a manufactured payment for United Kingdom tax purposes (which will be determined by, amongst other things, the terms and conditions specified by the Final Terms of the Note). In such a case, the payment may fall to be made under deduction of United Kingdom tax at the relevant rate, subject to such relief as may be available following a direction from HMRC pursuant to the provisions of any applicable double taxation treaty, or to any other exemption which may apply.
The above description of the United Kingdom withholding tax position assumes that there will be no substitution of any Issuer (pursuant to Condition 17(c) (Meetings of Noteholders; Modification and Waiver – Substitution) of the Notes or otherwise) and does not consider the tax consequences of any such substitution.

United States Taxation

The following is a summary based on present law of certain U.S. federal income tax considerations for prospective purchasers of the Notes. It addresses only Non-U.S. Holders. It does not consider the circumstances of particular purchasers, such as entities or arrangements treated as partnerships or trusts for U.S. federal income tax purposes, that are subject to special tax rules. The discussion is a general summary. It is not a substitute for tax advice. It deals only with Notes with a term of 30 years or less and it assumes the Notes will be treated as debt for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

In this discussion, a "Non-U.S. Holder" is a beneficial owner of a Note that is not for U.S. federal income tax purposes (i) a citizen or resident of the United States, (ii) a partnership or other entity or arrangement treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes, (iii) a corporation or other entity treated as a corporation organised in or under the laws of the United States or its political subdivisions, (iv) a trust subject to the control of a U.S. person and the primary supervision of a U.S. court or (v) an estate the income of which is subject to U.S. federal income taxation regardless of its source.

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Withholding Tax

Interest paid to a Non-U.S. Holder on a Note issued by AstraZeneca PLC will be exempt from U.S. withholding tax.

Subject to the discussion below under "FATCA Withholding", interest (including any original issue discount which, generally is, the amount by which the redemption price of a Note at maturity exceeds its issue price) paid to a Non-U.S. Holder on a Note issued by AstraZeneca Finance generally will be exempt from U.S. withholding tax if (i) the Non-U.S. Holder is not a "10 percent shareholder" (within the meaning of Sections 871(h)(3) or 881(c)(3) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the "Code")) of AstraZeneca Finance, (ii) the Non-U.S. Holder is not a "controlled foreign corporation" (within the meaning of Section 864(d)(4) of the Code) related to AstraZeneca Finance, (iii) the Non-U.S. Holder is not treated as a bank holding the Note as an extension of credit in the ordinary course of its banking business for U.S. federal income tax purposes, (iv) payments on the Notes are not contingent interest ineligible for the portfolio interest exemption from U.S. withholding tax (generally interest determined by reference to income, profits, cash flow, sales, dividends or other similar attributes of AstraZeneca Finance or any related person), and (v) the Non-U.S. Holder has furnished to the applicable withholding agent a complete IRS withholding form (generally, an applicable Form W-8) upon which the Non-U.S. Holder certifies, under penalties of perjury, that it is not a United States person. If a Non-U.S. Holder does not satisfy the requirements described above, then, subject to the discussion below under "—Net Income Tax", interest paid to a Non-U.S. Holder on a Note issued by AstraZeneca Finance generally will be subject to U.S. withholding tax at a rate of 30 per cent. (or such lower rate as may be specified by an applicable income tax treaty, provided the Non-U.S. Holder satisfies applicable certification requirements establishing its eligibility for such lower rate).

Disposition

Gain realised by a Non-U.S. Holder on the disposition of a Note generally will not be subject to U.S. withholding tax or income tax unless (i) the gain is effectively connected with such holder's conduct of a trade or business within the United States (as discussed below under "—Net Income Tax") or (ii) the holder is an individual present in the United States for at least 183 days during the taxable year of disposition and certain other conditions are met, in which case, unless an applicable income tax treaty provides otherwise, such gain (which may be offset by certain U.S. source losses) generally will be subject to a 30 per cent. U.S. federal income tax.

Net Income Tax

If a Non-U.S. Holder is engaged in a trade or business within the United States, interest paid to the holder on a Note or gain realised by the holder on the disposition of a Note generally will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on a net income basis if such interest or gain is effectively connected with such holder's conduct of that U.S. trade or business (and, if required by an applicable income tax treaty, is attributable to such holder's U.S. permanent establishment). In addition, a Non-U.S. Holder that is a corporation may be subject to a branch profits tax equal to 30 per cent. (or a lower applicable income tax treaty rate) of its effectively connected earnings and profits, subject to adjustments. Any such effectively connected interest paid on a Note issued by AstraZeneca Finance generally will be exempt from U.S. withholding tax if the Non-U.S. Holder satisfies applicable certification requirements (generally, by providing a properly executed IRS Form W-8ECI).

Information Reporting and Backup Withholding

Payments of principal and interest on, and proceeds from the sale or other disposition of, Notes issued by AstraZeneca Finance will be subject to information reporting unless the Non-U.S. Holders establishes an exemption (generally, by providing an applicable Form W-8). Payments of principal and interest on, and proceeds from the sale or other disposition of, Notes issued by AstraZeneca PLC, effected through a U.S. broker or another middleman with certain connections in the United States, may be subject to information reporting unless the Non-U.S. Holders establishes an exemption.

Payments subject to information reporting may be subject to backup withholding unless the Non-U.S. Holder complies with certification procedures to establish that it is not a U.S. person or is otherwise establishes a basis for exemption from backup withholding (generally, by providing an applicable Form W-8). The certification procedures required to claim the exemption from withholding tax on interest, described above, will also be sufficient to avoid backup withholding.

Backup withholding is not an additional tax. Any amount withheld may be credited against a Non-U.S. Holder's U.S. federal income tax liability or refunded to the extent it exceeds such holder's liability and the relevant information is timely furnished to the U.S. IRS.

FATCA Withholding

Payments to a Non-U.S. Holder of interest on a Note issued by AstraZeneca Finance generally will be subject to a 30 per cent. gross basis withholding tax in the case of interest paid to a "foreign financial institution" or a "non-financial foreign entity" within the meaning of Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code and regulations and other guidance promulgated thereunder (collectively "FATCA"), unless certain procedural requirements are satisfied and certain information is provided to the IRS or such Non-U.S. Holder complies with certain requirements under laws, regulations or other guidance implementing an intergovernmental agreement between the United States and such Non-U.S. Holder's home jurisdiction, and certain information is provided to the tax authorities in the Non-U.S. Holder's home jurisdiction. Under proposed U.S. Treasury Regulations published on 18 December 2018, upon which a Non-U.S. Holder may rely until final U.S. Treasury Regulations are issued, payments of gross proceeds from the sale, retirement or other disposition of a Note issued by AstraZeneca Finance will not be subject to FATCA withholding. Payments with respect to Notes issued by AstraZeneca PLC generally should not be subject to FATCA withholding.

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SUBSCRIPTION AND SALE

Notes may be sold from time to time by any of the Issuers to any one or more of Banco Santander, S.A., Barclays Bank PLC, BNP PARIBAS, Citigroup Global Markets Limited, Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch, Goldman Sachs International, HSBC Bank plc, J.P. Morgan Securities plc, Merrill Lynch International, Mizuho International plc, Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc, Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ) and Société Générale (the "Dealers"). The arrangements under which Notes may from time to time be agreed to be sold by the Issuers to, and purchased by, Dealers are set out in an amended and restated dealer agreement dated 9 June 2026 (the "Dealer Agreement") and made between the Issuers, the Guarantor and the Dealers. Any such agreement will, inter alia, make provision for the form and terms and conditions of the relevant Notes, the price at which such Notes will be purchased by the Dealers and the commissions or other agreed deductibles (if any) payable or allowable by the Issuers in respect of such purchase. The Dealer Agreement also makes provision for the resignation or termination of appointment of existing Dealers and for the appointment of additional or other Dealers either generally in respect of the Programme or in relation to a particular Tranche of Notes.

United States of America

The Notes and the guarantee thereof have not been, and will not be, registered under the Securities Act or with any securities regulatory authority of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States and may not be offered, delivered or sold within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons (as defined in Regulation S) except in certain transactions exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

The Bearer Notes are subject to U.S. tax law requirements and may not be offered, sold or delivered within the United States or its possessions or to a United States person, except in certain transactions permitted by U.S. tax regulations. Terms used in this paragraph have the meanings given to them by the United States Internal Revenue Code and regulations thereunder.

Each Dealer has agreed that, except as permitted by the Dealer Agreement, it will not offer, sell or deliver Notes or the guarantee thereof, (i) as part of their distribution at any time or (ii) otherwise until 40 days after the completion of the distribution of the Notes comprising the relevant Tranche within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons, and such Dealer will have sent to each dealer to which it sells Notes during the distribution compliance period relating thereto a confirmation or other notice setting forth the restrictions on offers and sales of the Notes within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons.

In addition, until 40 days after the commencement of the offering of Notes comprising any Tranche, any offer or sale of Notes within the United States by any dealer (whether or not participating in the offering) may violate the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

Prohibition of Sales to EEA Retail Investors

Unless the applicable Final Terms in respect of any Notes specifies the "Prohibition of Sales to EEA Retail Investors" as "Not Applicable", each Dealer has represented and agreed, and each further Dealer appointed under the Programme will be required to represent and agree, that it has not offered, sold or otherwise made available and will not offer, sell or otherwise make available any Notes which are the subject of the offering contemplated by this Base Prospectus as completed by the applicable Final Terms in relation thereto to any retail investor in the EEA. For the purposes of this provision the expression "retail investor" means a person who is one (or more) of the following:

a) a retail client as defined in point (11) of Article 4(1) of Directive 2014/65/EU (as amended, "EU MiFID II"); or
b) a customer within the meaning of Directive (EU) 2016/97, where that customer would not qualify as a professional client as defined in point (10) of Article 4(1) of EU MiFID II.

Public Offer Selling Restrictions Under the EU Prospectus Regulation

If the Final Terms in respect of any Notes specifies "Prohibition of Sales to EEA Retail Investors" as "Not Applicable", in relation to each Member State of the European Economic Area, each Dealer has represented and agreed, and each further Dealer appointed under the Programme will be required to represent and agree,

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that it has not made and will not make an offer of Notes which are the subject of the offering contemplated by this Base Prospectus as completed by the Final Terms in relation thereto to the public in that Member State except that it may make an offer of such Notes to the public in that Member State:

a) Qualified investors: at any time to any legal entity which is a qualified investor as defined in the EU Prospectus Regulation;

b) Fewer than 150 offerees: at any time to fewer than 150, natural or legal persons (other than qualified investors as defined in the EU Prospectus Regulation), subject to obtaining the prior consent of the relevant Dealer or Dealers nominated by the relevant Issuer for any such offer; or

c) Other exempt offers: at any time in any other circumstances falling within Article 1(4) of the EU Prospectus Regulation,

provided that no such offer of Notes referred to in a) to c) above shall require the relevant Issuer or any Dealer to publish a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the EU Prospectus Regulation or supplement a prospectus pursuant to Article 23 of the EU Prospectus Regulation. For the purposes of this provision, the expression an "offer of Notes to the public" in relation to any Notes in any Member State means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the Notes to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe for the Notes and the expression "EU Prospectus Regulation" means Regulation (EU) 2017/1129.

Prohibition of Sales to UK Retail Investors

Unless the applicable Final Terms in respect of any Notes specifies the "Prohibition of Sales to UK Retail Investors" as "Not Applicable", each Dealer has represented and agreed, and each further Dealer appointed under the Programme will be required to represent and agree, that it has not offered, sold, distributed or otherwise made available and will not offer, sell, distribute or otherwise make available any Notes which are the subject of this Base Prospectus as completed by the Final Terms in relation thereto (or are the subject of the offering contemplated by a Drawdown Prospectus, as the case may be) to any retail investor in the UK. For the purposes of this provision, the expression "retail investor" means a person who is not a professional client, as defined in point (8) of Article 2(1) of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 as it forms part of domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 ("EUWA").

Public Offer Selling Restrictions Under the POATRs

If the Final Terms in respect of any Notes specifies "Prohibition of Sales to UK Retail Investors" as "Not Applicable", each Dealer has represented and agreed, and each further Dealer appointed under the Programme will be required to represent and agree, that it has not made and will not make an offer of Notes which are the subject of the offering contemplated by this Prospectus as completed by the Final Terms in relation thereto to the public in the UK except that it may make an offer of such Notes to the public in the UK:

a) at any time to any legal entity which is a qualified investor as defined in paragraph 15 of Schedule 1 to the POATRs;

b) at any time to fewer than 150 persons (other than qualified investors as defined in paragraph 15 of Schedule 1 to the POATRs) in the UK subject to obtaining the prior consent of the relevant Dealer or Dealers nominated by the Issuers for any such offer; or

c) at any time in any other circumstances falling within Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the POATRs.

For the purposes of this provision, the expression an "offer of Notes to the public" in relation to any Notes means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the Notes to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to buy or subscribe for the Notes and the expression "POATRs" means the Public Offers and Admissions to Trading Regulations 2024.

Other UK regulatory restrictions

Each Dealer has represented, warranted and undertaken and each further Dealer appointed under the Programme will be required to represent, warrant and undertake, that:

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(a) No deposit-taking in relation to any Notes having a maturity of less than one year:

(i) it is a person whose ordinary activities involve it in acquiring, holding, managing or disposing of investments (as principal or agent) for the purposes of its business; and

(ii) it has not offered or sold and will not offer or sell any Notes other than to persons:

(A) whose ordinary activities involve them in acquiring, holding, managing or disposing of investments (as principal or agent) for the purposes of their businesses; or

(B) who it is reasonable to expect will acquire, hold, manage or dispose of investments (as principal or agent) for the purposes of their businesses,

where the issue of the Notes would otherwise constitute a contravention of Section 19 of the FSMA by the relevant Issuer;

(b) Financial promotion:

it has only communicated or caused to be communicated and will only communicate or cause to be communicated any invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning of Section 21 of the FSMA) received by it in connection with the issue or sale of any Notes in circumstances in which Section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to the relevant Issuer or the Guarantor, as the case may be; and

it has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the FSMA with respect to anything done by it in relation to any Notes in, from or otherwise involving the UK.

Japan

The Notes have not been and will not be registered under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act of Japan (Act No. 25 of 1948, as amended, the "FIEA"). Accordingly, each of the Dealers has represented and agreed, and each further Dealer appointed under the Programme will be required to represent and agree, that it has not, directly or indirectly, offered or sold and will not, directly or indirectly, offer or sell any Notes in Japan or to, or for the benefit of, any resident of Japan or to others for reoffering or resale, directly or indirectly, in Japan or to any resident of Japan, except pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of, and otherwise in compliance with, the FIEA and other relevant laws and regulations of Japan. As used in this paragraph, "resident of Japan" means any person resident in Japan, including any corporation or other entity organised under the laws of Japan.

Hong Kong

Each of the Dealers has represented and agreed, and each further Dealer appointed under the Programme will be required to represent and agree, that:

(a) it has not offered or sold and will not offer or sell in Hong Kong, by means of any document, any Notes other than (i) to "professional investors" as defined in the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571) of Hong Kong (the "SFO") and any rules made under the SFO; or (ii) in other circumstances which do not result in the document being a "Prospectus" as defined in the Companies (Winding Up and Miscellaneous Provisions) Ordinance (Cap. 32) of Hong Kong (the "C(WUMP)O") or which do not constitute an offer to the public within the meaning of the C(WUMP)O; and

(b) it has not issued or had in its possession for the purposes of issue, and will not issue or have in its possession for the purposes of issue, whether in Hong Kong or elsewhere, any advertisement, invitation or document relating to the Notes, which is directed at, or the contents of which are likely to be accessed or read by, the public of Hong Kong (except if permitted to do so under the securities laws of Hong Kong) other than with respect to Notes which are or are intended to be disposed of only to persons outside Hong Kong or only to "professional investors" as defined in the SFO and any rules made under the SFO.

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People's Republic of China

Each of the Dealers has represented and agreed, and each further Dealer appointed under the Programme will be required to represent and agree, that the Notes have not been and will not be offered or sold directly or indirectly within the People's Republic of China (for such purposes, not including Hong Kong and Macau Special Administrative Regions or Taiwan (the "PRC")). This Base Prospectus, the Notes and any material or information contained or incorporated by reference herein in relation to the Notes have not been, and will not be, submitted to or approved/verified by or registered with the China Securities Regulatory Commission ("CSRC") or other relevant governmental and regulatory authorities in the PRC pursuant to relevant laws and regulations and thus may not be supplied to the public in the PRC or used in connection with any offer for the subscription or sale of the Notes in the PRC. Neither this Base Prospectus nor any material or information contained or incorporated by reference herein constitutes an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities in the PRC.

The Notes may only be invested by PRC investors that are authorised to engage in the purchase of Notes of the type being offered or sold. PRC investors are responsible for obtaining all relevant government regulatory approvals/licences, verification and/or registrations themselves, including, but not limited to, any which may be required from the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, the CSRC, the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission and other relevant regulatory bodies, and complying with all relevant PRC regulations, including, but not limited to, all relevant foreign exchange regulations and/or outbound investment regulations.

Singapore

Each Dealer has acknowledged, and each further Dealer appointed under the Programme will be required to acknowledge, that this Base Prospectus has not been registered as a prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore. Accordingly, each Dealer has represented and agreed, and each further Dealer appointed under the Programme will be required to represent and agree, that it has not offered or sold any Notes or caused any Notes to be made the subject of an invitation for subscription or purchase and it will not offer or sell any Notes or cause any Notes to be made the subject of an invitation for subscription or purchase, and it has not circulated or distributed, nor will it circulate or distribute, this Base Prospectus or any other document or material in connection with the offer or sale, or invitation for subscription or purchase, of any Notes, whether directly or indirectly, to any person in Singapore other than (i) to an institutional investor (as defined in Section 4A of the Securities and Futures Act 2001 of Singapore, as modified or amended from time to time (the "SFA")) pursuant to Section 274 of the SFA or (ii) to an accredited investor (as defined in Section 4A of the SFA) pursuant to and in accordance with the conditions specified in Section 275 of the SFA.

General

Each Dealer has represented, warranted and agreed, and each further Dealer appointed under the Programme will be required to represent, warrant and agree, that it has complied and will comply with all applicable laws and regulations in each country or jurisdiction in or from which it purchases, offers, sells or delivers Notes or possesses, distributes or publishes this Base Prospectus or any Final Terms or any related offering material, in all cases at its own expense. Other persons into whose hands this Base Prospectus or any Final Terms comes are required by the Issuers and the Dealers to comply with all applicable laws and regulations in each country or jurisdiction in or from which they purchase, offer, sell or deliver Notes or possess, distribute or publish this Base Prospectus or any Final Terms or any related offering material, in all cases at their own expense.

The Dealer Agreement provides that the Dealers shall not be bound by any of the restrictions relating to any specific jurisdiction (set out above) to the extent that such restrictions shall, as a result of change(s) or change(s) in official interpretation, after the date hereof, of applicable laws and regulations, no longer be applicable but without prejudice to the obligations of the Dealers described in the paragraph headed "General" above.

Selling restrictions may be supplemented or modified with the agreement of the Issuers. Any such supplement or modification may be set out in the relevant Final Terms (in the case of a supplement or modification relevant only to a particular Tranche of Notes) or in a supplement to this Base Prospectus.

Certain of the Dealers and their respective affiliates have engaged, and may in the future engage, in investment banking and/or commercial banking transactions with, and may perform services for, the Issuers and/or their affiliates in the ordinary course of business. In addition, in the ordinary course of their business activities, the Dealers and their respective affiliates may make or hold a broad array of investments and actively trade debt and equity securities (or related derivative securities) and financial instruments (including bank loans) for their

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GENERAL INFORMATION

Authorisation

The establishment and most recent update of the Programme was authorised by the Board of Directors of AstraZeneca PLC on 24 July 2007 and 22 April 2026, respectively. AstraZeneca PLC has obtained or will obtain from time to time all necessary consents, approvals and authorisations in connection with the issue and performance of the Notes and its obligations under the Guarantee.
The establishment and most recent update of the Programme was authorised by the Board of Directors of AstraZeneca Finance on 21 May 2021 and 9 June 2026, respectively. AstraZeneca Finance has obtained or will obtain from time to time all necessary consents, approvals and authorisations in connection with the issue and performance of the Notes.

Legal and Arbitration Proceedings

Save as disclosed in Note 30 to AstraZeneca PLC's consolidated financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2025 on pages 180 to 190 (inclusive) of AstraZeneca PLC's Annual Report and Form 20-F Information 2025 which has been incorporated by reference into this Base Prospectus, there are no governmental, legal or arbitration proceedings (including any such proceedings which are pending or threatened, of which AstraZeneca PLC is aware) during the 12 months prior to the date of this Base Prospectus, which may have, or have had in the recent past a significant effect on the financial position or profitability of AstraZeneca PLC and its Subsidiaries.
There are no governmental, legal or arbitration proceedings, (including any such proceedings which are pending or threatened, of which AstraZeneca Finance is aware) during the 12 months prior to the date of this Base Prospectus, which may have, or have had in the recent past a significant effect on the financial position or profitability of AstraZeneca Finance.

Significant/Material Change

There has been no significant change in the financial position or financial performance of the Group since the end of the last financial period for which audited or interim consolidated financial statements of the Group have been published. There has been no material adverse change in the prospects of AstraZeneca PLC since the date of the Group's last published audited consolidated financial statements.
There has been no significant change in the financial position or financial performance of AstraZeneca Finance LLC since the end of the last financial period for which audited or interim consolidated financial statements of the Group have been published. There has been no material adverse change in the prospects of AstraZeneca LLC since the date of the Group's last published audited consolidated financial statements.

Auditors

The consolidated financial statements of AstraZeneca PLC as at and for the years ended 31 December 2025 and 31 December 2024 were audited without qualification by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent auditors.^[10]^

Documents on Display

Copies of the following documents may be inspected on the websites indicated:

(a) the constitutional documents of AstraZeneca PLC (as the same may be updated from time to time) (available at https://www.astrazeneca.com/investor-relations/corporate-governance.html);

(b) the organisational documents of AstraZeneca Finance (as the same may be updated from time to time) (available at https://www.astrazeneca.com/investor-relations/debt-investors/emtn-programme.html);

(c) the Agency Agreement (available at: https://www.astrazeneca.com/investor-relations/debt-investors/emtn-programme.html);
(d) the Trust Deed (available at: https://www.astrazeneca.com/investor-relations/debt-investors/emtn-programme.html);
(e) this Base Prospectus (available at: https://www.astrazeneca.com/investor-relations/debt-investors/emtn-programme.html); and
(f) any Final Terms prepared in relation to any issue of Notes (available at: https://www.astrazeneca.com/investor-relations/debt-investors/emtn-programme.html).

For the avoidance of doubt, unless specifically incorporated by reference into this Base Prospectus, information contained on the website does not form part of this Base Prospectus and has not been scrutinised or approved by the FCA.

Clearing of the Notes

The Notes have been accepted for clearance through Euroclear and Clearstream and, in the case of Notes cleared through the CMU, the CMU. The appropriate common code and the International Securities Identification Number (ISIN), the Financial Instrument Short Name (FISN), Classification of Financial Instruments (CFI) code and the CMU Instrument Number (as applicable) in relation to the Notes of each Tranche will be specified in the relevant Final Terms.

Credit Ratings

In accordance with S&P's ratings definitions available as at the date of this Prospectus on https://disclosure.spglobal.com/ratings/en/regulatory/article/-/view/sourceId/504352, a long-term rating of "A" indicates that an obligation which is somewhat more susceptible to the adverse effects of changes in circumstances and economic conditions than obligations in higher-rated categories. However, the obligor's capacity to meet its financial commitments on the obligations is still strong. In accordance with Moody's ratings definitions available as at the date of this Prospectus on https://ratings.moodys.com/rating-definitions, a long-term rating of "A" indicates obligations that are judged to be upper-medium grade and subject to low credit risk.

Yield

The yield of each Tranche of Notes set out in the applicable Final Terms will be calculated as of the relevant issue date on an annual or semi-annual basis using the relevant issue price. It is not an indication of future yield.

LEI

The Legal Entity Identifier code of AstraZeneca PLC is PY6ZZQWO2IZFZC3IOL08.

The Legal Entity Identifier code of AstraZeneca Finance is 549300C3HATU4Q460S18.

Issuers' website

The Issuers' website is www.astrazeneca.com. Unless specifically incorporated by reference into this Base Prospectus, information contained on the website does not form part of this Base Prospectus.

Validity of Base Prospectus and Supplements

For the avoidance of doubt, the Issuers shall have no obligation to supplement this Base Prospectus after the end of its 12-month validity period.

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ISSUERS

AstraZeneca PLC

1 Francis Crick Avenue
Cambridge Biomedical Campus
Cambridge CB2 0AA
United Kingdom

AstraZeneca Finance LLC

1209 Orange Street
Wilmington
Delaware 19801
USA

GUARANTOR

AstraZeneca PLC

1 Francis Crick Avenue
Cambridge Biomedical Campus
Cambridge CB2 0AA
United Kingdom

ARRANGER

Citigroup Global Markets Limited

Citigroup Centre
Canada Square
Canary Wharf
London E14 5LB
United Kingdom

DEALERS

Banco Santander, S.A.

Ciudad Grupo Santander
Edificio Encinar, Avenida de Cantabria
28660, Boadilla del Monte
Madrid
Spain

BNP PARIBAS

16, boulevard des Italiens
75009
Paris
France

Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch

21 Moorfields
London EC2Y 9DB
United Kingdom

HSBC Bank plc

8 Canada Square
London E14 5HQ
United Kingdom

Merrill Lynch International

2 King Edward Street
London EC1A 1HQ
United Kingdom

Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc

25 Cabot Square
Canary Wharf
London E14 4QA
United Kingdom

AstraZeneca Group

1 Churchill Place
London E14 5HP
United Kingdom

Barclays Bank PLC

1 Churchill Place
London E14 5HP
United Kingdom

Citigroup Global Markets Limited

Citigroup Centre
Canada Square
Canary Wharf
London E14 5LB
United Kingdom

Goldman Sachs International

Plumtree Court
25 Shoe Lane
London EC4A 4AU
United Kingdom

J.P. Morgan Securities plc

25 Bank Street
Canary Wharf
London E14 5JP
United Kingdom

Mizuho International plc

30 Old Bailey
London EC4M 7AU
United Kingdom

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ)

Kungsträdgårdsgatan 8
106 40 Stockholm
Sweden

Société Générale
29 boulevard Haussmann
75009 Paris
France

TRUSTEE

Deutsche Trustee Company Limited
21 Moorfields
London EC2Y 9DB
United Kingdom

PRINCIPAL PAYING AGENT
Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch
21 Moorfields
London EC2Y 9DB
United Kingdom

CMU LODGING AND PAYING AGENT
Deutsche Bank AG, Hong Kong Branch
Level 60 International Commerce Centre
1 Austin Road West
Kowloon
Hong Kong

ICSD REGISTRAR
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas
1 Columbus Circle, 4th Floor
Mail Stop: NYC01 – 0417
New York, New York 10019
USA

CMU REGISTRAR
Deutsche Bank AG, Hong Kong Branch
Level 60 International Commerce Centre
1 Austin Road West
Kowloon
Hong Kong

LEGAL ADVISERS
To the Issuers and the Guarantor as to English law:
Freshfields LLP
100 Bishopsgate
London EC2P 2SR
United Kingdom

To the Dealers as to English law:
Clifford Chance LLP
10 Upper Bank Street
London E14 5JJ
United Kingdom

To the Issuers and the Guarantor as to the laws of Delaware:
Freshfields US LLP
601 Lexington Avenue
31st Floor
New York, NY 10022
USA

To the Trustee as to English law:
Clifford Chance LLP
10 Upper Bank Street
London E14 5JJ
United Kingdom

AUDITORS TO THE GUARANTOR
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
1 Embankment Place
London
WC2N 6RH
United Kingdom

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CONTENTS

IMPORTANT NOTICES

NOTICE TO CANADIAN INVESTORS

IMPORTANT EEA RETAIL INVESTORS

IMPORTANT UK RETAIL INVESTORS

EU MIFID II PRODUCT GOVERNANCE/TARGET MARKETS

UK MIFIR PRODUCT GOVERNANCE/TARGET MARKETS

UK BENCHMARKS REGULATION

PRODUCT CLASSIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 309B OF THE SECURITIES AND FUTURES ACT 2001 OF SINGAPORE

DESCRIPTION OF THE PROGRAMME

RISK FACTORS

RISKS RELATING TO FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

RISKS RELATING TO ASTRAZENECA AND ITS BUSINESS

Product Pipeline Risks

Failure or delay in the delivery of AstraZeneca's pipeline or launch of new medicines

Failure to meet regulatory or ethical requirements for medicine development or approval

Commercialisation Risks

Pricing, affordability, access and competitive pressures

Failures or delays in the quality or execution of AstraZeneca's commercial strategies

Supply Chain and Business Execution Risks

Failure to maintain supply of compliant, quality medicines

Failure in information technology or cybersecurity

Failure to collect and manage data and artificial intelligence in line with legal and regulatory requirements and strategic objectives

Illegal trade in AstraZeneca's medicines

Reliance on third-party goods and services

Failure of critical processes

Failure to attract, develop, engage and retain a diverse, talented and capable workforce

Legal, Regulatory and Compliance Risks

Safety and efficacy of marketed medicines is questioned

Adverse outcome of litigation and/or governmental investigations

IP risks related to AstraZeneca's products

Failure to meet sustainability targets, regulatory requirements and stakeholder expectations with respect to the environment

Failure to meet regulatory and ethical expectations on commercial practices, including anti-bribery/anti-corruption, anti-fraud and scientific exchanges

Economic and Financial Risks

Geopolitical and/or macroeconomic volatility disrupts the operation of AstraZeneca's global business

Failure to achieve strategic plans or meet targets or expectations

Failure in internal control, financial reporting or the occurrence of fraud

Unexpected deterioration in AstraZeneca's financial position

RISKS RELATING TO THE NOTES

Regulation of benchmarks may lead to future reforms or discontinuation

Interest Rate "fallback" arrangements may lead to Notes performing differently or the effective application of a "fixed rate"

Interest rate risks

Credit ratings may not reflect all risks and may affect the trading price of the Notes

The Notes may be redeemed prior to maturity

Because the Global Notes are held by or on behalf of Euroclear and Clearstream, or lodged with a sub-custodian for CMU, investors will have to rely on their procedures for transfers, payments and communications with the relevant Issuer

There is no active trading market for the Notes

Modification and waivers

Notes with integral multiples

Notes denominated in Renminbi are subject to additional risks

Renminbi is not freely convertible and there are significant restrictions on the remittance of Renminbi into and out of the PRC which may adversely affect the liquidity of Renminbi Notes

There is only limited availability of Renminbi outside the PRC, which may affect the liquidity of the Renminbi Notes and the relevant Issuer and/or, as the case may be, the Guarantor's ability to source Renminbi outside the PRC to service Renminbi Notes

Payments with respect to the Renminbi Notes may be made only in the manner designated in the Renminbi Notes

Gains on the transfer of the Renminbi Notes may become subject to income taxes under PRC tax laws

Investment in the Renminbi Notes is subject to currency risk

Investment in the Renminbi Notes is subject to exchange rate risks

Investment in the Renminbi Notes is subject to interest rate risks

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

FINAL TERMS AND DRAWDOWN PROSPECTUSES

Bearer Notes

Temporary Global Note exchangeable for Permanent Global Note

Temporary Global Note exchangeable for Definitive Notes

Permanent Global Note exchangeable for Definitive Notes

Terms and Conditions applicable to the Notes

Legend concerning United States persons

Registered Notes

Global Registered Note exchangeable for Individual Note Certificates

Terms and Conditions applicable to the Notes

CMU

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE NOTES

1. Introduction

(a) Programme:

(b) Final Terms:

(c) Trust Deed:

(d) Agency Agreement:

5. Negative Pledge

6. Fixed Rate Note Provisions

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