AstraZeneca PLC — Director's Dealing 2024

Feb 22, 2024

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FORM 6-K

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Report of Foreign Issuer

Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the month of February 2024

Commission File Number: 001-11960

AstraZeneca PLC

1 Francis Crick Avenue

Cambridge Biomedical Campus

Cambridge CB2 0AA

United Kingdom

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AstraZeneca PLC

INDEX TO EXHIBITS

1.

Director/PDMR Shareholding

22 February 2024 11:00 GMT

Transaction by Person Discharging Managerial Responsibilities

AstraZeneca PLC (the Company) announced that, on 20 February 2024, an award of the Company's ordinary shares of $0.25 each (Ordinary Shares) under the AstraZeneca Investment Plan (AZIP) vested to Pascal Soriot, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer.

The AZIP award was granted on 24 March 2016 and was subject to a four-year performance period followed by a four-year holding period before vesting. Application of the performance measures specified at the time of grant resulted in 50% of the AZIP award entering the holding period.

Following the reinvestment of dividends accrued during the performance and holding periods and the withholding of shares to satisfy certain tax obligations arising on vesting, Mr Soriot acquired Ordinary Shares as detailed in the table below:

PDMR	Ordinary Shares acquired under the AZIP
Pascal
Soriot	12,345

For tax purposes, the fair market value of an Ordinary Share at vest was 10,418 pence, being the closing price on the last trading day preceding the vesting.

Further details are set out in the attached notification, made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation (since it forms part of UK law pursuant to the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018).

| 1 — a) | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities /
person closely associated — Name | Pascal
Soriot | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2 | Reason for the notification | | |
| a) | Position/status | Chief
Executive Officer | |
| b) | Initial notification /Amendment | Initial
notification | |
| 3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant,
auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | | |
| a) | Name | AstraZeneca
PLC | |
| b) | LEI | PY6ZZQWO2IZFZC3IOL08 | |
| 4i | Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each
type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date;
and (iv) each place where transactions have been
conducted | | |
| a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of
instrument Identification
code | Ordinary Shares of US$0.25 each in AstraZeneca PLC GB0009895292 | |
| b) | Nature of the transaction | Acquisition
of Ordinary Shares pursuant to a vesting under the AstraZeneca
Investment Plan, for nil consideration. | |
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) | Price(s) | Volume(s) |
| | | 0 | 12,345 |
| d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | Not applicable - single transaction | |
| e) | Date of the transaction | 20
February 2024 | |
| f) | Place of the transaction | Outside
a trading venue | |

AstraZeneca

AstraZeneca (LSE/STO/Nasdaq: AZN) is a global, science-led biopharmaceutical company that focuses on the discovery, development, and commercialisation of prescription medicines in Oncology, Rare Diseases, and BioPharmaceuticals, including Cardiovascular, Renal & Metabolism, and Respiratory & Immunology. Based in Cambridge, UK, AstraZeneca operates in over 100 countries and its innovative medicines are used by millions of patients worldwide. Please visit astrazeneca.com and follow the Company on social media @AstraZeneca .

Contacts

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Adrian Kemp

Company Secretary

AstraZeneca PLC

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

AstraZeneca PLC

Date: 22 February 2024

| By: /s/
Adrian Kemp |
| --- |
| Name:
Adrian Kemp |
| Title:
Company Secretary |