AstraZeneca PLC — Director's Dealing 2019

Apr 3, 2019

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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 April 2019

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

03 April 2019 10:00 BST

Transactions by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities

Disclosure under Article 19 of the EU Market Abuse Regulation

AstraZeneca PLC (the Company) announces that, on 29 March 2019, awards of the Company's ordinary shares of $0.25 each (Ordinary Shares) vested to certain Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities of the Company (PDMRs) under the AstraZeneca Deferred Bonus Plan (AZDBP).

The AZDBP award was granted on 24 March 2016, following the deferral of a portion of each PDMR's annual bonus paid in respect of 2015 performance into Ordinary Shares, and vested on completion of the three-year holding period.

Following the withholding of shares to satisfy certain tax obligations arising on vesting, the PDMRs' beneficial interests in Ordinary Shares changed as detailed in the table below:

PDMR	Ordinary Shares acquired under the AZDBP
Pascal
Soriot	15,755
Marc
Dunoyer	4,838

For tax purposes, the fair market value of an Ordinary Share at vest was 6496 pence, being the closing price on the last trading day preceding the vesting.

Further details are set out in the attached notifications, made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation.

About AstraZeneca

AstraZeneca is a global, science-led biopharmaceutical company that focuses on the discovery, development and commercialisation of prescription medicines, primarily for the treatment of diseases in three therapy areas - Oncology, Cardiovascular, Renal & Metabolism and Respiratory. AstraZeneca operates in over 100 countries and its innovative medicines are used by millions of patients worldwide. For more information, please visit astrazeneca.com and follow us on Twitter @ AstraZeneca .

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Company Secretary

AstraZeneca PLC

| 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
Deferred Bonus Plan, for nil consideration. | |
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) | Price(s) | Volume(s) |
| | | 0 | 15,755 |
| d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | Not applicable - single transaction | |
| e) | Date of the transaction | 29
March 2019 | |
| f) | Place of the transaction | Outside
a trading venue | |

| 1 — a) | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities /
person closely associated — Name | Marc
Dunoyer | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2 | Reason for the notification | | |
| a) | Position/status | Chief
Financial 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
Deferred Bonus Plan, for nil consideration. | |
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) | Price(s) | Volume(s) |
| | | 0 | 4,838 |
| d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | Not applicable - single transaction | |
| e) | Date of the transaction | 29
March 2019 | |
| f) | Place of the transaction | Outside
a trading venue | |

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: 03 April 2019

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

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