[BUREAU VERITAS UK LTD LETTERHEAD]
AstraZeneca PLC
Legal & Secretary’s Department
2 Kingdom Street
London
W2 6BD
For the attention of Adrian Kemp
By fax 020 7604 8151 & by post
26 November 2013
Dear Ladies and Gentlemen
BUREAU VERITAS STATEMENT OF ASSURANCE FOR ANNUAL REPORT AND FORM 20-F INFORMATION 2012
In connection with the filing of the accompanying Registration Statement on Form F-3 (the “Form F-3”) of AstraZeneca PLC (“AstraZeneca”), Bureau Veritas hereby authorises AstraZeneca to refer to Bureau Veritas’s external assurance on corporate responsibility related information as stated on page 49 and as identified on the pages included in Exhibit 15.5 to AstraZeneca’s Annual Report and Form 20-F Information for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012 (the “Annual Report”), which Annual Report is incorporated by reference in the accompanying Form F-3 of AstraZeneca, subject to the same acknowledgements and agreements as set forth in our letter included in Exhibit 15.5 to the Annual Report.
Please indicate your agreement to the foregoing by signing in the space indicated below. Our authorisation will not become effective until accepted and agreed by AstraZeneca.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Murray Sayce
Murray Sayce
Technical Director, Sustainability Services
For and on behalf of Bureau Veritas UK Ltd
ACCEPTED AND AGREED
this 26th day of November 2013
AstraZeneca PLC
By: /s/ Adrian Kemp
Name: Adrian Kemp
Title: Company Secretary
