Exhibit 23.6
[BUREAU VERITAS UK LTD LETTERHEAD]
AstraZeneca PLC
Legal & Secretary’s Department
1 Francis Crick Avenue
Cambridge Biomedical Campus
Cambridge CB2 0AA
England
For the attention of Adrian Kemp
By email & by post
22 November 2016
Dear Ladies and Gentlemen
BUREAU VERITAS STATEMENT OF ASSURANCE FOR ANNUAL REPORT AND FORM 20-F INFORMATION 2015
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 234 and as identified on the pages included in Exhibit 15.7 to AstraZeneca’s Annual Report and Form 20-F Information for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015 (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 15.7 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/Sarah Davies
Sarah Davies
UK Certification Manager
For and on behalf of Bureau Veritas UK Ltd
ACCEPTED AND AGREED
This 22nd day of November 2016
AstraZeneca PLC
By:
/s/ Adrian Kemp
Name: Adrian Kemp
Title: Company Secretary
