NOV Novo Nordisk

Bagsværd, Denmark, 8 November 2024 – Today, Novo Nordisk A/S has entered into an agreement to purchase 6,311,250 B shares of DKK 0.10 at a value of DKK 4,736,088,225.00 from Novo Holdings A/S. The transaction is part of Novo Nordisk A/S’ 2024 share repurchase programme of up to a total of DKK 20 billion to be executed during a 12-month period beginning 6 February 2024. The transaction price is DKK 750.42 per share and has been calculated as the three-day volume weighted average market price from 6 November 2024 to 8 November 2024 in the open window following the announcement of Novo Nordisk A/S’ quarterly financial results.

Prior to the sale of B shares, Novo Holdings A/S’ ownership of Novo Nordisk A/S was 28.2% of the share capital and 77.3% of the votes. Following the transaction, Novo Holdings A/S owns 1,074,872,000 A shares of DKK 0.10 and 177,560,500 B shares of DKK 0.10, corresponding to 28.1% of the capital and 77.3% of the votes in Novo Nordisk A/S.

The transaction is in line with the announcement on 31 January 2024 that Novo Holdings A/S intends to maintain its ownership of Novo Nordisk A/S’ share capital around 28%.

In addition, transactions related to Novo Nordisk’s incentive programmes have resulted in a net transfer from Novo Nordisk of 183,245 B shares in the period from 6 November 2024 to 8 November 2024.

With the transactions stated above, Novo Nordisk A/S owns a total of 21,348,485 B shares of DKK 0.10, corresponding to 0.5% of the share capital, as treasury shares. The total number of A and B shares in the company is 4,465,000,000 of DKK 0.10 including treasury shares.

Novo Nordisk is a leading global healthcare company, founded in 1923 and headquartered in Denmark. Our purpose is to drive change to defeat serious chronic diseases, built upon our heritage in diabetes. We do so by pioneering scientific breakthroughs, expanding access to our medicines, and working to prevent and ultimately cure disease. Novo Nordisk employs about 72,000 people in 80 countries and markets its products in around 170 countries. Novo Nordisk's B shares are listed on Nasdaq Copenhagen (Novo-B). Its ADRs are listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NVO). For more information, visit novonordisk.com, Facebook, Instagram, X, LinkedIn and YouTube.

Contacts for further information

Company announcement No 84 / 2024

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