Novo Nordisk A/S: Share repurchase programme

Bagsværd, Denmark, 21 February 2022

On 2 February 2022, Novo Nordisk initiated a share repurchase programme in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and Council of 16 April 2014 (MAR) and the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1052 of 8 March 2016 (the “Safe Harbour Rules”). This programme is part of the overall share repurchase programme of up to DKK 22 billion to be executed during a 12-month period beginning 2 February 2022.

Under the programme initiated 2 February 2022, Novo Nordisk will repurchase B shares for an amount up to DKK 4.4 billion in the period from 2 February 2022 to 2 May 2022.

Since the announcement 14 February 2022, the following transactions have been made

  Number of
B shares
Average
purchase price
Transaction
value, DKK
Accumulated, last announcement 860,000   579,881,788
14 February 2022 110,000 637.24 70,096,877
15 February 2022 110,000 661.83 72,801,224
16 February 2022 109,151 667.23 72,828,735
17 February 2022 115,000 676.35 77,780,224
18 February 2022 110,000 670.52 73,757,120
Accumulated under the programme 1,414,151   947,145,967

The details for each transaction made under the share repurchase programme are published on novonordisk.com.

Transactions related to Novo Nordisk’s incentive programmes have resulted in a net transfer from Novo Nordisk of 18,446 B shares in the period from 14 February 2022 to 18 February 2022. The shares in these transactions were not part of the Safe Harbour repurchase programme.

With the transactions stated above, Novo Nordisk owns a total of 33,200,319 B shares of DKK 0.20 as treasury shares, corresponding to 1.4% of the share capital. The total amount of A and B shares in the company is 2,310,000,000 including treasury shares.

Novo Nordisk expects to repurchase B shares for an amount up to DKK 22 billion during a 12-month period beginning 2 February 2022. As of 18 February 2022, Novo Nordisk has since 2 February 2022 repurchased a total of 1,414,151 B shares at an average share price of DKK 669,76 per B share equal to a transaction value of DKK 947,145,967.

Novo Nordisk

Novo Nordisk is a leading global healthcare company, founded in 1923 and headquartered in Denmark. Our purpose is to drive change to defeat diabetes and other serious chronic diseases such as obesity and rare blood and endocrine disorders. We do so by pioneering scientific breakthroughs, expanding access to our medicines, and working to prevent and ultimately cure disease. Novo Nordisk employs about 47,800 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, Twitter, LinkedIn, and YouTube.