BAGSVAERD, Denmark, Oct. 1, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In continuation of the company's announcements dated 30 January 2014 and 7 August 2014 concerning planned share repurchase programmes, and pursuant to Section 204.25 of the New York Stock Exchange Listed Company Manual, this is to report that Novo Nordisk A/S (NYSE: NVO) and its wholly-owned affiliates on 30 September 2014 owned 43,276,289 of its own B shares of DKK 0.20, corresponding to a total nominal value of DKK 8,655,258 or 1.6% of the total share capital.

Further information

Media:    
Anne Margrethe Hauge +45 4442 3450amhg@novonordisk.com
Investors:    
Kasper Roseeuw Poulsen +45 3079 4303krop@novonordisk.com
Jannick Lindegaard Denholt +45 3079 8519jlis@novonordisk.com
Daniel Bohsen +45 3079 6376dabo@novonordisk.com
Frank Daniel Mersebach (US) +1 609 235 8567fdni@novonordisk.com

Company announcement No 60 / 2014

Company announcement No 60 2014 http://hugin.info/2013/R/1860018/651867.pdf

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