Status regarding Novo Nordisk's holding of its own shares (30 September 2014)


Status regarding Novo Nordisk's holding of its own shares (30 September 2014) Bagsværd, Denmark, 1 October 2014 - 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.

In the third quarter of 2014 a total of 15,213,000 B shares were repurchased, and
159,725 B shares were disposed of to employees in connection with employee incentive programmes.

Novo Nordisk is a global healthcare company with more than 90 years of innovation and leadership in diabetes care. The company also has leading positions within haemophilia care, growth hormone therapy and hormone replacement therapy. Headquartered in Denmark, Novo Nordisk employs approximately

40,700 employees in 75 countries, and markets its products in more than 180 countries. Novo Nordisk's B shares are listed on NASDAQ OMX Copenhagen (Novo-B). Its ADRs are listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NVO). For more information, visit novonordisk.com.

Further information

Media:

Anne Margrethe Hauge

+45 4442 3450

amhg@novonordisk.com

Investors:

Kasper Roseeuw Poulsen

+45 3079 4303

krop@novonordisk.com

Jannick Lindegaard Denholt

+45 3079 8519

jlis@novonordisk.com

Daniel Bohsen

+45 3079 6376

dabo@novonordisk.com

Frank Daniel Mersebach (US)

+1 609 235 8567

fdni@novonordisk.com

Novo Nordisk A/S

Investor Relations

Novo Allé

2880 Bagsværd

Denmark

Telephone:

+45 4444 8888

Internet: www.novonordisk.com CVR no:

24 25 67 90

Company announcement No 60 / 2014

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