Novozymes A/S announced that at its AGM to be held on April 30, 2024, The distribution of profit will be addressed at the meeting and the board of directors proposes an ordinary dividend of DKK 2 or EUR 0.27 per A/B share for the last four months (September 1 to December 31) of 2023. This equals a pay-out ratio of 53.2% of the company?s adjusted net profit for the four-month period. Following the approval of the proposed dividend, legacy Novozymes shareholders will have received a total pay-out of the 2023 adjusted net profit of DKK 6.20 per share (50.8% pay-out ratio).

This equals an increase in the paid dividend of 3% compared to the dividend paid for the 2022 result.