Status regarding Novo Nordisk's holding of its own shares (31 March 2016)

Bagsværd, Denmark, 01 April 2016 - In continuation of the company's announcements dated 29 October 2015 and 3 February 2016 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 31 March 2016 owned 58,672,645 of its own B shares of DKK 0.20, corresponding to a total nominal value of DKK 11,734,529 or 2.3% of the total share capital.

In the first quarter of 2016 a total of 10,670,964 B shares were repurchased, and 4,167,022 B shares were disposed to employees in connection with employee incentive programmes.

Further information

Company announcement No 26/2016


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Source: Novo Nordisk A/S via Globenewswire
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