Company Announcement No 27 / 2018 Page 2 of 2
Novo Nordisk A/S – Share repurchase programme Bagsværd, Denmark, 26 March 2018 – On 5 February 2018, 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), also referred to as the Safe Harbour rules. This programme is part of the overall share repurchase programme of up to DKK 14 billion to be executed during a 12-month period beginning 1 February 2018. Under the programme initiated 5 February 2018, Novo Nordisk will repurchase B shares for an amount up to DKK 2.5 billion in the period from 6 February 2018 to 30 April 2018. Since the announcement as of 19 March 2018, the following transactions have been made under the programme: Number of Average Transaction B shares purchase price value, DKK Accumulated, last announcement 4,316,251 1,330,917,830 19 March 2018 145,000 305.81 44,342,263 20 March 2018 145,000 304.49 44,151,273 21 March 2018 145,000 304.84 44,201,837 22 March 2018 147,366 301.24 44,392,350 23 March 2018 150,000 295.35 44,303,071 Accumulated under the programme 5,048,617 1,552,308,624 The details for each transaction made under the share repurchase programme are published on novonordisk.com. With the transactions stated above, Novo Nordisk owns a total of 68,110,853 B shares of DKK 0.20, corresponding to 2.7% of the share capital, as treasury shares. The total amount of A and B shares in the company is 2,500,000,000 including treasury shares.
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