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Accounts and Data Accounts and Data Statements 4 Risk factors 7 Accounting policies 8 The Novozymes Group 16 Summary and key figures 2003-1999 37 Companies in the Novozymes Group 38 Data for Environmental and Social Responsibility and Knowledge 39 Share information 43 Board of Directors and Executive Management 46 The Annual Accounts of the Parent Company Novozymes A/S are to be found on the enclosed CD-ROM. We imagine a future where our bio- logical solutions create the necessary balance between better business, “ cleaner environment and better lives. ” The Novozymes Group Statements Statement of the Board of Directors and the Management The Board of Directors and the Management have considered and approved the Annual Report for 2003 of Novozymes A/S. The Annual Report has been prepared in accordance with the Danish Company Accounts Act, the current Danish accounting standards, Danish accounting standard no. 21 “Leases”, Danish accounting standard no. 22, “Revenue”, and the regulations of the Copenhagen Stock Exchange for the presentation of accounts by listed companies. In our opinion the accounting policies used are appropriate and the Annual Report gives a true and fair view of the Group’s and the Parent Company’s* assets, liabilities, financial position and net profit, and the Group’s cash flows. The Annual Report is submitted for the approval of the Annual Meeting of Shareholders. Gladsaxe, January 29, 2004 Management: Steen Riisgaard Per Falholt Per Månsson Peder Holk Nielsen Arne W. Schmidt President and CEO Board of Directors: Henrik Gürtler Kurt Anker Nielsen Paul Petter Aas Jerker Hartwall Arne Hansen Chairman Vice chairman Lars Bo Køppler Ulla Morin Walther Thygesen Hans Werdelin * The Annual Accounts of the Parent Company Novozymes A/S are only included on the CD-ROM enclosed with the Annual Report. The Annual Accounts of the Parent Company form an integral part of the Annual Report. 4 5 Auditors’ report We have audited the Annual Report of Novozymes A/S for 2003*. The Annual Report is the responsibility of the Company’s Board of Directors and Management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Annual Report based on our audit. Basis of opinion We conducted our audit in accordance with International and Danish auditing standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance that the Annual Report is free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the Annual Report. An audit also includes assessing the accounting policies used and significant estimates made by the Board of Directors and Management, as well as evaluating the overall Annual Report presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion. Our audit did not give rise to any qualifications. Opinion In our opinion, the Annual Report gives a true and fair view of the Group’s and the Parent Company’s** assets, liabil- ities, shareholders’ equity and financial position at December 31, 2003, and of the results of the Group’s and the Parent Company’s operations and consolidated cash flows for 2003 in accordance with the Danish Company Accounts Act and the accounting regulations for the companies listed on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange. Gladsaxe, January 29, 2004 PricewaterhouseCoopers Ernst & Young Statsautoriseret Revisionsinteressentskab Statsautoriseret Revisionsaktieselskab Morten Iversen Lars Holtug Ole Neerup State-Authorised Public Accountant State-Authorised Public Accountant State-Authorised Public Accountant * In addition to the statutory audit of the Annual Report comprising pages 1-43 (Report) and 1-47 (Accounts and Data), PriceWaterhouseCoopers has performed a separate review and assessment of qualitative and quantitative aspects of Environmental and Social Responsibility in the Annual Report, and provided the separate statement thereon published on page 6 (Accounts and Data). ** The Annual Accounts of the Parent Company Novozymes A/S are only included on the CD-ROM enclosed with the Annual Report. The Annual Accounts of the Parent Company form an integral part of the Annual Report. 4 5 The Novozymes Group Statements Statement from PricewaterhouseCoopers on Environmental and Social Responsibility comprised by the Annual Report of Novozymes for 2003 As independent auditors, we have, in addition to our audit of the Annual Report and at the request of the Manage- ment, reviewed and assessed the description of Environmental and Social Responsibility in the Annual Report. The quantitative and qualitative aspects on which this statement is based are also comprised by our audit of the Annual Report. Moreover, we have reviewed and assessed management systems, processes and competences supporting Novozymes’ performance in these areas. Company Management is responsible for the Annual Report. It is our responsibility, on the basis of the AA1000 Assurance Standard, to conclude whether Novozymes complies with the overall principles hereof. Basis of Conclusion We have performed our work in accordance with ISA 100 Assurance Engagements and the AA1000 Assurance Standard with a view to obtaining reasonable assurance that the Annual Report provides a reliable, accurate and balanced representation as regards Novozymes’ work with respect to Environmental and Social Responsibility. On the basis of an assessment of materiality and risk, our work has comprised a review of management and reporting systems as well as internal control systems, interviews with members of the Executive Management, the Sustainability Development Strategy Group, as well as Management representatives and employees at selected reporting units (Tianjin, China; Franklinton, USA; Kalundborg and Bagsværd, Denmark). Moreover, we have analysed and tested documentation relating to representations made. We have on a test basis reviewed data and underlying documentation and checked whether data has been reported in accordance with the accounting policies applied. Finally, we have assessed the overall presentation. In our opinion, the work performed provides a reasonable basis for our conclusion. Conclusion, Improvements and Recommendations We hereby state that: • in our opinion, Novozymes has identified material stakeholders as well as environmental and social aspects relating to the Company’s activities. In our assessment, proposals and wishes put forward by important stakeholders are heard; • the Annual Report provides the most important, known information concerning Environmental and Social Respon- sibility, and the information provides a reliable, accurate and balanced representation of Novozymes’ work with the activities stated in the section ”Accounting policies”; • this Report will be made available to all Novozymes’ stakeholders; • the existing management and reporting systems as well as the internal control systems support the reliability of the information in the Annual Report. Our recommendations in our Statement in the Annual Report for 2002 have been addressed by Novozymes as follows: • Novozymes identifies stakeholders systematically and efficiently. The identification process takes place at the business units, which report on key stakeholders and aspects to Stakeholder Communications and the Sustainability Development Strategy Group, who coordinate the dialogue. • During 2003, Novozymes further integrated Environmental and Social Responsibility work into the business by establishing the Sustainability Development Strategy Group. The Group reports directly to the Executive Management and consists of, among others, managements of the business units and of the companies in China, USA and Brazil. We recommend that Novozymes: • explain, to an increased extent, how embedding of Environmental and Social Responsibility into the business creates value; • assess the possibility of using a set of indicators showing the extent to which procedures and measures communi- cated are implemented and observed; • conclude the examination as to whether Novozymes may, to an increased extent, achieve benchmarking against other enterprises. Gladsaxe, January 29, 2004 PricewaterhouseCoopers AG, Switzerland PricewaterhouseCoopers, Statsautoriseret Revisionsinteressentskab Thomas Scheiwiller, Dr. Sc.nat. Helle Bank Jørgensen, State-Authorised Public Accountant 6 7 The Novozymes Group Risk factors Risk factors Financial risk factors in the average interest rate on Novozymes’ net interest- Novozymes’ international operations mean that its bearing liabilities would have an effect on profit before profit and loss account and balance sheet are exposed tax of DKK 3.5 million. 36% of the loan portfolio at to a number of financial risk factors. Financial risks are year-end 2003 was at fixed rates of interest. According managed centrally by the Group finance function. The to Novozymes’ treasury policy, free funds may only be use of financial instruments is governed by the treasury invested in government bonds, extremely liquid domestic policy approved by Novozymes’ Board of Directors. This mortgage-credit bonds and money-market deposits. policy contains rules on the financial instruments that can be used for hedging, the counterparties that can be Credit risk used and the risk profile that is to be applied. Financial The Group does not have a significant concentration of instruments are used to hedge existing assets and credit risk. Credit risk is managed by dealing in financial liabilities or expected future net cash flow. instruments and placing deposits