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Novo Holdings Annual Report 2020 Here Novo Holdings A/S Annual Report 2020 1 annual report Novo Holdings A/S Tuborg Havnevej 19 2900 Hellerup, Denmark CVR 24257630 2 Novo Holdings A/S Annual Report 2020 Content Management review 06 Letter from the Chairman and the CEO Introducing 08 Novo Holdings at a glance Novo Holdings 10 Our business model 4 12 2020 performance highlights 16 Purpose and ambition 18 People and organisation Our business 20 Investment strategy 14 34 Financial performance 2020 and outlook for 2021 38 Business and financial risk 44 Corporate governance Governance 45 Boards and Leadership Team 42 50 Responsible investments Novo Holdings A/S Annual Report 2020 3 Statements 54 Statement of comprehensive income 55 Balance sheet Financial statements 56 Equity statement 52 57 Cash flow statement 59 Notes to the financial statement Management's 84 Management’s statement statement and 82 Auditor’s report 85 Independent Auditor’s report Front page: Novo Holdings is a world-leading life science investor with a focus on creating long-term value. We invest in life science companies at all stages of development and in a broad portfolio of equity and fixed income securities. 4 Novo Holdings A/S Annual Report 2020 Management review Introducing Novo Holdings Novo Holdings has a substantial portfolio of industrial biotech companies providing sustainable solutions within areas including agriculture and food production. 6 Novo Holdings A/S Annual Report 2020 Letter from the Chairman and the CEO The year 2020 was marked by the significant challenges brought about by the companies, taking its total portfolio to 10 companies. In just two years, coronavirus pandemic. Despite that, our organization demonstrated adaptability Novo Growth has emerged as a leading life science growth equity investor and resilience, and our teams delivered very satisfactory financial results. and has a portfolio of companies in sectors ranging from bioindustrials to diagnostics to gene therapy. Novo Holdings realized record Income and Investment Returns of DKK 29 billion in 2020, up from DKK 26 billion in 2019. This result is well balanced and Novo Seeds invested DKK 582 million in 2020 including investments into based on a strong performance from both the Novo Group companies and eight new companies. A key highlight of the year was the NASDAQ IPO of from the Investment Portfolio, with the latter generating a very satisfactory Galecto at a valuation of around USD 400 million. Copenhagen-based Galecto return of 12% for the year, which is significantly ahead of benchmark. Novo was seeded by Novo Seeds in 2011 with an investment of DKK 2 million. Holdings closed the year with a record DKK 457 billion in total assets, up from DKK 411 billion in 2019, with the Investment Portfolio alone increasing to a Our non-life science investment team, Novo Capital Investors, closed the year record DKK 150 billion, up from DKK 127 billion in 2019. with DKK 73 billion of assets under management and generated a return of 8%, well ahead of benchmark. Key highlights of the year include investments Novo Holdings is a long-term investor with the Investment Portfolio by our new Real Assets team, including a commitment of more than DKK 1 comprising Life Science Investments (52% of the portfolio) and Capital billion in the Nordic real estate group NREP and a commitment of around Investments (48% of the portfolio). As at year-end 2020, the Life Science DKK 1 billion in US-based infrastructure fund I Squared Capital. Investment Portfolio generated a 10-year average return of 17%, while the Capital Investments Portfolio generated a 10-year average return of 9%. The total Novo Holdings Investment Portfolio 10-year average return stands at 12%, and we are pleased to be delivering on our key objective of generating attractive long-term returns on the assets of the Novo Nordisk Foundation. In addition to a very satisfactory financial performance, Novo Holdings attained important strategic milestones in 2020 as well as notable accomplishments with societal impact. Financial highlights Principal Investments deployed DKK 5 billion of capital, including the private investment into WCG and two sizeable public investments into a leading MedTech and a leading pharma services company, all US-based. In Europe, we added to our position in German-based Evotec. Novo Ventures witnessed an unprecedented level of activity and invested a record DKK 3.7 billion, cementing its position as a leading global life science venture investor. Novo Ventures executed 79 investments in 2020 and among its exits were 9 IPOs. Our newest team, Novo Growth, invested DKK 1.1 billion in four Novo Holdings A/S Annual Report 2020 7 Strategic highlights Action Fund to invest in AMR projects. In addition to our work with the 2020 was an important year for the geographical expansion of our Life IFPMA, Novo Holdings invested USD 50 million on behalf of the Novo Science Investment teams. We expanded into Asia with the opening of Nordisk Foundation, and Novo Nordisk separately invested 25 million our Singapore office, and we established a presence in the US for Principal into the fund. The Action Fund is the largest and most comprehensive Investments, with the recruitment of two senior partners. commitment ever made to tackle the AMR crisis. On the asset class front, 2020 was a milestone year from a diversification We continued our deliberate focus on active investments in the perspective. Most of the asset class expansion took place in Novo Capital bioindustrial segment, to deliver sustainable solutions to the industry. Investors, where we established a Real Assets team, a Technology Venture Our bioindustrial investments in 2020 stand at DKK 337 million, with an Capital team and a Credit team. exposure of total assets of DKK 1.3 billion by end 2020. Further, we continued to grow the Novo Advisory Group, which assists us The Novo Holdings ethos is expressed by the Novo Holdings Way, and its in our life science investment decisions. In 2020, we welcomed Britt Melby cornerstones are Performance, Respect and Responsibility. Our teams lived up Jensen, Per Lofberg and Peder Holk Nielsen to the group. to this ethos in an exemplary manner in 2020 by delivering a very satisfactory performance under the extremely challenging circumstances created by Societal impact highlights the COVID-19 crisis. We would like to express our deep gratitude to all our Novo Holdings’ deliberate life sciences focus places us in a very colleagues for their commitment and resilience during this very challenging year. special position as a long-term investor with a positive societal impact. 2020 was a very special year for our efforts in tackling the anti-microbial resistance (AMR) crisis. Aside from our REPAIR Impact Fund representing accumulated investments of DKK 407 million into nine companies by the end of 2020, we worked closely with the IFPMA (International Federation Lars Rebien Sørensen Kasim Kutay of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers) on the formation of the USD 1 billion Chairman of the Board Chief Executive Officer Strategic objectives Strong owner of Novo Nordisk Generate attractive returns Promote better health, sustainability and Novozymes and welfare • Secure a set, minimum level of ownership • Deliver long-term attractive returns • Invest in and build the Nordic biotech industry • Ensure a set liquidity reserve to provide • Provide excess returns to set benchmarks • Make life science investments that improve financial support if ever required people's lives and support biosustainability • Manage Impact Investments 8 Novo Holdings A/S Annual Report 2020 Novo Holdings at a glance DKK 134 bn 109 457(EUR 61 bn) Global employees Portfolio companies Total investment assets 5 * offices *The offices in US, UK and Asia are separate entities that provide certain consultancy services to Novo Holdings A/S, mainly within the areas of identifying and analysing various investment opportunities among life sciences companies in the US, UK and Asia as well as certain follow-up activities related thereto, such as board memberships, financial control and reporting efforts. Novo Holdings A/S Annual Report 2020 9 DKK % bn 9 150(EUR 20 bn) Total 5-year average return Investment Portfolio of DKK on the Investment Portfolio DKK bn 10(EUR 1 bn) % Deployed into life sciences Return17 on Life Science Investments Total Income and Return % Return on 8Capital Investments DKK29 bn(EUR 4 bn) 10 Novo Holdings A/S Annual Report 2020 Our business model Novo Holdings is a holding and investment company, wholly owned by the Novo Nordisk Foundation. Our objective is to meet the Novo Nordisk Foundation’s strategic and commercial goals, which requires us to make Dividends to the investments with a view to long-term returns. Novo Nordisk Foundation 414 Education & outreach Deep life science expertise Novo Life Science Investors 585 Patient-centred and 446 Cash inflow from dividends research-based care Innovation and share-buy back programmes of Novo Nordisk and Novozymes DKK 5540 n Payouts and grants awarded in 2020 by the 324 Novo Nordisk Foundation Social, humanitarian 1908 and development aid Biomedical and Proven capital investment health science track-record Novo Capital Investors research and applications Return from Investment Portfolio 1346 517 Life science research and industrial Natural and technical science applications promoting sustainability research and interdisciplinarity Novo Group Novo Holdings Novo Nordisk Foundation Novo Holdings A/S Annual Report 2020 11 Dividends to the Novo Nordisk Foundation 414 Education
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