On 5 November 2021, Novo Nordisk reported that 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) and the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1052 of 8 March 2016 (the "Safe Harbour Rules") (Press release, Novo Nordisk, NOV 15, 2021, View Source [SID1234595590]). This programme is part of the overall share repurchase programme of up to DKK 20 billion to be executed during a 12- month period beginning 3 February 2021.

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Under the programme initiated 5 November 2021, Novo Nordisk will repurchase B shares for an amount up to DKK 3.7 billion in the period from 11 November 2021 to 1 February 2022.

Since the announcement of the programme, the following transactions have been made:

The details for each transaction made under the share repurchase programme are published on novonordisk.com. The appointed lead manager makes its trading decisions concerning the timing of the purchases of the shares independently of Novo Nordisk.

Transactions related to Novo Nordisk’s incentive programmes have resulted in a net transfer from Novo Nordisk of 2,894 B shares in the period from 8 November 2021 to 12 November 2021. The shares in these transactions were not part of the Safe Harbour repurchase programme.

With the transactions stated above, Novo Nordisk owns a total of 28,399,732 B shares of DKK 0.20 as treasury shares, corresponding to 1.2% of the share capital. The total amount of A and B shares in the company is 2,310,000,000 including treasury shares.

Novo Nordisk expects to repurchase B shares for an amount up to DKK 20 billion during a 12- month period beginning 3 February 2021. As of 12 November 2021, Novo Nordisk has since 3 February 2021 repurchased a total of 29,646,181 B shares at an average share price of DKK 554.87 per B share equal to a transaction value of DKK 16,449,867,345.