Novo Nordisk A/S – Share repurchase programme

On March 14, 2022 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, MAR 14, 2022, View Source [SID1234610047]). This programme is part of the overall share repurchase programme of up to DKK 22 billion to be executed during a 12-month period beginning 2 February 2022.

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Under the programme initiated 2 February 2022, Novo Nordisk will repurchase B shares for an amount up to DKK 4.4 billion in the period from 2 February 2022 to 2 May 2022.

Since the announcement 7 March 2022, the following transactions have been made:

Number of

B shares

Average

purchase price

Transaction

value, DKK

Accumulated, last announcement 2,494,151 1,672,029,156
7 March 2022 110,000 693.55 76,290,472
8 March 2022 110,000 699.04 76,894,538
9 March 2022 105,000 689.72 72,420,439
10 March 2022 110,000 704.36 77,479,852
11 March 2022 100,000 691.13 69,112,536
Accumulated under the programme 3,029,151 2,044,226,993

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 34,815,319 B shares of DKK 0.20 as treasury shares, corresponding to 1.5% 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 22 billion during a 12- month period beginning 2 February 2022. As of 11 March 2022, Novo Nordisk has since 2 February 2022 repurchased a total of 3,029,151 B shares at an average share price of DKK 674.85 per B share equal to a transaction value of DKK 2,044,226,993.