Novo Nordisk A/S Purchases B Shares Worth DKK 2.9 Billion From Novo A/S as Part of the Ongoing Share Repurchase Program

BAGSVAERD, DENMARK--(Marketwire - August 11, 2011) -

Novo Nordisk A/S has today entered into an agreement to purchase 5,100,000 B shares (nominal DKK 1) of a value of DKK 2.9 billion from Novo A/S as part of the ongoing DKK 10.0 billion share repurchase programme for 2011. The transaction price is set to DKK 570.994 per share and has been calculated as the average market price from 4 August to 10 August in the open trading window following the announcement of Novo Nordisk's financial results for the first six months of 2011.

Company Announcement no 51 2011: http://hugin.info/2013/R/1537718/469449.pdf

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