Novo Nordisk A/S : Status regarding Novo Nordisk's holding of its own shares (31 December 2012) (2 January 2013)

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Bagsværd, Denmark, 2 January 2013 - In continuation of the company's announcements dated 9 August 2012 and 9 November 2012 concerning planned share repurchase programmes, and pursuant to Section 204.25 of the New York Stock Exchange Listed Company Manual, this is to report that Novo Nordisk A/S (NYSE: NVO) and its wholly-owned affiliates on 31 December 2012 owned 17,416,676 of its own B shares of DKK 1, corresponding to a total nominal value of DKK 17,416,676 or 3.1% of the total share capital.

Media:
Anne Margrethe Hauge	[phone]	[e-mail]
Ken Inchausti (US)	[phone]	[e-mail]
Investors:
Kasper Roseeuw Poulsen	[phone]	[e-mail]
Frank Daniel Mersebach	[phone]	[e-mail]
Lars Borup Jacobsen	[phone]	[e-mail]
Jannick Lindegaard (US)	[phone]	[e-mail]

Company announcement No 2 / 2013