BAGSVAERD, DENMARK -- (Marketwire) -- 01/02/13 -- 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.

Company announcement No 02 / 2013: http://hugin.info/2013/R/1667832/541468.pdf

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