Treasury Stock


Under the programme Novo Nordisk will repurchase B shares for an
amount of up to DKK 2 billion in the period from 31 January 2008 to 6
August 2008.

Since the announcement as of 18 February 2008, the following
transactions have been made under the programme:


                               Number of Average purchase Transaction
                                shares        price       value, DKK
Accumulated, last announcement   722,907                  229,847,248
18 Feb 2008                       50,000           331.78  16,589,000
19 Feb 2008                       50,000           334.18  16,709,000
20 Feb 2008                       50,000           332.84  16,642,000
21 Feb 2008                       50,000           339.09  16,954,500
22 Feb 2008                       25,000           341.42   8,535,500
Accumulated, 2008                947,907                  305,277,248


With the transactions stated above, Novo Nordisk owns a total of
25,917,260 treasury shares, corresponding to 4.0% of the share
capital. The total amount of shares in the company is 646,960,000
including treasury shares.
Novo Nordisk is a healthcare company and a world leader in diabetes
care. In addition, Novo Nordisk has a leading position within areas
such as haemostasis management, growth hormone therapy and hormone
replacement therapy. Novo Nordisk manufactures and markets
pharmaceutical products and services that make a significant
difference to patients, the medical profession and society. With
headquarters in Denmark, Novo Nordisk employs approximately 26,000
employees in 80 countries, and markets its products in 179 countries.
Novo Nordisk's B shares are listed on the stock exchanges in
Copenhagen and London. Its ADRs are listed on the New York Stock
Exchange under the symbol 'NVO'. For more information, visit
novonordisk.com.

Further information:

Media:                 Investors:

Outside North America: Outside North America:
Elin K Hansen          Mads Veggerby Lausten
Tel: (+45) 4442 3450   Tel: (+45) 4443 7919
ekh@novonordisk.com    mlau@novonordisk.com

                       Hans Rommer
                       Tel: (+45) 4442 4765
                       hrmm@novonordisk.com

In North America:      In North America:
Sean Clements          Christian Qvist Frandsen
Tel: (+1) 609 514 8316 Tel: (+1) 609 919 7937
secl@novonordisk.com   cqfr@novonordisk.com


Stock Exchange Announcement no 12 / 2008
GlobeNewswire