Bagsværd, Denmark, 19 March 2015 - Today, Novo Nordisk A/S held its Annual General Meeting, at which the following were adopted:
Financial year 2014 and 2015
- The Company's audited Annual Report 2014.
- The remuneration of the Board of Directors for 2014 and the level for 2015.
- Distribution of profit according to the adopted Annual Report 2014. The dividend will be DKK 5.00 per A and B share of DKK 0.20.
Elections
- Re-election of Göran Ando as chairman and Jeppe Christiansen as vice chairman of the Board of Directors.
- Re-election of Bruno Angelici, Liz Hewitt, and Thomas Paul Koestler as members of the Board of Directors.
- Election of Sylvie Grégoire, Eivind Kolding and Mary Szela as new members of the Board of Directors.
- Re-election of PricewaterhouseCoopers Statsautoriseret Revisionspartnerselskab as the Company's auditor.
Shares and capital
- Reduction of the Company's B share capital by cancellation of part of the Company's own holding of B shares. The Company's B shares are reduced by DKK 10,000,000 from DKK 422,512,800 to DKK 412,512,800.
- Authorisation to the Board of Directors until the next Annual General Meeting to allow the Company to repurchase own shares of up to 10% of the share capital subject to a holding limit of 10% of the share capital.
Other
- Amendment to the Articles of Association to allow distribution of extraordinary dividend.
- Revised Remuneration Principles.
Further information
| Media: | ||
| Mike Rulis | +45 3079 3573 | mike@novonordisk.com (mailto:mike@novonordisk.com) |
| Ken Inchausti (US) | +1 609 514 8316 | kiau@novonordisk.com (mailto:kiau@novonordisk.com) |
| Investors: | ||
| Kasper Roseeuw Poulsen | +45 3079 4303 | krop@novonordisk.com (mailto:krop@novonordisk.com) |
| Daniel Bohsen | +45 3079 6376 | dabo@novonordisk.com (mailto:dabo@novonordisk.com) |
| Melanie Raouzeos | +45 3075 3479 | mrz@novonordisk.com (mailto:mrz@novonordisk.com) |
| Frank Daniel Mersebach (US) | +1 609 235 8567 | fdni@novonordisk.com (mailto:fdni@novonordisk.com) |
Company announcement No 19 / 2015
Company announcement No 19 / 2015 (http://hugin.info/2013/R/1904763/677683.pdf)
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Source: Novo Nordisk A/S via Globenewswire
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