Novonesis AS

Transaction in Own Shares • Apr 29, 2011

April 29, 2011

On February 11, 2011, Novozymes initiated a share buyback program in accordance with the provisions of European Commission Regulation no. 2273/2003 of December 22, 2003, also referred to as the Safe Harbour Regulation.

Under the program Novozymes will buy back B shares for an amount of up to DKK 400 million in the period from February 11, 2011, to December 31, 2011.

The following transactions have been made under the program:

	Number of shares	Average purchase price	Transaction value, DKK
Accumulated, last announcement	126,917		99,386,968
April 15, 2011	2,500	819.85	2,049,625
April 18, 2011	7,500	822.35	6,167,625
April 19, 2011	0		0
April 20, 2011	0		0
April 26, 2011	3,802	827.45	3,145,965
April 27, 2011	3,195	826.23	2,639,805
April 28, 2011	0
Accumulated under the program	143,914		113,389,988

Transactions related to Novozymes' incentive programs have resulted in a net sale by Novozymes of 4,766 B shares in the period from April 15 to April 28. The shares related to these transactions were not part of the Safe Harbour share buyback program.

With the transactions stated above, Novozymes owns a total of 1,991,555 treasury shares, corresponding to 3.1% of the share capital. The total amount of shares in the company is 65,000,000, including treasury shares.

Contact persons:
Press and media:	Investor Relations:
René Tronborg (Europe)	Tobias Bjorklund
Tel. (direct): +45 4446 2274 Tel. (mobile): +45 3077 2274	Tel. (direct): +45 4446 8682 Tel. (mobile): +45 3077 8682
Paige Donnelly (USA)	Martin Riise Nielsen
Tel. (direct): +1 919 494 3209 Tel. (mobile): +1 919 218 4501	Tel. (direct): +45 4446 0738 Tel. (mobile): +45 3077 0738
	Thomas Bomhoff (USA)
	Tel. (direct): +1 919 494 3483 Tel. (mobile): +1 919 649 2565

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