Novonesis AS

Director's Dealing • Feb 27, 2009

TRADING BY MANAGEMENT IN NOVOZYMES A/S B SHARES

February 27, 2009

In accordance with Section 28a of the Danish Securities Trading Act, Novozymes reports the following transactions under ISIN DK0010272129, Novozymes B shares under the symbol NZYM B.

Name	Relation/ Category of close relation	Trading date	Character of the transaction	No. of shares traded Buy (+) / Sell (-)	Market value of shares traded (DKK)
Per Falholt	EVP & CSO	26/2 2009	Share options	+ 3,995 - 3,995	591,260 1,773,780

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