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Novozymes
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Novozymes is a biotech-based
company, headquartered in
Dennark and employing
approximately 5,400 people in
30 countries. Novozymes A/S” B
shares are listed on the
NASDAQ OMX Nordic.
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Website
Contents
1 Business areas
= 1.1 Emymes
= 1.2 Biopharmaceuticals
= 13 Microorganisms
= 2 Ownership
3 Timeline
4 References and footnotes
5 Extemal links
Business areas
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Novozymes A/S
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Rethink Tomorrow
Publicly-traded Aktieselskab (OMX: NZYM B
(https/www.nasdagomxnordic.com/shares/shareinformation?
Instrument=CSE11273) )
Biotechnology
1925
Bagsvard, Denmark
Henrik Giirtler (Chairman), Steen Riisgaard (President and CEO)
Enzymes, microorganisms
DKK 10.510 billion 2011){4]
DKK 2.340 billion (2011)"]
DKK 1.828 billion (2011)!
5,824 goryl)
www.novozymes,com (http://www.novozymes.com)
‘Novozymes’ business in divided into three areas: Enzymes for industrial use, Microorganisms, and
Biopharmaceutical ingredients accounting for respectively 90%, 7% and 3% of sale, respectively (2011).21
Novozymes markets approximately 700 different products worldwide.
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Enzymes
Enzymes are divided into the following categories:
= Household Care Enzymes. Enzymes used in laundry detergents and automatic dish washing machines.
= Food & Beverage Enzymes. Food & Beverage enzymes include products for the baking, brewing,
beverage alcohol, fut juice and wine industries, and other food industries such as the dairy industry and
the oils & fats industry.
= Bioenergy Enzymes. Enzymes used for conversion of starch and organic waste into fermentable sugars
for the bioenergy industry
= Feed and other technical enzymes. The most important products in this business area are enzymes for
the starch, textile and the animal feed industries, as well as enzymes for the leather and forest products
industries and various other smaller industries
Biopharmaceuticals
Biopharmaceutical ingredients comprise of regulatory-compliant, protein based products and technologies
dedicated to the biopharmaceutical industry, adding value through efficiency - from manufacture to final drug
formulation and drug delivery.
Microorganisms
‘The microorganisms business area includes microorganisms for:
= Institutional and household cleaning
= Wastewater treatment
= Aquaculture
= Bioagriculture
Ownership
‘The Novozymes A share capital is held by Novo A/S, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Novo Nordisk
Foundation, In addition, Novo A/S holds 5,826,280 B shares, which overall gives Novo A/S 25.5% of the total
share capital and 70.1% of the votes.
Novozymes A/S' B shares are listed on the NASDAQ OMX Nordic and are traded under the abbreviated
name NZYM B and the ID code/ISIN DK0010272129. The B shares are issued in units of DKK 10.
Each A share carries the right to cast one hundred votes at the company's sharcholders' meeting, cach B share
the right to cast ten votes,
Timeline
= 1925 Novo Terapeutisk Laboratorium (hereafter called Novo) founded with the aim to produce insulin.
= 1941 Novo launches its first enzyme, trypsin, extracted from the pancreas of animals and used to soften
leather.
= 1963 Alcalase ~ Novos first detergent enzyme produced by fermentation,
= 1984 Launch of Maltogenase for the starch industry. The world’s first enzyme for industrial use produced
by genetically modified organisms,{itation needed]
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= 1987 Launch of Lipolase. The world’s first fat-splitting enzyme for detergents manufactured with
genetically engineered microorganisms, |