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Novo Nordisk A S 401(k) retirement plan: the investment options

Does your 401(k) vote the way you would? Schwab S&P 500 Index Portfolio is the largest fund in the Novo Nordisk A S plan that publishes its votes. Answer 3 of its ballots from this season, then see your result.

The question on the ballot

As filed

Novo Nordisk A S 401(k) match and balances, from the filing

Company money in
about $4,390 per active participant
$39m in plan year 2024
Employees saved
about $15,430 each
$135m in plan year 2024
Average balance
$225,600
11,252 people with a balance
In the plan
$2.54bn
at the end of plan year 2024

Company money is the match plus any other employer contributions, averaged over all 8,783 active participants, including anyone who did not contribute. The filing reports dollars, not the match formula; the plan’s summary plan description states the formula.

SourceThe plan’s annual report to the Department of Labor — Form 5500, Schedule H, plan year 2024 · filed by NOVO NORDISK INC. as “NOVO NORDISK INC. 401(K) SAVINGS PLAN” · EIN 061061602, plan number 001 · search the filings

These are the funds in the Novo Nordisk A S retirement plan whose voting records we can trace, taken from the plan’s own annual filing. The figures show what each one did with shareholder proposals.

SourceThe fund menu is the list of investments in Novo Nordisk A S’s own annual retirement-plan filing · open the filing

FundClimateWorkersPay equityExec pay backed
Schwab S&P 500 Index Portfolio listed as “Schwab S&P 500 Index Fund” 0 of 660 of 21 0 of 890.7%
Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund listed as “Vanguard Total Intl Stk Inst” 0 of 950 of 10 0 of 483.1%
Vanguard Institutional Index Fund listed as “Vanguard Midcap Index Inst” 0 of 660 of 20 0 of 697.8%
Columbia Dividend Income Fund listed as “Columbia Dividend Income Funds” 1 of 270 of 7 0 of 290.8%
Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap Index Fund listed as “Vanguard Sm Cap Instl Plus” 0 of 170 of 2 0 of 396.6%
EUPAC Fund listed as “American Funds EUPAC R5E” 0 of 3— —98.5%
Nomura VIP Small Cap Value Series listed as “Delaware Small Cap Value I” —— —96.8%
Allspring Special International Small Cap Fund listed as “Allspring Special Intl SM CP I” —— —69.6%

What this means for you

Most people are in whichever fund their plan made the default, and never look again. The figures above are the part nobody shows you when you pick: not the fee, not last year's return, but what the fund did with the shares your savings paid for.

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