Copenhagen, DENMARK; March 9, 2001 - Genmab A/S (CSE: GEN and Neuer Markt: GE9D) announced that the Company's Ordinary General Meeting will take place on Thursday, March 22, 2001 at 3:00 p.m. The Ordinary General Meeting will be held at the Radisson SAS Scandinavia Hotel, Amager Boulevard 70, DK-2300 Copenhagen S, Denmark.

The agenda for the meeting is as follows:
1. Report of the Board of Directors on the Company's activities during the year.
2. Presentation of the annual accounts, endorsed by the auditors, for approval together with the annual report and the discharge of the Board of Directors and the Management.
3. Decision as to the settlement of loss according to the approved annual accounts.
4. Election of members of the Board of Directors.
5. Election of two auditors.
6. Proposal from the Board of Directors: In order for the Company to fulfill the new requirements on the Neuer Markt regarding accounting principles the Board of Directors propose to change Article 20 in the Articles of Association as follows:
"The Annual Accounts shall give a true and fair view of the Company's assets and liabilities, of its financial position, and profit and loss, in accordance with the Danish Annual Accounts Act (Danish GAAP) and US GAAP and/or International Accounting Standards (IAS). "
7. Miscellaneous.

Any shareholder is entitled to attend the Ordinary General Meeting after having submitted a request to the Genmab's office for an admission card no later than March 16, 2001. An admission card may be requested by Fax to the corporate headquarters at Fax: +45 7020 2729, or by email to: moh@genmab.com. When requesting an admission card, shareholders should supply full name, mailing address including country, contact telephone number, and number of shares held. Any shareholder, to whom an admission card already has been issued, who is unable to attend the Ordinary General Meeting is kindly asked to notify the Company no later than March 19, 2001.