Copenhagen, Denmark; February 5,
2008 – In the Stock Exchange Release no. 5 filed on February 4,
2008 titled Major Shareholder Announcement for Genmab A/S (OMX: GEN) it was
announced that The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. had informed us that their
ownership in Genmab A/S as of February 1, 2008 consisted of 4,354,405
shares, which was 9.78% of the total shares in the Company. The Goldman
Sachs Group, Inc. has subsequently informed us that they had made a
miscalculation and under reference to Section 29 of the Danish Securities
Trading Act their ownership in Genmab A/S as of February 1, 2008 consists
of 3,078,257 shares, which is 6.91% of the total shares in the Company.