Galapagos creates new warrant plan

Mechelen, Belgium; 18 September 2013 - Galapagos NV (Euronext: GLPG) announced today that its Board of Directors has created and offered 75,000 warrants under a new warrant plan.

On 18 September 2013, the Board of Directors of Galapagos approved the "Warrant Plan 2013 (B)" within the framework of the authorized capital.  Under this warrant plan, 75,000 warrants were created (subject to acceptance) and offered to David Smith, who joined Galapagos' Executive Committee as CEO of the service division.

These warrants have an exercise term of eight years as of the date of the offer and have an exercise price of €15.18 (the average closing price of the share on Euronext Brussels during the thirty days preceding date of the offer).  The warrants are not transferable and can in principle not be exercised prior to the end of the third calendar year after the calendar year in which they were granted.  Each warrant gives the right to subscribe to one new Galapagos share.  Should the warrants be exercised, Galapagos will apply for the listing of the resulting new shares on a regulated stock market.  The warrants as such will not be listed on any stock market.

To date, Galapagos' total share capital amounts to €160,962,030.82; the total number of securities conferring voting rights is 29,755,302, which is also the total number of voting rights (the "denominator"), and all securities conferring voting rights and all voting rights are of the same category.  The total number of rights (warrants) to subscribe to not yet issued securities conferring voting rights is 3,636,015, which equals the total number of voting rights that may result from the exercise of these warrants.

About Galapagos
Galapagos (Euronext: GLPG; OTC: GLPYY) is specialized in novel modes-of-action, with a large pipeline of five Phase 2 (two led by GSK), one Phase 1, six pre-clinical, and 20 discovery small-molecule and antibody programs in cystic fibrosis, inflammation, antibiotics, metabolic disease, and other indications.
GLPG0634 is an orally-available, selective inhibitor of JAK1 for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and potentially other inflammatory diseases, currently in Phase 2B studies in RA and about to enter Phase 2 studies in Crohn's disease.  AbbVie and Galapagos signed a worldwide license agreement whereby AbbVie will be responsible for further development and commercialization after Phase 2B.  Galapagos has another selective JAK1 inhibitor in Phase 2 in lupus and psoriasis, GSK2586184 (formerly GLPG0778, in-licensed by GlaxoSmithKline in 2012).  GLPG0974 is the first inhibitor of FFA2 to be evaluated clinically for the treatment of IBD; this program is currently in a Proof-of-Concept Phase 2 study.  GLPG1205 is a first-in-class molecule that targets inflammatory disorders and is currently in a First-in-Human Phase 1 study.
The Galapagos Group, including fee-for-service companies BioFocus, Argenta and Fidelta, has around 800 employees and operates facilities in five countries, with global headquarters in Mechelen, Belgium.  Further information at: www.glpg.com

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