Events after the end of the reporting period

On 30 April 2021, the supervisory board of Galapagos approved “Subscription Right Plan 2021 RMV”, a subscription right plan intended for the employees of its French subsidiary, Galapagos SASU, “Subscription Right Plan 2021 ROW”, a subscription right plan intended for the employees of its other non-Belgian subsidiairies and “Subscription Right Plan 2021 BE”, a subscription right plan intended for the employees of the company and its Belgian subsidiaries, within the framework of the authorized capital. Under these subscription right plans, 2,736,250 subscription rights were created, subject to acceptances, and offered to the beneficiaries of the plans. The subscription rights have an exercise term of eight years as of the date of the offer and have an exercise price of €64.76 (the closing price of the share on Euronext Amsterdam and Brussels on the day preceding the date of the offer). The subscription rights are not transferable. Subscription rights granted under Subscription Right Plan 2021 BE can in principle not be exercised prior to 1 January 2025 and subscription rights granted under Subscription Right Plan 2021 RMV and Subscription Right Plan 2021 ROW vest in instalments: with 25% of each grant being exercisable as of 1 January 2023, 25% as of 1 January 2024 and 50% (the remainder) as of 1 January 2025. Each subscription right gives the right to subscribe to one new Galapagos share.

We note that Dr. Rajesh Parekh and Ms. Katrine Bosley were re-appointed as members of the supervisory board by the shareholders’ meeting of 28 April 2021 for a period of four years and for a period of one year respectively. Ms. Katrine Bosley is an independent supervisory board member within the meaning of article 7:87 of the Belgian Companies Code and article 3.5 of the Belgian Corporate Governance Code 2020.