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Galapagos NV is a limited liability company organized under the laws of Belgium, having its registered office at Generaal De Wittelaan L11 A3, 2800 Mechelen, Belgium. Throughout this report, the term “Galapagos NV” refers solely to the non-consolidated Belgian company and references to “we,” “our,” “the group” or “Galapagos” include Galapagos NV together with its subsidiaries.

With the exception of filgotinib’s approval as Jyseleca® for the treatment of moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis and ulcerative colitis by the European Commission, Great Britain’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency and Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, our drug candidates mentioned in this report are investigational; their efficacy and safety have not been fully evaluated by any regulatory authority.

This report is published in Dutch and in English. Galapagos will use reasonable efforts to ensure the translation and conformity between the Dutch and English versions. In case of inconsistency between the Dutch and the English version, the Dutch version shall prevail.

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Galapagos NV
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Tel: +32 15 34 29 00
Email: ir@glpg.com

A digital version of this report is available on our website, www.glpg.com.

We will use reasonable efforts to ensure the accuracy of the digital version, but we do not assume responsibility if inaccuracies or inconsistencies with the printed document arise as a result of any electronic transmission. Therefore, we consider only the printed version of this report to be legally valid. Other information on our website or on other websites does not form a part of this report.

Jyseleca® is a trademark of Galapagos NV and Gilead Sciences, Inc. or its related companies.

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Forward-looking statements

This report contains forward-looking statements, all of which involve certain risks and uncertainties. These statements are often, but are not always, made through the use of words or phrases such as “believe,” “anticipate,” “expect,” “intend,” “plan,” “seek,” “estimate,” “may,” “will,” “could,” “would,” “potential,” “forward,” “goal,” “next,” “opportunity,” “continue,” "promising," “encouraging,” “aim,” “explore,” “further” as well as similar expressions. Forward-looking statements contained in this report include, but are not limited to, statements made in the “A conversation with Paul and Thad” section of this report, the information provided in the section captioned “Outlook 2023”, the guidance from management regarding our financial results, the expected operational use of cash during financial year 2023 and the adjusted net sales guidance for Jyseleca® during the financial year 2023, statements regarding our strategy and plans, including strategic and capital allocation priorities, statements regarding the transfer of our drug and research activities and employees exclusively dedicated to the activities in Romainville (France), statements regarding the five year-collaboration between Galapagos and NovAliX, statements regarding the acquisitions of CellPoint and AboundBio, including statements regarding anticipated benefits of the acquisitions and the integration of CellPoint and AboundBio into our portfolio and strategic plans, statements regarding preliminary, interim or topline data from the ATALANTA-1, EUPLAGIA-1, OLINGUITO, FILOSOPHY, and GALARISSO-studies and any other data or analyses related to CD19 CAR-T, and our plans and strategy with respect to such studies, statements regarding the timing and likelihood of business development projects and external innovation, statements regarding the amount and timing of potential future milestones, opt-in, royalty and other payments, statements regarding our R&D strategy and plans, including progress on our immunology or oncology-portfolio, our CAR-T portfolio, or our SIKi-portfolio, and any potential changes in such strategy, statements regarding our pipeline and complementary technology platforms driving future growth, statements regarding the strategic re-evaluation, including our 2028 Sustainability ambitions, statements regarding our commercialization efforts for filgotinib, our product candidates, and any of our future approved products, statements regarding our expectations on commercial sales of filgotinib and any of our product candidates (if approved), statements regarding our collaboration with Lonza, statements regarding the global R&D collaboration with Gilead, statements regarding the expected timing, design and readouts of ongoing and planned preclinical studies and clinical trials (i) with filgotinib in RA, UC and AxSpA, (ii) with SIKi compounds, including GLPG3667 in SLE and DM, (iii) with GLPG5101 in rrNHL and rSLE, (iv) GLPG5201 in rrCLL and rrSLL, (v) GLPG5301 in rrMM, and (vi) with the next-generation CAR-Ts, including recruitment for trials and topline results for trials and studies in our portfolio, statements related to the EMA’s safety review of JAK inhibitors used to treat certain inflammatory disorders, including filgotinib, initiated at the request of the European Commission (EC) under article 20 of Regulation (EC) No 726/2004, and regarding the related CHMP opinion and the related EC’s decision, statements relating to interactions with regulatory authorities, statements relating to the timing or likelihood of additional regulatory authorities’ approval of marketing authorization for filgotinib for RA, UC or other indications, the timing or likelihood of pricing and reimbursement interactions for filgotinib, statements relating to the development of our commercial organization, commercial sales, and rollout of our products and product candidates (if approved), statements related to the expected reimbursement for Jyseleca®, statements regarding our plans and strategy related to the development of our CD19 CAR-T candidates, GLPG5101 and GLPG5201, including patient enrollment for the Phase 1/2 ATALANTA-1 study and the EUPLAGIA-1 study, and the timing for topline results from such studies, statements regarding the timing for initiation of the Phase 1/2 PAPILIO-1 study with BCMA CAR-T product candidate, GLPG5301, statements regarding the effect of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine on our operations and ongoing studies, statements regarding the changes in our leadership and expected resulting benefits, and statements regarding the expected impact of COVID-19. We caution the reader that forward-looking statements are based on our management’s current expectations and beliefs, and are not guarantees of future performance. Forward-looking statements may involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which might cause our actual results, financial condition and liquidity, performance or achievements, or the industry in which we operate, to be materially different from any historic or future results, financial conditions, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such risks include, but are not limited to, the risk that our beliefs, assumptions and expectations regarding our 2023 revenues, cash burn, operational expenses, or other financials may be incorrect (including because one or more of our assumptions underlying our revenue or expense expectations may not be realized), the risk that ongoing and future clinical trials may not be completed in the currently envisaged timelines or at all, the inherent risks and uncertainties associated with competitive developments, clinical trials, recruitment of patients, product development activities and regulatory approval requirements (including, but not limited to, the risk that data from our ongoing and planned clinical research programs in RA, UC, rrNHL, rrCLL, or any other indication or diseases, may not support registration or further development of our product candidates due to safety, or efficacy concerns, or any other reasons), risks related to the acquisitions of CellPoint and AboundBio, including the risk that we may not achieve the anticipated benefits of the acquisitions of CellPoint and AboundBio, risks related to the transfer of the drug discoveries and research activities conducted in Romainville (France) and employees exclusively dedicated to these activities to NovAliX, the inherent risks and uncertainties associated with target discovery and validation, and drug discovery and development activities, the risk that the preliminary and topline data from the ATALANTA-1, EUPLAGIA-1, OLINGUITO, FILOSOPHY, PAPILIO-1, GALACELA and GALARISSO-studies may not be reflective of the final data, risks related to our reliance on collaborations with third parties (including, but not limited to, Gilead, Sobi and Lonza), the risk that the transition of the European commercialization responsibility of filgotinib from Gilead to us will not have the currently expected results for our business and results of operations, the risk that estimates regarding our filgotinib development program and the commercial potential of our product candidates and our expectations regarding the costs and revenues associated with the transfer of European commercialization rights to filgotinib may be incorrect, the risk that we will not be able to continue to execute on our currently contemplated business plan and/or will revise our business plan, including the risk that our plans with respect to our CAR-T programs may not be achieved on the currently anticipated timeline or at all, the risk that our projections and expectations regarding the commercial potential of our product candidates or expectations regarding the costs and revenues associated with the commercialization rights may be inaccurate, the risks related to our strategic transformation exercise, including the risk that we may not achieve the anticipated benefits of such exercise on the currently envisaged timeline or at all, the risk that we will be unable to successfully achieve the anticipated benefits from our leadership transition plan, the risk that we will encounter challenges retaining or attracting talent, the risks related to potential disruptions in our operations, supply chain or ongoing studies due to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, the risks related to continued regulatory review of filgotinib following approval by relevant regulatory authorities, including by EC and EMA, the risk that the EMA and/or other regulatory authorities determine that additional non-clinical or clinical studies are required with respect to filgotinib or any other product candidate that are approved in the future would be required, the risk that the EMA and/or other regulatory authorities may require that the market authorization for filgotinib in the EU be amended, the risk that the EMA may impose JAK class-based warnings, the risk that the EMA’s and/or other regulatory authorities’ safety review may negatively impact acceptance of filgotinib by patients, the medical community and healthcare payors, and the risks and uncertainties related to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. A further list and description of these risks, uncertainties and other risks can be found in our filings and reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including in our most recent annual report on Form 20‐F filed with the SEC and our subsequent filings and reports filed with the SEC. We also refer to the “Risk Factors” section of this report. Given these risks and uncertainties, the reader is advised not to place any undue reliance on such forward-looking statements. In addition, even if the result of our operations, financial condition and liquidity, or the industry in which we operate, are consistent with such forward-looking statements, they may not be predictive of results, performance or achievements in future periods. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of publication of this document. We expressly disclaim any obligation to update any such forward-looking statements in this document to reflect any change in our expectations with regard thereto or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based or that may affect the likelihood that actual results will differ from those set forth in the forward-looking statements, unless specifically required by law or regulation.