1. General information

Galapagos NV is a limited liability company incorporated in Belgium and has its registered office at Generaal De Wittelaan L11/A3, 2800 Mechelen, Belgium. In the notes to the consolidated financial statements, references to “the Group” or “Galapagos” include Galapagos NV together with its subsidiaries.

R&D

The R&D operations are specialized in the discovery and development of small molecules. The Group’s ambition is to become a leading global biotechnology company focused on the development and commercialization of novel medicines. The Group’s strategy is to leverage its unique and proprietary target discovery platform, which facilitates its discovery and development of therapies with novel modes of action.

The components of the operating result for continuing operations presented in the financial statements include the following companies: Galapagos NV (Mechelen, Belgium); Galapagos SASU (Romainville, France); Galapagos B.V. (Leiden, The Netherlands); Fidelta d.o.o. (Zagreb, Croatia); BioFocus, Inc. and its subsidiaries, BioFocus DPI LLC, and Xenometrix, Inc.; BioFocus DPI AG (Basel, Switzerland) and its subsidiary Discovery Partners International GmbH (Heidelberg, Germany); and Inpharmatica Ltd. (Saffron Walden, UK).

The Group’s continuing operations have around 400 employees working in the operating facilities in Mechelen (the Belgian headquarters), The Netherlands, France, and Croatia.

Services

Galapagos sold its service division to Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. on 1 April 2014.

The legal entities that were sold as part of this transaction were BioFocus DPI (Holdings) Ltd., BioFocus DPI Ltd., Argenta Discovery 2009 Ltd. and Cangenix Ltd. Galapagos B.V. was not sold, its service division operations were carved out by means of an asset deal.

As a result of this sale the service division is reported as discontinued operations.