Mechelen, Belgium, July 25, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Galapagos NV (Euronext:GLPG) announced today that its Board of Directors created 666,760 warrants under a new warrant plan for the benefit of employees, directors and an independent consultant of the Company and its subsidiaries.
On 25 July 2014, the Board of Directors of Galapagos approved the "Warrant Plan 2014" within the framework of the authorized capital. Under this warrant plan, 666,760 warrants were created, subject to acceptances.
The warrants created under Warrant Plan 2014 were offered on 25 July 2014, mainly to employees of Galapagos and its subsidiaries and in secondary order to its directors and an independent consultant. The offer of warrants to directors has been pre-approved by the Annual Shareholders' Meeting held on 29 April 2014.
The warrants have an exercise term of eight years as of the date of the offer and have an exercise price of €14.54 (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 to the beneficiaries. 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 €163,802,508.04; the total number of securities conferring voting rights is 30,280,344, 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 2,911,978, which equals the total number of voting rights that may result from the exercise of these warrants, and excludes the 666,760 warrants of Warrant Plan 2014 which were created subject to acceptances. Galapagos does not have any convertible bonds or shares without voting rights outstanding.
About Galapagos
Galapagos (Euronext:GLPG) (OTC:GLPYY) is specialized in novel modes-of-action, with a large pipeline comprising five Phase 2 studies (two led by GSK), two Phase 1 studies, four pre-clinical, and 20 discovery small-molecule and antibody programs in cystic fibrosis, inflammation, antibiotics, metabolic disease, and other indications. In the field of inflammation, AbbVie and Galapagos signed a worldwide license agreement whereby AbbVie will be responsible for further development and commercialization of GLPG0634 after Phase 2B. 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 in Phase 2 in Crohn's disease. Galapagos has another selective JAK1 inhibitor in Phase 2 in ulcerative colitis 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 has completed a Proof-of-Concept Phase 2 study. GLPG1205 is a first-in-class molecule that targets inflammatory disorders and has completed Phase 1. GLPG1690 is a first-in-class compound that targets pulmonary diseases and is currently in a Phase 1 study. AbbVie and Galapagos signed an agreement in CF whereby they work collaboratively to develop and commercialize oral drugs that address two mutations in the CFTR gene, the G551D and F508del mutation. Potentiator GLPG1837 is at the pre-clinical candidate stage. The Galapagos Group, including fee-for-service subsidiary Fidelta, has around 400 employees, operating from its Mechelen, Belgium headquarters and facilities in The Netherlands, France, and Croatia. Further information at: www.glpg.com
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Tel: +31 6 2291 6240
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