Company: GLPG
Filing Date: 2025-03-27
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001558370-25-003806
Chunk: 297

Company: GALAPAGOS NV
Filing Date: 2025-03-27
Form: 20-F
Item: Item 10
Chunk 297
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 shares) will be treated as a dividend which in principle is subject to the withholding tax of 30%, subject to such relief as may be available under applicable domestic or tax treaty provisions. No Belgian withholding tax will be triggered if this redemption is carried out on a stock exchange and meets certain conditions. In case of a liquidation of our company, any amounts distributed in excess of the fiscal capital will also be treated as a dividend, and will in principle be subject to a 30% withholding tax, subject to such relief as may be available under applicable domestic or tax treaty provisions. For non-residents the dividend withholding tax, if any, will be the only tax on dividends in Belgium, unless the non-resident is engaged in a business in Belgium through a fixed base in Belgium or a Belgian permanent establishment to which the ADSs are effectively connected. Prospective Holders should consult their own advisors regarding the tax consequences in case the ADSs are effectively connected to a fixed base or a permanent establishment in Belgium. 

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Relief of Belgian Dividend Withholding Tax 
Under the U.S.-Belgium Tax Treaty, under which we are entitled to benefits accorded to residents of Belgium, there is a reduced Belgian withholding tax rate of 15% on dividends paid by us to a U.S. resident which beneficially owns the dividends and is entitled to claim the benefits on the U.S.-Belgium Tax Treaty under the limitation on benefits article included in the U.S.-Belgium Tax Treaty, or “Qualifying Holders”. 
If such Qualifying Holder is a company that owns directly at least 10% of our voting stock, the Belgian withholding tax rate is further reduced to 5%. No withholding tax is however applicable, if the Qualifying Holder does not carry on a business in Belgium through a permanent establishment situated therein, with which our shares, represented by the ADSs, are effectively connected and is either of the following: 

●   a company that is a resident of the United States that has directly owned our shares, represented by the ADSs, representing at least 10% of our capital for a twelve-month period ending on the date the dividend is declared, or
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●   a pension fund in the meaning of Article 3, (1), (k) of the U.S.-Belgium Tax Treaty, that is a resident of the United States, provided that such dividends are not derived from the carrying on of a business by the pension fund or through an associated enterprise.
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