Company: GLPG
Filing Date: 2025-03-27
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001558370-25-003806
Chunk: 321

Company: GALAPAGOS NV
Filing Date: 2025-03-27
Form: 20-F
Item: Item 16C
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Item 16C    Principal Accountant fees and services
BDO Bedrijfsrevisoren BV (BDO) was appointed as statutory auditor by the Shareholders’ Meeting held on April 25, 2023, for a term of three years expiring immediately after the Annual Shareholders’ meeting to be held in 2026 which will have decided upon the annual accounts for the financial year to be ended on December 31, 2025.
Our principal accountant billed the following fees to us for professional services rendered in 2024 and 2023: 

        ​            ​    ​        ​       ​      ​        ​   
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​                    ​   Year ended December 31,               
​                    2024                 2023                 
​                    ​   (Euro, in thousands)                  
Audit Fees           ​   €      1,063.9   ​      €      1,124.0
Audit-Related Fees   ​   ​         17.2   ​      ​         20.2
Tax fees             ​   ​         49.5   ​      ​         68.0
All Other Fees       ​   ​         88.9   ​      ​          6.6
Total                ​   €      1,219.5   ​      €      1,218.8
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“Audit Fees” are the aggregate fees billed for the audit of our annual financial statements. This category also includes services that generally the independent accountant provides, such as consents and assistance with and review of documents filed with the SEC. 
“Audit-Related Fees” are the aggregate fees billed for assurance and related services that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit and are not reported under Audit Fees. 
“Tax Fees” are the aggregate fees billed for tax assistance relating to personal payroll taxes related to prior year filings.
“All Other Fees” are any additional amounts billed for products and services provided by the principal accountant. For the years ended December 31, 2024, and December 31, 2023, they relate to non-audit fees, in particular related to assurance services in relation to ESG reporting. 
Audit and non-audit services pre-approval policy
The Audit Committee has responsibility for, among other things, appointing, setting compensation of and overseeing the work of our independent registered public accounting firm, or external auditor. In recognition of these responsibilities, the Audit Committee has adopted a policy governing the pre-approval of