Company: GLPG
Filing Date: 2025-03-27
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001558370-25-003806
Chunk: 257

Company: GALAPAGOS NV
Filing Date: 2025-03-27
Form: 20-F
Item: Item 7
Chunk 257
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 Galapagos as of April 30, 2021. The Capital Group Companies, Inc. thus crossed below the 5% threshold of Galapagos voting rights by disposing of voting securities on April 30, 2021. 
On February 26, 2021, we received a transparency notification from The Capital Group Companies, Inc., who notified that it holds 9.91% of the outstanding Galapagos shares. The Capital Group Companies, Inc. thus crossed below the 10% threshold of Galapagos’ voting rights by disposing of voting securities on February 22, 2021. On February 5, 2021, we received a transparency notice from The Capital Group Companies, Inc., that it held 10.03% of Galapagos shares. The Capital Group Companies, Inc. thus crossed above the 10% threshold of Galapagos’ voting rights by purchase of voting securities on 22 January 2021. Capital Group controls Capital Bank & Trust Company and Capital Research & Management Company through its direct subsidiary Capital Group International, Inc. (“CGII”), controls four CGII investment management companies (Capital International, Inc.; Capital International Limited, Capital International Sàrl; and Capital International K.K.), which all together hold 6,563,320 of Galapagos’ voting rights, consisting of ordinary shares (6,559,874) and equivalent financial instruments (right to recall lent American Depository Shares) (3,446), which represents 10.03% of Galapagos’ 65,411,767 outstanding shares as of March 15, 2021. On January 6, 2021, we received a transparency notice from Gilead Sciences, Inc., who notified that certain changes occurred in the chain of intermediary companies through which Gilead holds its shares in Galapagos, as a result of which Gilead holds its shares in Galapagos as of December 31, 2020 through its direct subsidiary Gilead Biopharmaceutics US, LLC, which through Gilead Sciences Ireland UC controls Gilead Therapeutics A1 Unlimited Company, which in turn holds 16,707,477 of Galapagos' voting rights, consisting of 16,707,477 shares (unchanged). Those 16,707,477 shares represent 25.54% of Galapagos' 65,411,767 outstanding shares as of March 15, 2021.

B.     Related party transactions