: 22:00 CEST 12-10-2016 /GlobeNewswire /Source: Galapagos NV / : GLPG /ISIN: BE0003818359
Transparency notification - FMR LLC reaches 10% threshold
Mechelen, Belgium; 12 October 2016, 22.00 CET - Galapagos NV (Euronext & NASDAQ: GLPG) received a transparency notification from Fidelity Management & Research (FMR) LLC.
Pursuant to Belgian transparency legislation[1], Galapagos received a transparency notification on 7 October 2016 from FMR LLC, who notified that it holds 4,616,982 of Galapagos' voting rights, consisting of shares (4,580,182) and equivalent financial instruments (36,800), through its subsidiary undertakings Fidelity Management & Research Company and FMR Co., Inc. This represents 10% of Galapagos' currently outstanding 46,169,828 shares, and is an increase compared to FMR LLC's previous transparency notification of 19 May 2015. FMR LLC reached the 10% threshold of Galapagos' voting rights by acquiring additional voting securities on 3 October 2016. The full transparency notice is available on the Galapagos website.