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Galapagos raises €54 million
Mechelen, Belgium; 24 April 2013 - Galapagos NV (Euronext: GLPG) announced today that it has raised €53.9 million through a private placement of new shares via an accelerated bookbuilding procedure announced on 24 April 2013.
Galapagos has placed 2,696,831 new shares to qualified institutional investors in the United States and Europe at a price of €20.00 per share, a 1.7% discount to the previous day's closing price. The placed shares comprise just below 10% of the current number of outstanding shares, bringing the total number of shares after the issue to 29,665,159. The new shares will be admitted to trading on NYSE Euronext Brussels and NYSE Euronext Amsterdam following their issuance, which is expected to take place on 30 April 2013.
The net proceeds from the transaction will be used primarily for general corporate purposes and will also give Galapagos additional balance sheet flexibility to enable the Company to further fund attractive internal pipeline opportunities before considering a partnership, and also to undertake attractive inlicensing or acquisition opportunities should they fit with Company strategy.
Jefferies International Limited and Kempen & Co. acted as Joint Global Coordinators and Joint Bookrunners for the offering.
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