Galapagos NV ("the Company")
2 November 2007
Pursuant to Rule 17 of the AiM rules for companies, Galapagos
discloses that the Company was advised on 30 October 2007 that Dirk
Pollet, an Executive Committee Member of the Company, sold 4,970
shares at EUR 8.00 on 25 October 2007, and 2,085 shares at EUR 8.00
on 26 October 2007 on Euronext, decreasing his interest in the share
capital of the Company from 29,750 (representing 0.14% of the share
capital) to 22,695 (representing 0.11% of the share capital).
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