Galapagos Holding S.A: NOTICE

NOTICE

Galapagos Holding S.A. Société Anonyme Registered Office: 2C Rue Albert Borschette L-1246 Luxembourg R.C.S. Luxembourg: B 186 312

7.000% Senior Notes due 2022 ISIN Code: XS1071420027; XS1072200204

We would like to announce that Klaus Bohnet has been appointed Chief Sales Officer ("CSO") and Managing Director of Kelvion Holding GmbH effective as of October 1, 2017.

He will be succeeding Klaus Peter Glöckner, who has offered his resignation due to personal reasons effective as of end of September, 2017. We would like to thank Klaus Peter Glöckner for his valuable contributions throughout the years.

"I'm very happy that Klaus Bohnet has accepted to take over as CSO for Kelvion", says Manfred Eiden, Chairman of the Kelvion Group. "Klaus is a seasoned CSO with extensive national and international experience. He has been involved in creating significant value, in particular during his most recent leadership role within Kelvion as well as during his time with Demag Cranes & Components, Bombardier Transportation and Linde Refrigeration/Carrier. In his career, he has already proven many times that he can bring fresh impulses into sales forces and lead teams to success."

Klaus Bohnet joined Kelvion in October 2016 as Chief Operating Officer for the product area Machine Cooling Systems. Before joining Kelvion, he has held several leading senior management positions related to Sales & Service, most recently at Terex MHPS (former Demag Cranes & Components) as Senior Director Sales & Service, Germany, and before at Bombardier Transportation as well as at Linde Refrigeration/Carrier.

August 17, 2017

Galapagos Holding S.A.