13D Filings
Galapagos NV
GLPG
Initial Filing
Ownership

7.50%

Total Shares

4,910,525

Issuer CIK

1421876

CUSIP

36315X101

Event Date

Feb 6, 2025

Accepted

Feb 14, 2025, 08:00 PM

Reporting Persons (7)
Joint Filing

This is a joint filing. The reported shares may overlap between reporting persons and should not be summed.

NameType% of ClassAggregateSole VotingShared Voting
KEVIN TANG
Individual
7.50%4,910,52504,910,525
TANG CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC
Other
7.50%4,910,52504,910,525
TANG CAPITAL PARTNERS, LP
Partnership
4.20%2,723,14702,723,147
TANG CAPITAL PARTNERS INTERNATIONAL, LP
Partnership
3.00%1,962,41801,962,418
TANG CAPITAL PARTNERS III, INC
CO
0.30%224,9600224,960
CONCENTRA BIOSCIENCES, LLC
Other
0.00%000
TANG CAPITAL PARTNERS IV, INC
CO
0.00%000
Disclosure Items (7)

Security Title

Ordinary Shares, no par value

Issuer Name

Galapagos NV

Issuer Address

GEN DE WITTELAAN L11 A3, 2800 MECHELEN, C9, 00000

Filing Persons

This Statement is filed by TCM, a Delaware limited liability company that is the general partner of TCP and TCPI; Kevin Tang, a United States citizen; TCP, a Delaware limited partnership engaged in capital management; TCPI, a Delaware limited partnership engaged in capital management; TCP III, a Nevada corporation that is indirectly wholly owned by TCP; Tang Capital Partners IV, Inc., a Nevada corporation that is indirectly wholly owned by TCP ("TCP IV"); and Concentra Biosciences, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("Concentra" and, collectively with TCM, Kevin Tang, TCP, TCPI, TCP III and TCP IV, the "Reporting Persons").

Business Address

The address of TCM, Kevin Tang, TCP, TCPI and Concentra is 4747 Executive Drive, Suite 210, San Diego, CA 92121. The address of TCP III and TCP IV is 5955 Edmond Street, Las Vegas, NV 89118.

Principal Occupation

Kevin Tang is the manager of TCM. Kevin Tang is the sole director and Chief Executive Officer of TCP III and TCP IV. Kevin Tang is the Chief Executive Officer of Concentra.

Convictions

During the past five years, none of the Reporting Persons have been a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction and as a result of such proceeding was or is subject to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, federal or state securities laws or finding any violation with respect to such laws.

Citizenship

See Item 2(a) above.

The Shares and options were acquired with approximately $93.9 million of working capital set aside by TCP, TCPI and TCP III for the general purpose of investing. TCP, TCPI and TCP III maintain commingled margin accounts with various financial institutions, which may extend margin credit to TCP, TCPI and TCP III as and when required, to open or carry positions in the margin accounts, subject to applicable federal margin regulations, stock exchange rules and credit policies. In such instances, the positions held in the margin accounts are pledged as collateral security for the repayment of debit balances in the accounts. The margin accounts may from time to time have debit balances. Since multiple different securities are held in the margin accounts, it is not possible to determine the amounts, if any, of margin used to purchase the Shares reported herein.

The Reporting Persons purchased the Shares and options reported hereunder for investment purposes, and such purchases were made in the Reporting Persons' ordinary course of business. As with their other investments, the Reporting Persons continuously evaluate the Issuer, including, but not limited to, its businesses, operations and prospects. The Reporting Persons may engage in discussions with the Issuer and its representatives and/or other stockholders, seek to enter into a confidentiality agreement with the Issuer and/or propose changes to the Issuer's operations or governance. There can be no certainty as to whether discussions with the Issuer will occur, the outcome of any such discussions or whether the Reporting Persons will take any actions relating to the Issuer. Subject to applicable law and regulation, the Reporting Persons may modify their ownership of the Shares or options, including acquiring additional Shares or options or disposing of some or all of the Shares or options beneficially owned by them. Such actions may be based on the Reporting Persons' assessment of the Issuer's operations and prospects, prevailing market conditions or other investment considerations.

Percentage of Class

The information set forth in the cover pages of this Schedule 13D is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 5. As of the date hereof the Reporting Persons beneficially own an aggregate of 4,910,525 of the Issuer's Shares, representing 7.5% of the outstanding Shares.

Number of Shares

See item 5(a) above.

Transactions

Schedule A attached hereto as Exhibit 2 describes all transactions in the Issuer's Shares that were effected during the past 60 days by the Reporting Persons.

Shareholders

No person other than a Reporting Person has the right to receive or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale of, Shares beneficially owned by the Reporting Persons.

Date of 5% Ownership

Not applicable.

The Reporting Persons have potential obligations to purchase 1,043,500 of the Issuer's Shares pursuant to put option contracts that expire on February 21, 2025 with a strike price of $25. The Reporting Persons have the right to purchase 1,400,000 of the Issuer's Shares pursuant to call option contracts that expire on February 21, 2025 with a strike price of $25. The Reporting Persons have potential obligations to sell 200,000 of the Issuer's Shares pursuant to call option contracts that expire on April 17, 2025 with a strike price of $30.

Exhibit 1: Joint Filing Agreement by and among the Reporting Persons. Exhibit 2: Schedule A: Transactions during the past 60 days.

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