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Notice of Early Redemption of EUR 500,000,000 4.50 per cent. Convertible Bonds due 2015


Brussels (Belgium), January 21, 2014 - 7:00 am (CET)

UCB SA/NV (Euronext: UCB) (the “Company”) announces that, in accordance with the terms and conditions (the “Conditions”) of its EUR 500,000,000 4.50 per cent. convertible bonds due 2015 (ISIN BE6000386639) (the “Bonds”), and with its decision of 16 January 2014, the Company has exercised its option under Condition 6(b) to redeem all outstanding Bonds on March 12, 2014 (being the Optional Redemption Date referred to in Condition 6(b)) at par together with interest accrued to that date. The Company is entitled to exercise this option under Condition 6(b)(i) as a result of the Parity Value having exceeded EUR 65,000 on each of the 20 dealing days up to and including January 20, 2014. An Optional Redemption Notice is being sent to all Bondholders today.

As an alternative to the redemption of the Bonds, each Bondholder may exercise its Conversion Rights in accordance with Condition 5(h), following which the Company may, in its own discretion, decide to transfer existing Ordinary Shares and/or issue new Ordinary Shares. The last day on which Conversion Rights may be exercised by Bondholders is March 5, 2014. The Conversion Period shall end on that date.

Please note that the Company will announce its 2013 full year financial results on February 26, 2014.

As at today’s date, the Conversion Price is EUR 38.746 per Ordinary Share.

On January 20, 2014, being the latest practicable date prior to the date of this announcement, the aggregate principal amount of Bonds outstanding was EUR 500,000,000, of which EUR 70,000,000 is held by a subsidiary of the Company, and the closing price of the Ordinary Shares, as derived from the Euronext Stock Exchange, was EUR 51.32. The subsidiary intends to exercise its Conversion Rights, upon which it will receive existing Ordinary Shares.

If all Bondholders exercise their Conversion Rights in respect of all their outstanding Bonds, the maximum number of new Ordinary Shares that would be issued in connection with the conversion would be 11,097,919 (which represents 6.05 per cent. of the current total number of Ordinary Shares issued by the Company) and the total number of Ordinary Shares issued by the Company would increase from 183,427,152 to 194,525,071.

A copy of the Optional Redemption Notice is available on the Company’s website www.ucb.com.

Words and expressions defined in the Conditions have the same meaning in this notice.

For further information
Antje Witte, Investor Relations, UCB
T +32 2 559 9414, antje.witte@ucb.com

Alexandra Deschner, Investor Relations UCB
T: +32 2 559 9683, alexandra.deschner@ucb.com

About UCB

UCB, Brussels, Belgium (www.ucb.com) is a global biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of innovative medicines and solutions to transform the lives of people living with severe diseases of the immune system or of the central nervous system. With 9000 people in approximately 40 countries, the company generated revenue of EUR 3.4 billion in 2012. UCB is listed on Euronext Brussels (symbol: UCB).

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There is no guarantee that new product candidates in the pipeline will progress to product approval or that new indications for existing products will be developed and approved. Products or potential products which are the subject of partnerships, joint ventures or licensing collaborations may be subject to differences between the partners. Also, UCB or others could discover safety, side effects or manufacturing problems with its products after they are marketed.

Moreover, sales may be impacted by international and domestic trends toward managed care and health care cost containment and the reimbursement policies imposed by third-party payers as well as legislation affecting biopharmaceutical pricing and reimbursement.

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