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General Information | 1 General information uniQure N.V. ("uniQure" or the "Company") is a biopharmaceutical company which was founded in 1998 by scientists who were investigating Lipoprotein Lipase Deficiency ("LPLD") at the Academic Medical Center of the University of Amsterdam. The Company initially operated through its predecessor company, Amsterdam Molecular Therapeutics Holding N.V. ("AMT"). The Company was incorporated in January 2012 to acquire and continue the gene therapy business of AMT in the Netherlands. Effective February 10, 2014, in connection with its initial public offering, the Company converted into a public company with limited liability and changed its legal name from uniQure B.V. to uniQure N.V. The Company is registered with the Dutch Trade Register of the Chamber of Commerce (handelsregister van de Kamer van Koophandel en Fabrieken) in Amsterdam, the Netherlands under number 54385229. The Company's headquarters is in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and its registered office is located at Meibergdreef 61, Amsterdam 1105 BA, the Netherlands, and its telephone number is +31 20 240 6000. Effective January 1, 2017, the Company ceased to qualify as a foreign private issuer. The Company files electronically with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") its annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K, and amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, which is referred to as the Exchange Act. The Company is a leader in the field of gene therapy, seeking to develop single treatments with potentially curative results for patients suffering from genetic and other devastating diseases. The Company is advancing a focused pipeline of innovative gene therapies that have been developed both internally and through partnerships, such as the Company's collaboration with Bristol Myers-Squibb focused on cardiovascular diseases. The Company has established clinical proof-of-concept in its lead indication, hemophilia B, and achieved preclinical proof-of-concept in Huntington's disease. uniQure believes its validated technology platform and manufacturing capabilities provides the Company distinct competitive advantages, including the potential to reduce development risk, cost and time to market. The Company produces its AAV-based gene therapies in its own facilities with a proprietary, commercial-scale, consistent, manufacturing process. The Company believes its Lexington, Massachusetts-based facility is one of the world's leading, most versatile, gene therapy manufacturing facilities. Since its inception, the Company has devoted substantially all of its research and development efforts to its product candidates including activities to manufacture product candidates, conduct clinical studies of its product candidates, perform preclinical research to identify new product candidates, support its approved product for LPLD, Glybera, as well as to provide selling, general and administrative support for these operations. The Company's common stock is listed on the Nasdaq Global Market and trades under the symbol "QURE".

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