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General business Information | 1 General business information uniQure N.V. (“uniQure” or the “Company”) was founded in 1998 by scientists at the Academic Medical Center of the University of Amsterdam. The Company is a leader in the field of gene therapy and seeks to deliver to patients suffering from rare and other devastating diseases single treatments with potentially curative results. 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. 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 Paasheuvelweg 25a, Amsterdam 1105 BP, 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. Since January 1, 2017, 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 any amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which is referred to as the Exchange Act. Prior to this time, it filed its annual report on Form 20-F and furnished quarterly financial report as an exhibit on Form 6-K. The Company’s common stock is listed on the NASDAQ Global Market and trades under the symbol “QURE”.

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