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Share capital (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
Share capital |
Schedule of reconciliation of share capital |
|  | 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2017
|  | (Euro, in thousands)
On January 1 |  | € | 236,540 |  | € | 233,414 |  | € | 223,928
Share capital increase |  |  | 55,189 |  |  | 19,090 |  |  | 25,323
Costs of capital increase |  |  | (4,447) |  |  | (15,964) |  |  | (15,837)
Share capital on December 31, |  | € | 287,282 |  | € | 236,540 |  | € | 233,414
Aggregate share capital |  | € | 349,789 |  | € | 294,600 |  | € | 275,510
Costs of capital increase (accumulated) |  |  | (62,507) |  |  | (58,060) |  |  | (42,096)
Share capital on December 31, |  | € | 287,282 |  | € | 236,540 |  | € | 233,414
Schedule of history of the share capital |
Date |  |  |  | Share capital increase new shares (in thousands €) |  | Share capital increase due to warrant exercise (in thousands €) |  |  | Number of shares issued (in thousands of shares) |  |  | Aggregate number of shares after transaction (in thousands of shares) |  | Aggregate share capital after transaction (in thousands €)
January 1, 2017 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 46,256 |  | € | 250,187
April 6, 2017 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | € | 1,337 |  |  | 247 |  |  |  |  |  |
April 21, 2017 |  |  |  |  | € | 23,331 |  |  |  |  |  | 4,313 |  |  |  |  |  |
June 20, 2017 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 281 |  |  | 52 |  |  |  |  |  |
September 21, 2017 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 152 |  |  | 28 |  |  |  |  |  |
November 23, 2017 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 222 |  |  | 41 |  |  |  |  |  |
December 31, 2017 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 50,937 |  |  | 275,510
March 20, 2018 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1,613 |  |  | 298 |  |  |  |  |  |
June 20, 2018 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 556 |  |  | 103 |  |  |  |  |  |
September 17, 2018 |  |  |  |  |  | 16,021 |  |  |  |  |  | 2,961 |  |  |  |  |  |
October 3, 2018 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 733 |  |  | 135 |  |  |  |  |  |
November 23, 2018 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 167 |  |  | 31 |  |  |  |  |  |
December 31, 2018 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 54,466 |  |  | 294,600
March 20, 2019 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 808 |  |  | 149 |  |  |  |  |  |
June 20, 2019 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1,127 |  |  | 208 |  |  |  |  |  |
August 23, 2019 |  |  |  |  |  | 36,945 |  |  |  |  |  | 6,829 |  |  |  |  |  |
September 18, 2019 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1,632 |  |  | 302 |  |  |  |  |  |
November 6, 2019 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 14,162 |  |  | 2,618 |  |  |  |  |  |
November 25, 2019 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 515 |  |  | 95 |  |  |  |  |  |
December 31, 2019 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 64,667 |  | € | 349,789
Summary of capital increases |
(Euro, in thousands, except share data) |  | Number of shares |  | Share capital |  | Share premium |  | Share capital and share premium |  |  | Average exercise price warrants |  |  | Closing share price on date of capital increase
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (in Euro/ warrant) |  |  | (in Euro/ share)
On January 1, 2017 |  |  | 46,256,078 |  | € | 223,928 |  | € | 649,135 |  | € | 873,063 |  |  |  |  |  |
April 6, 2017 : exercise of warrants |  |  | 247,070 |  |  | 1,337 |  |  | 2,697 |  |  | 4,034 |  |  | 16.33 |  |  | 84.60
April 21, 2017 : U.S. public offering |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
ADSs (fully paid) |  |  | 4,312,500 |  |  | 23,331 |  |  | 340,593 |  |  | 363,924 |  |  |  |  |  | 81.34
Underwriter discounts and offering expenses (paid) |  |  |  |  |  | (15,790) |  |  |  |  |  | (15,790) |  |  |  |  |  |
Offering expenses still to be paid at December 31, 2017 |  |  |  |  |  | (47) |  |  |  |  |  | (47) |  |  |  |  |  |
Total U.S. public offering |  |  | 4,312,500 |  |  | 7,494 |  |  | 340,593 |  |  | 348,087 |  |  |  |  |  |
June 20, 2017 : exercise of warrants |  |  | 52,030 |  |  | 281 |  |  | 350 |  |  | 632 |  |  | 12.14 |  |  | 70.66
September 21, 2017 : exercise of warrants |  |  | 28,100 |  |  | 152 |  |  | 117 |  |  | 269 |  |  | 9.55 |  |  | 84.62
November 23, 2017 : exercise of warrants |  |  | 41,000 |  |  | 222 |  |  | 132 |  |  | 354 |  |  | 8.63 |  |  | 77.53
On January 1, 2018 |  |  | 50,936,778 |  |  | 233,414 |  |  | 993,025 |  |  | 1,226,439 |  |  |  |  |  |
March 20, 2018 : exercise of warrants |  |  | 298,184 |  |  | 1,613 |  |  | 2,311 |  |  | 3,924 |  |  | 13.16 |  |  | 83.72
June 20, 2018 : exercise of warrants |  |  | 102,801 |  |  | 556 |  |  | 781 |  |  | 1,337 |  |  | 13.01 |  |  | 85.00
September 17, 2018 : U.S. public offering |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
ADSs (fully paid) |  |  | 2,961,373 |  |  | 16,021 |  |  | 280,167 |  |  | 296,188 |  |  |  |  |  |
Underwriter discounts and offering expenses (paid) |  |  |  |  |  | (15,964) |  |  |  |  |  | (15,964) |  |  |  |  |  |
Total U.S. public offering |  |  | 2,961,373 |  |  | 57 |  |  | 280,167 |  |  | 280,224 |  |  |  |  |  | 99.68
October 3, 2018 : exercise of warrants |  |  | 135,485 |  |  | 733 |  |  | 1,281 |  |  | 2,014 |  |  | 14.86 |  |  | 94.32
November 23, 2018 : exercise of warrants |  |  | 30,800 |  |  | 167 |  |  | 215 |  |  | 382 |  |  | 12.40 |  |  | 88.90
On December 31, 2018 |  |  | 54,465,421 |  |  | 236,540 |  |  | 1,277,780 |  |  | 1,514,320 |  |  |  |  |  |
March 20, 2019 : exercise of warrants |  |  | 149,370 |  |  | 808 |  |  | 2,673 |  |  | 3,481 |  |  | 23.30 |  |  | 90.32
June 20, 2019 : exercise of warrants |  |  | 208,310 |  |  | 1,127 |  |  | 3,198 |  |  | 4,325 |  |  | 20.76 |  |  | 113.55
August 23, 2019 : share subscription by Gilead |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Ordinary shares (fully paid) |  |  | 6,828,985 |  |  | 36,945 |  |  | 923,142 |  |  | 960,087 |  |  |  |  |  | 148.90
Derecognition of financial liability from share subscription agreement |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 56,749 |  |  | 56,749 |  |  |  |  |  |
Underwriter discounts and offering expenses (paid) |  |  |  |  |  | (4,447) |  |  |  |  |  | (4,447) |  |  |  |  |  |
Total share subscription by Gilead |  |  | 6,828,985 |  |  | 32,498 |  |  | 979,891 |  |  | 1,012,389 |  |  |  |  |  |
September 18, 2019 : exercise of warrants |  |  | 301,745 |  |  | 1,632 |  |  | 5,043 |  |  | 6,675 |  |  | 22.12 |  |  | 145.25
November 6, 2019 : exercise of warrant A by Gilead |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Exercise of warrant A |  |  | 2,617,791 |  |  | 14,162 |  |  | 353,873 |  |  | 368,035 |  |  |  |  |  |
Derecognition of financial liability related to warrant A |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 78,953 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Total exercise of warrant A by Gilead |  |  | 2,617,791 |  |  | 14,162 |  |  | 432,826 |  |  | 368,035 |  |  | 140.59 |  |  | 170.75
November 25, 2019 : exercise of warrants |  |  | 95,180 |  |  | 515 |  |  | 2,172 |  |  | 2,687 |  |  | 28.23 |  |  | 172.95
On December 31, 2019 |  |  | 64,666,802 |  | € | 287,282 |  | € | 2,703,583 |  | € | 2,911,912 |  |  |  |  |  |
Summary of other information |
|  |  |  | Ordinary shares |  | Total
Par value of shares (€) |  |  |  |  |  | 5.41 |  |  | 5.41

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