TiGenix

Transparency notifications pursuant to Article 14 of the Law of May 2, 2007

REGULATED INFORMATION
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Transparency notifications
pursuant to Article 14 of the Law of May 2, 2007

Leuven (Belgium) - March 30, 2018, 22:00h CET - TiGenix NV (Euronext Brussels and Nasdaq: TIG; "TiGenix") announced today that it received transparency notifications pursuant to Article 14 of the Belgian Law of May 2, 2007 regarding the publication of major holdings in issuers whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market and including various provisions.

Summary of the notifications

It concerns the following two notifications:

• On March 26, 2018, TiGenix received a transparency notification from BNP Paribas Asset Management SA, following the acquisition or disposal of voting securities or voting rights on March 19, 2018, after which BNP Paribas Asset Management SA (through its controlled entities BNP Paribas Asset Management UK Ltd, BNP Paribas Asset Management Belgium SA and BNP Paribas Asset Management France SAS) holds 8,497,061 voting rights in TiGenix (2.87% of the total number of voting rights). As a result BNP Paribas Asset Management SA has fallen below the 3% threshold.
   
• On March 28, 2018, TiGenix received a transparency notification from Melqart Asset Management LP (c/o Melquart Asset Management (UK) Ltd), following the acquisition of financial instruments that are treated as voting securities on March 21, 2018, after which Melqart Asset Management LP (through its controlled entity Melqart Asset Management (UK) Ltd) holds 14,870,000 voting rights in TiGenix that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised (5.02% of the total number of voting rights). As a result the 5% threshold was crossed.

1. Content of the notification by BNP Paribas Asset Management SA

Date of the notification: March 23, 2018.

Reason of the notification: acquisition or disposal of voting securities or voting rights/downwards crossing of the lowest threshold.

Person subject to the notification requirement: BNP Paribas Asset Management SA (with address at SA 47000 - 75318 Paris Cedex 09, France), who is a parent undertaking/controlling person.

Date on which the threshold was crossed: March 19, 2018.

Threshold that was crossed: 3%.

Denominator: 296,067,856.

Details of the notification: following the acquisition or disposal of voting securities or voting rights, the number of voting rights was as follows:

• BNP Paribas Asset Management SA held 0 voting securities;
• BNP Paribas Asset Management UK Ltd held 5,964,221 voting securities (2.01% of the total number of voting rights;
• BNP Paribas Asset Management Belgium SA held 0 voting securities; and
• BNP Paribas Asset Management France SAS held 2,532,840 voting securities (0.86% of the total number of voting rights).

Total: 8,497,061 voting rights (2.87% of the total number of voting rights).