ABLYNX WILL ANNOUNCE ITS 2017 HALF YEAR RESULTS WITH WEBCAST ON 24 AUGUST 2017

GHENT, Belgium, 17 August 2017 - Ablynx (([Euronext Brussels: ABLX, OTC:ABYLY) will report its 2017 half year financial results and year-to-date business update on Thursday 24 August 2017 at 7.00 am CET.

The Ablynx management team will host a conference call on Thursday 24 August 2017 at 4.00 pm CET/10.00 am ET, which will be webcast live and may be accessed by clicking here.

If you would like to participate in the Q&A session, please dial +32(0)2 402 30 92 and use confirmation code 7237205.

Shortly after the call, a replay of the webcast and copy of the presentation will be available on the Ablynx website under http://www.ablynx.com/news/events-presentations/.

About Ablynx

Ablynx is a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the development of Nanobodies, proprietary therapeutic proteins based on single-domain antibody fragments, which combine the advantages of conventional antibody drugs with some of the features of small-molecule drugs. Ablynx is dedicated to creating new medicines which will make a real difference to society. Today, the Company has more than 45 proprietary and partnered programmes in development in various therapeutic areas including inflammation, haematology, immuno-oncology, oncology and respiratory disease. The Company has collaborations with multiple pharmaceutical companies including AbbVie; Boehringer Ingelheim; Eddingpharm; Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey, USA; Merck KGaA; Novartis; Novo Nordisk; Sanofi and Taisho Pharmaceuticals. The Company is headquartered in Ghent, Belgium. More information can be found on www.ablynx.com.

For more information, please contact

Ablynx:

Dr Edwin Moses

CEO

t:   +32 (0)9 262 00 07

m: +32 (0)473 39 50 68

e:  edwin.moses@ablynx.com

Lies Vanneste

Director Investor Relations

t:   +32 (0)9 262 01 37

m: +32 (0)498 05 35 79

e:  lies.vanneste@ablynx.com

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