Barco NV

Report Publication Announcement • Aug 17, 2011

Press release

Date: 16 August 2011 For immediate publication

Name: JP Tanghe Title: Senior Vice President Barco n.v.

Tel: +32 56 26 23 22 E-mail: jp.tanghe@barco.com

Regulated information

Disclosure in accordance with the provisions of the Act of 2 May 2007:

Transparency law

Kortrijk, 16 August 2011. Barco n.v. discloses the information required under article 15, § 1 of the Law of 2 May 2007 regarding the disclosure of important shareholdings in listed companies.

Information as on 21 June 2011:

• Total outstanding capital: 54,530,921.48 euro
• Total number of outstanding ordinary shares: 12,754,476
• Total number of outstanding warrants, options and convertible bonds: 814.757
• Exercising warrants, options and convertible bonds results in the creation of the same number of shares leading to an equal number of voting rights.

Reason for the changes

Capital increase on 21 June 2011 as a result of the exercise of subscription rights.

According to Barco's bylaws, the threshold as from which a shareholding needs to be disclosed, has been set at 3%.

Notifications of important shareholdings to be made according to the Law of 2 May 2007 or Barco's bylaws, should be sent to jp.tanghe@barco.com

This information will be posted on www.barco.com/investors

About Barco

Barco, a global technology company, designs and develops visualization products for a variety of selected professional markets. Barco has its own facilities for Sales & Marketing, Customer Support, R&D and Manufacturing in Europe, North America and Asia Pacific. Barco (NYSE Euronext Brussels: BAR) is active in more than 90 countries with about 3500 employees worldwide. Barco posted sales of euro 897 million in 2010.

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