Bekaert NV

Transaction in Own Shares • Feb 6, 2018

Press - Investors Katelijn Bohez T +32 56 76 66 10

Company Secretary Isabelle Vander Vekens T +32 56 76 66 90

www.bekaert.com

Press release

Regulated information

6 February 2018, 10:30

Bekaert reports on the progress of its share buy-back program

Further to the activation of its share buy-back program announced on 19 December 2017, NV Bekaert SA ("Bekaert") reports the purchase of 61 000 Bekaert shares on Euronext Brussels in the period from 30 January 2018 until 5 February 2018.

Date	Number of shares	Average price (€)	Highest price (€)	Lowest price (€)	Total price (€)
30 January 2018	14 000	36.5735	37.0400	36.3400	512 029.00
31 January 2018	9 583	36.6767	37.0000	36.5000	351 472.82
1 February 2018	9 000	37.0006	37.2200	36.8000	333 005.40
2 February 2018	15 417	36.2907	36.8200	36.0200	559 493.72
5 February 2018	13 000	35.8672	36.0600	35.6800	466 273.60
Total since
20 December 2017	414 600	36.6147	38.4400	34.3400	15 180 474.18

For more information: https://www.bekaert.com/en/investors/the-bekaert-share/share-buy-back

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Bekaert (www.bekaert.com) is a world market and technology leader in steel wire transformation and coating technologies. We pursue to be the preferred supplier for our steel wire products and solutions by continuously delivering superior value to our customers worldwide. Bekaert (Euronext Brussels: BEKB) is a global company with almost 30 000 employees worldwide, headquarters in Belgium and € 4.4 billion in annual revenue.