Bekaert NV

Transaction in Own Shares • Jan 23, 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

23 January 2018, 11:30

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 54 600 Bekaert shares on Euronext Brussels in the period from 16 January 2018 until 22 January 2018.

Date	Number of shares	Average price (€)	Highest price (€)	Lowest price (€)	Total price (€)
16 January 2018	6 196	37.3307	37.5400	37.1600	231 301.02
17 January 2018	12 404	36.8375	37.2200	36.6800	456 932.35
18 January 2018	10 000	36.9009	37.1400	36.7200	369 009.00
19 January 2018	9 000	37.2584	37.5400	36.9800	335 325.60
22 January 2018	17 000	36.6159	37.4800	36.1600	622 470.30
Total since
20 December 2017	317 600	36.6064	38.4400	34.3400	11 626 186.84

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.