Bekaert NV

Transaction in Own Shares • Jan 9, 2018

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9 January 2018, 13:00

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

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

www.bekaert.com

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 73 000 Bekaert shares on Euronext Brussels in the period from 3 January 2018 until 8 January 2018.

Date	Number of	Average	Highest	Lowest	Total price (€)
	shares	price (€)	price (€)	price (€)
3 January 2018	12 000	36.7514	36.9000	36.5600	441 016.80
4 January 2018	16 910	37.2745	37.5800	36.8800	630 311.80
5 January 2018	18 090	37.2131	37.5800	37.0400	673 184.98
8 January 2018	26 000	37.4218	37.9000	37.0200	972 966.80
Total since
20 December 2017	202 000	36.1437	37.9000	34.3400	7 301 025.27

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.