Bekaert NV

Transaction in Own Shares • Jan 3, 2018

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3 January 2018, 11:45

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 74 000 Bekaert shares on Euronext Brussels in the period from 22 December 2017 until 2 January 2018.

Date	Number of	Average	Highest	Lowest	Total price (€)
	shares	price (€)	price (€)	price (€)
22 December 2017	12 000	35.3518	35.6200	34.9800	424 221.60
27 December 2017	20 000	35.9555	36.2200	35.5700	719 110.00
28 December 2017	20 000	36.0318	36.5550	35.8100	720 636.00
29 December 2017	13 000	36.2950	36.5150	36.1050	471 835.00
2 January 2018	9 000	36.4195	36.7400	36.2200	327 775.50
Total since
20 December 2017	129 000	35.5314	36.7400	34.3400	4 583 544.90

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.