Lotus Bakeries NV

Transaction in Own Shares • Jun 6, 2014

DISCLOSURE OF BUYBACK OF OWN SHARES

On May 9 th, 2014, the Extraordinary General Meeting of Lotus Bakeries NV has authorised the board of directors to repurchase shares in Lotus Bakeries NV for a period of 5 years.

In accordance with this authorisation, Lotus Bakeries NV has requested a financial intermediary to proceed with the buyback. This buyback has to be situated within the framework of the stock option plans to the benefit of its personnel.

In the period from May 29, 2014 up to and including June 5, 2014, Lotus Bakeries NV acquired a total of 163 own shares on NYSE Euronext Brussels.

Lotus Bakeries NV currently holds 22,616 own shares, i.e. 2.82% of the total shares outstanding.

Date of purchase	Number	Price per share	Total amount
		(EUR)	(EUR)
29/05/2014	58	853.23	49,487.50
30/05/2014	8	853.06	6,824.50
02/06/2014	60	866.59	51,995.60
03/06/2014	37	867.54	32,099.00

Lotus Bakeries in a nutshell

Lotus Bakeries focuses on authentic specialties from the biscuit and cake world: caramelized biscuits (speculoos), gingerbread, cake specialties, waffles and galettes, pepparkakor biscuits and Dinosaurus biscuits. Lotus Bakeries, with headquarters in Belgium, is a dynamic, internationally oriented company with production facilities in Belgium, the Netherlands, France and Sweden, own sales organisations in 10 European countries, in the United States, Hong Kong, China, Chile and an export department for the other countries. With around 1,244 employees, Lotus Bakeries produces and sells high-quality, tasty products under the Lotus, Peijnenburg and Annas brand names. By maintaining a healthy balance between tradition and innovation, Lotus Bakeries indulges consumers with a unique range of products. In 2013 the Group achieved a turnover of EUR 332.3 million. The shares of Lotus Bakeries are listed on Euronext Brussels.

For more information please contact:

Jan Boone, CEO Sofie Dumarey, Corporate Secretary Tel. + 32 9 376 26 14 Tel. + 32 9 376 69 39

Further information on Lotus Bakeries can be found at www lotusbakeries.com