Bekaert NV

Pre-Annual General Meeting Information • Jan 24, 2025

Right to ask questions

Shareholders and holders of debentures¹ may ask written questions to the Board of Directors and to the Statutory Auditor ahead of the Extraordinary General Meeting of 25 February 2025 by notifying such questions to NV Bekaert SA no later than Wednesday 19 February 2025.

A timely asked written question will be answered at the Extraordinary General Meeting of 25 February 2025:

• if the legal quorum is reached;
• if the question relates to the agenda items of the Extraordinary General Meeting;
• to the extent that communication of data or facts would not cause damage to NV Bekaert SA or breach any confidentiality commitments made by NV Bekaert SA or its Directors; and
• if the securities of the shareholder or holder of debentures¹ asking the question, are registered in his/her name on the record date of Tuesday 11 February 2025, and if the shareholder or holder of debentures¹ notifies NV Bekaert SA no later than Wednesday 19 February 2025 that he/she wishes to attend the Extraordinary General Meeting.

A question asked at the Extraordinary General Meeting will be answered subject to the same conditions.

Each written question must be addressed to one of the following addresses:

NV Bekaert SA Company Secretary – General Meetings Bekaertstraat 2 BE-8550 Zwevegem Email address: generalmeetings@bekaert.com

For shareholders and holders of debentures¹ who choose to use the Lumi platform, this platform allows them to forward written questions in advance, provided the deadline mentioned above is met.

¹ Only holders of debentures issued before 1 January 2020 have the right to participate and to ask questions in the Extraordianry General Meeting.