Barco NV

Major Shareholding Notification • Mar 1, 2016

Transparency declaration by Templeton Investment Counsel: Downward crossing

Disclosure in accordance with the provisions of the Act of 2 May 2007: Transparency law

Kortrijk, Belgium, 1 March 2016, 06:00 PM – On 16 February 2016 Templeton Investment Counsel, LLC, Fort Lauderdale (USA), has notified Barco (Nyse/Euronext: BAR; Reuters: BARBt.BR; Bloomberg: BAR BB) it has crossed the statutory threshold of 5%, holding 614,438 shares i.e. 4.72% of Barco's shares and voting rights as of 12 February 2016.

Content of the notification

The notification includes the following information:

Categories of notification	Results of the received form
Reason for notification	Acquisition or disposal of voting securities or voting rights
Notification by	A person that notifies alone
Persons subject to the notification requirement	Templeton Investment Counsel, LLC, 300 S.E. 2nd Street, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301, USA
Date on which the threshold is crossed	12/02/2016
Threshold that is crossed	5%
Denominator	13,015,732
Notified details	Previous notification: #of voting rights: 636,239 After the transaction: # of voting rights: 614,438 After the transaction: % of voting rights: 4.72%
Chain of controlled undertakings through which the holding is effectively held, if applicable	Templeton Investment Counsel, LLC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Templeton Worldwide Inc., which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Franklin Resources, Inc.
Additional information	Templeton Investment Counsel, LLC makes use of the exemption from the obligation to aggregate its holdings, as referred to in Article 11, paragraph 2 of the Law of 2 May 2007, and Article 21 of the Royal Decree of 14 February 2008.

PRESS RELEASE – REGULATED INFORMATION

About Barco

Barco, a global technology company, designs and develops networked visualization products for the Entertainment, Enterprise and Healthcare markets. Barco has its own facilities for Sales & Marketing, Customer Support, R&D and Manufacturing in Europe, North America and APAC. Barco (NYSE Euronext Brussels: BAR) is active in more than 90 countries with 3,300 employees worldwide. Barco posted sales of 1.029 billion euro in 2015.

For more information, please visit the Company's website at www.barco.com

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For more information, please contact:

Carl Vanden Bussche, VP Investor Relations +32 56 26 23 22 or carl.vandenbussche@barco.com

Barco NV President Kennedypark 35 8500 Kortrijk, Belgium

www.barco.com

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