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Bekaert NV — Major Shareholding Notification 2012
Feb 6, 2012
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Major Shareholding Notification
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Press release regulated information
6 February 2012
Press Katelijn Bohez T +32 56 23 05 71
Investor Relations Jacques Anckaert T +32 56 23 05 72
www.bekaert.com www.bekaert.mobi
Disclosure in accordance with the Act of 2 May 2007:
Transparency law
BlackRock - Acquisition of voting securities
On 19 January 2012 BlackRock, Inc. (40 East 52nd Street, New York, NY 10022, United States), in its capacity as parent undertaking or controlling person, has made a definitive notification (received by Bekaert on 1 February 2012) that the following voting securities of Bekaert were acquired on 12 January 2012:
| BlackRock Asset Management Japan Ltd: | 65 017 shares, | i.e. 0.11% |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock Advisors UK Ltd: | 418 995 shares, | i.e. 0.70% |
| BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A.: | 820 502 shares, | i.e. 1.37% |
| BlackRock Fund Advisors: | 187 088 shares, | i.e. 0.31% |
| BlackRock Asset Management Canada Ltd: | 12 190 shares, | i.e. 0.02% |
| BlackRock Investment Management LLC: | 73 078 shares, | i.e. 0.12% |
| BlackRock (Netherlands) BV: | 7 578 shares, | i.e. 0.01% |
| BlackRock International Ltd: | 1 471 shares, | i.e. 0.00% |
| BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Ltd: | 42 108 shares, | i.e. 0.07% |
| BlackRock Asset Management Australia Ltd: | 5 575 shares, | i.e. 0.01% |
| BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG: | 36 066 shares, | i.e. 0.06% |
| BlackRock Advisors, LLC: | 3 397 shares, | i.e. 0.01% |
| BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.: | 16 184 shares, | i.e. 0.03% |
| BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Ltd: | 3 608 shares, | i.e. 0.01% |
| BlackRock Fund Managers Ltd: | 13 681 shares, | i.e. 0.02% |
| BlackRock Asset Management Ireland Ltd: | 108 225 shares, | i.e. 0.18% |
| i.e. in the aggregate: | 1 814 763 shares, i.e. 3.03% |
BlackRock, Inc. is the ultimate controller but the legal entities referred to above are the discretionary investment managers who hold the shares and exercise the voting rights.
Profile
Bekaert (www.bekaert.com) is a global technological and market leader in advanced solutions based on metal transformation and coatings, and the world's largest independent manufacturer of drawn steel wire products. Bekaert (Euronext Brussels: BEKB) is a global company with headquarters in Belgium, employing 28 000 people worldwide. Serving customers in 120 countries, Bekaert pursues sustainable profitable growth in all its activities and generated combined sales of € 4.5 billion in 2010.