Bekaert NV

Transaction in Own Shares • Dec 4, 2014

Regulated information

4 December 2014

Press Katelijn Bohez T +32 56 23 05 71

Investor Relations Jérôme Lebecque T +32 56 23 05 72

www.bekaert.com

Purchase of own shares

Publication on the basis of Article 207 of the Royal Decree of 30 January 2001 implementing the Companies Code

On the basis of Article 207 of the Royal Decree of 30 January 2001 implementing the Companies Code, Bekaert communicates the following share buy-back transactions effected on the regulated market of NYSE Euronext Brussels.

Date	Number of	Average	Highest	Lowest	Total price (€)
	shares	price (€)	price (€)	price (€)
25 November 2014	19 287	27.8869	27.980	27.500	537 854.64
26 November 2014	19 534	27.5305	27.950	27.200	537 780.79
27 November 2014	20 009	27.3156	27.400	27.250	546 557.84
28 November 2014	20 688	27.3400	27.500	27.050	565 609.92
1 December 2014	20 859	27.2750	27.395	26.910	568 929.23
2 December 2014	21 678	27.3061	27.455	26.930	591 941.64
3 December 2014	22 433	27.2469	27.350	27.140	611 229.71
Total since
25 November 2014	144 488	27.4065	27.980	26.910	3 959 903.76
Total since
14 november 2014	286 151	27.3000	27.980	25.700	7 811 935.02

For more information: www.bekaert.com/investors/share information/share buy back

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Bekaert (www.bekaert.com) is a world market and technology leader in steel wire transformation and coatings. Bekaert (Euronext Brussels: BEKB) is a global company with headquarters in Belgium, employing 27 000 people worldwide. Serving customers in 120 countries, Bekaert pursues sustainable profitable growth in all its activities and generated combined sales of € 4.1 billion in 2013.