Bekaert NV

Transaction in Own Shares • Oct 2, 2014

Press release

Regulated information

2 October 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 (€)
23 September 2014	11 500	26.9715	27.2250	26.8400	310 172.25
23 September 2014	3 000 (block)	26.9700			80 910.00
24 September 2014	10 500	27.2290	27.5250	26.9600	285 904.50
24 September 2014	2 500 (block)	27.2500			68 125.00
25 September 2014	16 000	27.0253	27.3325	26.5375	432 404.80
25 September 2014	4 000 (block)	27.0000			108 000.00
26 September 2014	13 257	26.3391	26.7500	26.1950	349 177.45
Total since
23 September 2014	60 757	26.9054	27.5250	26.1950	1 634 694.00
Total since
10 June 2014	1 868 033	27.8483	29.4000	26.1950	52 021 515.84

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.