Bekaert NV

Transaction in Own Shares • Sep 23, 2014

Regulated information

23 September 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 (€)
12 September 2014	15 000	27.6111	27.82	27.49	414 166.50
15 September 2014	14 000	27.2923	27.51	27.11	382 092.20
15 September 2014	5 000 (block)	27.3600			136 800.00
16 September 2014	15 000	27.0752	27.11	27.04	406 128,00
16 September 2014	2 000 (block)	27.1000			54 200.00
17 September 2014	14 000	27.2162	27.45	27.10	381 026.80
17 September 2014	4 000 (block)	27.2200			108 880.00
18 September 2014	12 100	27.3030	27.42	27.15	330 366.30
19 September 2014	11 000	27.7842	27.88	27.50	305 626.20
22 September 2014	15 000	27.3388	27.76	27.13	410 082.00
Total since
12 September 2014	107 100	27.3517	27.88	27.04	2 929 368.00
Total since
10 June 2014	1 807 276	27.8794	29.40	26.58	50 385 737.34

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.