Bekaert NV

Transaction in Own Shares • Sep 12, 2014

Regulated information

12 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 (€)
3 September 2014	10 000	28.4123	28.55	28.00	284 123.00
4 September 2014	10 000	28.4471	28.60	28.09	284 471.00
5 September 2014	9 000	28.4474	28.59	28.28	256 026.60
5 September 2014	3 000 (block)	28.4000			85 200.00
8 September 2014	6 753	28.3065	28.40	28.21	191 153.79
8 September 2014	74 000 (block)	28.2300			2 089 020.00
8 September 2014	2 000 (block)	28.3300			56 660.00
9 September 2014	15 000	28.1444	28.56	27.67	422 166.00
10 September 2014	12 005	27.5569	27.72	27.44	330 820.58
10 September 2014	2 000 (block)	27.4100			54 820.00
11 September 2014	10 000	27.5032	27.69	27.39	275 032.00
Total since
3 September 2014	153 758	28.1578	28.60	27.39	4 329 492.97
Total since
10 June 2014	1 700 176	27.9126	29.40	26.58	47 456 369.32

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.