Bekaert NV

Transaction in Own Shares • Sep 3, 2014

Press release

Regulated information

3 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 (€)	(€)
25 August 2014	11 875	28.3731	28.48	28.29	336 930.56
26 August 2014	17 501	28.4745	28.57	28.40	498 332.22
26 August 2014	3 800 (block)	28.4900			108 262.00
27 August 2014	9 266	28.4658	28.57	28.36	263 764.10
27 August 2014	2 500 (block)	28.5000			71 250.00
27 August 2014	2 000 (block)	28.4350			56 870.00
28 August 2014	13 034	28.2689	28.50	28.15	368 456.84
28 August 2014	2 500 (block)	28.3300			70 825.00
29 August 2014	10 921	28.1919	28.35	28.03	307 883.74
29 August 2014	4 000 (block)	28.2250			112 900.00
1 September 2014	10 395	28.3450	28.48	28.19	294 646.28
2 September 2014	14 990	28.3469	28.63	28.13	424 920.03
2 September 2014	3 000 (block)	28.4000			85 200.00
2 September 2014	4 000 (block)	28.4650			113 860.00
2 September 2014	27 218 (block)	28.4850			775 304.73
2 September 2014	20 000 (block)	28.3100			566 200.00
Total since
25 August 2014	157 000	28.3797	28.63	28.00	4 455 605.50
Total since
10 June 2014	1 546 418	27.4214	29.40	26.58	43 126 876.35

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.