Bekaert NV

Transaction in Own Shares • Aug 25, 2014

Press release

Regulated information

25 August 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 shares	Average price (€)	Highest price (€)	Lowest price (€)	Total price (€)
14 August 2014	10 000	27.2968	27.48	27.10	272 968.00
15 August 2014	13 371	27.5035	27.70	27.34	367 749.30
15 August 2014	30 000 (block)	27.5750			827 250.00
18 August 2014	14 000	27.5056	27.59	27.38	385 078.40
19 August 2014	8 000	27.8459	28.08	27.47	222 767.20
19 August 2014	4 000 (block)	27.9300			111 720.00
19 August 2014	34 489 (block)	27.9650			964 484.89
20 August 2014	9 100	27.8539	28.02	27.74	253 470.49
20 August 2014	5 000 (block)	27.8200			139 100.00
21 August 2014	10 845	28.1114	28.23	28.19	304 868.13
21 August 2014	2 000 (block)	28.2400			56 480.00
21 August 2014	2 500 (block)	28.0000			70 000.00
22 August 2014	13 000	28.2792	28.46	28.10	367 629.60
22 August 2014	2 000 (block)	28.3000			56 600.00
22 August 2014	1 875 (block)	28.4600			53 362.50
22 August 2014	4 000 (block)	28.2950			113 180.00
Total since
10 June 2014	1 389 418				38 671 270.85

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.