Bekaert NV

Transaction in Own Shares • Aug 5, 2014

Regulated information

5 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	Average	Highest	Lowest	Total price (€)
	shares	price (€)	price (€)	price (€)
29 July 2014	15 200	28.203	28.350	28.020	428 685.60
30 July 2014	20 900	28.151	28.220	27.950	588 355.90
31 July 2014	20 400	27.953	28.110	27.875	570 241.20
1 August 2014	21 000	27.425	28.900	26.870	575 925.00
4 August 2014	22 500	26.867	27.000	26.710	604 507.50
Total since
10 June 2014	1 110 838				31 012 712.00

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.