Bekaert NV

Transaction in Own Shares • Jan 18, 2017

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Regulated information

18 January 2017, 17:45

Press - Investors Katelijn Bohez T +32 56 23 05 71

Company Secretary Isabelle Vander Vekens T +32 56 23 05 11

www.bekaert.com

Bekaert reports on the progress of its share buy-back program

Further to the activation of its share buy-back program announced on 16 December 2016, NV Bekaert SA ("Bekaert") reports the purchase of 13 510 Bekaert shares on Euronext Brussels in the period from 11 January 2017 until 17 January 2017.

Date	Number of	Average	Highest	Lowest	Total price (€)
	shares	price (€)	price (€)	price (€)
11 January 2017	85	38.9900	38.9900	38.9900	3 314.15
12 January 2017	10 829	38.7041	39.0000	38.5500	419 126.70
13 January 2017	840	38.9534	39.0000	38.7300	31 318.53
17 January 2017	1 792	38.9226	39.0000	38.8300	69 749.30
Total since
11 January 2017	13 510	38.7497	39.0000	38.5500	523 508.68
Total since
19 December 2016	81 504	38.7547	39.0000	38.2900	3 158 665.18

For more information: http://www.bekaert.com/en/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 coating technologies. We pursue to be the preferred supplier for our steel wire products and solutions by continuously delivering superior value to our customers worldwide. Bekaert (Euronext Brussels: BEKB) is a global company with almost 30 000 employees worldwide, headquarters in Belgium and € 4.4 billion in annual revenue.