Bekaert NV

Transaction in Own Shares • Jan 11, 2017

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11 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 37 413 Bekaert shares on Euronext Brussels in the period from 3 January 2017 until 10 January 2017.

Date	Number of	Average	Highest	Lowest	Total price (€)
	shares	price (€)	price (€)	price (€)
3 January 2017	3 892	38.9075	39.0000	38.8200	151 427.99
4 January 2017	12 000	38.5946	38.9000	38.2900	463 135.20
5 January 2017	3 679	38.9445	39.0000	38.5850	143 276.82
6 January 2017	5 798	38.9098	39.0000	38.7400	225 599.02
9 January 2017	5 407	38.7813	39.0000	38.6250	209 690.49
10 January 2017	6 637	38.9801	39.0000	38.8450	258 710.92
Total since
3 January 2017	37 413	38.8058	39.0000	38.2900	1 451 840.44
Total since
19 December 2016	67 994	38.7557	39.0000	38.2900	2 635 156.50

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.