Bekaert NV

Transaction in Own Shares • Jan 3, 2017

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

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

www.bekaert.com

Press release

Regulated information

3 January 2017, 17:45

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 19 086 Bekaert shares on Euronext Brussels in the period from 23 December 2016 until 2 January 2017.

Date	Number of	Average	Highest	Lowest	Total price (€)
	shares	price (€)	price (€)	price (€)
23 December 2016	2 918	38.5455	38.7650	38.3400	112 475.77
27 December 2016	4 043	38.7001	39.0000	38.3000	156 464.50
28 December 2016	3 394	38.9353	39.0000	38.7750	132 146.41
29 December 2016	3 680	38.5675	38.8000	38.4100	141 928.40
30 December 2016	3 255	38.4931	38.7100	38.2900	125 295.04
2 January 2017	1 796	38.8424	39.0000	38.3550	69 760.95
Total since
23 December 2016	19 086	38.6708	39.0000	38.2900	738 071.07
Total since
19 December 2016	30 581	38.6945	39.0000	38.2900	1 183 316.06

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.