Bekaert NV

Transaction in Own Shares • Aug 24, 2021

Disposal of own shares by Bekaert

Publication in accordance with Article 8:6, § 1 of the Royal Decree of 29 April 2019 implementing the Code on Companies and Associations

NV Bekaert SA ("Bekaert") disposed of 40 964 own shares outside the stock exchange. As a result, the total number of treasury shares held by Bekaert decreased from 3 298 424 to 3 257 460 (of a total of 60 441 991 shares or 5.39 %).

Date	Number of	Purpose	Price (€)
	shares
13 August 2021	10 000	Exercise stock options SOP 2015-2017	34.600
16 August 2021	144	Exercise stock options SOP 2015-2017	39.426
16 August 2021	10 000	Exercise stock options SOP2	28.335
17 August 2021	7 500	Exercise stock options SOP 2010-2014	26.055
17 August 2021	9 320	Exercise stock options SOP2	28.335
19 August 2021	4 000	Exercise stock options SOP 2010-2014	21.450

Company Profile

Bekaert (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 more than 27 000 employees worldwide, headquarters in Belgium and € 4.4 billion in combined revenue in 2020.

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