Bekaert – Update on the Share Buyback Program and Liquidity Agreement
Update on the Share Buyback Program and the Liquidity Agreement
Period from 3 April 2025 to 9 April 2025
Share Buyback Program
On 28 February 2025, Bekaert announced the start of the next tranche of its share buyback program, for a total maximum consideration of up to € 25 million. As announced previously, the purpose of the Program is to cancel all shares repurchased.
Bekaert announces today that during the period from 3 April 2025 to 9 April 2025, Kepler Cheuvreux SA on behalf of Bekaert has bought 70 000 shares.
The table below provides an overview of the transactions under the Program during the period from 3 April 2025 to 9 April 2025:
| Repurchase of shares | ||||||
| Date | Market | Number of Shares | Average Price paid (€) | Highest Price paid (€) | Lowest Price paid (€) | Total Amount (€) |
| 3 April 2025 | Euronext Brussels | 10 000 | 31.70 | 3 250.00 | 30.92 | 316 964 |
| MTF CBOE | 4 000 | 31.71 | 32.50 | 30.94 | 126 834 | |
| MTF Turquoise | — | — | — | — | — | |
| MTF Aquis | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 4 April 2025 | Euronext Brussels | 10 000 | 29.97 | 30.70 | 28.92 | 299 669 |
| MTF CBOE | 4 000 | 29.92 | 30.70 | 28.88 | 119 678 | |
| MTF Turquoise | — | — | — | — | — | |
| MTF Aquis | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 7 April 2025 | Euronext Brussels | 9 455 | 28.56 | 30.10 | 27.40 | 270 056 |
| MTF CBOE | 4 545 | 28.62 | 30.00 | 27.60 | 130 077 | |
| MTF Turquoise | — | — | — | — | — | |
| MTF Aquis | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 8 April 2025 | Euronext Brussels | 10 000 | 29.92 | 30.50 | 29.45 | 299 207 |
| MTF CBOE | 4 000 | 29.92 | 30.50 | 29.45 | 119 672 | |
| MTF Turquoise | — | — | — | — | — | |
| MTF Aquis | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 9 April 2025 | Euronext Brussels | 10 000 | 29.45 | 29.85 | 28.95 | 294 496 |
| MTF CBOE | 4 000 | 29.47 | 29.85 | 29.05 | 117 899 | |
| MTF Turquoise | — | — | — | — | — | |
| MTF Aquis | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Total | 70 000 | 29.92 | 3 250.00 | 0.00 | 2 094 551 | |
Liquidity agreement
In relation to the renewed liquidity agreement with Kepler Cheuvreux announced on 25 June 2024, Bekaert announces today that Kepler Cheuvreux on behalf of Bekaert has bought 9 300 shares during the period from 3 April 2025 to 9 April 2025 on Euronext Brussels. During the same period, Kepler Cheuvreux on behalf of Bekaert has sold 5 200 shares on Euronext Brussels.
The tables below provide an overview of the transactions under the liquidity agreement during the period from 3 April 2025 to 9 April 2025:
| Purchase of shares | |||||
| Date | Number of Shares | Average Price (€) | Highest Price (€) | Lowest Price (€) | Total Amount (€) |
| 3 April 2025 | 2 500 | 31.75 | 32.00 | 31.20 | 79 375 |
| 4 April 2025 | 2 200 | 29.88 | 30.70 | 29.00 | 65 736 |
| 7 April 2025 | 2 400 | 28.37 | 29.20 | 27.50 | 68 088 |
| 8 April 2025 | 200 | 29.50 | 29.50 | 29.50 | 5 900 |
| 9 April 2025 | 2 000 | 29.30 | 29.60 | 29.00 | 58 600 |
| Total | 9 300 | 277 699 | |||
| Sale of shares | |||||
| Date | Number of Shares | Average Price (€) | Highest Price (€) | Lowest Price (€) | Total Amount (€) |
| 3 April 2025 | 600 | 32.30 | 32.40 | 32.20 | 19 380 |
| 4 April 2025 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 |
| 7 April 2025 | 2 200 | 29.05 | 30.00 | 28.40 | 63 910 |
| 8 April 2025 | 2 000 | 30.04 | 30.50 | 29.70 | 60 080 |
| 9 April 2025 | 400 | 29.60 | 29.60 | 29.60 | 11 840 |
| Total | 5 200 | 155 210 | |||
The balance held by Bekaert under the liquidity agreement at the end of the period is 41 467 shares.
On 9 April 2025 after closing of the market, Bekaert holds 2 981 377 own shares, or 5.49% of the total number of the outstanding shares.
This information is also made available on the investor relations pages of our website.
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