Ackermans & van Haaren: Redemption of shares

REDEMPTION OF SHARES

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Press release

Antwerp, January 14, 2019

Redemption of shares

The extraordinary shareholders' meeting of Ackermans & van Haaren NV has on November 13, 2017 renewed the powers delegated to the board of directors to redeem shares for a period of 5 years. In addition, Ackermans & van Haaren currently owns 334,000 own shares, or 1.00% of the total shares outstanding, in the context of covering the obligations of the company under the stock option plan. In the framework of these powers, Ackermans & van Haaren has conclu-ded a liquidity contract with Kepler Cheuvreux to improve the liquidity of the AvH share. In the framework of this liquidity programme, Kepler Cheuvreux has in the period from January 1, 2019 until January 12, 2019 acquired a total of 300 shares on Euronext Brussels on behalf of AvH. AvH shares are acquired and sold under this programme. Since January 1, 2019, this has resulted in a net redemption of -2,000 own shares. Date 03/01/2019 10/01/2019 Number of acquired shares100200 Price per share (in euros) Total amount (in euros) 129.50137.75 12,950.00 27,550.00

Ackermans & van Haaren is a diversified group active in 4 core sectors: Marine Engineering & Contracting (DEME, one of the largest dredging companies in the world - CFE, a construction group with headquarters in Belgium), Private Banking (Delen Private Bank, one of the largest independent private asset ma-nagers in Belgium, and asset manager JM Finn in the UK - Bank J.Van Breda & C°, niche bank for entrepreneurs and liberal professions in Belgium), Real Estate & Senior Care (Leasinvest Real Estate, a public regulated real estate company - Extensa, an important land and real estate developer focused on Belgium and Luxembourg) and Energy & Resources (SIPEF, an agro-industrial group in tropical agriculture).

In 2017, through its share in its participations, the AvH group represented a turnover of 5.4 billion euros and employed 22,749 people. The group concen-trates on a limited number of strategic participations with significant potential for growth. AvH is quoted on Euronext Brussels and is included in the BEL20 index, the Private Equity NXT index and the European DJ Stoxx 600.

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