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Arseus: Disclosure of acquisition of treasury shares

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Waregem (Belgium) / Rotterdam (the Netherlands)[1], 17 May 2013 – Arseus discloses the information with respect to the acquisition of treasury shares required under Article 207 of the Royal Decree of 30 January 2001 implementing the Belgian Company Code.

Arseus today announces that during the period from 9 May 2013 to 17 May 2013, it acquired 72,578 treasury shares on NYSE Euronext Brussels (through an intermediate, acting with a discretionary mandate).

Acquisition date Number of shares Average price Lowest price Highest price Amount 9 May 2013 5,106 € 21.2330 € 20.85 € 21.44 € 108,416 10 May 2013 6,279 € 21.2412 € 21.10 € 21.47 € 133,373 13 May 2013 13,000 € 21.1787 € 20.80 € 21.40 € 275,323 14 May 2013 48,193 € 21.7723 € 21.34 € 22.00 € 1,049,272

In addition, during the period from 9 May 2013 to 17 May 2013, Arseus acquired 114,347 treasury shares via various block trades.

Acquisition date Block Price Amount 10 May 2013 1,067 € 21.15 € 22,567 10 May 2013 1,473 € 21.23 € 31,272 13 May 2013 2,000 € 20.94 € 41,880 13 May 2013 5,000 € 20.86 € 104,300 13 May 2013 15,000 € 21.35 € 320,250 13 May 2013 13,000 € 21.39 € 278,070 14 May 2013 2,000 € 21.50 € 43,000 14 May 2013 10,000 € 21.95 € 219,500 14 May 2013 21,095 € 21.95 € 463,035 14 May 2013 8,000 € 21.94 € 175,520 14 May 2013 7,372 € 21.90 € 161,447 14 May 2013 3,617 € 21.94 € 79,357 14 May 2013 20,000 € 21.69 € 433,800 14 May 2013 1,850 € 21.91 € 40,534 14 May 2013 2,873 € 21.48 € 61,712


The Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting held on 16 June 2009 renewed the authorisation of the Board of Directors to acquire treasury shares.

Prior to the transactions, Arseus held 59,646 treasury shares. As a result of the acquisition of 186,925 treasury shares and the exercise of stock options by members of the Board of Directors, members of the Executive Committee and employees of Arseus, Arseus now holds 1,117 treasury shares.

In the event of any discrepancy between the English translation and the original Dutch version of this press release, the latter shall prevail.

[1] This press release was sent out by Arseus NV and Arseus BV.

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