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Arseus: Disclosure of acquisition of treasury shares

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Waregem (Belgium) / Rotterdam (the Netherlands)[1], 27 March 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 19 March to 27 March 2013, it acquired 41,944 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 19 March 2013 4,200 € 20.5638 € 20.35 € 20.63 € 86,368 20 March 2013 5,000 € 20.5786 € 20.43 € 20.67 € 102,893 21 March 2013 6,203 € 20.4085 € 20.24 € 20.50 € 126,594 22 March 2013 10,600 € 20.2348 € 20.12 € 20.47 € 214,489 25 March 2013 9,766 € 20.2539 € 19.98 € 20.40 € 197,800 26 March 2013 2,105 € 20.3818 € 20.20 € 20.50 € 42,904 27 March 2013 4,070 € 20.4034 € 20.25 € 20.49 € 83,042

In addition, during the period from 19 March to 27 March 2013, Arseus acquired 78,798 treasury shares via various block trades.

Acquisition date Block Price Amount 21 March 2013 10,000 € 20.4500 € 204,500 22 March 2013 1,800 € 20.4200 € 36,756 22 March 2013 3,164 € 20.3600 € 64,419 22 March 2013 1,834 € 20.3800 € 37,377 22 March 2013 6,000 € 20.1000 € 120,600 26 March 2013 20,000 € 20.4000 € 408,000 26 March 2013 10,000 € 20.2600 € 202,600 27 March 2013 6,000 € 20.3000 € 121,800 27 March 2013 20,000 € 20.4800 € 409,600

Further, Arseus transferred 14,121 shares on 25 March 2013 at a price of € 20.12 per share as subsequent payment for an acquisition.

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 already held 853,675 treasury shares. As a result of the transactions referred to above, Arseus now holds 960,296 treasury shares, representing 3.07% of the total number of shares outstanding.

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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