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Arseus: Disclosure of acquisition of treasury shares

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Waregem (Belgium) / Rotterdam (the Netherlands)[1], 18 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 8 March to 18 March 2013, it acquired 8,513 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 8 March 2013 1,300 € 20.5200 € 20.33 € 20.58 € 26,676 12 March 2013 500 € 20.4800 € 20.48 € 20.48 € 10,240 13 March 2013 6,072 € 20.4974 € 20.32 € 20.58 € 124,460 14 March 2013 292 € 20.5000 € 20.50 € 20.50 € 5,986 15 March 2013 349 € 21.7000 € 21.70 € 21.70 € 7,573


In addition, during the period from 8 March to 18 March 2013, Arseus acquired 50,000 treasury shares via various block trades.

Acquisition date Block Price Amount 8 March 2013 10,000 € 20.5000 € 205,000 8 March 2013 10,000 € 20.5000 € 205,000 12 March 2013 20,000 € 20.4800 € 409,600 15 March 2013 10,000 € 21.7000 € 217,000

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 795,162 treasury shares. As a result of the transactions referred to above, Arseus now holds 853,675 treasury shares, representing 2.73% 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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