Arseus: Disclosure of acquisition of treasury shares

Waregem (Belgium) / Rotterdam (the Netherlands)[1], 12 August 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 2 August to 12 August, it acquired 83,582 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 2 August 2013 19,053 € 21.5110 € 21.20 € 22.21 € 409,849 5 August 2013 15,000 € 21.8911 € 21.65 € 21.97 € 328,367 6 August 2013 15,000 € 21.8007 € 21.48 € 21.91 € 327,011 7 August 2013 4,637 € 21.5643 € 21.33 € 21.65 € 99,994 8 August 2013 10,000 € 21.8279 € 21.44 € 21.89 € 218,279 9 August 2013 10,000 € 21.8628 € 21.77 € 21.90 € 218,628 12 August 2013 9,892 € 21.4212 € 21.19 € 21.75 € 211,899

In addition, during the period from 2 August to 12 August, Arseus acquired 166,418 treasury shares via various block trades.

Acquisition date Block Price Amount 2 August 2013 10,000 € 21.60 € 216,000 5 August 2013 5,000 € 21.88 € 109,400 5 August 2013 26,418 € 21.95 € 579,875 5 August 2013 50,000 € 21.95 € 1,097,500 6 August 2013 50,000 € 21.83 € 1,091,500 6 August 2013 25,000 € 21.84 € 546,000

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 held 381,378 treasury shares. As a result of the acquisition of 250,000 treasury shares, Arseus now holds 631,378 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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