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P R E S S R E L E A S E REDEMPTIONOF SHARES


Antwerp, February 8, 2016

Regulated information within the meaning

of the Royal Decree of November 14, 2007

  1. Press release - Antwerp, February 8, 2016


    REDEMPTION OF SHARES



    The extraordinary shareholders' meeting of Acker- mans & van Haaren NV has on 26 November 2014 renewed the powers delegated to the board of di- rectors to redeem shares for a period of 5 years.


    In the framework of these powers, Ackermans

    & van Haaren has concluded 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 February 1, 2016 until February 6, 2016 acquired a total of 6,971 shares on Euronext Brus- sels on behalf of AvH.


    AvH shares are acquired and sold under this pro- gramme. Since 1 January 2016, this has resulted in a net redemption of 12,953 own shares.


    In addition, Ackermans & van Haaren currently owns 357,000 own shares, or 1.07% of the total shares outstanding, in the context of covering the obligations of the company under the stock op- tion plan.



    Date

    Number of acquired shares

    Price per share

    (in euros)

    Total amount (in euros)


    01/02/2016

    138

    119.97

    16,555.86

    02/02/2016

    1,136

    119.69

    135,967.84

    03/02/2016

    2,400

    118.18

    283,632.00

    04/02/2016

    1,597

    117.25

    187,248.25

    05/02/2016

    1,700

    116.55

    198,135.00

  2. Press release - Antwerp, February 8, 2016



Financial calendar




February 26, 2016


Annual results 2015


May 20, 2016


Quarterly update Q1 2016


May 23, 2016


Ordinary general meeting




Ackermans & van Haaren is a diversi- fied group active in 5 key segments: Infrastruc- ture & Marine Engineering (DEME, one of the largest dredging companies in the world - CFE and A.A. Van Laere, two construction groups with headquarters in Belgium), Private Banking (Delen Private Bank, one of the largest independent pri- vate asset managers 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, Leisure & Senior Care (Leas-in- vest Real Estate, a public regulated real estate com-

pany - Extensa, an important land and real estate developer focused on Belgium and Luxembourg), Energy & Resources (Sipef, an agro-industrial group in tropical agriculture) and Development Capital (Sofinim and GIB).


In 2014, through its share in its participations, the AvH group represented a turnover of 5.9 billion eu- ros and employed 22,633 people. The group con- centrates on a limited number of strategic partici- pations with significant potential for growth. AvH is quoted on the BEL20 index, the Private Equity

NXT index of Euronext Brussels and the European DJ Stoxx 600.


Website


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For further information please contact:


Luc Bertrand

CEO - Chairman Executive Committee Tel. +32.3.897.92.42


e-mail: dirsec@avh.be

Jan Suykens

Member Executive Committee Tel. +32.3.897.92.36

Tom Bamelis

Member Executive Committee Tel. +32.3.897.92.42





Ackermans & van Haaren NV - Begijnenvest 113 - 2000 Antwerp - Belgium - Tel. +32 3 231 87 70 - info@avh.be - www.avh.be

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