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REDEMP T ION

OF

PRESS RELEASE SHARES

Antwerp, March 14, 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 pro- gramme, Kepler Cheuvreux has in the period from March 7, 2016 until March 12, 2016 acquired a to- tal of 7,249 shares on Euronext Brussels 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 7,253 own shares.


In addition, Ackermans & van Haaren currently owns 348,500 own shares, or 1.04% of the total shares outstanding, in the context of covering the obligations of the company under the stock option plan.



Date

Number of acquired shares

Price per share

(in euros)

Total amount (in euros)

07/03/2016

1,300

119.74

155,662.00

08/03/2016

2,484

118.20

293,608.80

10/03/2016

3,064

118.97

364,524.08

11/03/2016

401

118.90

47,678.90




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 independ- ent private asset managers in Belgium, and asset manager JM Finn in the UK - Bank J.Van Breda & C°, niche bank for entrepreneurs and liberal pro- fessions in Belgium), Real Estate & Senior Care (Leasinvest Real Estate, a public regulated real estate company - 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 2015, through its share in its participations, the AvH group represented a turnover of 5.3 billion euros and employed 22,077 people. The group concentrates on a limited number of stra- tegic participations 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


All press releases issued by AvH and its most im- portant group companies as well as the 'Investor Presentation' can also be consulted on the AvH website: www.avh.be. Anyone who is interested to receive the press releases via email has to reg- ister to this website.


For further information please contact: Luc Bertrand

CEO - Chairman Executive Committee Tel. +32.3.897.92.42


Jan Suykens

Member Executive Committee Tel. +32.3.897.92.36


Tom Bamelis

Member Executive Committee Tel. +32.3.897.92.42


e-mail: dirsec@avh.be



May 20, 2016

Quarterly update

Q1 2016


May 23, 2016

Ordinary general

meeting


August 30, 2016

Half-year results

2016

Financial calendar



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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