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Kortrijk, 12 December 2012. Today Antoon De Proft was appointed as a member of the board of Barco nv, following the resignation of Urbain Vandeurzen when he was appointed Chairman of Gimv as of 30 June 2011. Antoon De Proft will complete Urbain Vandeurzen's term of office as a director of Barco nv.

Mr De Proft graduated with a master degree in Electrical Engineering and a postgraduate degree in Medical Engineering in 1982. He soon moved to Silicon Valley and built out an international career, during which he worked close to 20 years for ICOS Vision Systems, active in image processing and semiconductor inspection equipment. During his tenure as President & CEO of ICOS Vision Systems Corporation, the company was listed on Euronext and Nasdaq. Mr De Proft successfully grew the company and expanded its activities, till the company was acquired by KLA-Tencor in 2008. In between two positions at ICOS, Mr De Proft founded his own consultancy company, ADP Vision, providing management consultancy for mostly technology oriented SME's. His activities were particularly directed towards increasing the growth pace of the companies and towards penetrating new markets.

Mr De Proft currently serves on several boards of directors, including as Chairman of IMEC, Europe's largest independent research center in nano-electronics and nano-technology, with more than 1800 researchers, coming to IMEC from around the world.

About Barco
Barco, a global technology company, designs and develops visualization products for a variety of selected professional markets. Barco has its own facilities for Sales & Marketing, Customer Support, R&D and Manufacturing in Europe, North America and Asia Pacific. Barco (NYSE Euronext Brussels: BAR) is active in more than 90 countries with about 3,500 employees worldwide. Barco posted sales of 897 million euro in 2010.
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JP Tanghe
Senior Vice President
Barco nv

Phone:+32 56/26 23 22
Fax:+32 56/26 22 62
jp.tanghe@barco.com

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