Bekaert : announces departure of CFO and appointment of CFO ad interim 15 Nov 2018

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Press - Investors Katelijn Bohez

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15 November 2018

Bekaert announces departure of CFO and appointment of CFO ad interim

Bekaert today announced that Beatríz García-Cos Muntañola, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, has decided to leave the company.

Frank Vromant, Executive Vice-President Bekaert Americas, has been appointed Chief Financial Officer ad interim, with immediate effect. Frank Vromant has been with Bekaert since 1979. He held several Financial and IT Management positions in Belgium and the US before he became a member of the Bekaert Group Executive in 2013. Frank has assumed various executive regional operations responsibilities from then onwards.

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Bekaert(www.bekaert.com)is a world market and technology leader in steel wire transformation and coating technologies. We pursue to be the preferred supplier for our steel wire products and solutions by continuously delivering superior value to our customers worldwide. Bekaert (Euronext Brussels: BEKB) is a global company with 30 000 employees worldwide, headquarters in Belgium and € 4.8 billion in combined revenue.

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