Ackermans & van Haaren: Redemption of shares

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PRESS RELEASE SHARES Antwerp, January 3, 2017

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 directors 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 Decem-

ber 21, 2016 until December 31, 2016 acquired a total of 2,901 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 146 own shares.

In addition, Ackermans & van Haaren acquired 15,000 shares in this period in the context of the

stock option plan. Ackermans & van Haaren cur- rently owns 352,000 own shares, or 1.05% 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)
21/12/2016	1,000	129.40	129,400.00
22/12/2016	700	130.89	91,623.00
22/12/2016	3,000	131.37	394,112.45
23/12/2016	100	130.60	13,060.00
23/12/2016	3,000	130.91	392,734.45
27/12/2016	200	131.00	26,200.00
27/12/2016	3,000	131.82	395,454.95
28/12/2016	400	131.70	52,680.00
28/12/2016	3,000	131.95	395,862.50
29/12/2016	400	131.50	52,600.00
29/12/2016	3,000	131.94	395,822.45
30/12/2016	101	131.60	13,291.60

Ackermans & van Haaren is a diver- sified group active in 5 key segments: Marine Engineering & Infrastructure (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.

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For further information please contact: Jan Suykens

CEO - Chairman Executive Committee Tel. [phone]

Tom Bamelis

CFO - Member Executive Committee Tel. [phone]

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February 28, 2017	Annual results 2016
May 19, 2017	Interim statement Q1 2017
August 31, 2017	Half-year results 2017

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