Euronav : Share Buyback

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SHARE BUYBACK

ANTWERP, Belgium, 7 December 2020 - Euronav NV (NYSE: EURN & Euronext: EURN) ("Euronav" or the "Company") announces that the Company has purchased on the NYSE and on Euronext Brussels a total of 642,652 of its own shares for an aggregate price of EUR 4,244,194.21 (USD 5,056,133.21) as part of its capital allocation strategy and returns to shareholder policy.

Following this transaction, the Company owns 16,764,732 shares (7.62% of the total outstanding share count).

Further details on these transactions are as follows:

Shares repurchased on Euronext Brussels

Transaction date	Quantity	Average	Lowest	Highest	Total price
		Price	price	price
30 November 2020	75,000	EUR 6.6566	EUR 6.5950	EUR 6.7000	EUR 499,245.00
1 December 2020	75,000	EUR 6.6456	EUR 6.5600	EUR 6.7200	EUR 498,420.00
2 December 2020	58,589	EUR 6.4714	EUR 6.4300	EUR 6.5000	EUR 379,152.85
3 December 2020	75,000	EUR 6.4716	EUR 6.4500	EUR 6.5000	EUR 485,370.00
4 December 2020	59,063	EUR 6.6456	EUR 6.5650	EUR 6.6900	EUR 309,509.07

Shares repurchased on the NYSE

Transaction date	Quantity	Average	Lowest	Highest	Total price
		Price	price	price
30 November 2020	75,000	USD 7.9274	USD 7.8800	USD 7.9500	USD 594,555.00
1 December 2020	75,000	USD 7.8274	USD 7.7800	USD 7.8650	USD 587,055.00
2 December 2020	75,000	USD 7.8973	USD 7.8400	USD 7.9300	USD 592,297.50
3 December 2020	75,000	USD 7.9357	USD 7.8800	USD 7.9700	USD 595,177.50

The Company will monitor market conditions to decide to continue buying back shares, taking into account a variety of factors, including regulatory or legal requirements and other corporate considerations.

The Board and Management firmly believe this affirmative action creates long term value for all stakeholders given the significant disconnect between equity and net asset values at present and reflects the strength of Euronav's balance sheet and the confidence of Board and Management in the long term value in the Company's shares.

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Brian Gallagher - Head of IR, Research and Communications & Management Board member

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About Euronav

Euronav is an independent tanker company engaged in the ocean transportation and storage of crude oil. The Company is headquartered in Antwerp, Belgium, and has offices throughout Europe and Asia. Euronav is listed on Euronext Brussels and on the NYSE under the symbol EURN. Euronav employs its fleet both on the spot and period market. VLCCs on the spot market are traded in the Tankers International pool of which Euronav is one of the major partners. Euronav's owned and operated fleet consists of 2 V-Plus vessels, 45 VLCCs (four to be delivered), 26 Suezmaxes (one of which is in a joint venture and two vessels time chartered in) and 2 FSO vessels (both owned in 50%-50% joint venture).

Forward-Looking Statements

Matters discussed in this press release may constitute forward-looking statements. The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides safe harbor protections for forward-looking statements in order to encourage companies to provide prospective information about their business. Forward-looking statements include statements concerning plans, objectives, goals, strategies, future events or performance, and underlying assumptions and other statements, which are other than statements of historical facts. The Company desires to take advantage of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and is including this cautionary statement in connection with this safe harbor legislation. The words "believe", "anticipate", "intends", "estimate", "forecast", "project", "plan", "potential", "may", "should", "expect", "pending" and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements.

The forward-looking statements in this press release are based upon various assumptions, many of which are based, in turn, upon further assumptions, including without limitation, our management's examination of historical operating trends, data contained in our records and other data available from third parties. Although we believe that these assumptions were reasonable when made, because these assumptions are inherently subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies which are difficult or impossible to predict and are beyond our control, we cannot assure you that we will achieve or accomplish these expectations, beliefs or projections.

In addition to these important factors, other important factors that, in our view, could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements include the failure of counterparties to fully perform their contracts with us,

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the strength of world economies and currencies, general market conditions, including fluctuations in charter rates and vessel values, changes in demand for tanker vessel capacity, changes in our operating expenses, including bunker prices, dry-docking and insurance costs, the market for our vessels, availability of financing and refinancing, charter counterparty performance, ability to obtain financing and comply with covenants in such financing arrangements, changes in governmental rules and regulations or actions taken by regulatory authorities, potential liability from pending or future litigation, general domestic and international political conditions, potential disruption of shipping routes due to accidents or political events, vessels breakdowns and instances of off-hires and other factors. Please see our filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission for a more complete discussion of these and other risks and uncertainties.