Become a shareholder

To buy Bekaert shares, you must place an order with your financial intermediary for dematerialized shares. If you want to transform your dematerialized shares into registered shares, please provide this instruction to your financial intermediary. As a registered shareholder, you benefit from various personalized services.

How to order shares

To buy Bekaert shares, please place an order with your financial intermediary. Your order must include the following details:

Bekaert ISIN code: BE0974258874
Type of transaction: buy
Quantity of shares to be bought
Period of validity of the order (good-for-day, good-till-specified, good-till canceled)
Settlement method: cash or deferred settlement
Price, depending on the type of order placed

If you want to transform your dematerialized shares into registered shares, please provide this instruction to your financial intermediary. As a registered shareholder, you benefit from various personalized services.

How to hold Bekaert shares

The Bekaert shares can be held as:

Registered shares: your shares are registered in Bekaert’s register of shareholders, and managed by the Bekaert Registered Shares Management Service. This type of holding shares offers a number of benefits.
Dematerialized shares: your shares remain with your financial intermediary, who manages them.

Benefits of registered shares

Free custody and administration fees
Registered shares are not subject to tax on securities accounts
Automatic and personalized invitation to the general meetings of shareholders
Printed integrated annual report

Contact Bekaert’s registered shares management service on corporate@bekaert.com or +32 56 766 697

What are the differences between registered shares and dematerialized shares?

	Registered shares	Dematerialized shares
Buy or Sell Bekaert shares	Through your financial intermediary	Through your financial intermediary
Hold shares in a single securities account	Impossible	Possible
Custody and administration fees	Free	According to your financial intermediary
Brokerage fee and bank commission	Not applicable	According to your financial intermediary
Invitation to general meetings	Personal invitation	You must contact your financial intermediary
Voting rights	One vote for each share held	One vote for each share held
Dividend	Paid by the Bekaert Registered Shares Management Service	Paid by your financial intermediary
Tax reporting form	Sent by the Bekaert Registered Shares Management Service	Sent by your financial intermediary for all your shares

Convert your dematerialized shares to registered shares

Ask your financial intermediary to complete, sign and send the Nom008 transfer form to the Bekaert Registered Shares Management Service.

The Bekaert Registered Shares Management Service will contact you to confirm the registration of your shares in Bekaert’s register of shareholders.

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Convert your registered shares to dematerialized shares

Contact the Bekaert Registered Shares Management Service and provide the necessary information by completing the Nom009 transfer form.

Your shares are transferred to the financial intermediary of your choice.

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How to sell shares?

To sell Bekaert shares, you must place an order with your financial intermediary for dematerialized shares.

When selling registered shares, first ask the Bekaert Registered Shares Management Service to transfer the shares to a securities account by following the above-mentioned procedure.

Your order must include the following details:

Bekaert ISIN code: BE0974258874
Type of transaction: sell
Quantity of shares to be sold
Period of validity of the order (good-for-day, good-till-specified, good-till canceled)
Settlement method: cash or deferred settlement
Price, depending on the type of order placed

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