Acquisition
of own shares

Information published in accordance with the circular FSMA_2011_07 (11 October 2011).

The Extraordinary General Meeting of 11 September 2023 authorizes the Board of Directors to acquire and pledge the company’s own shares and the related certificates without the total number of own shares and related certificates (by counting each certificate proportionally to the number of shares to which it relates) held or pledged by the company pursuant to this authorization being able to exceed 20% of the total number of shares, for a consideration per certificate of a minimum of one euro cent and a maximum of 10% higher than the arithmetic average of the closing rate of the company’s share during the last ten days of stock exchange listing preceding either the acquisition or the pledge, or the decision of the Board of Directors to acquire or pledge, or the announcement of the intention to acquire or pledge. This authorization is granted for a period of five years dating from the publication of the decision of the Extraordinary General Meeting of 11 September 2023 into the Annexes of the Belgian Official Gazette.