Disclosure made according to the requirements of the Law of 2 May 2007

Regulated information

Status as of 1 September 2008:

Basic data
Total Capital:	54,169,171.60 euro
Total number of securities conferring voting rights:	12,669,955 shares
Total number of voting rights (the denominator):	12,669,955 shares (one voting right per share)
Supplementary data
Total number of debentures convertible into securities conferring voting rights:	none
Total number of rights, whether or not reflected by securities, to subscribe for securities conferring voting rights yet to be issued:	730,166 subscription rights (each subscription right entitles the holder to one new share upon exercise)
Total number of voting rights that may result from the exercise of such subscription rights:	730,166 (one voting right per share)
Total number of shares without voting rights:	none

Thresholds set by Articles of Association
According to Barco’s Articles of Association, the threshold as from which a participation needs to be disclosed, has been set at 3%, subsequently at 5% and each multiple of 5%.

Information concerning the transparency legislation
Detailed information can be found in the Extract from the Guide to the Transparency Legislation CBFA_2008_16 of 8 July 2008 (available from the website of the Banking, Finance and Insurance Commission (CBFA): www.cbfa.be/eng/gv/ah/circ/pdf/cbfa_2008_16.pdf). For the notifications the CBFA recommends the use of its standard form TR-1 BE (also available from the CBFA website: www.cbfa.be/eng/gv/ah/circ/pdf/TR-1BE.xls).

The notifications should be transmitted to both Barco and the CBFA. The CBFA recommends transmitting the notifications first electronically, to the e-mail address trp.fin@cbfa.be, and subsequently – for reasons of legal certainty – by fax to no ++ 32 2 220 59 12.


It is recommended to transmit notifications to Barco electronically as well, to the attention of:

Mr JP Tanghe
Vice President Barco nv
President Corporate Communication & Investor Relations

E-mail address: jp.tanghe@barco.com
Fax: ++ 32 56 26 22 62
Telephone: ++ 32 56 26 23 22


About Barco
Barco, a global technology company, designs and develops visualization products for a variety of selected professional markets. Barco has its own facilities for Sales & Marketing, Customer Support, R&D and Manufacturing in Europe, North America and Asia Pacific. Barco (NYSE Euronext Brussels: BAR) is active in more than 90 countries with about 3600 employees worldwide. Barco posted sales of euro 747 million in 2007.

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For more information, please contact

JP Tanghe
Senior Advisor to the CEO
Barco nv

Telephone +32 56/26 23 22
jp.tanghe@barco.com