KBC Group : Notifications received by KBC Group...

KBC Group : Notifications received by KBC Group NV in relation to transparency legislation

Press Release - Outside  trading hours - Regulated information*
20 December 2012 (before trading hours)

Pursuant to the transparency legislation in relation to notifications, KBC Group NV hereby makes public that it has received shareholding notifications of the following shareholders:

Notification received from following shareholders. Details Notification concerns situation on: Number of ordinary shares
KBC Group held by the shareholders
% of voting rights
CERA CVBA
and
KBC ANCORA  Comm. VA
(combined)
Increase in number of shares held (by CERA1; no change for KBC Ancora²), in combination with increase in total number of KBC shares (following recent capital increase).

As a result, the number of voting securities held by CERA CVBA and KBC ANCORA Comm. VA combined in KBC Group NV falls below the 30% notification threshold.

In addition, the number of voting securities that KBC ANCORA Comm. VA alone holds in KBC Group NV falls below the notification threshold of 20%.
13 December 2012 111 443 546 26,74%

1 number of shares at notification date: 29 227 166 (7,01%)
2 number of shares at notification date: 82 216 380 (19,72%)

The notifications can be found on www.kbc.com/investor relations/Shareholder structure.

* This news item contains information that is subject to the transparency regulations for listed companies.

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