KBC Groupe NV

Declaration of Voting Results & Voting Rights Announcements • Sep 18, 2018

Press release Outside trading hours – Regulated information*

Brussels, 18 August 2018, 8h00 CEST

Publication of transparency notification(s) received by KBC Group NV

(art. 14, 1 st section of the Act of 2 May 2007 concerning the disclosure of significant participations)

Summary of the notification(s)

KBC Group NV has received a transparency notification dd. 12 September 2018, which states that FMR LLC has crossed the reporting threshold of 3% (voting rights) upwards.

Content of the notification(s)

The notification(s) contain(s) following information:

• Reason for the notification(s): acquisition or disposal of voting securities or voting rights
• Notification(s) by: FMR LLC
• Persons subject to the notification requirement: see annex 1
• Date(s) on which the threshold is crossed: 6 September 2018
• Threshold that is crossed: 3% (KBC Group's Articles of Association set a notification threshold of 3% of the total number of voting rights. In addition, the legal thresholds of 5% or any multiple thereof also apply)
• Denominator (number of shares KBC Group NV): 415 897 567
• Notified details: see annex 1
• Chain of controlled undertakings through which the holding is effectively held: See "11: Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the holding is effectively held" in the PDF-file on www.kbc.com (see below).
• The relevant notification(s) is (are) available at www.kbc.com > Investor relations > Shareholder information > Shareholder structure.

For more information, please contact:

Kurt De Baenst, General Manager, Investor Relations, KBC Group E-mail: investor.relations@kbc.be

Viviane Huybrecht, General Manager, Corporate Communication/Spokesperson, KBC Group E-mail: pressofficekbc@kbc.be

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Annex Notification dd. 12 September 2018

A) Voting rights	Previous notification		After the transaction
	# of voting rights		# of voting rights		% of voting rights
Holders of voting rights		Linked to securities	Not linked to the securities	Linked to securities	Not linked to the securities
FMR LLC		0		0.00%
CROSBY ADVISORS LLC		30,365		0.01%
FIAM LLC		515,544		0.12%
Fidelity Institutional Asset Management Trust Company		906,099		0.22%
FMR CO., INC		9,278,184		2.23%
FMR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT (UK) LIMITED		1,801,598		0.43%
STRATEGIC ADVISERS LLC		27		0.00%
Subtotal		12,531,817		3.01%
TOTAL		12,531,817	$\bf{0}$	3.01%	0.00%

B) Equivalent financial instruments	After the transaction
Holders of equivalent financial instruments	Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise period or date	# of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised	% of voting rights	Settlement
TOTAL					0.00%

TOTAL (A & B)		# of voting rights % of voting rights
	CALCULATE	12,531,817	3.01%