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1) Status of the notification

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	Name KBC GROUP
	Identification number 0403-227-515

3) Reason for the notification

Acquisition or disposal of voting securities or voting rights

4) Notification by

A parent undertaking or a controlling person

5) Persons subject to the notification requirement

Name	Address (for legal entities)
٠ BlackRock, Inc.	55 East 52nd Street. New York, NY. 10055. U S A.
BlackRock (Netherlands) B V	Rembrandt Tower, 17th floor, Amstelplein, Amsterdam, Netherlands
BlackRock (Singapore) Limited	20 Anson Road #18-01, Singapore, 79912, Singapore
BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited	12 Throgmorton Avenue, London, EC2N 2DL, U.K.
BlackRock Advisors LLC	100 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, DE, 19809, U.S.A.
BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited	161 Bay Street. Suite 2500 Toronto. Ontario M5J 2S1, Canada
BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG	Max-Joseph-Straße 6, Munich, 80333, Germany
BlackRock Asset Management North As a Limited	15/F, 16/F, 17/F Citibank Tower & 17/F ICBC Tower, 3 Garden Road, Central, Hon- Kong
BlackRock Financial Management Inc.	55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY, 10055, U.S.A.
BlackRock Fund Advisors	400 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA, 94105, U.S.A.
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association	400 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA, 94105, U.S.A.
BlackRock International Limited	Exchange Place One, 1 Semple Street, Edinburgh, EH3 8BL, U.K.
BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited	Level 37, Chifley Tower, 2 Chifley Square, Sydney NSW 2000 Australia
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited	12 Throgmorton Avenue, London, EC2N 2DL, U.K.
BlackRock Investment Management, LLC	1 University Square Drive, Princeton, NJ. 8540, U.S.A.
BlackRock Japan Co. Ltd	1-8-3 Marunouchi Chiyoda-ku. Trust Tower Main, Tokyo, 100-8217, Japan

6) Persons that dispose of voting rights (only to be filled in if art. 7 of the Law applies)

Name	Address (for legal entities)

O Please continue entering the information in part II concerning the persons referred to in Sections 5 and 6

Part II

7) Date on which the threshold is crossed

11/07/2017 (DD/MM/YYYY)

8) Threshold that is crossed (in %)

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418 372,082

9) Denominator

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10) Notified details

A) Voting rights	Previous notification	After the transaction
	# of voting rights	# of voting rights		% of voting rights
Holders of voting nghts		Linked to securities	Not linked to the securities	Linked to securities	Not linked to the securities
BlackRock Inc	0	0		0 00%
BlackRock (Netherlands) B V	35,940	35 940		001%
BlackRock (Singapore) Limited	11,328	11:328		0 0 0 %
BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited	1,882,584	2,059,771		049%
BlackRock Advisors, LLC	277,183	284,408		007%
BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited	114,748	114.748		0 0 3%
BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG	1,484,512	1,487.642		0 36%
BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Limited	2.091	2.116		0.00%
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.	81,314	81.324		002%
BlackRock Fund Advisors	3 650 872	3.651.151		087%
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company National Association	3.658.340	3,652,520		087%
BlackRock International Limited	143.157	143.157		0 0 3%
BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited	76.311	76.311		0 0 2%
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited	8.196 682	8,185,838		196%
BlackRock Investment Management LLC	548, 427	548.427		0 13%
BlackRock Japan Co, Ltd	408.069	407.375		0 10%
Subtotal	20 571 558	20,742,056		4.96%
	TOTAL	20,742,056	$\bullet$	4.96%	0.00%

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∣B) Equivalent financial instruments After the transaction # of voting rights that may be Holders of equivalent Exercise period or Type of financial instrument Expiration date acquired if the % of voting rights Settlement financial instruments $\overline{a}$ instrument is exercised BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited Securities Lent $3,305$ 0 00% physical ı. BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd. Securities Lent 31,977 $0.01%$ physical Ļ BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited Contract For Difference 1.206 0 0 0 % cash ä, BlackRock Advisors LLC Contract For Difference 162 0.00% ų, cash BlackRock Institutional Trust Company Contract For Difference 114,222 0.03% Ç cash National Association |
|BlackRock International Limited| Contract For Difference $3,492$ $0.00%$ cash G BlackRock Investment Management .
Contract For Difference. 74,659 $0.02%$ Ě cash (UK) Limited BlackRock Investment Management Contract For Difference 6030 ç 0 0 0 % cash LLC BlackRock Investment Management Depository Receipt $\ddot{}$ 1.809 0.00% llic TOTAL 236,862 $0.06%$

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TOTAL (A & B)			# of voting rights % of voting rights
	CALCULATE	20,978,918	5.01%

11) Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the holding is effectively held if applicable

Please see the full chain of control in "Chain of Control" tab

12) In case of proxy voting for only one GM

Holder	will cease to hold / will hold again	voting nghts as of	(DD/MM/YYYY)
13) Additional information
The disclosure obligation arose due total holding in voting rights for BlackRock. Inc. going above 5%

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Done at 12 Throgmorton Avenue, London EC2N 2DL, U K

13/07/2017 (DD/MM/YYYY)

Name & capacity Laurel Clark, Vice President
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11) Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the holding is effectively held, if applicable

Name

BlackRock, Inc. BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. BlackRock International Holdings, Inc. BR Jersey International Holdings L.P. BlackRock (Singapore) Holdco Pte. Ltd. BlackRock Asia-Pac Holdco, LLC BlackRock HK Holdco Limited BlackRock Cayco Limited BlackRock Trident Holding Company Limited BlackRock Japan Holdings GK BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd.

BlackRock, Inc. Trident Merger, LLC BlackRock Investment Management, LLC

BlackRock, Inc. BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. BlackRock International Holdings, Inc. BR Jersey International Holdings L.P. BlackRock Group Limited BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited

BlackRock, Inc. BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. BlackRock International Holdings, Inc. BR Jersey International Holdings L.P. BlackRock Australia Holdco Pty. Ltd. BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited

BlackRock, Inc. BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. BlackRock Holdco 4, LLC BlackRock Holdco 6, LLC BlackRock Delaware Holdings Inc. BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association

BlackRock, Inc. BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. BlackRock Holdco 4, LLC BlackRock Holdco 6, LLC BlackRock Delaware Holdings Inc. BlackRock Fund Advisors

BlackRock, Inc. BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.

BlackRock, Inc. BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. BlackRock International Holdings, Inc. BR Jersey International Holdings L.P. BlackRock Holdco 3, LLC BlackRock Canada Holdings LP BlackRock Canada Holdings ULC BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited

BlackRock, Inc. BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. BlackRock Capital Holdings, Inc. BlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock, Inc. BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. BlackRock International Holdings, Inc. BR Jersey International Holdings L.P. BlackRock Group Limited BlackRock (Netherlands) B.V.

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