KBC Groupe NV

Major Shareholding Notification • Dec 20, 2012

Press Release – Outside trading hours - Regulated information*

20 December 2012 (before trading hours)

Notifications received by KBC Group NV in relation to transparency legislation

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	Details	Notification	Number of	% of
received from following		concerns situation on:	ordinary shares	voting rights
shareholders…			KBC Group
			held by the shareholders
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).	13 December 2012	111 443 546	26,74%
	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%.

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.

KBC Group NV Havenlaan 2 – 1080 Brussels Viviane Huybrecht: General Manager Group Communication /Spokesperson Tel. +32 2 429 85 45

Press Office Tel. +32 2 429 65 01 Fax +32 2 429 81 60 E-mail:pressofficekbc@kbc.be

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

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