KBC Groupe NV

Major Shareholding Notification • Jul 18, 2011

Disclosure pursuant to transparency legislation in relation to notifications KBC Group

Regulated information* - 18 July 2011 (after trading hours)

New notifications received by KBC Group NV

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

Notification received from following shareholder…	Details	Notification concerns situation on:	Number of ordinary shares KBC Group held by the shareholder	% of voting rights
BlackRock Inc.	Update of participation, leading to crossing of threshold (> 3%)	11 July 2011	10 840 797	3.03%

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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.