KBC Groupe NV

Major Shareholding Notification • Jun 2, 2025

Press release Outside trading hours – Regulated information*

Brussels, 2 June 2025, 18h00

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

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

Summary of the notification(s)

KBC Group NV has received an updated transparency notification on 27 May 2025, which states that FMR has a stake of 3.29% in KBC Group (total voting rights and equivalent financial instruments). The reason for the update is a crossing of the 3%- reporting threshold.

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
• Date(s) on which the 3% threshold is crossed: 21 May 2025.
• Threshold that is crossed: 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): 417 544 151
• Notified details: see annex.
• 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(s) 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: IR4U@kbc.com

Katleen Dewaele, General Manager Corporate Communication, KBC Group pressofficekbc@kbc.be

KBC Group NV
Havenlaan 2 - 1080 Brussels
Katleen Dewaele
General Manager
Corporate Communication /Spokesperson
Tel. +32 475 78 08 66

Annex

Notification re situation on 21 May 2025

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		0.00%
Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC	8.849.918	8,080,135		1.94%
FMR Investment Management (UK) Limited	206,885	390,634		0.09%
Fidelity Institutional Asset Management Trust Company	1,054,685	1,672,886		0.40%
FIAM LLC	917,294	2,158,912		0.52%
Fidelity Management Trust Company	849,574	617,388		0.15%
Strategic Advisers LLC	540,940	832,894		0.20%
Subtotal	12,419,295	13,752,849		3.29%
TOTAL		13,752,849	0	3.29%	0.00%

B) Equivalent financial instruments	After the transaction
Holders of equivalent financial instruments	Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise period or dato	# of voting rights that may be acquired if the Instrument is exercised	% of voting rights	Settlement
	TOTAL			0	0.00%

TOTAL (A & B)		# of voting rights % of voting rights
	CALCULATE	13,752,849	3.29%