KBC Groupe NV

Major Shareholding Notification • Mar 10, 2011

Disclosure pursuant to transparency legislation in relation to notifications KBC Group

Regulated information* - 10 March 2011 (before 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 (decrease) of participation, leading to downward crossing of threshold (< 3%)	02 March 2011	10 701 448	2,99%

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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.