Press release
Outside trading hours - Regulated information*
Brussels, 3 October 2018, 18h00 CEST
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 a transparency notification dd. 28 September 2018, which - as a result - states that BlackRock Inc. has crossed the reporting threshold of 5% (total voting rights and equivalent financial instruments) upwards (to 5.01%).
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: BlackRock Inc.
• Persons subject to the notification requirement: see annex 1
• Date(s) on which the threshold is crossed: 27 September 2018
• Threshold that is crossed: 5% (upwards)
(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): 415 897 567
• Notified details: see annex 1
• 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 onwww.kbc.com(see below).
• The relevant notification(s) is (are) available atwww.kbc.com> Investor relations > Shareholder information > Shareholder structure.
For more information, please contact:
Kurt De Baenst, General Manager, Investor Relations, KBC Group E-mail:investor.relations@kbc.be
Viviane Huybrecht, General Manager, Corporate Communication/Spokesperson, KBC Group E-mail:pressofficekbc@kbc.be
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Annex
Notification dd. 28 September 2018
A) Voting rights
Holders of voting rights
Previous notification
# of voting rights
BlackRock, Inc.
BlackRock (Netherlands) B.V.
BlackRock (Singapore) Limited
BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited
BlackRock Advisors, LLC
BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited
BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG
BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Limited
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.
BlackRock Fund Advisors
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association
BlackRock International Limited
BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited
BlackRock Investment Management, LLC
BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd.
Subtotal
TOTAL
20 565 806
2 091 264
1 562 221
3 679 351
3 456 129
8 140 352
279 058
142 877
578 164
399 517
38 966
11 210
14 874
36 863
62 468
72 492
0
B) Equivalent financial instrumentsHolders of equivalent financial instrumentsType of financial instrumentAfter the transaction
BlackRock Advisors (UK) LimitedSecurities Lent
BlackRock Advisors (UK) LimitedContract For Difference
BlackRock Advisors, LLC
Contract For Difference
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.
Contract For Difference
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association
Contract For Difference
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited
Contract For Difference
BlackRock Investment Management, LLC
Contract For Difference
BlackRock Investment Management, LLC
Depositary Receipts
TOTALExpiration dateExercise period or date
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