KBC Groep : KBC Group : Disclosure pursuant to transparency legislation in relation to notifications KBC Group

  KBC Groep : KBC Group : Disclosure pursuant to transparency legislation in
                     relation to notifications KBC Group

Press Release - Outside  trading hours - Regulated information*
10 January 2013

 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    Details                    Notification   Number   of     % of
received   from                            concerns       ordinary      voting
following                                  situation on:  shares        rights
shareholder.                                              KBC   Group    (on 6
                                                          held by the December
                                                          shareholder    2012)
                                                          (on       6 
                                                          December
                                                          2012)
BlackRock Inc.  Update of participation,   6     December 11 026 587     3.08%
                leading to  crossing of    2012
                threshold (> 3%).

                The calculation base was
                the total number of
                KBC-shares before the
                capital increase announced
                on 10 December 2012 (total
                number of KBC-shares was
                357 980 313 at that time,
                instead of the current 416
                967 355)

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.

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