Press Release

Outside trading hours - Regulated information*

Brussels, 2 December 2016

KBC report on the EBA Transparency Exercise 2016

KBC notes the announcements made by the European Banking Authority (EBA) regarding the publication of the EBA EU-wide Transparency Exercise on Friday 2 December 2016 at 22:00 CET (21:00 GMT).

The information of this 2016 EU-wide Transparency Exercise refers to the reported data as of 31 December 2015 and 30 June 2016. The templates, published on a bank-by-bank basis, are the following:

  • Capital

  • RWA

  • P&L

  • Market Risk

  • Credit Risk

  • Sovereign Exposures

  • Non-Performing Exposures

  • Forborne Exposures.

The data collection relies on the standard information reported by the banks to the EBA on a regular basis through the supervisory reporting framework (FINREP, COREP).

The detailed results of this exercise for KBC Bank were provided in a disclosure table based on the common format provided by the EBA. For more details on this exercise see the EBA's website www.eba.europa.eu .

The information is provided only for comparison purposes and should not in any way be directly compared to the bank's other published information.

For more information, please contact:

Wim Allegaert, General Manager, Investor Relations, KBC Group Tel +32 2 429 50 51 - E-mail: wim.allegaert@kbc.be

Viviane Huybrecht, General Manager, Corporate Communication/Spokesperson, KBC Group Tel +32 2 429 85 45 - E-mail: pressofficekbc@kbc.be

* This news item contains information that is subject to the transparency regulations for listed companies.

KBC Group NV

Havenlaan 2 - 1080 Brussels Viviane Huybrecht

General Manager

Corporate Communication /Spokesperson Tel. +32 2 429 85 45

Press Office

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Fax +32 2 429 81 60

E-mail: pressofficekbc@kbc.be

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