Press release

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Brussels, 16 July 2018, 9h00 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.10 July 2018, which states that BlackRock Inc. has crossed the reporting threshold of 5% (voting rights, excluding equivalent financial instruments) upwards.

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: 6 July 2018

  • • Threshold that is crossed: 5%

    (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): 418 597 567

  • • 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. 6 July 2018

A) Voting rights

Previous notification # of voting rights

Holders of voting rights

Linked to securities

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

0 39 783 11 210 2 089 902 324 312 173 138 1 691 324

BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Limited

BlackRock Capital Management, Inc.

BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.

6 320 15 105 353

0 40 470 11 210 1 720 029 349 964 170 519 1 643 060 10 052

0 113 352

BlackRock Fund Advisors

  • 3 823 555

    • 3 761 690

      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

  • 4 008 047 127 951 79 008 7 104 863 561 950 680 239 20 826 970

  • 4 144 548 145 934 79 008 7 745 254 565 269 618 993 21 119 352

TOTAL

21 119 352

0

5,05%

0,00%

B) Equivalent financial instruments

After the transaction

Holders of equivalent financial instruments

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date

Exercise period or date

# of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised

% of voting rights

Settlement

BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited

Securities Lent

445 675

0,11%

physical

BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited

Securities Lent

26 170

0,01%

physical

BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited

Contract For Difference

1 794

0,00%

cash

BlackRock Advisors, LLC

Contract For Difference

44 135

0,01%

cash

BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.

Contract For Difference

4 292

0,00%

cash

BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association

Contract For Difference

168 784

0,04%

cash

BlackRock International Limited

Contract For Difference

1 093

0,00%

cash

BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited

Contract For Difference

29 001

0,01%

cash

BlackRock Investment Management, LLC

Contract For Difference

58 793

0,01%

cash

BlackRock Investment Management, LLC

Depository Receipts

1 836

0,00%

TOTAL

781 573

0,19%

TOTAL (A & B)

# of voting rights

% of voting rights

CALCULATE

21 900 925

5,23%

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