Disclosure pursuant to transparency legislation...

Regulated information* - 23 August 2010 (8.00 a.m. CEST)

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 two shareholding notifications of
the following shareholder:



+-----------------+-----------------+----------------+--------------+----------+
|Notification     |Details          |Notification    |Number of     |      % of|
|received from.   |                 |concerns        |ordinary      |    voting|
|                 |                 |situation on:   |shares        |    rights|
|                 |                 |                |              |          |
|                 |                 |                |KBC Group     |          |
+-----------------+-----------------+----------------+--------------+----------+
|BlackRock Inc.   |Update (increase)|4 August 2010   |10 810 030    |     3,02%|
|                 |of participation |                |              |          |
+-----------------+-----------------+----------------+--------------+----------+
|BlackRock Inc.   |Update (decrease)|12 August 2010  |10 693 173    |     2,99%|
|                 |of participation |                |              |          |
+-----------------+-----------------+----------------+--------------+----------+



The  notifications  can  be  found on www.kbc.com/investor relations/Shareholder
structure.





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regulations for listed companies.



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