European Commission decision on KBC group strat...

Regulated information* - 18 November 2009 (07.30 a.m. CET)

Today, the European Commission is expected to decide on the strategic
plan which KBC group submitted at the end of September.

The plan  is an  analysis  of KBC  group's  business and  its  future
strategy, and served as  a basis for the  Commission to assess  KBC's
capacity to  redeem the  government  securities within  a  reasonable
timeframe.  This   is   common  practice   for   European   financial
institutions that have been bailed out in the past year.

Pending  the  decision  and  the  communication  from  the   European
Commission, KBC Group NV has requested to have its share suspended.

The Commission is expected  to communicate around  noon. At the  same
time, KBC will  issue a  press release,  which will  be published  on
www.kbc.com, and  provide the  financial markets  with more  detailed
information about the strategic plan.  Trading will resume some  time
after the publication of the press release (+ 2.00 p.m.).

A press conference (live webcast on www.kbc.com, or click here)  will
be hosted  by KBC  Group CEO,  Jan Vanhevel,  and CFO,  Luc  Philips,
starting at 12.15  p.m. CEST  in KBC's headquarters  at 2  Havenlaan,
1080 Brussels.

As of 2.15  p.m CEST., a  CFO conference call  (in English) has  been
scheduled for analysts. Dial-in numbers are  [phone]  (B),
[phone] (UK) or [phone] (US).
Tomorrow, 19 November, an Investor Day has been organised in  London,
replacing the Investor Day previously  scheduled on 4 December  (more
details on www.kbc.com).



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