Regulated information, Leuven, 16 December 2014 (after trading)

KBC Group shareholder syndicate following extension of shareholder agreements

Leuven, 16 December 2014. Cera and KBC Ancora, together with MRBB and other stable shareholders, confirmed on 23 September 2014 that they would be extending their collaboration as a syndicate with respect to KBC Group for a further term of ten years. The syndicate agreement came into effect on 1 December. Cera, KBC Ancora, MRBB and Other Stable Shareholders will henceforth group together 40.39% of the total number of KBC Group shares. In this way, the shareholders concerned will continue to ensure the shareholder stability and development of KBC Group.

Together with MRBB and Other Stable Shareholders (AVAs), Cera and KBC Ancora are ensuring the shareholder stability and development of KBC Group. A shareholder agreement was signed for this purpose on 23 December 2004, for an initial period of ten years. These arrangements have been extended in updated form for a further ten years.

In this context, as reported on 23 September 2014, Cera, KBC Ancora, MRBB and Other Stable Shareholders have adhered with all their shares to the shareholder agreement and will henceforth group together 40.39% (instead of 30.79%) of the total number of KBC Group shares in issue. This is well above the 30% threshold which is important in the context of the Belgian law on public takeover bids. For the purposes of the syndicate agreement, Cera (2.7%) and its subsidiary KBC Ancora (18.6%) are considered to be a single party.

Composition of the shareholder syndicate (from 1 December 2014):

Shareholder Number of shares % in KBC Group
(based on 417,364,358 shares)
KBC Ancora SCA 77,516,380 18.57%
Cera SCRL 11,127,166 2.67%
MRBB SCRL 47,889,864 11.47%
Other Stable Shareholders 32,020,498 7.67%
TOTAL 168,553,908 40.39%

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KBC Ancora is a listed company which holds 18.6% of the shares in KBC Group and which together with Cera, MRBB and the Other Stable Shareholders is responsible for the shareholder stability and further development of the KBC group. As core shareholders of KBC Group, these parties have signed a shareholder agreement to this effect.

Financial calendar:
30 January 2015         Interim financial report (1H) (17.40 hrs CET)
28 August 2015           Annual press release financial year 2014/2015 (17.40 hrs CET)
29 September 2015    Annual report 2014/2015 available (17.40 hrs CET)
30 October 2015         General Meeting of Shareholders

This press release is available in Dutch, French and English on the website www.kbcancora.be.

KBC Ancora Investor Relations & Press contact: Jan Bergmans
tel.: +32 (0)16 27 96 72
e-mail: jan.bergmans@kbcancora.be

press release (PDF):
http://hugin.info/133914/R/1880764/663349.pdf


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