Director/PDMR Shareholding

KBC Advanced Technologies plc

("KBC" or "the Company")

Directors Dealing

The Company announces that it has today received notification that, on 6 October 2011, Kestrel Partners LLP ("Kestrel") acquired 25,000 ordinary shares of 2.5 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") on behalf of Kestrel Opportunities, a cell of Guernsey Portfolios PCC Limited ("Kestrel Opportunities"), at a price of 64p per Ordinary Share.

Following the purchase, Kestrel Opportunities holds 2,571,310 Ordinary Shares, representing 4.59 % of the issued share capital of the Company.

Oliver Scott, Non-Executive Director of KBC, is a founding partner of and holds a beneficial interest in Kestrel, the investment manager of Kestrel Opportunities, and is a shareholder in Kestrel Opportunities. Mr Scott therefore has a legal interest in a total of 2,571,310 Ordinary Shares, representing 4.59% of the issued capital of the Company.

KBC Advanced Technologies plc

Janet Ireland, Company Secretary 01932 242424

Cenkos Securities plc

Jon Fitzpatrick 0207 397 8900

Neil McDonald 0131 220 9771