Director/PDMR Shareholding

KBC ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES PLC

(the "Company")

DIRECTORS' SHAREHOLDINGS

The company announces that on 18 March 2010 the following executive directors were granted awards over ordinary shares in the company of 2.5p nominal value ("Shares") under the company's Long Term Incentive Plan 2006 as nil-cost options. The awards will be exercisable, subject to performance conditions, between 18 March 2013 and 17 June 2014. No consideration was paid for the grant of the awards.

Name: William George Bright

Number of Shares over which award granted: 111,195

Name: Nicholas Philip Stone

Number of Shares over which award granted: 82,215

Following the above transactions, Mr Bright is interested in 379,435 Shares, representing approximately 0.66% of the issued share capital of the Company, and holds options over 949,981 Shares.

Following the above transactions, Mr Stone is interested in 272,546 Shares, representing approximately 0.48% of the issued share capital of the Company, and holds options over 764,012 Shares.

The percentages shown above are based on the Company's issued share capital of 57,172,217 Shares.

Enquiries:

Janet Ireland, Company Secretary Tel: 01932 242424

Date of notification: 19 March 2010