Holding(s) in Company

KBC Advanced Technologies plc

("KBC" or "the Company")

Holding(s) in Company

The Company has been notified that, following the disaggregation exemption notified to the FSA under the Disclosure and Transparency Rules on 17th October 2011, AXA SA and its subsidiary notifying group entities, acting independently from their parent and from each other, no longer have any reportable holdings in the Company on a group aggregated basis. However, AXA Investment Managers SA has, on a group disaggregated basis as an independent group subsidiary, a holding of 8,656,250 ordinary shares, representing 15.45% of the issued share 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