Leuven, 30 October 2018 (17.40 hrs CET)
Summary of the notification
KBC Ancora has received a transparency notification dated 26 October 2018 indicating that BlackRock Inc., by virtue of acquisition or disposal of voting securities or voting rights, has fallen below the notification threshold of 1%. The number of KBC Ancora shares with voting right reduced to 0.998%. However, the sum of the number of KBC Ancora shares with voting right (0.998%) and the number of equivalent financial instruments (0,07%), via which voting rights may be acquired if the instrument is exercised, remains above 1%.