Leuven, 6 November 2018 (17.40 hrs CET)
Summary of the notification
KBC Ancora has received a transparency notification dated 2nd November 2018 indicating that BlackRock Inc., by virtue of acquisition or disposal of voting securities or voting rights, has exceeded the notification threshold of 1%. The number of KBC Ancora shares with voting rights increased to 1.01%. The total number of KBC Ancora shares with voting rights (1.01%) and equivalent financial instruments (0.07%), whereby voting rights can be acquired upon exercise of the instrument, thus remains above the 1% thres.