Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number:8443T
KBC Advanced Technologies PLC
05 January 2004

Schedule 10 - Notification of Major Interests in Shares



On 23 December 2003 the Company received the following notification under
Sections 198 to 202 - UK Companies Act.

1. Company in which shares are held: KBC Advanced Technologies Plc

2. Notifiable Interest: Ordinary Shares


Fidelity International Limited (FIL)
PO Box HM 670
Hamilton HMCX, Bermuda

Parent holding company for various direct and indirect subsidiaries, including
Fidelity Investments Services Ltd. (FISL), investment managers for various
non-US investment companies and institutional clients. (See Schedule A for
listing of Registered Shareholders and their holdings.)

3. The notifiable interests also comprise the notifiable interest of:

Mr Edward C Johnson 3d
82 Devonshire Street
Boston, MA 02109

A principal shareholder of Fidelity International Limited.


4. The notifiable interests include interest held on behalf of authorised unit
trust schemes in the UK, notwithstanding the exemption from reporting pursuant
to Section 209 (1)(h) of the Companies Act 1985.

5. These notifications of disclosable interests constitute separate
notifications of interest in the shares and are combined solely for the purposes
of clarity. Nothing herein should be taken to indicate that Fidelity
International Limited and its direct and indirect subsidiaries or Mr Edward C
Johnson 3d act as a group or in concert in respect of the disclosed interests,
or that they are required to submit these notifications on a joint basis.

6. The disclosable interests arise under section 208 (4)(b) of the Act, namely
where a person, not being the registered holder, is entitled to exercise a right
conferred by the holding of the shares or to control the exercise of such
rights, or under section 203 of the Act respectively.

Schedule A

Security: KBC Advanced Technologies Plc



Ordinary shares             Shares held                Management company          Nominee/registered name

                            1,784,058                  FISL                        Chase Nominees Ltd
                              111,040                  FIL                         Brown Brothers Harriman
                                                                                   Ltd. LUX

Total Ordinary Shares       1,895,098
Current ownership           3.94%
percentage

Shares in issue            48,066,390






Change in holding since last filing: (426,667) ordinary shares






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