KBC Advanced Technologies plc

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KBC Advanced Technologies plc

("KBC" or "the Company")

Directors Dealing

The Company announces that on 24 January 2013 it received notification of the following dealings by a director of the Company and his related parties in the ordinary shares of 2.5p each in the Company (the "Ordinary Shares").

Kestrel Partners LLP ("Kestrel") acquired 150,000 Ordinary Shares at a price of 65.0 pence per Ordinary Share on 24 January 2013 on behalf of Kestrel Opportunities, a cell of Guernsey Portfolios PCC Limited ("Kestrel Opportunities").

Following the transaction referred to above, Kestrel Opportunities holds 5,817,510 Ordinary Shares, representing 9.89% of the issued share capital of the Company.

Oliver Scott, Non-Executive Director of KBC, is a founding partner of and holds a beneficial interest in Kestrel, the investment manager of Kestrel Opportunities, and is a shareholder in Kestrel Opportunities. Mr Scott therefore has a legal interest in a total of 5,817,510 Ordinary Shares, representing 9.89% of the issued share capital of the Company.

25 January 2013

KBC Advanced Technologies plc

Janet Ireland, Company Secretary, Tel 01932 242424

Cenkos Securities plc

Bobbie Hilliam, Tel 020 7397 8900


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