TIDMKBC 
 
RNS Number : 9072F 
KBC Advanced Technologies plc 
21 January 2010 
 

 
 
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| TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi                                      | 
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| 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer           |     KBC Advanced      | 
| of existing shares to which voting rights are                |   Technologies PLC    | 
| attached: ii                                                 |                       | 
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| 2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):            | 
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| An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                |    X    | 
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| An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may   |         | 
| result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights  |         | 
| are attached                                                               |         | 
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| An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to  |         | 
| qualifying financial instruments                                           |         | 
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| An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                           |         | 
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| Other (please      |                                                       |         | 
| specify):          |                                                       |         | 
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| 3. Full name of person(s)        |        BlackRock UK Smaller Companies Fund        | 
| subject to the                   |                                                   | 
| notification obligation: iii     |                                                   | 
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| 4. Full name of shareholder(s)   |                                                   | 
|  (if different from 3.):iv       |                                                   | 
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| 5. Date of the transaction and   |                19th January 2010                  | 
| date on                          |                                                   | 
| which the threshold is crossed   |                                                   | 
| or                               |                                                   | 
| reached: v                       |                                                   | 
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| 6. Date on which issuer          |                20th January 2010                  | 
| notified:                        |                                                   | 
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are      |            Holding has gone above 4%              | 
| crossed or                       |                                                   | 
| reached: vi, vii                 |                                                   | 
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| 8. Notified details:                                                                                                                                | 
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| A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix                                                                                                        | 
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| Class/type of  | Situation previous                           | Resulting situation after the triggering                                            | 
| shares         | to the triggering                            | transaction                                                                         | 
| if possible    | transaction                                  |                                                                                     | 
| using          |                                              |                                                                                     | 
| the ISIN CODE  |                                              |                                                                                     | 
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|                | Number                        | Number       | Number               | Number                    | % of voting                      | 
|                | of                            | of           | of                   | of                        | rights x                         | 
|                | Shares                        | Voting       | shares               | voting                    |                                  | 
|                |                               | Rights       |                      | rights                    |                                  | 
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|                |                               |              | Direct               | Direct xi  | Indirect xii | Direct               | Indirect  | 
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| GB0004804646   |  1,845,018                    |  1,845,018   |  2,481,018           |  2,481,018 |  N/A         |  4.34%               |  N/A      | 
|                |                               |              |                      |            |              |                      |           | 
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| B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                                                                                 | 
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| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                                                                | 
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| Type of financial                  | Expiration         | Exercise/                            | Number of                           | % of voting  | 
| instrument                         | date xiii          | Conversion                           | voting                              | rights       | 
|                                    |                    | Period xiv                           | rights that may                     |              | 
|                                    |                    |                                      | be                                  |              | 
|                                    |                    |                                      | acquired if the                     |              | 
|                                    |                    |                                      | instrument is                       |              | 
|                                    |                    |                                      | exercised/                          |              | 
|                                    |                    |                                      | converted.                          |              | 
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| C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial                                                                       | 
| Instruments xv, xvi                                                                                                                                 | 
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| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                                                                | 
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| Type of financial               | Exercise  | Expiration   | Exercise/            | Number of voting                | % of voting                   | 
| instrument                      | price     | date xvii    | Conversion           | rights instrument               | rights xix, xx                | 
|                                 |           |              | period xviii         | refers to                       |                               | 
|                                 |           |              |                      |                                 |                               | 
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|                                 |           |              |                      |                                 | Nominal              | Delta  | 
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|                                 |           |              |                      |                                 |                      |        | 
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| Total (A+B+C)                                                                                                                                       | 
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| Number of voting rights                                                        | Percentage of voting rights                                        | 
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| 2,481,018                                                                      | 4.34%                                                              | 
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| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the   | 
| financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi                   | 
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| Proxy Voting:                                                                    | 
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| 10. Name of the proxy holder:                  |                                 | 
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| 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will  |                                 | 
| cease                                          |                                 | 
| to hold:                                       |                                 | 
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| 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to   |                                 | 
| hold                                           |                                 | 
| voting rights:                                 |                                 | 
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| 13. Additional information:                | BlackRock Compliance Disclosures    | 
|                                            | Team                                | 
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| 14. Contact name:                          | Stuart Watchorn                     | 
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| 15. Contact telephone number:              | 020 7743 5741;                      | 
|                                            | stuart.watchorn@blackrock.com       | 
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