TIDMKBC 
 
RNS Number : 6172L 
KBC Advanced Technologies plc 
10 May 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 |       KBC Advanced Technologies plc | 
| issuer                                      |                                     | 
| of existing shares to which voting rights   |                                     | 
| are                                         |                                     | 
| 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                              |  Yes   | 
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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  | Change to issued share capital                          |        | 
| specify):      |                                                         |        | 
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| 3. Full name of person(s) subject   |                 Gartmore Investment Limited | 
| to the                              |                                             | 
| notification obligation: iii        |                                             | 
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| 4. Full name of shareholder(s)      |                       See attached schedule | 
|  (if different from 3.):iv          |                                             | 
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| 5. Date of the transaction and date |                                4th May 2010 | 
| on                                  |                                             | 
| which the threshold is crossed or   |                                             | 
| reached: v                          |                                             | 
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| 6. Date on which issuer notified:   |                                6th May 2010 | 
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed |                                         15% | 
| 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   | Situation previous                               | Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                              | 
| of           | to the triggering                                |                                                                                                   | 
| shares       | transaction                                      |                                                                                                   | 
| if possible  |                                                  |                                                                                                   | 
| using        |                                                  |                                                                                                   | 
| the ISIN     |                                                  |                                                                                                   | 
| CODE         |                                                  |                                                                                                   | 
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|              | Number                      | Number             | Number                 | Number                | % of  voting rights x                            | 
|              | of                          | of                 | of                     | of                    |                                                  | 
|              | Shares                      | Voting             | shares                 | voting                |                                                  | 
|              |                             | Rights             |                        | rights                |                                                  | 
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|              |                             |                    | Direct                 | Direct xi | Indirect  | Direct                           | Indirect      | 
|              |                             |                    |                        |           | xii       |                                  |               | 
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| GB0004804646 | 11,056,768                  | 11,056,768         | 9,118,254              |           | 9,118,254 |                                  | 15.983%       | 
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|              |                             |                    |                        |           |           |                                  |               | 
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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 voting                             | % of voting        | 
| instrument                          | date xiii         | Conversion Period                     | rights that may be                           | rights             | 
|                                     |                   | xiv                                   | 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 rights                       | 
| instrument                     | price     | date xvii       | Conversion                | rights instrument             | xix, xx                                  | 
|                                |           |                 | period                    | refers to                     |                                          | 
|                                |           |                 | xviii                     |                               |                                          | 
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|                                |           |                 |                           |                               | Nominal                     | Delta      | 
|                                |           |                 |                           |                               |                             |            | 
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| Total (A+B+C)                                                                                                                                                       | 
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| Number of voting rights                                                                | Percentage of voting rights                                                | 
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| 9,118,254                                                                              | 15.983%                                                                    | 
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|              |                 |    |      |            |    |  |                      | |      |    |           |       |                     |    |  |            | 
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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:          |   All figures are based on 57,048,671 as | 
|                                      |                      provided by Exshare | 
|                                      |         E mail contact RDU@Gartmore.com  | 
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| 14. Contact name:                    |                                      RDU | 
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| 15. Contact telephone number:        |                            0207 782 2324 | 
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4. Schedule 
 
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| Fund       | No        | % of     | UK            | Beneficial owner   | 
| Managing   | shares    | issued   | registered    |                    | 
| Co         | held      | share    | owner         |                    | 
|            |           | capital  |               |                    | 
|            |           |          |               |                    | 
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| Gartmore   | 3,905,718 |  6.846%  | HSBC          | GARTMORE FUND      | 
| Fund       |           |          | GLOBAL        | MANAGERS LTD A/C   | 
| Managers   |           |          | CUSTODY       | GARTMORE UK &      | 
| Ltd        |           |          | NOMINEE UK    | IRISH SMALLER      | 
|            |           |          | LTD           | COMPANIES          | 
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| Gartmore   | 3,153,802 |  5.528%  | NORTRUST      | STRATHCLYDE        | 
| Investment |           |          | NOMINEES      | PENSION FUND       | 
| Ltd        |           |          | LTD           |                    | 
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| Gartmore   | 1,000,000 |  1.753%  | VIDACOS       | THE ALPHAGEN       | 
| Investment |           |          | NOMINEES      | VOLANTIS FUND LTD  | 
| Ltd        |           |          | LTD           |                    | 
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| Gartmore   | 1,058,734 |  1.856%  | GARTMORE      | GARTMORE GROWTH    | 
| Investment |           |          | GROWTH        | OPPORTUNITIES PLC  | 
| Ltd        |           |          | OPPORTUNITIES |                    | 
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|            | 9,118,254 | 15.983%  |               |                    | 
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