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KBC report on the EBA Transparency Exercise 2017

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Brussels, 24 November 2017

KBC report on the EBA Transparency Exercise 2017

KBC notes the announcements made by the European Banking Authority (EBA) regarding the publication of the EBA EU-wide Transparency Exercise on Friday 24 November 2017.

The information of this 2017 EU-wide Transparency Exercise refers to the reported data as of 31 December 2016 and 30 June 2017. The templates, published on a bank-by-bank basis, are the following:

• Leverage ratio
• Risk exposure amounts
• P&L
• Market Risk
• Credit Risk
• Sovereign Exposure
• Performing & Non-Performing Exposures
• Forborne Exposures

The data collection relies on the standard information reported by the banks to the EBA on a regular basis through the supervisory reporting framework (FINREP, COREP).

The detailed results of this exercise for KBC Bank were provided in a disclosure table based on the common format provided by the EBA.  For more details on this exercise see the EBA's website .

The information is provided only for comparison purposes and should not in any way be directly compared to the bank's other published information.

For more information, please contact:
Wim Allegaert, General Manager, Investor Relations, KBC Group
Tel [phone]  - E-mail: [e-mail]
Viviane Huybrecht, General Manager, Corporate Communication/Spokesperson, KBC Group
Tel [phone]  - E-mail: [e-mail]

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Press release KBC Group dd 24-11-2017

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