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News 2008

07-08-2008 // Earnings Statement KBC Group, 2Q 2008 and 1H 2008
22-07-2008 // KBC Lease launches greenfield full-service car leasing business in Poland
14-07-2008 // KBC Asset Management and Union Bank of India enter into a partnership to create an asset management company in India
08-07-2008 // Change at the top at KBC Asset Management
01-07-2008 // KBC receives final approval and closes acquisition of Istrobanka, thus capturing 10% of high-growth Slovakian market.
01-07-2008 // KBC Concord AM (Taiwan) launches first investment fund
24-06-2008 // KBC streamlines Belgian head office buildings
17-06-2008 // KBC Financial Products opens an office in Dubai
16-06-2008 // KBC Asset Management receives Qualified Foreign Institutional Investors (QFII) license
11-06-2008 // KBC Asset Management’s view of the financial markets and investment strategy
06-06-2008 // KBC responds to media reports of a subprime-related complaint against it
06-06-2008 // KBC Investor Day 2008
06-06-2008 // KBC celebrates its 10th anniversary
CEO Paul Steppe announces his proposed successor at Centea (23-05-2008)
SiNSYS and KBC together celebrate the success of the card processing project for the KBC affiliate banks (22-05-2008)
21-05-2008 // KBC and Dexia to finance Electrawinds' biosteam power plant
KBC continues its drive towards sustainability (21-05-2008)
15-05-2008 // Earnings Statement KBC Group, 1Q 2008
09-05-2008 // KBC statement concerning a unit-linked life insurance product which invests in a basket of six agricultural commodities
First Quarter 2008 Earnings Announcement KBC Group NV (07-05-2008)
07-05-2008 // 19 000 KBC employees in Belgium to work with green energy from now on
30-04-2008 // KBC to start structured sales process for its stake in NLB (Slovenia)
KBC group launches greenfield consumer finance business in Romania (22-04-2008)
Update on the Embedded Value of the Life insurance business (11-04-2008)
KBC acquires full ownership of Istrobanka, thus capturing 10% of high-growth Slovakian market (20-3-2008)
KBC and KBL summonsed on the basis of unfounded accusations (19-03-2008)
EIBANK (Bulgaria) appoints new CEO (11-03-2008)
KBC Reaction to a Research Note released by Keefe Bruyette & Woods (“KBW”) on February 15th, 2008 (19-02-2008)
Earnings Release KBC Group, 4Q & FY 2007 (14-02-2008)
KBC Securities responds to media reports about dispute with AFM, the Dutch market watchdog (13-02-2008)
GIMV AND KBC PRIVATE EQUITY SIGN PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT TO INVEST IN RUSSIA (12-02-2008)
Agreement reached between the Soprim@ group and KBC Real Estate on rest home real estate (07-02-2008)
23-01-2008 // Agreement in principle to join forces signed by KBL European Private Bankers, KBC group’s Private Banking Business Unit and Richelieu Finance.
KBC reacts to decision taken by the Chambers section of the Brussels Court of First Instance (11-01-2008)
New appointment to the Executive Committee of KBC Group NV (10-01-2008)
30–01–2008 // KBC clarifies information published in today's edition of the newspaper De Standaard ('KBC takes 2.3 billion euros in debt back onto its balance sheet' p. E1)

Contact

The KBC Press Office:

pressofficekbc@kbc.be
Fax. +32 2 429 81 60

Viviane Huybrecht

Head of Group Communication and Press Office/ Spokeswoman
Tel. +32 2 429 85 45

Virginie Lauwers

Press Officer
Tel. +32 2 429 32 09

Lies Leroy

Press Officer
Tel. +32 2 429 32 82

Stephane Leunens

Press Officer
Tel. +32 2 429 65 01

Information for the press

PowerPoint presentation :

2Q 2008 results

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