Director/PDMR Shareholding

KBC ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES PLC

(the "Company")

DIRECTORS' SHAREHOLDINGS

The company announces that on 21 March 2011 the following executive directors were granted awards over ordinary shares in the company of 2.5p nominal value ("Shares") under the company's Long Term Incentive Plan 2006 as nil-cost options. The awards will be exercisable, subject to performance conditions, between 21 March 2014 and 20 June 2015. No consideration was paid for the grant of the awards.

Name: William George Bright

Number of Shares over which award granted: 128,232

Name: Nicholas Philip Stone

Number of Shares over which award granted: 99,506

Following the above transactions, Mr Bright is interested in 474,865 Shares, representing approximately 0.86% of the issued share capital of the Company, and holds options over 938,656 Shares.

Following the above transactions, Mr Stone is interested in 357,780 Shares, representing approximately 0.65% of the issued share capital of the Company, and holds options over 741,326 Shares.

The percentages shown above are based on the Company's issued share capital of 55,447,049 Shares.

Enquiries:

Janet Ireland, Company Secretary Tel: 01932 242424

Date of notification: 22 March 2011