Director/PDMR Shareholding

KBC Advanced Technologies plc

("KBC" or "the Company")

Directors Dealing

The Company announces that it received notification on 12 January 2012 that Kestrel Partners LLP ("Kestrel") acquired 55,000 ordinary shares of 2.5 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") on that date on behalf of Kestrel Opportunities, a cell of Guernsey Portfolios PCC Limited ("Kestrel Opportunities"), at a price of 71.09p per Ordinary Share.

Following the purchase, Kestrel Opportunities holds 2,763,810 Ordinary Shares, representing 4.93% of the issued share capital of the Company.

Oliver Scott, Non-Executive Director of KBC, is a founding partner of and holds a beneficial interest in Kestrel, the investment manager of Kestrel Opportunities, and is a shareholder in Kestrel Opportunities. Mr Scott therefore has a legal interest in a total of 2,763,810 Ordinary Shares, representing 4.93% of the issued capital of the Company.

KBC Advanced Technologies plc

Janet Ireland, Company Secretary 01932 242424

Cenkos Securities plc

Jon Fitzpatrick 0207 397 8900

Neil McDonald 0131 220 9771