Director/PDMR Shareholding

KBC Advanced Technologies plc

("KBC" or "the Company")

Directors Dealing

The Company announces that, on 12 October 2012, it received notification of the following dealings by a director of the Company and his related parties in the ordinary shares of 2.5p each in the Company (the "Ordinary Shares").

Kestrel Partners LLP ("Kestrel") acquired 175,000 Ordinary Shares at a price of 45.5 pence per Ordinary Share and 100,000 Ordinary Shares at a price of 44 pence per Ordinary Share on 12 October 2012 on behalf of Kestrel Opportunities, a cell of Guernsey Portfolios PCC Limited ("Kestrel Opportunities").

Following the transaction referred to above, Kestrel Opportunities holds 4,842,810 Ordinary Shares, representing 8.24% 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 4,842,810 Ordinary Shares, representing 8.24% of the issued share 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