KBC Group: KBC successfully completes its inaugural significant risk transfer transaction on a 4.2 billion euros corporate loan portfolio

Group 1 - KBC has completed a significant risk transfer transaction on a €4.2 billion corporate loan portfolio to optimize risk-weighted assets (RWA) and strengthen its capital ratio [1] - The risk transfer was executed through the placement of credit linked notes to institutional investors, covering the mezzanine exposure of the portfolio [1] - This transaction is expected to result in a risk-weighted assets saving of approximately €2 billion, enhancing KBC's fully loaded CET1 ratio by about 23 basis points by the fourth quarter of 2025 [2]