PARIS, Aug. 12, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --KBC Group NVHSBC (contact: syndexecution@noexternalmail.hsbc.com) hereby gives notice, as Stabilisation Coordinator, that the Stabilisation Manager(s) named below may stabilise the offer of the following securities in accordance with the Market Abuse Regulation (EU/596/2014). However, there is no assurance that the Stabilisation Manager(s) will take any stabilisation action and any stabilisation action, if begun, may be ended at any time. Any stabilisation action or over-allotment shall be conducted in accordance with all applicable laws and rules. This announcement is not an offer of securities for sale into the United States. There will be no public offer of securities in the United States.