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Agfa: Disclosure made according to the requirements of the Law of May 2, 2007

Wednesday 03. December 2008 - The enclosed information constitutes regulated information as defined in the Royal Decree of November 14, 2007 regarding the duties of issuers of financial instruments which have been admitted for trading on a regulated market.

According to Agfa-Gevaert NV’s bylaws, the threshold as from which a shareholding needs to be disclosed, has been set at 3%.
 
In conformity with the Law of May 2, 2007 regarding the disclosure of important shareholdings in listed companies, Agfa-Gevaert (Euronext: AGFB) discloses the following declaration of the situation as per December 1, 2008:
 
Franklin Templeton Investment Corp. (Toronto, Canada) holds a stake in Agfa-Gevaert of 6,700,082 shares or 5.20%
  
(Franklin Templeton Investment Corp. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Templeton Worldwide, Inc., which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Franklin Resources, Inc.)