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
September 1, 2008:


Franklin Templeton Investment Management Ltd.
(
Edinburgh,
Scotland) holds a stake in Agfa-Gevaert of 4,280,231 shares, or 3.32%

(Franklin Templeton Investment Management is a subsidiary of Templeton International, Inc., which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Templeton Worldwide, Inc., which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Franklin Resources, Inc.)


Franklin Templeton Investment Corp.
(
Toronto,
Canada) holds a stake in Agfa-Gevaert of 6,437,843 shares or 4.99%

(Franklin Templeton Investment Corp. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Templeton Worldwide, Inc., which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Franklin Resources, Inc.)

Notifications of important shareholdings to be made according to the Law of
May 2, 2007
or
Agfa-Gevaert
NV’s bylaws, should be sent to viviane.dictus@agfa.com.


Viviane Dictus
Director Corporate Communication
Tel nr.: +32 (0) 3 444 7124
Fax nr.: +32 (0) 3 444 4485
viviane.dictus@agfa.com

Johan Jacobs
Corporate Press Relations Manager
Tel nr.: +32 (0) 3 444 8015
Fax nr.: +32 (0) 3 444 4485
johan.jacobs@agfa.com