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

• Press release
• Mortsel Belgium
• October 13, 2008 15:00

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 toAgfa-GevaertNV's bylaws, the threshold as from which a shareholding needs to be disclosed, has been set at 3%.

In conformity with the Law ofMay 2, 2007regarding the disclosure of important shareholdings in listed companies, Agfa-Gevaert (Euronext: AGFB) discloses the following declaration of the situation as perSeptember 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 ofMay 2, 2007orAgfa-GevaertNV's bylaws, should be sent to viviane.dictus@agfa.com.