KBC Groep NV is a Belgium-based holding company engaged in the banking, insurance and asset management sector. The Company’s activities are divided into the following divisions: Belgium, comprising retail and private banking and insurance, asset management and private banking in Belgium; Central & Eastern Europe and Russia, comprising retail bank insurance and merchant banking activities in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Poland, as well as bank-insurance, leasing, asset management and factoring in Bulgaria; Merchant Banking, consisting of corporate banking and market activities in Europe, and Shared Services and Operations providing support and products to other business units. Each of these units has its own management committee and oversees both the banking and the insurance activities. Its subsidiaries include Interlease EAD, United Bulgarian Bank AD Sofia and Telindus ISIT BV, among others.