Umicore

Declaration of Voting Results & Voting Rights Announcements • Jul 10, 2023

Press release Regulated information July 10th 2023 - 18:30 CEST

Transparency notification by Schroders plc

In accordance with article 14, § 1 of the law of 2 May 2007 on disclosure of major holdings, Schroders plc has recently notified Umicore that is has consecutively crossed the statutory threshold of 3% for the direct voting rights: upwards on July 4th 2023 and then downwards on July 5th 2023.

In total (direct voting rights and equivalent financial instruments) Schroders plc holds 2.97% of Umicore's shares and voting rights.

Summary of the moves:

Date on which the threshold was crossed	Date of notification	Direct voting rights after the transaction	Equivalent financial instruments after the transaction	Total
4 July 2023	5 July 2023	3.00 %	0.00 %	3.01 %
5 July 2023	7 July 2023	2.97 %	0.00 %	2.97 %

Notification of July 7th 2023:

The notification contains the following information:

• Date of notification: July 7th 2023
• Date on which the threshold is crossed: July 5th 2023
• Threshold of direct voting rights crossed downwards: 3%
• Notification by: Schroders plc
• Denominator: 246,400,000
• Reason for notification: Disposal of voting securities or voting rights

A) Voting rights	Previous notification	After the transaction
	# of voting rights		# of voting rights	% of voting rights
Holders of voting rights		Linked to securities	Not linked to the securities	Linked to securities	Not linked to the securities
Schroders plc	0	O		0.00%
Schroder Investment Management Limited	7,329,820	7,240,522		294%
Schroder Investment Management (Hong Kong) Limited	7,334	7,334		0.00%
Schroder Investment Management North America Limited	58,513	58,513		0.02%
Subtotal	7,395,667	7,306,369		2.97%
	TOTAL	7,306,369		2.97%

B) Equivalent financial instruments	After the transaction
Holders of equivalent financial instruments	Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise period or date	# of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised	% of voting rights	Settlement
Schroder Investment Management (Switzerland) AG	Convertible			18	0.00%	physical
Schroder Investment Management Limited	CFD			10,355	0.00%	cash
Schroder Investment Management North America Limited	CFD			1,304	0.00%	cash
	TOTAL			11.677	0.00%

TOTAL (A & B)	# of voting rights % of voting rights
	CALCULATE	7,318,046	2.97%

Notification of July 5th 2023:

The notification contains the following information:

• Date of notification: July 5th 2023
• Date on which the threshold is crossed: July 4th 2023
• Threshold of direct voting rights crossed upwards: 3%
• Notification by: Schroders plc
• Denominator: 246,400,000
• Reason for notification: Acquisition of voting securities or voting rights

A) Voting rights	Previous notification	After the transaction
	# of voting rights		# of voting rights	% of voting rights
Holders of voting rights		Not linked to the Linked to securities securities		Linked to securities	Not linked to the securities
Schroders plc
Schroder & Co. Limited		0		0.00%
Schroder Investment Management Limited		7,329,820		2.97%
Schroder Investment Management Australia Limited		0		0.00%
Schroder Investment Management (Hong Kong) Limited		7,334		0.00%
Schroder Investment Management North America Limited		58,513		0.02%
Schroder Investment Management (Switzerland) AG		0		0.00%
Subtotal		7,395,667		3.00%
	TOTAL	7,395,667	0	3.00%	0.00%

B) Equivalent financial instruments	After the transaction
Holders of equivalent financial instruments	Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise period or date	# of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised	% of voting rights	Settlement
Schroder Investment Management (Switzerland) AG	Convertible			18	0.00%
Schroder Investment Management Limited	CFD			10,355	0.00%
Schroder Investment Management North America Limited	CFD			1,304	0.00%
	TOTAL			11,677	0.00%
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TOTAL (A & B)		# of voting rights % of voting rights
	CALCULATE	7,407,344	3.01%

The chain of control has been described at the end of the notification and can be found here.

For more information

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Caroline Kerremans	+32 2 227 72 21	caroline.kerremans@umicore.com
Eva Behaeghe	+32 2 227 70 68	eva.behaeghe@umicore.com
Adrien Raicher	+32 2 227 74 34	adrien.raicher@umicore.com

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