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Major Shareholding Notification • Jan 3, 2020
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Major Shareholding Notification
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Press release Regulated information 3 January 2020 - 18:00 CET
Transparency notifications by BlackRock, Inc.
1) Transparency notification from 31 December 2019
In accordance with article 14, § 1 of the law of 2 May 2007 on disclosure of major holdings BlackRock, Inc. has notified Umicore on 31 December 2019 that on 30 December 2019 it has crossed the statutory threshold of 3% upwards for direct voting rights. In total (direct voting rights + equivalent financial instruments) Blackrock Inc. holds 5.33% of Umicore's shares and voting rights.
Notification details:
- Date of notification: 31 December 2019
- Date on which the threshold is crossed: 30 December 2019
- Threshold of direct voting rights crossed upwards: 3%
- Notification by: BlackRock, Inc.
- Denominator: 246,400,000
- Notification details:
| Previous notification | After the transaction | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Holders of voting rights | # voting rights | # voting rights | % voting rights |
| BlackRock, Inc. | 0 | 0 | 0.00% |
| BlackRock (Netherlands) B.V. | 25,079 | 25,079 | 0.01% |
| BlackRock (Singapore) Limited | 7,981 | 7,981 | 0.00% |
| BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited | 596,194 | 644,937 | 0.26% |
| BlackRock Advisors, LLC | 544,377 | 591,422 | 0.24% |
| BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited |
140,822 | 140,528 | 0.06% |
| BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG |
311,219 | 311,219 | 0.13% |
| BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Limited |
1,040 | 1,038 | 0.00% |
| BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. |
14,969 | 16,047 | 0.01% |
A) Voting rights
| BlackRock Fund Advisors | 684,542 | 2,637,543 | 1.07% |
|---|---|---|---|
| BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association |
2,162,689 | 2,655,498 | 1.08% |
| BlackRock International Limited | 268,200 | 268,200 | 0.11% |
| BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited |
81,496 | 81,496 | 0.03% |
| BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited |
1,935,818 | 2,002,750 | 0.81% |
| BlackRock Investment Management, LLC |
403,859 | 453,089 | 0.18% |
| BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd. | 57,918 | 64,491 | 0.03% |
| Subtotal | 7,236,203 | 9,901,318 | 4.02% |
B) Equivalent financial instruments
| Holders of equivalent financial instruments |
Type of financial instrument |
# voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised |
% voting rights |
Settlement |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited | Securities Lent | 810,291 | 0.33% | physical |
| BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited |
Securities Lent | 2,270,790 | 0.92% | physical |
| BlackRock Investment Management, LLC |
Securities Lent | 23,910 | 0.01% | physical |
| BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd. | Securities Lent | 125,369 | 0.05% | physical |
| Subtotal | 3,230,360 | 1.31% |
C) Total A & B
| # voting rights | % voting rights | |
|---|---|---|
| TOTAL | 13,131,678 | 5.33% |
The chain of control has been described at the end of the declaration.
The notification can be found here.
2) Transparency notification from 30 December 2019
In accordance with article 14, § 1 of the law of 2 May 2007 on disclosure of major holdings BlackRock, Inc. has notified Umicore on 30 December 2019 that on 27 December 2019 it has crossed the statutory threshold of 3% downwards for direct voting rights. In total (direct voting rights + equivalent financial instruments) Blackrock Inc. held 5.26% of Umicore's shares and voting rights.
Notification details:
- Date of notification: 30 December 2019
- Date on which the threshold is crossed: 27 December 2019
- Threshold of direct voting rights crossed downwards: 3%
- Notification by: BlackRock, Inc.
- Denominator: 246,400,000
- Notification details:
A) Voting rights
| Previous notification | After the transaction | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Holders of voting rights | # voting rights | # voting rights | % voting rights |
| BlackRock, Inc. | 0 | 0 | 0.00% |
| BlackRock (Netherlands) B.V. | 25,079 | 25,079 | 0.01% |
| BlackRock (Singapore) Limited | 7,981 | 7,981 | 0.00% |
| BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited | 800,372 | 596,194 | 0.24% |
| BlackRock Advisors, LLC | 545,207 | 544,377 | 0.22% |
| BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited |
140,822 | 140,822 | 0.06% |
| BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG |
310,834 | 311,219 | 0.13% |
| BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Limited |
2,053 | 1,040 | 0.00% |
| BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. |
14,969 | 14,969 | 0.01% |
| BlackRock Fund Advisors | 676,654 | 684,542 | 0.28% |
| BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association |
2,052,714 | 2,162,689 | 0.88% |
| BlackRock International Limited | 268,200 | 268,200 | 0.11% |
| BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited |
81,496 | 81,496 | 0.03% |
|---|---|---|---|
| BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited |
2,236,732 | 1,935,818 | 0.79% |
| BlackRock Investment Management, LLC |
424,711 | 403,859 | 0.16% |
| BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd. | 67,888 | 57,918 | 0.02% |
| Subtotal | 7,655,712 | 7,236,203 | 2.94% |
B) Equivalent financial instruments
| Holders of equivalent financial instruments |
Type of financial instrument |
# voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised |
% voting rights |
Settlement |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited | Securities Lent | 812,591 | 0.33% | physical |
| BlackRock Advisors, LLC | Securities Lent | 47,045 | 0.02% | physical |
| BlackRock Fund Advisors | Securities Lent | 1,952,955 | 0.79% | physical |
| BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association |
Securities Lent | 492,809 | 0.20% | physical |
| BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited |
Securities Lent | 2,275,790 | 0.92% | physical |
| BlackRock Investment Management, LLC |
Securities Lent | 23,910 | 0.01% | physical |
| BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd. | Securities Lent | 125,369 | 0.05% | physical |
| Subtotal | 5,730,469 | 2.33% |
C) Total A & B
| # voting rights | % voting rights | |
|---|---|---|
| TOTAL | 12,966,672 | 5.26% |
The chain of control has been described at the end of the declaration.
This press release is available on Umicore's website. The notification can be found here.
For more information
| Investor Relations | ||
|---|---|---|
| Evelien Goovaerts | +32 2 227 78 38 | [email protected] |
| Eva Behaeghe | +32 2 227 70 68 | [email protected] |
| Aurélie Bultynck | +32 2 227 74 34 | [email protected] |
About Umicore
Umicore is a global materials technology and recycling group. It focuses on application areas where its expertise in materials science, chemistry and metallurgy makes a real difference. Its activities are organised in three business groups: Catalysis, Energy & Surface Technologies and Recycling. Each business group is divided into market-focused business units offering materials and solutions that are at the cutting edge of new technological developments and essential to everyday life.
Umicore generates the majority of its revenues and dedicates most of its R&D efforts to clean mobility materials and recycling. Umicore's overriding goal of sustainable value creation is based on an ambition to develop, produce and recycle materials in a way that fulfils its mission: materials for a better life. Umicore's industrial and commercial operations as well as R&D activities are located across the world to best serve its global customer base. The Group generated revenues (excluding metal) of € 1.6 billion (turnover of € 7.6 billion) in the first half of 2019 and currently employs 10,700 people.