Umicore

Major Shareholding Notification • Dec 11, 2017

FSMA	FINANCIAL SERVICES AND MARKETS AUTHORITY	Form TR-1 BE PARTI	Transparency notification
1) Status of the notification
	Final
2) Issuer
Identification number 0401-574-852	Name UMICORE
3) Reason for the notification
	Acquisition or disposal of voting securities or voting rights					S.
4) Notification by
	A person that notifies alone					$\pm$
5) Persons subject to the notification requirement
	Name		Address (for legal entities)
	Vanguard International Growth Fund		c/o The Vanguard Group, 455 Devon Park Drive, Wayne PA, 19087 USA			$\pm$
	6) Persons that dispose of voting rights (only to be filled in if art. 7 of the Law applies)
	Name		Address (for legal entities)
						$\pm$
O	Please continue entering the information in part II concerning the persons referred to in Sections 5 and 6		Part II
7) Date on which the threshold is crossed
		01/12/2017 (DD/MM/YYYY)
8) Threshold that is crossed (in %)
	$\mathbf{3}$
œ	If the holding has fallen below the lowest threshold, you have the option of not entering any numbers in Section 10
9) Denominator
	224,000,000
	Please enter the denominator before filling in the data
10) Notified details
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
Vanguard International Growth Fund		6,775,231	0			$\mathcal{A}$

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6,775,231

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$3.02\%$

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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
							$\mathbf{+}$
	TOTAL				0.00%

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TOTAL (A & B)		# of voting rights % of voting rights
CALCULATE:	6,775,231	3.02%

11) Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the holding is effectively held, if applicable

12) In case of proxy voting for only one GM

				(DD/MM/YYYY)
Holder	will cease to hold $\prime$ . will hold again	ΩI	voting rights as of

13) Additional information

The Vanguard International Growth Fund is the entity that holds the shares and exercises the voting rights.

	Done at Malvern, PA, USA
On		06/12/2017 (DD/MM/YYYY)
	Name & capacity Christine M. Buchanan, Principal

Signature Withthe Brehanan