Umicore

Major Shareholding Notification • May 9, 2017

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1) Status of the notification

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2) Issuer

Name UMICORE Identification number 0401-574-852

3) Reason for the notification

Acquisition or disposal of voting securities or voting rights

4) Notification by

A parent undertaking or a controlling person

5) Persons subject to the notification requirement

Name	Address (for legal entities)
BlackRock, Inc.	55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY, 10055, U.S.A.
BlackRock (Netherlands) B.V.	Rembrandt Tower, 17th floor, Amstelplein, Amsterdam, Netherlands
BlackRock (Singapore) Limited	20 Anson Road #18-01, Singapore, 79912, Singapore
BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited	12 Throgmorton Avenue, London, EC2N 2DL, U.K.
BlackRock Advisors, LLC	100 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, DE, 19809, U.S.A.
BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited	161 Bay Street, Suite 2500, Toronto, Ontario, M5J 2S1, Canada
BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG	Max-Joseph-Straße 6, Munich, 80333, Germany
BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Limited	15/F, 16/F, 17/F Citibank Tower & 17/F ICBC Tower, 3 Garden Road, Central, Hong Kong
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.	55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY, 10055, U.S.A.
BlackRock Fund Advisors	400 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA, 94105, U.S.A.
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association	400 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA, 94105, U.S.A.
BlackRock International Limited	Exchange Place One, 1 Semple Street, Edinburgh, EH3 8BL, U.K.
BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited	Level 37, Chifley Tower, 2 Chifley Square, Sydney NSW 2000 Australia
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited	12 Throgmorton Avenue, London, EC2N 2DL, U.K.
BlackRock Investment Management, LLC	1 University Square Drive, Princeton, NJ, 8540, U.S.A.
BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd.	1-8-3 Marunouchi Chiyoda-ku, Trust Tower Main, Tokyo, 100-8217, Japan

6) Persons that dispose of voting rights (only to be filled in if art. 7 of the Law applies)

Name	Address (for legal entities)

7) Date on which the threshold is crossed

03/05/2017 (DD/MM/YYYY)

8) Threshold that is crossed (in %)

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9) Denominator

224 000 000

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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
BlackRock Inc.	0	$\circ$		0.00%
BlackRock (Netherlands) B V.	26.810	26.810		0.01%
BlackRock (Singapore) Limited	12.704	12.704		0.01%
BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited	869.087	976.056		0.44%
BlackRock Advisors, LLC	1.878.226	1,878,226		0.84%
BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited	111,274	111,996		0.05%
BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG	294:794	297:640		0.13%
BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Limited	1,172	14,685		0.01%
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.	38.712	22,116		0.01%
BlackRock Fund Advisors	2.196.172	2.251.940		1.01%
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association	2,771,936	2,754,132		1.23%
BlackRock International Limited	13.038	9.364		0.00%
BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited	92.610	82.976		0.04%
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited	365.192	1,853,181		0.83%
BlackRock Investment Management. LLC	487.798	1,189,044		0.53%
BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd.	228,592	232.964		0.10%
Subtotal	9,388,117	11,713,834		5.23%
TOTAL		11,713,834	$\bullet$	5.23%	0.00%

Start with "groups" of holders. Add subtotals with $\Sigma$ , and then finish with the persons who are "alone".
For groups, start with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entity.
The totals, subtotals and % will be

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
BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited	Securities Lent			393.492	0 18%	physical	٠
BlackRock Advisors, LLC	Securities Lent			52,200	0 0 2%	physical	٠
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited	Securities Lent			76.970	0.03%	physical	$\omega$
BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited	Contract For Difference			154	0 00%	cash	$\omega$
BlackRock Advisors, LLC	Contract For Difference			62	0.00%	cash	$\overline{\phantom{a}}$
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company National Association	Contract For Difference			121,452	0 0 5 %	cash	×.
BlackRock International Limited	Contract For Difference			22.272	0.01%	cash	$\sim$
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited	Contract For Difference			341,218	0.15%	cash	$+$
	TOTAL			1,007,820	0.45%

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---------- $\overline{1}$ OTAL (A & B) -----			# of voting rights % of voting rights
	ALCULATE	12,721,654	5.68%

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

	Please see the full chain of control in a PDF which is sent separately to this notification.

12) In case of proxy voting for only one GM

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Holder	-------	will cease to hold / will hold again	______	voting rights as of
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13) Additional information

The disclosure obligation arose due to voting rights attached to shares for BlackRock, Inc going above 5%

Done at 12 Throgmorton Avenue, London EC2N 2DL, U.K.

04/05/2017 (DD/MM/YYYY)

Name & capacity Laurel Clark, Vice President

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BlackRock, Inc. BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.

BlackRock, Inc. BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. BlackRock Holdco 4, LLC BlackRock Holdco 6, LLC BlackRock Delaware Holdings Inc. BlackRock Fund Advisors BlackRock, Inc. BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. BlackRock Holdco 4, LLC BlackRock Holdco 6, LLC BlackRock Delaware Holdings Inc. BlackRock Fund Advisors BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association BlackRock, Inc. BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. BlackRock International Holdings, Inc. BR Jersey International Holdings L.P. BlackRock Group Limited BlackRock International Limited BlackRock, Inc. BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. BlackRock International Holdings, Inc. BR Jersey International Holdings L.P. BlackRock Australia Holdco Pty. Ltd. BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited BlackRock, Inc. BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. BlackRock International Holdings, Inc. BR Jersey International Holdings L.P. BlackRock Group Limited BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited BlackRock, Inc. Trident Merger, LLC BlackRock Investment Management, LLC BlackRock, Inc. BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. BlackRock International Holdings, Inc. BR Jersey International Holdings L.P. BlackRock (Singapore) Holdco Pte. Ltd. BlackRock Asia-Pac Holdco, LLC BlackRock HK Holdco Limited BlackRock Cayco Limited BlackRock Trident Holding Company Limited BlackRock Japan Holdings GK BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd.