Umicore

Major Shareholding Notification • Nov 10, 2016

2) Issuer

1) Status of the notification

MOST COMPANY	and the complete state that	and the control of the control of the

	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)
Standard Life Investments (Holdings) Limited	George Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH2 2LL
Standard Life Investments Limited	1 George Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH2 2LL
Ignis Investment Services Limited	George Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH2 2LL

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

Address (for legal entities) Name

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Part II

7) Date on which the threshold is crossed

07/11/2016 (DD/MM/YYYY)

8) Threshold that is crossed (in %)

$\overline{\mathbf{3}}$

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
Holders of voting rights	# of voting rights		# of voting rights		% of voting rights
		Linked to securities	Not linked to the securities	Linked to securities	Not linked to the securities
Standard Life Investments (Holdings) Ltd				0.00%
Standard Life Investments Ltd	8,460,982	6,719,968		3.00%
IGNIS Investment Services Ltd	465,900	333,808		0.15%
Subtotal		7,053,776		3.15%

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	7,053,776		9.00%
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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
	TOTAL				0.00%
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	TOTAL (A & B)			# of voting rights	% of voting rights
			CALCULATE	7,053,776	3.15%

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

the shares and exercise voting rights.		Standard Life Investments (Holdings) Limited is the parent company of Standard Life Investments Limited and Ignis Investment Services Limited. Both Standard Life Investments Limited and Ignis Investment Services Limited are discretionary investment managers who hold

12) In case of proxy voting for only one GM

Holder	_____ will cease to hold / will hold again	(DD/MM/YYYY) voting rights as of
$13)$ . J Additional information

The notification was triggered as a result of Standard Life Investments Limited decreasing below the 3% threshold. Standard Life Investments voting rights decreased to 2.999%.

	Done at 1 George Street, Edinburgh, EH2 2LL
On		08/11/2016 (DD/MM/YYYY)
	Name & capacity Matthew Todd, Service Delivery Analyst		Signature

Transparency notification Form TR-1 BE PART II

Persons subject to the notification requirement

Name	Adress	Phone number	E-mail	Contact person for legal persons
	Standard Life Investments (Holdir 1 George Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH2 2LL	0131 245 6565	GIOS ServiceDelivery@st Gosia Hastie
	Standard Life Investments Limited 1 George Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH2 2LL	0131 245 6565	GIOS ServiceDelivery@st Gosia Hastie
	Ignis Investment Services Limited 1 George Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH2 2LL	0131 245 6565	GIOS_ServiceDelivery@st Gosia Hastie

Mandatary

Name	Adress	Phone numbe	E-mail	Contact person for legal persons
Standard Life Investments (Holdir 1 George Street, Edinburgh, Scotland. EH2 2LL			[44 (0) 13156565 GIOS_Servicedelivery@staService Delivery Team

Invoicing data

Name	Adress	Phone numbei	E-mail	Contact person for legal persons
	Standard Life Investments (Holdir 1 George Street, Edinburgh, Scotland. EH2 2LL		44 (0) 13156565 GIOS_Servicedelivery@staService Delivery Team

The personal data provided via this form will be processed by the FSMA (Congresstraat/rue du Congrès 12-14, 1000 Brussels) in accordance with the Law of 8 December 1992 on the
protection of privacy as regards the processin implementing decrees. The processed data may, if appropriate, be communicated to third parties on the conditions referred to in Articles 74 and 75 of the Law of 2 August 2002 on the supervision of the financial sector and on financial services. Insofar as the processed data do not fall under the professional secrecy obligation of the FSMA, the natural persons whose data are being processed have the right to inspect and correct such data in accordance with Articles 10 and 12 of the aforementioned Law of 8 December 1992.