Umicore

Major Shareholding Notification • Sep 15, 2015

FORM TR-1 BE
PARTI
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
4) Notification by
	A person that notifies alone
5) Persons subject to the notification requirement
	Name (& legal form for legal persons)	Address (for legal persons)
	Norges Bank (the Central Bank of Norway)	Bankplassen 2, PO Box 1179, Sentrum, 0107, Oslo, Norway
	6) Persons that dispose of, voting rights (Only to be filled in if art. 7 of the Law applies)
	Name (& legal form for legal persons)	Address (for legal persons)
	Please continue entering the information in part II concerning the	Click persons referred to in points 5 and 6
7) Date on which the threshold is crossed
	09/09/2015	(DD/MM/YYYY)
8) Threshold that is crossed (in %)
	3

If the holding has fallen below the lowest threshold, you have the option of not entering any numbers under point 10

9) Denominator

$\lambda$

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
Norges Bank	5.229.322	6.862,612		3.06%
	TOTAL	6,862,612	0	3.06%	0.00%

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SCALCULATES

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
	TOTAL		(in relation to all expiration dates)		$0.00\%$

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TOTAL (Voting rights & Equivalent financial (instruments)	# of voting rights	% of voting rights
	CALCULATE	6,862,612	3.06%

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

Please describe, or join a diagram in attachment

Norges Bank is the central bank of Norway. As part of its central bank activities, Norges Bank manages Norway's foreign exchange reserves and
is responsible for management of the Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global (G

12) In case of proxy voting for only one GM

Holder

will cease to hold / $\circ$ will hold again

voting rights as of

$+$ $\frac{1}{2}$

$\left\langle \Phi\right\rangle$

13) Additional information

A) Convertible bonds and rights to subscribe to voting securities not yet issued
Holder	Type of financial instrument	Expiration date (DD/MM/YYYYY)	Exercise/Conversion period or date	Number	# of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted

B) Shares without voting rights
Holder	Number
$\sim$

[C) Remarks	The notification was triggered as a result of purchase transaction. Further, as of 09/09/2015 Norges Bank had 327,139 shares on loan. Norges Bank has the right to recall the shares at any time.
Done at	Oslo, Norway
On	10/09/2015 (DD/MM/YYYY)
Name & capacity	Signature Stanislav Boiadjiev (Compliance)	Ą.