Umicore

Major Shareholding Notification • Aug 31, 2015

FORM TR-1 BE PART I
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		IJ
4) Notification by
	A person that notifies alone		h,
5) Persons subject to the notification requirement
	Name (& legal form for legal persons)	Address (for legal persons)
	Umicore (naamloze vennootschap)	Broekstraat 31, 1000 Brussel	É.
	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)
			H.
	Please continue entering the information in part if concerning the	GIIER persons referred to in points 5 and 6
7) Date on which the threshold is crossed
	26/08/2015	(DD/MM/YYYY)
8) Threshold that is crossed (in %)
	₫
		If the holding has fallen below the lowest threshold, you have the option of not entering any numbers under point 10
9) Denominator
	224.000.000

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10) Notified details

	A) Voting rionts	Previous notification	After the transaction
		# of voting rights	# of voting rights		% of voling rights
	Holders of voting rights		Linked to securities	Not linked to the securities	Linked to securities	Not linked to the securities
(Umicore (naamloze vennootschap)		6.820.068		3.04%
TOTAL		6.820.068		3,04%	0,00%

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After the transaction [B] Equivalent financial instruments
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)	o	0.00%

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TOTAL (Voting rights & Equivalent financial linstruments)	# of voting rights	% of voting rights
	6.820.068	3.04%

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

Please describe, or join a diagram in attachment

		_________	__
		_________	_________

12) In case of proxy voting for only one GM

Holder

will cease to hold /
will hold again $\circ$ voting rights as of 标准

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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/YYYY)	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
C) Remarks
. .

Done at

On

Name & capacity

28/08/2015 (DD/MM/YYYY)

Géraldine Nolens - Executive Vice President

Baudouin Caeymaex - Senior Legal Counsel

Brussels

Signature Signature

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