Umicore

Major Shareholding Notification • Aug 17, 2015

FORM TR-1 BE PART I

1) Status of the notification

	Name UMICORE
Identification number 0401-574-852

3) Reason for the notification

Acquisition or disposal of voting securities or voting rights

4) Notification by

2) Issuer

A parent undertaking or a controlling person

5) Persons subject to the notification requirement

Name (& legal form for legal persons)	Address (for legal persons)
BlackRock, Inc.	55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY 10055, U.S.A.
BlackRock (Luxembourg) S.A.	6D, Route de Trèves, Senningerberg, L-2633, Luxembourg
BlackRock (Netherlands) B.V.	Rembrandt Tower, 17th floor, Amstelplein, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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, 80333 Munich, Germany
BlackRock Asset Management Ireland Limited	International Financial Services Centre, Dublin 1, Ireland
BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Limited	16/F, 2 Queen's Road, Cheung Kong Center, Hong Kong
BlackRock Asset Management Schweiz AG	Bahnhofstraße 54, 8001 Zurich, Switzerland
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 Fund Managers Limited	12 Throgmorton Avenue, London, EC2N 2DL, U.K.
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association	400 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94105, U.S.A.
BlackRock International Limited	12 Throgmorton Avenue, London, EC2N 2DL, U.K.
BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited	Level 26, 101 Collins Street, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited	12 Throgmorton Avenue, London, EC2N 2DL, U.K.
BlackRock Investment Management, LLC	1 University Square Drive, Princeton, NJ 08540, U.S.A.
BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd,	Marunouchi Trust Tower Main, 1-8-3 Marunouchi Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 100-8217 Japan
BlackRock Life Limited	12 Throgmorton Avenue, London, EC2N 2DL, U.K.
BlackRock (Singapore) Limited	20 Anson Road #18-01, 079912, Singapore
iShares (DE) I Investmentaktlengesellschaft mit Teilvermögen	Max-Joseph-Straße 6, 80333 Munich, Germany

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
	persons referred to in points 5 and 6

7) Date on which the threshold is crossed

06/08/2015 (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

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9) Denominator

224,000,000

Please enter the denominator before filling in the data

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10) Notified details

A) Voting rights	After the transaction Previous notification
	# 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.	$\Omega$
BlackRock (Luxembourg) SA	2,841,172	2,841,172		1.27%
BlackRock (Netherlands) BV	65,198	65,198		0.03%
BlackRock (Singapore) Ltd	2.846	2,846		0.00%
BlackRock Advisors (UK) Ltd	63,998	63,998		0.03%
BlackRock Advisors, Llc	87,566	87.566		0.04%
BlackRock Asset Management Canada Ltd	79,070	79,070		0.04%
BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG	236,692	237,780		0.11%
BlackRock Asset Management Ireland Ltd	773,238	769,974		0.34%
BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Ltd	1.438	1,438		0.00%
BlackRock Asset Management Schweiz AG	1,034	1,034		0.00%
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.	5,710	5.710		0.00%
BlackRock Fund Advisors	1,935,878	1,952,574		0.87%
BlackRock Fund Managers Ltd	911,496	911,496		0.41%
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association	2,691,960	2,690,128		1.20%
BlackRock International Ltd	190,816	190,816		0.09%
BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Ltd	66,214	66,214		0.03%
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Ltd	151.654	151.654		0.07%
BlackRock Investment Management, Lic	201,986	201,986		0.09%
BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd	271,296	271,448		0.12%
BlackRock Life Ltd	581,790	581,790		0.26%
IShares (DE) I Investmentaktiengesellschaft mit Tellvermögen	28,252	28,252		0.01%
subtotal	11,189,304	11,202,144		5.00%
	TOTAL	11,202,144	0	5.00%	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)		٥	0.00%

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TOTAL (Voting rights & Equivalent financial linstruments)		# of voting rights	% of voting rights
		11,202,144	5.00%

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

Please describe, or join a diagram in attachment

BlackRock, Inc. is the utilmate controller but the legal entities detailed in section 10 above are the discretionary Investment Managers who holds

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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	12 Throgmorton Avenue, London EC2N 2DL, U.K.
On	11/08/2015	(DD/MM/YYYY)
Name & capacity
	Gareth Slade, Vice President		Signature	Beege.