Umicore

Transaction in Own Shares • Aug 26, 2014

Share information 26 August 2014

CP-2014-40-R Regulated information 08:30 CET

Acquisition of own shares

On the basis of Article 207 of the Royal Decree of 30 January 2001, as amended on 26 April 2009, implementing the Belgian Companies Code, Umicore announces the following share buy-back transactions effected on the regulated market of NYSE Euronext Brussels.

Date of acquisition	Number of shares	% of total shares	Average price (€)	Highest price (€)	Lowest price (€)
18/08/2014	15,000		36.67	36.89	36.57
19/08/2014	15,000		36.64	36.79	36.55
20/08/2014	15,000		36.58	36.64	36.43
21/08/2014	15,000		36.61	36.80	36.53
22/08/2014	15,000		36.85	36.93	36.60
Total for the week	75,000	0.06%	36.67	36.93	36.43
Total in 2014	1,765,000	1.47%	35.40	38.24	32.81

All details related to the acquisition of own shares by Umicore can be found on: http://www.umicore.com/investorrelations/en/shareInformation/buyBack

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Evelien Goovaerts +32 2 227 78 38 evelien.goovaerts@umicore.com

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