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Declaration of Voting Results & Voting Rights Announcements • Apr 16, 2014

Share information 16 April 2014

CP-2014-17-R Regulated information 08:30 CET

Transparency declaration by Franklin Templeton Institutional LLC: Disposal of voting securities

On 11 April, Franklin Templeton Institutional LLC, located at 600 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York, 10020, USA, has notified the FSMA and Umicore that on 10 April 2014 it has crossed the statutory threshold of 3%, holding 2.99% of Umicore's shares and voting rights.

name	date	threshold	# voting rights	denominator	% voting rights
Franklin Templeton Institutional LLC	10/04/2014		3,593,647	120,000,000	2.99%
TOTAL	10/04/2014	< 3.00%	3,593,647	120,000,000	2.99%

The chain of control has been described as follows:

Franklin Templeton Institutional LLC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Franklin Resources Inc.

The declaration can be found on:

http://www.umicore.com/investorrelations/en/shareInformation/shareholderStructure/Declarations/FT\_201404 11.pdf

For more information

Investor Relations:

Tim Weekes +32 2 227 73 98 tim.weekes@umicore.com

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