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Declaration of Voting Results & Voting Rights Announcements • Jul 17, 2013

Transparency declaration by Paul G. Desmarais, Albert Frère and Groupe Bruxelles Lambert S.A. : Acquisition of voting securities

On 15 July, Paul G. Desmarais, Albert Frère and Groupe Bruxelles Lambert S.A, located at Avenue Marnix 24 - 1000 Brussels in Belgium, have notified the FSMA and Umicore that on 9 July 2013 they have crossed the statutory threshold of 3%, holding 3.16% of Umicore's shares and voting rights.

name	date	threshold	# shares	denominator	% voting rights
Paul G. Desmarais	09/07/2013		0	120,000,000	0.00%
Albert Frère	09/07/2013		0	120,000,000	0.00%
Groupe Bruxelles Lambert S.A.	09/07/2013		3,794,500	120,000,000	3.16%
TOTAL	09/07/2013	> 3.00%	3,794,500	120,000,000	3.16%

The chain of control has been described as follows:

Groupe Bruxelles Lambert S.A. is controlled by Pargesa Holding S.A. (via its 100% subsidiary Pargesa Netherlands B.V.). Pargesa Holding S.A. is a company incorporated under Swiss law, itself controlled by Parjointco N.V., a company incorporated under Dutch law, equally controlled by Paul G. Desmarais and Albert Frère.

(Groupe Bruxelles Lambert S.A. est contrôlée par Pargesa Holding S.A. (via sa filiale à 100 %, Pargesa Netherlands B.V.). Pargesa Holding S.A. est une société de droit suisse, elle-même contrôlée par Parjointco N.V., société de droit néerlandaisdont le contrôle est détenu à parité par Paul G. Desmarais et Albert Frère.)

The declaration can be found on:

http://www.umicore.com/investorrelations/en/shareInformation/shareholderStructure/Declarations/GBL\_20130 715.pdf

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