Umicore

Declaration of Voting Results & Voting Rights Announcements • Jul 12, 2013

Transparency declaration by Fidelity Management & Research LLC: Disposal of voting securities

On 10 July, Fidelity Management & Research LLC (FMR), located at 245 Summer Street, Boston, Massachusetts, 02210, USA, has notified the FSMA and Umicore that on 9 July 2013 it has crossed the statutory threshold of 3%, holding 2.86% of Umicore's shares and voting rights.

name	date	threshold	# voting rights	denominator	% voting rights
Fidelity Management & Research LLC	09/07/2013		3,432,564	120,000,000	2.86%
TOTAL	09/07/2013	< 3.00%	3,432,564	120,000,000	2.86%

The chain of control has been described as follows:

The holdings attributable to FMR LLC arise from holdings of various undertakings for collective investment that are managed by Fidelity Management & Research Company, Pyramis Global Advisors LLC and Pyramis Global Advisors Trust Company, each of which are entities that are subsidiaries of and controlled by FMR LLC. These undertakings for collective investment have granted FMR LLC discretionary power to vote the securities in accordance with the FMR LLC board proxy voting policy. FMR LLC is not a controlled undertaking.

The declaration can be found on:

http://www.umicore.com/investorrelations/en/shareInformation/shareholderStructure/Declarations/FMR\_2013 0710.pdf

For more information

Investor Relations:
Geoffroy Raskin	+32 2 227 71 47	geoffroy.raskin@umicore.com
Evelien Goovaerts	+32 2 227 78 38	evelien.goovaerts@umicore.com

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