Umicore

Notice of Dividend Amount • Sep 8, 2011

Press release Regulated Information 8 September 2011

CP-2011-36-R 08:30 CET

Interim dividend to be paid as from 14 September

As previously mentioned, on 4 August 2011, the Board of Directors approved a gross interim dividend of € 0.40 per new share (ISIN BE0003884047) - i.e. half of the dividend paid in respect of 2010 earnings. This represents a dividend of € 0.30 net of withholding tax.

The interim dividend will be paid out as from 14 September 2011.

The share will be traded ex coupon as from 9 September 2011. The record date will be 13 September.

The System Paying Agent designated for the payment of the 2011 interim dividend is:

KBC Bank Havenlaan / Avenue du Port, 2 1080 Brussels

More information can be found on http://www.investorrelations.umicore.com/en/shareInformation/dividendInformation/

Umicore Group Communications

Naamloze vennoolschap / Société Anonyme phone +32 2 227 71 11 VAT BE0401 574 852 Broekstraat 31 Rue du Marais fax +32 2 227 79 00 Company number 0401574852 B-1000 Brussels e-mail info@umicore.com Registered office Broekstraat 31 Rue du Marais Belgium web www.umicore.com B-1000 Brussels

For more information

Investor Relations:

Mr. Geoffroy RASKIN	+32 2 227 71 47		geoffroy.raskin@umicore.com
Mrs Evelien GOOVAERTS	+32 2 227 78 38		evelien.goovaerts@umicore.com
Director of Group Communications:
Mr. Tim WEEKES	+32 2 227 73 98	+32 473 98 49 14	tim.weekes@umicore.com

Umicore profile

Umicore is a global materials technology group. It focuses on application areas where its expertise in materials science, chemistry and metallurgy makes a real difference. Its activities are centred on four business areas: Catalysis, Energy Materials, Performance Materials and Recycling. Each business area is divided into marketfocused business units offering materials and solutions that are at the cutting edge of new technological developments and essential to everyday life.

Umicore generates the majority of its revenues and dedicates most of its R&D efforts to clean technologies, such as emission control catalysts, materials for rechargeable batteries and photovoltaics, fuel cells, and recycling. Umicore's overriding goal of sustainable value creation is based on an ambition to develop, produce and recycle materials in a way that fulfils its mission: materials for a better life.

The Umicore Group has industrial operations on all continents and serves a global customer base; it generated a turnover of € 9.7 billion (€ 2.0 billion excluding metal) in 2010 and currently employs some 14,400 people.