Umicore

Director's Dealing • Dec 16, 2016

1) Status of the notification

Contract Contract

2) Issuer

	Name UMICORE
Identification number 0401-574-852

3) Reason for the notification

Acquisition or disposal of voting securities or voting rights
Downward crossing of the lowest threshold

4) Notification by

	A parent undertaking or a controlling person
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5) Persons subject to the notification requirement

Name	Address (for legal entities)
Standard Life Investments (Holdings) Limited	1 George Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH2 2LL
Standard Life Investments Limited	1 George Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH2 2LL
Ignis Investment Services Limited	1 George Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH2 2LL

6) Persons that dispose of voting rights (only to be filled in if art. 7 of the Law applies)

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Part II

7) Date on which the threshold is crossed

9) Denominator

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10) Notified details

A) Voting rights	Previous notification		After the transaction
	# of voting rights		# of voting rights		% of voting rights
Holders of voting rights		Linked to securities	Not linked to the securities	Linked to secunties	Not linked to the securities
Standard Life Investments (Holdings) Ltd		0		0.00%
Standard Life Investments Ltd	6,718,358	6,447,880		2.88%
IGNIS Investment Services Ltd	333,808	214,866		0.10%
Subtotal	7,052,166	6,662,746		2.97%

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TOTAL	6,662,746	The Art of	0.00%
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B) Equivalent financial instruments			After the transaction
Holders of equivalent financial instruments	Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise period or date	# of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised	% of voting rights	Settlement
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	TOTAL			$\Omega$	0.00% 222330

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TOTAL (A & B)		# of voting rights % of voting rights
	CALCULATE	6,662,746	2.97%

11) Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the holding is effectively held, if applicable

Name & capacity Vik Sharma, Regulatory Reporting Services Analyst

the shares and exercise voting rights.		Standard Life Investments (Holdings) Limited is the parent company of Standard Life Investments Limited and Ignis Investment Services Limited. Both Standard Life Investments Limited and Ignis Investment Services Limited are discretionary investment managers who hold

12) In case of proxy voting for only one GM

Holder	will cease to hold / will hold again	(DD/MM/YYYY) voting rights as of
13) Additional information
Done at 1 George Street, Edinburgh, EH2 2LL
On	14/12/2016 (DD/MM/YYYY)

Signature $\mathscr{U}$

Transparency notification Form TR-1 BE
PART II

Persons subject to the notification requirement

Name	Adress	Phone number	E-mail	Contact person for legal persons
	Standard Life Investments (Holdin 1 George Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH2 2LL			44 (0) 131245 856 Regulatory Reporting Ser Vik Sharma - Regulatory Reporting Service
	Standard Life Investments Limited 1 George Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH2 2LL			44 (0) 131245 856 Regulatory_Reporting_Ser Vik Sharma - Regulatory Reporting Service
	Ignis Investment Services Limited 1 George Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH2 2LL			44 (0) 131245 856 Regulatory Reporting Ser Vik Sharma - Regulatory Reporting Service

Mandatary

Name	Adress	Phone number	E-mail	Contact person for legal persons
	Standard Life Investments (Holdir 1 George Street, Edinburgh, Scotland EH2 2LL			44 (0) 131 245 85 Regulatory_Reporting_Ser Vik Sharma - Regulatory Reporting Service

Invoicing data

Name	Adress	Phone number	E-mail	Contact person for legal persons
	Standard Life Investments (Holdin 1 George Street, Edinburgh, Scotland EH2 2LL			44 (0) 131 245 856 Regulatory_Reporting_Ser Vik Sharma - Regulatory Reporting Service

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