Umicore

Major Shareholding Notification • Sep 23, 2011

Share information 23 September 2011 CP-2011-39-R 08:30 CET

Transparency declarations by Fidelity Management & Research LLC

Fidelity Management and Research LLC (FMR), located at 82 Devonshire street, Boston, Massachusetts, 02109, USA has notified the FSMA and Umicore that on 7 September 2011 it has crossed the statutory threshold of 3 %, holding 2.31 % of Umicore's shares and voting rights.

name	date	threshold	# voting rights	denominator	% voting rights
Fidelity Management and Research LLC	07/09/2011		2,776,301	120,000,000	2.31 %
TOTAL	07/09/2011	< 3.00 %	2,776,301	120,000,000	2.31 %

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.investorrelations.umicore.com/en/shareInformation/shareholderStructure/Declarations/FMR\_20110 920.pdf

On the next day, Fidelity Management and Research LLC (FMR), located at 82 Devonshire street, Boston, Massachusetts, 02109, USA has notified the FSMA and Umicore that on 15 September 2011 it has crossed the statutory threshold of 3 %, holding 3.15 % of Umicore's shares and voting rights.

name	date	threshold	# voting rights	denominator	% voting rights
Fidelity Management and Research LLC	15/09/2011		3,778,809	120,000,000	3.15 %
TOTAL	15/09/2011	> 3.00 %	3,778,809	120,000,000	3.15 %

The chain of control is the same as for the previous declaration.

The declaration can be found on: http://www.investorrelations.umicore.com/en/shareInformation/shareholderStructure/Declarations/FMR\_20110 921.pdf

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