Skip to main content

AI assistant

Sign in to chat with this filing

The assistant answers questions, extracts KPIs, and summarises risk factors directly from the filing text.

Umicore Major Shareholding Notification 2011

Feb 25, 2011

4018_mrq_2011-02-25_055a58d4-f520-477d-8fab-3661da5e5a87.pdf

Major Shareholding Notification

Open in viewer

Opens in your device viewer

Share information 25 February 2011 CP-2011-04-R 08:30 CET

Transparency declaration by Ameriprise Financial Inc : Acquisition of voting securities

Ameriprise Financial Inc, located at 1099 Ameriprise Financial Center, Minneapolis, MN 55474, USA has notified the CBFA and Umicore that on 18 February 2011 it has crossed the statutory threshold of 3%, holding 3.00 % of Umicore's shares and voting rights.

name date threshold # voting rights denominator % voting rights
Threadneedle Asset
Management Holdings
Limited
18/02/2011 3,416,112 120,000,000 2.85 %
Ameriprise Financial Inc 18/02/2011 186,591 120,000,000 0.16 %
TOTAL 18/02/2011 > 3.00 % 3,602,703 120,000,000 3.00 %

The chain of control has been described as follows:

"Ameriprise Financial Inc, which trough intermediate holding companies controls the voting rights of Columbia Management Investment Adivisers, Columbia Wanger Asset Management, Threadneedle Management Luxembourg SA and Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Limited, which itself controls the voting rights of Threadneedle Asset Management Ltd, Threadneedle Internationnal Ltd and Threadneedle Pensions Ltd."

The declaration can be found on:

http://www.investorrelations.umicore.com/en/shareInformation/shareholderStructure/Declarations/Threadneed le110223.pdf

For more information

Investor Relations:

Mr. Geoffroy RASKIN +32 2 227 71 47 [email protected]

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 [email protected] Registered office Broekstraat 31 Rue du Marais Belgium web www.umicore.com B-1000 Brussels