Umicore — Major Shareholding Notification 2014

Dec 17, 2014

Transparency declaration by Franklin Templeton Institutional LLC: Disposal of voting securities

On 12 December, Franklin Templeton Institutional LLC, located at 600 Fifth Avenue, New York, 10020, USA, has notified the FSMA and Umicore that on 10 December 2014 it has crossed the statutory threshold of 3%, holding 2.94% of Umicore's shares and voting rights.

name	date	threshold	# voting rights	denominator	% voting rights
Franklin Templeton Institutional LLC	10/12/2014		6,580,554	224,000,000	2.94%
TOTAL	10/12/2014	< 3.00%	6,580,554	224,000,000	2.94%

The chain of control has been described as follows:

Franklin Templeton Institutional LLC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Franklin Resources Inc.

The declaration can be found here.

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