Umicore

Major Shareholding Notification • Sep 15, 2015

Transparency declarations by BlackRock Inc. and Norges Bank

On 14 September 2015, BlackRock Inc., located at 55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY 10055, USA, has notified the FSMA and Umicore that on 9 September 2015 it has crossed the statutory threshold of 5%, holding 4.999% of Umicore's shares and voting rights.

name	date	threshold	# voting rights	denominator	% voting rights
BlackRock, Inc	09/09/2015		0	224,000,000	0.00%
BlackRock (Luxembourg) S.A.	09/09/2015		2,851,972	224,000,000	1.27%
BlackRock (Netherlands) B.V.	09/09/2015		65,198	224,000,000	0.03%
BlackRock (Singapore) Limited	09/09/2015		2,846	224,000,000	0.00%
BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited	09/09/2015		63,998	224,000,000	0.03%
BlackRock Advisors, LLC	09/09/2015		111,034	224,000,000	0.05%
BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited	09/09/2015		79,070	224,000,000	0.04%
BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG	09/09/2015		254,790	224,000,000	0.11%
BlackRock Asset Management Ireland Limited	09/09/2015		791,672	224,000,000	0.35%
BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Limited	09/09/2015		1,438	224,000,000	0.00%
BlackRock Asset Management Schweiz AG	09/09/2015		1,034	224,000,000	0.00%
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.	09/09/2015		0	224,000,000	0.00%

BlackRock Fund Advisors	09/09/2015		1,926,344	224,000,000	0.86%
BlackRock Fund Managers Limited	09/09/2015		979,496	224,000,000	0.44%
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association	09/09/2015		2,594,022	224,000,000	1.16%
BlackRock International Limited	09/09/2015		190,816	224,000,000	0.09%
BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited	09/09/2015		54,102	224,000,000	0.02%
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited	09/09/2015		151,654	224,000,000	0.07%
BlackRock Investment Management, LLC	09/09/2015		201,986	224,000,000	0.09%
BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd.	09/09/2015		272,112	224,000,000	0.12%
BlackRock Life Limited	09/09/2015		577,878	224,000,000	0.26%
iShares (DE) I Investmentaktiengesellschaft mit Teilvermögen	09/09/2015		28,252	224,000,000	0.01%
TOTAL	09/09/2015	< 5.00%	11,199,714	224,000,000	4.999%

The declaration can be found here.

The chain of control has been described as follows:

BlackRock, Inc. is the ultimate controller but the legal entities detailed in section 10 are the discretionary Investment Managers who holds the shares and exercise the voting rights.

On 10 September 2015, Norges Bank, located at Bankplassen 2, PO Box 1179, Sentrum, 0107, Oslo, Norway, has notified the FSMA and Umicore that on 9 September 2015 it has crossed the statutory threshold of 3%, holding 3.06% of Umicore's shares and voting rights.

name	date	threshold	# voting rights	denominator	% voting rights
Norges Bank	09/09/2015		6,862,612	224,000,000	3.06%
TOTAL	09/09/2015	> 3.00%	6,862,612	224,000,000	3.06%

The declaration can be found here.

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