Umicore

Major Shareholding Notification • Aug 31, 2015

Regulated information 31 August 2015

Transparency declarations by BlackRock Inc. and Umicore

On 26 August, BlackRock Inc., located at 55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY 10055, USA, has notified the FSMA and Umicore that on 24 August 2015 it has crossed the statutory threshold of 5%, holding 4.996% of Umicore's shares and voting rights.

name	date	threshold	# voting rights	denominator	% voting rights
BlackRock, Inc	24/08/2015		0	224,000,000	0.00%
BlackRock (Luxembourg) S.A.	24/08/2015		2,841,172	224,000,000	0.04%
BlackRock (Netherlands) B.V.	24/08/2015		65,198	224,000,000	0.03%
BlackRock (Singapore) Limited	24/08/2015		2,846	224,000,000	0.04%
BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited	24/08/2015		63,998	224,000,000	0.11%
BlackRock Advisors, LLC	24/08/2015		87,566	224,000,000	0.35%
BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited	24/08/2015		79,070	224,000,000	0.00%
BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG	24/08/2015		240,726	224,000,000	0.00%
BlackRock Asset Management Ireland Limited	24/08/2015		778,920	224,000,000	0.00%
BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Limited	24/08/2015		1,438	224,000,000	0.86%
BlackRock Asset Management Schweiz AG	24/08/2015		1,034	224,000,000	0.44%
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.	24/08/2015		1,166	224,000,000	1.17%
BlackRock Fund Advisors	24/08/2015		1,936,434	224,000,000	0.09%
BlackRock Fund Managers Limited	24/08/2015		979,496	224,000,000	0.09%

TOTAL	24/08/2015	< 5.00%	11,191,654	224,000,000	4.996%
iShares (DE) I Investmentaktiengesellschaft mit Teilvermögen	24/08/2015		28,252	224,000,000	0.01%
BlackRock Life Limited	24/08/2015		577,878	224,000,000	0.00%
BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd.	24/08/2015		271,448	224,000,000	0.03%
BlackRock Investment Management, LLC	24/08/2015		201,986	224,000,000	1.27%
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited	24/08/2015		151,654	224,000,000	0.26%
BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited	24/08/2015		64,880	224,000,000	0.12%
BlackRock International Limited	24/08/2015		190,816	224,000,000	0.07%
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association	24/08/2015		2,625,676	224,000,000	0.03%

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 above are the discretionary Investment Managers who holds the shares and exercise the voting rights.

On 28 August, Umicore, located at Broekstraat 31 Rue du Marais, 1000 Brussels, Belgium, has notified the FSMA and Umicore that on 26 August 2015 it has crossed the statutory threshold of 3%, holding 3.04% of Umicore's shares and voting rights.

name	date	threshold	# voting rights	denominator	% voting rights
Umicore	26/08/2015		6,820,068	224,000,000	3.04%
TOTAL	26/08/2015	> 3.00%	6,820,068	224,000,000	3.04%

The declaration can be found here.

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