Umicore

Major Shareholding Notification • Aug 20, 2015

FORM TR-1 BE PARTI

1) Status of the notification

2) Issuer

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Name UMICORE

Identification number 0401-574-852

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3) Reason for the notification

Acquisition or disposal of voting securities or voting rights

4) Notification by

A parent undertaking or a controlling person

5) Persons subject to the notification requirement

Name (& legal form for legal persons)	Address (for legal persons)
BlackRock, Inc.	55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY 10055, U.S.A.
BlackRock Advisors, LLC	100 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, DE 19809, U.S.A.
BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited	12 Throamorton Avenue, London, EC2N 2DL, U.K.
BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited	161 Bay Street, Suite 2500, Toronto, Ontario M5J 2S1, Canada
BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG	Max-Joseph-Straße 6, 80333 Munich, Germany
BlackRock Asset Management Ireland Limited	International Financial Services Centre, Dublin 1, Ireland
BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Limited	16/F, 2 Queen's Road, Cheung Kong Center, Hong Kong
BlackRock Asset Management Schweiz AG	Bahnhofstraße 54, 8001 Zurich, Switzerland
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.	55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY 10055, U.S.A.
BlackRock Fund Advisors	400 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94105, U.S.A.
BlackRock Fund Managers Limited	12 Throgmorton Avenue, London, EC2N 2DL, U.K.
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Associ	400 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94105, U.S.A.
BlackRock International Limited	12 Throgmorton Avenue, London, EC2N 2DL, U.K.
BlackRock Investment Management, LLC	1 University Square Drive, Princeton, NJ 08540, U.S.A.
BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited	Level 26, 101 Collins Street, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited	12 Throgmorton Avenue, London, EC2N 2DL, U.K.
BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd.	Marunouchi Trust Tower Main, 1-8-3 Marunouchi Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 100-8217 Japan
BlackRock Life Limited	12 Throgmorton Avenue, London, EC2N 2DL, U.K.
BlackRock (Luxembourg) S.A.	6D, Route de Trèves, Senningerberg, L-2633, Luxembourg
BlackRock (Netherlands) B.V.	Rembrandt Tower, 17th floor, Amstelplein, Amsterdam, Netherlands
BlackRock (Singapore) Limited	20 Anson Road #18-01, 079912, Singapore
iShares (DE) I investmentaktiengesellschaft mit Teilvermögen	Max-Joseph-Straße 6, 80333 Munich, Germany

6) Persons that dispose of, ... voting rights (Only to be filled in if art. 7 of the Law applies)

Name (& legal form for legal persons)	Address (for legal persons)

Please continue entering the information in part II concerning the persons referred to in points 5 and 6

7) Date on which the threshold is crossed

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13/08/2015 (DD/MM/YYYY)

8) Threshold that is crossed (in %)

If the holding has fallen below the lowest threshold, you have the option of not entering any numbers under point 10

9) Denominator

224,000,000

Please enter the denominator before filling in the data

10) Notified details

After the transaction Previous notification A) Voting rights # of voting rights # of voting rights Not linked to the Linked to securities Linked to securities Holders of voting rights securities 0.00% BlackRock, Inc. $\circ$ $\mathbf 0$ 87,566 0.04% 87,566 BlackRock Advisors, Llc 0.03% BlackRock Advisors (UK) Ltd 63.998 63,998 BlackRock Asset Management Canada 0.04% 79,070 79,070 Ltd BlackRock Asset Management 237,780 238,662 0.11% Deutschland AG BlackRock Asset Management Ireland 0.34% 769,974 772,636 Ltd BlackRock Asset Management North 0.00% 1,438 1,438 Asia Ltd BlackRock Asset Management Schweiz 1,034 0.00% 1,034 AG 0.00% BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. 4,606 5,710 1,952,574 0.87% BlackRock Fund Advisors 1,952,574 0.41% BlackRock Fund Managers Ltd 911,496 911,496 BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, 2,690,128 2,671,452 1.19% National Association 0.09% BlackRock International Ltd 190,816 190,816 0.09% BlackRock Investment Management, Lic 201,986 201,986 BlackRock Investment Management 0.03% 66,214 66,214 (Australia) Ltd BlackRock Investment Management 0.07% 151,654 151,654 (UK) Ltd 0.12% BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd 271,448 271,448 BlackRock Life Ltd 0.26% 581,790 581,360 1.27% BlackRock (Luxembourg) SA 2,841,172 2,841,172 BlackRock (Netherlands) BV 65,198 0.03% 65.198 BlackRock (Singapore) Ltd 2,846 2,846 0.00% iShares (DE) I Investmentaktiengesellschaft mit 0.01% 28,252 28.252 Teilvermögen 4.99% 11,185,478 subtotal 11,202,144 TOTAL $\mathbf o$ 4.99% 11,185,478
					% of voting rights
						Not linked to the securities
					0.00%

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B) Equivalent financial instruments	After the transaction
Holders of equivalent financial instruments	Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise period or date	# of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised	% of voting rights
TOTAL		(in relation to all expiration dates)		0	0.00%

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TOTAL (Voting rights & Equivalent financial (instruments	# of voting rights	% of voting rights
	11.185.478	4.99%

11) Chain of controlled undertakings through which the holding is effectively held, if applicable

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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.

12) In case of proxy voting for only one GM

Holder

will cease to hold / will hold again

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voting rights as of

13) Additional information

A) Convertible bonds and rights to subscribe to voting securities not yet issued
Holder	Type of financial instrument	Expiration date (DD/MM/YYYY)	Exercise/Conversion period or date	Number	# of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted
B) Shares without voting rights
Holder	Number
C) Remarks
Done at	12 Throgmorton Avenue, London EC2N 2DL, U.K.
On	18/08/2015	(DD/MM/YYYY)
Name & capacity
	Gareth Slade, Vice President		Signature	Peer.