Umicore

Major Shareholding Notification • May 3, 2016

FORM TR-1 BE $P$

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1) Status of the notification
	Final
2) Issuer
	Name UMICORE
identification number 0401-574-852
3) Reason for the notification
	Acquisition or disposal of voting securities or voting rights
4) Notification by
	A person that notifies alone
5) Persons subject to the notification requirement
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	Franklin Templeton Institutional, LLC	600 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York, 10020, United States $\omega^{\prime}$	B
	6) Persons that dispose of, voting rights (Only to be filled in if art. 7 of the Law applies)
	fogens). 6 legal form for legal persons).	Address (for regal persons)
	Please continue entering the information in part II concerning the	Click persons referred to in points 5 and 6	×
7) Date on which the threshold is crossed
	27/04/2016	(DD/MM/YYYY)
8) Threshold that is crossed (in %)
	$\mathbf{3}$
		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

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10) Notified details

IA) Voting rights	Previous notification		After the transaction
	# of voting rights	# of voting rights		% of voting rights
Holders of voting rights		Linked to securities	Not linked to the securities	i Linked to securities∫	Not linked to the securities
Franklin Templeton Institutional, LLC	6 580 554	6.798.188		3.03% Carl	0.00%
	TOTAL	6,798,188		3.03%	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)		0.00%

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TOTAL (Voting rights & Equivalent financial finstruments)	# of voting rights	% of voting rights
	6.798.188	3.03%

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

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

12) In case of proxy voting for only one GM

will cease to hold /
will hold again Holder $\circ$ 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
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B) Shares without voting rights
Holder	Number					E.
C) Remarks
Decree of 14 February 2008.	Franklin Templeton Institutional, LLC makes use of the exemption from the obligation to aggregate its holdings, as referred to in Article 11, paragraph 2 of the Law of 2 May 2007, and Article 21 of the Roayl
Done at	Fort Lauderdale
On	28/04/2016	(DD/MM/YYYY)
Name & capacity	[Lori A. Weber, Assistant Secretary		Signature			B