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Major Shareholding Notification • Mar 25, 2019
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Major Shareholding Notification
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Press release Regulated information 25 March 2019 - 18:00
Transparency notification by BlackRock, Inc
In accordance with article 14, § 1 of the law of 2 May 2007 on disclosure of major holdings BlackRock, Inc. has notified Umicore on 20 March 2019 that on 19 March 2019 it has crossed the statutory threshold of 3% upwards for equivalent financial instruments. In total (direct voting rights + equivalent financial instruments) Blackrock Inc. holds 6.43% of Umicore's shares and voting rights.
Notification details:
- Date of notification: 20 March 2019
- Date on which the threshold is crossed: 19 March 2019
- Threshold of equivalent financial instruments crossed: 3%
- Notification by: Blackrock Inc.
- Denominator: 246,400,000
- Notification details:
A) Voting rights
| Previous notification | After the transaction | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Holders of voting rights | # voting rights | # voting rights % voting rights | |
| BlackRock, Inc. | 0 | 0 | 0.00% |
| BlackRock (Netherlands) B.V. | 32,158 | 32,158 | 0.01% |
| BlackRock (Singapore) Limited |
11,329 | 11,329 | 0.00% |
| BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited |
290,036 | 214,617 | 0.09% |
| BlackRock Advisors, LLC | 410,710 | 732,838 | 0.30% |
| BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited |
2,131 | 3,553 | 0.00% |
| BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG |
337,199 | 51,471 | 0.02% |
| BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Limited |
1,752 | 1,752 | 0.00% |
| BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. |
16,790 | 16,049 | 0.01% |
|---|---|---|---|
| BlackRock Fund Advisors | 2,781,071 | 2,705,326 | 1.10% |
| BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association |
2,859,156 | 2,734,067 | 1.11% |
| BlackRock International Limited |
111,369 | 292,572 | 0.12% |
| BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited |
60,565 | 57,482 | 0.02% |
| BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited |
866,816 | 653,521 | 0.27% |
| BlackRock Investment Management, LLC |
424,402 | 320,446 | 0.13% |
| BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd. | 150,647 | 122,222 | 0.05% |
| Subtotal | 8,356,131 | 7,949,403 | 3.23% |
B) Equivalent financial instruments
| Holders of equivalent financial instruments |
Type of financial instrument |
# voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised |
% voting rights |
Settlement |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited | Securities Lent | 1,065,300 | 0.43% | physical |
| BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited |
Securities Lent | 116,424 | 0.05% | physical |
| BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG |
Securities Lent | 249,000 | 0.10% | physical |
| BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association |
Securities Lent | 160,498 | 0.07% | physical |
| BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited |
Securities Lent | 6,179,364 | 2.51% | physical |
| BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd. | Securities Lent | 115,888 | 0.05% | physical |
| BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association |
Contract For Difference |
2,920 | 0.00% | cash |
| BlackRock Investment Management, LLC |
Depositary Receipt |
24 | 0.00% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subtotal | 7,889,418 | 3.20% |
Total A & B
| # voting rights |
% voting rights |
|
|---|---|---|
| TOTAL | 15,838,821 | 6.43% |
The chain of control has been described at the end of the declaration.
This press release is available on Umicore's website. The notification can be found here.
For more information
Investor Relations
| Evelien Goovaerts | +32 2 227 78 38 | [email protected] |
|---|---|---|
| Eva Behaeghe | +32 2 227 70 68 | [email protected] |
| Aurélie Bultynck | +32 2 227 74 34 | [email protected] |