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Major Shareholding Notification • Mar 4, 2024
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Major Shareholding Notification
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Press release Regulated information March 4th 2024 - 18:30 CET
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 recently notified Umicore that it has successively crossed the statutory threshold of 5% for the direct voting rights upwards on 27 February 2024, and then downwards on 29 February 2024
The total holding of direct voting rights and equivalent financial instruments stands now at 5.57%.
Summary of the moves:
| Date on which the threshold was crossed |
Date of notification | Direct voting rights after the transaction |
Equivalent financial instruments after the transaction |
Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 February 2024 | 28 February 2024 | 5.00% | 0.80% | 5.81% | |
| 29 February 2024 | 1 March 2024 | 4.89% | 0.68% | 5.57% |
Notification of March 1st 2024:
The most recent notification contains the following information:
- Date of notification: March 1st 2024
- Date on which the threshold is crossed: February 29 th 2024
- Threshold of direct voting rights crossed downwards: 5%
- Notification by: BlackRock, Inc
- Denominator: 246,400,000
- Reason for notification: Acquisition or disposal of voting securities or voting rights
| A) Voting rights | Previous notification | After the transaction | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # of voting rights | # of voting rights | % of voting rights | ||||
| Holders of voting rights | Not linked to the Linked to securities securities |
Linked to securities |
Not linked to the securities |
|||
| BlackRock, Inc. | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | |||
| BlackRock (Netherlands) B.V. | 10,253 | 10,253 | 0.00% | |||
| BlackRock (Singapore) Limited | 13,251 | 4,081 | 0.00% | |||
| BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited | 1,905,680 | 2,101,547 | 0.85% | |||
| BlackRock Advisors, LLC | 127,244 | 127,244 | 0.05% | |||
| BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited |
318,240 | 130,886 | 0.05% | |||
| BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG |
332,299 | 332,299 | 0.13% | |||
| BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Limited |
7.130 | 6,767 | 0.00% | |||
| BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. | 45,618 | 38,302 | 0.02% | |||
| BlackRock Fund Advisors | 4,208,350 | 3,950,538 | 1.60% | |||
| BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association |
2,315,835 | 2,327,778 | 0.94% | |||
| BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited |
80,246 | 80,246 | 0.03% | |||
| BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited |
1,922,637 | 1,901,918 | 0.77% | |||
| BlackRock Investment Management, LLC |
690,713 | 679,016 | 0.28% | |||
| BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd. | 337,643 | 337,643 | 0.14% | |||
| Aperio Group, LLC | 12,374 | 11,249 | 0.00% | |||
| Subtotal | 12,327,513 | 12,039,767 | 4.89% | |||
| TOTAL | 12,039,767 | 0 | 4.89% | 0.00% |
| 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 | Settlement | |
| BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited | Securities Lent | 358,251 | 0.15% | physical | |||
| BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, Securities Lent National Association |
373,610 | 0.15% | physical | ||||
| BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited |
Securities Lent | 232,865 | 0.09% | physical | |||
| BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd. | Securities Lent | 10,049 | 0.00% | physical | |||
| BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. Contract Difference | 94,336 | 0.04% | cash | ||||
| BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, Contract Difference National Association |
135,257 | 0.05% | cash | 20 | |||
| BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited | Depositary Receipt | 16,526 | 0.01% | ||||
| Aperio Group, LLC | Depositary Receipt | 466,298 | 0.19% | + | |||
| TOTAL | 1,687,192 | 0.68% |
| TOTAL (A & B) | # of voting rights % of voting rights | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| CALCULATE | 13,726,959 | 5.57% |
Notification of February 28th 2024:
- Date of notification: February 28 th 2024
- Date on which the threshold is crossed: February 27 th 2024
- Threshold of direct voting rights crossed upwards: 5%
- Notification by: BlackRock, Inc
- Denominator: 246,400,000
- Reason for notification: Acquisition or disposal of voting securities or voting rights
| A) Voting rights | Previous notification | After the transaction | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # of voting rights | # of voting rights | % of voting rights | ||||
| Holders of voting rights | Not linked to the Linked to securities securities |
Linked to securities |
Not linked to the securities |
|||
| BlackRock, Inc. | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | |||
| BlackRock (Netherlands) B.V. | 10,253 | 10,253 | 0.00% | |||
| BlackRock (Singapore) Limited | 4.081 | 13,251 | 0.01% | |||
| BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited | 1,796,855 | 1,905,680 | 0.77% | |||
| BlackRock Advisors, LLC | 127,244 | 127,244 | 0.05% | |||
| BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited |
317,425 | 318,240 | 0.13% | |||
| BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG |
332,299 | 332,299 | 0.13% | |||
| BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Limited |
6.767 | 7,130 | 0.00% | |||
| BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. | 45,425 | 45,618 | 0.02% | |||
| BlackRock Fund Advisors | 4,208,350 | 4,208,350 | 1.71% | |||
| BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association |
2,355,466 | 2,315,835 | 0.94% | |||
| BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited |
80,246 | 80,246 | 0.03% | |||
| BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited |
1,906,753 | 1,922,637 | 0.78% | |||
| BlackRock Investment Management, LLC |
672,963 | 690,713 | 0.28% | |||
| BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd. | 337,643 | 337,643 | 0.14% | |||
| Aperio Group, LLC | 12,374 | 12,374 | 0.01% | |||
| Subtotal | 12,214,143 | 12,327,513 | 5.00% | |||
| TOTAL | 12,327,513 | 0 | 5.00% | 0.00% |
| 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 | Settlement |
| BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited | Securities Lent | 655,298 | 0.27% | physical | ||
| BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association |
Securities Lent | 373,611 | 0.15% | physical | ||
| BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited |
Securities Lent | 222,222 | 0.09% | physical | ||
| BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd. | Securities Lent | 10,049 | 0.00% | physical | ||
| BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. | Contract Difference | 93,858 | 0.04% | cash | ||
| BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association |
Contract Difference | 134,948 | 0.05% | cash | ||
| BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited | Depositary Receipt | 16,709 | 0.01% | |||
| Aperio Group, LLC | Depositary Receipt | 473,231 | 0.19% | |||
| TOTAL | 1,979,926 | 0.80% | ||||
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| TOTAL (A & B) | # of voting rights | % of voting rights |
The chain of control has been described at the end of the notification and can be found here.
For more information
| Caroline Kerremans | +32 2 227 72 21 | [email protected] |
|---|---|---|
| Benoit Mathieu | +32 2 227 73 72 | [email protected] |
| Adrien Raicher | +32 2 227 74 34 | [email protected] |
About Umicore
Umicore is a circular materials technology company, that focuses on application areas where its expertise in materials science, chemistry and metallurgy makes a real difference. Its activities are organized into four Business Groups: Battery Materials, Catalysis, Recycling and Specialty Materials. Each Business Group is divided into market-focused business units offering materials and solutions at the cutting edge of new technological developments and essential to everyday life.
Umicore generates the most of its revenues from and dedicates most of its R&D efforts to clean mobility materials and recycling. Umicore's overriding goal of sustainable value creation is based on an ambition to develop, produce and recycle materials in a way that fulfills its mission: Materials for a better life.
Umicore's industrial and commercial operations as well as its R&D activities are spread across the world to best serve its international customer base with more than 11,500 employees. The Group generated revenues (excluding metal) of € 3.9 billion (turnover of € 18.3 billion) in 2023.