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Umicore — Major Shareholding Notification 2025
Dec 1, 2025
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Major Shareholding Notification
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Transparency notification Form TR-1 BE PART I
1) Status of the notification
Final
2) Issuer
Name UMICORE Identification number 0401-574-852
3) Reason for the notification
Acquisition or disposal of financial instruments that are treated as voting securities
3 +
4) Notification by
A parent undertaking or a controlling person
2 +
5) Persons subject to the notification requirement
| Name | Address (for legal entities) | |
|---|---|---|
| Bank of America Corporation | Wilmington, D.E. (United States) |
6) Persons that dispose of voting rights (only to be filled in if art. 7 of the Law applies)
| Name | Address (for legal entities) |
|---|---|
A +
Please continue entering the information in part II concerning the persons referred to in Sections 5 and 6
Part II
7) Date on which the threshold is crossed
24/11/2025 (DD/MM/YYYY)
8) Threshold that is crossed (in %)
3
If the holding has fallen below the lowest threshold, you have the option of not entering any numbers in Section 10
9) Denominator
246,400,000
Please enter the denominator before filling in the data
10) Notified details
| A) 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 |
Linked to securities |
Not linked to the securities |
|
| Bank of America Corporation | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Bank of America, NA | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| BofA Securities, Inc. | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc |
12 | 12 | 0.00% | ||
| Merrill Lynch International | 1,812,239 | 758,609 | 0.31% | ||
| Subtotal | 1,812,251 | 758,621 | 0.31% |
TOTAL 758,621 0 0.31% 0.00%
Start with "groups" of holders. Add subtotals with S, and then finish with the persons who are "alone". For groups, start with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entity. The totals, subtotals and % will be updated once you have clicked on .
| 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 | |
| Merrill Lynch International | Right to Recall | 85,540 | 0.03% | physical | - | ||
| Merrill Lynch International | Right of Use | 12,488 | 0.01% | physical | - | ||
| BofA Securities, Inc. | Right of Use | 65,210 | 0.03% | physical | |||
| Merrill Lynch International | Physical Swap | 26/11/2025 | 299,000 | 0.12% | physical | ||
| Merrill Lynch International | Swap | 16/02/2026 | 600,000 | 0.24% | cash | - | |
| Merrill Lynch International | Swap | 07/12/2026 | 8,586 | 0.00% | cash | - | |
| Merrill Lynch International | Swap | 30/09/2026 | 2,095 | 0.00% | cash | - | |
| Merrill Lynch International | Swap | 28/02/2028 | 37,375 | 0.02% | cash | - | |
| Merrill Lynch International | Swap | 25/06/2027 | 16,132 | 0.01% | cash | - | |
| Merrill Lynch International | Swap | 16/04/2027 | 436,538 | 0.18% | cash | ||
| Merrill Lynch International | Swap | 12/02/2026 | 495,793 | 0.20% | cash | - | |
| Merrill Lynch International | Swap | 22/01/2026 | 393,000 | 0.16% | cash | ||
| Merrill Lynch International | Swap | 11/12/2025 | 1,959,295 | 0.80% | cash | ||
| Merrill Lynch International | Swap | 01/12/2025 | 914,000 | 0.37% | cash | ||
| Merrill Lynch International | Swap | 30/04/2026 | 6,800 | 0.00% | cash | - | |
| Merrill Lynch International | Swap | 29/05/2026 | 10,719 | 0.00% | cash | ||
| Merrill Lynch International | Swap | 29/12/2025 | 2,754 | 0.00% | cash | - | |
| Merrill Lynch International | Swap | 30/01/2026 | 33,243 | 0.01% | cash | ||
| Merrill Lynch International | Swap | 30/06/2026 | 1,657 | 0.00% | cash | ||
| Merrill Lynch International | Swap | 06/01/2026 | 537,789 | 0.22% | cash | ||
| Merrill Lynch International | Swap | 09/01/2026 | 622,211 | 0.25% | cash | - | |
| Bank of America, NA | Swap | 15/10/2027 | 131,634 | 0.05% | cash | ||
| Bank of America, NA | Swap | 01/12/2025 | 914,000 | 0.37% | cash | ||
| Bank of America, NA | Swap | 15/12/2027 | 72,635 | 0.03% | cash | + | |
| TOTAL | 7,658,494 | 3.11% |
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| TOTAL (A & B) | # of voting rights | % of voting rights | |
|---|---|---|---|
| CALCULATE | 8,417,115 | 3.42% |
$\underline{\textbf{11)}} \ \textbf{Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the holding is effectively held}, \textit{if applicable}$
| Bank of America, NA, BofA Securities, Inc, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc and Merrill Lynch International are controlled by "Bank | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| of America Corporation" ( see enclosure). Bank of America Corporation is not a controlled entity. | ||||||
| 12) In case of proxy voting for only one G |
|---|
| -------------------------------------------- |
| (DD/MM/YYYY) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holder | will cease to hold / will hold again |
0 | voting rights as of |
On 26/11/2025 (DD/MM/YYYY)
Name & capacity Kamil Dziedzic, Vice President
Signature Kamil Dziedzic
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