Umicore

Transaction in Own Shares • Oct 15, 2013

Share information 15 October 2013 CP-2013-38-R 08:30 CET

Acquisition of own shares

On the basis of Article 207 of the Royal Decree of 30 January 2001, as amended on 26 April 2009, implementing the Belgian Companies Code, Umicore announces the following share buy-back transactions effected on the regulated market of NYSE Euronext Brussels.

Date of acquisition	Number of shares	% of total shares	Average price (€)	Highest price (€)	Lowest price (€)
07/10/2013	14,000		34.45	34.72	34.23
08/10/2013	20,000		34.60	34.78	34.51
09/10/2013	15,000		34.45	34.67	34.22
10/10/2013	15,000		34.80	34.95	34.65
11/10/2013	12,000		34.85	34.99	34.50
Total for the week	76,000	0.06%	34.62	34.99	34.22
Total in 2013	1,707,385	1.42%	35.19	38.15	31.76

All details related to the acquisition of own shares by Umicore can be found on: http://www.umicore.com/investorrelations/en/shareInformation/buyBack

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Investor Relations:

Evelien Goovaerts +32 2 227 78 38 evelien.goovaerts@umicore.com

Umicore Group Communications

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