Umicore : Transparency notification by BlackRock, Inc.

26 December 2019

Regulated Information

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 24 December 2019 that on 23 December 2019 it has crossed the statutory threshold of 3% upwards for direct voting rights. In total (direct voting rights + equivalent financial instruments) Blackrock Inc. holds 5.33% of Umicore's shares and voting rights.

Notification details:

• Date of notification: 24 December 2019
• Date on which the threshold is crossed: 23 December 2019
• Threshold of direct voting rights crossed upwards: 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.	25,079	25,079	0.01%
BlackRock (Singapore) Limited	7,981	7,981	0.00%
BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited	842,001	800,372	0.32%
BlackRock Advisors, LLC	545,102	545,207	0.22%
BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited	109,593	140,822	0.06%
BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG	307,858	310,834	0.13%
BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Limited	1,038	2,053	0.00%
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.	14,969	14,969	0.01%
BlackRock Fund Advisors	594,524	676,654	0.27%
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association	1,789,202	2,052,714	0.83%
BlackRock International Limited	268,200	268,200	0.11%
BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited	81,496	81,496	0.03%
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited	2,204,408	2,236,732	0.91%
BlackRock Investment Management, LLC	408,432	424,711	0.17%
BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd.	53,926	67,888	0.03%
Subtotal	7,253,809	7,655,712	3.11%

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	715,818	0.29%	physical
BlackRock Advisors, LLC	Securities Lent	47,045	0.02%	physical
BlackRock Fund Advisors	Securities Lent	1,952,955	0.79%	physical
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association	Securities Lent	602,784	0.24%	physical
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited	Securities Lent	2,004,839	0.81%	physical
BlackRock Investment Management, LLC	Securities Lent	23,910	0.01%	physical
BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd.	Securities Lent	125,369	0.05%	physical
Subtotal		5,472,720	2.22%

C) Total A & B

	# voting rights	% voting rights
TOTAL	13,128,432	5.33%

The chain of control has been described at the end of the declaration.

The notification can be found here.

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