Umicore : Transparency notifications by BlackRock, Inc.

7 January 2020

Regulated Information

Transparency notifications by BlackRock, Inc.

1. Transparency Declaration from 6 January 2020

In accordance with article 14, § 1 of the law of 2 May 2007 on disclosure of major holdings BlackRock, Inc. has notified Umicore on 6 January 2020 that on 3 January 2020 it has crossed the statutory threshold of 3% upwards for direct voting rights. In total (direct voting rights + equivalent financial instruments) Blackrock Inc. holds 5.24% of Umicore's shares and voting rights.

Notification details:

• Date of notification: 6 January 2020
• Date on which the threshold is crossed: 3 January 2020
• 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	7,985	7,981	0.00%
BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited	603,265	628,600	0.26%
BlackRock Advisors, LLC	530,527	529,360	0.21%
BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited	140,528	140,528	0.06%
BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG	311,219	313,905	0.13%
BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Limited	1,038	1,038	0.00%
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.	15,033	14,969	0.01%
BlackRock Fund Advisors	690,022	686,788	0.28%
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association	2,049,069	2,655,498	1.08%
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	1,949,895	1,934,488	0.79%
BlackRock Investment Management, LLC	415,346	405,856	0.16%
BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd.	57,379	67,213	0.03%
Subtotal	7,146,081	7,760,999	3.15%

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	806,768	0.33%	physical
BlackRock Advisors, LLC	Securities Lent	47,045	0.02%	physical
BlackRock Fund Advisors	Securities Lent	1,944,094	0.79%	physical
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited	Securities Lent	2,212,439	0.90%	physical
BlackRock Investment Management, LLC	Securities Lent	23,910	0.01%	physical
BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd.	Securities Lent	125,369	0.05%	physical
Subtotal		5,159,625	2.09%

C) Total A & B

	# voting rights	% voting rights
TOTAL	12,920,624	5.24%

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

The notification can be found here.

2. Transparency Declaration from 3 January 2020

In accordance with article 14, § 1 of the law of 2 May 2007 on disclosure of major holdings BlackRock, Inc. has notified Umicore on 3 January 2020 that on 2 January 2020 it has crossed the statutory threshold of 3% downwards for direct voting rights. In total (direct voting rights + equivalent financial instruments) Blackrock Inc. holds 5.24% of Umicore's shares and voting rights.

Notification details:

• Date of notification: 3 January 2020
• Date on which the threshold is crossed: 2 January 2020
• Threshold of direct voting rights crossed downwards: 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	7,985	0.00%
BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited	644,937	603,265	0.24%
BlackRock Advisors, LLC	591,422	530,527	0.22%
BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited	140,528	140,528	0.06%
BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG	311,219	311,219	0.13%
BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Limited	1,038	1,038	0.00%
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.	16,047	15,033	0.01%
BlackRock Fund Advisors	2,637,543	690,022	0.28%
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association	2,655,498	2,049,069	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	2,002,750	1,949,895	0.79%
BlackRock Investment Management, LLC	453,089	415,346	0.17%
BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd.	64,491	57,379	0.02%
Subtotal	9,901,318	7,146,081	2.90%

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	806,768	0.33%	physical
BlackRock Advisors, LLC	Securities Lent	47,045	0.02%	physical
BlackRock Fund Advisors	Securities Lent	1,944,094	0.79%	physical
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association	Securities Lent	606,429	0.25%	physical
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited	Securities Lent	2,212,439	0.90%	physical
BlackRock Investment Management, LLC	Securities Lent	23,910	0.01%	physical
BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd.	Securities Lent	125,369	0.05%	physical
Subtotal		5,766,054	2.34%

C) Total A & B

	# voting rights	% voting rights
TOTAL	12,912,135	5.24%

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

The notification can be found here.

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