Q1 2021 Business Update

29 April 2021

Agenda

Q1 2021 Business update

2021 Outlook

Maintaining the strategic course

Accelerating health & safety investments

Q&A

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Umicore off to a very strong start

Benefiting from soaring precious metal prices,

strong demand across businesses and robust operations

CATALYSIS

Substantially outperformed global car market

  • Market share gains in China and Europe LDV
  • Favorable mix

Strong demand for China V catalyst technologies in HDD

Growth in PMC and FCSC Higher PGM prices

Impact of footprint optimization and cost improvements carried out in 2020

ENERGY & SURFACE

TECHNOLOGIES

Strong growth of cathode materials sales

Strong demand in Europe, benefiting sales mix

Continued overcapacity in cathode materials industry in China, resulting in pricing pressure

Higher demand in CSM and

MDS

RECYCLING

Soaring precious metal prices, in particular rhodium

Volume growth and robust operations across BUs and regions

Higher intake of complex PGM- containing materials

Sustained high demand for investment products and gold recycling in JIM

Favorable trading conditions in

PMM

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