Umicore : Transparency notifications by BlackRock, Inc.

3 January 2020

Regulated Information

Transparency notifications by BlackRock, Inc.

1. Transparency notification from 31 December 2019

In accordance with article 14, § 1 of the law of 2 May 2007 on disclosure of major holdings BlackRock, Inc. has notified Umicore on 31 December 2019 that on 30 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: 31 December 2019
• Date on which the threshold is crossed: 30 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	596,194	644,937	0.26%
BlackRock Advisors, LLC	544,377	591,422	0.24%
BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited	140,822	140,528	0.06%
BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG	311,219	311,219	0.13%
BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Limited	1,040	1,038	0.00%
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.	14,969	16,047	0.01%
BlackRock Fund Advisors	684,542	2,637,543	1.07%
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association	2,162,689	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	1,935,818	2,002,750	0.81%
BlackRock Investment Management, LLC	403,859	453,089	0.18%
BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd.	57,918	64,491	0.03%
Subtotal	7,236,203	9,901,318	4.02%

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	810,291	0.33%	physical
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited	Securities Lent	2,270,790	0.92%	physical
BlackRock Investment Management, LLC	Securities Lent	23,910	0.01%	physical
BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd.	Securities Lent	125,369	0.05%	physical
Subtotal		3,230,360	1.31%

C) Total A & B

	# voting rights	% voting rights
TOTAL	13,131,678	5.33%

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

The notification can be found here.

2. Transparency notification from 30 December 2019

In accordance with article 14, § 1 of the law of 2 May 2007 on disclosure of major holdings BlackRock, Inc. has notified Umicore on 30 December 2019 that on 27 December 2019 it has crossed the statutory threshold of 3% downwards for direct voting rights. In total (direct voting rights + equivalent financial instruments) Blackrock Inc. held 5.26% of Umicore's shares and voting rights.

Notification details:

• Date of notification: 30 December 2019
• Date on which the threshold is crossed: 27 December 2019
• 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	7,981	0.00%
BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited	800,372	596,194	0.24%
BlackRock Advisors, LLC	545,207	544,377	0.22%
BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited	140,822	140,822	0.06%
BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG	310,834	311,219	0.13%
BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Limited	2,053	1,040	0.00%
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.	14,969	14,969	0.01%
BlackRock Fund Advisors	676,654	684,542	0.28%
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association	2,052,714	2,162,689	0.88%
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	2,236,732	1,935,818	0.79%
BlackRock Investment Management, LLC	424,711	403,859	0.16%
BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd.	67,888	57,918	0.02%
Subtotal	7,655,712	7,236,203	2.94%

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	812,591	0.33%	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	492,809	0.20%	physical
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited	Securities Lent	2,275,790	0.92%	physical
BlackRock Investment Management, LLC	Securities Lent	23,910	0.01%	physical
BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd.	Securities Lent	125,369	0.05%	physical
Subtotal		5,730,469	2.33%

C) Total A & B

	# voting rights	% voting rights
TOTAL	12,966,672	5.26%

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

The notification can be found here.

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