Umicore : Transparency notifications by BlackRock, Inc.

20 January 2020

Regulated Information

Transparency notifications by BlackRock, Inc.

1. Transparency Notification from 16 January

In accordance with article 14, § 1 of the law of 2 May 2007 on disclosure of major holdings BlackRock, Inc. has notified Umicore on 16 January 2020 that on 15 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 5.31% of Umicore's shares and voting rights.

Notification details:

• Date of notification: 16 January 2020
• Date on which the threshold is crossed: 15 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	7,981	7,981	0.00%
BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited	773,279	852,082	0.35%
BlackRock Advisors, LLC	528,742	528,742	0.21%
BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited	140,528	140,528	0.06%
BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG	322,977	320,247	0.13%
BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Limited	1,273	1,038	0.00%
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.	14,714	14,714	0.01%
BlackRock Fund Advisors	771,195	908,258	0.37%
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association	2,674,512	2,674,512	1.09%
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	678,530	1,681,826	0.68%
BlackRock Investment Management, LLC	404,507	404,073	0.16%
BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd.	143,299	168,371	0.07%
Subtotal	6,836,312	8,077,147	3.28%

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	659,170	0.27%	physical
BlackRock Advisors, LLC	Securities Lent	47,663	0.02%	physical
BlackRock Fund Advisors	Securities Lent	1,723,821	0.70%	physical
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited	Securities Lent	2,427,123	0.99%	physical
BlackRock Investment Management, LLC	Securities Lent	26,816	0.01%	physical
BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd.	Securities Lent	130,838	0.05%	physical
Subtotal		5,015,431	2.04%

C) Total A & B

	# voting rights	% voting rights
TOTAL	13,092,578	5.31%

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

The notification can be found here.

1. Transparency Notification from 15 January

In accordance with article 14, § 1 of the law of 2 May 2007 on disclosure of major holdings BlackRock, Inc. has notified Umicore on 15 January 2020 that on 14 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 5.27% of Umicore's shares and voting rights.

Notification details:

• Date of notification: 15 January 2020
• Date on which the threshold is crossed: 14 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	7,981	0.00%
BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited	628,600	773,279	0.31%
BlackRock Advisors, LLC	529,360	528,742	0.21%
BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited	140,528	140,528	0.06%
BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG	313,905	322,977	0.13%
BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Limited	1,038	1,273	0.00%
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.	14,969	14,714	0.01%
BlackRock Fund Advisors	686,788	771,195	0.31%
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association	2,655,498	2,674,512	1.09%
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	1,934,488	678,530	0.28%
BlackRock Investment Management, LLC	405,856	404,507	0.16%
BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd.	67,213	143,299	0.06%
Subtotal	7,760,999	6,836,312	2.77%

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	660,948	0.27%	physical
BlackRock Advisors, LLC	Securities Lent	47,663	0.02%	physical
BlackRock Fund Advisors	Securities Lent	1,862,863	0.76%	physical
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited	Securities Lent	3,431,240	1.39%	physical
BlackRock Investment Management, LLC	Securities Lent	26,816	0.01%	physical
BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd.	Securities Lent	130,838	0.05%	physical
Subtotal		6,160,368	2.50%

C) Total A & B

	# voting rights	% voting rights
TOTAL	12,996,680	5.27%

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

The notification can be found here.

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