Transparency declaration by Threadneedle Asset Management Holding
Limited: Divestment of voting securities
Threadneedle Asset Management Holding Limited, with registered office
at Holbrook House, Swindon, SN1 1HH, United Kingdom, has notified the
CBFA and Umicore that on 27 July 2009 it has crossed the statutory
threshold of 3%, detaining 2.89% of Umicore's shares and voting
rights.
# voting %
name date threshold rights denominator voting
rights
Threadneedle Asset
Management Holding 27/07/2009 3,468,249 120,000,000 2.89%
Limited
TOTAL 27/07/2009 < 3.00% 3,468,249 120,000,000 2.89%
The chain of control has been describes as follows:
Ameriprise Financial, Inc.
controls
Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Sarl
which controls the voting rights in Umicore of
Threadneedle Asset Management Ltd, Threadneedle International Ltd and
Threadneedle Pensions Ltd
The declaration can be found on:
http://www.investorrelations.umicore.com/en/shareInformation/shareholderStructure/Declarations/Threadneedle090729.pdf
For more information
Investor Relations:
Mr. Geoffroy RASKIN +32 2 227 71 47
geoffroy.raskin@umicore.com
Media Relations:
Mr. Bart CROLS +32 2 227 71 29 +32 476 98 01
21 bart.crols@umicore.com
Director of Group Communications:
Mr. Tim WEEKES +32 2 227 73 98
tim.weekes@umicore.com
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