Umicore - Transparency notification by BlackRock, Inc: Disposal of voting securities

In accordance with article 14, § 1 of the law of 2 May 2007 on disclosure of major holdings BlackRock, Inc. has notified the FSMA and Umicore on 19 April 2017 that on 18 April 2017 it has crossed the statutory threshold of 5%, holding 4.19% of Umicore's shares and voting rights.

namedatethreshold# voting rightsdenominator% voting rights
BlackRock, Inc18/04/2017 0224,000,0000.00%
BlackRock (Netherlands) B.V.18/04/2017 26,810224,000,0000.01%
BlackRock (Singapore) Limited18/04/2017 12,704224,000,0000.01%
BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited18/04/2017 869,087224,000,0000.39%
BlackRock Advisors, LLC18/04/2017 1,878,226224,000,0000.84%
BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited18/04/2017 111,274224,000,0000.05%
BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG18/04/2017 294,794224,000,0000.13%
BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Limited18/04/2017 1,172224,000,0000.00%
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.18/04/2017 38,712224,000,0000.02%
BlackRock Fund Advisors18/04/2017 2,196,172224,000,0000.98%
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association18/04/2017 2,771,936224,000,0001.24%
BlackRock International Limited18/04/2017 13,038224,000,0000.01%
BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited18/04/2017 92,610224,000,0000.04%
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited18/04/2017 365,192224,000,0000.16%
BlackRock Investment Management, LLC18/04/2017 487,798224,000,0000.22%
BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd.18/04/2017 228,592224,000,0000.10%
iShares (DE) I Investmentaktiengesellschaft mit Teilvermögen18/04/2017 0224,000,0000.00%
BlackRock Asset Management Ireland Limited18/04/2017 0224,000,0000.00%
BlackRock Asset Management Schweiz AG18/04/2017 0224,000,0000.00%
BlackRock Fund Managers Limited18/04/2017 0224,000,0000.00%
BlackRock Life Limited18/04/2017 0224,000,0000.00%
BlackRock (Luxembourg) S.A.18/04/2017 0224,000,0000.00%
TOTAL 18/04/2017 < 5.00% 9,388,117 224,000,000 4.19%

This press release is available on Umicore's website . The notification can be found here .

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

For more information

Investor Relations

Evelien Goovaerts                                         +32 2 227 78 38                    evelien.goovaerts@umicore.com

Eva Behaeghe                                               +32 2 227 70 68                          eva.behaeghe@umicore.com




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Source: Umicore via GlobeNewswire

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