In accordance with article 14, § 1 of the law of 2 May 2007 on disclosure of major holdings BlackRock, Inc. has notified Umicore on 20 March 2019 that on 19 March 2019 it has crossed the statutory threshold of 3% upwards for equivalent financial instruments. In total (direct voting rights + equivalent financial instruments) Blackrock Inc. holds 6.43% of Umicore's shares and voting rights.
Notification details
- Date of notification: 20 March 2019
- Date on which the threshold is crossed: 19 March 2019
- Threshold of equivalent financial instruments crossed: 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. |
32,158 |
32,158 |
0.01% |
|
BlackRock (Singapore) Limited |
11,329 |
11,329 |
0.00% |
|
BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited |
290,036 |
214,617 |
0.09% |
|
BlackRock Advisors, LLC |
410,710 |
732,838 |
0.30% |
|
BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited |
2,131 |
3,553 |
0.00% |
|
BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG |
337,199 |
51,471 |
0.02% |
|
BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Limited |
1,752 |
1,752 |
0.00% |
|
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. |
16,790 |
16,049 |
0.01% |
|
BlackRock Fund Advisors |
2,781,071 |
2,705,326 |
1.10% |
|
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association |
2,859,156 |
2,734,067 |
1.11% |
|
BlackRock International Limited |
111,369 |
292,572 |
0.12% |
|
BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited |
60,565 |
57,482 |
0.02% |
|
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited |
866,816 |
653,521 |
0.27% |
|
BlackRock Investment Management, LLC |
424,402 |
320,446 |
0.13% |
|
BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd. |
150,647 |
122,222 |
0.05% |
|
Subtotal |
8,356,131 |
7,949,403 |
3.23% |
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 |
1,065,300 |
0.43% |
physical |
|
BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited |
Securities Lent |
116,424 |
0.05% |
physical |
|
BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG |
Securities Lent |
249,000 |
0.10% |
physical |
|
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association |
Securities Lent |
160,498 |
0.07% |
physical |
|
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited |
Securities Lent |
6,179,364 |
2.51% |
physical |
|
BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd. |
Securities Lent |
115,888 |
0.05% |
physical |
|
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association |
Contract For Difference |
2,920 |
0.00% |
cash |
|
BlackRock Investment Management, LLC |
Depositary Receipt |
24 |
0.00% |
|
|
Subtotal |
|
7,889,418 |
3.20% |
|
C) Total A & B
|
|
# voting rights |
% voting rights |
|
TOTAL |
15,838,821 |
6.43% |
The chain of control has been described at the end of the declaration.
This press release is available on Umicore’s website. The notification can be found here.
