In accordance with article 14, § 1 of the law of 2 May 2007 on disclosure of major holdings BlackRock, Inc. has notified Umicore on 9 April 2019 that on 8 April 2019 it has crossed the statutory threshold of 3% downwards 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: 9 April 2019
- Date on which the threshold is crossed: 8 April 2019
- Threshold of equivalent financial instruments 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. |
32,158 |
30,947 |
0.01% |
|
BlackRock (Singapore) Limited |
11,329 |
11,329 |
0.00% |
|
BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited |
214,617 |
348,652 |
0.14% |
|
BlackRock Advisors, LLC |
732,838 |
726,063 |
0.29% |
|
BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited |
3,553 |
124,495 |
0.05% |
|
BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG |
51,471 |
301,623 |
0.12% |
|
BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Limited |
1,752 |
1,752 |
0.00% |
|
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. |
16,049 |
16,049 |
0.01% |
|
BlackRock Fund Advisors |
2,705,326 |
2,658,412 |
1.08% |
|
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association |
2,734,067 |
2,656,676 |
1.08% |
|
BlackRock International Limited |
292,572 |
292,572 |
0.12% |
|
BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited |
57,482 |
60,545 |
0.02% |
|
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited |
653,521 |
869,273 |
0.35% |
|
BlackRock Investment Management, LLC |
320,446 |
302,791 |
0.12% |
|
BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd. |
122,222 |
117,589 |
0.05% |
|
Subtotal |
7,949,403 |
8,518,768 |
3.46% |
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 |
947,530 |
0.38% |
physical |
|
BlackRock Fund Advisors |
Securities Lent |
59,298 |
0.02% |
physical |
|
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association |
Securities Lent |
211,972 |
0.09% |
physical |
|
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited |
Securities Lent |
5,976,481 |
2.43% |
physical |
|
BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd. |
Securities Lent |
118,827 |
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 |
|
7,317,052 |
2.97% |
|
C) Total A & B
|
|
# voting rights |
% voting rights |
|
TOTAL |
15,835,820 |
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.
