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 December 2019 that on 18 December 2019 it has crossed the statutory threshold of 3% downwards for direct voting rights. In total (direct voting rights + equivalent financial instruments) Blackrock Inc. holds 5.38% of Umicore's shares and voting rights.
Notification details
- Date of notification: 20 December 2019
- Date on which the threshold is crossed: 18 December 2019
- 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. |
30,947 |
25,079 |
0.01% |
|
BlackRock (Singapore) Limited |
8,862 |
7,981 |
0.00% |
|
BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited |
722,215 |
842,001 |
0.34% |
|
BlackRock Advisors, LLC |
696,325 |
545,102 |
0.22% |
|
BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited |
135,886 |
109,593 |
0.04% |
|
BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG |
431,890 |
307,858 |
0.12% |
|
BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Limited |
1,752 |
1,038 |
0.00% |
|
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. |
14,969 |
14,969 |
0.01% |
|
BlackRock Fund Advisors |
2,344,207 |
594,524 |
0.24% |
|
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association |
710,828 |
1,789,202 |
0.73% |
|
BlackRock International Limited |
282,394 |
268,200 |
0.11% |
|
BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited |
59,960 |
81,496 |
0.03% |
|
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited |
1,930,869 |
2,204,408 |
0.89% |
|
BlackRock Investment Management, LLC |
281,881 |
408,432 |
0.17% |
|
BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd. |
72,854 |
53,926 |
0.02% |
|
Subtotal |
7,725,839 |
7,253,809 |
2.94% |
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 |
776,107 |
0.31% |
physical |
|
BlackRock Advisors, LLC |
Securities Lent |
47,045 |
0.02% |
physical |
|
BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited |
Securities Lent |
31,156 |
0.01% |
physical |
|
BlackRock Fund Advisors |
Securities Lent |
2,034,385 |
0.83% |
physical |
|
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association |
Securities Lent |
867,067 |
0.35% |
physical |
|
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited |
Securities Lent |
2,106,545 |
0.85% |
physical |
|
BlackRock Investment Management, LLC |
Securities Lent |
23,910 |
0.01% |
physical |
|
BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd. |
Securities Lent |
125,369 |
0.05% |
physical |
|
Subtotal |
|
6,011,584 |
2.44% |
|
C) Total A & B
|
|
# voting rights |
% voting rights |
|
TOTAL |
13,265,393 |
5.38% |
The chain of control has been described at the end of the declaration.
The notification can be found here.
