In accordance with article 14, § 1 of the law of 2 May 2007 on disclosure of major holdings BlackRock, Inc. has notified Umicore on 24 December 2019 that on 23 December 2019 it has crossed the statutory threshold of 3% upwards for direct voting rights. In total (direct voting rights + equivalent financial instruments) Blackrock Inc. holds 5.33% of Umicore's shares and voting rights.
Notification details
- Date of notification: 24 December 2019
- Date on which the threshold is crossed: 23 December 2019
- Threshold of direct voting rights crossed upwards: 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. |
25,079 |
25,079 |
0.01% |
BlackRock (Singapore) Limited |
7,981 |
7,981 |
0.00% |
BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited |
842,001 |
800,372 |
0.32% |
BlackRock Advisors, LLC |
545,102 |
545,207 |
0.22% |
BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited |
109,593 |
140,822 |
0.06% |
BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG |
307,858 |
310,834 |
0.13% |
BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Limited |
1,038 |
2,053 |
0.00% |
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. |
14,969 |
14,969 |
0.01% |
BlackRock Fund Advisors |
594,524 |
676,654 |
0.27% |
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association |
1,789,202 |
2,052,714 |
0.83% |
BlackRock International Limited |
268,200 |
268,200 |
0.11% |
BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited |
81,496 |
81,496 |
0.03% |
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited |
2,204,408 |
2,236,732 |
0.91% |
BlackRock Investment Management, LLC |
408,432 |
424,711 |
0.17% |
BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd. |
53,926 |
67,888 |
0.03% |
Subtotal |
7,253,809 |
7,655,712 |
3.11% |
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 |
715,818 |
0.29% |
physical |
BlackRock Advisors, LLC |
Securities Lent |
47,045 |
0.02% |
physical |
BlackRock Fund Advisors |
Securities Lent |
1,952,955 |
0.79% |
physical |
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association |
Securities Lent |
602,784 |
0.24% |
physical |
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited |
Securities Lent |
2,004,839 |
0.81% |
physical |
BlackRock Investment Management, LLC |
Securities Lent |
23,910 |
0.01% |
physical |
BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd. |
Securities Lent |
125,369 |
0.05% |
physical |
Subtotal |
|
5,472,720 |
2.22% |
|
C) Total A & B
|
# voting rights |
% voting rights |
TOTAL |
13,128,432 |
5.33% |
The chain of control has been described at the end of the declaration.
The notification can be found here.