Transparency notifications by BlackRock, Inc.

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January 3, 2020

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Transparency notification from 31 December 2019

In accordance with article 14, § 1 of the law of 2 May 2007 on disclosure of major holdings BlackRock, Inc. has notified Umicore on 31 December 2019 that on 30 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: 31 December 2019
Date on which the threshold is crossed: 30 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	596,194	644,937	0.26%
BlackRock Advisors, LLC	544,377	591,422	0.24%
BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited	140,822	140,528	0.06%
BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG	311,219	311,219	0.13%
BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Limited	1,040	1,038	0.00%
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.	14,969	16,047	0.01%
BlackRock Fund Advisors	684,542	2,637,543	1.07%
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association	2,162,689	2,655,498	1.08%
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	1,935,818	2,002,750	0.81%
BlackRock Investment Management, LLC	403,859	453,089	0.18%
BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd.	57,918	64,491	0.03%
Subtotal	7,236,203	9,901,318	4.02%

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	810,291	0.33%	physical
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited	Securities Lent	2,270,790	0.92%	physical
BlackRock Investment Management, LLC	Securities Lent	23,910	0.01%	physical
BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd.	Securities Lent	125,369	0.05%	physical
Subtotal		3,230,360	1.31%

C) Total A & B

	# voting rights	% voting rights
TOTAL	13,131,678	5.33%

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

The notification can be found here.

Transparency notification from 30 December 2019

In accordance with article 14, § 1 of the law of 2 May 2007 on disclosure of major holdings BlackRock, Inc. has notified Umicore on 30 December 2019 that on 27 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. held 5.26% of Umicore's shares and voting rights.