BlackRock Inc., located at 12 Throgmorton Avenue, London EC2N 2DL, has notified the FSMA and Umicore that on 18 February 2011 it has crossed the statutory threshold of 5 %, holding 4.96 % of Umicore's shares and voting rights.
| name | date | threshold | # voting rights | denominator | % voting rights | ||
| BlackRock, Inc. | 18/02/2011 | 0 | 120,000,000 | 0.00% | |||
| BlackRock (Luxembourg) S.A. | 18/02/2011 | 1,427,610 | 120,000,000 | 1.19% | |||
| BlackRock (Netherlands) B.V. | 18/02/2011 | 19,278 | 120,000,000 | 0.02% | |||
| BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited | 18/02/2011 | 733,305 | 120,000,000 | 0.61% | |||
| BlackRock Advisors, LLC | 18/02/2011 | 50,659 | 120,000,000 | 0.04% | |||
| BlackRock Asset Management Australia Limited | 18/02/2011 | 41,657 | 120,000,000 | 0.03% | |||
| BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited | 18/02/2011 | 54,382 | 120,000,000 | 0.05% | |||
| BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG | 18/02/2011 | 88,289 | 120,000,000 | 0.07% | |||
| BlackRock Asset Management Ireland Limited | 18/02/2011 | 167,203 | 120,000,000 | 0.14% | |||
| BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd. | 18/02/2011 | 315,592 | 120,000,000 | 0.26% | |||
| BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. | 18/02/2011 | 52,988 | 120,000,000 | 0.04% | |||
| BlackRock Fund Advisors | 18/02/2011 | 581,607 | 120,000,000 | 0.48% | |||
| BlackRock Fund Managers Limited | 18/02/2011 | 31,328 | 120,000,000 | 0.03% | |||
| BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A. | 18/02/2011 | 1,989,201 | 120,000,000 | 1.66% | |||
| BlackRock International Limited | 18/02/2011 | 8,581 | 120,000,000 | 0.01% | |||
| BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited | 18/02/2011 | 10,692 | 120,000,000 | 0.01% | |||
| BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited | 18/02/2011 | 240,026 | 120,000,000 | 0.20% | |||
| BlackRock Investment Management, LLC | 18/02/2011 | 145,573 | 120,000,000 | 0.12% | |||
| BlackRock Investment Management (Dublin) Limited | 18/02/2011 | 0 | 120,000,000 | 0.00% | |||
| TOTAL | 18/02/2011 | < 5.00% | 5,957,971 | 120,000,000 | 4.96% | ||
The chain of control has been described as follows:
BlackRock Inc. is the ultimate controller but the legal entities detailed above are the discretionary Investment Managers who holds the shares and exercise the voting rights.
The declaration can be found on: http://www.investorrelations.umicore.com/en/shareInformation/shareholderStructure/Declarations/BlackRock20130110.pdf
For more information
Investor Relations:
Geoffroy RASKIN +32 2 227 71 47 geoffroy.raskin@umicore.com
Evelien GOOVAERTS +32 2 227 78 38 evelien.goovaerts@umicore.com