Umicore - Transparency notification by BlackRock, Inc: Disposal of voting securities


In accordance with article 14, § 1 of the law of 2 May 2007 on disclosure of major holdings BlackRock, Inc. has notified the FSMA and Umicore on 19 April 2017 that on 18 April 2017 it has crossed the statutory threshold of 5%, holding 4.19% of Umicore's shares and voting rights.

name date threshold # voting rights denominator % voting rights
BlackRock, Inc 18/04/2017   0 224,000,000 0.00%
BlackRock (Netherlands) B.V. 18/04/2017   26,810 224,000,000 0.01%
BlackRock (Singapore) Limited 18/04/2017   12,704 224,000,000 0.01%
BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited 18/04/2017   869,087 224,000,000 0.39%
BlackRock Advisors, LLC 18/04/2017   1,878,226 224,000,000 0.84%
BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited 18/04/2017   111,274 224,000,000 0.05%
BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG 18/04/2017   294,794 224,000,000 0.13%
BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Limited 18/04/2017   1,172 224,000,000 0.00%
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. 18/04/2017   38,712 224,000,000 0.02%
BlackRock Fund Advisors 18/04/2017   2,196,172 224,000,000 0.98%
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association 18/04/2017   2,771,936 224,000,000 1.24%
BlackRock International Limited 18/04/2017   13,038 224,000,000 0.01%
BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited 18/04/2017   92,610 224,000,000 0.04%
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited 18/04/2017   365,192 224,000,000 0.16%
BlackRock Investment Management, LLC 18/04/2017   487,798 224,000,000 0.22%
BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd. 18/04/2017   228,592 224,000,000 0.10%
iShares (DE) I Investmentaktiengesellschaft mit Teilvermögen 18/04/2017   0 224,000,000 0.00%
BlackRock Asset Management Ireland Limited 18/04/2017   0 224,000,000 0.00%
BlackRock Asset Management Schweiz AG 18/04/2017   0 224,000,000 0.00%
BlackRock Fund Managers Limited 18/04/2017   0 224,000,000 0.00%
BlackRock Life Limited 18/04/2017   0 224,000,000 0.00%
BlackRock (Luxembourg) S.A. 18/04/2017   0 224,000,000 0.00%
TOTAL 18/04/2017 < 5.00% 9,388,117 224,000,000 4.19%

This press release is available on Umicore's website. The notification can be found here.

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

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