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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Eva Behaeghe                                               [phone]                          [e-mail]

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