In accordance with article 14, § 1 of the law of 2 May 2007 on disclosure of major holdings Schroders, plc has notified the FSMA and Umicore on 3 October 2017 that on 29 September 2017 it has crossed the statutory threshold of 3%, holding 3.01% of Umicore's shares and voting rights.

name date threshold # voting rights denominator % voting rights
Schroders plc 29/09/2017   0 224,000,000 0.00%
Schroder & Co. Limited 29/09/2017   14,586 224,000,000 0.01%
Schroder Investment Management Limited 29/09/2017   6,190,734 224,000,000 2.76%
Schroder Investment Management Australia Limited 29/09/2017   1,318 224,000,000 0.00%
Schroder Investment Management  (Hong Kong) Limited 29/09/2017   112,490 224,000,000 0.05%
Schroder Investment Management North America Limited 29/09/2017   345,334 224,000,000 0.15%
Schroder Investment Management (Switzerland) AG 29/09/2017   83,000 224,000,000 0.04%
Total 29/09/2017 >3% 6,747,462 224,000,000 3.01%

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

The chain of control is described at the end of the declaration.

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Investor Relations

Evelien Goovaerts                                         +32 2 227 78 38                    evelien.goovaerts@umicore.com

Eva Behaeghe                                               +32 2 227 70 68                          eva.behaeghe@umicore.com




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