Transparency notification by BlackRock, Inc.

In accordance with article 14, § 1 of the law of 2 May 2007 on disclosure of major holdings, BlackRock Inc. has recently notified Umicore that it has successively crossed the statutory threshold of 5% for the direct voting rights upwards on 21 February  2024, and then downwards on 26 February 2024.

The total holding of direct voting rights and equivalent financial instruments stands now at 5.75%.


Summary of the moves:

Date on which the threshold was crossedDate of notificationDirect voting rights after the transactionEquivalent financial instruments after the transactionTotal
21 February 202422 February 20245.02%0.79 %5.81%
26 February 202427 February 20244.96%0.79 %5.75%


Notification of 27 February 2024:

The most recent notification contains the following information:

  • Date of notification: 27 February 2024
  • Date on which the threshold is crossed: 26 February 2024
  • Threshold of direct voting rights crossed downwards: 5%
  • Notification by: BlackRock, Inc
  • Denominator: 246,400,000
  • Reason for notification: Acquisition or disposal of voting securities or voting rights

  
Notification of 22 February  2024:

  • Date of notification: 22 February 2024
  • Date on which the threshold is crossed: 21 February 2024
  • Threshold of direct voting rights crossed upwards: 5%
  • Notification by: BlackRock, Inc
  • Denominator: 246,400,000
  • Reason for notification: Acquisition or disposal of voting securities or voting rights

The chain of control has been described at the end of the notification and can be found here.


For more information

Investor Relations

Caroline Kerremans +32 2 227 72 21 caroline.kerremans@umicore.com
Benoit Mathieu+32 2 227 73 72 benoit.mathieu@umicore.com
Adrien Raicher +32 2 227 74 34 adrien.raicher@umicore.com


About Umicore

Umicore is a circular materials technology company, that focuses on application areas where its expertise in materials science, chemistry and metallurgy makes a real difference. Its activities are organized into four Business Groups: Battery Materials, Catalysis, Recycling and Specialty Materials. Each Business Group is divided into market-focused business units offering materials and solutions at the cutting edge of new technological developments and essential to everyday life.

Umicore generates the most of its revenues from and dedicates most of its R&D efforts to clean mobility materials and recycling. Umicore’s overriding goal of sustainable value creation is based on an ambition to develop, produce and recycle materials in a way that fulfills its mission: Materials for a better life. 

Umicore’s industrial and commercial operations as well as its R&D activities are spread across the world to best serve its international customer base with more than 11,500 employees. The Group generated revenues (excluding metal) of € 3.9 billion (turnover of € 18.3 billion) in 2023. 


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