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 crossed the statutory threshold of 5% for the total of direct voting rights + equivalent financial instruments.

The most recent notification contains the following information:

Date of notification: 12 August 2021

Date on which the threshold is crossed: 10 August 2021

Threshold of direct voting rights + equivalent financial instruments 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.

Contact:

Saskia Dheedene

Head of Investor Relations

T: +32 2 227 72 21

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