In accordance with article 14, § 1 of the law of 2 May 2007 on disclosure of major holdings BlackRock, Inc. has notified Umicore on 31 December 2019 that on 30 December 2019 it has crossed the statutory threshold of 3% upwards for direct voting rights. In total (direct voting rights + equivalent financial instruments) Blackrock Inc. holds 5.33% of Umicore's shares and voting rights.
Notification details:
A) Voting rights
Previous notification | After the transaction | ||
Holders of voting rights | # voting rights | # voting rights | % voting rights |
BlackRock, Inc. | 0 | 0 | 0.00% |
BlackRock (Netherlands) B.V. | 25,079 | 25,079 | 0.01% |
BlackRock (Singapore) Limited | 7,981 | 7,981 | 0.00% |
BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited | 596,194 | 644,937 | 0.26% |
BlackRock Advisors, LLC | 544,377 | 591,422 | 0.24% |
BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited | 140,822 | 140,528 | 0.06% |
BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG | 311,219 | 311,219 | 0.13% |
BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Limited | 1,040 | 1,038 | 0.00% |
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. | 14,969 | 16,047 | 0.01% |
BlackRock Fund Advisors | 684,542 | 2,637,543 | 1.07% |
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association | 2,162,689 | 2,655,498 | 1.08% |
BlackRock International Limited | 268,200 | 268,200 | 0.11% |
BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited | 81,496 | 81,496 | 0.03% |
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited | 1,935,818 | 2,002,750 | 0.81% |
BlackRock Investment Management, LLC | 403,859 | 453,089 | 0.18% |
BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd. | 57,918 | 64,491 | 0.03% |
Subtotal | 7,236,203 | 9,901,318 | 4.02% |
B) Equivalent financial instruments
Holders of equivalent financial instruments | Type of financial instrument | # voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised | % voting rights | Settlement |
BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited | Securities Lent | 810,291 | 0.33% | physical |
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited | Securities Lent | 2,270,790 | 0.92% | physical |
BlackRock Investment Management, LLC | Securities Lent | 23,910 | 0.01% | physical |
BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd. | Securities Lent | 125,369 | 0.05% | physical |
Subtotal | 3,230,360 | 1.31% |
C) Total A & B
# voting rights | % voting rights | |
Total Fina Elf | 13,131,678 | 5.33% |
The chain of control has been described at the end of the declaration.
The notification can be found here.
In accordance with article 14, § 1 of the law of 2 May 2007 on disclosure of major holdings BlackRock, Inc. has notified Umicore on 30 December 2019 that on 27 December 2019 it has crossed the statutory threshold of 3% downwards for direct voting rights. In total (direct voting rights + equivalent financial instruments) Blackrock Inc. held 5.26% of Umicore's shares and voting rights.
Notification details:
A) Voting rights
Previous notification | After the transaction | ||
Holders of voting rights | # voting rights | # voting rights | % voting rights |
BlackRock, Inc. | 0 | 0 | 0.00% |
BlackRock (Netherlands) B.V. | 25,079 | 25,079 | 0.01% |
BlackRock (Singapore) Limited | 7,981 | 7,981 | 0.00% |
BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited | 800,372 | 596,194 | 0.24% |
BlackRock Advisors, LLC | 545,207 | 544,377 | 0.22% |
BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited | 140,822 | 140,822 | 0.06% |
BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG | 310,834 | 311,219 | 0.13% |
BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Limited | 2,053 | 1,040 | 0.00% |
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. | 14,969 | 14,969 | 0.01% |
BlackRock Fund Advisors | 676,654 | 684,542 | 0.28% |
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association | 2,052,714 | 2,162,689 | 0.88% |
BlackRock International Limited | 268,200 | 268,200 | 0.11% |
BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited | 81,496 | 81,496 | 0.03% |
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited | 2,236,732 | 1,935,818 | 0.79% |
BlackRock Investment Management, LLC | 424,711 | 403,859 | 0.16% |
BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd. | 67,888 | 57,918 | 0.02% |
Subtotal | 7,655,712 | 7,236,203 | 2.94% |
B) Equivalent financial instruments
Holders of equivalent financial instruments | Type of financial instrument | # voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised | % voting rights | Settlement |
BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited | Securities Lent | 812,591 | 0.33% | physical |
BlackRock Advisors, LLC | Securities Lent | 47,045 | 0.02% | physical |
BlackRock Fund Advisors | Securities Lent | 1,952,955 | 0.79% | physical |
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association | Securities Lent | 492,809 | 0.20% | physical |
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited | Securities Lent | 2,275,790 | 0.92% | physical |
BlackRock Investment Management, LLC | Securities Lent | 23,910 | 0.01% | physical |
BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd. | Securities Lent | 125,369 | 0.05% | physical |
Subtotal | 5,730,469 | 2.33% |
C) Total A & B
# voting rights | % voting rights | |
Total Fina Elf | 12,966,672 | 5.26% |
The chain of control has been described at the end of the declaration.
This press release is available on Umicore’s website. The notification can be found here.
For more information
Investor Relations
Evelien Goovaerts +32 2 227 78 38 evelien.goovaerts@umicore.com
Eva Behaeghe +32 2 227 70 68 eva.behaeghe@umicore.com
Aurélie Bultynck +32 2 227 74 34 aurelie.bultynck@umicore.com