Transparency notification by Schroders, plc: Acquisition of voting securities

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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