Umicore - Acquisition of own shares


On the basis of Article 207 of the Royal Decree of 30 January 2001, as amended on 26 April 2009, implementing the Belgian Companies Code, Umicore announces the following share buy-back transactions effected on the regulated market of NYSE Euronext Brussels.

Date of acquisition Number of shares % of total shares Average price (€) Highest price (€) Lowest price (€)
22/09/2014 8,000 36.25 36.47 36.00
23/09/2014 8,000 35.99 36.40 35.82
24/09/2014 8,000 35.86 36.13 35.61
25/09/2014 8,000 35.97 36.24 35.56
26/09/2014 8,000 35.42 35.58 35.32
Total for the week 40,000 0.03% 35.90 36.47 35.32
Total in 2014 2,025,000 1.69% 35.54 38.24 32.81

All details related to the acquisition of own shares by Umicore can be found on:                                         
http://www.umicore.com/investorrelations/en/shareInformation/buyBack

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

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