Umicore - Transparency declaration by Fidelity Management & Research LLC: Acquisition of voting securities


On 16 May, Fidelity Management & Research LLC (FMR), located at 245 Summer Street, Boston, Massachusetts, 02210, USA, has notified the FSMA and Umicore that on 14 May 2013 it has crossed the statutory threshold of 3%, holding 3.10% of Umicore's shares and voting rights.

name date threshold # voting rights denominator % voting rights
Fidelity Management & Research LLC 14/05/2013 3,715,498 120,000,000 3.10%
TOTAL 14/05/2013 > 3.00% 3,715,498 120,000,000 3.10%


The chain of control has been described as follows:
The holdings attributable to FMR LLC arise from holdings of various undertakings for collective investment that are managed by Fidelity Management & Research Company, Pyramis Global Advisors LLC and Pyramis Global Advisors Trust Company, each of which are entities that are subsidiaries of and controlled by FMR LLC. These undertakings for collective investment have granted FMR LLC discretionary power to vote the securities in accordance with the FMR LLC board proxy voting policy. FMR LLC is not a controlled undertaking.

The declaration can be found on: http://www.investorrelations.umicore.com/en/shareInformation/shareholderStructure/Declarations/FMR_20130514.pdf

For more information

Investor Relations:

Geoffroy RASKIN                                     +32 2 227 71 47                              geoffroy.raskin@umicore.com

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

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