On 11 August, BlackRock Inc., located at 55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY 10055, USA, has notified the FSMA and Umicore that on 6 August 2015 it has crossed the statutory threshold of 5%, holding 5.00% of Umicore's shares and voting rights.
| name | date | threshold | # voting rights | denominator | % voting rights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc | 06/08/2015 | 0 | 224,000,000 | 0.00% | |
| BlackRock (Luxembourg) SA | 06/08/2015 | 2,841,172 | 224,000,000 | 1.27% | |
| BlackRock (Netherlands) BV | 06/08/2015 | 65,198 | 224,000,000 | 0.03% | |
| BlackRock (Singapore) Ltd | 06/08/2015 | 2,846 | 224,000,000 | 0.00% | |
| BlackRock Advisors (UK) Ltd | 06/08/2015 | 63,998 | 224,000,000 | 0.03% | |
| BlackRock Advisors, LLC | 06/08/2015 | 87,566 | 224,000,000 | 0.04% | |
| BlackRock Asset Management Canada Ltd | 06/08/2015 | 79,070 | 224,000,000 | 0.04% | |
| BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG | 06/08/2015 | 237,780 | 224,000,000 | 0.11% | |
| BlackRock Asset Management Ireland Ltd | 06/08/2015 | 769,974 | 224,000,000 | 0.34% | |
| BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Ltd | 06/08/2015 | 1,438 | 224,000,000 | 0.00% | |
| BlackRock Asset Management Schweiz AG | 06/08/2015 | 1,034 | 224,000,000 | 0.00% | |
| BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. | 06/08/2015 | 5,710 | 224,000,000 | 0.00% | |
| BlackRock Fund Advisors | 06/08/2015 | 1,952,574 | 224,000,000 | 0.87% | |
| BlackRock Fund Managers Ltd | 06/08/2015 | 911,496 | 224,000,000 | 0.41% | |
| BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association | 06/08/2015 | 2,690,128 | 224,000,000 | 1.20% | |
| BlackRock International Ltd | 06/08/2015 | 190,816 | 224,000,000 | 0.09% | |
| BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Ltd | 06/08/2015 | 66,214 | 224,000,000 | 0.03% | |
| BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Ltd | 06/08/2015 | 151,654 | 224,000,000 | 0.07% | |
| BlackRock Investment Management, LLC | 06/08/2015 | 201,986 | 224,000,000 | 0.09% | |
| BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd | 06/08/2015 | 271,448 | 224,000,000 | 0.12% | |
| BlackRock Life Ltd | 06/08/2015 | 581,790 | 224,000,000 | 0.26% | |
| iShares (DE) I Investmentaktiengesellschaft mit Teilvermögen | 06/08/2015 | 28,252 | 224,000,000 | 0.01% | |
| TOTAL | 06/08/2015 | > 5.00% | 11,202,144 | 224,000,000 | 5.00% |
The declaration can be found here.
The chain of control has been described as follows:
BlackRock, Inc. is the ultimate controller but the legal entities detailed in section 10 above are the discretionary Investment Managers who holds the shares and exercise the voting rights.
