In accordance with article 14, § 1 of the law of 2 May 2007 on disclosure of major holdings BlackRock, Inc. has notified Umicore on 18 March 2020 that on 17 March 2020 it has crossed the statutory threshold of 5% downwards.
In total (direct voting rights + equivalent financial instruments) Blackrock Inc. holds 4.88% of Umicore's shares and voting rights.
Notification details
- Date of notification: 18 March 2020
- Date on which the threshold is crossed: 17 March 2020
- Threshold of direct voting rights + equivalent financial instruments crossed downwards: 5%
- Notification by: BlackRock, Inc.
- Denominator: 246,400,000
- 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 |
5,434 |
5,434 |
0.00% |
BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited |
649,751 |
411,473 |
0.17% |
BlackRock Advisors, LLC |
275,143 |
274,946 |
0.11% |
BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited |
736 |
736 |
0.00% |
BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG |
312,456 |
273,756 |
0.11% |
BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Limited |
1,998 |
1,038 |
0.00% |
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. |
19,060 |
17,366 |
0.01% |
BlackRock Fund Advisors |
2,666,462 |
2,648,161 |
1.07% |
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association |
2,695,788 |
2,681,938 |
1.09% |
BlackRock International Limited |
120,736 |
120,666 |
0.05% |
BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited |
78,532 |
78,532 |
0.03% |
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited |
1,295,027 |
1,068,567 |
0.43% |
BlackRock Investment Management, LLC |
483,341 |
465,826 |
0.19% |
BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd. |
67,830 |
53,025 |
0.02% |
Subtotal |
8,697,373 |
8,126,543 |
3.30% |
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 |
1,080,956 |
0.44% |
physical |
BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited |
Securities Lent |
138,693 |
0.06% |
physical |
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited |
Securities Lent |
2,558,653 |
1.04% |
physical |
BlackRock Investment Management, LLC |
Securities Lent |
13,843 |
0.01% |
physical |
BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd. |
Securities Lent |
110,585 |
0.04% |
physical |
Subtotal |
|
3,902,730 |
1.58% |
|
C) Total A & B
|
# voting rights |
% voting rights |
TOTAL |
12,029,273 |
4.88% |
The chain of control has been described at the end of the declaration.
The notification can be found here.
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