In accordance with article 14, § 1 of the law of 2 May 2007 on disclosure of major holdings BlackRock, Inc. has notified Umicore on 24 February 2020 that on 21 February 2020 it has crossed the statutory threshold of 5% downwards.
In total (direct voting rights + equivalent financial instruments) Blackrock Inc. holds 4.99% of Umicore's shares and voting rights.
Notification details
- Date of notification: 24 February 2020
- Date on which the threshold is crossed: 21 February 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 |
7,981 |
7,981 |
0.00% |
BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited |
1,210,857 |
1,010,746 |
0.41% |
BlackRock Advisors, LLC |
246,913 |
246,913 |
0.10% |
BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited |
133,210 |
133,210 |
0.05% |
BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG |
317,155 |
315,813 |
0.13% |
BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Limited |
1,038 |
1,171 |
0.00% |
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. |
26,299 |
15,419 |
0.01% |
BlackRock Fund Advisors |
2,153,474 |
2,381,809 |
0.97% |
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association |
2,690,044 |
2,690,044 |
1.09% |
BlackRock International Limited |
120,595 |
120,595 |
0.05% |
BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited |
81,496 |
81,496 |
0.03% |
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited |
821,652 |
1,241,893 |
0.50% |
BlackRock Investment Management, LLC |
480,407 |
497,019 |
0.20% |
BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd. |
55,200 |
55,214 |
0.02% |
Subtotal |
8,371,400 |
8,824,402 |
3.58% |
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 |
723,847 |
0.29% |
physical |
BlackRock Advisors, LLC |
Securities Lent |
47,663 |
0.02% |
physical |
BlackRock Fund Advisors |
Securities Lent |
297,323 |
0.12% |
physical |
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited |
Securities Lent |
2,293,821 |
0.93% |
physical |
BlackRock Investment Management, LLC |
Securities Lent |
8,106 |
0.00% |
physical |
BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd. |
Securities Lent |
118,125 |
0.05% |
physical |
Subtotal |
|
3,488,885 |
1.42% |
|
C) Total A & B
|
# voting rights |
% voting rights |
TOTAL |
12,313,287 |
4.99% |
The chain of control has been described at the end of the declaration.
The notification can be found here.
This press releases are available on Umicore’s website.