On 19 July, FIL Limited (Fidelity International), located at PO Box HM 670, Hamilton HMCX, Bermuda has notified the FSMA and Umicore that on 17 July 2012 it has crossed the statutory threshold of 5 %, holding 4.91 % of Umicore's shares and voting rights.
| name | date | threshold | # voting rights | denominator | % voting rights |
| FIL Limited | 17/07/2012 | 5,895,636 | 120,000,000 | 4.91 % | |
| TOTAL | 17/07/2012 | < 5.00 % | 5,895,636 | 120,000,000 | 4.91 % |
The chain of control has been described as follows:
"The holdings attributable to FIL Limited arise from holdings of various undertakings for collective investment that are managed by FIL Limited, FIL Investment Services Limited, Fidelity Investments Japan, FIL Investments Advisory (Korea) Ltd and FIL Investment Management (Hong Kong) Limited, each of which are entities that are subsidiaries of and controlled by FIL Limited. These undertakings for collective investment have granted FIL Limited discretionary power to vote the securities in accordance with the FIL Limited board proxy voting policy. FIL Limited is not a controlled undertaking."
The declaration can be found on: http://www.investorrelations.umicore.com/en/shareInformation/shareholderStructure/Declarations/Fidelity20120719.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