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• Annual Report 2008

  

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Press Releases 2008

11-01-2008

• Agenda for Extraordinary General Meeting of 5 February 2008

25-01-2008

• Umicore to be included in S&P Europe 350 Index

05-02-2008

• All agenda items approved at Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders

07-02-2008

• Timings for full year results publication

14-02-2008

• Results 2007

28-03-2008

• Agenda for Ordinary General Meeting of 29 April 2008

02-04-2008

• Report to Shareholders and Society available on-line - Q1 update scheduled for 29 April

04-04-2008

• Umicore reaches agreement to sell its minority shareholding in Padaeng Industry Public Company Limited (Padaeng)

28-04-2008

• Q1 Update

29-04-2008

• Succession of Chairman and CEO announced

27-06-2008

• Umicore to invest in significant production capacity expansions for germanium substrates and rechargeable battery materials

02-07-2008

• Umicore to acquire Indian zinc oxide producer

11-07-2008

• Umicore to build automotive catalyst production facility in India

13-08-2008

• Umicore and Solvay foster Zero Emission car racing team

14-08-2008

• Timings for half year results publication

21-08-2008

• Half Year Results 2008

11-09-2008

• Information required by new Belgian legislation relating to transparency declarations

08-10-2008

• Umicore nominated as one of Europe’s most innovative clean tech companies

10-10-2008

• Umicore seeks shareholder approval to cancel five million shares and maintains full year results expectations

15-10-2008

• Timings for Q3 Update

16-10-2008

• Umicore wins a number of investor relations awards

23-10-2008

• Q3 Update

27-10-2008

• Transparency declaration by AXA S.A.: Change in the nature of an agreement to act in concert

29-10-2008

• Transparency declaration by Threadneedle Asset Management : Acquisition of voting securities

30-10-2008

• Transparency declaration by Parfina S.A. and Banque Degroof S.A. : Actualisation of shareholding

04-11-2008

• Umicore wins prize for best sustainability report for second time

13-11-2008

• Extraordinary General Meeting confirmed for 9 December with changes to agenda

19-11-2008

• Umicore revises 2008 earnings expectations

04-12-2008

• Transparency declaration by Barclays Bank PLC :Acquisition of voting securities

08-12-2008

• Umicore launches offer to buy out remaining shares of Allgemeine

09-12-2008

• Extraordinary General Meeting - Change to the total number of shares outstanding