On December 29, 2025, BlackRock, Inc. notified Umicore that its combined direct voting rights and equivalent financial instruments in the materials and recycling group had risen to 5.11%, up from 4.75% on December 25. The holding comprises 4.30% direct voting rights and 0.81% in instruments tied to voting power, based on a denominator of 246.4 million shares. This filing under Article 14 §1 of the Belgian disclosure law reflects an upward crossing of the 5% threshold following a prior downward movement to 4.75% on Christmas Day. Such shifts in BlackRock’s voting power can influence proxy outcomes at upcoming shareholder meetings and signal active portfolio management in the advanced materials sector.

BlackRock, Inc. will report fourth quarter 2025 earnings before the opening of the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday, January 15, 2026. Chairman and CEO Laurence D. Fink, President Robert S. Kapito and CFO Martin S. Small will host a teleconference at 7:30 a.m. Eastern Time. Investors and analysts can access the live, listen-only webcast via the company’s investor relations website, with a replay available from 10:30 a.m. ET on the same day. This date announcement provides a timetable for market participants to assess BlackRock’s performance across its asset management and technology divisions, including any updates to assets under management and fee revenue trends.