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Successful First Trading Day Of Cumerio On Euronext

Date 29/04/2005

Today 25 702 075 ordinary shares of the company Cumerio were admitted on the regulated market Eurolist by Euronext Brussels.

Umicore’s Extraordinary General Meeting yesterday approved the decision to partially split the company and to transfer its copper activities into the company Cumerio N.V. From today, both the Cumerio shares and the new Umicore shares after the share split, are listed seperately on the Eurolist by Euronext Brussels.

As an independent company, Cumerio is a major European copper smelter and refiner, and a leading producer of copper semis in Europe.

At the end of the first trading day the share price closed at EUR 10.49, bringing the market capitalisation of Cumerio at almost 270 million EUR.

On the electronic orderbook, a total of 2 916 565 shares were traded amounting to a turnover of over EUR 31 million

The company Cumerio is classified under:
(186)
The Economic group: basic industries
The Economic sector: steel & other materials
The Economic sub-sector: non-ferrous metals

Cumerio is traded on the NSC platform under the following codes:

Stock Code: CMR
ISIN Code: BE0003819365
SVM Code: 3819.36