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JewelleryJewellery && IndustrialIndustrial MetalsMetals Dietmar Becker – Senior Vice President

Capital Markets Event on Recycling – 18-19 Nov 2010

Jewellery & Industrial

Provides , and other precious metals containing products to the sector and industrial applications

Closed loop offering for precious metals products, and related supply services • Recycling of high-value scraps & sweeps

Multi-regional business concept, strong in and expanding worldwide • #1 gold and silver semi-finished products in Europe • #1 machined products for jewellery in Europe

The business unit includes Allgemeine Gold & Silberscheideanstalt AG (listed company, 91% owned by Umicore)

2 Agenda

• Business model

• Key customer groups

• Jewellery & Lifestyle

• Business strategy

3 Business model Business model

Leading supplier of precious metals and Application products for Jewellery and Industrial know-how Metals

Customer vicinity and presence in Ag Au Life style relevant regional key markets Jewellery material Material Chemistry Pt Pd solutions Refining and supply services combined Electrical Cu with precious metals management Medical

One-stop-shop PM cycle offering with complete customer service leading to Recycling competitive advantage

5 Business model

Full product and service offering to multi-regional Recycling volume (indexed) markets offering 4

• Wide range of customized products 3

• Refining/Recycling services 2

• Analytical & Applied Tech services 1

0 Market leader in Europe in several segments with 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 growing business in Asia and North-America Au Ag Pt

Strong supply advantage by recycling Product volume (indexed) 4 • 70-100% of Au 3 • 50% of Ag 2 • 40% of Pt 1 0 50% of all refining customers also buy products, 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 50% of delivered product volume comes back as Source: Umicore actuals & estimates recycling feed 6

People

Pforzheim Amsterdam Germany # 357 Netherlands # 58

• Headquarters • Production • Refining/recycling • Production Vienna Austria # 93

• Production Toronto • Refining/recycling Canada # 58

• Production Foshan • Refining/recycling # 31

• Refining/recycling • Production

Manaus Bangkok Brazil # 12 Thailand # 56 • Production Total workforce : 651 people • Refining/recycling • Production

7 Key customer groups Key Customer Groups Jewellery & Industrial Metals

Au

Core competencies are built on know-how 5%

• Precious metals metallurgy Jewellery • Chemistry Industry • Material science 95% • Customer service

Main presence of gold in jewellery Ag and silver in industry segment

15% BU Jewellery & Industrial Metals gives access to the largest Jewellery segment of gold recycling Industry

85%

Source: Umicore actuals

9 Recycling

JewelleryJewellery scrapscrap Common GoldGold raw materials

RecycledRecycled scrap,scrap, sweeps,sweeps, solutionssolutions Special Complex SilverSilver high-grade recycling recyclables residues

SecondarySecondary materialsmaterials Complex PlatinumPlatinum raw materials

PrimaryPrimary materialsmaterials PalladiumPalladium

10 Jewellery - Value Chain

Supply Product Application Market

Art medals Private art collectors

Medal / Coin blanks

Local Gold Jewellery industry

Old jewellery Sheets, strips, plates, Lifestyle goods discs, tubes, rings, …

Watches Silver

Recycled scrap, sweeps, Sheets, wires solutions High-end jewellery

Rings Platinum, Palladium Fine metals, alloys, solders

Fashion jewellery Fashion products 11 Jewellery Market dynamics

World jewellery fabrication volume declined Global gold consumption significantly in last decade driven by economy (in tonnes) and gold price development 4,000 3,000 Jewellery Off-shoring of low price segment jewellery 2,000 Industry producers to low-cost countries 1,000 Investment 0 Emerging jewellery markets in Far East along with 2000 2008 2009 economic development and individual Evolution gold jewellery consumption wealth increase 2.0 1.5 Traditional local/regional markets still important China 1.0 Global Top luxury brand segments remain strong 0.5 0.0 2000 2008 2009 Jewellery scrap recycling increased, offering Source: GFMS opportunities for Umicore

12 Jewellery Market position & approach

Europe as successful home market • # 1 Au jewellery refining • # 1 Pt and Ag semi-finished products

Recent investments in Asia (Thailand and China) and acquisitions (Canada) have complemented the growth of the business • Thailand has gained importance as manufacturing base for fashion jewellery (e.g. Pandora, Swarowski) • China is a growing market in both industrial and jewellery segment

Well positioned at leading luxury brands

Competitors: • Metalor, Other Swiss, Cookson, local Pforzheim companies, …

13 Industrial Metals – Value Chain

Supply Metal Product Application Market

Coins Investors, collectors

Medal / Coin blanks

Gold Medical equipment Medical device industry Sheets, strips, plates, Old jewellery discs, tubes, wires, solders, rings, …

Electrical and PM Industrial Customers Silver fabrication Sputter targets, machined parts, evaporation Recycled scrap, sweeps, materials solutions High purity Photovoltaic, producers, coating uses, , Platinum, Palladium

Silver catalysts

Fresh Ag granules Chemical, leather, Formaldehyde synthesis wood industries, … 14

Industrial Metals Market dynamics

Overall significant growth of silver demand in Global Ag consumption (in tonnes) industrial fabrication and new energy 15,000

Ongoing demand for coins as “safe haven” by 12,000 Jewellery Industry investors, with trend towards special alloys with 9,000 Photography les silver content to compensate for higher PM prices Silverware 6,000 Investment

Demand for PM targets and silver anodes used in 3,000 surface expected to grow in line with GDP and poly-silicon industry recovery respectively 0 2000200820092010 Silver catalysts for use in the formaldehyde Source: GFMS + 2010 Umicore estimate industry, expected to grow according to GDP

Increasing demand from automotive industry expected, with recent upswing in production

Medical industry expected to continue on a steady growth path

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Industrial Metals Market position & approach

Europe remains of high relevance i.e. for high quality and technology; Umicore is # 1 for silver semi-finished products in Europe

Industry and coins are the two main development and growth segments with China being a main growth market

Industrial niche markets in PV, chemical and medical industry with organic growth opportunities

Recycling and market knowhow and large manufacturing capability and capacity to competitive advantage over Metalor, Cookson and several local Pforzheim companies

Source: GFMS

16 Business strategy Business strategy

Europe is Umicore’s successful home market

Strengthen and broaden current position by leveraging • Presence with top brand customers • Industrial opportunities in photovoltaic, chemical, electrical, automotive and medical industries

• Expansion into other regions, in particular Asia and North America

Pursuing front-end outsourcing opportunities

Development of jewellery and industrial refining business (scrap, sweep)

18 Forward-looking statements

This presentation contains forward-looking information that involves risks and uncertainties, including statements about Umicore’s plans, objectives, expectations and intentions.

Readers are cautioned that forward-looking statements include known and unknown risks and are subject to significant business, economic and competitive uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are beyond the control of Umicore.

Should one or more of these risks, uncertainties or contingencies materialize, or should any underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results could vary materially from those anticipated, expected, estimated or projected.

As a result, neither Umicore nor any other person assumes any responsibility for the accuracy of these forward-looking statements.

19 Dietmar Becker Senior Vice President Jewellery & Industrial Metals

Dietmar Becker holds a university degree in Economics and Organisational . He started working for Degussa AG – part of which was acquired by Umicore in 2003 - in 1988, heading a number of businesses in Germany as as in Italy, prior to being appointed Senior Vice- President Technical Materials in 2007. He became Senior Vice-President of the newly created business unit Jewellery & Industrial Metals in 2010.

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