Major Shareholding Notification • Sep 20, 2023
Major Shareholding Notification
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Brussels, 20 September 2023, 08:30 CET - According to Belgian transparency legislation (Law of May 2, 2007), BlackRock Inc. (55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY, 10055, U.S.A.) recently sent to Solvay the following transparency notifications indicating that it crossed the threshold of 5%. Here is a summary of the moves:
| Date on which the threshold was crossed |
Equivalent financial Voting rights after the instruments after the transaction transaction |
Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 13, 2023 | 3.94% | 1.06% | 4.99% |
| September 14, 2023 | 4.12% | 1.07% | 5.19% |
The most recent notification, dated September 15, 2023, contains the following information:
| Name | Address (for legal entities) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. | 50 Hudson Yards, New York, NY, 10001, U.S.A. | ||
| BlackRock (Singapore) Limited | 20 Anson Road #18-01, Singapore, 79912, Singapore | ||
| BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited | 12 Throgmorton Avenue, London, EC2N 2DL, U.K. | ||
| BlackRock Advisors, LLC | 50 Hudson Yards, New York, NY, 10001, U.S.A. | ||
| BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited | 161 Bay Street, Suite 2500, Toronto, Ontario, M5J 2S1, Canada | ||
| BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG | Lenbachplatz 1 1st Floor, Munich, 80333-MN3, Germany | ||
| BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Limited | 15/F, 16/F, 17/F Citibank Tower & 17/F ICBC Tower, 3 Garden Road, Central, Hong Kong |
||
| BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. | 50 Hudson Yards, New York, NY, 10001, U.S.A. | ||
| BlackRock Fund Advisors | 400 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA, 94105, U.S.A. | ||
| BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association |
400 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA, 94105, U.S.A. | ||
| BlackRock International Limited | Exchange Place One, 1 Semple Street, Edinburgh, EH3 8BL, U.K. | ||
| BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited |
Level 37 Chifley Tower, 2 Chifley Square, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia | ||
| BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited | 12 Throgmorton Avenue, London, EC2N 2DL, U.K. | ||
| BlackRock Investment Management, LLC | 1 University Square Drive, Princeton, NJ, 8540, U.S.A. | ||
| BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd. | 1-8-3 Marunouchi Chiyoda-ku, Trust Tower Main, Tokyo, 100-8217, Japan | ||
| Aperio Group, LLC | 3 Harbor Dr Suite 204, Sausalito, CA 94965, United States |

| A) Voting rights | Previous notification | After the transaction | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # of voting rights | # of voting rights | % of voting rights | |||
| Holders of voting rights | Linked to securities | Not linked to the securities |
Linked to securities |
Not linked to the securities |
|
| BlackRock, Inc. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| BlackRock (Singapore) Limited | 51,822 | 50,784 | 0 | 0.05% | 0.00% |
| BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited | 129,310 | 120,653 | 0 | 0.11% | 0.00% |
| BlackRock Advisors, LLC | 172,056 | 172,056 | 0 | 0.16% | 0.00% |
| BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited |
123,024 | 123,022 | 0 | 0.12% | 0.00% |
| BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG |
112,972 | 112,739 | 0 | 0.11% | 0.00% |
| BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Limited |
4,111 | 4,090 | 0 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. | 207,035 | 207,308 | 0 | 0.20% | 0.00% |
| BlackRock Fund Advisors | 1,150,095 | 1,150,111 | 0 | 1.09% | 0.00% |
| BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association |
1,527,473 | 1,526,846 | 0 | 1.44% | 0.00% |
| BlackRock International Limited | 32,407 | 32,407 | 0 | 0.03% | 0.00% |
| BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited |
70,291 | 68.135 | 0 | 0.06% | 0.00% |
| BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited |
261,384 | 465,944 | 0 | 0.44% | 0.00% |
| BlackRock Investment Management, LLC |
96,151 | 95,200 | 0 | 0.09% | 0.00% |
| BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd. | 208,885 | 208,885 | 0 | 0.20% | 0.00% |
| Aperio Group, LLC | 22,152 | 22,152 0 |
0.02% | 0.00% | |
| Subtotal | 4,169,168 | 4,360,332 | 0 | 4.12% | 0.00% |
| TOTAL | 4,360,332 | 0 | 4.12% | 0.00% |
| B) Equivalent financial instruments | After the transaction | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holders of equivalent financial instruments |
Type of financial instrument | Expiration date | Exercise period or date |
# of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised |
% of voting rights | Settlement |
| BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited | Securities Lent | 583,408 | 0.55% | physical | ||
| BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited |
Securities Lent | 19,679 | 0.02% | physical | ||
| BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited |
Securities Lent | 108,760 | 0.10% | physical | ||
| BlackRock Investment Management, LLC |
Securities Lent | 10,786 | 0.01% | physical | ||
| BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd. | Securities Lent | 54,483 | 0.05% | physical | ||
| BlackRock Advisors, LLC | Contract Difference | 59,245 | 0.06% | cash | ||
| BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. | Contract Difference | 114,796 | 0.11% | cash | ||
| BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association |
Contract Difference | 181,929 | 0.17% | cash | ||
| BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited |
Contract Difference | 3,145 | 0.00% | cash | ||
| BlackRock Investment Management, LLC |
Contract Difference | 667 | 0.00% | cash | ||
| Aperio Group, LLC | Depositary Receipt | 44 | 0.00% | |||
| TOTAL | 1.136.942 | 1.07% |
| TOTAL (A & B) | # of voting rights % of voting rights | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| CALCULATE | 5,497,273 | 5.19% |
Transparency notifications and the full chain of controlled undertakings through which the holding is effectively held is available on the Investor Relations Section of Solvay's website.

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