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Solvay SA

Major Shareholding Notification Jan 22, 2021

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Participation notification by Blackrock Inc.

Brussels, 22 January 2021, 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 3%. Here is a summary of the moves:

Date on which the threshold
was crossed
Voting rights after the
transaction
Equivalent financial
instruments after the
transaction
Total
January 18, 2021 2.84% 0.18% 3.01%
January 19, 2021 3.01% 0.09% 3.10%

The latest notification, dated January 20, 2021, contains the following information:

  • Reason for the notification: acquisition or disposal of voting securities or voting rights
  • Notified by: BlackRock Inc. (55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY, 10055, U.S.A.)
  • Date on which the threshold is crossed: January 19, 2021
  • Threshold of direct voting rights crossed: 3% upwards
  • Denominator: 105,876,416
  • Additional information: The disclosure obligation arose due to voting rights attached to shares for BlackRock, Inc. going above 3%.
  • Persons subject to the notification requirement:
Name Address (for legal entities)
BlackRock, Inc. 55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY, 10055, U.S.A.
BlackRock (Netherlands) B.V. Rembrandt Tower, 17th floor, Amstelplein, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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 55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY, 10055, 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. 55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY, 10055, 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

Notified details

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. $\mathbf{O}$ $\Omega$ 0.00%
BlackRock (Netherlands) B.V. 9,381 9,381 0.01%
BlackRock (Singapore) Limited 144 144 0.00%
BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited 383,094 576,885 0.54%
BlackRock Advisors, LLC 35,794 35,794 0.03%
BlackRock Asset Management Canada
Limited
55,562 55.562 0.05%
BlackRock Asset Management
Deutschland AG
123,583 123,583 0.12%
BlackRock Asset Management North
Asia Limited
2,046 2.046 0.00%
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. 11.234 11.234 0.01%
BlackRock Fund Advisors 954,433 958.311 0.91%
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company,
National Association
1,064,949 1,066,100 1.01%
BlackRock International Limited 317 317 0.00%
BlackRock Investment Management
(Australia) Limited
31,097 31,097 0.03%
BlackRock Investment Management
(UK) Limited
202,707 185,667 0.18%
BlackRock Investment Management,
LLC
79,375 79,375 0.07%
BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd. 49,452 49,452 0.05%
Subtotal 3,003,168 3.184,948 0.05%
TOTAL 3,184,948 $\overline{0}$ 3.01% 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 43,873 0.04% physical
BlackRock Investment Management
(UK) Limited
Securities Lent 4,277 0.00% physical
BlackRock Advisors, LLC Contract for Difference 838 0.00% cash
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company,
National Association
Contract for Difference 45,609 0.04% cash
BlackRock Investment Management,
LLC
Contract for Difference 219 0.00% cash
TOTAL 94,816 0.09%

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.

About Solvay

Solvay is a science company whose technologies bring benefits to many aspects of daily life. With more than 24,100 employees in 64 countries, Solvay bonds people, ideas and elements to reinvent progress. The Group seeks to create sustainable shared value for all, notably through its Solvay One Planet plan crafted around three pillars: protecting the climate, preserving resources and fostering better life. The Group's innovative solutions contribute to safer, cleaner, and more sustainable products found in homes, food and consumer goods, planes, cars, batteries, smart devices, health care applications, water and air purification systems. Founded in 1863, Solvay today ranks among the world's top three companies for the vast majority of its activities and delivered net sales of €10.2 billion in 2019. Solvay is listed on Euronext Brussels (SOLB) and Paris and in the United States, where its shares (SOLVY) are traded through a Level I ADR program. Learn more at www.solvay.com.

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