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Solvay SA

Major Shareholding Notification Jul 30, 2020

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Regulated information/transparency notification

Participation notification by Blackrock Inc.

Brussels, July 30, 2020, 08h30 CEST --- 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 notification indicating that it crossed the threshold of 3%. Here is a summary of the move:

Date on which the Voting rights after the Equivalent financial instruments Total
threshold was crossed transaction after the transaction
July 24, 2020 3.05% 0.07% 3.12%

The notification, dated July 27, 2020, 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: July 24, 2020

● 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 26, 101 Collins Street, Melbourne, VIC 3000, 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

Ce communiqué de presse est également disponible en français. – Dit persbericht is ook in het Nederlands beschikbaar. SOLVAY S.A. – Rue de Ransbeek, 310 – B-1120 Brussels – Belgium – T: +32 (2) 264 21 11 – F: +32 (2) 264 30 61 www.solvay.com 1

Notified details:

A) Voting rights Previous notification After the transaction
Holders of voting rights # of voting rights # of voting rights % of voting rights
Linked to securities Not linked to the
securities
Linked to securities Not linked to the
securities
BlackRock, Inc. D 0 0.00%
BlackRock (Netherlands) B.V. 11,664 11,664 0.01%
BlackRock (Singapore) Limited 2,546 144 0.00%
BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited 525,728 683,568 0.65%
BlackRock Advisors, LLC 33,153 33,153 0.03%
BlackRock Asset Management Canada
Limited
52,195 52,195 0.05%
BlackRock Asset Management
Deutschland AG
115,582 117,590 0.11%
BlackRock Asset Management North
Asia Limited
2,554 2,554 0.00%
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. 4,333 4,333 0.00%
BlackRock Fund Advisors 892,617 893,949 0.84%
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company,
National Association
1,071,484 1,066,091 1.01%
BlackRock International Limited 1,441 1,441 0.00%
BlackRock Investment Management
(Australia) Limited
33,718 33,268 0.03%
BlackRock Investment Management
(UK) Limited
142,934 177,361 0.17%
BlackRock Investment Management,
LLC
94,911 95,866 0.08%
BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd, 58,439 55,753 0.05%
Subtotal 3,043,299 3,229,028 3.05%
TOTAL 3,229,028 0 3.05% 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 Securites Lent 19,728 0.02% physical
BlackRock Investment Management
(UK) Limited
Securites Lent 3,635 0.00% physical
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company,
National Association.
Contract for Difference 49,587 0.05% cash
TOTAL 72,950 0.07%

The full chain of controlled undertakings through which the holding is effectively held is available on https://www.solvay.com/en/investors/corporate-governance/transparency-declarations/all-transparencydeclarations

Transparency notifications are published in the Investor Relations Section of Solvay's website.

Ce communiqué de presse est également disponible en français. – Dit persbericht is ook in het Nederlands beschikbaar. SOLVAY S.A. – Rue de Ransbeek, 310 – B-1120 Brussels – Belgium – T: +32 (2) 264 21 11 – F: +32 (2) 264 30 61 www.solvay.com 2

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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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