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Declaration of Voting Results & Voting Rights Announcements • Jul 3, 2020

Regulated information/transparency notification

Participation notification by Blackrock Inc.

Brussels, Friday, July 3, 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 threshold was crossed	Voting rights after the transaction	Equivalent financial instruments after the transaction	Total
June 29, 2020	2.59%	0.39%	2.99%

The notification, dated June 30, 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: June 29, 2020
• Threshold of direct voting rights crossed: 3% downwards
• Denominator: 105,876,416
• Additional information: The disclosure obligation arose due to voting rights attached to shares for BlackRock, Inc. going below 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 Kona
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

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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.	$\bf{0}$	$\mathbf{0}$		0.00%
BlackRock (Netherlands) B.V.	11,743	11,664		0.01%
BlackRock (Singapore) Limited	3,488	2,546		0.00%
BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited	397,673	240,505		0.23%
BlackRock Advisors, LLC	33,649	33,153		0.03%
BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited	55,414	53,317		0.05%
BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG	114,735	115,594		0.11%
BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Limited	2,554	2,554		0.00%
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.	54,826	7,635		0.01%
BlackRock Fund Advisors	900,835	886,883		0.84%
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association	1.130.365	1,094,682		1.03%
BlackRock International Limited	1,441	1.441		0.00%
BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited	33,242	33,242		0.03%
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited	169,647	108,082		0.10%
BlackRock Investment Management, LLC	136,229	94,664		0.09%
BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd.	117,782	58,630		0.06%
Subtotal	3,163,623	2,744,592		2.59%
TOTAL		2,744,592		2.59%

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			286,890	0.27%	physical
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association	Securites Lent			1,300	0.00%	physical
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited	Securites Lent			77,793	0.07%	physical
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company. National Association	Contract for Difference			50,965	0.05%	cash
	TOTAL			416,948	0.39%

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

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