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Declaration of Voting Results & Voting Rights Announcements Apr 24, 2020

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Declaration of Voting Results & Voting Rights Announcements

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Regulated information/transparency notification

Participation notification by Blackrock Inc.

Brussels, Friday, April 24, 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 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
April 20, 2020 3.05% 0.53% 3.58%
April 21, 2020 2.79% 0.53% 3.32%

The latest notification, dated April 23, 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: April 21, 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
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

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
Not linked to the
securities
BlackRock, Inc. $\overline{0}$ $\mathbf{0}$ 0.00%
BlackRock (Netherlands) B.V. 11,898 11,898 0.01%
BlackRock (Singapore) Limited 3,488 3,488 0.00%
BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited 299,341 148,667 0.14%
BlackRock Advisors, LLC 45,580 45,580 0.04%
BlackRock Asset Management Canada
Limited
65,252 65,252 0.06%
BlackRock Asset Management
Deutschland AG
107,433 109,116 0.10%
BlackRock Asset Management North
Asia Limited
2,554 2,554 0.00%
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. 31,532 31,532 0.03%
BlackRock Fund Advisors 931,251 929,203 0.88%
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company.
National Association
1,238,275 1,236,811 1.17%
BlackRock International Limited 1.441 1,441 0.00%
BlackRock Investment Management
(Australia) Limited
34,179 34,179 0.03%
BlackRock Investment Management
(UK) Limited
144,023 173,894 0.16%
BlackRock Investment Management,
LLC
119,488 120,810 0.11%
BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd. 195,802 38,355 0.04%
Subtotal 3,231,537 2,952,780 2.79%
TOTAL 2,952,780 $\bf{0}$ 2.79% 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 443,889 0.42% physical
BlackRock Investment Management
(UK) Limited
Securites Lent 42,114 0.04% physical
BlackRock Investment Management,
LLC
Securites Lent 2,603 0.00% physical
BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd. Securites Lent 48,486 0.05% physical
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company,
National Association
Contract for Difference 20,060 0.02% cash
BlackRock Investment Management
(UK) Limited
Contract for Difference 421 0.00% cash
BlackRock Investment Management.
LLC
Contract for Difference 90 0.00% cash
TOTAL 557,663 0.53%
TOTAL (A & B) # of voting rights % of voting rights
CALCULATE 3,510,443 3.32%

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.

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