Major Shareholding Notification • Jan 9, 2020
Major Shareholding Notification
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Brussels, Thursday, January 9, 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.) has sent to Solvay different transparency notifications in the last few days indicating that it crossed different times the threshold of 3%. Here is a summary of the different moves:
| Date on which the threshold was crossed |
Voting rights after the transaction |
Equivalent financial instruments after the transaction |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 3, 2020 | 3.06% | 0.50% | 3.56% |
| January 6, 2020 | 2.94% | 0.62% | 3.56% |
The latest notification, dated January 7, 2020, contains the following information:
| 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 | 15IF, 1&F, 17/F Citibank Tower & 17/F ICBC Tower, 3 Garden Road, Central, Hong Kong | ||
| BlackRock Capital Management, Inc. | 100 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, 19809, U.S.A. | ||
| 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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Regulated information
| 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 | 0.00% | ||
| Black Rock (Netherlands) B.V. | 8,793 | 8,793 | 0.01% | ||
| Black Rock (Singapore) Limited | 4,984 | 4,984 | 0.00% | ||
| BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited | 337,195 | 298,797 | 0.28% | ||
| BlackRock Advisors, LLC | 63,083 | 56,198 | 0.05% | ||
| BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited |
75,691 | 24,696 | 0.02% | ||
| BlackRook Asset Management Deutschland AG |
113,328 | 113,328 | 0.11% | ||
| Black Rock Asset Management North Asia Limited |
570 | 570 | 0.00% | ||
| BlackRock Capital Management, Inc. | 32 | 33 | 0.00% | ||
| BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. |
36,143 | 36,143 | 0.03% | ||
| Black Rock Fund Advisors | 962,402 | 959,016 | 0.91% | ||
| Black Rook Institutional Trust Company, National Association |
1,221,532 | 1,225,863 | 1.16% | ||
| Black Rock International Limited | 4,799 | 4,799 | 0.00% | ||
| BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited |
36,766 | 36,766 | 0.03% | ||
| BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited |
149,747 | 123,092 | 0.12% | ||
| BlackRook Investment Management, LLC |
149,996 | 150,829 | 0.14% | ||
| BlackRook Japan Co., Ltd. | 70,986 | 71,871 | 0.07% | ||
| Subtotal | 3,236,047 | 3,115,778 | 2.94% | ||
| TOTAL | 3,115,778 | 0 | 2.94% | 0.00% |
| B) Equivalent financial instruments |
After the transaction | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holders of equivalent financial instruments |
Type of financial instrument | Expiration date | Ezercise period or date |
# of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is ezercised |
% of voting rights |
Settlement |
| BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited | Securites Lent | 339,952 | 0.32% | physical | ||
| BlackRock Advisors, LLC | Securites Lent | 3,913 | 0.00% | physical | ||
| Black Rock Asset Management Canada Limited |
Securites Lent | 51,992 | 0.05% | physical | ||
| Black Rock Fund Advisors | Securites Lent | 3,386 | 0.00% | physical | ||
| Black Rook Institutional Trust Company, National Association |
Securites Lent | 530 | 0.00% | physical | ||
| BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited |
Securites Lent | 95,047 | 0.09% | physical | ||
| BlackRock Advisors, LLC | Contract for Difference | 6,819 | 0.01% | cash | ||
| Black Rook Institutional Trust Company, National Association |
Contract for Difference | 146,390 | 0.14% | cash | ||
| BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited |
Contract for Difference | 4,375 | 0.00% | cash | ||
| TOTAL | 652,404 | 0.62% |
| TAL (A & B) | # of voting rights |
% of voting rights |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| CALCULATE | 3,768,182 | 3.56% |
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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