Solvay SA

Declaration of Voting Results & Voting Rights Announcements • May 11, 2018

FINANCIAL SERVICES AND
MARKETS AUTHORITY

Transparency notification Form TR-1 BE
PART I

1) Status of the notification

$2)$ Issuer

Final

Name SOLVAY Identification number 0403-091-220

3) Reason for the notification

Acquisition or disposal of voting securities or voting rights

4) Notification by

A parent undertaking or a controlling person 封保市

5) Persons subject to the notification requirement

Name	Address (for legal entitles)
BlackRock, Inc.	55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY, 10055, U.S.A.
BlackRock (Netherlands) B.V.	Rembrandt Tower, 17th floor, Amstelpieln, 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	100 Bellevue Parkwey, Wlimington, DE, 19809; U.S.A.
BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited	161 Bay Street, Suite 2500, Toronto, Ontario, M5J 2S1, Canada
BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG	Max-Joseph-Straße 6, Munich, 80333, 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

6) Persons that dispose of voting rights (only to be filled in if art. 7 of the Law applies)

Name	Address (for legal entities)
the company of the first service and of the first product of the first service of the product of the company of	a lot of the painting the process of the age. OFFICE A CURR IN PURPLICATED FIRES IN A REPORT OF THE UNIT CONTROL OF

¹ Please continue entering the information in part if concerning the
persons referred to in Sections 6 and 6

7) Date on which the threshold is crossed

03/05/2018 (DO/MM/YYYY)

8) Threshold that is crossed (in %)

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9) Denominator

105,876,418

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10) 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.	٥	٥		0.00%
BlackRock (Netherlands) B.V.	11,641	12.435		0.01%
BlackRock (Singapora) Limited	4.947	4.947		0.00%
BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited	435,142	527,351		0.50%
BlackRock Advisors, LLC	102,718	101.481		0.10%
BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited	44,688	47.139		0.04%
BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG	127,753	127.313		0.12%
BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Limited	483	1,138		0.00%
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.	38,992	34.192		0.03%
BlackRock Fund Advisors	1.031,348	1,034,309		0.98%
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association	1.283,941	1,121,727		106%
BlackRock International Limited	7.962	7.962		0.01%
BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited	32,912	31,326		0.03%
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited	1.316,331	1,456,691		1.38%
BlackRock Investment Management, LLC	82.874	83,156		0.08%
BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd.	104,488	190.971		0 18%
Subtotal	4 626 220	4,782,140		4.52%
TOTAL		4.782.140	a	4.52%	0.00%

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B) Equivalent financial instruments Philip and Continued and Continued and Continued Books and Continued Books and Continued Books and Continued Books	After the transaction Contract Commercial Contract Commercial The Companions of The Capital service were an acceptance of the companion of the service period of the Capital
and the company of the company and the company of the company of the company of the company of the company of 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 la exercised	% of voting rights	Settlement
BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited	Securities Lant			112,836	0.11%	physical
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company National Association	Securities Lant			100,000	0.09%	physical.
BlackRock Investment Management IUKI Limiled	Securities Lent			307,486	0.29%	physical .
BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited	Contract For Difference			1,382	0.00%	cash
BlackRock Advisors, LLC	Contract For Difference			384	0.00%
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company. National Association	Contract For Difference			7,625	0.01%	cash cash
BlackRock International Limited	Contract For Difference			81	0.00%
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited	Contract For Difference			1,458	0.00%	cash.
BlackRock investment Management, ILLC	Contract For Difference			21,860	0.02%	cash cash	æ
	TOTAL			553.112	0.52%

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TOTAL (A & B)				# of voting rights % of voting rights
	---- STATE	CALCULATE	5,335,252	5.04%

11) Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the holding is effectively held, if applicable

12) In case of proxy voting for only one GM

13) Additional information

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The disclosure obligation arcse due to total holding in voting rights for BlackRock, Inc. going above 5%

Done at 12 Throgmarton Avenue, London EC2N 2DL, U.K. On 04/05/2018 (DD/MM/YYYY) Name & capacity Jana Blumenstein, Director

ਾਵਾਂਦਾ ਪਾਰੀ ਹੈ Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the holding is effectively held, if applicable ਵਰਤ ਵਰਤ ਵਰਤ ਵਰ

Name

BlackRock, Inc. BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. BlackRock International Holdings, Inc. BR Jersey International Holdings L.P. BlackRock (Singapore) Holdco Pte. Ltd. BlackRock HK Holdco Limited BlackRock Lux Finco S.a.r.l. BlackRock Trident Holding Company Limited BlackRock Japan Holdings GK BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd.

BlackRock, Inc. Trident Merger, LLC BlackRock Investment Management, LLC

BlackRock, Inc. BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. BlackRock International Holdings, Inc. BR Jersey International Holdings L.P. BlackRock Group Limited BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited

BlackRock, Inc. BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. BlackRock International Holdings, Inc. BR Jersey International Holdings L.P. BlackRock Australia Holdco Pty. Ltd. BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited

BlackRock, Inc. BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. BlackRock International Holdings, Inc. BR Jersey International Holdings L.P. BlackRock Group Limited BlackRock International Limited

BlackRock, Inc. BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. BlackRock Holdco 4, LLC BlackRock Holdco 6, LLC BlackRock Delaware Holdings Inc. BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association

BlackRock, Inc. BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. BlackRock Holdco 4, LLC BlackRock Holdco 6, LLC BlackRock Delaware Holdings Inc. BlackRock Fund Advisors

BlackRock, Inc.

BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.

BlackRock, Inc. BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. BlackRock International Holdings, Inc. BR Jersey International Holdings L.P. BlackRock (Singapore) Holdco Pte. Ltd. BlackRock HK Holdco Limited BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Limited

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BlackRock, Inc.

BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. BlackRock International Holdings, Inc. BR Jersey International Holdings L.P. BlackRock Holdco 3, LLC BlackRock Canada Holdings LP BlackRock Canada Holdings ULC BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited

BlackRock, Inc.

BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. BlackRock Capital Holdings, Inc. BlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock, Inc.

BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. BlackRock International Holdings, Inc. BR Jersey International Holdings L.P. BlackRock Group Limited BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited

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BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. BlackRock International Holdings, Inc. BR Jersey International Holdings L.P. BlackRock (Singapore) Holdco Pte. Ltd. BlackRock (Singapore) Limited

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