Solvay SA

Major Shareholding Notification • Jan 14, 2015

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PART I
1) Status of the notification
	Final
2) Issuer
	Name SOLVAY
Identification number 0403-091-220
3) Reason for the notification			10 Te
n.	Acquisition or disposal of voting securities or voting rights
	Downward crossing of the lowest threshold
4) Notification by
	A parent undertaking or a controlling person
5) Persons subject to the notification requirement
	Name (& legal form for legal persons)	Address (for legal persons)
	Prudential Plc	Laurence Pouniney Hill, London EC4R 0HH, England
	6) Persons that dispose of, voting rights (Only to be filled in if art. 7 of the Law applies)
	Name (& legal form for legal persons)	Address (for legal persons)
			H
	Please continue entering the information in part II concerning the
THE R		CHak persons referred to in points 5 and 6
7) Date on which the threshold is crossed
	07/01/2015	(DD/MM/YYYY)
8) Threshold that is crossed (in %)
	$\frac{3}{2}$
If the holding has fallen below the lowest threshold, you have the option of not entering any numbers under point 10
9) Denominator
	84,701,133

Please enter the denominator before filling in the data

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
Prudential Plc
subtotal
	TOTAL
					Start with "groups" of holders. Calculate subtotals and then finish with the persons who are "alone".

_who are "alone".
The totals, subtotals and % will be updated once you have clicked on.

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
			(in relation to all expiration dates)

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TOTAL (Voting rights & Equivalent financial linstruments)	# of voting rights	% of voting rights
	CALCULATE

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

Please describe, or join a diagram in attachment

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13) Additional information

A) Convertible bonds and rights to subscribe to voting securities not yet issued
Holder	Type of financial instrument	Expiration date (DD/MM/YYYY)	Exercise/Conversion period or date	Number	# of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted

B) Shares without voting rights
Holder	Number		H.
C) Remarks
Done at	Laurence Pountney Hill, London EC4R OHH, England		$\alpha$
On		14/01/2015 (DD/MM/YYYY)	$\hat{p}_\mathrm{z}$ v
Name & capacity
	James Todd	Signature	$\vert \cdot \vert$

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