Solvay SA

Environmental & Social Information • Apr 3, 2025

Payments to governments Report 2024

Basis of Preparation and Scope

This report has been prepared as required by the Transparency Directive Amending Directive (2013/50/EU), with the disclosure of Payments to Governments, in line with Chapter 10 of the EU Accounting Directive (2013/34/EU). Royalties to governments are presented on a cash‑paid basis during the reporting period. The report includes such payments for activities which relate to extraction of minerals of each of our operations. Income taxes paid relating to extractive industry activities cannot be segregated reliably from other income taxes. Therefore, income taxes paid are excluded from this report. It excludes also payments by entities that are accounted for using the equity method, such as Provadsol (BG) and Devnya Varovik (BG).

Solvay SA as parent of the group has prepared the report on a consolidated basis and reports the activity of any of its subsidiary undertakings that are active in the extractive industry. The following terms have the meanings noted below:

Government

Any national, regional or local authority of a country and includes any department, agency or undertaking controlled by such an authority.

Project

Operational activities that are governed by a single contract, license, lease, concession or similar legal agreements and form the basis for payment of liabilities to a government. Where multiple such agreements are substantially interconnected, this is considered as a single project.

Royalties

Payments to governments in respect of revenue or production related to the extraction of mineral and coal. Disclosure threshold

Payments made to a government as a single payment or as a series of related payments of EUR 100,000 or more made in a financial year form part of this report. As a consequence, in the tables "Payments by government" and "Payments by project", some smaller payments were excluded, which explains the difference with the total in the table "Payments by country".

Payments per country

In € thousands	Royalties
Belgium	2.821
Spain	375
Germany	438
France	164
Italy	904
United States of America	21.183
Total	25.885

Payments by government

In € thousands	Royalties
Belgium	2.821
City of Philippeville	2.702
Wallonia Region	118
Spain	375
City of Polanco	118
City of San Felices	250
National	7
Germany	438
District government Arnsberg	438
France	164
City of Lenoncourt	164
Italy	904
Region Toscana	724
City of San Carlo	180
United States of America	21.183
National	2.008
Sweetwater county	3.523
State of Wyoming	15.652
Total	25.885

Payment by project

In € thousands	Royalties
Belgium	2.821
Walcourt quarry mine	2.821
Spain	375
Polanco salt mine	12 1
San Felices salt mine	254
Germany	43 8
Epe Salt mine	43 1
Bernburg mine	7
France	16 4
Dombasle salt mine	164
Italy	904
Ponteginori salt mine	492
San Carlo quarry mine	412
United States of America	21.183
Green River soda ash mine	21.183
Total	25.885