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Major Shareholding Notification • Oct 21, 2025
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Major Shareholding Notification
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Participation notification by Morgan Stanley
Brussels, October 21, 2025, 17:45 CEST
In line with Belgian transparency legislation (Law of May 2, 2007), Morgan Stanley recently sent to Solvay the following transparency notification indicating that they crossed the threshold of 3%.
Here is a summary of the notification:
| Date on which the threshold was crossed |
Voting rights after the transaction |
Equivalent financial instruments after the transaction |
Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 14, 2025 | 0.03% | 3.06% | 3.09% |
The notification, dated October 17, 2025, contains the following information:
- Reason for the notification:
- Acquisition or disposal of financial instruments that are treated as voting securities
- Notified by: A parent undertaking or a controlling person
- Date on which the threshold is crossed: October 14, 2025
- Threshold of direct voting rights crossed: 3% upwards
- Denominator: 105,876,416
- Persons subject to the notification requirement: Morgan Stanley c/o The Corporation Trust Company (DE), Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801, USA
● Notified details:
| A) Voting rights | Previous notification | After the transaction | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # of voting rights | # of voti | ng rights | % of voting rights | ||||
| Holders of voting rights | Linked to securities | Not linked to the securities |
Linked to securities | Not linked to the securities |
|||
| Morgan Stanley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0.00% | ||
| Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc | 0 | 34,972 | 0 | 0.03% | 0.00% | ||
| Subtotal | 34,972 | 0.03% | |||||
| TOTAL | 34,972 | 0 | 0.03% | 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 | |
| Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc | Retail Structured Product - Note | 27/02/2026 | At any time | 3,752 | 0.00% | cash | |
| Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc | Retail Structured Product - Note | 02/07/2035 | At any time | 5,010 | 0.00% | cash | |
| Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc | Retail Structured Product - Note | 01/10/2035 | At any time | 5,268 | 0.00% | cash | |
| Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc | Retail Structured Product - Note | 17/08/2037 | At any time | 3,676 | 0.00% | cash | |
| Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc | Retail Structured Product - Note | 02/11/2037 | At any time | 3,548 | 0.00% | cash | |
| Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc | Equity Call Options | 19/12/2025 | At any time | 800 | 0.00% | physical | |
| Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc | Equity Call Options | 19/06/2026 | At any time | 316,100 | 0.30% | physical | |
| Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc | Equity Put Options | 17/10/2025 | At any time | 134,800 | 0.13% | physical | |
| Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc | Equity Put Options | 21/11/2025 | At any time | 133,400 | 0.13% | physical | |
| Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc | Equity Put Options | 19/12/2025 | At any time | 127,900 | 0.12% | physical | |
| Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc | Equity Put Options | 19/06/2026 | At any time | 756,300 | 0.71% | physical | |
| Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc | Equity Put Options | 18/12/2026 | At any time | 425,100 | 0.40% | physical | |
| Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc | Equity Swap | 27/11/2025 | At any time | 44,590 | 0.04% | cash | |
| Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC | Right of recall over securities lending agreements | At any time | At any time | 605,996 | 0.57% | physical | |
| Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc | Right of recall over securities lending agreements | At any time | At any time | 210,738 | 0.20% | physical | |
| Prime Dealer Services Corp. | Right of recall over securities lending agreements | At any time | At any time | 460,645 | 0.44% | physical | |
| TOTAL | 3,237,623 | 3.06% | |||||
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Transparency notifications and the full chain of controlled undertakings through which the holding is effectively held are available on the Investor Relations Section of Solvay's website.
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