Solvay SA

Environmental & Social Information • Apr 4, 2022

Payments to governments Report 2021

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	127
Spain	360
Germany	548
France	206
Italy	813
United States of America	18,529
Total	20,582

Payments by government

In € thousands	Royalties
Belgium	110
Wallonia Region	110
Spain	351
City of Polanco	120
City of San Felices	231
Germany	452
District government Arnsberg	452
France	206
Water Agency of Rhin Meuse	206
Italy	813
Region Toscana	631
City of San Carlo	183
United States of America	18,529
National	5,088
Sweetwater county	8,307
State of Wyoming	5,134
Total	20,461

Payment by project

In € thousands	Royalties
Belgium	127
Walcourt quarry mine	127
Spain	360
Polanco salt mine	360
Germany	452
Epe Salt mine	452
France	206
Dombasle salt mine	206
Italy	813
Ponteginori salt mine	431
San Carlo quarry mine	382
United States of America	18,529
Green River soda ash mine	18,529
Total	20,486