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Solvay SA Major Shareholding Notification 2018

Jan 18, 2018

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Major Shareholding Notification

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FINANCIAL SERVICES AND

MARKETS AUTHORITY

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Form TR-1 BE

PART I

  1. Status of the notification

Final

  1. Issuer

Name SOLVAY Identification number 0403-091-220

  1. Reason for the notification

Acquisition or disposal of voting securities or voting rights

  1. Notification by

A parent undertaking or a controlling person

  1. Persons subject to the notification requirement
Name Address (for legal entities)
BlackRock, Inc. 55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY, 10055, U.S.A.
BlackRock (Netherlands) B.V. Rembrandt Tower, 17th floor, Amstelvein, 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 Parkway, Wilmington, 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, 60333, 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 66L, U.K.
BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited Level 37, Chilley Tower, 2 Chilley 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, 6540, U.S.A.
BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd. 1-8-3 Marunouchi Chiyoda-ku, Trust Tower Main, Tokyo, 100-6217, Japan
  1. Persons that dispose of voting rights (only to be filled in if art. 7 of the Law applies)
Name Address (for legal entities)

Please continue entering the information in part if concerning the persons referred to in Sections 5 and 6

Part II

  1. Date on which the threshold is crossed

15/01/2018 (DD/MM/YYYY)

  1. Threshold that is crossed (in %)

3


  1. Denominator

105,876,416

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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. 0 0 0.00%
BlackRock (Netherlands) B.V. 10,458 10,458 0.01%
BlackRock (Singapore) Limited 5,082 5,082 0.00%
BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited 149,027 144,154 0.14%
BlackRock Advisors, LLC 101,638 101,638 0.10%
BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited 4,267 4,267 0.00%
BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG 134,172 134,571 0.13%
BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Limited 496 483 0.00%
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. 9,450 9,449 0.01%
BlackRock Fund Advisors 1,015,016 1,015,016 0.96%
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association 716,796 1,116,539 1.05%
BlackRock International Limited 4,098 4,098 0.00%
BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited 26,025 28,025 0.03%
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited 560,873 562,928 0.53%
BlackRock Investment Management, LLC 60,977 78,328 0.07%
BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd. 89,899 88,985 0.08%
Subtotal 2,910,272 3,303,999 3.12%
TOTAL 3,303,999 0 3.12% 0.00%

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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
BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited Securities Lent 376,604 0.06% physical
BlackRock Advisors, LLC Securities Lent 720 0.00% physical
BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited Securities Lent 35,438 0.03% physical
BlackRock Fund Advisors Securities Lent 4,091 0.00% physical
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association Securities Lent 20,175 0.02% physical
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited Securities Lent 1,112,332 1.05% physical
BlackRock Investment Management, LLC Securities Lent 509 0.00% physical
BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited Contract For Difference 1,499 0.00% cash
BlackRock Advisors, LLC Contract For Difference 205 0.00% cash
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association Contract For Difference 49,359 0.05% cash
BlackRock International Limited Contract For Difference 1,631 0.00% cash
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited Contract For Difference 37,462 0.04% cash
BlackRock Investment Management, LLC Contract For Difference 20,347 0.02% cash
TOTAL 1,660,372 1.57%

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TOTAL (A & B)

TOTAL (A & B) # of voting rights % of voting rights
CALCULATE 4,964,371 4.69%
  1. Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the holding is effectively held, if applicable

Please see the full chain of control in "Chain of Control" tab.

  1. In case of proxy voting for only one GM

Holder

will cease to hold / will hold again

0

voting rights as of

(00/MM/YYYY)

  1. Additional information

The disclosure obligation arose due to voting rights attached to shares for BlackRock, Inc. going above 3%


Done at 12 Throgmorton Avenue, London EC2N 2DL, U.K.

On 16/01/2018 (DD/MM/YYYY)

Name & capacity Laurel Clark, Vice President

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  1. Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the holding is effectively held, if applicable

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 Cayco Limited 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

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 Asset Management Deutschland AG

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

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 (Singapore) 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 (Netherlands) B.V.