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Major Shareholding Notification • Nov 20, 2020

Participation notification by Blackrock Inc.

Brussels, 20 november 2020, 08:30 CET - According to Belgian transparency legislation (Law of May 2, 2007), BlackRock Inc. (55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY, 10055, U.S.A.) recently sent to Solvay the following transparency notification indicating that it crossed the threshold of 3%. Here is a summary of the move:

Date on which the threshold was crossed	Voting rights after the transaction	Equivalent financial instruments after the transaction	Total
November 16, 2020	2.87%	0.10%	2.97%

The latest notification, dated November 17, 2020, contains the following information:

• ● Reason for the notification: acquisition or disposal of voting securities or voting rights
• ● Notified by: BlackRock Inc. (55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY, 10055, U.S.A.)
• ● Date on which the threshold is crossed: November 16, 2020
• ● Threshold of direct voting rights crossed: 3% downwards
• ● Denominator: 105,876,416
• ● Additional information: The disclosure obligation arose due to voting rights attached to shares for BlackRock, Inc. going below 3%.
• ● 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, Amstelplein, 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	55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY, 10055, U.S.A.
BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited	161 Bay Street, Suite 2500, Toronto, Ontario, M5J 2S1, Canada
BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG	Lenbachplatz 1 1st Floor, Munich, 80333-MN3, 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 8BL, U.K.
	BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited Level 37 Chifley 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, 8540, U.S.A.
BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd.	1-8-3 Marunouchi Chiyoda-ku, Trust Tower Main, Tokyo, 100-8217, Japan

Notified details

After the transaction
% of voting rights
Not linked to the securities
0.01%

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			3,595	0.00%	physical
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association	Securities Lent			41,044	0.04%	physical
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited	Securities Lent			39,274	0.04%	physical
BlackRock Advisors, LLC	Contract for Difference			838	0.00%	cash
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association	Contract for Difference			23,493	0.02%	cash
BlackRock Investment Management, LLC	Contract for Difference			268	0.00%	cash
	TOTAL			108,512	0.10%

Transparency notifications and the full chain of controlled undertakings through which the holding is effectively held is available on the Investor Relations Section of Solvay's website.

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