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Solvay SA — Major Shareholding Notification 2020
Sep 4, 2020
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Major Shareholding Notification
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Participation notification by Blackrock Inc.
Brussels, September 4, 2020, 08:30 CEST - 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 28, 2020 | 3.03% | 0.12% | 3.15% |
The notification, dated September 1, 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: August 28, 2020
- ● Threshold of direct voting rights crossed: 3% upwards
- ● Denominator: 105,876,416
- ● Additional information: The disclosure obligation arose due to voting rights attached to shares for BlackRock, Inc. going above 3%.
- ● Persons subject to the notification requirement:
| solvay.com | |||
|---|---|---|---|

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. | 11,664 | 11,664 | 0.01% | ||
| BlackRock (Singapore) Limited | 144 | 144 | 0.00% | ||
| BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited | 565,456 | 507,205 | 0.48% | ||
| BlackRock Advisors, LLC | 33,153 | 34,193 | 0.03% | ||
| BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited |
52,195 | 52,231 | 0.05% | ||
| BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG |
119,426 | 122,635 | 0.12% | ||
| BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Limited |
2,554 | 2,554 | 0.00% | ||
| BlackRock Capital Management, Inc. | 6 | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. | 16,468 | 63,707 | 0.06% | ||
| BlackRock Fund Advisors | 897,275 | 912,380 | 0.86% | ||
| BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association |
1,071,980 | 1,076,192 | 1.02% | ||
| BlackRock International Limited | 118 | 180 | 0.00% | ||
| BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited |
32,562 | 32,562 | 0.03% | ||
| BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited |
170,578 | 163,746 | 0.15% | ||
| BlackRock Investment Management, LLC |
111,876 | 126,483 | 0.12% | ||
| BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd. | 87.039 | 97,798 | 0.09% | ||
| Subtotal | 3,172,494 | 3,203,674 | 3.03% | ||
| TOTAL | 3,203,674 | 0 | 3.03% | 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 |
| BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited | Securites Lent | 52,495 | 0.05% | physical | ||
| BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited |
Securites Lent | 23,238 | 0.02% | physical | ||
| BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association |
Contract for Difference | 52,951 | 0.05% | cash | ||
| BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited |
Contract for Difference | 70 | 0.00% | cash | ||
| TOTAL | 128,754 | 0.12% |
| TOTAL (A & B) | # of voting rights % of voting rights | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CALCULATE | 3,332,428 | 3.15% |
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.

About Solvay
Solvay is a science company whose technologies bring benefits to many aspects of daily life. With more than 24,100 employees in 64 countries, Solvay bonds people, ideas and elements to reinvent progress. The Group seeks to create sustainable shared value for all, notably through its Solvay One Planet plan crafted around three pillars: protecting the climate, preserving resources and fostering better life. The Group's innovative solutions contribute to safer, cleaner, and more sustainable products found in homes, food and consumer goods, planes, cars, batteries, smart devices, health care applications, water and air purification systems. Founded in 1863, Solvay today ranks among the world's top three companies for the vast majority of its activities and delivered net sales of €10.2 billion in 2019. Solvay is listed on Euronext Brussels (SOLB) and Paris and in the United States, where its shares (SOLVY) are traded through a Level I ADR program. Learn more at www.solvay.com.
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