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Solvay SA — Major Shareholding Notification 2025
Dec 15, 2025
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Major Shareholding Notification
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Transparency notification Form TR-1 BE PART I
| 1) Status of the notification | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| -- | -- | -- | ------------------------------- |
Final
2) Issuer
Name SOLVAY Identification number 0403-091-220
3) Reason for the notification
Acquisition or disposal of financial instruments that are treated as voting securities
3 +
4) Notification by
A parent undertaking or a controlling person
2 +
A +
5) Persons subject to the notification requirement
| Name | Address (for legal entities) | |
|---|---|---|
| UBS Group AG | Bahnhofstrasse 45, 8001 Zürich | + |
6) 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 II concerning the persons referred to in Sections 5 and 6
Part II
7) Date on which the threshold is crossed
05.12.2025 (DD/MM/YYYY)
8) Threshold that is crossed (in %)
3
If the holding has fallen below the lowest threshold, you have the option of not entering any numbers in Section 10
9) Denominator
105,876,416
Please enter the denominator before filling in the data
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 |
|
| UBS Group AG | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| UBS AG | 61,558 | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| UBS Europe SE | 2,352 | 67,991 | 0.06% | ||
| UBS Asset Management (Singapore) Ltd |
732 | 732 | 0.00% | ||
| UBS Asset Management (Europe) S.A. |
34,968 | 34,968 | 0.03% | ||
| UBS Fund Management (Switzerland) AG |
80,334 | 80,334 | 0.08% |
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Subtotal 179,944 184,025 0.17% S + TOTAL 184,025 0 0.17% 0.00%
The totals, subtotals and % will be updated once you have clicked on .
Start with "groups" of holders. Add subtotals with Σ, and then finish with the persons who are "alone". For groups, start with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entity.
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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 | |
| UBS AG | Long Call Option | 19.06.2026 | 135,000 | 0.13% | physical | ||
| UBS AG | Short Put Option | 19.06.2026 | 395,000 | 0.37% | physical | ||
| UBS AG | Equity Swaps | 28.03.2028 | 898 | 0.00% | cash | ||
| UBS AG | Right to Recall of Lent shares | At any time | 436,067 | 0.41% | physical | ||
| UBS Switzerland AG | Right to Recall of Lent shares | At any time | 22,743 | 0.02% | physical | ||
| UBS Switzerland AG | Right to Substitute shares delivered as collaterals | At any time | 135,979 | 0.13% | physical | ||
| UBS Switzerland AG | Right of use over shares | At any time | 1,404 | 0.00% | physical | ||
| UBS Securities LLC | Right of use over shares | At any time | 6,932 | 0.01% | physical | ||
| UBS Switzerland AG | Right of use over Reverse Convertible | At any time | 9,195 | 0.01% | cash | ||
| UBS AG | Swaps on Baskets | 30.06.2026 | 80 | 0.00% | cash | ||
| UBS AG | Swaps on Baskets | 01.06.2027 | 1,955,121 | 1.85% | cash | ||
| UBS AG | Short Put Option | 18.12.2026 | 285,000 | 0.27% | physical | 4 | |
| TOTAL | • | • | 3,383,419 | 3.20% | |||
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| TOTAL (A & B) | # of voting rights | % of voting rights | |||||
| CALCULATE | 3,567,444 | 3.37% |
11) Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the holding is effectively held, if applicable
| Please see full chain of control attached. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12) In case of proxy voting for | or only one GM | ||||
| Holder | will cease to hold / will hold again |
0 | voting rights as of | (DD/MM/YYYY) |
13) Additional information
| Done at | Zurich, Switzerland | |
|---|---|---|
| · ! |
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| On | 10.12.2025 | (DD/MM/YYYY |
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Name & capacity Ewa Zajac Associate Director Signature Sjoerd Sluimer Authorized Officer Signature
| Signature | Ewa | zojąc | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Signature | Ş | WZ |
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| 11. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation – organizational |
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| UBS Group AG |
| UBS AG |
| UBS Asset Management AG |
| UBS Asset Management (Europe) S.A. |
| - |
| UBS Group AG |
| UBS AG |
| UBS Asset Management AG |
| UBS Asset Management (Singapore) Ltd |
| - |
| UBS Group AG |
| UBS AG |
| UBS Europe SE |
| - |
| UBS Group AG |
| UBS AG |
| UBS Asset Management AG |
| UBS Asset Management Switzerland AG |
| UBS Fund Management (Switzerland) AG |
| - |
| UBS Group AG |
| UBS AG |
| UBS Americas Holding LLC |
| UBS Americas Inc. |
| UBS Securities LLC |
| - |
| UBS Group AG |
| UBS AG |
| UBS Switzerland AG |