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Solvay SA — Major Shareholding Notification 2025
Nov 21, 2025
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Major Shareholding Notification
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Transparency notification Form TR-1 BE PART I
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
4) Notification by
A parent undertaking or a controlling person
5) Persons subject to the notification requirement
| Name | Address (for legal entities) |
|---|---|
| Morgan Stanley | c/o The Corporation Trust Company (DE), Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801, USA |
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
14/11/2025 (DD/MM/YYYY)
8) Threshold that is crossed (in %)
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 | |
| Morgan Stanley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc | 591,648 | 140,251 | 0 | 0.13% | 0.00% |
| Subtotal | 591,648 | 140,251 | 0.13% | ||
| TOTAL | 140,251 | 0 | 0.13% | 0.00% |
Start with "groups" of holders. Add subtotals with $\Sigma$ , 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 | |
| Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc | Retail Structured Product - Note | 27/02/2026 | At any time | 2,710 | 0.00% | cash | - |
| Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc | Retail Structured Product - Note | 02/07/2035 | At any time | 5,795 | 0.01% | cash | - |
| Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc | Retail Structured Product - Note | 01/10/2035 | At any time | 9,430 | 0.01% | cash | - |
| Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc | Retail Structured Product - Note | 17/08/2037 | At any time | 4,501 | 0.00% | cash | - |
| Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc | Retail Structured Product - Note | 02/11/2037 | At any time | 24,664 | 0.02% | cash | - |
| Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc | Equity Call Options | 19/12/2025 | At any time | 2,800 | 0.00% | physical | - |
| Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc | Equity Call Options | 19/06/2026 | At any time | 637,200 | 0.60% | physical | - |
| Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc | Equity Call Options | 01/10/2035 | At any time | 236 | 0.00% | cash | - |
| Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc | Equity Call Options | 02/11/2037 | At any time | 2,507 | 0.00% | cash | - |
| Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc | Equity Put Options | 19/06/2026 | At any time | 741,100 | 0.70% | physical | - |
| Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc | Equity Swap | 15/01/2029 | At any time | 24,985 | 0.02% | cash | - |
| Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC | Right of recall over securities lending agreements | At any time | At any time | 685,579 | 0.65% | physical | - |
| Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc | Right of recall over securities lending agreements | At any time | At any time | 643,870 | 0.61% | physical | - |
| Prime Dealer Services Corp. | Right of recall over securities lending agreements | At any time | At any time | 571,736 | 0.54% | physical | + |
| TOTAL | • | 3,357,113 | 3.17% |
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| TOTAL (A & B) | # of voting rights | % of voting rights | |
|---|---|---|---|
| CALCULATE | 3,497,364 | 3.30% |
Please refer to Chain of Controlled Undertakings
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12) In case of proxy voting for | or only one GM | |||
| _ | (DD/MM/YYY | |||
| Holder | will cease to hold / | 0 voting rights as of | : |
will hold again
13) Additional information
| he disclosure obligation arose due to equivalent financial instruments crossing above 3% at component level. Morgan Stanley's total holding in Solvay remains above the 3% threshold previously disclos | sed. |
|---|---|
| Done at | Glasgow |
|---|---|
| On | 19/11/2025 (DD/MM/YYYY) |
|---|---|
Name & capacity Ross Williams, Regulatory Operations Signature
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In addition, a signed copy in PDF format should also be transmitted.
Chain of controlled undertakings
Chain of controlled undertakings for Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc
- Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc, 25 Cabot Square, Canary Wharf, London, E14 4QA, UNITED KINGDOM is a direct holder and is a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Investments (UK)
- Morgan Stanley Investments (UK), 20 Bank Street, Canary Wharf, London, E14 4AD, UNITED KINGDOM is an indirect holder and is a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley International Limited
- Morgan Stanley International Limited, 25 Cabot Square, Canary Wharf, London, E14 4QA, UNITED KINGDOM is an indirect holder and is a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley International Holdings Inc.
- Morgan Stanley International Holdings Inc., c/o The Corporation Trust Company (DE), Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, Delaware, 19801, USA. is an indirect holder and is a subsidiary of the beneficial owner, Morgan Stanley
Chain of controlled undertakings for Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
- Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, c/o The Corporation Trust Company (DE), Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, Delaware, 19801, USA. is a direct holder and is a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Capital Management, LLC.
- Morgan Stanley Capital Management, LLC, c/o The Corporation Trust Company (DE), Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, Delaware, 19801, USA. is an indirect holder and is a subsidiary of the beneficial owner, Morgan Stanley
Chain of controlled undertakings for Prime Dealer Services Corp.
- Prime Dealer Services Corp., c/o The Corporation Trust Company (DE), Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, Delaware, 19801, USA is a direct holder and is a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
- Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, c/o The Corporation Trust Company (DE), Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, Delaware, 19801, USA. is a direct holder and is a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Capital Management, LLC.
- Morgan Stanley Capital Management, LLC, c/o The Corporation Trust Company (DE), Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, Delaware, 19801, USA. is an indirect holder and is a subsidiary of the beneficial owner, Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley is not a controlled entity.