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Major Shareholding Notification • Dec 4, 2025
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Major Shareholding Notification
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Participation notification by UBS Group AG
Brussels, December 4, 2025, 17:45 CET
In line with Belgian transparency legislation (Law of May 2, 2007), UBS Group AG recently sent to Solvay the following transparency notification indicating that they crossed the threshold of 3%.
Here is a summary of the notification:
| Date on which the threshold was crossed |
Voting rights after the transaction |
Equivalent financial instruments after the transaction |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| November 27, 2025 | 0.17% | 2.88% | 3.05% |
The notification, dated December 2, 2025, contains the following information:
- Reason for the notification:
- Acquisition or disposal of financial instruments that are treated as voting securities
- Notified by: A parent undertaking or a controlling person
- Date on which the threshold is crossed: November 27, 2025
- Threshold of direct voting rights crossed: 3% upwards
- Denominator: 105,876,416
- Additional information: The disclosure obligation arose due to the total indirect holdings of UBS Group AG in voting rights of Solvay SA, held directly by controlled undertakings, going above 3% on 27th November 2025.
- Persons subject to the notification requirement: UBS Group AG, Bahnhofstrasse 45, 8001 Zürich
● Notified details:
| A) Voting rights | Previous notification | After the transaction | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # of voting rights | # of voti | ng 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 | 0.00% | ||||
| UBS AG | 61,558 | 0.06% | ||||
| UBS Europe SE | 2,352 | 0.00% | ||||
| UBS Asset Management (Singapore) Ltd |
732 | 0.00% | ||||
| UBS Asset Management (Europe) S.A. |
34,968 | 0.03% | ||||
| UBS Fund Management (Switzerland) AG |
80,334 | 0.08% |
| Subtotal | 179,944 | 0.17% | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL | 179,944 | 0 | 0.17% | 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 |
| 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 | 900 | 0.00% | cash | |
| UBS AG | Right to Recall of Lent shares | At any time | 431,774 | 0.41% | physical | |
| UBS AG | Right to Substitute shares delivered as collaterals | At any time | 7,680 | 0.01% | physical | |
| UBS Switzerland AG | Right to Recall of Lent shares | At any time | 21,113 | 0.02% | physical | |
| UBS Switzerland AG | Right to Substitute shares delivered as collaterals | At any time | 14,779 | 0.01% | physical | |
| UBS Switzerland AG | Right of use over shares | At any time | 3,334 | 0.00% | physical | |
| UBS AG | Right of use over shares | At any time | 17,934 | 0.02% | physical | |
| UBS AG | Short Put Option | 18.12.2026 | 285,000 | 0.27% | 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 | 1,730,950 | 1.63% | cash | |
| TOTAL | 3,052,739 | 2.88% |
| TOTAL (A & B) | # of voting rights | % of voting rights | |
|---|---|---|---|
| CALCULATE | 3,232,683 | 3.05% |
Transparency notifications and the full chain of controlled undertakings through which the holding is effectively held are available on the Investor Relations Section of Solvay's website.
Contacts
Investor relations
Geoffroy d'Oultremont: +32 478 88 32 96 Vincent Toussaint: +33 6 74 87 85 65 Charlotte Vandevenne: +32 471 68 01 66
Media relations
Peter Boelaert: +32 479 30 91 59
Laetitia Van Minnenbruggen: +32 484 65 30 47
About Solvay
Solvay, a pioneering chemical company with a legacy rooted in founder Ernest Solvay's pivotal innovations in the soda ash process, is dedicated to delivering essential solutions globally through its workforce of circa 9,000 employees. Since 1863, Solvay has harnessed the power of chemistry to create innovative, sustainable solutions that answer the world's most essential needs such as purifying the air we breathe and the water we drink, preserving our food supplies, protecting our health and well-being, creating eco-friendly clothing, making the tires of our cars more sustainable and cleaning and protecting our homes. Solvay's unwavering commitment drives the transition to a carbon-neutral future by 2050, underscoring its dedication to sustainability and a fair and just transition. As a world-leading company with €4.7 billion in net sales in 2024, Solvay is listed on Euronext Brussels and Paris (SOLB). For more information about Solvay, please visit solvay.com or follow Solvay on Linkedin.
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