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Syensqo SA/NV — Major Shareholding Notification 2025
Jan 2, 2025
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Major Shareholding Notification
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Participation notification by BlackRock Inc.
Brussels, Belgium – January 2, 2025 - 8:30 CET
According to Belgian transparency legislation (Law of May 2, 2007), BlackRock Inc. (12 Throgmorton Avenue, London EC2N 2DL, UK) recently sent Syensqo the following transparency notifications indicating that it crossed the threshold of 3%. Here is the summary of the moves:
| Date on which the threshold was crossed |
Voting rights after the transaction |
Equivalent financial instruments after the transaction |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 25, 2024 | 3.00% | 0.63% | 3.63% |
| December 26, 2024 | 2.99% | 0.63% | 3.63% |
| December 27, 2024 | 3.03% | 0.60% | 3.63% |
| December 30, 2024 | 2.96% | 0.67% | 3.63% |
The latest notification, dated December 30, 2024 and received on December 31, 2024, contains the following information:
- Reason for the notification: Acquisition or disposal of the control of an undertaking that holds a participating interest in an issuer
- Notified by: BlackRock Inc : A parent undertaking or a controlling person
- Date on which the threshold is crossed: December 30, 2024
- Threshold of direct voting rights crossed: 3% downwards
- Denominator: 105,032,929
- 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. | 50 Hudson Yards, New York, NY, 10001, U.S.A. |
| 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 | 50 Hudson Yards, New York, NY, 10001, 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. | 50 Hudson Yards, New York, NY, 10001, 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 Investment Management (Australia) Limited |
Level 37 Chifley Tower, 2 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 |
| Aperio Group, LLC | 3 Harbor Dr Suite 204, Sausalito, CA 94965, U.S.A. |

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 (Singapore) Limited | 1,604 | 1,604 | 0.00% | ||
| BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited | 240,573 | 162,633 | 0.15% | ||
| BlackRock Advisors, LLC | 85,767 | 85,767 | 0.08% | ||
| BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited |
29,514 | 29,514 | 0.03% | ||
| BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG |
188,055 | 188,055 | 0.18% | ||
| BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Limited |
2,356 | 2,356 | 0.00% | ||
| BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. | 12,041 | 12,041 | 0.01% | ||
| BlackRock Fund Advisors | 1,249,300 | 1,249,600 | 1.19% | ||
| BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association |
866,333 | 849,133 | 0.81% | ||
| BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited |
19,706 | 19,706 | 0.02% | ||
| BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited |
225,550 | 246,815 | 0.23% | ||
| BlackRock Investment Management, LLC |
109,361 | 106,674 | 0.10% | ||
| BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd. | 132,205 | 132,205 | 0.13% | ||
| Aperio Group, LLC | 24,446 | 24,446 | 0.02% | ||
| Subtotal | 3,186,811 | 3,110,550 | 2.96% | ||
| TOTAL | 3,110,550 | 0 | 2.96% | 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 (Singapore) Limited | Securities Lent | 27,133 | 0.03% | physical | |||
| BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited | Securities Lent | 560.461 | 0.53% | physical | |||
| BlackRock Asset Management Canada Securities Lent Limited |
17,733 | 0.02% | physical | ||||
| BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, Securities Lent National Association |
17,200 | 0.02% | physical | ||||
| BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited |
Securities Lent | 76,870 | 0.07% | physical | |||
| BlackRock Investment Management, LLC |
Securities Lent | 4,865 | 0.00% | physical | |||
| BlackRock Investment Management, LLC |
Contract Difference | 867 | 0.00% | cash | + | ||
| TOTAL | 705,128 | 0.67% |
| TOTAL (A & B) | # of voting rights % of voting rights | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| CALCULATE | 3,815,678 | 3.63% |
Transparency notifications and the full chain of controlled undertakings through which the holding is effectively held is available on the Investor Relations Section of Syensqo's website.

Contacts
Investors & Analysts [email protected]
| Sherief Bakr | +44 7920 575 989 |
|---|---|
| Bisser Alexandrov | +33 607 635 280 |
| Loïc Flament | +32 478 69 74 20 |
Media [email protected]
| Perrine Marchal | +32 478 32 62 72 |
|---|---|
| Laetitia Schreiber | +32 487 74 38 07 |
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