Transparency notification Form TR-1 BE PART I

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Final

Name SOLVAY

Identification number

0403-091-220

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2 -

3 -

13 +

0

2 +

0 Name

BlackRock, Inc.

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BlackRock (Netherlands) B.V.

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BlackRock (Singapore) Limited

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BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited

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BlackRock Advisors, LLC

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BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited

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BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG

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BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Limited

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BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.

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BlackRock Fund Advisors

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BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National

Association

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BlackRock International Limited

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BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited

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BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited

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BlackRock Investment Management, LLC

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BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd.

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Name

A

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Part II

7) Date on which the threshold is crossed

30/10/2020 (DD/MM/YYYY)

3 1 University Square Drive, Princeton, NJ, 8540, U.S.A.

1-8-3 Marunouchi Chiyoda-ku, Trust Tower Main, Tokyo, 100-8217, Japan

Transparency notification

Form TR-1 BE

PART I

Please continue entering the information in part II

concerning the

persons referred to in Sections 5 and 6

1) Status of the notification

2) Issuer

3) Reason for the notification

Address (for legal entities)

5) Persons subject to the notification requirement

4) Notification by

Address (for legal entities)

6) Persons that dispose of voting rights

(only to be filled in if art. 7 of the Law applies)

A parent undertaking or a controlling person

Acquisition or disposal of voting securities or voting rights

Acquisition or disposal of financial instruments that are treated as voting securities

Rembrandt Tower, 17th floor, Amstelplein, Amsterdam, Netherlands

20 Anson Road #18-01, Singapore, 79912, Singapore

Downward crossing of the lowest threshold

12 Throgmorton Avenue, London, EC2N 2DL, U.K.

8) Threshold that is crossed

(in %)

55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY, 10055, U.S.A.

12 Throgmorton Avenue, London, EC2N 2DL, U.K.

55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY, 10055, U.S.A.

161 Bay Street, Suite 2500, Toronto, Ontario, M5J 2S1, Canada

Lenbachplatz 1 1st Floor, Munich, 80333-MN3, Germany

15/F, 16/F, 17/F Citibank Tower & 17/F ICBC Tower, 3 Garden Road, Central, Hong

Kong

55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY, 10055, U.S.A.

400 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA, 94105, U.S.A.

Exchange Place One, 1 Semple Street, Edinburgh, EH3 8BL, U.K.

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105,876,416

A) Voting rights

Previous notification

# of voting rights

Holders of voting rights

Linked to securities

Not linked to the

securities

Linked to securities

Not linked to the

securities

S

BlackRock, Inc.

0

0 0.00%

1 -

BlackRock (Netherlands) B.V.

9,381

0.01%

1 -

BlackRock (Singapore) Limited

380

144 0.00%

1 -

BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited

543,897

523,783

0.49%

1 -

BlackRock Advisors, LLC

35,244

0.03%

1 -

BlackRock Asset Management Canada

Limited

55,369

0.05%

1 -

BlackRock Asset Management

Deutschland AG

123,100

0.12%

1 -

BlackRock Asset Management North

Asia Limited

2,847

2,554

0.00%

1 -

BlackRock Capital Management, Inc.

61

0 0.00%

1 -

BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.

16,021

15,796

0.01%

1 -

BlackRock Fund Advisors

910,658

911,242

0.86%

1 -

BlackRock Institutional Trust Company,

National Association

1,074,435

1,074,254

1.01%

1 -

BlackRock International Limited

382

382 0.00%

1 -

BlackRock Investment Management

(Australia) Limited

32,835

0.03%

1 -

BlackRock Investment Management

(UK) Limited

220,252

170,711

0.16%

1 -

BlackRock Investment Management,

LLC

86,016

85,959

0.08%

1 -

BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd.

51,706

0.05%

1 -

Subtotal

3,162,584

3,092,460

2.92%

S

+

TOTAL

3,092,460

0 2.92%

0.00%

After the transaction

10) Notified details

If the holding has fallen below the lowest threshold, you have the option of not entering any numbers in Section 10

9) Denominator

Please enter the denominator before filling in the data

% of voting rights

# of voting rights

Start with "groups" of holders. Add subtotals with

S

, 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

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

Securities Lent

17,490

0.02%

physical

-

BlackRock Investment Management

(UK) Limited

Securities Lent

17,415

0.02%

physical

-

BlackRock Investment Management,

LLC

Securities Lent

5,388

0.01%

physical

-

BlackRock Advisors, LLC

Contract for Difference

1,073

0.00%

cash

-

BlackRock Institutional Trust Company,

National Association

Contract for Difference

23,343

0.02%

cash

-

BlackRock Investment Management

(UK) Limited

Contract for Difference

70 0.00%

cash

-

BlackRock Investment Management,

LLC

Contract for Difference

5,121

0.00%

cash

+

TOTAL

69,900

0.07%

TOTAL (A & B)

# of voting rights

% of voting rights

CALCULATE

3,162,360

2.99%

(DD/MM/YYYY)

Holder

will cease to hold /

will hold again

0 Done at 12 Throgmorton Avenue, London EC2N 2DL, U.K.

On

02/11/2020 (DD/MM/YYYY)

Name & capacity James Michael, Associate

Signature

11) Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the holding is effectively held,

if applicable

The disclosure obligation arose due to total holdings in voting rights for BlackRock, Inc. going below 3%.

12) In case of proxy voting for only one GM

After the transaction

The totals will be updated once you have clicked on <CALCULATE>

Please see the full chain of control in "Chain of Control" tab.

13) Additional information

(4)

11) Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the holding is effectively held, if applicable

Name

BlackRock, Inc. BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc.

BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. BlackRock International Holdings, Inc. BR Jersey International Holdings L.P. BlackRock (Singapore) Holdco Pte. Ltd. BlackRock HK Holdco Limited

BlackRock Lux Finco S.a.r.l. BlackRock Japan Holdings GK BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd.

BlackRock, Inc. Trident Merger, LLC

BlackRock Investment Management, LLC

BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. BlackRock International Holdings, Inc. BR Jersey International Holdings L.P. BlackRock Holdco 3, LLC

BlackRock Cayman 1 LP

BlackRock Cayman West Bay Finco Limited BlackRock Cayman West Bay IV Limited BlackRock Group Limited

BlackRock Finance Europe Limited

BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited

BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. BlackRock International Holdings, Inc. BR Jersey International Holdings L.P. BlackRock Australia Holdco Pty. Ltd.

BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited

BlackRock International Limited

BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. BlackRock Holdco 4, LLC

BlackRock Holdco 6, LLC BlackRock Delaware Holdings Inc.

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BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. BlackRock Holdco 4, LLC

BlackRock Holdco 6, LLC BlackRock Delaware Holdings Inc. BlackRock Fund Advisors

BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.

BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. BlackRock International Holdings, Inc. BR Jersey International Holdings L.P. BlackRock (Singapore) Holdco Pte. Ltd. BlackRock HK Holdco Limited

BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Limited

BlackRock Finance Europe Limited

BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG

BlackRock Canada Holdings LP BlackRock Canada Holdings ULC

BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited

BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. BlackRock Capital Holdings, Inc. BlackRock Advisors, LLC

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BlackRock Finance Europe Limited BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited

BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. BlackRock International Holdings, Inc. BR Jersey International Holdings L.P. BlackRock (Singapore) Holdco Pte. Ltd. BlackRock (Singapore) Limited

BlackRock Finance Europe Limited BlackRock (Netherlands) B.V.