Solvay S.A.: All resolutions approved at Solvay's General Shareholder Meeting

Brussels, May 15th, 2013 --- Solvay held yesterday its General Shareholder Meeting at the Palais des Académies in Brussels, Belgium.  Shareholders voted in favor of all the proposed resolutions.

More specifically, the shareholders approved the payment of a gross dividend of € 3.20 per share for the 2012 fiscal exercise. After deduction of the prepayment made on January 17^th, 2013 of
€ 1.20 per share (or  € 0.90 net of withholding taxes, when applicable), the balance of the gross dividend will amount to  € 2.00  per share (or € 1.50 on a net basis), payable on May 21^st, 2013.

Details of the resolutions and voting results are available on Solvay's website, Investors section:

http://www.solvay.com/en/investors/corporategovernance/shareholdersmeetings.aspx (http://www.solvay.com/EN/Investors/Corporategovernance/ShareholdersMeetings.aspx)

As an international chemical group, SOLVAY (http://www.solvay.com/) assists industries in finding and implementing ever more responsible and value-creating solutions. The Group is firmly committed to sustainable development and focused on innovation and operational excellence. Solvay serves diversified markets, generating 90% of its turnover in activities where it is one of the top three worldwide. The group is headquartered in Brussels, employs about 29,000 people in 55 countries and generated 12.4 billion euros in net sales in 2012. Solvay SA SOLB.BE (http://solb.be/)) is listed on N (http://www.euronext.com/)yse (http://www.euronext.com/)E (http://www.euronext.com/)uronext (http://www.euronext.com/) in Brussels and Paris (Bloomberg: SOLB.BB (http://solb.bb/) - Reuters: SOLBt.BR).

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Hierbij vindt u het persbericht in PDF (http://hugin.info/133981/R/1702260/562414.pdf)
Hierbij vindt u het persbericht in PDF (http://hugin.info/133981/R/1702260/562411.pdf)
To read the press release in PDF (http://hugin.info/133981/R/1702260/562406.pdf)

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