SOLVAY
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SOLVAY has been active since 1863 and the Belgian Official Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals. The 2025 annual accounts show equity of €1.63bn and a net result of €59.1m, of which €38.5m non-recurring income. Equity is shrinking by about 17% per year and would, assuming unchanged policy, indicatively turn negative around financial year 2026. Its solvency ranks better than 28% of 317 sector peers (NACE 20, financial year 2025). The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability is 0.3% (very low).
Directors
Board 14
Show all 14 directors
9 not recently confirmed
Day-to-day management 2
Statutory auditor 2
Other functions 2
6 not recently confirmed
Mandate history
- Board
- Day-to-day management
- Statutory auditor
- Other function
- not recently confirmed
- began earlier
| Name | Functions and periods |
|---|---|
| Bernard de Laguiche |
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| BOËL Nicolas Jacques Etienne Marie Ghislain |
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| Marjan Oudeman |
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| Aude Thibaut de Maisières |
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| Wolfgang Colberg |
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| Wolfgang Colbert |
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| Pierre Gurdjian |
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| Philippe Kehren |
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| Annette Stube |
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| Melchior de Vogüé |
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| Thierry Bonnefous |
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| Thomas Aebischer |
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| Yves Bonte |
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| Philippe Kerhen |
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| Ernst et Young Reviseurs d'Entreprises |
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| Hervé Tiberghein |
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| Dominikus Golsong |
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| Daniel Janssen |
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| Ridder Guy de Selliers de Moranville |
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| Chevalier Guy de Selliers de Moranville |
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| Yves-Thibaut de Silguy |
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| Maria Amparo Moraleda Martinez |
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| Rider Guy de Selliers de Moranville |
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| Bernard Scheuble |
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| Maria Oudeman |
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| Jean-Pierre Clamadieur |
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| Jacques VAN RIJCKEVORSEL |
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| Gilles Auffret |
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| Roger Kearns |
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| Eric Nys |
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| Frank Verhaegen |
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| Cécile Van Nek |
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| Agnès Lemarchand |
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| COPPENS d'EECKENBRUGGE Hervé François André Emmanuel Marie Ghislain |
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| Edouard Janssen |
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| Françoise de Viron |
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| Gilles Michel |
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| Ilham Kadri |
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| Matti Lievonen |
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| Rosemary Thorne |
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| Augusto Di Donfrancesco |
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| Dominique Golsong |
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| Hervé Tiberghien |
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| Karim Hajjar |
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| Marc Chollet |
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| Charles Casimir-Lambert |
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| Laurence Debroux |
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| Philippe Tournay |
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| Deloitte Belgium Bedrijfsrevisoren, Burgelijke vennootschap onder de vorm van cvba |
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| Amparo Moraleda |
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| Evelyn du Monceau |
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| Vincent De Cuyper |
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| Hua Du |
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| Jean-Marie Solvay |
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| SCRL Deloitte Réviseurs d'Entreprises |
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| Jean-Pierre Clamadieu |
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| YT de Silguy |
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| Yves-Thibault de Silguy |
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| Cécile Tadeau de Marsac |
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| Cécile Tandeau de Marsac |
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| Pascal Juéry |
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| Bernhard Scheuble |
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| Denis Solvay |
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| Guy de Selliers de Moranville |
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| Jacques van Rijsckevorsel |
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| Anton van Rossum |
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| Jean-Martin Folz |
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| Jean van Zeebroeck |
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| Mevrouw Petra Mateos-Aparicio Morales |
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| Jean-Michel Mesland |
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| Jourquin |
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| Alois MICHIELSEN |
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| Christian Jourquin |
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| Karel VAN MIERT |
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| Ludo De Keulenaer |
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| Michel Denayer |
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| Whitson Sadler |
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| Werner Cautreels |
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| Baron Hubert de Wangen |
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| Dr Uwe-Emst Bufe |
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| Dr Uwe-Ernst Bufe |
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| Jacques Saverys |
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| Henri Lefèbvre |
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Owners and capital
Owners
8 ownersOwners 8
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30.81%
- The Goldman Sachs GroupUSSourceown accounts 20255.54%
- UBS Group AGCHSourceown accounts 20253.37%
- Morgan StanleyUSSourceown accounts 20253.3%
- BNP Paribas Asset Management Europe SASFRSourceown accounts 20252.65%
- BNP Paribas Asset Management UK LimitedGBSourceown accounts 20250.3%
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0.16%
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0.03%
Stated earlier (1)
An older source named these owners; newer accounts no longer list them.
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105,876,416 shares
According to the 2025 annual accounts of SOLVAY and those of the other companies, the acts in the Belgian Official Gazette and the LEI register. Annual accounts state the shareholders that notified the company under article 7:225 of the Code of Companies and Associations and the parent companies that consolidate it. The register of ultimate beneficial owners (UBO) is not public: who ultimately stands behind a natural person or a foreign parent is not stated here. A company that does not include these statements in its annual accounts, or does not have to, is not listed.
Capital and shareholders
- 23-02-2024 Capital reduction of €1,351,562,792 · to €236,583,447.18
- 18-01-2024 Capital reduction of €1,351,562,792.82 · to €236,583,447.18
- 05-06-2020 Capital stated in the deed · €1,588,146,240
- 14-01-2016 Capital increase of €317,629,245
- 05-06-2014 Capital stated in 2 acts · 84,701,133 shares
- 25-04-2005 Capital increase of €784,500 · to €1,270,138,995
- 22-11-2004 Capital increase of €195,000 · to €1,269,354,495 · 13,000 new shares