How to hold Solvay shares?
The ordinary shares of Solvay can be held as dematerialized shares or registered shares.
| Dematerialized shares | Your shares remain with your financial intermediary, who manages them. |
| Registered shares | Your shares are registered in Solvay Register, and managed by Solvay Registered Shares Management Service. This type of holding shares enables you to benefit from different advantages. |
Frequently asked questions
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Registered shares |
Dematerialized shares |
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Buy or Sell Solvay shares |
With your financial intermediary |
With your financial intermediary |
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Hold shares in a single securities account |
Impossible |
Possible |
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Custody and administration fees |
Free |
According to your financial intermediary |
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Brokerage fee and bank commission |
Not applicable |
According to your financial intermediary |
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Invitation to general meetings |
Automatic sending |
You must contact your financial intermediary |
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Voting rights |
One vote for each share held |
One vote for each share held |
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Dividend |
Paid by Solvay’s Registered Shares Management Service. |
Paid by your financial intermediary |
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Tax reporting form |
Sent by Solvay’s Registered Shares Management Service |
Sent by your financial intermediary for all your shares |
- To buy Solvay shares, you must place an order with your financial intermediary for unregistered shares. If you want to transform your unregistered shares into registered shares, you must send your request to your financial intermediary.
- To sell Solvay shares, you must place an order with your financial intermediary for unregistered shares / with your financial intermediary, having first asked the Registered Shares Management Service to transfer the shares to a securities account by means of a signed document for registered shares.
Once you purchase Solvay shares, you can decide to convert your shares from dematerialized to registered. This gives you access to various benefits that you can find in the registered shares section.
Transfer forms
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Convert your dematerialized shares to registered shares |
Ask your financial intermediary to transfer them to the registered Solvay account with Euroclear Belgium. A transfer form is available on our website. |
The Registered Shares Management Service will contact you to confirm the registration of your shares in Solvay register. |
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Convert your registered shares to dematerialized shares |
Contact the Registered Shares Management Service or download the transfer form on our website. |
Your shares are transferred to the financial intermediary you selected. |
Until September 8, 2021, shares of Solvay were also traded over-the-counter in the US, as a sponsored Level 1 American Depositary Receipt (ADR). The program was managed by Citi, with a ratio of 10 ADR = 1 Solvay share. The ticker symbol was SLVY.
Since September 9, 2021, Solvay doesn’t have any sponsored ADR program any more.
It might happen that some unsponsored ADR programs exist, but they are not managed by Solvay.