SOLVAY : restates financial information and confirms 2014 outlook

Highlights

- Eco Services reported as discontinued operations as of Q3 2014

- Updated allocation of shared Function costs to Global Business Units

- Growth outlook for 2014 confirmed 

Brussels, October 9, 2014 --- Solvay publishes quarterly unaudited restated financial information for the first six months ended on June 30, 2014 and for the full year 2013, taking into account the upcoming sale of its U.S-based Eco Services business.

On July 31, 2014 Solvay announced an agreement to sell its Eco Services' sulfuric acid virgin production and regeneration business to affiliates of CCMP Capital Advisors, LLC. The transaction should be completed in the fourth quarter of the year, with most closing conditions having been met at this stage.  As a consequence, Solvay will report Eco as "Assets held for sale" and "Discontinued operations" as of the third quarter of this year.

Based on these changes, Solvay's consolidated REBITDA for 2013 and for the first six months of 2014 is restated at respectively € 1,611 million and € 911 million, compared to € 1,704 million and € 953 million reported before the discontinuation of Eco Services.

Following portfolio changes over the past two years, Solvay is also restating the segment information by updating the allocation of the shared Functions' services costs in its Corporate & Business Services ("CBS") unit to the Global Business Units. That reallocation primarily concerns unallocated residual costs that arise when the Group divests businesses, less savings that have been delivered. Cost reductions programs will continue to feature prominently in Solvay's excellence programs.

Growth outlook for 2014 confirmed

Solvay reiterates its confidence that 2014 should show good operating performance, in line with its mid-term growth objectives. The Group confirms its guidance and expects high single-digit year-on-year REBITDA growth in 2014 at prevailing foreign exchange rates, based on the restated 2013 and 2014 reference periods.

For more information on the YTD 2014 and FY 2013 restated figures please click on the following link:

http://www.solvay.com/en/investors/index.html:
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Solvay aims to give, as much as possible, advance notice of future restatements. Apart from further changes in IFRS, the Group only expects significant future portfolio changes to impact the presentation of the results.

Solvay will publish its third-quarter 2014 earnings on November 13, 2014.

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