The Solvay Group:

• serves the community in over 50 countries.
• employs over 30,000 people worldwide.
• was established over 140 years ago and retains its passionate interest in science, research and innovation.
• has three divisions: pharmaceuticals, chemicals and plastics.
• combines its passion for progress and innovation with sound and ethical business practice.
  
• Solvay's business performance has been consistently reliable, having never failed to pay a dividend in its 140-year history.
• Solvay is listed in the Euronext 100 index of top European companies.
• Group sales in 2003 where Euros 7.55 billion.
  
• Solvay takes great pride in being good corporate citizens, caring for the health, safety and environment of their employees and of the community at large.
• Solvay balances respect for the environment with economic and social development, and is committed to achievement of targets set in the Kyoto protocol.

Visit the Solvay Group site at www.solvay.com.