places 31.5M shares on behalf of Asteck who retain 5% stake (trading -6.2%) • Solvay O1 sales & EBITDA in line, net debt increases, sees improving 2013 EBITDA (trading -2.3%) • German ZEW survey: current situation 8.9 vs est 9.8, economic sentiment 36.4 vs est 40.0 • Eurozone industrial production comes

notes are successfully refinanced. If the company were so inclined, it could likely refinance all three of these facilities as secured debt. Using 2013 EBITDA, this would imply secured gross leverage of 4.9x. Still, the ability to refinance has likely become more difficult as natural gas prices have fallen