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        <com:street2>200 Burrard Street</com:street2>
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        <com:zipCode>V6C 3M1</com:zipCode>
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      <issuerContactPhone>604-661-2600</issuerContactPhone>
      <nameOfPersonForWhoseAccountTheSecuritiesAreToBeSold>OCI N.V., OCI Chemicals B.V.</nameOfPersonForWhoseAccountTheSecuritiesAreToBeSold>
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        <relationshipToIssuer>Shareholder</relationshipToIssuer>
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      <securitiesClassTitle>Common Shares</securitiesClassTitle>
      <brokerOrMarketmakerDetails>
        <name>Citigroup Global Markets Inc.</name>
        <address>
          <com:street1>388 Greenwich Street</com:street1>
          <com:city>New York</com:city>
          <com:stateOrCountry>NY</com:stateOrCountry>
          <com:zipCode>10013</com:zipCode>
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      <approxSaleDate>04/13/2026</approxSaleDate>
      <securitiesExchangeName>Nasdaq</securitiesExchangeName>
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      <securitiesClassTitle>Common Shares</securitiesClassTitle>
      <acquiredDate>06/27/2025</acquiredDate>
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      <paymentDate>06/27/2025</paymentDate>
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      <sellerDetails>
        <name>OCI Chemicals B.V.</name>
        <address>
          <com:street1>Honthorststraat 19</com:street1>
          <com:city>Amsterdam</com:city>
          <com:stateOrCountry>P7</com:stateOrCountry>
          <com:zipCode>1071 DC</com:zipCode>
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      <securitiesClassTitle>Common Shares</securitiesClassTitle>
      <saleDate>03/13/2026</saleDate>
      <amountOfSecuritiesSold>3331346</amountOfSecuritiesSold>
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        <name>OCI Chemicals B.V.</name>
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    <remarks>OCI Chemicals B.V., an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of OCI N.V., holds the common shares to be sold. The common shares were acquired as part of the transaction consideration in the sale of OCI's global methanol business to Methanex Corporation.</remarks>
    <noticeSignature>
      <noticeDate>04/13/2026</noticeDate>
      <signature>/s/ Beshoy Guirguis, Chief Financial Officer</signature>
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