NYRSTAR : Notification of a transparency declaration (article 14, first paragraph of the Belgian Act of 2 May 2007 on the disclosure of significant shareholdings)

Regulated Information

21 January 2016

Summary of the notification
Nyrstar NV (the "Company") announces today that it made notification of a significant shareholding. The Company informs that as a result of the cancellation of all own shares by a shareholders' decision on 18 January 2016 its own ownership fell below the lowest threshold of 3% of the outstanding shares on 18 January 2016.

Content of the notification
The notification dated 21 January 2016 contains the following information:

• Reason for the notification
  Downward crossing of the lowest threshold of 3%

• Notification by
  A person that notifies alone

• Persons subject to the notification requirement
  Nyrstar NV, Zinkstraat 1, B-2490 Balen

• Date on which the treshold is crossed
  18 January 2016

• Treshold that is crossed
  3%

• Denominator
  327.473.863

• Chain of controlled undertakings through which the holding is effectively held
  The Company is not being controlled

• Additional information
  As all own shares were cancelled following a shareholders' decision on 18 January 2016, the Company no longer owns own shares.

Miscellaneous
This press release can be consulted on the website of Nyrstar NV at the following link http://www.nyrstar.com/investors/en/news/Pages/news.aspx:
http://www.nyrstar.com/investors/en/news/Pages/news.aspx.

Contact person for questions on the transparency notification:
Company Secretary, [e-mail]:
mailto:[e-mail]

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About Nyrstar
Nyrstar is a global multi-metals business, with a market leading position in zinc and lead, and growing positions in other base and precious metals, which are essential resources that are fuelling the rapid urbanisation and industrialisation of our changing world. Nyrstar has mining, smelting, and other operations located in Europe, the Americas and Australia and employs approximately 5,000 people. Nyrstar is incorporated in Belgium and has its corporate office in Switzerland. Nyrstar is listed on Euronext Brussels under the symbol NYR. For further information please visit the Nyrstar website: www.nyrstar.com:
http://www.nyrstar.com/.

For further information contact:
Anthony Simms         Group Manager Investor Relations   T: [phone]    M: [phone]      [e-mail]:
mailto:[e-mail]
Greg Morsbach   Group Manager Corporate Communications    T: [phone]   M: [phone]   [e-mail]:
mailto:[e-mail]

The full press release can be downloaded from the following link:

Press Release (Dutch):
http://hugin.info/138416/R/1980542/725540.pdf
Press Release (English):
http://hugin.info/138416/R/1980542/725537.pdf

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Source: Nyrstar via Globenewswire

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