Regulated Information
(Article 14, first paragraph, of the Belgian Act of 2 May 2007 on the disclosure of major shareholdings)
01 March 2017 at 19.00 CET
Summary of the transparency notification

Nyrstar NV (the "Company") announces today that on 23 February 2017 it has received a transparency notification from BlackRock, Inc.
Pursuant to the aforementioned notification, undertakings controlled by BlackRock, Inc.:
hold 1,167,006 voting rights of the Company, representing 1.25% of the outstanding voting rights in the Company; and

can acquire 4,494,172 voting rights of the Company after exercise of equivalent financial instruments, representing 4.80% of the outstanding voting rights in the Company.

As a result, a total of 5,661,178 voting rights, representing 6.05% of the outstanding voting rights in the Company, have been notified by BlackRock, Inc. pursuant to the Belgian Act of 2 May 2007 on the disclosure of major shareholdings.

Content of the transparency notification
The notification dated 22 February 2017 contains the following information:
Reason for the notification
Acquisition or disposal of financial instruments that are treated as voting securities

Notification by
A parent undertaking or a controlling person
Persons subject to the notification requirement

BlackRock, Inc. as parent undertaking and relevant undertakings controlled by it.
For further detail, see the full text of the transparency declaration, available on the website of Nyrstar via http://www.nyrstar.com/investors/en/shareholderinformation/Pages/shareholderstructure.aspx

Date on which the threshold is crossed 20 February 2017
Treshold that is crossed 3%
Denominator 93,563,960

Notified details
For further detail, see the full text of the transparency declaration, available on the website of Nyrstar via http://www.nyrstar.com/investors/en/shareholderinformation/Pages/shareholderstructure.aspx

Chain of controlled undertakings through which the holding is effectively held

The chain of controlled undertakings is comprehensively set out in the full text of the transparency declaration, available on the website of Nyrstar via http://www.nyrstar.com/investors/en/shareholderinformation/Pages/shareholderstructure.aspx

Additional information

The transparency declaration included the following additional information:

"The disclosure obligation arose due to financial instruments holding for BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited going below 3%"

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

Contact person for questions on the transparency press release, the notification and the shareholder structure of the Company: Company Secretary, company.secretary@nyrstar.com.

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