Nyrstar NV

Major Shareholding Notification • Jan 23, 2012

FORM TR-1 BE
PART I

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1) Status of the notification
	Final
2) Issuer
	Name NYRSTAR
Identification number 0888-728-945
3) Reason for the notification
	An acquisition or disposal of voting securities or voting rights
			÷
4) Notification by
	A person that notifies alone		¢
5) Persons subject to the notification requirement
	Name (& legal form for legal persons)	Address (for legal persons)
	Norges Bank (the Central Bank of Norway)	Bankplassen 2, P.O Box 1179, Sentrum, 0107 Oslo, Norway	$\blacklozenge$
	6) Persons that dispose of, voting rights (Only to be filled in if art. 7 of the Law applies)
	Name (& legal form for legal persons)	Address (for legal persons)
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	Please continue entering the information in part II concerning the	Click persons referred to in points 5 and 6
7) Date on which the threshold is crossed
	14/11/2011	(DD/MM/YYYY)
8) Threshold that is crossed (in %)
	$\mathbf{3}$
	If the holding has fallen below the lowest threshold, you have the option of not filling in point 10
9) Denominator
	170,022,544

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10) Notified details

A) Voting rights	Previous notification		After the transaction
Holders of voting rights	# of voting rights	$#$ of voting rights		% of voting rights
		Linked to securities	Not linked to the securities	Linked to securities	Not linked to the securities
Norges Bank		5.174.119		3.04%
	TOTAL	5,174,119		3.04%	0.00%

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B) Equivalent financial instruments	After the transaction
Holders of equivalent financial instruments	Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise period or date	# of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised	% of voting rights
	TOTAL		(in relation to all expiration dates)	$\mathbf{0}$	0.00%

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TOTAL (Voting rights & Equivalent financial instruments)		# of voting rights	% of voting rights
	CALCULATE	5,174,119	3.04%

11) Chain of controlled undertakings through which the holding is effectively held, if applicable

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Norges Bank (NB) is the central bank of Norway. As part of its central bank activities, NB manages Norway's foreign exchange reserves and
is responsible for management of the Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global. The f

12) In case of proxy voting for only one GM

N/A

Holder

will cease to hold / $|0|$ will hold again

voting rights as of

13) Additional information

A) Convertible bonds and rights to subscribe to voting securities not yet issued
Holder	Type of financial instrument	Expiration date (DD/MM/YYYY)	Exercise/Conversion period or date	Number	# of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted
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B) Shares without voting rights
Holder	Number
						$\oplus$
C) Remarks Please note that the reason for the late disclosure is a miscalculation due to non-voting bearing VVPR:s held by Norges Bank. Hence, Norges Bank's systems for monitoring of disclosure required positions and trades did not trigger correctly at the time when Norges Bank's voting rights in Nyrstar in fact exceeded 3%, excluding the non-voting bearing VVPR:s.
Done at	Oslo, Norway
On	23/01/2012	(DD/MM/YYYYY)
Name & capacity	Jonas Lexmark, Analyst - Legal & Compliance		Signature		Buas Lexman	$\ddot{\Phi}$