Nyrstar NV — Major Shareholding Notification 2013

Apr 19, 2013

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1) Status of the notification
Final
2) Issuer
Name NYRSTA Identification number 0888-72
3) Reason for the notification
Acquisiti	on or disposal of voting securities or voting right	IS
Downwa	erd crossing of the lowest threshold		+
4) Notification by
A parent	t undertaking or a controlling person		-
5) Persons subject to the notification	n requirement
	Name (& legal form for legal persons)	Address (for legal persons)
Glencore	e International plc, a Jersey company	Queensway House, Hilgrove Street, St Helier, Jersey	+
6) Persons that dispose of, voting	g rights (Only to be filled in if art. 7	7 of the Law applies)
	Name (& legal form for legal persons)	Address (for legal persons)
			+
.	Please continue entering the information in pa persons referred	art II concerning the Click to in points 5 and 6
7) Date on which the threshold is cr	rossed
	16/04/2013	(DD/MM/YYY)
8) Threshold that is crossed (in %)
	3
If the ho	ulding has fallen below the lowest threshold.	you have the option of not entering any numbers under point 10
9) Denominator
	170,022,544

Please enter the denominator before filling in the data

FORM TR-1 BE

PARTI

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Start with "groups" of holders. Calculate subtotals and then finish with the persons

who are "alone". The totals, subtotals and % will be updated once you have clicked on

) 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
				0	0.00%

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TOTAL (Voting rights & Equivalent financial instruments)	# of voting rights	% of voting rights
	CALCULATE	0	0.00%

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

Please describe, or Join a diagram in attachment

Glencore Investments B.V. is directly controlled by Glencore International AG (a Swiss company), Glencore International AG is in turn controlled directly by Glencore International plc. Glencore International plc is the ultimate controlling shareholder of Glencore Investments B.V.

12)	In	case	of	proxv	voting	for	only	one	GM

Holder will cease to hold / will hold again 0 voting rights as of
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13) Additional information

A) Convertible bonds and rights to subscr	ribe 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
C) Remarks
At the time of the previous notification ref that this notification is made in relation to,	erred to in part 10 above, which was made on 9 February Glencore held an interest in 13,245,756 voting rights (7.7	y 2009, Glencore held 79% of the voting righ	an interest in 7,791,622 ts).	voting rights (7.79%	of the voting rights). Prior to the transaction
Done at	Baar, Switzerland
On	19/04/2013	(DD/MM/YYYY)
Name & capacity
	John Burton, Company Secretary		Signature	Ho