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Balen, Belgium (03 November 2008) - Nyrstar NV announces that it received notification of significant shareholdings on 28 October 2008, in accordance with Belgian Law of 2 May 2007 on the disclosure of significant shareholdings in listed companies.

 

FIL Limited has notified Nyrstar that it has updated its shareholding of voting rights, with a consolidated holding as of 1 September 2008 as follows:

 

Trade Date	Name	Ordinary shares	% Voting rights
1 September 2008	FIL Limited	9,564,000	9.56 %

 

Additionally, a further update was received indicating FIL Limited's consolidated holding on 24 October 2008 as being:

 

		Current		Before
Trade Date	Name	Ordinary shares	% Voting rights	Ordinary shares	%Voting  rights
24 October 2008	FIL Limited	7,113,042	7.11 %	7,497,514	7.50 %

               

                                                                                               

Further details regarding the above notifications are available on the Nyrstar website: http://www.nyrstar.com/nyrstar/en/investors/shareholderstructure/

 

 

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Nyrstar NV is the world's largest producer of zinc metal and alloys, and in addition, is one of the world's largest primary lead smelting and refining companies. The company produces other valuable by-products including copper, gold and indium, along with significant quantities of refined silver. In 2007 Nyrstar produced more than one million tonnes of zinc. Incorporated in Belgium and with its corporate offices in London (United Kingdom) and Balen (Belgium), Nyrstar has wholly-owned operations in Australia, Belgium, France, the Netherlands and the USA and joint ventures in Australia, China and France. Nyrstar is listed on Euronext Brussels under the symbol NYR. For further information visit the Nyrstar website, www.nyrstar.com