Nyrstar provides an update for the 2019 annual general shareholders’ meeting to be held on 30 June 2020

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Nyrstar provides an update for the 2019 annual general shareholders’ meeting to be held on 30 June 2020

27 May 2020 at 22.00 CEST

Nyrstar NV (the “Company”) today provides an update with regards to the manner in which the 2019 annual general shareholders’ meeting to be held on 30 June 2020 will be organised to maximise shareholder participation whilst adhering to the various measures imposed by the Belgian and European authorities to fight the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Company is pleased to announce that, after testing, benchmarking and research, upon request of certain of its shareholders to participate in a debate with the Board of Directors and after consultation with the FSMA, the annual general shareholders’ meeting scheduled on 30 June 2020 will be held in a virtual format in accordance with the Royal Decree no. 4 of 9 April 2020 containing various provisions on co-ownership and company and association law in the context of the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic (the “Royal Decree no. 4”).  The format has been chosen for its ability to facilitate maximum shareholder participation within the constraints imposed in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. The Company has decided that it will be live webcasting its shareholders’ meeting on 30 June 2020 and that it will provide shareholders that wish to do so, the ability to participate in the shareholders’ meeting virtually (by distance), using an application.

There will be a question and answer session where the Board of Directors and the Company’s statutory auditor will respond to all questions raised by shareholders via a chatbox, subject and in accordance with Belgian law. Furthermore, there will also be a facility to enable live electronic voting on the agenda items after the questions have been responded to. While shareholders may submit questions during the meeting, shareholders may also submit written questions up to four days in advance of the meeting. Further, as is the case with all the Company’s shareholder meetings, voting can be done in writing, in advance and remotely by way of vote by mail form or by proxy.

The Company also notes that shareholders meeting the requirements set out in the Belgian Code of Companies and Associations may request additional agenda items be added to the agenda of the annual general shareholders’ meeting to be held on 30 June 2020. The convening documentation for the annual general shareholders’ meeting to be held on 30 June 2020 together with details of how to access the dedicated application will be published on the Company’s website on 29 May 2020.