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Limited Liability Company (Naamloze Vennootschap)
Zinkstraat 1, 2490 Balen (Belgium)
Company number VAT BE 0888.728.945 RPR/RPM Turnhout
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Report of the board of directors ex article 3:6 Belgian Code of Companies and Associations
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Pursuant to articles 3:5 and 3:6 of the Belgian Code of Companies and Associations, we are hereby reporting to you on the
operations of Nyrstar NV (the “Company”) with respect to the financial year as from 1 January 2022 until 31 December 2022.
This report comprises also the corporate governance statement and remuneration report in accordance with article 3:6 §2 and
§3 of the Belgian Code of Companies and Associations as attached to this report in annex C and D respectively.
1. Company facts and activities
The Company has its registered office at Zinkstraat 1, Balen, Belgium. The Company has been listed on Euronext Brussels
since 29 October 2007.
Until 31 July 2019, the Company was the holding company of the Nyrstar Group (consisting of Nyrstar NV and its subsidiaries).
In addition, until 31 July 2019, the Company delivered a number of support services to the Nyrstar Group, such as, but not
limited to, regional purchasing, IT, environment, innovation and development, continuous improvement and legal support
services. Following the completion of the restructuring of the Nyrstar group at 31 July 2019 (described in more detail in section
2 below), the Company intended to continue trading as an investment company, holding 2% of the equity in NN2 NewCo
Limited (NN2) for the benefit of the Company’s shareholders.
At 9 December 2019, the Extraordinary General Meeting (“EGM”) of the Company was held to deliberate on the continuation
of the Company's activities and a proposed capital decrease. The shareholders rejected the continuation of the Company's
activities. As such, the 31 December 2022 financial statements of the Company are prepared on a discontinuity basis. As the
result of an order of 26 June 2020 of the President of the Antwerp Enterprise Court (Antwerp division), at the request of a
group of shareholders, the Company was prohibited from holding a general meeting with the dissolution of the Company on
the agenda until three months after a final decision on the appointment of a college of experts (see below, under section 8.3)
would have obtained res judicata effect. As announced on 14 February 2023 and as set out below under section 8.3, in light
of the announcement in the press that certain shareholders of the Company would file a Supreme Court appeal against the
judgment of the Antwerp Court of Appeal dated 17 November 2022 with respect to the claim for the appointment of a panel of
experts, the Company is of the opinion that it is not opportune to carry out its obligation to place the dissolution on the agenda
pending the Supreme Court appeal. The Company thus announced that it will not take steps to convene a general meeting
with dissolution as an agenda item (or take preparatory actions to that effect) until the Supreme Court has rendered a judgment
in the aforementioned proceedings, and it will update the market by then. This is without prejudice to the Company's previous
communication of 13 January 2023, in which it was confirmed that the Company will not hold a general meeting with the
dissolution on the agenda nor issue any invitation for a general meeting with the dissolution on the agenda until the President
of the Court will have rendered a decision about the interim measures requested by the claimants in respect of the dissolution
of the Company.
Under article 3:23 of the Belgian Code of Companies and Associations, a parent company that controls one or more
subsidiaries is required to prepare consolidated financial statements, unless such subsidiaries are, in view of the consolidated
assets, financial position or the consolidated results, individually and together, only of a negligible significance. Given that, as
at 31 December 2022, Nyrstar NV did not control any significant subsidiary, the Company was not required to prepare
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consolidated financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2022. In accordance with article 12, §3, final paragraph, of
the Royal Decree of 14 November 2007, the Company has prepared the 31 December 2022 standalone statutory financial
statements in accordance with Belgian GAAP.
2. Restructuring of the Nyrstar group
In October 2018, the former Nyrstar group initiated a review of its capital structure (the "Capital Structure Review") in response
to the challenging financial and operating conditions being faced by the Nyrstar group. The Capital Structure Review identified
a very substantial additional funding requirement that the Nyrstar group was unable to meet without a material reduction of
the Nyrstar group's indebtedness. As a consequence, the Capital Structure Review necessitated negotiations between the
Nyrstar group's financial creditors that ultimately resulted in the restructuring of the Nyrstar group, which became effective on
31 July 2019 (the “Restructuring”). As a result of the Restructuring, Trafigura Group Pte. Ltd., via its indirect 98% ownership
of the new holding company NN2 Newco Limited (“NN2”), became the ultimate parent company of the former (direct and
indirect) subsidiaries of the Company (the "Operating Group), with the remaining 2% stake in NN2 (and thereby the Operating
Group) being owned by the Company.
The agreements to which the Company is currently a party are discussed in further detail below.
2.1. The NNV-Trafigura Deed
The lock-up agreement (“Lock-Up Agreement”) entered into on 14 April 2019 between, among others, the Company and
representatives of its key financial creditor groups, envisaged that the Company, Trafigura Pte Ltd (“Trafigura”) and Nyrstar
Holdings Limited ("Nyrstar Holdings", a Trafigura special-purpose vehicle incorporated, amongst other things, for the purpose
of implementing the Restructuring, now known as Nyrstar Holdings Plc) would enter into a deed confirming their agreement in
respect of (i) certain steps necessary for the implementation of the restructuring as envisaged in the Lock-Up Agreement and
(ii) the terms of the ongoing relationship between the Company and the Trafigura group (the "NNV-Trafigura Deed"). The NNV-
Trafigura Deed was duly executed on 19 June 2019.
Certain key terms of the NNV-Trafigura Deed namely those governing the distributions policy, drag / tag rights and change of
control in respect of NN2, have previously been described in the Company’s related party disclosures. However, following the
exercise of the Put Option (as defined below and on which, see 2.2 below for more details) and the Company ceasing to be a
shareholder of NN2, these provisions of the NNV-Trafigura Deed are no longer relevant / no longer apply.
Under the provisions of the NNV-Trafigura Deed that continue notwithstanding the exercise of the Put Option and the Company
ceasing to be a shareholder of NN2, the Company continues to benefit from a right (subject to compliance with applicable law
and any relevant confidentiality obligations) to make reasonable requests of Trafigura to procure that the Company is provided
with financial or other information in relation to the Operating Group (or any member of it).
2.2. The Put Option Deed
Pursuant to the NNV-Trafigura Deed, the Company and Trafigura also agreed that Trafigura shall grant to the Company an
option to require a Trafigura entity to purchase the Company's entire interest in NN2. The terms of this option are set out in a
separate deed, dated 25 June 2019, between the Company, Trafigura and Nyrstar Holdings (the "Put Option Deed"). Under
the terms of the Put Option Deed, the Company could put all (but not only a part) of its 2% holding in NN2 to Trafigura at a
price equal to EUR 20 million (the "Put Option").
On 18 November 2021, the Company announced that it had appointed Moore Corporate Finance to prepare an independent
expert’s opinion for the independent directors of the Company (“Committee of Independent Directors”), in the framework of
Article 7:97 of the Belgian Code of Companies and Associations. The independent expert’s opinion was to advise
the Committee of Independent Directors in examining the benefit to the Company, taking all relevant circumstances into
account, of the exercise or non-exercise of the Put Option that the Company had in relation to its entire 2% investment in
NN2.
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On 28 July 2022, the Company publicly announced that the Board had completed its detailed review process in respect of the
decision whether or not to exercise the Put Option related to its entire 2% shareholding in NN2. Considering the independent
expert report prepared by Moore Corporate Finance, which valued the 2% shareholding in NN2 in a range of EUR 0
million to EUR 3.4 million, the opinion of the independent directors of the Company, questions and comments raised by certain
minority shareholders and other information made available to it, the Board decided that it was in the corporate benefit of the
Company to exercise the Put Option. On 28 July 2022, the Company duly gave notice to Nyrstar Holdings Plc and to Trafigura
Pte Ltd. that it exercised the Put Option in accordance with the terms of the Put Option Deed. The Company received the
proceeds from the exercise of the Put Option on 29 July 2022.
Documentation in respect of the Company’s decision to exercise the Put Option was published on the Company’s website
nyrstarnv.be on 28 July 2022. In addition, a memo of Moore Law was published on 17 November 2022 on the Company’s
website, at the request of several shareholders. These documents remain available there as at the date of this report.
We refer in this respect to the related party disclosures included in the annual accounts for the financial year ended 31
December 2022 in respect of the mandatory prepayment obligations and limited recourse provisions under the Limited
Recourse Loan Facility (as defined below) that apply to the proceeds of the Put Option.
2.3. Release from parent company guarantees in favour of Trafigura
As stated above, prior to the effective date of the Restructuring which was 31 July 2019 (the Restructuring Effective Date”),
the Company was the ultimate parent company of the Nyrstar group, and had previously issued various parent company
guarantees (the “PCGs”) in respect of the obligations of its subsidiaries, including, but not limited to, two parent company
guarantees (the "Trafigura PCGs") granted in respect of the primary financial obligations of the Company's indirect subsidiary
at that time, Nyrstar Sales & Marketing AG ("NSM"), to Trafigura, namely under the USD 650 million Trade Finance Framework
Agreement ("TFFA") and the USD 250 million Bridge Finance Facility Agreement ("BFFA"). The Trafigura PCGs as well as all
other security and / or guarantees provided to Trafigura by the Operating Group in respect of the TFFA and BFFA, were
released in full on the Restructuring Effective Date.
2.4. Release from parent company guarantees in favour of third parties and the Company's rights to indemnification by NN2
under the NNV-NN2 SPA
Prior to, and as part of the implementation of, the Restructuring, the Company entered into an agreement for the sale and
transfer by the Company of substantially all of its assets including 100% of its shareholding in Nyrstar Netherlands (Holdings)
BV and also its holdings (direct and indirect) in its subsidiaries, but excluding its shares in NN1 NewCo Limited ("NN1"), to
NN2 (the “NNV-NN2 SPA”). Under the NNV-NN2 SPA, the Company benefits from contractual agreements with NN2 and
Trafigura in respect of its release from, or indemnification for, liabilities for existing financial indebtedness and obligations owed
to third parties in respect of financial, commercial or other obligations of the then current members of the Operating Group (the
"PCGs"), such that those third parties should no longer have recourse to the Company. The release and / or indemnification
obligations of NN2 from which the Company benefits can be summarised as follows.
- Release of PCGs and general indemnity: The NNV-NN2 SPA includes a commitment by NN2 to use reasonable
endeavors to procure the release of obligations owed by the Company under third-party PCGs. This obligation is
combined with an obligation on NN2 to indemnify the Company, to the extent such PCGs are not released, for any
and all liabilities in relation to such PCGs in respect of the failure by the applicable member of the Operating Group
to comply fully with its principal obligations.
- Indemnity for specified historic liabilities: Further, the NNV-NN2 SPA also contains an obligation on NN2 to indemnify
the Company, to the extent not covered by the release and/or indemnification of PCGs mentioned above, in respect
of certain specified liabilities, including certain liabilities arising in relation to certain historic disposals by the former
Nyrstar group and/or from certain historic mine closures, which are specified in a schedule to the NNV-NN2 SPA.
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- Limitation on recourse to the Company of former subsidiaries: To limit and release further any financial obligations
on the Company, the NNV-NN2 SPA obliges NN2 to procure that, and the NNV-Trafigura Deed obliges Trafigura to
procure that, no former subsidiaries of the Company will make any demands for payment from the Company except
(i) under the Limited Recourse Loan Facility, (ii) as otherwise agreed following the completion of the Restructuring;
or (iii) to the extent that the Company has sufficient funds available (excluding any dividends or sale proceeds in
respect of the Company's (now sold) direct 2% shareholding in NN2).
2.5. Financial transactions with Trafigura entities - the Limited Recourse Loan Facility
2.5.1. Introduction
On 23 July 2019, the Company entered into a EUR 13.5 million committed, limited recourse, loan facility (the "Limited Recourse
Loan Facility") provided to it by NN2 (as "Lender"). The key terms of the Limited Recourse Loan Facility are described below.
The Limited Recourse Loan Facility is made available in two separate tranches: (i) up to EUR 8.5 million to be applied towards
the Company's ongoing ordinary course operating activities ("Facility A"); and (ii) up to EUR 5 million intended for the payment
of certain costs related to litigation defense ("Facility B"). No security, collateral or guarantees have been granted in respect
of the Company's obligations under the Limited Recourse Loan Facility.
2.5.2. Available commitments, amounts outstanding and interest
As at 31 December 2022, the Company owed EUR 6.2 million (2021: EUR 5.5 million) under Facility A. Facility A can be used
by the Company to cover day-to-day operating costs, including, without limitation, reasonable director and employee costs,
D&O insurance premium (to the extent not paid prior to the Restructuring Effective Date), audit fees, legal costs (except those
relating to litigation or other actual or threatened proceedings against the Company, which should be funded from Facility B
(defined below)), listing fees and investor relations costs. The funding under Facility A is provided to the Company based on
the quarterly cash flow forecast prepared by the Company and provided to Trafigura as a condition of the funding. The total
quantum of funds to be made available under Facility A was agreed based on the Company's forecast operating costs for a
five year period following the completion of the Restructuring, taking into account the ongoing operational services provided
to the Company by NN2, as agreed in the NNV-NN2 SPA, for a period of three years from the Restructuring Effective Date (or
less subject to agreed early termination triggers) (the "Ongoing Services"). The Ongoing Services provided by NN2 to the
Company included finance, tax, corporate counsel, IT and administration services. The provision of the Ongoing Services to
the Company was intended to reduce the Company's operating costs in the period following the Restructuring Effective Date.
As at 31 December 2022, the Company had drawn EUR 3.7 million (2021: EUR 2.8 million) under Facility B. Subject to the
restrictions detailed below, Facility B can be applied by the Company towards payment or reimbursement of costs in respect
of any litigation, proceeding, action or claims (including tax claims) made, asserted or threatened against the Company, NN1
Newco Limited ("NN1") or any of their current or former directors or officers (each being a "Claim").
Under Facility A, the Company can borrow up to EUR 7.3 million before 31 July 2023 and then up to a further EUR 1.2 million
annually until 2024. Funding under Facility B can be drawn based on costs incurred in respect of any Claim (subject to the
restrictions detailed below, and on the delivery of an invoice for such costs). Utilisation of each Facility is limited to a maximum
of three drawings per financial quarter per Facility (excluding any PIK Loans (defined below)). As at the date of this report, the
Company has drawn EUR 6.2 million under Facility A and EUR 3.7 million under Facility B.
As a result of the exercise of the Put Option and the Company ceasing to be a shareholder of NN2, the "NNV Exit Date" (as
defined in the Limited Recourse Loan Facility) has occurred. The NNV Exit Date is specified as an Event of Default (as defined)
under the Limited Recourse Loan Facility, which gives NN2 (as Lender) the right to cancel (by notice to the Company) the
whole or any part of the Lenders' remaining commitments under the Limited Recourse Loan Facility. As at the date of this
report, NN2 has not exercised such right.
However, each utilisation request under the Limited Recourse Loan Facility must (unless otherwise agreed by the Lender) be
accompanied by a certificate signed by a director stating, among other things, that (in short) the Company's "Available Cash"
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(as defined therein) is not sufficient to meet the anticipated costs and liabilities for which the relevant utilisation is intended.
Given the Company's receipt of EUR 20 million from the exercise of the Put Option in July 2022, it is not currently envisaged
that the Company would be able to make any further valid utilisation requests under the Limited Recourse Loan Facility.
The rate of interest on amounts outstanding under the Limited Recourse Loan Facility is the aggregate of EURIBOR plus a
margin of 0.5% per annum. It shall be payable within 10 business days of the anniversary of the date on which such amount
was made available, provided that such interest will be capitalised if it has accrued for a period of one year or more and the
Company has given a notice in the form prescribed by the Limited Recourse Loan Facility. Any interest which is capitalised
shall be treated as a new loan (a "PIK Loan") under the relevant Facility. Any PIK Loan shall itself accrue interest, and that
interest may also be capitalised. No payments of interest have been made by the Company as all payable interest until 31
December 2022 of EUR 107k (2021: 43k) has been capitalised into a new PIK Loan.
2.5.3. Restrictions on use of proceeds
The Company must not use any amount borrowed under either Facility A or Facility B for funding (directly or indirectly) any of
the costs related to asserting or bringing or assisting in the pursuit of claims (including any counterclaim or defense) against
Trafigura, other members of the Trafigura group, NN2 and / or any Replacement Holdco, and / or any other member of the
Operating Group), against any of such entities' current or former directors, officers, or advisers, against any creditor in respect
of such entities (other than with the consent of NN2, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) or in connection
with any challenge to the Restructuring, including in relation to the TFFA and the BFFA or any other document contemplated
by the Restructuring implementation deed.
2.5.4. Mandatory prepayment obligations
The provisions of the Limited Recourse Loan Facility that relate to mandatory prepayment out of "Excess Cash”, and which
were described in previous versions of this reports by the Company, have ceased to apply as a result of the Company ceasing
to be a shareholder of NN2 and having received the proceeds of the exercise of the Put Option (such proceeds constituting
"Disposal Proceeds” for the purposes of the Limited Recourse Loan Facility).
Immediately upon receipt of any Disposal Proceeds, and subject to the limited recourse provisions described below (see in
particular at 2.5.5, the Company shall procure that these shall be applied first to prepay any amount outstanding under Facility
B (being the litigation tranche), and secondly, if (i) any Disposal Proceeds remain after any required prepayment of Facility B,
and (ii) the aggregate amount of all amounts outstanding under Facility A (being the operational costs tranche) exceeds EUR
5 million, to prepay such Facility Amounts to or towards an aggregate amount of EUR 5 million.
The Company shall ensure that, if any distribution is paid to the Company's shareholders on or after the Company Exit Date,
an amount equal to that distribution is applied to repay or prepay amount outstanding under Facility A before or simultaneously
with such distribution.
The Company has also agreed that, if it receives any amounts from costs awards, damages awards and / or any other recovery
from any counterparty to a Claim (such amounts constituting "Claim Proceeds"), then such Claim Proceeds must be used
immediately to repay or prepay any amounts outstanding under Facility B.
Additionally, there are customary provisions that require mandatory prepayment of amounts outstanding under either or both
Facility A and B in the case of certain events of default that allow for acceleration by the Lender.
However, in accordance with the limited recourse provisions of the Limited Recourse Loan Facility (as detailed further at 2.5.5.
below), NN2’s recourse to the Company in respect of repayment of funds drawn or any other obligation thereunder is limited
to the Company's net assets, if any.
2.5.5. Limited recourse
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As mentioned above, the recourse of NN2 as Lender under the Limited Recourse Loan Facility in respect of repayment thereof
or any other obligation of the Company thereunder is limited to the “Company Net Assets”, being the assets (including all
present and future properties, revenues and rights of every description) of the Company (other than assets held or received
on trust for a person which is not a member of Nyrstar or its subsidiaries) having satisfied or provided for its “Liabilities”
(meaning all present or future liabilities and obligations, both actual and contingent and whether incurred solely or jointly or as
principal or surety or in any other capacity), except for Liabilities of the Company under the Limited Recourse Loan Facility
and related finance documents which shall be disregarded for this purpose.
Further, to the extent that the Company Net Assets are insufficient to discharge the Company’s obligations under the Limited
Recourse Loan Facility, such obligations shall be deemed to be limited to the amount of the Company Net Assets, and the
Lender shall not be entitled to make a claim and shall have no further recourse against the Company and the Company shall
have no liability to pay or otherwise.
All actual, contingent and prospective liabilities would need to be factored in when calculating the Company Net Asset position.
The Company determined at the time of the exercise of the Put Option on 28 July 2022 and as at 31 December 2022, that it
is in the corporate benefit of the Company that, for the purposes of the mandatory prepayment, these liabilities are calculated
on a worst-case scenario basis, and not (i) in accordance with IFRS or Belgian GAAP, nor (ii) based upon the Company's
assessment of the likelihood of such contingent or prospective liabilities eventually materialising. Based on the Company's
estimates, the Company has determined that the Company Net Assets (as defined under the Limited Recourse Loan Facility)
are negative even taking into account the receipt of the proceeds of the Put Option, and that currently no repayments of the
Limited Recourse Loan Facility are necessary. The Company will, however, continue to monitor the development of its
Company Net Asset position until the completion of the liquidation process, to consider whether any repayment of the Limited
Recourse Loan Facility needs to be made.
However, this limitation on NN2’s recourse against the Company shall not apply to the extent that the value of the Company
Net Assets is impaired, or NN2 suffers loss as a result of any breach by the Company of any provision of the Limited Recourse
Loan Facility (or any related finance document) other than the repeating representations / warranties thereunder or the
provisions requiring payment of interest / fees or repayment / prepayment of principal thereunder.
2.5.6. Information, consultation and litigation strategy undertakings
So long as any amount is outstanding under the Limited Recourse Loan Facility or the Lender's commitment thereunder is still
in force, if any Claim arises as a result of which the Company reasonably anticipates that it may make a utilisation under
Facility B, the Company must must give notice to the Lender and Trafigura of the Claim. The Company shall:
- promptly notify NN2 and Trafigura of the Claim;
- subject to compliance with applicable law or confidentiality obligations to third parties, make available to NN2 and
Trafigura all information in its possession and control as reasonably requested by NN2 or Trafigura in connection
with assessing, contesting, disputing, defending, appealing or compromising the Claim, provided that NN2 and
Trafigura shall maintain confidentiality and/or privilege with regard to such information;
- keep NN2 and Trafigura informed of the progress / developments in respect of the Claim, and promptly provide any
correspondence or other information received in connection with the Claim;
- consult and take into account the views of NN2 and Trafigura as to the applicable legal advisors that will represent
the Company, NN1, or the applicable directors or officers. The Company shall also procure that such legal advisors
provide fee estimates as requested by NN2 or Trafigura;
- consult with and take into account the views of NN2 and Trafigura in relation to the conduct of the defense /
negotiations / settlements in respect of the Claim; and
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- whilst any amount is outstanding under Facility B in relation to a civil Claim, not make any admission of liability,
agreement, settlement or compromise in relation to that Claim without the prior written approval of Trafigura.
The Company must also consult with Trafigura prior to taking any action relating to insolvency or bankruptcy proceedings,
including under Book XX of the Belgian Code of Economic Law.
The Company is also obliged to provide NN2 with certain financial information, including quarterly cashflow forecasts (and any
revisions thereto required under the terms of the Limited Recourse Loan Facility), half-yearly financial statements and audited
annual financial statements, drawn up on a consolidated basis (to the extent the Company has subsidiaries) and in accordance
with the accounting principles agreed under the terms of the Limited Recourse Loan Facility.
2.6. Relationship Agreement
At the completion of the Restructuring at 31 July 2019, the "Relationship Agreement" between Trafigura Group Pte Ltd and
the Company (dated 9 November 2015) was terminated. The Relationship Agreement governed the relationship between the
Company (and the broader Nyrstar Group) and Trafigura Group Pte. Ltd. and its affiliated persons between its execution on 9
November 2015 and the completion of the Restructuring on 31 July 2019.
Impact of the Restructuring on the 31 December 2022 financial statements
As at 31 December 2022, based on the information available to the Company, the Company has been fully released from all
contingent liabilities previously provided or irrevocably promised by the Company for debts and commitments of third parties
that were yet to be transferred to the Trafigura group for which the Company has been indemnified. The Company is fully
indemnified in relation to any liability that may arise in this respect (see "Related party disclosures"). For more details, refer to
the parent company guarantees disclosures in note C 6.14 and C 6.20.
Before 28 July 2022, the Company had, in its current investments, a 2% investment in NN2 at the cost of EUR 15,395,000.
The investment in NN2 of EUR 15,395,000 was carried at the lower of cost and fair value, taking into consideration that the
Company had a Put Option (as defined above) that enabled it to sell all (but not part only) of its 2% holding in NN2 to Trafigura
at a price equal to EUR 20 million in aggregate payable to the Company.
On 18 November 2021, the Company announced that it had appointed Moore Corporate Finance, to prepare an independent
expert’s opinion for the independent directors of the Company (“Committee of Independent Directors”), in the framework of
Article 7:97 of the Belgian Code of Companies and Associations. The independent expert’s opinion is to advise the Committee
of Independent Directors in examining the benefit to the Company, taking all relevant circumstances into account, of the
exercise or non-exercise of the Put Option that the Company has in relation to its (entire) 2% investment in NN2.
On 28 July 2022, the Company publicly announced that the Board had completed its detailed review process in respect of the
decision whether or not to exercise the Put Option related to its entire 2% shareholding in NN2. Considering the independent
expert report prepared by Moore Corporate Finance, which valued the 2% shareholding in NN2 in a range of EUR 0 million to
EUR 3.4 million, the opinion of the independent directors of the Company, questions and comments raised by certain minority
shareholders and other information made available to it, the Board decided that it was in the corporate benefit of the Company
to exercise the Put Option. On 28 July 2022, the Company duly gave notice to Nyrstar Holdings Plc and to Trafigura Pte Ltd.
that it exercised the Put Option in accordance with the terms of the Put Option Deed. The Company received the proceeds
from the exercise of the Put Option on 29 July 2022.
Documentation in respect of the Company's decision to exercise the Put Option was published on the Company's website
nyrstarnv.be on 28 July 2022. In addition, a memo of Moore Law was published on 17 November 2022 on the Company’s
website, at the request of several shareholders. These documents remain available there as at the date of this report.
Outcome of the Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company held at 9 December 2019
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At 9 December 2019, an EGM was held to deliberate on the continuation of the Company's activities and a proposed capital
decrease. The shareholders rejected the continuation of the Company's activities. The shareholders also rejected the
proposed capital reduction, as a result of which it was not carried out.
As explained above, the Board of Directors of the Company convened a new EGM to formally decide on the dissolution of the
Company, and if approved, appoint a liquidator. However, as a result of an order of 26 June 2020 of the President of the
Antwerp Enterprise Court (Antwerp division), at the request of a group of shareholders, the Company was prohibited from
holding a general meeting with the dissolution of the Company on the agenda until three months after a final decision on the
appointment of a college of experts (see below, under section 8.3) would have obtained res judicata effect. As announced on
14 February 2023 and as set out below under section 8.3, in light of the announcement in the press that certain shareholders
of the Company would file a Supreme Court appeal against the judgment of the Antwerp Court of Appeal dated 17 November
2022 with respect to the claim for the appointment of a panel of experts, the Company is of the opinion that it is not opportune
to carry out its obligation to place the dissolution on the agenda pending the Supreme Court appeal. The Company thus
announced that it will not take steps to convene a general meeting with dissolution as an agenda item (or take preparatory
actions to that effect) until the Supreme Court has rendered a judgment in the aforementioned proceedings, and it will update
the market by then. This is without prejudice to the Company's previous communication of 13 January 2023, in which it was
confirmed that the Company will not hold a general meeting with the dissolution on the agenda nor issue any invitation for a
general meeting with the dissolution on the agenda until the President of the Court will have rendered a decision about the
interim measures requested by the claimants in respect of the dissolution of the Company.
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3. Comments on the statutory financial statements
These comments are based on the balance sheet and the proposed allocation of results and are therefore subject to the
approval of the proposed allocation of results by the shareholders of the Company. The statutory financial statements were
prepared in accordance with Belgian accounting laws.
During the last financial year, the Company generated a net loss of EUR 848k and has a balance sheet total as at 31 December
2022 of EUR 18,782k.
Operating result
The operating result shows a loss of EUR 5,401k. This result derives from an operating income amounting to EUR 502k and
the operating charges of EUR 5,904k.
The operating income is primarily related to the refunds of the various legal costs by the Directors and Officers’s insurers of
the Company.
The operating costs mainly relate to services and other goods for EUR 4,109k, mainly related to audit fees, legal and advisory
fees, directors fees and other administrative services and by an increase in the provision for discontinuation of EUR 1,801k.
Financial result
The financial result mainly relates to:
- non-recurring financial income of EUR 4,605k representing a gain on sale of the 2% interest in NN2;
- foreign exchange gainst of EUR 34k;
- interest income of EUR 34k;
- interest charges of EUR 77k; and
- other financial charges of EUR 9k;
Income taxes
There has been no income tax expense incurred during 2022.
Balance sheet
The current assets at 31 December 2022 consist of:
- Term deposits with a credit institution of EUR 15,000k.
- other receivables for EUR 332k include VAT, social security and other refunds outstanding at 31 December 2022 including
the refunds related to the advance payment to the panel of experts previously appointed by the president of the Enterprise
Court of Antwerp (refer below for further details);
- cash at bank for EUR; 2,828k and
- deferred expenses of EUR 622k related mainly to insurance fees, audit fees and other advisory fees and legal refunds for
the legal and related expenses that are covered by the D&O insurance of the Company.
The equity as at 31 December 2022 amounted to negative EUR 2,497k.
The changes in equity for the financial year 2022 relate to the loss of EUR 848k.
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The liabilities as at 31 December 2022 mainly relate to:
- The loan of EUR 9,820k drawn by the Company at 31 December 2022 on the Limited Recourse Loan Facility provided
to the Company by NN2.
- EUR 10,851k provision includes the provision for discontinuation of EUR 10,822k (refer to section “Justification of the
application of the valuation rules under the assumption of discontinuity”)
- trade payables for EUR 541k include outstanding operating liabilities and the legal invoices that are covered by the
D&O insurance of the Company;
- tax and payroll liabilities for EUR 18k; and
- accruals of EUR 49k representing the interest accrued on the Limited Recourse Loan Facility.
4. Result allocation (in EUR)
The Board of Directors proposes to allocate the current year loss of EUR 848k to the losses carried forward.
5. Risk management and management of uncertainties and information regarding the use by the Company of
financial instruments
The Company has invested the majority of the proceeds received from the exercise of the Put Option into the short-term
deposits while maintaining sufficient day-to-day liquidity.
For information on the Company’s risk management and management of uncertainties and information regarding the use by
the Company of financial instruments, please refer to the Corporate Governance Statement of the Company.
6. Justification of the application of the valuation rules under the assumption of discontinuity
As a consequence of the Restructuring and the outcomes of the 9 December 2019 EGM, where the shareholders rejected
the continuation of the Company's activities, the 31 December 2022 financial statements of the Company are prepared on a
discontinuity basis.
At the date of authorisation of the 31 December 2022 financial statements, the Company has assessed that, taking into account
its available cash, cash equivalents and its cash flow projections for the next 12 months from the authorisation by the Board
of Directors of the 31 December 2022 financial statements, it has sufficient liquidity to meet its present obligations and cover
working capital needs. The forecast available liquidity of the Company includes cash and cash term deposits of EUR 17.8
million as of 31 December 2022 and is dependent on various matters including the possible appointment of a liquidator and
his next steps, the existence and extent of the legal claims against the Company which could require funding of these legal
proceedings and other matters not currently foreseen as described in section d) of the valuation rules above. If the appointment
of the liquidator is further delayed or not approved by the shareholders or if the costs are higher than currently expected, and
there are no distributions in respect of the Company's holding, the Company may need to secure additional funding. There is
a risk that such additional funding may not be available to the Company or may not be available at acceptable conditions.
Reference is also made to the related party disclosures in respect of the mandatory prepayment obligations and limited
recourse provisions under the Limited Recourse Loan Facility (to the extent that these apply following the receipt of the
proceeds of the exercise of the Put Option (see also at 2.2, 2.5.4 and 2.5.5 above)).
7. Important events which occurred after the end of the financial year
There have been no significant events which occurred after the end of the financial year except those included in section 8
below.
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8. Information regarding the circumstances that could materially affect the development of the Company
8.1. The EGM of 9 December 2019 and the order of the President of the Antwerp Enterprise Court of 26 June 2020
As described above, at 9 December 2019, the EGM was held to deliberate on the continuation of the Company's activities and
a proposed capital decrease. The shareholders meeting rejected the continuation of the Company's activities. The
shareholdersmeeting also rejected the proposed capital reduction, as a result of which it was not carried out. The Board of
Directors of the Company had taken the necessary measures to prepare the necessary reports with its statutory auditor and
had convened a new EGM to formally consider a proposal for liquidation. Such EGM was first scheduled to be held on 25
March 2020 but had to be postponed due to the Covid-19 outbreak and corresponding restrictions that had been introduced
in Europe. The Company re-convened such EGM on 30 April 2020 for 2 June 2020 and, if the required attendance quorum
would not be met, 30 June 2020.
Certain shareholders initiated summary proceedings before the court of Antwerp to request the court to order that the decision
on the dissolution of the Company, following the 9 December 2019 EGM, be postponed (i) until three months after a final
report will have been issued by a panel of experts whose appointment is requested in separate proceedings before the court,
or, alternatively (ii) until three months after a final decision will have been rendered in the aforementioned proceedings
regarding the appointment of a panel of experts. On 26 June 2020, the court of Antwerp dismissed the minority shareholders'
claim for a postponement until three months after a final report will have been issued by a panel of experts whose appointment
is requested. However, the court did accept their claim for a postponement of the decision on dissolution of the Company until
three months after a final decision (i.e. a decision that will have obtained "res judicata effect") will have been rendered in the
proceedings regarding the appointment of a panel of experts. Consequently, in compliance with the 26 June 2020 court order,
the (second) EGM planned for 30 June 2020 with the resolutions regarding the proposal for dissolution of the Company as
agenda items was postponed. (As set out above, as announced on 14 February 2023 and as set out below under section 8.3,
in light of the announcement in the press that certain shareholders of the Company would file a Supreme Court appeal against
the judgment of the Antwerp Court of Appeal dated 17 November 2022 with respect to the claim for the appointment of a panel
of experts, the Company is of the opinion that it is not opportune to carry out its obligation to place the dissolution on the
agenda pending the Supreme Court appeal. The Company thus announced that it will not take steps to convene a general
meeting with dissolution as an agenda item (or take preparatory actions to that effect) until the Supreme Court has rendered
a judgment in the aforementioned proceedings, and it will update the market by then. This is without prejudice to the Company's
previous communication of 13 January 2023, in which it was confirmed that the Company will not hold a general meeting with
the dissolution on the agenda nor issue any invitation for a general meeting with the dissolution on the agenda until the
President of the Court will have rendered a decision about the interim measures requested by the claimants in respect of the
dissolution of the Company.)
The delayed decision on the proposal for dissolution of the Company and the appointment of a liquidator may negatively
impact the Company's liquidity position as the Company continues to incur running costs and costs in respect of the legal
proceedings mentioned above and below. If the appointment of the liquidator is further delayed beyond what is currently
expected or not approved by the shareholders’ meeting or if the costs are higher than currently expected, the Company may
need to secure additional funding. There is a risk that such additional funding may not be available to the Company or may
not be available at acceptable conditions. We refer in this respect to the related party disclosures included in the annual
accounts for the financial year ended 31 December 2022 in respect of the mandatory prepayment obligations and limited
recourse provisions under the Limited Recourse Loan Facility.
8.2. Investigations by the FSMA
The management committee of the Belgian Financial Services and Markets Authority ("FSMA") decided in September 2019
to investigate the Company's policy regarding disclosure of information to the market. Initially, this investigation focused on
the information disclosed on the commercial relationship of the Company with Trafigura.
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In a press release dated 29 May 2020, the FSMA announced that the investigation would be expanded so as to also include
information on the expected profit contribution and total costs for the Port Pirie smelter redevelopment in Australia and on the
solvency and liquidity position of the Company at the end of 2018.
In a press release dated 25 July 2022, the FSMA outlined the state of affairs in the investigation. The FSMA announced that
the FSMA’s auditor had drafted a provisional report covering the three elements of the investigation.
In a press release dated 30 September 2022, the FSMA announced that, after deliberating on the auditor's final report, the
management committee of the FSMA has decided to initiate proceedings against Nyrstar that may result in the imposition of
an administrative fine, as well as that it has forwarded the notification of the grievances to the chairman of the sanctions
committee. The FSMA further reports that the management committee has also forwarded this notification to the public
prosecutor of the Antwerp district. Finally, according to the press release, the management committee has asked the auditor
for an additional report on the possible application of an administrative fine to each of the directors (or the permanent
representatives of the directors) of Nyrstar who were in office at the time of the facts.
Nyrstar confirms that, on 30 September 2022, the management committee of the FSMA notified it of the grievances and
provided it with the auditor's final investigation report. The company is defending itself against the FSMA’s allegations within
the proceedings before the Sanctions Committee. The company believes that it has at all times disclosed the required
information in accordance with the relevant financial regulations and laws. It continues to cooperate fully with the FSMA's
investigation and will, if applicable, also cooperate with any criminal investigation.
8.3. Summary proceedings relating to the appointment of a panel of experts
On 27 April 2020, a group of shareholders summoned the Company in summary proceedings before the President of the
Antwerp Enterprise Court (Antwerp division). The claim of the plaintiffs aimed at having a panel of experts appointed in
accordance with article 7:160 of the Belgian Companies and Associations Code. This procedure was initiated on 5 May 2020.
The court hearing took place on 15 September 2020.
On 30 October 2020, the President of the Antwerp Enterprise Court (Antwerp division) issued an order in which she upheld
the shareholders' claim. The court order included, but was not limited to, the following elements:
A panel of three experts was appointed to examine:
i. whether the transactions between the former Nyrstar Group and the Trafigura Group on and after 9 November 2015
were concluded in accordance with the "at arm's length" principle and at normal commercial conditions and, if not,
to assess the direct and indirect damage suffered by the Company as a result of violations of this principle;
ii. whether the conditions for the transfer of all rights under the agreements between Talvivaara Mining Company
group and Nyrstar, from Nyrstar to Terrafame, Winttal Oy Ltd. and subsequently to Terrafame Mining, were market-
conform and, if not, to assess the direct and indirect damage suffered by Nyrstar as a result of that transfer; and
iii. what caused the liquidity crisis, as well as whether it was necessary to conclude the binding term sheet, the TFFA
and the Lock-up agreement, as well as to advise whether the terms and conditions of the aforementioned
agreements were market-conform and, if not, to assess the damage suffered by Nyrstar by entering into those
agreements.
The Company was condemned to advance the costs of the panel of experts.
The Company reviewed the court order together with its legal advisors and decided that lodging an appeal with the Antwerp
Court of Appeal was appropriate and required in light of the Company's corporate interest. The Company has filed the
application for appeal on 15 December 2020. On 3 March 2021, the original plaintiff shareholders summoned Trafigura PTE
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Ltd. and Trafigura Group PTE Ltd. to forcefully intervene in this appeal. In particular, they ask that the judgment the Court of
Appeal would deliver be declared enforceable against and applicable to Trafigura PTE Ltd. and Trafigura Group PTE Ltd. Both
the appeal by the Company and the forced intervention of Trafigura PTE Ltd. and Trafigura Group PTE Ltd. were heard at the
hearing of 3 June 2021. On 2 September 2021 the court ordered the reopening of the debates to allow the parties to comment
on (i) the third-party application order dated 2 July 2021 (infra), (ii) the memo and evidence deposited by the original plaintiff
shareholders on 2 August 2021 in execution of the aforementioned third-party application order, (iii) the order of the President
of the Antwerp Enterprise Court (Antwerp Division) of 29 June 2021 by which, in accordance with Article 973 Jud.C., a number
of incidents in relation to the expert investigation are settled, (iv) the documents relating to the general meeting of the Company
held on 29 June 2021, and (v) the request for voluntary intervention in the third-party application proceedings of 22 other
shareholders of the Company. On 29 October 2021, those same 22 other shareholders of the Company submitted a request
for voluntary intervention in these appeal proceedings.
On 4 February 2021, Trafigura PTE Ltd. and Trafigura Group PTE Ltd. filed a third-party application against the aforementioned
decision of 30 October 2020. The Company and the original plaintiff shareholders were also involved in these proceedings. In
this third-party application, Trafigura PTE Ltd. and Trafigura Group PTE Ltd. request that the President of the Antwerp
Enterprise Court (Antwerp division) revoke its decision of 30 October 2020 with immediate effect and terminate the expert
investigation, also vis-à-vis the Company and the original plaintiffs. The third-party application was introduced in court on 26
March 2021, and was dealt with a first time at the hearing of 15 June 2021. In response, an interim judgment was issued on 2
July 2021. In this interim judgment, the President of the Antwerp Enterprise Court (Antwerp division) ordered the original
plaintiff shareholders to produce to the court a full overview of their respective transactions in the Company's shares. Further,
the President suspended the expert investigation until a verdict is returned after the hearing scheduled on 28 September 2021
in respect of the new evidence submitted. The suspension of the expert investigation aimed to give the plaintiff shareholders
time to produce documentary proof of their shareholdings and transactions in the Company and provide the parties, including
the Company, the opportunity to debate the legal consequences of the new evidence, after which the court would take a
decision. As mentioned, a second hearing on this subject took place on 28 September 2021. On 19 August 2021, 22 other
shareholders of Nyrstar submitted a request to voluntarily intervene in these third-party application proceedings. On 9
November 2021, the President of the Antwerp Enterprise Court (Antwerp division) rendered a second judgment in these third-
party application proceedings. In this decision, the President declared the third-party application proceedings of Trafigura PTE
Ltd. and Trafigura Group PTE Ltd. well-founded and revoked the previous judgment of 30 October 2020 vis-à-vis Trafigura
PTE Ltd., Trafigura Group PTE Ltd., the Company and the original claimant shareholders, thus revoking the appointment of
the experts and halting the expert investigation. The President ordered that the costs of the expert investigation to date be
borne by the party that has borne them to date in accordance with said previous judgment, i.e. the Company. On 23 December
2021 the original plaintiff shareholders and the newly intervening shareholders lodged appeal against the aforementioned
judgments of 2 July and 9 November 2021.
Both appeals (i.e. the appeal against the decision of 30 October 2020 and the appeal against the decisions of 2 July and 9
November 2021) were dealt with at the court hearing of 6 October 2022.
On 17 November 2022, the Antwerp court of appeals issued its judgment in these appeals. In this judgment, the court of
appeals declared the appeal proceedings lodged by the claimant shareholders ill-founded and confirmed the judgment of 9
November 2021, thus ordering that the appointment of the panel of corporate law experts be revoked and the expert
investigation halted. The court of appeals found that there are no indications that the interests of the Company would be
seriously threatened, and hence that an expert investigation is not justified. The court of appeals also joined the proceedings
regarding the Company’s appeal against the judgment of 30 October 2020 and confirmed that such appeal no longer has any
subject matter given the 17 November 2022 judgment. Finally, the court of appeals ordered the parties to pay their own costs,
and ordered the claimant shareholders to repay 50% of the costs incurred by Nyrstar in the expert investigation.
On 10 February 2023 Nyrstar was notified through the media that the claimant shareholders will lodge an appeal with the
Supreme Court against the aforementioned 17 November 2022 judgment. On 28 March 2023, Nyrstar received the Supreme
Court petition involved.
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On 9 February 2021, Trafigura PTE Ltd. and Trafigura Group PTE Ltd. submitted a request for suspension of the 30 October
2020 decision to the Attachment Judge of the Antwerp Court of First Instance (Antwerp Division). The Company and the
original plaintiff shareholders were again involved in this procedure. Trafigura PTE Ltd. and Trafigura Group PTE Ltd.
specifically request that the execution of the aforementioned decision be immediately suspended until a final judgment is
reached in the third-party application proceedings mentioned earlier. The suspension request was introduced in court on 1
April 2021, and was dealt with at the hearing of 24 June 2021. In a decision of 15 July 2021, the Attachment Judge ruled that
a re-opening of the debates is required in light of the aforementioned judgment of the President of the Antwerp Enterprise
Court (Antwerp division) of 2 July 2021 (in the third-party application proceedings). As a result, the suspension request was
dealt with at the hearing of 28 October 2021, where it was again adjourned until the hearing of 2 December 2021. During said
2 December 2021 hearing, the case was put on hold for an indefinite period of time, given the aforementioned 9 November
2021 judgment by the President of the Antwerp Enterprise Court (Antwerp division) in the third-party application proceedings.
8.4. Proceedings on the merits against (among others) the Company and its directors
On Friday 29 May 2020, a group of shareholders of the Company summoned, amongst others, the Company and its directors
before the Antwerp Enterprise Court (Turnhout division). This writ of summons followed a notice of default received on 17
March 2020 by the directors and certain senior managers of the Company.
On Monday 9 November 2020, this group of shareholders issued a corrective writ of summons against (amongst others) the
Company and its directors, which amended the writ of summons dated 29 May 2020 on certain points.
The plaintiffs in this procedure are making the following claims:
i. a minority claim on account of the Company against (amongst others) the current directors of the Company for
alleged shortcomings in their management and breaches of the Belgian Companies Code and the Company's
articles of association. This minority claim is a derivative claim, meaning that the proceeds will be paid to the
Company (not the plaintiff shareholders). In particular, the plaintiffs request that the defendants are jointly and
severally ordered to pay damages to the Company. The damages are estimated in the (corrective) writ of summons
at a minimum of EUR 1.2 billion;
ii. a direct liability claim against, among others, the current directors of the Company for errors which (allegedly)
caused individual damages to the plaintiffs. On this basis, the plaintiffs claim personal damages provisionally
estimated at EUR 1;
iii. a claim against the Company to reimburse any costs incurred by the plaintiffs which are not reimbursed by the other
defendants.
These proceedings were initiated on 18 November 2020; however, they were sent to the docket at the introductory hearing (at
the request of plaintiffs) pending the report of the panel of experts appointed by order of 30 October 2020 of the President of
the Antwerp Enterprise Court (Antwerp division) (see above under “Summary proceedings relating to the appointment of a
panel of experts”). Consequently, no procedural timetable or hearing date has yet been determined.
The Company and its Board of Directors formally contest the claims in the writ of summons and note that they will firmly defend
themselves against the claims raised within the framework of these proceedings.
In addition, the Company learned that the same group of plaintiff shareholders has brought similar liability claims against
certain former directors of the Company as well as certain companies of the Trafigura group. Initially, neither the Company
nor its current directors were party to these proceedings. However, the Company has learned that the Antwerp Enterprise
Court (Turnhout Division) has, by decision of 26 July 2022, joined the proceedings against the companies of the Trafigura
group with the proceedings against the Company and its directors.
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8.5. Summary proceedings related to interim measures
On 3 January 2023, a group of shareholders summoned the Company in summary proceedings before the President of the
Antwerp Enterprise Court (Antwerp division). In these proceedings, the plaintiff shareholders request the judge to grant the
following interim measures:
1. a prohibition to hold a general meeting with the dissolution of the Company on the agenda until at least 3 months
after a decision in the proceedings on the merits pending before the Antwerp Enterprise Court (Turnhout division) will
have obtained res judicata effect, and to at least take note of Nyrstar’s commitment not to take any preparatory steps
to convene a general meeting with dissolution as an agenda item until the Supreme Court will have ruled on the
appeal against the 17 November 2022 judgment (as formulated in Nyrstar’s trial brief dated 14 February 2023);
2. the appointment of a provisional administrator in the Company, for a period of 12 months with the possibility of
extension, at least until a decision with res judicata effect is rendered in the proceedings on the merits pending before
the Antwerp Enterprise Court (Turnhout division), with the assignment to provisionally take over all tasks of
management and administration in the broadest sense;
3. order the Company to hand over all documents which the provisional administrator deems necessary within the
framework of his assignment, on the understanding that such handover shall take place within a period of five days
after the request by the provisional administrator, on pain of coercive penalty of 10.000 EUR per pay of delay and
per item;
4. order the Company to advance the costs of the provisional administrator.
In subordinate order, the plaintiff shareholders request (i) that the Company be prohibited from holding a general meeting with
the dissolution of the Company on the agenda for a period of at least 12 months with possibility of extension, (ii) the
appointment of an ad hoc trustee in the Company with a specific mandate for a period of 12 months with possibility of extension,
at least until a decision with res judicata effect is rendered in the proceedings on the merits pending before the Antwerp
Enterprise Court (Turnhout division), and (iii) that Nyrstar be ordered to advance the costs of this ad hoc trustee.
In even more subordinate order, the plaintiff shareholders request the President (i) to take note of the unconditional
commitment by Nyrstar not to take any preparatory steps for convening a general meeting with the dissolution of the Company
as an agenda item until the Supreme Court will have ruled on the appeal against the judgment dated 17 November 2022 (as
formulated in Nyrstar’s trial brief dated 14 February 2023), (ii) to order Nyrstar to join several claims brought by the plaintiff
shareholders against Trafigura and/or associated persons in the proceedings on the merits (and to initiate these claims, at the
very least conservatively).
This writ of summons follows notices of default received by the Company in 2022 in which new proceedings were announced.
In these notices, the Company was also put on notice for all damages that the Company and the minority shareholders involved
have suffered and will suffer in connection with the exercise of the Put Option, and the minority shareholders concerned also
reserved the right to claim the suspension or nullity of the relevant decisions.
The Company is responding to the plaintiff shareholders’ request for interim measures in the court proceedings.
The case was introduced in court on 6 January 2023 with a view to establishing a procedural calendar, but the matter was
adjourned to the hearing of 13 January 2023. During this hearing, the Company has confirmed to the President of the Antwerp
Enterprise Court (Antwerp division) that it will not hold a general meeting with the dissolution on the agenda nor issue any
invitation for a general meeting with the dissolution on the agenda until the President of the Court will have rendered a decision
about the interim measures requested by the Claimants in respect of the dissolution of the Company. The President of the
Court has taken notice of this confirmation on the record of the hearing. Subsequently, in its trial brief dated 14 February 2023,
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the Company confirmed that it will not take any steps to convene a general meeting with dissolution as an agenda item until
the Supreme Court will have ruled on the appeal against the 17 November 2022 judgment.
After an exchange of trial briefs, the President of the Court will hear this case on 25 April 2023.
8.6. Judicial investigation
The Company learned that criminal complaints have been filed by shareholders. The Company shall cooperate with the judicial
investigation.
9. Branches
The Company has no branches.
10. Research and development
Until 31 July 2019, the Group undertook research and development through a number of activities at various production sites
of the Group. This research and development was primarily concentrated on the production of various high margin non-
commodity grade alloy products and by-products in Nyrstar’s Metals Processing operations. Following the completion of the
Restructuring at 31 July 2019, the Company does not undertake any research or development.
11. Information provided in accordance with Articles 7:220 and 7:203 of the Belgian Code of Companies and
Associations
The Company held no Company’s shares as at 31 December 2022 and 2021.
Issued shares
2022
2021
Shares outstanding
109,873,001
109,873,001
Treasury shares
-
-
As at 31 Dec
109,873,001
109,873,001
Movement in shares outstanding
2022
2021
As at 1 Jan
109,873,001
109,873,001
Capital increase
-
-
Employee shared based payment plan
-
-
As at 31 Dec
109,873,001
109,873,001
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12. Information provided in accordance with Articles 7:96 and 7:97 of the Belgian Code of Companies and
Assocations
12.1. Article 7:96 of the Belgian Code of Companies and Associations
Directors are expected to arrange their personal and business affairs so as to avoid conflicts of interest with the Company.
Any director with a conflicting financial interest (as contemplated by article 7:96 of the Belgian Code of Companies and
Associations) on any matter before the Board of Directors must bring it to the attention of both the statutory auditor and fellow
directors, and take no part in any deliberations or voting related thereto. Section 1.4 of the Corporate Governance Charter
sets out the procedure for transactions between Nyrstar and the directors which are not covered by the legal provisions on
conflicts of interest.
To the knowledge of the Board of Directors, there are, in the period covered by this report, no potential conflicts of interests
between any duties to the Company of the directors and their private interests and/or other duties.
There has therefore not been any non-compliance with article 7:96 of the Belgian Code of Companies and Associations.
12.2. Article 7:97 of the Belgian Code of Companies and Associations
On 18 November 2021, the Company announced that it had appointed Moore Corporate Finance to prepare an independent
expert's opinion for the independent directors of the Company ("Committee of Independent Directors"), in the framework of
Article 7:97 of the Belgian Code of Companies and Associations. The independent expert's opinion was to advise the
Committee of Independent Directors in examining the benefit to the Company, taking all relevant circumstances into account,
of the exercise or non-exercise of the Put Option that the Company had in relation to its entire 2% investment in NN2.
On 28 July 2022, the Company publicly announced that the Board had completed its detailed review process in respect of the
decision whether or not to exercise the Put Option related to its entire 2% shareholding in NN2. Considering the independent
expert report prepared by Moore Corporate Finance, which valued the 2% shareholding in NN2 in a range of EUR 0 million to
EUR 3.4 million, the opinion of the independent directors of the Company, questions and comments raised by certain minority
shareholders and other information made available to it, the Board decided that it was in the corporate benefit of the Company
to exercise the Put Option. On 28 July 2022, the Company duly gave notice to Nyrstar Holdings Plc and to Trafigura Pte Ltd.
that it exercised the Put Option in accordance with the terms of the Put Option Deed. The Company received the proceeds
from the exercise of the Put Option on 29 July 2022.
The opinion of the Committee of Independent Directors read as follows:
On the basis of the considerations set out above, including the Expert Report, the information provided [by management] in
Annex 2 as well as the comments made by minority shareholders, the Committee is of the opinion that the decision to exercise
the Put Option is not such as to imply a disadvantage to the Company that, in light of its current policies, would be manifestly
illegitimate.
Furthermore, the Committee is of the opinion that it is unlikely that the decision to exercise the Put Option would lead to
disadvantages for the Company which will not be outweighed by the benefits for the Company of such a decision.
The Company’s statutory auditor, BDO, has reviewed the Expert Report, the report by the Committee and the minutes of the
Board of Directors of the Company in accordance with article 7:97 BCCA and its assessment is as follows.
Based on our review, nothing has come to our attention that causes us to believe that the financial and accounting data
reported in the advice of the committee of independent directors dated 27 July 2022 and in the minutes of the administrative
body dated 27 July 2022, which justify the proposed transaction, are not consistent, in all material respects, compared to the
information we have in the context of our assignment as statutory auditor of Nyrstar NV.
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Our assignment is solely executed for the purposes described in article 7:97 of the Code of Companies and Associations and
therefore our report is not to be used for any other purpose.
Reference is made to the press release of the Company which was published on the Company’s website on 28 July 2022:.
https://otp.tools.investis.com/clients/fi/nyrstar1/omx/omx-story.aspx?cid=250&newsid=74701&culture=en-US.
Documentation, including the report of the independent expert, the report of the Committee of Independent Directors and
BDO’s report, are all available on the Company’s website: https://www.nyrstar.be/en/investors/results-reports-and-
presentations/2022.
13. Information provided in accordance with article 34 of the Royal Decree dated 14 November 2007
The elements that need to be provided in accordance with article 34 of the Royal Decree dated 14 November 2007 to the
extent that these elements could have consequences in the event of a public takeover bid are discussed in detail in the
corporate governance statement as attached to this report as annex B.
14. Audit committee
The Audit Committee consists of at least three directors. All members of the Audit Committee are non-executive directors.
According to the Belgian Code of Companies and Associations, all members of the Audit Committee must be non-executive
directors, and at least one member must be independent within the meaning of the Belgian Code on Corporate Governance.
The members of the Audit Committee at 31 December 2022 were Anne Fahy (Chairman), Jane Moriarty and Carole Cable.
The current composition of the Audit Committee complies with the Belgian Code of Companies and Associations. For the
justification of the independence and accounting and audit expertise of the members of the Audit Committee, reference is
made to the Corporate Governance Statement of the Company.
The members of the Audit Committee must have a collective competence in the business activities of the Company as well as
accounting, auditing and finance. The current Chair of the Audit Committee is competent in accounting and auditing as
evidenced by her previous role as Chief Financial Officer of BP’s Aviation Fuels business. According to the Board of Directors,
the other members of the Audit Committee also satisfy this requirement, as evidenced by the different senior management
and director mandates that they have held in the past and currently hold (see also Other mandates in the Corporate
Governance Statement).
The assignments of the Audit Committee can vary according to the circumstances. However, the Audit Committee mainly has
the following duties (article 7:99 §4 BCCA):
informing the Board of Directors of the result of the audit of the annual accounts of the Company and explain how the
audit has contributed to the integrity of the financial reporting and what role the Audit Committee played in that process;
monitoring the financial overall reporting process, and submit recommendations or proposals to ensure its integrity;
monitoring the effectiveness of the Company's overall internal control processes and risk management systems and, if
an internal audit function exists, monitoring the Company's internal audit function and its effectiveness;
monitoring the statutory audit of the annual accounts, including follow-up on questions and recommendations made by
the statutory auditor;
reviewing and monitoring the independence of the statutory auditor, in particular, if applicable, regarding the provision of
additional non-audit services to the Company; and
be responsible for the procedure for the selection of the statutory auditor in accordance with the law and make a motivated
recommendation to the Board of Directors as to the nomination or renewal of the mandate of the statutory auditor.
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The Audit Committee regularly reports to the Board of Directors on the exercise of its missions, including when preparing the
annual accounts.
In principle, the Audit Committee meets as frequently as necessary for the efficiency of the operation of the Audit Committee,
but at least two times a year.
15. Discharge
The Board of Directors requests the shareholders of the Company to approve the statutory financial statements attached
hereto and to grant discharge to the directors of the Company and to the statutory auditor for the exercise of their mandate
during this financial year of the Company.
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Brussels, 20 April 2023.
On behalf of the Board of Directors,
___________________________
___________________________
Martyn Konig
Director
Anne Fahy
Director
Annex A: Statutory financial statements of Nyrstar NV for the year ended 31 December 2022
Annex B: Statement of responsibility of Nyrstar NV for the year ended 31 December 2022
Annex C: Corporate governance statement in accordance with article 3:6 §2 of Belgian Code of Companies and
Associations
Annex D: Remuneration Report in accordance with article 3:6 §3 of Belgian Code of Companies and Associations
Annex A
Statutory financial statements of Nyrstar NV for the year ended 31 December 2022
[Separate document]
Annex B
Statement of responsibility of Nyrstar NV for the year ended 31 December 2022
The undersigned, Martyn Konig, Chairman of the Board of Directors, and Anne Fahy, Director, declare that, to the best of
their knowledge:
a. the statutory financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2022 which have been prepared in accordance with
Belgian Code of Companies and Associations give a true and fair view of the assets, the financial position and income
statement of the issuer;
b. the annual report for the statutory financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2022 which has been prepared
in accordance with the Belgian Code of Companies and Associations gives a true and fair view of the development and
results of the company and of the position of the company, as well as a description of the main risks and uncertainties
with which it is confronted.
Brussels, 20 April 2023
Martyn Konig Anne Fahy
Chairman of the Board of Directors Director
Annex C
Corporate governance statement in accordance with article 3:6 §2 of Belgian Code of Companies and Associations
[Separate document]
Annex D
Remuneration Report in accordance with article 3:6 §3 of Belgian Code of Companies and Associations
[Separate document]
NAME:
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Company registration number
0888728945
DATE
9/04/2019
of filing the most recent document mentioning the date of publication of
the deed of incorporation and of the deed of amendment of the articles of association.
approved by the general meeting of
27/06/2023
the financial year covering the period from
1/01/2022
31/12/2022
to
1/01/2021
31/12/2021
to
The amounts for the preceding period
are not
ANNUAL ACCOUNTS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS TO BE FILED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE BELGIAN COMPANIES AND ASSOCIATIONS
CODE
Public limited liability company
Belgium
Nyrstar
Zinkstraat
2490
Balen
1
are
/
Antwerpen, Division Turnhout
identical to the ones previously published.
IDENTIFICATION DETAILS (at the filing date)
2
4
5
EURO (2 decimals)
the ANNUAL ACCOUNTS in
Total number of pages filed:
Numbers of the sections of the standard model form not filed
because they serve no useful purpose:
Signature
(name and position)
Signature
(name and position)
45
6.1, 6.2.1, 6.2.2, 6.2.3, 6.2.4, 6.2.5, 6.3.1, 6.3.2, 6.3.3, 6.3.4, 6.3.5, 6.3.6, 6.4.1, 6.4.2, 6.4.3, 6.5.1,
6.5.2, 6.17, 6.18.2, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
Martyn Konig
Director
Anne Fahy
Director
F-cap 1
1
E-mail address :
2
This filing concerns :
X
X
3
the OTHER DOCUMENTS
regarding
the preceding period of the annual accounts from
Nyrstar
Where appropriate, “in liquidation” is stated after the legal form.
Optional mention.
1/45
1
2
3
Tick the appropriate box(es).
If necessary, change to currency in which the amounts are expressed.
4
5
Strike out what does not apply.
COMPLETE LIST with surname, first names, profession, place of residence (address, number, postal code and town) and position
within the company
LIST OF DIRECTORS, BUSINESS MANAGERS AND AUDITORS AND
DECLARATION REGARDING A COMPLIMENTARY REVIEW OR
CORRECTION ASSIGNMENT
LIST OF DIRECTORS, BUSINESS MANAGERS AND AUDITORS
N°.
0888728945
F-cap 2.1
Fahy Anne
Zinkstraat 1, 2490 Balen, Belgium
Mandate: Director, start: 29/06/2020, end: 25/06/2024
Cable Carole
Zinkstraat 1, 2490 Balen, Belgium
Mandate: Director, start: 29/06/2021, end: 24/06/2025
Moriarty Jane
Zinkstraat 1, 2490 Balen, Belgium
Mandate: Director, start: 14/03/2019, end: 27/06/2023
Konig Martyn
Zinkstraat 1, 2490 Balen, Belgium
Mandate: President of the board of directors, start: 05/11/2019, end: 27/06/2023
BDO Bedrijfsrevisoren CALL 0431.088.289
Membership number: B00023
Vincilaan 9 E.6, 1930 Zaventem, Belgium
Mandate: Auditor, start: 24/09/2020, end: 27/06/2023
Represented by:
Claes Gert
, Membership number : A01775
Da Vincilaan 9 , box E.6 1930 Zaventem Belgium
1.
2/45
N°.
0888728945
F-cap 2.2
DECLARATION REGARDING A COMPLIMENTARY REVIEW OR CORRECTION ASSIGNMENT
The managing board declares that not a single audit or correction assignment has been given to a person not authorized to do so by law,
pursuant to article 5 of the law of 17 March 2019 concerning the professions of accountant and tax advisor.
If affirmative, should be mentioned hereafter: surname, first names, profession and address of each certified accountant or company auditor
and their membership number at their Institute, as well as the nature of their assignment:
A. Bookkeeping of the company **,
B. Preparing the annual accounts **,
C. Auditing the annual accounts and/or
D. Correcting the annual accounts.
The annual accounts
were
were not
* audited or corrected by a certified accountant or by a company auditor who is not the statutory
/
If the tasks mentioned under A or B are executed by accountants or fiscal accountants, the following information can be mentioned
hereafter: surname, first names, profession and address of each accountant or fiscal accountant and their membership number at the
Institute of Accountants and Tax advisors, as well as the nature of their assignment.
auditor.
Membership number
Nature of the
assignment
(A, B, C and/or D)
Surname, first names, profession and address
* Strike out what does not apply.
** Optional mention.
3/45
N°.
0888728945
F-cap 3.1
BALANCE SHEET AFTER APPROPRIATION
Codes
Period
Preceding period
ASSETS
Tangible fixed assets
FIXED ASSETS
Intangible fixed assets
FORMATION EXPENSES
Land and buildings
Plant, machinery and equipment
Furniture and vehicles
Leasing and other similar rights
Other tangible fixed assets
Assets under construction and advance payments
Financial fixed assets
6.3
6.2
6.4 /
6.5.1
21/28
20
21
22/27
22
23
24
25
26
28
27
Notes
ANNUAL ACCOUNTS
6.1
Affiliated Companies
Participating interests
Amounts receivable
Other companies linked by participating interests
Participating interests
Amounts receivable
Other financial fixed assets
Shares
Amounts receivable and cash guarantees
6.15
6.15
280/1
280
281
282/3
282
283
284/8
284
285/8
4/45
N°.
0888728945
F-cap 3.1
Codes
Period
Preceding period
CURRENT ASSETS
Amounts receivable after more than one year
Trade debtors
Other amounts receivable
Stocks and contracts in progress
Stocks
Raw materials and consumables
Work in progress
Finished goods
Goods purchased for resale
Immovable property intended for sale
Advance payments
Contracts in progress
Amounts receivable within one year
Trade debtors
Other amounts receivable
Current investments
Own shares
Other investments
Cash at bank and in hand
Accruals and deferred income
TOTAL ASSETS
6.5.1 /
6.6
6.6
18.781.961,52
332.430,02
332.430,02
15.000.000,00
15.000.000,00
2.827.946,03
621.585,47
18.781.961,52
16.125.552,36
180.634,76
180.634,76
15.395.000,00
15.395.000,00
62.819,70
487.097,90
16.125.552,36
29/58
29
290
291
3
30/36
30/31
32
33
34
35
36
37
40/41
40
41
50/53
50
51/53
54/58
490/1
20/58
Notes
5/45
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0888728945
F-cap 3.2
Codes
Period
Preceding period
EQUITY AND LIABILITIES
Reserves
EQUITY
Contributions
Issued capital
Uncalled capital
Legal reserve
Financial support
Other
Accumulated profits (losses)
Deferred taxes
(+)/(-)
Untaxed reserves
Available reserves
Capital subsidies
Advance to shareholders on the distribution of net
assets
PROVISIONS AND DEFERRED TAXES
Provisions for liabilities and charges
1.330.530.636,44
114.134.760,97
-1.349.285.001,19
10/15
10/11
100
101
12
13
130
1319
1313
132
14
15
19
16
160/5
Revaluation surpluses
133
168
10.851.065,44
10.851.065,44
-1.649.042,54
1.330.530.636,44
114.134.760,97
16.257.028,06
16.257.028,06
16.257.028,06
-1.348.436.707,04
9.057.329,92
9.057.329,92
-2.497.336,69
16.257.028,06
16.257.028,06
16.257.028,06
Notes
Pensions and similar obligations
160
Taxes
161
Major repairs and maintenance
162
Environmental obligations
163
Other liabilities and charges
10.851.065,44
164/5
9.057.329,92
6
7
6.7.1
6.8
Capital
10
114.134.760,97
114.134.760,97
Beyond capital
Share premium account
Other
11
1100/10
1109/19
1.216.395.875,47
1.216.395.875,47
1.216.395.875,47
1.216.395.875,47
Reserves not available
Reserves not available statutorily
Purchase of own shares
130/1
1311
1312
6/45
Amount to be deducted from the issued capital.
Amount to be deducted from the other components of equity.
6
7
N°.
0888728945
F-cap 3.2
Codes
Period
Preceding period
AMOUNTS PAYABLE
Amounts payable after more than one year
Financial debts
Advance payments on contracts in progress
Current portion of amounts payable after more than
one year falling due within one year
Taxes
Other amounts payable
Accruals and deferred income
TOTAL LIABILITIES
Remuneration and social security
Other amounts payable
Amounts payable within one year
Financial debts
Credit institutions
Other loans
Trade debts
Suppliers
Bills of exchange payable
Advance payments on contracts in progress
Taxes, remuneration and social security
17/49
17
176
178/9
42/48
42
43
430/8
439
44
440/4
441
46
45
450/3
454/9
47/48
492/3
10/49
10.428.232,77
10.378.942,43
9.820.478,16
9.820.478,16
540.505,57
17.958,70
17.958,70
49.290,34
18.781.961,52
16.125.552,36
8.717.264,98
8.701.083,72
8.386.685,52
8.386.685,52
267.633,77
267.633,77
46.764,43
14.471,89
32.292,54
16.181,26
Notes
170/4
540.505,57
6.9
6.9
6.9
6.9
Subordinated loans
Unsubordinated debentures
Leasing and other similar obligations
Credit institutions
Other loans
Trade debts
Suppliers
Bills of exchange payable
170
171
172
173
174
175
1750
1751
7/45
N°.
0888728945
F-cap 4
PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT
Codes
Period
Preceding period
Operating charges
Operating income
Turnover
Produced fixed assets
Other operating income
Goods for resale, raw materials and consumables
Purchases
Stocks: decrease (increase)
Services and other goods
Remuneration, social security and pensions
Amounts written down on stocks, contracts in progress
and trade debtors: additions (write-backs)
Other operating charges
Operating charges reported as assets under
restructuring costs
Operating profit (loss)
6.10
Stocks of finished goods and work and contracts
in progress: increase (decrease)
6.10
Amortisations of and other amounts written down on
formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed
assets
6.10
Provisions for liabilities and charges: appropriations (uses
and write-backs)
6.10
6.10
502.245,54
97.333,86
5.903.726,01
4.109.020,49
970,00
-5.401.480,47
754.716,14
38.319,01
1.681.510,65
3.494.063,76
968,97
-926.794,51
70/76A
70
630
62
71
72
74
60/66A
60
600/8
609
61
631/4
635/8
640/8
649
9901
Notes
Non-recurring operating income
76A
404.911,68
716.397,13
6.12
-6.864,48
-34.322,08
Non-recurring operating charges
1.800.600,00
-1.779.200,00
66A
6.12
6.10
(+)/(-)
(+)/(-)
(+)/(-)
(+)/(-)
(+)/(-)
(+)/(-)
(-)
8/45
N°.
0888728945
F-cap 4
Codes
Period
Preceding period
Taxes
Adjustment of income taxes and write-back of tax
provisions
Profit (Loss) for the period before taxes
Profit (Loss) of the period
Transfer from deferred taxes
Transfer to deferred taxes
Income taxes on the result
6.13
Transfer from untaxed reserves
Transfer to untaxed reserves
Profit (Loss) of the period available for appropriation
-848.294,15
-848.294,15
-848.294,15
-959.147,53
-959.147,53
-959.147,53
9905
689
780
680
67/77
670/3
77
9904
789
9903
Notes
Income from financial fixed assets
Income from current assets
Financial income
Debt charges
Amounts written down on current assets other than
stocks, contracts in progress and trade debtors:
additions (write-backs)
Other financial charges
Other financial income
6.11
Financial charges
6.11
33.833,33
184,57
8.616,76
77.214,82
12.206,62
34.892,17
9.667,47
75/76B
750
751
752/9
65/66B
650
651
652/9
4.639.017,90
12.206,62
85.831,58
44.559,64
12.206,62
Recurring financial income
75
34.017,90
Non-recurring financial income
76B
4.605.000,00
44.559,64
Recurring financial charges
65
85.831,58
Non-recurring financial charges
66B
6.12
6.12
(+)/(-)
(+)/(-)
(+)/(-)
(+)/(-)
(+)/(-)
9/45
N°.
0888728945
F-cap 5
Codes
Period
Preceding period
APPROPRIATION ACCOUNT
Profit (Loss) of the period available for appropriation
to contributions
Employees
to legal reserve
Compensation for contributions
Directors or managers
Transfers from equity
Appropriations to equity
Profit (loss) to be carried forward
Shareholders' contribution in respect of losses
Profit to be distributed
Profit (Loss) to be appropriated
Profit (Loss) of the preceding period brought forward
to other reserves
-1.349.285.001,19
-848.294,15
-1.348.436.707,04
-1.349.285.001,19
-1.348.436.707,04
-959.147,53
-1.347.477.559,51
-1.348.436.707,04
9906
(9905)
14P
791/2
691/2
6921
(14)
794
6920
694
696
695
694/7
691
Other beneficiaries
697
from contributions
from reserves
791
792
(+)/(-)
(+)/(-)
(+)/(-)
(+)/(-)
10/45
N°.
0888728945
F-cap 6.6
CURRENT INVESTMENTS AND ACCRUALS AND DEFERRED INCOME
Codes
Period
Preceding period
Shares – Book value increased with the uncalled amount
With a remaining term or notice
Shares and investments other than fixed income investments
Fixed-income securities
Fixed income securities issued by credit institutions
CURRENT INVESTMENTS - OTHER INVESTMENTS
Shares – Uncalled amount
Term accounts with credit institutions
up to one month
over one year
between one month and one year
Other investments not mentioned above
15.000.000,00
15.000.000,00
15.395.000,00
15.395.000,00
8681
8682
52
8684
51
53
8686
8687
8688
8689
Precious metals and works of art
8683
Allocation of account 490/1 of assets if the amount is significant
ACCRUALS AND DEFERRED INCOME
Period
Insurance fees
190.470,21
Audit fees BDO
75.600,00
External services - consultants
2.370,61
Telephone/communication
13.497,20
Lawyers' and related fees reimbursed by insurance
315.951,13
Membership deductible
13,00
Interest income
23.683,32
11/45
N°.
F-cap 6.7.1
0888728945
STATEMENT OF CAPITAL
Capital
Codes
Period
Preceding period
Issued capital at the end of the period
Issued capital at the end of the period
100P
(100)
XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
114.134.760,97
114.134.760,97
STATEMENT OF CAPITAL AND SHAREHOLDERS’ STURCTURE
Codes
Period
Number of shares
Modifications during the period
Composition of the capital
Share types
114.134.760,97
109.873.001
Ordinary shares without par value
8702
8703
XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
102.443.567
7.429.434
XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Registered shares
Shares dematerialized
Uncalled amount
Called up amount, unpaid
Unpaid capital
Codes
Uncalled capital
Called up capital, unpaid
(101)
8712
XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Shareholders that still need to pay up in full
Own shares
Period
Held by the company itself
Amount of capital held
Number of shares
Held by a subsidiary
Codes
8722
8731
8732
8721
Amount of capital held
Number of shares
Commitments to issuing shares
Owing to the exercise of conversion rights
Amount of outstanding convertible loans
Amount of capital to be subscribed
8741
8740
Corresponding maximum number of shares to be issued
8742
Owing to the exercise of subscription rights
Number of outstanding subscription rights
8746
8745
8747
Authorised capital not issued
8751
Amount of capital to be subscribed
Corresponding maximum number of shares to be issued
12/45
N°.
F-cap 6.7.1
0888728945
Shares issued, non-representing capital
Period
Distribution
Number of shares
Number of voting rights attached thereto
Allocation by shareholder
Number of shares held by the company itself
Number of shares held by its subsidiaries
Codes
8762
8771
8781
8761
Period
ADDITIONAL NOTES REGARDING CONTRIBUTIONS (INCLUDING CONTRIBUTIONS IN THE FORM OF
SERVICES OR KNOW-HOW)
13/45
N°.
0888728945
F-cap 6.7.2
SHAREHOLDERS' STRUCTURE OF THE COMPANY AT YEAR-END CLOSING DATE
As reflected in the notifications received by the company pursuant to article 7:225 of the Belgian Companies and Associations Code, article
14 fourth paragraph of the law of 2 May 2007 on the publication of major holdings and article 5 of the Royal Decree of 21 August 2008 on
further rules for certain multilateral trading facilities.
14/45
N°.
0888728945
F-cap 6.8
PROVISIONS FOR OTHER LIABILITIES AND CHARGES
Period
ALLOCATION OF ACCOUNT 164/5 OF LIABILITIES IF THE AMOUNT IS SIGNIFICANT
Provision for discontinuation
10.822.300,00
Other provisions
28.765,44
15/45
N°.
0888728945
F-cap 6.9
Codes
Period
STATEMENT OF AMOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUALS AND DEFERRED INCOME (LIABILITIES)
Leasing and other similar obligations
Advance payments on contracts in progress
Other loans
Suppliers
Bills of exchange payable
Total current portion of amounts payable after more than one year falling due within one year
Trade debts
.
Amounts payable with a remaining term of more than one year, yet less than 5 years
Financial debts
Subordinated loans
Unsubordinated debentures
Total amounts payable with a remaining term of more than one year, yet less than 5 years
Amounts payable with a remaining term of more than 5 years
BREAKDOWN OF AMOUNTS PAYABLE WITH AN ORIGINAL TERM OF MORE THAN
ONE YEAR, ACCORDING TO THEIR RESIDUAL MATURITY
Current portion of amounts payable after more than one year falling due within one year
Credit institutions
Other amounts payable
Amounts payable with a remaining term of more than 5 years
8811
8821
8831
8841
8801
8851
8861
8871
8881
8891
(42)
8901
8802
8812
8822
8832
8842
8852
8862
8872
8882
8892
8902
8912
8803
8813
8823
8833
8843
8853
8863
8873
8883
8893
8903
8913
Leasing and other similar obligations
Advance payments on contracts in progress
Other loans
Suppliers
Bills of exchange payable
Trade debts
.
Financial debts
Subordinated loans
Unsubordinated debentures
Credit institutions
Other amounts payable
Leasing and other similar obligations
Advance payments on contracts in progress
Other loans
Suppliers
Bills of exchange payable
Trade debts
.
Financial debts
Subordinated loans
Unsubordinated debentures
Credit institutions
Other amounts payable
16/45
N°.
0888728945
F-cap 6.9
Codes
Period
Total of the amounts payable guaranteed by the Belgian government agencies
Amounts payable guaranteed by real securities given or irrevocably promised by the
company on its own assets
Taxes
AMOUNTS PAYABLE GUARANTEED
Amounts payable guaranteed by the Belgian government agencies
(included in accounts 17 and 42/48 of liabilities)
Remuneration and social security
Total amounts payable guaranteed by real securities given or irrevocably promised by the
company on its own assets
TAXES, REMUNERATION AND SOCIAL SECURITY
(headings 450/3 and 178/9 of liabilities)
Outstanding tax debts
Accruing taxes payable
Estimated taxes payable
Remuneration and social security
(headings 454/9 and 178/9 of liabilities)
Amounts due to the National Social Security Office
Other amounts payable in respect of remuneration and social security
17.958,70
8931
8941
8951
8961
8921
8971
8981
8991
9001
9011
9051
9021
9061
8922
8932
8942
8952
8962
8972
8982
8992
9002
9022
9062
9012
9072
9073
450
9076
9077
9052
Taxes
Remuneration and social security
9042
9032
Leasing and other similar obligations
Advance payments on contracts in progress
Other loans
Suppliers
Bills of exchange payable
Trade debts
Financial debts
Subordinated loans
Unsubordinated debentures
Credit institutions
Other amounts payable
Taxes, remuneration and social security
Leasing and other similar obligations
Advance payments on contracts in progress
Other loans
Suppliers
Bills of exchange payable
Trade debts
.
Financial debts
Subordinated loans
Unsubordinated debentures
Credit institutions
Other amounts payable
Codes
Period
17/45
N°.
0888728945
F-cap 6.9
Period
Allocation of heading 492/3 of liabilities if the amount is significant
ACCRUALS AND DEFERRED INCOME
TR accrued intrest payable
49.290,34
18/45
N°.
0888728945
F-cap 6.10
Codes
Period
Preceding period
OPERATING RESULTS
OPERATING INCOME
Net turnover
Allocation by categories of activity
Allocation by geographical market
Operating subsidies and compensatory amounts received from
public authorities
740
Other operating income
OPERATING CHARGES
Employees for whom the company submitted a DIMONA declaration or
who are recorded in the general personnel register
Total number at the closing date
Average number of employees calculated in full-time equivalents
Number of actual hours worked
9088
9087
9086
Remuneration and direct social benefits
Employers' contribution for social security
Personnel costs
Employers' premiums for extra statutory insurance
Other personnel costs
Retirement and survivors' pensions
620
621
622
623
624
Appropriations (uses and write-backs)
On stock and contracts in progress
Provisions for pensions and similar obligations
Recorded
Written back
Depreciations
On trade debtors
635
9110
9111
9112
9113
Recorded
Written back
Codes
Period
Preceding period
Other
Provisions for liabilities and charges
Appropriations
Uses and write-backs
Other operating charges
Taxes related to operation
6.864,48
34.322,08
102,00
868,00
100,97
868,00
9115
9116
640
641/8
Hired temporary staff and personnel placed at the company’s
disposal
Costs to the company
9096
9097
9098
617
Total number at the closing date
Average number calculated in full-time equivalents
Number of actual hours worked
(+)/(-)
19/45
N°.
0888728945
F-cap 6.11
FINANCIAL RESULTS
Codes
Period
Preceding period
Other financial income
RECURRING FINANCIAL INCOME
Subsidies paid by public authorities, added to the profit and loss account
Capital subsidies
Interest subsidies
9126
9125
Allocation of other financial income
Exchange differences realized
754
Other
positive foreign exchange differences
184,57
12.206,62
RECURRING FINANCIAL CHARGES
Depreciation of loan issue expenses
Depreciations on current assets
Amount of the discount borne by the company, as a result of negotiating
amounts receivable
Appropriations
Uses and write-backs
Provisions of a financial nature
Other financial charges
Recorded
Written back
Capitalised interests
6502
6501
6511
6510
6561
6560
653
Allocation of other financial costs
Exchange differences realized
Results from the conversion of foreign currencies
654
655
Other
negative foreign exchange differences
3.830,89
640,96
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INCOME AND CHARGES OF EXCEPTIONAL SIZE OR FREQUENCY
Codes
Period
Preceding period
NON-RECURRING INCOME
Write-back of depreciation and of amounts written off intangible and
tangible fixed assets
Write-back of provisions for extraordinary operating liabilities and
charges
Capital profits on disposal of intangible and tangible fixed assets
5.009.911,68
716.397,13
76
760
7620
7630
Non-recurring operating income
404.911,68
716.397,13
(76A)
Other non-recurring operating income
404.911,68
716.397,13
764/8
Write-back of amounts written down financial fixed assets
Write-back of provisions for extraordinary financial liabilities and
charges
Capital profits on disposal of financial fixed assets
761
7621
7631
Non-recurring financial income
4.605.000,00
(76B)
Other non-recurring financial income
4.605.000,00
769
NON-RECURRING CHARGES
Non-recurring depreciation of and amounts written off formation
expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets
Provisions for extraordinary operating liabilities and charges:
appropriations (uses)
Capital losses on disposal of intangible and tangible fixed assets
1.800.600,00
1.800.600,00
-1.779.200,00
-1.779.200,00
66
660
6620
6630
Non-recurring operating charges
1.800.600,00
-1.779.200,00
(66A)
Other non-recurring operating charges
664/7
Amounts written off financial fixed assets
Provisions for extraordinary financial liabilities and charges -
appropriations (uses)
Capital losses on disposal of financial fixed assets
661
6621
6631
Non-recurring financial charges
(66B)
Other non-recurring financial charges
668
Non-recurring operating charges carried to assets as restructuring
costs
6690
Non-recurring financial charges carried to assets as restructuring
costs
6691
(+)/(-)
(+)/(-)
(-)
(-)
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TAXES
Period
Codes
INCOME TAXES
Income taxes on the result of the period
Income taxes paid and withholding taxes due or paid
Income taxes on the result of prior periods
Additional income taxes due or paid
Excess of income tax prepayments and withholding taxes paid recorded under assets
Estimated additional taxes
Additional income taxes estimated or provided for
10.150,01
10.150,01
9135
9134
9137
9136
9139
9138
9140
Major reasons for the differences between pre-tax profit, as it results from the annual accounts,
and estimated taxable profit
Influence of non-recurring results on income taxes on the result of the period
Period
Sources of deferred taxes
Period
Codes
Deferred taxes representing assets
Accumulated tax losses deductible from future taxable profits
326.947.224,23
222.860.556,35
9142
9141
Other deferred taxes representing assets
Excess DRD
104.086.667,88
9144
Deferred taxes representing liabilities
Allocation of deferred taxes representing liabilities
Codes
Period
Preceding period
VALUE-ADDED TAXES AND TAXES BORNE BY THIRD PARTIES
Value-added taxes charged
To the company (deductible)
By the company
Amounts withheld on behalf of third party by way of
Payroll withholding taxes
Withholding taxes on investment income
664.400,73
200.323,99
768.563,01
204.080,57
9146
9145
9148
9147
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RIGHTS AND COMMITMENTS NOT REFLECTED IN THE BALANCE SHEET
Codes
Period
PERSONAL GUARANTEES PROVIDED OR IRREVOCABLY PROMISED BY THE COMPANY AS
SECURITY FOR DEBTS AND COMMITMENTS OF THIRD PARTIES
Of which
Real guarantees provided or irrevocably promised by the company on its own assets as security
of debts and commitments of the company
Amount of registration
Mortgages
Book value of the immovable properties mortgaged
Bills of exchange in circulation endorsed by the company
REAL GUARANTEES
Maximum amount up to which the debt is secured and which is the subject of
registration
For irrevocable mandates to pledge goodwill, the amount for which the agent can take the
inscription
9150
9149
91611
91721
91621
91711
Bills of exchange in circulation drawn or guaranteed by the company
9151
Maximum amount for which other debts or commitments of third parties are guaranteed by the
company
9153
For irrevocable mortgage mandates, the amount for which the agent can take
registration
91631
Pledging of goodwill
Pledging of other assets or irrevocable mandates to pledge other assets
Book value of the immovable properties mortgaged
Maximum amount up to which the debt is secured
91811
91821
Guarantees provided or irrevocably promised on future assets
Amount of assets in question
Maximum amount up to which the debt is secured
91911
91921
Vendor’s privilege
Book value of sold goods
Amount of the unpaid price
92011
92021
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Real guarantees provided or irrevocably promised by the company on its own assets as security
of debts and commitments of third parties
Amount of registration
Mortgages
Book value of the immovable properties mortgaged
Maximum amount up to which the debt is secured and which is the subject of registration
For irrevocable mandates to pledge goodwill, the amount for which the agent can take the
inscription
91612
91722
91622
91712
For irrevocable mortgage mandates, the amount for which the agent can take
registration
91632
Pledging of goodwill
Pledging of other assets or irrevocable mandates to pledge other assets
Book value of the immovable properties mortgaged
Maximum amount up to which the debt is secured
91812
91822
Guarantees provided or irrevocably promised on future assets
Amount of assets in question
Maximum amount up to which the debt is secured
91912
91922
Vendor’s privilege
Book value of sold goods
Amount of the unpaid price
92012
92022
Codes
Period
GOODS AND VALUES, NOT REFLECTED IN THE BALANCE SHEET, HELD BY THIRD PARTIES IN
THEIR OWN NAME BUT FOR THE BENEFIT AND AT THE RISK OF THE COMPANY
Codes
Period
SUBSTANTIAL COMMITMENTS TO ACQUIRE FIXED ASSETS
SUBSTANTIAL COMMITMENTS TO DISPOSE OF FIXED ASSETS
Goods purchased (to be received)
FORWARD TRANSACTIONS
9213
Goods sold (to be delivered)
9214
Currencies purchased (to be received)
9215
Currencies sold (to be delivered)
9216
Period
COMMITMENTS RELATING TO TECHNICAL GUARANTEES IN RESPECT OF SALES OR SERVICES
Period
AMOUNT, NATURE AND FORM CONCERNING LITIGATION AND OTHER IMPORTANT COMMITMENTS
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SETTLEMENT REGARDING THE COMPLEMENTARY RETIREMENT OR SURVIVORS’ PENSION FOR PERSONNEL AND BOARD
MEMBERS
Brief description
Measures taken to cover the related charges
Code
Period
PENSIONS FUNDED BY THE COMPANY ITSELF
Methods of estimation
9220
Estimated amount of the commitments resulting from past services
Period
NATURE AND FINANCIAL IMPACT OF SIGNIFICANT EVENTS AFTER THE CLOSING DATE not reflected in
the balance sheet or income statement
Refer to VOL 6.20
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Period
COMMITMENTS TO PURCHASE OR SALE AVAILABLE TO THE COMPANY AS ISSUER OF OPTIONS FOR
SALE OR PURCHASE
N/A
Period
NATURE, COMMERCIAL OBJECTIVE AND FINANCIAL CONSEQUENCES OF TRANSACTIONS NOT
REFLECTED IN THE BALANCE SHEET
If the risks and benefits resulting from such transactions are of any meaning and if publishing such risks
and benefits is necessary to appreciate the financial situation of the company
Refer to VOL 6.20
Period
OTHER RIGHTS AND COMMITMENTS NOT REFLECTED IN THE BALANCE SHEET (including those that
cannot be calculated)
Parent company guarantees
Until 31 July 2019, the Company was the holding company of the Nyrstar group (consisting of the Company
and its former subsidiaries). At 31 July 2019, when the Restructuring of the Nyrstar group was finalised, the
Company was released of liabilities for existing financial indebtedness and obligations owed under parent
company guarantees of commercial or other obligations of the current members of the Operating Group
(all former subsidiaries of the Nyrstar group excluding NN1) (or indemnified by NN2 to the extent such
garantuee liabilities are not released). As at 31 December 2022, based on information available to the
Company, the Company has been fully released from all contingent liabiliteis previously provided or
irrevocably promised by the Company debts and commitments of third parties. The Company is fully
indemnified in relation to any liability that may arise in this respect see "Related party disclosures").
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RELATIONSHIPS WITH AFFILIATED COMPANIES, ASSOCIATED COMPANIES AND OTHER COMPANIES
LINKED BY PARTICIPATING INTERESTS
Codes
Period
Preceding period
AFFILIATED COMPANIES
Participating interests
Provided or irrevocably promised by affiliated companies as security for
debts or commitments of the company
Subordinated amounts receivable
Financial fixed assets
Other amounts receivable
Amounts receivable
Over one year
Within one year
Current investments
Shares
Amounts receivable
Amounts payable
Personal and real guarantees
Provided or irrevocably promised by the company as security for debts or
commitments of affiliated companies
Other significant financial commitments
Financial results
Income from financial fixed assets
Income from current assets
Other financial income
Debt charges
Other financial charges
Disposal of fixed assets
Capital profits realised
Capital losses realised
(280/1)
(280)
9271
9281
9291
9301
9311
9321
9331
9351
9341
9361
9371
9381
9391
9401
9421
9431
9441
9461
9471
9481
9491
Over one year
Within one year
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RELATIONSHIPS WITH AFFILIATED COMPANIES, ASSOCIATED COMPANIES AND OTHER COMPANIES
LINKED BY PARTICIPATING INTERESTS
Codes
Period
Preceding period
ASSOCIATED COMPANIES
Participating interests
COMPANIES LINKED BY PARTICIPATING INTERESTS
Provided or irrevocably promised by affiliated companies as security for
debts or commitments of the company
Subordinated amounts receivable
Financial fixed assets
Other amounts receivable
Amounts receivable
Over one year
Within one year
Amounts payable
Over one year
Within one year
Personal and real guarantees
Provided or irrevocably promised by the company as security for debts or
commitments of affiliated companies
Other significant financial commitments
Financial fixed assets
9253
9263
9273
9283
9293
9303
9313
9353
9363
9373
9383
9393
9403
9262
9252
Participating interests
Amounts receivable
Amounts payable
9362
9372
9272
9282
9292
9302
9352
9312
Subordinated amounts receivable
Other amounts receivable
Over one year
Within one year
Over one year
Within one year
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LINKED BY PARTICIPATING INTERESTS
Period
TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATED PARTIES BEYOND NORMAL MARKET CONDITIONS
Mention of these transactions if they are significant, including the amount of the transactions, the nature
of the link, and all information about the transactions that should be necessary to get a better
understanding of the financial situation of the company
The relationship with Trafigura is disclosed futher in C 6.20.
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FINANCIAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH
Period
Codes
DIRECTORS AND MANAGERS, INDIVIDUALS OR LEGAL PERSONS WHO CONTROL
THE COMPANY DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY WITHOUT BEING ASSOCIATED
THEREWITH, OR OTHER COMPANIES CONTROLLED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY BY
THESE PERSONS
Amounts receivable from these persons
9500
Principal conditions regarding amounts receivable, rate of interest, duration, any amounts repaid,
cancelled or written off
Guarantees provided in their favour
9501
Other significant commitments undertaken in their favour
9502
Amount of direct and indirect remunerations and pensions, reflected in the income statement, as
long as this disclosure does not concern exclusively or mainly, the situation of a single
identifiable person
To directors and managers
To former directors and former managers
482.193,70
9504
9503
Codes
Period
THE AUDITOR(S) AND THE PERSONS WHOM HE (THEY) IS (ARE) COLLABORATING
WITH
Auditors' fees
Fees for exceptional services or special assignments executed within the company by the auditor
Other audit assignments
Tax consultancy assignments
Other assignments beyondthe audit
139.040,00
50.750,00
9505
95061
95062
95063
Fees for exceptional services or special assignments executed within the company by people the
auditor(s) is (are collaborating with
95081
95082
95083
Other audit assignments
Tax consultancy assignments
Other assignments beyond the audit
Mentions related to article 3:64, § 2 and § 4 of the Belgian Companies and Associations Code
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DECLARATION WITH REGARD TO THE CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL ACCOUNTS
INFORMATION TO DISCLOSE BY EACH COMPANY GOVERNED BY THE BELGIAN COMPANIES AND ASSOCIATIONS
CODE ON THE CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL ACCOUNTS
The company has prepared and published consolidated annual accounts and a consolidated annual report*
The company has not prepared consolidated annual accounts and a consolidated annual report, because of an exemption
for the following reason(s)*
The company and its subsidiaries exceed, on a consolidated basis, not more than one of the criteria mentioned in article 1:26 of
the Belgian Companies and Associations Code*
The company itself is a subsidiary of a parent company that prepares and publishes consolidated annual accounts, in which the
annual accounts are integrated by consolidation*
The company only has subsidiaries that, considering the evaluation of the consolidated capital, the consolidated financial position
or the consolidated result, individually or together, are of negligible interestError! Bookmark not defined. (article 3:23 of the Belgian
Companies and Associations Code)
Name, full address of the registered office and, if it concerns companies under Belgian law, the company registration number of
the parent company(ies) and the indication if this (these) parent company(ies) prepares (prepare) and publishes (publish)
consolidated annual accounts, in which the annual accounts are included by means of consolidation**:
If the parent company(ies) is (are) (a) company(ies) governed by foreign law, the location where the abovementioned annual accounts
are available**:
* Strike out what does not apply.
** Where the annual accounts of the company are consolidated at different levels, the information should be given, on the one hand at the
highest and on the other at the lowest level of companies of which the company is a subsidiary and for which consolidated accounts
are prepared and published.
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Valuation rules Nyrstar NV (hereafter "the Company")
General:
The valuation rules are drafted in accordance with the statements of the Royal Decree dd. 29 April 2019 implementing the Belgian Code
of Companies and Associations, relating to valuation rules. As a consequence of the Restructuring (as defined below) and the outcomes
of the 9 December 2019 Extraordinary Shareholders Meeting ("EGM"), where the shareholders' meeting rejected the continuation of the
Company's activities, the 31 December 2022 financial statements of the Company are prepared on a discontinuity basis. For further
information on the outcomes of the Restructuring, please refer to "Related party disclosures".
Valuation rules applied to the Company's balance sheet prepared on a discontinuity basis include: I.Financial fixed assets
Participations are accounted for at the lower of realisation values and historical purchase cost.
II.Current assets and liabilities
Current assets, which include input VAT on ongoing expenses for which the Company either received or expects to receive refund from
the relevant authorities, and current liabilities are recognised at their realisation values. At 31 December 2022, the realization values equal
nominal values. Current assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are valued at the closing rates on the end of the financial
year. The negative (unrealized) exchange rate differences are accounted for in the income statement. Based on the principle of prudence,
the positive, unrealized exchange rate differences at balance sheet date are accounted for as deferred income on the balance sheet.
III.Provisions for liabilities and charges
A provision is recognized to reflect liabilities and charges, resulting from a past event for which the nature is clearly defined, is considered
probable or certain at balance sheet date, but for which the amount is uncertain. Provisions resulting from prior accounting years are
regularly reviewed and are reversed if they are no longer required or the risks and charges are realized.
IV.Income statement
The income statement reflects all revenue realized and expenses incurred during the accounting period on an accrual basis, regardless of
the date on which these expenses and income are paid or collected.
Adjustments recorded with respect to the valuation and the classification of certain balance sheet items as a result of the Company
applying the discontinuity basis for the preparation of the 31 December 2022 financial statements:
a)The formation expenses were fully depreciated as required by Article 3:6 of the Royal Decree d.d. 29 April 2019 implementing the
Belgian Code of Companies and Associations.
b)Explanation on determination of expected probable realization value in accordance with Article 3:6 of the Royal Decree d.d. 29 April
2019 implementing the Belgian Code of Companies and Associations.
Before 28 July 2022, the Company had, in its current investments, a 2% equity stake in NN2 NewCo Limited ("NN2") as a consequence of
the issuance by NN2 of a 2% equity stake in NN2 to the Company with the remaining 98% equity stake issued to Nyrstar Holdings Plc (a
holding company within the Trafigura corporate group, formerly known as Nyrstar Holdings Limited). The Company also had a Put Option
(as defined below) enabling it to sell all (but not a part only) of its 2% stake in NN2 to a Trafigura entity at a price equal to EUR 20 million
in aggregate payable to the Company. As announced by the Company on 28 July 2022, this Put Option was exercised by the Company
on 28 July 2022 (see Related Party disclosures - 1.2 below)) and on 29 July 2022, the Company duly received the EUR 20 million Put
Option price following such exercise. Reference is made in this respect to the related party disclosures in respect of the mandatory
prepayment obligations and limited recourse provisions under the Limited Recourse Loan Facility (to the extent that these apply following
the receipt of the proceeds of the exercise of the Put Option (see [1.5.4. and 1.5.5.] below)).
c)The decision of the 9 December 2019 EGM not to continue the Company's activities resulted in the requirement for the Company to
recognize a provision for discontinuation representing the estimated costs that the Company expects to incur before the completion of the
liquidation. At 31 December 2022 the Company recognised a provision for discontinuation of EUR 10.8 million (31 December 2021: EUR
9.0 million) representing the estimated costs that the Company expects to incur before the completion of a liquidation process that is
assumed to be finalised before the end of Q2 2029 (31 December 2021: before the end of Q2 2028). Potential additional litigation may
result in a further delay of this assumed date of completion of a liquidation process; the Company has at current no indication thereof.
The following legal and regulatory actions have been considered when determining the amount of the provision as at 31 December 2022.
The EGM of 9 December 2019 and the order of the President of the Antwerp Enterprise Court of 26 June 2020
As described above, at 9 December 2019, the EGM was held to deliberate on the continuation of the Company's activities and a proposed
capital decrease. The shareholders' meeting rejected the continuation of the Company's activities. The shareholders' meeting also
rejected the proposed capital reduction, as a result of which it was not carried out. The Board of Directors of the Company had taken the
necessary measures to prepare the necessary reports with its statutory auditor and had convened a new EGM to formally consider a
proposal for liquidation. Such EGM was first scheduled to be held on 25 March 2020 but had to be postponed due to the Covid-19
outbreak and corresponding restrictions that had been introduced in Europe. The Company re-convened such EGM on 30 April 2020 for 2
June 2020 and, if the required attendance quorum would not be met, 30 June 2020.
Certain shareholders initiated summary proceedings before the court of Antwerp to request the court to order that the decision on the
dissolution of the Company, following the 9 December 2019 EGM, be postponed (i) until three months after a final report will have been
issued by a panel of experts whose appointment is requested in separate proceedings before the court, or, alternatively (ii) until three
months after a final decision will have been rendered in the aforementioned proceedings regarding the appointment of a panel of experts.
On 26 June 2020, the court of Antwerp dismissed the minority shareholders' claim for a postponement until three months after a final
report will have been issued by a panel of experts whose appointment is requested. However, the court did accept their claim for a
postponement of the decision on the dissolution of the Company until three months after a final decision (i.e. a decision that will have
obtained "res judicata effect") will have been rendered in the proceedings regarding the appointment of a panel of experts. Consequently,
in compliance with the 26 June 2020 court order, the (second) EGM planned for 30 June 2020 having the resolutions regarding the
proposal for dissolution of the Company on the agenda was postponed. (As announced on 14 February 2023, in light of the
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announcement in the press that certain shareholders of the Company would file a Supreme Court appeal against the judgment of the
Antwerp Court of Appeal dated 17 November 2022 with respect to the claim for the appointment of a panel of experts, the Company is of
the opinion that it is not opportune to carry out its obligation to place the dissolution on the agenda pending the Supreme Court appeal.
The Company thus announced that it will not take steps to convene a general meeting with dissolution as an agenda item (or take
preparatory actions to that effect) until the Supreme Court has rendered a judgment in the aforementioned proceedings, and it will update
the market by then. This is without prejudice to the Company's previous communication of 13 January 2023, in which it was confirmed
that the Company will not hold a general meeting with the dissolution on the agenda nor issue any invitation for a general meeting with the
dissolution on the agenda until the President of the Court will have rendered a decision about the interim measures requested by the
claimants in respect of the dissolution of the Company.)
The delayed decision on the proposal for dissolution of the Company and the appointment of a liquidator may negatively impact the
Company's liquidity position as the Company continues to incur running costs and costs in respect of the legal proceedings mentioned
above and below. If the appointment of the liquidator is further delayed beyond what is currently expected or not approved by the
shareholders' meeting or if the costs are higher than currently expected, the Company may need to secure additional funding. There is a
risk that such additional funding may not be available to the Company or may not be available at acceptable conditions.
Investigation by the FSMA
The management committee of the Belgian Financial Services and Markets Authority ("FSMA") decided in September 2019 to investigate
the Company's policy regarding disclosure of information to the market. Initially, this investigation focused on the information disclosed on
the commercial relationship of the Company with Trafigura.
In a press release dated 29 May 2020, the FSMA announced that the investigation would be expanded so as to also include information
on the expected profit contribution and total costs for the Port Pirie smelter redevelopment in Australia and on the solvency and liquidity
position of the Company at the end of 2018.
In a press release dated 25 July 2022, the FSMA outlined the state of affairs in the investigation. The FSMA announced that the FSMA's
auditor had drafted a provisional report covering the three elements of the investigation.
In a press release dated 30 September 2022, the FSMA announced that, after deliberating on the auditor's final report, the management
committee of the FSMA has decided to initiate proceedings against Nyrstar that may result in the imposition of an administrative fine, as
well as that it has forwarded the notification of the grievances to the chairman of the sanctions committee. The FSMA further reports that
the management committee has also forwarded this notification to the public prosecutor of the Antwerp district. Finally, according to the
press release, the management committee has asked the auditor for an additional report on the possible application of an administrative
fine to each of the directors (or the permanent representatives of the directors) of Nyrstar who were in office at the time of the facts.
Nyrstar confirms that, on 30 September 2022, the management committee of the FSMA notified it of the grievances and provided it with
the auditor's final investigation report. The Company is defending itself against the FSMA's allegations within the proceedings before the
Sanctions Committee. The Company believes that it has at all times disclosed the required information in accordance with the relevant
financial regulations and laws. It continues to cooperate fully with the FSMA's investigation and will, if applicable, also cooperate with any
criminal investigation.
Summary proceedings relating to the appointment of a panel of experts
On 27 April 2020, a group of shareholders summoned the Company in summary proceedings before the President of the Antwerp
Enterprise Court (Antwerp division). The claim of plaintiffs aimed at having a panel of experts appointed in accordance with Article 7:160
of the Belgian Companies and Associations Code. This procedure was initiated on 5 May 2020. The court hearing took place on 15
September 2020.
On 30 October 2020, the President of the Antwerp Enterprise Court (Antwerp division) issued an order in which she upheld the
shareholders' claim. The court order included, but was not limited to, the following elements:
"A panel of three experts was appointed to examine:
i. whether the transactions between the former Nyrstar Group and the Trafigura Group on and after 9 November 2015 were concluded in
accordance with the "at arm's length" principle and at normal commercial conditions and, if not, to assess the direct and indirect damage
suffered by Nyrstar as a result of violations of this principle;
ii. whether the conditions for the transfer of all rights under the agreements between Talvivaara Mining Company group and Nyrstar, from
Nyrstar to Terrafame, Winttal Oy Ltd. and subsequently to Terrafame Mining, were market-conform and, if not, to assess the direct and
indirect damage suffered by Nyrstar as a result of that transfer; and
iii. what caused the liquidity crisis, as well as whether it was necessary to conclude the binding term sheet, the TFFA and the Lock-up
agreement, as well as to advise whether the terms and conditions of the aforementioned agreements were market-conform and, if not, to
assess the damage suffered by Nyrstar by entering into those agreements.
"The Company was condemned to advance the costs of the panel of experts.
The costs and duration of the investigation depend on various factors that are very difficult to foresee. In view of the broad investigative
remit, the Company expects such an expert investigation to last several years (however, see infra).
The Company reviewed the court order together with its legal advisors and decided that lodging an appeal with the Antwerp Court of
Appeal was appropriate and required in light of the Company's corporate interest. The Company has filed the application for appeal on 15
December 2020. On 3 March 2021, the original plaintiff shareholders summoned Trafigura PTE Ltd. and Trafigura Group PTE Ltd. to
forcefully intervene in this appeal. In particular, they ask that the judgment the Court of Appeal would deliver be declared enforceable
against and applicable to Trafigura PTE Ltd. and Trafigura Group PTE Ltd. Both the appeal by the Company and the forced intervention of
Trafigura PTE Ltd. and Trafigura Group PTE Ltd. were heard at the hearing of 3 June 2021. On 2 September 2021, the court ordered the
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reopening of the debates to allow the parties to comment on (i) the third-party application order dated 2 July 2021 (infra), (ii) the memo
and evidence deposited by the original plaintiff shareholders on 2 August 2021 in execution of the aforementioned third-party application
order, (iii) the order of the President of the Antwerp Enterprise Court (Antwerp Division) of 29 June 2021 by which, in accordance with
Article 973 Jud.C., a number of incidents in relation to the expert investigation are settled, (iv) the documents relating to the general
meeting of the Company held on 29 June 2021, and (v) the request for voluntary intervention in the third-party application proceedings of
22 other shareholders of the Company. On 29 October 2021, those same 22 other shareholders of the Company submitted a request for
voluntary intervention in these appeal proceedings.
On 4 February 2021, Trafigura PTE Ltd. and Trafigura Group PTE Ltd. filed a third-party application against the aforementioned decision
of 30 October 2020. The Company and the original plaintiff shareholders were also involved in these proceedings. In this third-party
application, Trafigura PTE Ltd. and Trafigura Group PTE Ltd. request that the President of the Antwerp Enterprise Court (Antwerp
division) revoke its decision of 30 October 2020 with immediate effect and terminate the expert investigation, also vis-à-vis the Company
and the original plaintiffs. The third-party application was introduced in court on 26 March 2021, and was dealt with a first time at the
hearing of 15 June 2021. In response, an interim judgment was issued on 2 July 2021. In this interim judgment, the President of the
Antwerp Enterprise Court (Antwerp division) ordered the original plaintiff shareholders to produce to the court a full overview of their
respective transactions in the Company's shares. Further, the President suspended the expert investigation until a verdict is returned after
the hearing scheduled on 28 September 2021 in respect of the new evidence submitted. The suspension of the expert investigation aimed
to give the plaintiff shareholders time to produce documentary proof of their shareholdings and transactions in the Company and provide
the parties, including the Company, the opportunity to debate the legal consequences of the new evidence, after which the court would
take a decision. As mentioned, a second hearing on this subject took place on 28 September 2021. On 19 August 2021, 22 other
shareholders of Nyrstar submitted a request to voluntarily intervene in these third-party application proceedings. On 9 November 2021, the
President of the Antwerp Enterprise Court (Antwerp division) rendered a second judgment in these third-party application proceedings. In
this decision, the President declared the third-party application proceedings of Trafigura PTE Ltd. and Trafigura Group PTE Ltd.
well-founded and revoked the previous judgment of 30 October 2020 vis-à-vis Trafigura PTE Ltd., Trafigura Group PTE Ltd., the Company
and the original claimant shareholders, thus revoking the appointment of the experts and halting the expert investigation. The President
ordered that the costs of the expert investigation to date be borne by the party that has borne them to date in accordance with said
previous judgment, i.e. the Company. On 23 December 2021, the original plaintiff shareholders and the newly intervening shareholders
lodged appeal against the aforementioned judgments of 2 July and 9 November 2021.
Both appeals (i.e. the appeal against the decision of 30 October 2020 and the appeal against the decisions of 2 July and 9 November
2021) were dealt with at the court hearing of 6 October 2022.
On 17 November 2022, the Antwerp court of appeals issued its judgment in these appeals. In this judgment, the court of appeals declared
the appeal proceedings lodged by the claimant shareholders ill-founded and confirmed the judgment of 9 November 2021, thus ordering
that the appointment of the panel of corporate law experts be revoked and the expert investigation halted. The court of appeals found that
there are no indications that the interests of the Company would be seriously threatened, and hence that an expert investigation is not
justified. The court of appeals also joined the proceedings regarding the Company's appeal against the judgment of 30 October 2020 and
confirmed that such appeal no longer has any subject matter given the 17 November 2022 judgment. Finally, the court of appeals ordered
the parties to pay their own costs, and ordered the claimant shareholders to repay 50% of the costs incurred by Nyrstar in the expert
investigation.
On 10 February 2023, Nyrstar was notified through the media that the claimant shareholders will lodge an appeal with the Supreme Court
against the aforementioned 17 November 2022 judgment. On 28 March 2023, Nyrstar received the Supreme Court petition involved.
On 9 February 2021, Trafigura PTE Ltd. and Trafigura Group PTE Ltd. submitted a request for suspension of the 30 October 2020
decision to the Attachment Judge of the Antwerp Court of First Instance (Antwerp Division). The Company and the original plaintiff
shareholders were again involved in this procedure. Trafigura PTE Ltd. and Trafigura Group PTE Ltd. specifically request that the
execution of the aforementioned decision be immediately suspended until a final judgment is reached in the third-party application
proceedings mentioned earlier. The suspension request was introduced in court on 1 April 2021, and was dealt with at the hearing of 24
June 2021. In a decision of 15 July 2021, the Attachment Judge ruled that a re-opening of the debates is required in light of the
aforementioned judgment of the President of the Antwerp Enterprise Court (Antwerp division) of 2 July 2021 (in the third-party application
proceedings). As a result, the suspension request was dealt with at the hearing of 28 October 2021, where it was again adjourned until the
hearing of 2 December 2021. During said 2 December 2021 hearing, the case was put on hold for an indefinite period of time, given the
aforementioned 9 November 2021 judgment by the President of the Antwerp Enterprise Court (Antwerp division) in the third-party
application proceedings.
Proceedings on the merits against (amongst others) the Company and its directors
On Friday 29 May 2020, a group of shareholders of the Company summoned, amongst others, the Company and its directors before the
Antwerp Enterprise Court (Turnhout division). This writ of summons followed a notice of default received on 17 March 2020 by the
directors and certain senior managers of the Company.
On Monday 9 November 2020, this group of shareholders issued a corrective writ of summons against (amongst others) the Company
and its directors, which amended the writ of summons dated 29 May 2020 on certain points.
The plaintiffs in this procedure are making the following claims:
1.a minority claim on account of the Company against (amongst others) the current directors of the Company for alleged shortcomings in
their management and breaches of the Belgian Companies Code and the Company's articles of association. This minority claim is a
derivative claim, meaning that the proceeds will be paid to the Company (not the plaintiff shareholders). In particular, the plaintiffs request
that the defendants are jointly and severally ordered to pay damages to the Company. The damages are estimated in the (corrective) writ
of summons at a minimum of EUR 1.2 billion;
2.a direct liability claim against, among others, the current directors of the Company for errors which (allegedly) caused individual
damages to the plaintiffs. On this basis, the plaintiffs claim personal damages provisionally estimated at EUR 1;
3.a claim against the Company to reimburse any costs incurred by the plaintiffs which are not reimbursed by the other defendants.
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These proceedings were initiated on 18 November 2020; however, they were sent to the docket at the introductory hearing (at the request
of plaintiffs) pending the report of the panel of experts appointed by order of 30 October 2020 of the President of the Antwerp Enterprise
Court (Antwerp division) (see above under "Summary proceedings relating to the appointment of a panel of experts"). Consequently, no
procedural timetable or hearing date has yet been determined.
The Company and its Board of Directors formally contest the claims in the writ of summons and note that they will firmly defend
themselves against the claims raised within the framework of these proceedings.
In addition, the Company learned that the same group of plaintiff shareholders has brought similar liability claims against certain former
directors of the Company as well as certain companies of the Trafigura group. Initially, neither the Company nor its current directors were
party to these proceedings. However, the Company has learned that the Antwerp Enterprise Court (Turnhout Division) has, by decision of
26 July 2022, joined the proceedings against the companies of the Trafigura group with the proceedings against the Company and its
directors.
Summary proceedings related to interim measures
On 3 January 2023, a group of shareholders summoned the Company in summary proceedings before the President of the Antwerp
Enterprise Court (Antwerp division). In these proceedings, the plaintiff shareholders request the judge to grant the following interim
measures:
1.a prohibition to hold a general meeting with the dissolution of the Company on the agenda until at least 3 months after a decision in the
proceedings on the merits pending before the Antwerp Enterprise Court (Turnhout division) will have obtained res judicata effect, and to at
least take note of Nyrstar's commitment not to take any preparatory steps to convene a general meeting with dissolution as an agenda
item until the Supreme Court will have ruled on the appeal against the 17 November 2022 judgment (as formulated in Nyrstar's trial brief
dated 14 February 2023);
2.the appointment of a provisional administrator in the Company, for a period of 12 months with the possibility of extension, at least until a
decision with res judicata effect is rendered in the proceedings on the merits pending before the Antwerp Enterprise Court (Turnhout
division), with the assignment to provisionally take over all tasks of management and administration in the broadest sense;
3.order the Company to hand over all documents which the provisional administrator deems necessary within the framework of his
assignment, on the understanding that such handover shall take place within a period of five days after the request by the provisional
administrator, on pain of coercive penalty of 10.000 EUR per pay of delay and per item;
4.order the Company to advance the costs of the provisional administrator.
In subordinate order, the plaintiff shareholders request (i) that the Company be prohibited from holding a general meeting with the
dissolution of the Company on the agenda for a period of at least 12 months with possibility of extension, (ii) the appointment of an ad hoc
trustee in the Company with a specific mandate for a period of 12 months with possibility of extension, at least until a decision with res
judicata effect is rendered in the proceedings on the merits pending before the Antwerp Enterprise Court (Turnhout division), and (iii) that
Nyrstar be ordered to advance the costs of this ad hoc trustee.
In even more subordinate order, the plaintiff shareholders request the President (i) to take note of the unconditional commitment by
Nyrstar not to take any preparatory steps for convening a general meeting with the dissolution of the Company as an agenda item until the
Supreme Court will have ruled on the appeal against the judgment dated 17 November 2022 (as formulated in Nyrstar's trial brief dated 14
February 2023), (ii) to order Nyrstar to join several claims brought by the plaintiff shareholders against Trafigura and/or associated
persons in the proceedings on the merits (and to initiate these claims, at the very least conservatively).
This writ of summons follows notices of default received by the Company in 2022 in which new proceedings were announced. In these
notices, the Company was also put on notice for all damages that the Company and the minority shareholders involved have suffered and
will suffer in connection with the exercise of the Put Option, and the minority shareholders concerned also reserved the right to claim the
suspension or nullity of the relevant decisions.
The Company is responding to the plaintiff shareholders' request for interim measures in the court proceedings.
The case was introduced in court on 6 January 2023 with a view to establishing a procedural calendar, but the matter was adjourned to
the hearing of 13 January 2023. During this hearing, the Company has confirmed to the President of the Antwerp Enterprise Court
(Antwerp division) that it will not hold a general meeting with the dissolution on the agenda nor issue any invitation for a general meeting
with the dissolution on the agenda until the President of the Court will have rendered a decision about the interim measures requested by
the Claimants in respect of the dissolution of the Company. The President of the Court has taken notice of this confirmation on the record
of the hearing. Subsequently, in its trial brief dated 14 February 2023, the Company confirmed that it will not take any steps to convene a
general meeting with dissolution as an agenda item until the Supreme Court will have ruled on the appeal against the 17 November 2022
judgment.
After an exchange of trial briefs, the President of the Court will hear this case on 25 April 2023.
Judicial investigation
The Company learned that criminal complaints have been filed by shareholders. The Company shall cooperate with the judicial
investigation.
In estimating the provision for discontinuation of EUR 10.8 million recognised at 31 December 2022 and taking into account the (pending)
legal proceedings referred to above (and on the basis of a reasonable expectation as to the timing of Belgian court proceedings), in
calculating the provision for discontinuation, the Company assumes the liquidation process to complete approximately by the end of Q2
2029, i.e. within approximately six years after the release of the 31 December 2022 financial statements. The amount of the provision is
based on the estimated operating costs to be incurred before and during the liquidation process. These costs include costs of the
liquidator, legal, accounting and audit costs, listing fees and other operating costs. As at 31 December 2022 (and as at 31 December
2021), the Company has excluded from the calculation of the provision the EUR 2.4 million estimated costs of the panel of experts
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appointed by the President of the Antwerp Enterprise Court, that were previously included in the calculation of the provision, given that
this expert investigation has been revoked and halted as a consequence of the judgment of 9 November 2021 of the President of the
Antwerp Enterprise Court (Antwerp division) and the appeal by the claimant shareholders was ill-founded by the Antwerp court of appeals
on 17 November 2022. The Company does not expect that these costs will be incurred by the Company even though the claimant
shareholders can, and have, appealed the verdict of the Antwerp court of appeals with the Belgian Supreme Court. The estimated amount
of the provision assumes a stable run-rate of the cost of the liquidator and other costs to be incurred by the Company over the period until
the completion of the liquidation process.
The estimated amount of the provision excludes any costs that the Company may incur in relation to the defense in the legal proceedings
referred to above for which the Company's Directors & Officers ("D&O") insurer has at current confirmed to indemnify the Company for its
fees, costs and expenses incurred. The D&O insurer has at current only confirmed to indemnify the Company for its fees, costs and
expenses incurred in respect of:
(i)its counsel for assisting with the response to the notice of default dated 17 March 2020, and representing the Company in the
proceedings issued on 29 May 2020;
(ii)its counsel for representing the Company in the interlocutory (expert) proceedings issued on 27 April 2020, as well as the appeal lodged
by the Company on 15 December 2020 against the 30 October 2020 court order appointing an expert panel in the sense of Article 7:160
BCCA (and not, for the avoidance of doubt, the third party application initiated by Trafigura PTE Ltd and Trafigura Group PTE Ltd against
the 30 October 2020 court order and the appeal against the court orders of 2 July and 9 November 2021);
(iii)its counsel for representing the Company in the (now halted) expert investigation ordered by the aforementioned 30 October 2020 court
order;
(iv)the party-appointed experts the Company has retained in order to research the claims made in the proceedings mentioned above as
well as to assist the Company in the expert investigation mentioned above; and
(v)its counsel for representing the Company regarding the FSMA investigation and the experts retained by the Company in respect of its
defense, for up to 80% of the work done as of 6 October 2022.
However, the D&O insurer has refused coverage of the fees, costs and expenses of the court-appointed experts (as referred to above)
and, based on the court order of 30 October 2020 (against which the Company lodged appeal and against which Trafigura PTE Ltd. and
Trafigura Group PTE Ltd. lodged a third-party application, and which was as a result of the latter application revoked by the judgment of 9
November 2021 of the President of the Antwerp Enterprise Court (Antwerp division)), which need to be covered by the Company. The
actual amount of these fees, costs and expenses depends on whether a court of appeal will decide to re-open the expert investigation
(e.g., as a possible result of the appeal with the Supreme Court), the length of the ordered investigation, the length of the legal
proceedings referred to above, the level of involvement of the Company and any other elements.
Should the liquidation process take longer than expected, the estimated costs to be incurred by the Company before the completion of the
liquidation would be higher. Assuming the liquidation is in that case completed by the end of Q2 2031, the Company estimates the costs
incurred during the liquidation process would increase to EUR 13.1 million. These additional costs in excess of the provision of EUR 10.8
million recognised at 31 December 2022 would further decrease the equity of the Company subsequent to 31 December 2022. If there are
any additional costs or if the costs related to one or more legal proceedings noted above would not be covered by the Company's D&O
insurance, it may require the Company to obtain additional funding. In case the Company is unable to obtain such additional funding, the
liquidation may not be a solvent liquidation.
The Company has recognised the ongoing operating costs that it incurred during the year ended 31 December 2022 as Services and
other goods (Code 61). During the year ended 31 December 2022, the Company has utilised the provision for discontinuation of EUR
3,662,844, primarily to offset the ongoing operating costs. The utilisation of the provision is recognised in Non-recurring operating charges
(Code 66A) net of the additions to the provision for discontinuation of EUR 5,463,444.
d)As at 31 December 2022, based on the information available to the Company, the Company has been fully released from all contingent
liabilities previously provided or irrevocably promised by the Company for debts and commitments of third parties. The Company is fully
indemnified in relation to any liability that may arise in this respect (see "Related party disclosures").
The Company has assessed the potential impact of the COVID-19 outbreak and the war in Ukraine on the recognition and measurement
of the Company's assets and liabilities as at 31 December 2022. Following the exercise of the Put Option and the receipt of the proceeds
of the exercise of the Put Option, the Company's main assets are the cash and cash term deposits. In the Company's view there are no
potential significant impacts of the COVID-19 outbreak and the war in Ukraine on the measurement of the Company's assets and liabilities
at 31 December 2022.
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DISCONTINUITY
At 9 December 2019, an EGM of the Company was held to deliberate on the continuation of the Company's activities and a proposed
capital decrease. The shareholders' meeting rejected the continuation of the Company's activities. As the result of an order of 26 June
2020 of the President of the Antwerp Enterprise Court (Antwerp division), at the request of a group of shareholders, the Company was
prohibited from holding a general meeting with the dissolution of the Company on the agenda until three months after a final decision on
the appointment of a panel of experts would have obtained res judicata effect. As set out above, as announced on 14 February 2023, in
light of the announcement in the press that certain shareholders of the Company would file a Supreme Court appeal against the judgment
of the Antwerp Court of Appeal dated 17 November 2022 with respect to the claim for the appointment of a panel of experts, the Company
is of the opinion that it is not opportune to carry out its obligation to place the dissolution on the agenda pending the Supreme Court
appeal. The Company thus announced that it will not take steps to convene a general meeting with dissolution as an agenda item (or take
preparatory actions to that effect) until the Supreme Court has rendered a judgment in the aforementioned proceedings, and it will update
the market by then. This is without prejudice to the Company's previous communication of 13 January 2023, in which it was confirmed that
the Company will not hold a general meeting with the dissolution on the agenda nor issue any invitation for a general meeting with the
dissolution on the agenda until the President of the Court will have rendered a decision about the interim measures requested by the
claimants in respect of the dissolution of the Company. As such, these 31 December 2022 financial statements of the Company have been
prepared on a discontinuity basis.
Under article 3:23 of the Belgian Code of Companies and Associations, a parent company that controls one or more subsidiaries is
required to prepare consolidated financial statements, unless such subsidiaries are, in view of the consolidated assets, the consolidated
financial position or the consolidated results, individually and together, only of a negligible significance. Given that, as at 31 December
2022, the Company did not control any significant subsidiary, the Company was not required to prepare consolidated financial statements
for the year ended 31 December 2022. In accordance with article 12, §3, final paragraph, of the Royal Decree of 14 November 2007, the
Company has prepared the 31 December 2022 standalone financial statements in accordance with Belgian GAAP.
At the date of authorisation of the 31 December 2022 financial statements, the Company has assessed that, taking into account its
available cash, cash equivalents and its cash flow projections for the next 12 months from the authorisation by the Board of Directors of
the 31 December 2022 financial statements, it has sufficient liquidity to meet its present obligations and cover working capital needs. The
forecast available liquidity of the Company comprises cash and cash term deposits of EUR 17.8 million as of 31 December 2022 and is
dependent on various matters including the possible appointment of a liquidator and his next steps, the existence and extent of the legal
claims against the Company which could require funding of these legal proceedings and other matters not currently foreseen as described
in section d) of the valuation rules above. As stated above, if the appointment of the liquidator is further delayed or not approved by the
shareholders' meeting or if the costs are higher than currently expected, the Company may need to secure additional funding. There is a
risk that such additional funding may not be available to the Company or may not be available at acceptable conditions. Reference is also
made to the related party disclosures in respect of the mandatory prepayment obligations and limited recourse provisions under the
Limited Recourse Loan Facility (to the extent that these apply following the receipt of the proceeds of the exercise of the Put Option (see
1.5.4. and 1.5.5. below)).
RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES
1.Restructuring of the Nyrstar group
In October 2018, the former Nyrstar group initiated a review of its capital structure (the "Capital Structure Review") in response to the
challenging financial and operating conditions being faced by the Nyrstar group. The Capital Structure Review identified a very substantial
additional funding requirement that the Nyrstar group was unable to meet without a material reduction of the Nyrstar group's indebtedness.
As a consequence, the Capital Structure Review necessitated negotiations between the Nyrstar group's financial creditors that ultimately
resulted in the restructuring of the Nyrstar group, which became effective on 31 July 2019 (the "Restructuring"). As a result of the
Restructuring, Trafigura Group Pte. Ltd., via its indirect 98% ownership of the new holding company of NN2, became the ultimate parent
company of the former (direct and indirect) subsidiaries of the Company (the "Operating Group"), with the remaining 2% stake in NN2 (and
thereby the Operating Group) then being owned by the Company (though see 1.2 below for details of the exercise of the Put Option by the
Company on 28 July 2022).
The agreements with Trafigura to which the Company is currently a party are discussed in further detail below.
1.1.The NNV-Trafigura Deed
The lock-up agreement ("Lock Up Agreement") entered into on 14 April 2019 between, among others, the Company and representatives of
its key financial creditor groups, envisaged that the Company, Trafigura Pte Ltd ("Trafigura") and Nyrstar Holdings Plc (formerly known as
Nyrstar Holdings Limited, "Nyrstar Holdings"), a Trafigura special-purpose vehicle incorporated, amongst other things, for the purpose of
implementing the Restructuring) would enter into a deed confirming their agreement in respect of (i) certain steps necessary for the
implementation of the restructuring as envisaged in the Lock Up Agreement and (ii) the terms of the ongoing relationship between the
Company and the Trafigura group (the "NNV-Trafigura Deed"). The NNV-Trafigura Deed was duly executed on 19 June 2019.
Certain key terms of the NNV-Trafigura Deed, namely those governing the distributions policy, drag / tag rights and change of control in
respect of NN2, have previously been described in the Company's related party disclosures. However, following the exercise of the Put
Option (on which, see 1.2 below for more details) and the Company ceasing to be a shareholder of NN2, these provisions of the
NNV-Trafigura Deed are no longer relevant / no longer apply.
Under the provisions of the NNV-Trafigura Deed that continue notwithstanding the exercise of the Put Option and the Company ceasing to
be a shareholder of NN2, the Company continues to benefit from a right (subject to compliance with applicable law and any relevant
confidentiality obligations) to make reasonable requests of Trafigura to procure that the Company is provided with financial or other
information in relation to the Operating Group (or any member of it).
1.2.The Put Option Deed
Pursuant to the NNV-Trafigura Deed, the Company and Trafigura also agreed that Trafigura would grant to the Company an option to
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require a Trafigura entity to purchase the Company's entire interest in NN2. The terms of this option are set out in a separate deed, dated
25 June 2019, between the Company, Trafigura and Nyrstar Holdings (the "Put Option Deed"). Under the terms of the Put Option Deed,
the Company could put all (but not only a part) of its 2% holding in NN2 to a Trafigura entity at a price equal to EUR 20 million (the "Put
Option"). Reference is made in this respect to the related party disclosures in respect of the mandatory prepayment obligations and limited
recourse provisions under the Limited Recourse Loan Facility (to the extent that these apply following the receipt of the proceeds of the
exercise of the Put Option (see 1.5.4. and 1.5.5. below)). The Put Option was exercisable by the Company until 31 July 2022, subject to
limited triggers which would have allowed earlier termination of the Put Option before 31 July 2022.
On 18 November 2021, the Company announced that it had appointed Moore Corporate Finance to prepare an independent expert's
opinion for the independent directors of the Company ("Committee of Independent Directors"), in the framework of Article 7:97 of the
Belgian Code of Companies and Associations. The independent expert's opinion was to advise the Committee of Independent Directors in
examining the benefit to the Company, taking all relevant circumstances into account, of the exercise or non-exercise of the Put Option
that the Company had in relation to its entire 2% investment in NN2.
On 28 July 2022, the Company publicly announced that the Board had completed its detailed review process in respect of the decision
whether or not to exercise the Put Option related to its entire 2% shareholding in NN2. Considering the independent expert report prepared
by Moore Corporate Finance, which valued the 2% shareholding in NN2 in a range of EUR 0 million to EUR 3.4 million, the opinion of the
independent directors of the Company, questions and comments raised by certain minority shareholders and other information made
available to it, the Board decided that it was in the corporate benefit of the Company to exercise the Put Option. On 28 July 2022, the
Company duly gave notice to Nyrstar Holdings Plc and to Trafigura Pte Ltd. that it exercised the Put Option in accordance with the terms of
the Put Option Deed. The Company received the proceeds from the exercise of the Put Option on 29 July 2022. Documentation in respect
of the Company's decision to exercise the Put Option was published on the Company's website nyrstarnv.be on 28 July 2022 and remains
available there as at the date of this report.
1.3.Release from parent company guarantees in favour of Trafigura
As stated above, prior to the effective date of the Restructuring which was 31 July 2019 (the "Restructuring Effective Date"), the Company
was the ultimate parent company of the Nyrstar group, and had previously issued various parent company guarantees (the "PCGs") in
respect of the obligations of its subsidiaries, including, but not limited to, two PCGs granted in respect of the primary financial obligations of
the Company's indirect subsidiary at that time, Nyrstar Sales & Marketing AG ("NSM"), to Trafigura, namely under the USD 650 million
Trade Finance Framework Agreement ("TFFA") and the USD 250 million Bridge Finance Facility Agreement ("BFFA") (the "Trafigura
PCGs"). The Trafigura PCGs, as well as all other security and / or guarantees provided to Trafigura by the Operating Group in respect of
the TFFA and BFFA, were released in full on the Restructuring Effective Date.
1.4.The Company's release from parent company guarantees in favour of third-parties and the Company's rights to indemnification by NN2
under the NNV-NN2 SPA
Prior to, and as part of the implementation of, the Restructuring, the Company entered into an agreement for the sale and transfer by the
Company of substantially all of its assets including 100% of its shareholding in Nyrstar Netherlands (Holdings) BV and also its holdings
(direct and indirect) in its subsidiaries, but excluding its shares in NN1, to NN2 (the "NNV-NN2 SPA"). Under the NNV-NN2 SPA, the
Company benefits from contractual agreements with NN2 and Trafigura in respect of its release from, or indemnification for, liabilities for
existing financial indebtedness and obligations owed to third parties in respect of financial, commercial or other obligations of the then
current members of the Operating Group (the "PCGs"), such that those third parties should no longer have recourse to the Company. The
release and / or indemnification obligations of NN2 from which the Company benefits can be summarised as follows.
-Release of PCGs and general indemnity: The NNV-NN2 SPA includes a commitment by NN2 to use reasonable endeavors to procure the
release of obligations owed by the Company under third-party PCGs. This obligation is combined with an obligation on NN2 to indemnify
the Company, to the extent such PCGs are not released, for any and all liabilities in relation to such PCGs in respect of the failure by the
applicable member of the Operating Group to comply fully with its principal obligations.
-Indemnity for specified historic liabilities: Further, the NNV-NN2 SPA also contains an obligation on NN2 to indemnify the Company, to the
extent not covered by the release and/or indemnification of PCGs mentioned above, in respect of certain specified liabilities, including
certain liabilities arising in relation to certain historic disposals by the former Nyrstar group and/or from certain historic mine closures, which
are specified in a schedule to the NNV-NN2 SPA.
-Limitation on recourse to the Company of former subsidiaries: To limit and release further any financial obligations on the Company, the
NNV-NN2 SPA obliges NN2 to procure that, and the NNV-Trafigura Deed obliges Trafigura to procure that no former subsidiaries of the
Company will make any demands for payment from the Company except (i) under the Limited Recourse Loan Facility (as defined below),
(ii) as otherwise agreed following the completion of the Restructuring; or (iii) to the extent that the Company has sufficient funds available
(excluding any dividends or sale proceeds in respect of the Company's (now sold) direct 2% shareholding in NN2).
1.5.Financial transactions with Trafigura entities - the Limited Recourse Loan Facility
1.5.1.Introduction
On 23 July 2019, the Company entered into a EUR 13.5 million committed, limited recourse, loan facility (the "Limited Recourse Loan
Facility") provided to it by NN2 (as "Lender"). The key terms of the Limited Recourse Loan Facility are described below. The Limited
Recourse Loan Facility is made available in two separate tranches: (i) up to EUR 8.5 million to be applied towards the Company's ongoing
ordinary course operating activities ("Facility A"); and (ii) up to EUR 5 million intended for the payment of certain costs related to litigation
defense ("Facility B"). No security, collateral or guarantees have been granted in respect of the Company's obligations under the Limited
Recourse Loan Facility.
1.5.2.Available commitments, amounts outstanding and interest
As at 31 December 2022, the Company owed EUR 6.2 million (31 December 2021: EUR 5.5 million) under Facility A. Facility A can be
used by the Company to cover day-to-day operating costs, including, without limitation, reasonable director and employee costs, D&O
insurance premium (to the extent not paid prior to the Restructuring Effective Date), audit fees, legal costs (except those relating to
litigation or other actual or threatened proceedings against the Company, which should be funded from Facility B (defined below)), listing
fees and investor relations costs. The funding under Facility A is provided to the Company based on the quarterly cash flow forecast
prepared by the Company and provided to Trafigura as a condition of the funding. The total quantum of funds to be made available under
Facility A was agreed based on the Company's forecast operating costs for a five-year period following the completion of the Restructuring,
taking into account the ongoing operational services provided to the Company by NN2, as agreed in the NNV-NN2 SPA, for a period of
three years from the Restructuring Effective Date (or less subject to agreed early termination triggers) (the "Ongoing Services").
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The Ongoing Services to be provided by NN2 to the Company include finance, tax, corporate counsel, IT and administration services. The
provision of the Ongoing Services to the Company was intended to reduce the Company's operating costs in the period following the
Restructuring Effective Date. It is noted here that, in accordance with the terms of the NNV-NN2 SPA, the period for the provision of the
Ongoing Services to the Company expired upon the Company's receipt of the proceeds from the exercise of the Put Option.
As at 31 December 2022, the Company had drawn EUR 3.7 million (31 December 2021: EUR 2.8 million) under Facility B. Subject to the
restrictions detailed below, Facility B can be applied by the Company towards payment or reimbursement of costs in respect of any
litigation, proceeding, action or claims (including tax claims) made, asserted or threatened against the Company, NN1 or any of their
current or former directors or officers (each being a "Claim").
Under Facility A, subject to the terms of utilisation (on which see more below), the Company could borrow up to EUR 7.3 million before 31
July 2023 and thereafter can borrow up to a further EUR 1.2 million annually until 2024. Funding under Facility B can be drawn based on
costs incurred in respect of any litigation, proceeding, action or claims (subject to the terms of utilisation and other restrictions detailed
below, and on the delivery of an invoice for such costs). Utilisation of each Facility is subject to various conditions (on which see below),
and is limited to a maximum of three drawings per financial quarter per Facility (excluding any PIK Loans (defined below)). As at the date
of this report, the Company has drawn EUR 6.2 million under Facility A and EUR 3.7 million under Facility B.
As a result of the exercise of the Put Option and the Company ceasing to be a shareholder of NN2, the "NNV Exit Date" (as defined in the
Limited Recourse Loan Facility) has occurred. The NNV Exit Date is specified as an Event of Default (as defined) under the Limited
Recourse Loan Facility, which gives the NN2 (as Lender) the right to cancel (by notice to the Company) the whole or any part of the
Lenders' remaining commitments under the Limited Recourse Loan Facility. As at the date of this report, NN2 has not exercised such right.
However, each utilisation request under the Limited Recourse Loan Facility must (unless otherwise agreed by the Lender) be accompanied
by a certificate signed by a director stating, among other things, that (in short) the Company's "Available Cash" (as defined therein) is not
sufficient to meet the anticipated costs and liabilities for which the relevant utilisation is intended. Given the Company's receipt of EUR 20
million from the exercise of the Put Option in July 2022, it is not currently envisaged that the Company would be able to make any further
valid utilisation requests under the Limited Recourse Loan Facility.
The rate of interest on amounts outstanding under the Limited Recourse Loan Facility is the aggregate of EURIBOR plus a margin of 0.5%
per annum. It shall be payable within 10 business days of the anniversary of the date on which such amount was made available, provided
that such interest will be capitalised if it has accrued for a period of one year or more and the Company has given a notice in the form
prescribed by the Limited Recourse Loan Facility. Any interest which is capitalised shall be treated as a new loan (a "PIK Loan") under the
relevant Facility. Any PIK Loan shall itself accrue interest, and that interest may also be capitalised. No payments of interest have been
made by the Company as all payable interest until 31 December 2022 of EUR 107k has been capitalised into a new PIK Loan.
1.5.3.Restrictions on use of proceeds
The Company must not use any amount borrowed under either Facility A or Facility B for funding (directly or indirectly) any of the costs
related to asserting or bringing or assisting in the pursuit of claims (including any counterclaim or defense) against Trafigura, other
members of the Trafigura group, NN2 and / or any Replacement Holdco, and / or any other member of the Operating Group), against any
of such entities' current or former directors, officers, or advisers, against any creditor in respect of such entities (other than with the
consent of NN2, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) or in connection with any challenge to the Restructuring,
including in relation to the TFFA and the BFFA or any other document contemplated by the Restructuring Implementation Deed.
1.5.4.Mandatory prepayment obligations
-Excess Cash: the provisions of the Limited Recourse Loan Facility that relate to mandatory prepayment out of "Excess Cash", and which
were described in the version of this disclosure contained in previous such reports by the Company, have ceased to apply as a result of the
Company ceasing to be a shareholder of NN2 and having received the proceeds of the exercise of the Put Option (such proceeds
constituting "Disposal Proceeds" for the purposes of the Limited Recourse Loan Facility).
-Disposals: Immediately upon receipt of any Disposal Proceeds, and subject to the limited recourse provisions described below (see in
particular at 1.5.5.), the Company shall procure that these shall be applied first to prepay any amount outstanding under Facility B (being
the litigation tranche), and secondly, if (i) any Disposal Proceeds remain after any required prepayment of Facility B, and (ii) the aggregate
amount of all amounts outstanding under Facility A (being the operational costs tranche) exceeds EUR 5 million, to prepay such Facility A
amounts to or towards an aggregate amount of EUR 5 million.
-Distributions: The Company shall ensure that, if any distribution is paid to the Company's shareholders on or after the NNV Exit Date, an
amount equal to that distribution is applied to repay or prepay the amount outstanding under Facility A before or simultaneously with such
distribution.
The Company has also agreed that, if it receives any amounts from costs awards, damages awards and / or any other recovery from any
counterparty to a Claim (as defined above) (such amounts constituting "Claim Proceeds"), then such Claim Proceeds must be used
immediately to repay or prepay any amounts outstanding under Facility B.
Additionally, there are customary provisions that require mandatory prepayment of amounts outstanding under either or both Facility A and
B in the case of certain events of default that allow for acceleration by the Lender.
However, in accordance with "limited recourse" provisions of the Limited Recourse Loan Facility (as detailed further at 1.5.5. below), NN2's
recourse to the Company in respect of repayment of funds drawn or any other obligation thereunder is limited to the Company's Net Assets
(as defined in the Limited Recourse Loan Facility, and as described below), if any.
1.5.5.Limited recourse
As mentioned above, the recourse of NN2 as Lender under the Limited Recourse Loan Facility in respect of repayment thereof or any
other obligation of the Company thereunder is limited to the "Company Net Assets", being the assets (including all present and future
properties, revenues and rights of every description) of the Company (other than assets held or received on trust for a person which is not
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a member of the Company or its subsidiaries) having satisfied or provided for its "Liabilities" (meaning all present or future liabilities and
obligations, both actual and contingent and whether incurred solely or jointly or as principal or surety or in any other capacity), except for
Liabilities of the Company under the Limited Recourse Loan Facility and related finance documents, which shall be disregarded for this
purpose.
Further, to the extent that the Company Net Assets are insufficient to discharge the Company's obligations under the Limited Recourse
Loan Facility, such obligations shall be deemed to be limited to the amount of the Company Net Assets, and the Lender shall not be
entitled to make a claim and shall have no further recourse against the Company and the Company shall have no liability to pay or
otherwise.
All actual, contingent and prospective liabilities would need to be factored in when calculating the Company Net Asset position. The
Company determined at the time of the exercise of the Put Option on 28 July 2022 and as at 31 December 2022, that it is in the corporate
benefit of the Company that, for the purposes of the mandatory prepayment, these liabilities are calculated on a worst-case scenario basis,
and not (i) in accordance with IFRS or Belgian GAAP, nor (ii) based upon the Company's assessment of the likelihood of such contingent
or prospective liabilities eventually materialising. Based on the Company's estimates, the Company has determined that the Company Net
Assets (as defined under the Limited Recourse Loan Facility) are negative even taking into account the receipt of the proceeds of the Put
Option, and that currently no repayments of the LRLF are necessary. The Company will, however, continue to monitor the development of
its Company Net Asset position until the completion of the liquidation process, to consider whether any repayment of the LRLF needs to be
made.
However, this limitation on NN2's recourse against the Company shall not apply to the extent that the value of the Company Net Assets is
impaired, or NN2 suffers loss as a result of any breach by the Company of any provision of the Limited Recourse Loan Facility (or any
related finance document) other than the repeating representations / warranties thereunder or the provisions requiring payment of interest /
fees or repayment / prepayment of principal thereunder.
1.5.6.Information, consultation and litigation strategy undertakings
So long as any amount is outstanding under the Limited Recourse Loan Facility or the Lender's commitment thereunder is still in force, if
any Claim arises as a result of which the Company reasonably anticipates that it may make a utilisation under Facility B, the Company
must give notice to the Lender and Trafigura of the Claim. The Company shall:
-promptly notify NN2 and Trafigura of the Claim;
-subject to compliance with applicable law or confidentiality obligations to third parties, make available to NN2 and Trafigura all information
in its possession and control as reasonably requested by NN2 or Trafigura in connection with assessing, contesting, disputing, defending,
appealing or compromising the Claim, provided that NN2 and Trafigura shall maintain confidentiality and/or privilege with regard to such
information;
-keep NN2 and Trafigura informed of the progress / developments in respect of the Claim, and promptly provide any correspondence or
other information received in connection with the Claim;
-consult and take into account the views of NN2 and Trafigura as to the applicable legal advisors that will represent the Company, NN1, or
the applicable directors or officers. NNV shall also procure that such legal advisors provide fee estimates as requested by NN2 or
Trafigura;
-consult with and take into account the views of NN2 and Trafigura in relation to the conduct of the defense / negotiations / settlements in
respect of the Claim; and
-whilst any amount is outstanding under Facility B in relation to a civil Claim, not make any admission of Liability, agreement, settlement or
compromise in relation to that Claim without the prior written approval of Trafigura.
The Company must also consult with Trafigura prior to taking any action relating to insolvency or bankruptcy proceedings, including under
Book XX of the Belgian Code of Economic Law.
The Company is also obliged to provide NN2 with certain financial information, including quarterly cashflow forecasts (and any revisions
thereto required under the terms of the Limited Recourse Loan Facility), half-yearly financial statements and audited annual financial
statements, drawn up on a consolidated basis (to the extent the Company has subsidiaries) and in accordance with the accounting
principles agreed under the terms of the Limited Recourse Loan Facility.
1.5.7Relationship Agreement
At the completion of the Restructuring at 31 July 2019, the "Relationship Agreement" between Trafigura Group Pte Ltd and the Company
(dated 9 November 2015) was terminated. The Relationship Agreement governed the relationship between the Company (and the broader
Nyrstar group) and Trafigura Group Pte. Ltd. and its affiliated persons between its execution on 9 November 2015 and the completion of
the Restructuring on 31 July 2019.
1.5.8Other transactions with Trafigura
Other than as described in these disclosures, the Company has not entered into any commercial or other transactions with Trafigura in the
year ended 31 December 2022.
OTHER RIGHTS AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES NOT REFLECTED IN THE BALANCE SHEET (including those which cannot be
quantified)
Parent company guarantees
Until 31 July 2019, the Company was the holding company of the Nyrstar group (consisting of the Company and its former subsidiaries). At
31 July 2019, when the Restructuring of the Nyrstar group was finalised, the Company was released of liabilities for existing financial
indebtedness and obligations owed under parent company guarantees of commercial or other obligations of the current members of the
Operating Group (all former subsidiaries of the Nyrstar group excluding NN1) (or indemnified by NN2 to the extent such guarantee liabilities
are not released). As at 31 December 2022, based on the information available to the Company, the Company has been fully released
from all contingent liabilities previously provided or irrevocably promised by the Company for debts and commitments of third parties. The
Company is fully indemnified in relation to any liability that may arise in this respect. The Company is fully indemnified in relation to any
liability that may arise in this respect (see "Related party disclosures").
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Contingent liabilities
In addition to the legal and regulatory claims and proceedings disclosed above, the Company is subject to risks related to tax matters as
the possible tax audits of certain fiscal years are not yet complete. Although the Company cannot estimate the risk related to these
possible tax audits as remote, it currently does not consider it probable that the outcome of these possible tax audits will have significant
impact on the financial position of the Company.
The Company has concluded that no additional provision is required at this time in relation to pending or potential tax reviews and that it is
currently unable to quantify the potential risks, but it continues to monitor and assess the situation.
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SOCIAL BALANCE SHEET
224
STATEMENT OF THE PERSONS EMPLOYED
EMPLOYEES FOR WHOM THE COMPANY SUBMITTED A DIMONA DECLARATION OR WHO ARE RECORDED IN THE
GENERAL PERSONNEL REGISTER
1001
1002
1003
During the period
Average number of employees
Full-time
Part-time
Total in full-time equivalents (FTE)
Codes
Total
1. Men
2. Women
1011
1012
1013
Number of actual hours worked
Full-time
Part-time
Total
1021
1022
1023
Personnel costs
Full-time
Part-time
Total
Benefits in addition to wages
1033
1003
1013
1023
During the preceding period
Average number of employees in FTE
Number of actual hours worked
Personnel costs
P. Total
1P. Men
2P. Women
Codes
1033
Benefits in addition to wages
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Codes
1. Full-time
3. Total in full-time
equivalents
2. Part-time
At the closing date of the period
Number of employees
By nature of the employment contract
Contract for an indefinite period
Contract for a definite period
Contract for the execution of a specifically assigned work
Replacement contract
According to gender and study level
By professional category
105
110
111
112
120
113
121
133
130
134
132
primary education
secondary education
higher non-university education
university education
1200
1201
1202
1203
primary education
secondary education
higher non-university education
university education
1210
1211
1212
1213
Management staff
Salaried employees
Hourly employees
Other
Men
Women
HIRED TEMPORARY STAFF AND PERSONNEL PLACED AT THE DISPOSAL OF THE COMPANY
Codes
1. Hired temporary
staff
2. Hired temporary
staff and personnel
placed at the
company’s disposal
During the period
Average number of persons employed
Number of actual hours worked
Costs to the company
150
151
152
EMPLOYEES FOR WHOM THE COMPANY SUBMITTED A DIMONA DECLARATION OR WHO ARE RECORDED IN THE
GENERAL PERSONNEL REGISTER (continuation)
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ENTRIES
Codes
1. Full-time
3. Total in full-time
equivalents
2. Part-time
By nature of the employment contract
205
210
211
212
213
Contract for the execution of a specifically assigned work
Replacement contract
Contract for a definite period
Number of employees for whom the company submitted
a DIMONA declaration or who have been recorded in the
general personnel register during the period
Contract for an indefinite period
DEPARTURES
1. Full-time
Codes
2. Part-time
3. Total in full-time
equivalents
Number of employees whose contract-termination date
has been included in the DIMONA declaration or in the
general personnel register during the period
By nature of the employment contract
By reason of termination of contract
310
305
311
312
313
340
341
342
343
350
Retirement
Unemployment with extra allowance from enterprise
Dismissal
Other reason
Of which:
the number of persons who continue to render
services to the company at least half-time on
a self-employment basis
Contract for an indefinite period
Contract for a definite period
Contract for the execution of a specifically assigned work
Replacement contract
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INFORMATION ON TRAINING PROVIDED TO EMPLOYEES DURING THE PERIOD
Codes
Men
Women
Codes
5802
5801
5803
5811
5812
5813
58031
58032
58033
58131
58132
58133
5821
5822
5823
5841
5842
5843
5831
5832
5833
5851
5852
5853
Number of employees involved
Total of initiatives of formal professional training at the expense of the
employer
Number of actual training hours
Net costs for the company
of which gross costs directly linked to training
of which contributions paid and payments to collective funds
of which grants and other financial advantages received (to deduct)
Total of initiatives of less formal or informal professional training at the
expense of the employer
Total of initial initiatives of professional training at the expense of the
employer
Number of employees involved
Number of actual training hours
Net costs for the company
Number of employees involved
Number of actual training hours
Net costs for the company
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Statutory auditor’s report
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for the year ended 31 December 2022
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REPORT ON THE ANNUAL ACCOUNTS
STATUTORY AUDITOR’S REPORT TO THE GENERAL MEETING OF
NYRSTAR NV FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022
In the context of the statutory audit of the annual accounts of Nyrstar NV (“the Company”),
we hereby present our statutory auditor’s report. It includes our report of the annual
accounts and the other legal and regulatory requirements. This report is an integrated whole
and is indivisible.
We have been appointed as statutory auditor by the general meeting of 24 September 2020,
following the proposal formulated by the administrative body issued upon recommendation of
the Audit Committee. Our statutory auditor’s mandate expires on the date of the general
meeting deliberating on the annual accounts closed on 31 December 2022. We have
performed the statutory audit of the annual accounts of the Company for three consecutive
years.
Unqualified opinion
We have audited the annual accounts of
the Company, which comprise the balance
sheet as at 31 December 2022, the profit
and loss account for the year then ended
and the notes to the annual accounts,
characterised by a balance sheet total of
18.781.962 EUR and a profit and loss
account showing a loss for the year of
848.294 EUR.
In our opinion, the annual accounts give a
true and fair view of the Company’s net
equity and financial position as at 31
December 2022, as well as of its results for
the year then ended, in accordance with
the financial reporting framework
applicable in Belgium.
Basis for unqualified opinion
We conducted our audit in accordance
with International Standards on Auditing
(ISAs) as applicable in Belgium. Our
responsibilities under those standards are
further described in the 'Statutory
auditor's responsibilities for the audit of
the annual accounts' section in this report.
We have complied with all the ethical
requirements that are relevant to the
audit of annual accounts in Belgium,
including those concerning independence.
We have obtained from the administrative
body and the officials of the Company the
explanations and information necessary for
performing our audit.
We believe that the audit evidence we
have obtained is sufficient and appropriate
to provide a basis for our opinion.
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NYRSTAR NV:
Statutory auditor’s report to the general meeting of the company on the annual accounts for the year ended 31 December 2022
2.
Emphasis of matter discontinuity and
liquidity position
Without modifying our opinion, we draw
attention to F-cap 6.20 (section
“Discontinuity”) of the annual accounts,
where the Company discloses that the
annual accounts have been prepared on a
discontinuity basis and gives its assessment
of the liquidity position.
Emphasis of matter legal proceedings
Without modifying our opinion, we draw
attention to note F-cap 6.19 and F-cap
6.20 of the annual accounts, which include
a detailed description of significant
ongoing legal proceedings in which the
Company and its directors are involved.
Key audit matters
Key audit matters are those matters that,
in our professional judgment, were of most
significance in our audit of the annual
accounts of the current year. These
matters were addressed in the context of
our audit of the annual accounts as a
whole, and in forming our opinion thereon,
and we do not provide a separate opinion
on these matters.
Valuation of the provision for liquidation
Description of the matter
Following the decision of the 9 December
2019 extraordinary shareholders’ meeting
to reject the continuation of the
company’s activities, the Company
recognized a provision representing the
estimated costs that the company expects
to incur until the end of the liquidation
period, amounting to 10,8 million EUR (9
million EUR as per 31 December 2021). We
consider this provision as a key audit
matter since it requires significant
judgment and estimates of the Company,
both with respect to the expected future
costs as well as the expected duration of
the liquidation period.
Procedures performed
Our audit procedures related to the
provision for liquidation included among
other things, the following:
- We evaluated the reasonability of
underlying Company’s estimate by
performing a detailed analysis of the
methodology;
- We evaluated the appropriateness of
the method used considering Belgian
generally accepted accounting rules;
- We compared the applied method to
the prior period;
- We performed a detailed
mathematical review of the
calculation, to assess the accuracy
and completeness of the calculation;
- We evaluated key judgements
(assumptions) and possible
management bias;
- We reviewed the integrity and
accuracy of data used for the
calculation;
- We considered the results of external
confirmations;
- We considered the input from legal
experts;
- We considered and reviewed the
status of the legal cases in which the
company is involved;
- We considered the impact of
subsequent events;
- We reviewed the appropriateness and
completeness of related disclosures
on page F-cap 6.19.
NYRSTAR NV:
Statutory auditor’s report to the general meeting of the company on the annual accounts for the year ended 31 December 2022
3.
Completeness of disclosures
Description of the matter
The company has significant off-balance
rights, commitments and contingencies.
These mainly include ongoing contracts
resulting from the restructuring of the
company such as the put option deed as
well as several legal proceedings in which
the company and its directors are
involved.
We consider these disclosures as a key
audit matter, because they are essential
for a good understanding of the financial
position of the company, the uncertainties
and risks of the company, and they
required significant audit effort to be
checked for accuracy and completeness.
Procedures performed
Our audit procedures related to the
disclosures included among other things,
the following:
- We analyzed and assessed changes in
disclosures compared to last year;
- We read relevant underlying contracts
and other legal documentation;
- We cross checked audit findings with
financial statement disclosures;
- We reviewed the accuracy of data
used;
- We considered the results of external
confirmations such as legal letters,
bank letters and third-party
confirmations;
- We considered the impact of
subsequent events;
- We analyzed journal entries for
possible unusual activity;
- We reviewed the appropriateness and
completeness of disclosures in note F-
cap 6.19 and F-cap 6.20.
Responsibilities of administrative body
for the drafting of the annual accounts
The administrative body is responsible for
the preparation of annual accounts that
give a true and fair view in accordance
with the financial reporting framework
applicable in Belgium, and for such
internal control as the administrative body
determines is necessary to enable the
preparation of annual accounts that are
free from material misstatement, whether
due to fraud or error.
In preparing the annual accounts, the
administrative body is responsible for
assessing the Company’s ability to
continue as a going concern, disclosing, as
applicable, matters related to going
concern and using the going concern basis
of accounting unless the administrative
body either intends to liquidate the
Company or to cease operations, or has no
realistic alternative but to do so.
Statutory auditor’s responsibilities for
the audit of the annual accounts
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable
assurance about whether the annual
accounts as a whole are free from material
misstatement, whether due to fraud or
error, and to issue a statutory auditor’s
report that includes our opinion.
Reasonable assurance is a high level of
assurance, but is not a guarantee that an
audit conducted in accordance with ISAs
will always detect a material misstatement
when it exists.
Misstatements can arise from fraud or
error and are considered material if,
individually or in the aggregate, they could
reasonably be expected to influence the
economic decisions of users taken on the
basis of these annual accounts.
NYRSTAR NV:
Statutory auditor’s report to the general meeting of the company on the annual accounts for the year ended 31 December 2022
4.
When executing our audit, we respect the
legal, regulatory and normative framework
applicable for the audit of annual accounts
in Belgium. However, a statutory audit
does not guarantee the future viability of
the Company, neither the efficiency and
effectiveness of the management of the
Company by the administrative body. Our
responsibilities with respect to the
administrative body’s use of the
discontinuity basis of accounting are
described below.
As part of an audit in accordance with
ISAs, we exercise professional judgment
and maintain professional skepticism
throughout the audit. We also:
Identify and assess the risks of material
misstatement of the annual accounts,
whether due to fraud or error, design
and perform audit procedures
responsive to those risks, and obtain
audit evidence that is sufficient and
appropriate to provide a basis for our
opinion. The risk of not detecting a
material misstatement resulting from
fraud is higher than for one resulting
from error, as fraud may involve
collusion, forgery, intentional omissions,
misrepresentations, or the override of
internal control;
Obtain an understanding of internal
control relevant to the audit in order to
design audit procedures that are
appropriate in the circumstances, but
not for the purpose of expressing an
opinion on the effectiveness of the
Company’s internal control;
Evaluate the appropriateness of
accounting policies used and the
reasonableness of accounting estimates
and related disclosures made by the
administrative body;
Conclude on the appropriateness of the
administrative body’s use of
discontinuity basis of accounting and
the adequacy of the related disclosures,
considering the decision of the
extraordinary meeting of shareholders
of 9 December 2019 to reject the
continuation of the Company’s activities
and;
Evaluate the overall presentation,
structure and content of the annual
accounts and whether the annual
accounts represent the underlying
transactions and events in a manner
that achieves fair presentation.
We communicate with the Audit
Committee regarding, among other
matters, the planned scope and timing of
the audit and significant audit findings,
including any significant deficiencies in
internal control that we identified during
our audit.
We also provide the Audit Committee with
a statement that we have complied with
relevant ethical requirements regarding
independence, and to communicate with
them all relationships and other matters
that may reasonably be thought to bear on
our independence and, where applicable,
related safeguards.
From the matters communicated with the
Audit Committee, we determine those
matters that were of most significance in
the audit of the financial statements of
the current year, and are therefore the
key audit matters. We describe these
matters in our statutory auditor’s report,
unless law or regulation precludes public
disclosure about the matter.
NYRSTAR NV:
Statutory auditor’s report to the general meeting of the company on the annual accounts for the year ended 31 December 2022
5.
Responsibilities of the administrative
body
The administrative body is responsible for
the preparation and the content of the
director’s report and for the documents to
be deposited in accordance with the legal
and regulatory requirements, as well as for
the compliance with the legal and
regulatory requirements regarding
bookkeeping, with the Code of companies
and associations and with the Company’s
by-laws.
Responsibilities of the statutory auditor
In the context of our mission and in
accordance with the Belgian standard
(version revised 2020) which is
complementary to the International
Standards on Auditing (ISAs) as applicable
in Belgium, it is our responsibility to
verify, in all material aspects, the
director’s report, certain documents to be
deposited in accordance with the legal and
regulatory requirements, and compliance
with certain provisions of the Code of
companies and associations and of the
Company’s by-laws, as well as to report on
these elements.
Aspects related to the director’s report
In our opinion, after having performed
specific procedures in relation to the
director’s report, the director’s report is
consistent with the annual accounts for
the same financial year, and it is prepared
in accordance with articles 3:5 and 3:6 of
the Code of companies and associations.
In the context of our audit of the annual
accounts, we are also responsible for
considering, in particular based on the
knowledge we have obtained during the
audit, whether the director’s report
contains any material misstatement, i.e.
any information which is inadequately
disclosed or otherwise misleading. Based
on the procedures we have performed,
there are no material misstatements we
have to report to you.
Statement related to independence
Our audit firm and our network did not
provide services which are incompatible
with the statutory audit of annual
accounts and our audit firm remained
independent of the Company during the
terms of our mandate.
The fees related to additional services
which are compatible with the statutory
audit of annual accounts as referred to
in article 3:65 of the Code of companies
and associations, were duly itemised
and valued in the notes to the annual
accounts.
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the Institute of Réviseurs d’Entreprises
concerning the standard on auditing the
conformity of financial statements with
the European Single Electronic Format
(hereinafter “ESEF”), we also audited the
conformity of the ESEF format with the
regulatory technical standards established
by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU)
2019/815 of 17 December 2018
(hereinafter: “Delegated Regulation”).
The administrative body is responsible for
preparing, in accordance with ESEF
requirements, the financial statements in
the form of an electronic file in ESEF
format (hereinafter “digital financial
statements”) included in the annual
financial report.
OTHER LEGAL AND REGULATORY
REQUIREMENTS
NYRSTAR NV:
Statutory auditor’s report to the general meeting of the company on the annual accounts for the year ended 31 December 2022
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It is our responsibility to obtain sufficient
and appropriate supporting information to
conclude that the format of the digital
financial statements complies in all
material aspects with the ESEF
requirements under the Delegated
Regulation.
This report is in compliance with the
contents of our additional report to the
Audit Committee as referred to in
article 11 of regulation (EU) No
537/2014.
Zaventem, 20 April 2023
Based on our work, we believe that the
format of the official Dutch version of the
Gert Claes
Digitally signed by
Gert Claes (Signature)
digital financial statements included in the
annual financial report of Nyrstar NV as at
31 December 2022 complies in all material
aspects with the ESEF requirements under
the Delegated Regulation.
Other statements
Without prejudice to certain formal
aspects of minor importance, the
accounting records are maintained in
accordance with the legal and
regulatory requirements applicable in
Belgium.
The appropriation of results proposed to
the general meeting complies with the
legal provisions and the Company’s by-
laws.
We do not have to report to you any
transactions undertaken or decisions
taken in breach of the by-laws or the
Code of companies and associations.
DN: cn=Gert Claes
(Signature), c=BE
BDO Réviseurs d’Entreprises SRL
Statutory auditor
Represented by Gert Claes
Auditor
*Acting for a company
(Signature)
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Corporate Governance Statement
Nyrstar NV (“Nyrstar” or the Company) has prepared this Corporate Governance Statement in accordance with the Belgian Code on
Corporate Governance of 9 May 2019 (the “Belgian Code on Corporate Governance”) for this reporting year, ending on 31 December
2022.
This Corporate Governance Statement is included in the Company’s report of the Board of Directors on the statutory accounts for the
financial year ended on 31 December 2022 in accordance with article 3:6§2 of the Belgian Code of Companies and Association.
Corporate Governance Charter
The Company adopted a Corporate Governance Charter in accordance with the Belgian Code on Corporate Governance, considering all
circumstances, including the current operations of the Company and the Company’s holding company status following the implementation
of the restructuring that was announced by the Company on 15 April 2019 and completed on 31 July 2019 (the “Restructuring”) and the
fact that the extraordinary shareholders meeting of the Company, on 9 December 2019, disapproved the continuation of the activities of
the Company (the “9 December 2019 Resolution”) and the various proceedings in which the Company is currently involved. The Company
applies the ten corporate governance principles contained in the Belgian Code on Corporate Governance. The Company also complies
with the corporate governance provisions set forth in the Belgian Code on Corporate Governance, except as explained below. The Board
of Directors intends to continuously review the provisions set forth in the Belgian Code on Corporate Governance in order to ensure that
any deviations continue to be justified in the Company’s circumstances.
In 2019, following the Restructuring, all members of the Management Committee, including the CEO, left, the Management Committee
was dissolved and the Company ceased to have any employees. In light of the current operations of the Company, related to its
functioning as a holding company and the various proceedings in which the Company is currently involved, and taking into account the 9
December 2019 Resolution, the Board of Directors believes that there are currently no management or executive functions to be
performed within Nyrstar by a CEO, Management Committee, executive management or employee and therefore deems it in the
Company’s best interest to continue operations and not to search and add a new CEO nor any other member of the Management
Committee or executive management or employee (see also below). To the extent the absence of a CEO, Management Committee,
executive management and/or any employee constitutes a deviation from any provision of the Belgian Code on Corporate Governance,
such as provisions 2.3, 2.5, 2.6, 2.9, 2.10, 2.11, 2.12, 2.14, 2.19 to 2.24, 3.14, 3.16, 3.20, 4.6, 4.12, 4.18, 4.21, 4.23, 5.1, 7.9 to 7.12 to
the extent these provisions refer to executive management or the CEO, this is explained by the elements set out in this paragraph. This
also explains the absence of a code of conduct which existed until 2019, which can be considered as a deviation from provision 2.18, all
while the Board performs its activities and the Company’s business objectives according to the strictest ethical standards and principles.
In addition, in deviation of provision 4.14 of the Belgian Code on Corporate Governance, the Company no longer has an independent
internal audit function. This deviation is explained by the current operations and circumstances of the Company, as described above. The
audit committee monitors the need for the creation of an independent internal audit function and, where appropriate, will call upon external
persons to conduct specific internal audit assignments and will inform the Board of Directors of their outcome.
Further, pursuant to provision 7.6 of the 2020 Code, a non-executive board member should receive part of his or her remuneration in the
form of shares in the Company. Considering the 9 December 2019 Resolution and the other circumstances of the Company, the Company
deviates from this provision.
The Corporate Governance Charter describes the main aspects of the corporate governance of the Company including its governance
structure, the terms of reference of the Board of Directors and its Committees and other important topics.
What constitutes good corporate governance will evolve with the changing circumstances of a company and with the standards of
corporate governance globally and must be tailored to meet those changing circumstances. The Board of Directors intends to update the
Corporate Governance Charter as often as required to reflect changes to the Company’s corporate governance. In light of the applicability
of the Belgian Code on Corporate Governance as of 1 January 2020, the current operations of the Company, the Company’s holding
company status and the 9 December 2019 Resolution, the Company has reviewed its Corporate Governance Charter during 2020. The
Corporate Governance Charter is available on the Company’s website at www.nyrstar.be. The Board of Directors approved the initial
charter on 5 October 2007. There were updated versions approved on several occasions. The current version was approved by the Board
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of Directors on 3 December 2020. A copy of the Belgian Code on Corporate Governance can be found on
www.corporategovernancecommittee.be.
Code of Business Conduct
Nyrstar adopted a code of business conduct for all of Nyrstar’s personnel and sites which was applied until the completion of the
Restructuring. Post completion of the Restructuring and the exercise of the put option that the Company had in relation to its entire 2%
shareholding in NN2 NewCo Limited, which holds the former Nyrstar operational group, entitling it to sell such 2% to Nyrstar Holdings Plc
for a fixed amount of EUR 20 million (the “Put Option”). Put Option on 28 July 2022, the Company has no such work force or sites and
has no interest in the operating group of companies. As such, as at the date of this Corporate Governance Statement, the code of
business conduct is no longer applied by the Company.
Board of Directors and Management Committee
Board of Directors
The table below gives an overview of the current members of the Company’s Board of Directors and their terms of office:
Name
Principal Function
within the Company
Nature of Directorship
Start of Term
End of Term
Martyn Konig
Chairman
Non-Executive
2015
2023
Carole Cable
Director
Non-Executive,
Independent
2017
2025
Anne Fahy
Director
Non-Executive,
Independent
2016
2024
Jane Moriarty
Director
Non-Executive,
Independent
2019
2023
Martyn Konig, Non-Executive Chairman, was appointed chairman in April 2016. Between 18 January 2019 and 31 July 2019, Mr Konig
did not qualify as independent director pursuant to article 526ter of the Belgian Companies Code because of his executive role within the
Company. He is also non-executive director of Euromax Resources Ltd (since May 2012). Mr Konig is a consultant advisor to T Wealth
Management SA, which has been separate from Galena Asset Management (a Trafigura affiliate) since June 2015. Previously, from
2008, he was Executive Chairman and President of European Goldfields until its friendly takeover by Eldorado Gold Corp for US$ 2.5
billion in 2012. He has also been a main board director of NM Rothschild and Sons Ltd. for 15 years and held senior positions at Goldman
Sachs and UBS. Mr. Konig is a barrister and also a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers.
Carole Cable, Non-Executive Director, is currently a Partner of the Brunswick Group, an international communications firm, where she
is the Joint Head of the energy and resources practice specialising in the metals and mining sector. Prior to her current position, she
worked at Credit Suisse and JPMorgan where she was a Mining Analyst and then moved into institutional equity sales covering the global
mining sector as well as Asia ex Japan. Before that, she worked for an Australian listed mining company. She is a Member of the Audit
Committee, and the Nomination and Remuneration Committee. Ms. Cable holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of
New South Wales, Australia and is currently on the Board of Women in Mining UK and CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income plc.
Anne Fahy, Non-Executive Director, formerly sat on the board of SThree Plc and was the chair of its Audit Committee. Furthermore she
previously sat on the Board and chaired the Audit and Risk Committee of Coats Group Plc (effective 1 March 2018). She is also a Trustee
of Save the Children. Previously, she was chief financial officer of BP's Aviation Fuels business, having worked in a variety of finance and
finance-related roles in her 27 years at BP. She is the Chair of the Audit Committee and Member of the Nomination and Remuneration
Committee. She is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland and worked at KPMG in Ireland and Australia prior to
joining BP in 1988. She holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University College Galway, Ireland.
Jane Moriarty, Non-Executive Director, currently sits on the Boards of The Quarto Group Inc, where she is the Senior Independent
Director, Audit Chair and Remuneration Chair; NG Bailey Group Limited where she is Audit and Risk Chair, Mitchells & Butlers plc where
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she is Audit Chair; Tennants Consolidated Limited where she is Audit and Risk Chair and Babcock International Group plc. She was
previously a senior Restructuring partner with KPMG LLP in the UK where she worked for 29 years. She is a Member of the Audit
Committee and Chair of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee. She is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland
and holds a Bachelor of Business Studies from Trinity College Dublin.
The business address of each of the Directors is for the purpose of their directors’ mandate, Zinkstraat 1, 2490 Balen, Belgium.
Company Secretary
Anthony Simms, Head of Legal and External Affairs for the Company, was appointed interim Company Secretary to the Company
effective 6 November 2019.
The Company Secretary advises the Board on all governance matters and reports to the Board on how procedures are complied with
and whether the Board acts in accordance with its statutory obligations and its obligations under the Articles of Association. The role of
the Company Secretary includes ensuring, under the discretion of the Chairman, good information flow within the Board and its
Committees and between management and directors, as well as facilitating induction and assisting with professional development as
required. He or she also assists the Chairman in the logistics associated with the affairs of the Board (information, agenda, etc.). Individual
directors have direct access to the Company Secretary.
The Board is responsible for appointing and dismissing the Company Secretary. It oversees that the person appointed as the Company
Secretary has the necessary skills and knowledge of corporate governance matters.
Management Committee
In 2019, following the Restructuring, all members of the Management Committee, including the CEO, left, the Management Committee
was dissolved and the Company ceased to have any employees. Under the terms of the deed for the sale by the Company of assets and
shares to NN2 Newco Limited that was executed as part of the Restructuring (the “Sale Deed”), certain limited executive services were
provided to the Company by NN2 Newco Limited until 28 July 2022 when the Put Option was exercised. These limited executive services
were provided to the Company at no charge and included certain finance, tax, corporate counsel, IT and administration services. In
addition, the Company during 2022 engaged the services of certain individuals to provide financial, legal and administrative services
through consultancy agreements.
General Information on Directors
No Director has:
(a) any convictions in relation to fraudulent offences or any offences involving dishonesty;
(b) except in the case of compulsory liquidations, at any time in the previous five years, been associated with any bankruptcy, receivership
or liquidation of any entity in which such person acted in the capacity of a member of an administrative, management or supervisory
body or senior manager:
(c) been declared bankrupt or has entered into an individual voluntary arrangement to surrender his or her estate;
(d) been a director with an executive function of any company at the time of, or within twelve months preceding, any receivership,
compulsory liquidation, creditors’ voluntary liquidation, administration, company voluntary arrangement or any composition or
arrangement with that company’s creditors generally or with any class of its creditors
except for the arrangement with the Company’s
creditors in the framework of the Nyrstar Group which was completed on 31 July 2019;
(e) been a partner in a partnership at a time of, or within twelve months preceding, any compulsory liquidation, administration or voluntary
arrangement of such partnership;
(f) been a partner in a partnership at the time of, or within twelve months preceding, a receivership of any assets of such partnership; or
(g) had any of his or her assets subject to receivership; or
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(h) received any official public incrimination and/or sanctions by any statutory or regulatory authorities (including designated professional
bodies) or ever been disqualified by a court from acting as a member of the administrative, management or supervisory bodies of a
company or from acting in the management or conduct of the affairs of any company.
Other Mandates
Other than set out in the table below, no Director has, at any time in the previous five years been a member of the administrative,
management or supervisory body or partner of any companies or partnerships. Over the five years preceding the date of this report the
Directors hold or have held in addition to their function within Nyrstar, the following main directorships or memberships of administrative,
management or supervisory bodies and/or partnerships:
Name
Current
Past
Martyn Konig
Euromax Resources
Stemcor Group
Newgold
NN2 Newco Limited
NN1 Newco Limited
Carole Cable
Brunswick Group
Women in Mining UK
CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income
plc
Anne Fahy
Save The Children
Interserve Plc
(1)
SThree Plc
Coats Group Plc
Jane Moriarty
NG Bailey Group Limited
The Quarto Group Inc (listed on LSE)
Mitchells & Butlers plc (listed on LSE)
Tennants Consolidated Limited
Babcock International Group plc
Martin’s Financial No 1 Ltd
Martin’s Financial No 2 Ltd
Martin’s Properties Holdings Ltd
Martin’s Properties (Chelsea) Limited
NN2 Newco Limited
Ince & Co (member of the supervisory board)
KPMG LLP
NN1 Newco Limited
Martin’s Investments Limited (and a number of
its subsidiaries)
Martin’s DevCo Limited (and a number of its
subsidiaries)
Martin’s Financial Holdings Limited
(1)
Interserve Plc was placed into administration in March 2019 whereby its business and assets (i.e. the entire group) were sold to a newly-incorporated
company, to be owned by the then existing lenders to the group.
Board of Directors
The Company has opted for a “one-tier” governance structure whereby the Board of Directors is the ultimate decision-making body, with
the overall responsibility for the management and control of the Company, and is authorised to carry out all actions that are considered
necessary or useful to achieve the Company’s purpose. The Board of Directors has all powers except for those reserved to the
shareholders’ meeting by law or the Company’s articles of association. At least once every five years, the Board of Directors is to review
whether the chosen governance structure is still appropriate, and if not, it should propose a new governance structure to the general
shareholders’ meeting. The Company reviewed its governance structure during 2020 to ensure that it continues to comply with the Belgian
Code on Corporate Governance, which applies compulsorily to reporting years beginning on or after 1 January 2020. Given the holding
company status since the Restructuring, the exercise of the Put Option and the 9 December 2019 Resolution, a one-tier structure is
assessed to be sufficient.
Pursuant to Section 1.1 of the Company’s Corporate Governance Charter, the role of the Board of Directors is to pursue the success of
the Company by providing leadership and enabling risks to be assessed and managed.
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The Board of Directors is assisted by a number of committees to analyse specific issues. The committees advise the Board of Directors
on these issues, but the decision-making remains with the Board of Directors as a whole, with the exception, as of 25 January 2023, of
the Special Committee for the ongoing FSMA proceedings which has the exclusive power (i) to decide at internal level and (ii) to represent
the Company at external level, in respect of the FSMA sanction proceedings and investigation (only, and limited to the time of these
proceedings and investigation), and received a special proxy (“bijzondere volmacht”) from the Board to that end (see also Committees
of the Board of Directors” below).
Following the completion of the Restructuring on 31 July 2019, the Company had a 2% shareholding in the Nyrstar operating group which
was then divested on 28 July 2022 when the Company exercised its Put Option. As such, the Company is no longer required to provide
group-wide support. As at 31 December 2022, the Company therefore does not have a Chief Executive Officer or Management
Committee.
Pursuant to the Company’s articles of association and the Belgian Code of Companies and Associations, the Board of Directors must
consist of at least three directors. The Company’s Corporate Governance Charter provides that the composition of the Board of Directors
should ensure that decisions are made in the corporate interest. It should be determined on the basis of diversity, as well as
complementary skills, experience and knowledge. Pursuant to the Belgian Code on Corporate Governance, at least half of the directors
must be non-executive and at least three directors must be independent in accordance with the criteria set out in the Belgian Code on
Corporate Governance. Pursuant to the Belgian Code of Companies and Associations, at least one third of the members of the Board of
Directors must be of the opposite gender, where the minimum number required is rounded to the nearest whole number. Such provisions
are complied with.
The directors are appointed for a term of no more than four years by the general shareholders’ meeting. They may be re-elected for a
new term. Proposals by the Board of Directors for the appointment or re-election of any director must be based on a recommendation by
the Nomination and Remuneration Committee. In the event the office of a director becomes vacant, the remaining directors can appoint
a successor temporarily filling the vacancy until the next general shareholders’ meeting. The shareholders’ meeting can dismiss the
directors at any time.
The Board of Directors elects a chair from among its non-executive members on the basis of his or her knowledge, skills, experience and
mediation strength. The chair is responsible for the leadership and the proper and efficient functioning of the Board of Directors.
The Board of Directors meets whenever the interests of the Company so require or at the request of one or more directors. In principle,
the Board of Directors will meet sufficiently regularly and at least six times per year. Given the exceptional circumstances the Company
has faced in 2022, related to the various letters sent by minority shareholders, preparations of the shareholders meetings, proceedings
and investigations in which the Company is currently involved, the Board has needed to meet more regularly. The decisions of the Board
of Directors are made by a simple majority of the votes cast. The chair of the Board of Directors has a casting vote. In 2022, the Chairman
at no time used his casting vote and all decisions of the Board were taken unanimously.
During 2022, 17 formal meetings of the Board of Directors were held. Before such meetings, the Chair of the Board, assisted by the
Company Secretary, ensures that Board members are provided with accurate, concise, timely and clear information before the meetings
and, where necessary, between meetings so that they can make a knowledgeable and informed contribution to Board discussions.
Committees of the Board of Directors
The Board of Directors has set up an Audit Committee and a Nomination and Remuneration Committee, which are compliant with the
Belgian Code on Corporate Governance. Additionally, on 25 January 2023, the Board of Directors has set up a Special Committee for
the ongoing FSMA proceedings.
Audit Committee
The Audit Committee consists of at least three directors. All members of the Audit Committee are non-executive directors. All members
of the Audit Committee must be non-executive directors, and at least one member must be independent within the meaning of the Belgian
Code on Corporate Governance. The current members of the Audit Committee are Anne Fahy (Chairman), Jane Moriarty and Carole
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Cable. The current composition of the Audit Committee complies with the Belgian Code of Companies and Associations and the Belgian
Code on Corporate Governance.
The members of the Audit Committee have a collective competence in the business activities of the Company as well as accounting,
auditing and finance. The current Chair of the Audit Committee is competent in accounting and auditing as evidenced by her previous
role as Chief Financial Officer of BP’s Aviation Fuels business. According to the Board of Directors, the other members of the Audit
Committee also satisfy this requirement, as evidenced by the different senior management and director mandates that they have held in
the past and currently hold (see also “Other mandates”).
The assignments of the Audit Committee can vary according to the circumstances. However, the Audit Committee mainly has the following
duties (article 7:99 §4 BCCA):
informing the Board of the result of the audit of the annual accounts of the Company and explain how the audit
has contributed to the integrity of the financial reporting and what role the Audit Committee played in that
process;
monitoring the financial overall reporting process and submit recommendations or proposals to ensure its
integrity;
monitoring the effectiveness of the Company's overall internal control processes and risk management systems;
monitoring the statutory audit of the annual accounts, including follow-up on questions and recommendations
made by the statutory auditor;
reviewing and monitoring the independence of the statutory auditor, in particular, if applicable, regarding the
provision of additional non-audit services to the Company; and
be responsible for the procedure for the selection of the statutory auditor in accordance with the law and make
a motivated recommendation to the Board as to the nomination or renewal of the mandate of the statutory
auditor.
In the area of financial and accounting information,
the Audit Committee monitors the integrity of the financial information provided by Nyrstar, in particular by
reviewing the relevance and consistency of the accounting standards used by Nyrstar; it must inform the Board
of the outcome of the audit of the statutory accounts, and explain in what way the audit of aforementioned
accounts have contributed to the integrity of the financial overall reporting and what the role of the Audit
Committee was in this process;
more particularly the Audit Committee verifies the quality and reliability of Nyrstar’s half-yearly and yearly
accounts submitted to the Board. It reviews management’s certification process on half-yearly and yearly
accounts. It ensures that the documents are a true reflection of business progress, that they have been drawn
up in accordance with legal requirements, and provide a response to the demands of the Financial Services
and Markets Authority (“FSMA”) or of any other authority to which Nyrstar is subject as a listed company;
in the event of significant and unusual transactions where the accounting treatment may be open to different
approaches, the management informs the Audit Committee of the methods used and their justification;
the Committee discusses significant financial reporting issues, if any, with both management and the statutory
auditor; and
it reviews the additional report which the statutory auditor must submit to the Audit Committee in accordance
with article 11 of Regulation EU 537/2014 and the applicable Belgian legislation.
In the area of auditing and control,
the Audit Committee is responsible for the selection procedure of the statutory auditor in accordance with the
applicable laws and regulations and makes recommendation to the Board relating to the appointment and
remuneration of the statutory auditor, to be further submitted by the Board to the Shareholders’ Meeting;
it examines together with the statutory auditor the range and scope of the audit performed. The Audit Committee
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examines the results of the external audit, as well as the reports issued by the statutory auditor to shareholders;
it monitors the statutory auditor’s independence, and in particular that neither the Auditor(s) nor the companies
with which he or she (they) is (are) associated carry out any activity for Nyrstar other than external audit services
or other audit related and/or other permitted services, within the applicable limits; it examines on a regular basis,
a report from the statutory auditor describing all relationships between the statutory auditor and Nyrstar; and
on a regular basis, the Audit Committee examines the additional fees charged by the statutory auditor to Nyrstar
in excess of the fees approved by the Shareholders’ Meeting as well as fees charged for non-audit or audit-
related services, within the applicable limits, to be disclosed in Nyrstar’s annual report; according to article 3:64
§ 4 BCCA, it approves, as the case may be, the duties and fees of the statutory auditor when these fees exceed
the annual fees approved by the Shareholders’ Meeting as well as the fees for permitted audit-related and non-
audit services in accordance with the relevant regulations and policies.
In the area of appreciation of risk and risk management,
the Audit Committee monitors the overall risk management processes of the Company;
the Audit Committee evaluates management's determination of areas where risk could significantly affect
Nyrstar’s financial situation and reputation;
it revaluates on a regular basis that:
1. the procedures in place allow effectively high risks to be identified and their potential impact to be
estimated;
2. preventive or risk transfer measures limit the consequences in an acceptable fashion; and
3. specific arrangements are in place which the staff of the company may use, in confidence, to raise
concerns about possible improprieties in financial reporting or other matters;
it reviews the statements included in the annual report on risk management.
When new legislation is envisaged which could have considerable effects on the accounts of Nyrstar, its financial situation or its
income in the short or long-term, the Audit Committee is informed of the implementation and impact of these, and also of
implementation measures approved by management. If required, it draws up recommendations in this regard to the Board.
As soon as possible after a meeting of the Audit Committee, the Chair of the Audit Committee presents the findings and recommendations
of the meeting to all members of the Board of Directors.
In principle, the Audit Committee meets as frequently as necessary for the efficiency of the operation of the Audit Committee, but at least
two times a year. At least once a year, the Audit Committee should meet the external auditors to discuss matters concerning the internal
rules and any matters arising from the audit process. As set out below, the Audit Committee has met the external auditors at least twice
in 2022. The members of the Audit Committee must have full access to the Interim Chief Financial Officer to whom they may require
access in order to carry out their responsibilities. Following the completion of the Restructuring on 31 July 2019, in view of its
circumstances, including the current operations of the Company and the Company’s holding company status, the Company ceased to
have an internal audit function.
During 2022, three Audit Committee meetings were held.
Nomination and Remuneration Committee
The Nomination and Remuneration Committee consists of at least three directors. All members of the Nomination and Remuneration
Committee are non-executive directors. In line with the Belgian Code of Companies and Associations, the Nomination and Remuneration
Committee consists of a majority of independent, non-executive directors. The Nomination and Remuneration Committee is chaired by
the Chairman of the Board of Directors or another non-executive director appointed by the committee. The following directors are currently
members of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee: Jane Moriarty (Chair), Carole Cable and Anne Fahy. Pursuant to the Code
of Companies and Associations, the Nomination and Remuneration Committee must have the necessary expertise on remuneration
policy, which is evidenced by the experience and previous roles of its current members.
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The role of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee is to make recommendations to the Board of Directors with regard to the
appointment of directors and executive management and to make proposals to the Board on the remuneration policy for directors and
executive management.
Pursuant to the Restructuring, the 9 December 2019 Resolution and the fact that the Company no longer has an Executive Management
nor any employees, the Nomination and Remuneration Committee does not currently undertake any activities with regards to members
of executive management of the Company. Furthermore, the Nomination and Remuneration Committee does not currently undertake any
activities with regards to ensuring that appropriate talent development and leadership diversity programmes are in place within the
Company.
In principle, the Nomination and Remuneration Committee meets as frequently as necessary for the efficiency of the operation of the
committee, but at least once a year.
During 2022, one Nomination and Remuneration Committee meeting was held.
Special Committee for the FSMA proceedings
On 25 January 2023, the Board of Directors unanimously resolved to approve to adopt a governance structure for the management of
and representation as to the FSMA investigation and proceedings which would consist of a Special Committee comprising of one
independent director that was not in office on 30 October 2018 (i.e. Ms Moriarty) and the Company’s two consultant managers (i.e. Mr
Roman Matej and Mr Anthony Simms) to facilitate the production of historical and factual information and documents.
The Board of Directors unanimously resolved to approve that the Special Committee would have the exclusive power (i) to decide at
internal level and (ii) to represent the Company at external level, in respect of the FSMA sanction proceedings and investigation (only,
and limited to the time of these proceedings and investigation), and would receive a special proxy (“bijzondere volmacht”) from the Board
to that end.
Further, the Board of Directors unanimously resolved to approve that the Special Committee would:
(i) not report to the Board and (ii) would not solicit its prior approval nor submit draft documents for its review;
have the right to ask questions to / request documents from the non-involved directors insofar (i) necessary for the Company’s
defence and (ii) related to fact-checking only;
have the capacity to engage expert consultants and legal counsel deemed necessary by the Special Committee for the
management of the FSMA investigation and approve the payment of related costs and expenses; and
act with unanimity and record minutes to be included in a minute register.
Activity Report and Attendance at Board and Committee Meetings during 2022
The table summarises the attendance of meetings of the Board of Directors and the respective committees of the Board of Directors by
their members in person or by conference call during 2022.
Name
Board Meeting
Attended
Audit
Nomination and
remuneration
Carole Cable
17 of 17
3 of 3
1 of 1
Martyn Konig
17 of 17
N/A
N/A
Anne Fahy
17 of 17
3 of 3
1 of 1
Jane Moriarty
17of 17
3 of 3
1 of 1
.
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The topics discussed at the Board and Committee Meetings are in line with the role and responsibilities of the Board and its Committees
as set out in the Corporate Governance Charter, which in 2022, were mainly related to the various letters sent by minority shareholders,
preparations of the shareholders meetings, proceedings and investigations in which the Company is currently involved, the preparation
of the decision-making in respect of the exercise of the Put Option, the preparation of the Company’s general shareholders’ meetings
and financial information.
Independent Directors
A director will only qualify as an independent director if he or she meets at least the criteria set out in the Belgian Code on Corporate
Governance according to which an independent director must fulfil the following conditions:
Not be an executive, or exercising a function as a person entrusted with the daily management of the company or a related company
or person, and not have been in such a position for the previous three years before their appointment. Alternatively, no longer enjoying
stock options of the company related to this position;
Not have served for a total term of more than twelve years as a non-executive board member;
Not be an employee of the senior management (as defined in article 19,2° of the law of 20 September 1948 regarding the organisation
of the business industry) of the company or a related company or person, and not have been in such a position for the previous three
years before their appointment. Alternatively, no longer enjoying stock options of the company related to this position;
Not be receiving, or having received during their mandate or for a period of three years prior to their appointment, any significant
remuneration or any other significant advantage of a patrimonial nature from the company or a related company or person, apart
from any fee they receive or have received as a non-executive board member;
(a) Not hold shares, either directly or indirectly, either alone or in concert, representing globally one tenth or more of the company’s
capital or one tenth or more of the voting rights in the company at the moment of appointment; (b) Not having been nominated, in
any circumstances, by a shareholder fulfilling the conditions covered under (a);
Not maintain, nor have maintained in the past year before their appointment, a significant business relationship with the company or
a related company or person, either directly or as partner, shareholder, board member, member of the senior management (as
defined in article 19,2° of the law of 20 September 1948 regarding the organisation of the business industry) of a company or person
who maintains such a relationship;
Not be or have been within the last three years before their appointment, a partner or member of the audit team of the company or
person who is, or has been within the last three years before their appointment, the external auditor of the company or a related
company or person;
Not be an executive of another company in which an executive of the company is a non-executive board member, and not have other
significant links with executive board members of the company through involvement in other companies or bodies;
Not have, in the company or a related company or person, a spouse, legal partner or close family member to the second degree,
exercising a function as board member or executive or person entrusted with the daily management or employee of the senior
management (as defined in article 19,2° of the law of 20 September 1948 regarding the organisation of the business industry), or
falling in one of the other cases referred to above, and as far as the second bullet is concerned, up to three years after the date on
which the relevant relative has terminated their last term..
The resolution appointing the director mentions the reasons on the basis of which the capacity of independent director is granted.
The Company discloses in its annual report which directors are independent directors. An independent director who ceases to satisfy the
requirements of independence must immediately inform the Board of Directors.
Jane Moriarty, Carole Cable and Anne Fahy are independent directors, and Martyn Konig has ceased to have that role since he has
taken on the executive Chairman role in the run-up to the Restructuring.
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Performance Review of the Board, its Committees and its Members
The Board of Directors evaluates its own size, composition and performance and that of its committees on a continuous basis.
The evaluation assesses how the Board of Directors and its committees operate, checks that important issues are effectively prepared
and discussed, evaluate each director’s contribution and constructive involvement, and assesses the present composition of the Board
of Directors and its committees against the desired composition. This evaluation takes into account the members’ general role as director,
and specific roles as chair, chair or member of a board committee, as well as their relevant responsibilities and time commitment.
The evaluation exercise is usually performed by means of individual discussions between the Board members and the Company
Secretary. Appropriate action is taken on those items that require improvement.
The Nomination and Remuneration Committee further regularly reviews the composition, the size and the functioning of the Board of
Directors and the different committees within the Board of Directors. The latest assessment took into account different elements, among
others the composition and functioning of the Board of Directors and Committees, the thoroughness with which material subjects and
decisions are prepared and discussed, the actual contribution of each director in terms of presence at Board and/or Committee meetings
and the constructive involvement in the deliberation and resolutions, the evaluation whether the effective composition corresponds with
the desirable or ideal composition, the application of the corporate governance rules within the Company and its bodies, and an evaluation
of the specific roles such as Chairman of the Board and Chairman or member of a Board Committee. The Board of Directors acts on the
results of the performance evaluation. In 2022, the Board assessed that no changes were required, also taking into account the detailed
review during 2020.
Executive Management
See “Management Committee” above.
Conflicts of Interest
Directors are expected to arrange their personal and business affairs so as to avoid conflicts of interest with the Company. Any director
with a conflicting financial interest (as contemplated by Article 7:96 of the Belgian Code of Companies and Associations) on any matter
before the Board of Directors must bring it to the attention of its fellow directors, and his statements about the nature of the conflict of
interest is included in the minutes of the meeting of the Board of Directors. The director with a conflicting financial interest may not take
part in any deliberations or voting related to such decision or transaction. The Board of Directors also includes in the minutes a description
of the nature of the relevant decision or transaction and the financial consequences thereof for the Company. This part of the minutes is
included in full in the annual report of the Company. The minutes are also shared with the statutory auditor of the Company who describes
the financial consequences of such decisions in its report pursuant to Article 3:74 of the Belgian Code of Companies and Associations.
At the beginning of each Board meeting (or Board Committee meeting), directors declare whether they assess they have any conflict of
interest as set forth in article 7:96 of the BCCA regarding the items on the agenda.
Each director acts without conflict and always puts the interests of Nyrstar before his/her personal interests. Each director arranges
his/her personal and business affairs so as to avoid direct and indirect conflict of interest with Nyrstar. The directors have the duty to look
after the interests of all shareholders on an equivalent basis. Each director acts according to the principles of reasonableness and fairness.
All directors inform the Board of conflicts of interest as they arise and that could in their opinion affect their capacity of judgment.
Each director should, in particular, be attentive to conflicts of interests that may arise between Nyrstar, its directors, its significant or
controlling shareholder(s) and other shareholders. The directors who are proposed by significant or controlling shareholder(s) should
ensure that the interests and intentions of these shareholder(s) are sufficiently clear and communicated to the board in a timely manner.
The Board should act in such a manner that a conflict of interests, or the appearance of such a conflict, is avoided. In the possible case
of a conflict of interests, the Board should, under the lead of its chair, decide which procedure it will follow to protect the interests of
Nyrstar and all its shareholders. In the next annual report, the Board should explain why they chose this procedure. However, where there
is a substantial conflict of interests, the Board should carefully consider communicating as soon as possible on the procedure followed,
the most important considerations and the conclusions.
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Where applicable, the rules and procedures of article 7:96 and 7:97 BCCA need to be complied with.
There are no outstanding loans granted by the Company to any of the persons mentioned in Board of Directors”, nor are there any
guarantees provided by the Company for the benefit of any of the persons mentioned in “Board of Directors”.
None of the persons mentioned in “Board of Directors” has a family relationship with any other of the persons mentioned in “Board
of Directors.
Dealing Code
With a view to preventing market abuse (insider dealing and market manipulation), the Board of Directors has established a dealing code.
The dealing code describes the declaration and conduct obligations of directors and certain other persons with respect to transactions in
shares or other financial instruments of the Company. The dealing code sets limits on carrying out transactions in shares of the Company
and allows dealing by the above-mentioned persons only during certain windows. A copy of the dealing code is available on the
Company's website (www.nyrstarnv.be).
Internal Control and Risk Management
General
The Nyrstar Board of Directors is responsible for the assessment of the effectiveness of Nyrstar’s internal controls. The Company takes
a proactive approach to risk management. The Board of Directors is responsible for ensuring that the nature and extent of risks are
identified on a timely basis with alignment to the Group’s strategic objectives and activities.
The Audit Committee plays a key role in monitoring the effectiveness of the Risk Management Framework and is an important medium
for bringing risks to the attention of the Board of Directors. If a critical risk or issue is identified by the Board or management, it may be
appropriate for all directors to be a part of the relevant risk management process.
The Company’s internal control and risk management systems require regular evaluation of the effectiveness of such internal controls to
ensure the Company’s risks are being adequately managed. The Company’s internal control and risk management systems are designed
to achieving the Company’s objectives.
Effective risk management enables the Company to achieve an appropriate balance between realising opportunities while minimising
adverse impacts.
This section gives an overview of the main features of the Company’s internal control and risk management systems which are currently
in place following completion of the Restructuring.
The Company’s internal control and risk management systems focus on the following key principles:
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Understanding the External and Internal Environment
Understanding the internal and external business environment and the effect this has on Nyrstar's business strategy and plans. This
informs the Company’s overall tolerance to risk.
2
Consistent Methods for Risk Identification and Analysis of Risks, Existing Controls and Control Effectiveness
Implementing systems and processes for the consistent identification and analysis of risks, existing controls and control effectiveness.
Evaluating whether the level of risk being accepted is consistent with levels of risk acceptable to the Audit Committee.
3
Risk management and mitigation
Using innovative and creative thinking in responding to risks and taking action where it is determined that the Company is being exposed
to unacceptable levels of risk.
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Stakeholder Engagement and Communication
Involving all Nyrstar stakeholders, such as shareholders, in managing risks and communicating identified key risks and controls.
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Monitoring and Review
Regularly monitoring and reviewing our risk management framework, our risks and control effectiveness.
Critical Internal Controls
Nyrstar’s critical internal controls which were in place through to the completion of the Restructuring on 31 July 2019 are no longer
applicable, given the role of the Company as a holding company after the Restructuring and the lack of employees or operations, the
Board of Directors is responsible for all control and decision-making, with the exception, as of 25 January 2023, of the Special Committee
for the ongoing FSMA proceedings which has the exclusive power (i) to decide at internal level and (ii) to represent the Company at
external level, in respect of the FSMA sanction proceedings and investigation (only, and limited to the time of these proceedings and
investigation), and received a special proxy (“bijzondere volmacht”) from the Board to that end (see also Committees of the Board of
Directorsabove). The Board of Directors has tailored its controls to the current circumstances.
The Board however still applies corporate governance principles in all its decision-making. The Board performs its activities and business
objectives according to the strictest ethical standards and principles.
Nyrstar applies a comprehensive standard for financial reporting. The standard is in accordance with applicable Belgian GAAP accounting
standards and applicable Belgian legislation. The effectiveness and compliance with the standard for financial reporting is consistently
reviewed and monitored by the Audit Committee.
In order to ensure adequate financial planning and follow up, a financial budgeting procedure describing the planning, quantification, the
implementation and the review of the budget in alignment with forecasts, is closely followed.
Nyrstar continues to communicate the actual financial results to its shareholders bi-annually, but this is no longer supplemented on a
quarterly basis by interim management statements.
The Company is committed to the ongoing review and improvement of its policies, systems and processes.
Principal Shareholders
The Company has a relatively wide shareholder base located in various jurisdictions. The free float of the Company as at the date of this
report was 60.49%.
The table below provides an overview of the shareholders that notified the Company pursuant to applicable transparency disclosure rules,
up to the date of this report. Although the applicable transparency disclosure rules require that a disclosure be made by each person
passing or falling under one of the relevant thresholds, it is possible that the information below in relation to a shareholder is no longer
up-to-date.
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Date of
Notification
% of the
voting rights
attached to
shares before
dilution
(1)
% of the
voting rights
attached to
shares on a fully
diluted basis
(1)
Urion Holdings (Malta) Ltd
(2)
.............................................................
18 Jan 2019
24.42%
24.42%
Kris Vansanten, BEE INSPIRED BV, Quanteus Group BV, an unnamed
physical person, E3V & Partners BV, another unnamed physical person,
Etimar BV, four other unnamed physical persons, Galina maatschap,
three other unnamed physical persons, Toxon NV, Group Minerva NV,
another unnamed physical person, Querinjean BV, another unnamed
physical person, Spanassur BV, two other unnamed physical persons,
Martens-De Vuyst maatschap, another unnamed physical person, Zikojet
BV and forty-five further unnamed physical persons
28 Dec 2021
15.09%
15.09%
Notes:
(1) The percentage of voting rights is calculated on the basis of the 109,873,001 outstanding shares.
(2) Urion Holdings (Malta) Ltd is an indirect subsidiary of Trafigura Group Pte. Ltd. and is ultimately controlled by Farringford N.V. According to the
latest available information received by the Company, as at the date of this report Urion held 26,830,622 shares representing 24.42% of the
voting rights.
The above shareholders have no special voting rights nor control rights.
No other shareholders, alone or in concert with other shareholders, notified the Company of a participation or an agreement to act in
concert in relation to 3% or more of the current total existing voting rights attached to the voting securities of the Company.
Share Capital and Shares
On the date of this report, the share capital of the Company amounts to EUR 114,134,760.97 and is fully paid-up. It is represented by
109,873,001 ordinary shares, each representing a fractional value of (rounded) EUR 1.04 and representing one 109,873,001
th
of the
share capital. The Company’s shares do not have a nominal value.
Form and Transferability of the Shares
The shares of the Company can take the form of registered shares and dematerialized shares. All the Company’s shares are fully paid-
up and are freely transferable.
Currency
The Company’s shares do not have a nominal value, but reflect the same fraction of the Company’s share capital, which is denominated
in euro.
Voting Rights attached to the Shares
Each shareholder of the Company is entitled to one vote per share. Shareholders may vote by proxy, subject to the rules described in
the Company’s articles of association.
Voting rights can be mainly suspended in relation to shares:
which are not fully paid up, notwithstanding the request thereto of the Board of Directors of the Company;
to which more than one person is entitled, except in the event a single representative is appointed for the exercise of the voting
right;
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which entitle their holder to voting rights above the threshold of 5%, 7.5%, 10%, 15%, 20% and any further multiple of 5% of the
total number of voting rights attached to the outstanding financial instruments of the Company on the date of the relevant
shareholders’ meeting, in the event that the relevant shareholder has not notified the Company and the FSMA at least 20 days
prior to the date of the shareholders’ meeting in accordance with the applicable rules on disclosure of major shareholdings; and
of which the voting right was suspended by a competent court or the FSMA.
Pursuant to the Belgian Code of Companies and Associations, the voting rights attached to shares owned by the Company are
suspended.
Dividends and Dividend Policy
All shares are entitled to an equal right to participate in the Company’s profits (if any). Pursuant to the Belgian Code of Companies and
Associations, the shareholders can in principle decide on the distribution of profits with a simple majority vote at the occasion of the
annual shareholders’ meeting, based on the most recent statutory audited financial statements, prepared in accordance with the generally
accepted accounting principles in Belgium and based on a (non-binding) proposal of the Company’s Board of Directors. The Company’s
articles of association also authorise the Board of Directors to declare interim dividends subject to the terms and conditions of the Belgian
Code of Companies and Associations.
The Company’s ability to distribute dividends is subject to availability of sufficient distributable profits as defined under Belgian law on the
basis of the Company’s statutory financial statements. In particular dividends can only be distributed if following the declaration and
issuance of the dividends the amount of the Company’s net assets on the date of the closing of the last financial year as follows from the
statutory (non-consolidated) financial statements (i.e., summarized, the amount of the assets as shown in the balance sheet, decreased
with provisions and liabilities, all as summarized in accordance with Belgian accounting rules), decreased with the non-amortized costs
of incorporation and extension and the non-amortized costs for research and development, does not fall below the amount of the paid-
up capital (or, if higher, the issued capital), increased with the amount of non-distributable reserves. In addition, prior to distributing
dividends, 5% of the net profits must be allotted to a legal reserve, until the legal reserve amounts to 10% of the Company’s share capital.
The Company’s legal reserve currently meets this requirement.
In view of the Restructuring, the Board of Directors have taken the decision not to propose to shareholders a distribution for the financial
year 2022. Any future dividends or other distributions will depend on the financial situation in which the Company finds itself at that time,
including elements such as repayment obligations under its loans.
Diversity policy
Consistent with the diversity requirements specified by the Belgian Code of Companies and Associations, at least one third of the
members of the Nyrstar Board of Directors is of the opposite gender.
Information that has an Impact in case of Public Takeover Bids
The Company provides the following information in accordance with Article 34 of the Royal Decree dated 14 November 2007:
i) The share capital of the Company amounts to EUR 114,134,760.97 and is fully paid-up. It is represented by 109,873,001 shares,
each representing a fractional value of (rounded) EUR 1.04 or one 109,873,001
th
of the share capital. The Company’s shares do not
have a nominal value.
ii) Other than the applicable Belgian legislation on the disclosure of significant shareholdings and the Company’s articles of association,
there are no restrictions on the transfer of shares.
iii) There are no holders of any shares with special control rights.
iv) The Company no longer has any share based plans.
v) Each shareholder of Nyrstar is entitled to one vote per share. Voting rights may be suspended as provided in the Company’s articles
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of association and the applicable laws and articles.
vi) There are no agreements between shareholders which are known by the Company and may result in restrictions on the transfer of
securities and/or the exercise of voting rights.
vii) The rules governing appointment and replacement of board members and amendment to articles of association are set out in the
Company’s articles of association and the Company’s Corporate Governance Charter.
viii) The powers of the Board of Directors, more specifically with regard to the power to issue or redeem shares are set out in the
Company’s articles of association. The Board of Directors was not granted the authorization to purchase its own shares “to avoid
imminent and serious danger to the Company” (i.e., to defend against public takeover bids). The Company’s articles of association
do not provide for any other specific protective mechanisms against public takeover bids.
ix) At the date of the report, the Company is a party to the following significant agreements which, upon a change of control of the
Company or following a takeover bid can enter into force or, subject to certain conditions, as the case may be, can be amended, be
terminated by the other parties thereto or give the other parties thereto (or beneficial holders with respect to bonds) a right to an
accelerated repayment of outstanding debt obligations of the Company under such agreements.:
the Limited Recourse Loan Facility with NN2 NewCo Limited entered into on 23 July 2019
No takeover bid has been instigated by third parties in respect of the Company’s equity during the previous financial year and the current
financial year.
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Annual and General Meeting 27 June 2023
The Annual General Meeting of Shareholders will take place on 27 June 2023. At this meeting shareholders will be asked to consider
and, where applicable, approve amongst others the following matters:
Reports on the statutory financial statements
Approval of the statutory financial statements
Discharge from liability of the Directors
Discharge from liability of the Statutory Auditor
Re-appointment of the Statutory Auditor
Approval of the Remuneration report
Re-appointment of Mr. Martyn Konig
Re-appointment of Ms. Jane Moriarty
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Remuneration Report
Introduction
The Company prepares a remuneration report relating to the remuneration of directors. This remuneration report is part of the Corporate
Governance Statement, which is a part of the annual report. The remuneration report will be submitted to the annual general shareholders
meeting for approval.
Remuneration policy
Nyrstar’s remuneration policy is designed to:
enable Nyrstar to retain talented persons; and
promote sustainable business performance.
The remuneration awarded to the members of the Board of Directors and the managers substantially changed following the
implementation of the restructuring that was announced by the Company on 15 April 2019 and completed on 31 July 2019 (the
“Restructuring”).
All members of the Executive Management were employees of Nyrstar Sales & Marketing AG, a legal entity which is part of the operating
group that was transferred to NN2 Newco Limited on the Restructuring. Immediately following the Restructuring, the Company no longer
had an Executive Management nor any employees.
Remuneration policy as of 2021
As the Company was not placed into effective liquidation during 2020, steps were taken to implement a remuneration policy in accordance
with article 7:89/1 of the Belgian Code of Companies and Associations. Such remuneration policy was submitted to and approved by the
general shareholders’ meeting on 29 June 2021 (the “Remuneration Policy”). Nyrstar has not proposed any changes to be reflected in
the Remuneration Policy.
Remuneration and compensation in 2022
Directors
The level of pay for the Board of Directors is regularly assessed against both European peer companies as well as companies listed on
Euronext Brussels benchmark stock market index (BEL 20).
Remuneration
During 2022, the following gross remuneration was paid to the directors, pursuant to the decisions of the general shareholders’ meeting
held on 27 April 2011, as amended and supplemented from time to time. It is noted that the below remuneration is only fixed remuneration
and that the total amount of remuneration is therefore not split out between base salary and variable remuneration. In accordance with
the currently existing remuneration principles, non-executive directors do not receive variable remuneration nor are they entitled to other
benefits other than customary directors’ and officers’ insurance. No pension expenses were awarded.
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Remuneration cost
Paid in cash
Martyn Konig
200,000
200,000
Carole Cable
70,000
70,000, which consists of:
- a fixed fee of €50,000 per year for membership of the Board of
Directors;
- a fixed fee of €10,000 per year for membership of the Audit
Committee; and
- a fixed fee of €10,000 per year for membership of the Nomination
and Remuneration Committee.
Anne Fahy
80,000
80,000, which consists of:
- a fixed fee of €50,000 per year for membership of the Board of
Directors;
- a fixed fee of 20,000 per year for chairmanship of the Audit
Committee; and
- a fixed fee of €10,000 per year for membership of Nomination and
Remuneration Committee.
Jane Moriarty
75,000
75,000, which consists of:
- a fixed fee of €50,000 per year for membership of the Board of
Directors;
- a fixed fee of €10,000 per year for membership of the Audit
Committee; and
- a fixed fee of 15,000 per year for chairmanship of the
Nomination and Remuneration Committee.
Other benefits
The Company has implemented customary directors’ and officers’ insurance coverage. The D&O insurance that was placed for the
benefit of the Company’s directors in 2022 has a liability limit of 1 million in aggregate. This insurance was brokered by Aon and placed
at a cost of approximately €224,569.
Certain Management Services
In 2019, all members left the Management Committee following the completion of the Restructuring and the Management Committee was
dissolved. Immediately following the Restructuring on 31 July 2019, the Company ceased to have any direct employees. Under the terms
of the deed for the sale by the Company of assets and shares to NN2 Newco Limited that was executed as part of the Restructuring (the
“Sale Deed”), certain limited executive services were provided to the Company by NN2 Newco Limited until the exercise of the put option.
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The put option that the Company exercised on 28 July 2022, for a fixed amount of EUR 20 million, was in relation to its entire 2%
shareholding in NN2 NewCo Limited, which holds the former Nyrstar operational group (the “Put Option”). Up until the exercise of the Put
Option, these limited executive services were provided to the Company at no charge and included certain finance, tax, corporate counsel,
IT and administration services. In addition, during 2022, the Company retained certain individuals to provide financial, legal and
administrative services through consultancy agreements.
Directors’ and other interests
Deferred Shares
In the years 2016 to 2018, the general shareholders' meeting approved that each of the non-executive directors referred to below (the
"Eligible Directors") would be remunerated for his or her Director's mandate for the period from the respective general shareholders’
meeting until the annual general shareholders' meeting of the following year in the form of "deferred shares units" of the Company, and
not in cash, subject to the conditions set out below. The remuneration in shares for each Eligible Director was limited to the portion set
out next to his or her name below (the "Eligible Share Remuneration") of the aggregate remuneration that applies to the director's mandate
of the relevant Eligible Director in accordance with the principles that have been determined by the annual general shareholders' meeting
of the Company held on 27 April 2011 and that otherwise would have been payable in cash (the "Eligible Remuneration"). The shares
will not vest immediately, but will effectively vest and be delivered on the earlier of (i) the end of the Director's mandate as an Eligible
Director, or (ii) a change of control over the Company. The shares are granted for free (i.e. for no additional consideration). Under the
terms of the deferred shares units, the number of shares to be granted to an Eligible Director shall be equal to (i) the amount of the
Eligible Remuneration that would otherwise have been paid in cash, divided by (ii) the average closing price of the Company's shares
during the ten trading days preceding the date of the respective general shareholders' meeting that approved each grant, whereby the
result is rounded down to the nearest whole number.
The current Eligible Directors and their respective Eligible Share Remuneration that have been paid in deferred shares are as follows:
(i) Ms. Anne Fahy: EUR 10,000 of her Eligible Remuneration; (ii) Ms. Carole Cable: 50% of her Eligible Remuneration; and (iii) Mr. Martyn
Konig: 100% of his Eligible Remuneration. The Company's Nomination and Remuneration Committee was authorised to further document
the grant and to determine the terms and conditions of the grant, which contain customary adjustment clauses to take into account and
mitigate the effect of corporate actions, dilutive transactions and similar events, such as (but not limited to) stock splits, reverse stock
splits, mergers and de-mergers, dividend payments, other distributions on shares, rights offerings, and share buy-backs.
The Board did not propose a remuneration in deferred share units of the Company for the non-executive directors at the annual general
shareholders’ meeting of the Company that was held on 28 June 2022.
The Company did not grant any deferred share units (“DSU”) to its Directors in 2022. In the period 2016 to 2019, DSU were granted to
certain directors as approved by the respective AGMs in 2016 to 2018. The 2016, 2017 and 2018 AGM granted the following DSU to
directors:
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AGM 2016
AGM 2017
AGM 2018 for
year 2018
AGM 2018 for
year 2019
Total
Martyn Konig
27,285 DSU
37,282 DSU
34,494 DSU
34,361 DSU
133,422 DSU
Carole Cable
4,774 DSU
6,524 DSU
6,036 DSU
6,013DSU
23,347 DSU
Anne Fahy
1,364 DSU
1,864 DSU
1,725 DSU
1,718 DSU
6,671 DSU
Jane Moriarty
-
-
-
-
-
Total Shareholding
As at 31 December 2022, none of the directors in office held any Nyrstar shares.
Change in remuneration of other employees
The Company currently does not have any employees and has therefore not described the annual changes to the remuneration, the
annual changes to the development of the performance of the Company and the annual changes in the average remuneration of other
employees of the Company other than the directors of the Company, nor any ratios in this respect.