Boliden to acquire controlling stake in Nexa Resources

Boliden AB (“Boliden”) and Votorantim S.A. (“Votorantim”) have entered into a definitive agreement (the “Transaction”) pursuant to which Boliden will acquire all of Votorantim’s shares in Nexa Resources S.A. (“Nexa”). Under the terms of the Transaction, Votorantim will receive 0.250x newly issued Boliden shares for each of its Nexa shares resulting in Boliden becoming owner of 64.68% of the total number of shares and votes in Nexa, and Votorantim becoming owner of approximately 7.0% of the total number of shares and votes in Boliden.[1] Closing of the Transaction (“Closing”) is subject to