Vale Overseas Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Vale, announces the expiration and final results of the previously announced offers to purchase for cash up to a maximum aggregate principal amount of Notes (as defined below) validly tendered in the Offers not to exceed US$450,000,000, excluding any premium and any accrued and unpaid interest, of the outstanding notes issued by Vale Overseas of the series of notes as set forth in the table below. The Offers were made upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the offer to purchase dated as of February 24, 2025. 

As previously announced, on March 12, 2025, Vale Overseas purchased US$323,965,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes, which had been validly tendered and not validly withdrawn on or prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on March 7, 2025.

The Offers expired at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on March 24, 2025 and no tenders submitted after the Expiration Date are valid. 

The table below identifies the principal amount of each series of Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn (i) on or prior to the Early Tender Date and (ii) after the Early Tender Date and on or prior to the Expiration Date, and accepted for purchase.

Because the aggregate principal amount of Notes validly tendered in the Offers and not validly withdrawn after the Early Settlement Date and on or prior to the Expiration Date do not exceed the Maximum Principal Amount, the Offeror has accepted for purchase all of the Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn on or prior to the Expiration Date.

As previously announced, the applicable Total Consideration (as defined in the Offer to Purchase) payable per US$1,000 principal amount of Notes tendered and accepted for purchase has been determined by the Dealer Managers based on the applicable fixed spread for each series of Notes plus the applicable yield-to-maturity of the Reference U.S. Treasury Security for that series of Notes as of 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on March 7, 2025. Holders who validly tendered their Notes after the Early Tender Date, but on or prior to the Expiration Date, will be eligible to receive the Tender Consideration (as defined in the Offer to Purchase) and accrued and unpaid interest. The applicable “Tender Consideration” is equal to the applicable Total Consideration minus the applicable Early Tender Payment. The Tender Consideration is expected to be paid on the Final Settlement Date, which is expected to occur on March 26, 2025.

Vale has retained BMO Capital Markets Corp., BofA Securities, Inc., Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC to serve as dealer managers (“Dealer Managers”) and D.F. King & Co., Inc. to serve as tender and information agent for the Offers (“D.F. King”).  The Offer to Purchase and any related supplements are available at the D.F. King website at www.dfking.com/vale.  The full details of the Offers, including complete instructions on how to tender Notes, are included in the Offer to Purchase.  Holders of Notes are strongly encouraged to carefully read the Offer to Purchase, including materials incorporated by reference therein, because they will contain important information.  Requests for the Offer to Purchase and any related supplements may also be directed to D.F. King by telephone at +1 (212) 269-5550 or +1 (800) 714-3310 (US toll free) or in writing at vale@dfking.com.  Questions about the Offers may be directed to BMO Capital Markets Corp. by telephone at +1 (212) 702-1840 (collect) or +1 (833) 418-0762 (US toll free), BofA Securities, Inc. by telephone at +1 (646) 855-8988 (collect) or +1 (888) 292-0070 (US toll free), Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc. by telephone at +1 (212) 261-7802 (collect) or +1 (866) 807-6030 (US toll free), HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. by telephone at +1 (212) 525-5552 (collect) or +1 (888) HSBC-4LM (US toll free), or J.P. Morgan Securities LLC by telephone at +1 (212) 834-3554 (collect) or +1 (866) 834-4666 (US toll free).

This news release is for informational purposes only and is neither an offer to purchase nor a solicitation of an offer to sell any securities.  The Offers are being made only by, and pursuant to the terms of, the Offer to Purchase.  The Offers are not being made in any jurisdiction in which the making or acceptance thereof would not be in compliance with the securities, blue sky or other laws of such jurisdiction.  In any jurisdiction where the laws require the Offers to be made by a licensed broker or dealer, the Offers will be made by the Dealer Managers on behalf of the Offeror.  None of the Offeror, D.F. King, the Dealer Managers or the trustee with respect to the Notes, nor any of their affiliates, makes any recommendation as to whether holders should tender or refrain from tendering all or any portion of their Notes in response to the Offers.  None of the Offeror, D.F. King, the Dealer Managers or the trustee with respect to the Notes, nor any of their affiliates, has authorized any person to give any information or to make any representation in connection with the Offers other than the information and representations contained in the Offer to Purchase.

Marcelo Feriozzi Bacci
Executive Vice President, Finance and Investor Relations