At the 2024 Annual and Extraordinary General Meetings (the Meetings), held on April 26, 2024, Vale had the opportunity to receive written statements from its shareholders, which were duly recorded in the Meetings’ minutes (available here). Vale recognizes the importance of open and transparent dialogue with its shareholders and society. In this sense, Vale makes public the information and responses relevant to these manifestations on this date, May 24, 2024 (available here).