Vale and Vale Overseas Limited (“Vale Overseas” and, together with Vale, the “Offerors”) announce the early tender results of the previously announced offers to purchase for cash (the “Waterfall Offers”) the notes of the series of notes as set forth in the table below (the “Waterfall Notes”) as of 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on June 21, 2023 (the “Waterfall Early Tender Date”).

Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the offer to purchase dated June 7, 2023 (the “Offer to Purchase”), the Offerors will only accept for purchase up to a maximum aggregate principal amount of Waterfall Notes tendered in the Waterfall Offers not to exceed US$500,000,000 less the aggregate principal amount of Any and All Notes validly tendered and accepted for purchase pursuant to the Any and All Offer, excluding any premium and any accrued and unpaid interest (the "Maximum Principal Amount"). 

Because the purchase of Waterfall Notes validly tendered in the Waterfall Offers would cause the Offerors to purchase an aggregate principal amount of Waterfall Notes in excess of the Maximum Principal Amount, the Offerors have accepted for purchase (a) US$101,019,000 principal amount of 2039 Notes; (b) US$123,882,000 principal amount of 2036 Notes; (c) none of the 2034 Notes; and (d) none of the 2042 Notes. Given that the Offers are oversubscribed, no Waterfall Notes tendered after the Waterfall Early Tender Date will be accepted for purchase. Any tendered Waterfall Notes that are not accepted for purchase will be returned or credited without expense to the holder’s account. 

The applicable Total Consideration (as defined in the Offer to Purchase) payable per US$1,000 principal amount of Waterfall Notes tendered and accepted for purchase will be determined by the dealer managers based on the applicable fixed spread for each series of Waterfall Notes (as set forth in the table above) plus the applicable yield-to-maturity of the Reference U.S. Treasury Security for that series of Waterfall Notes (as set forth in the table above) as of 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on June 22, 2023. The Offerors expect to announce the pricing of the Waterfall Offers on June 22, 2023. 

Payment of the applicable Total Consideration and accrued and unpaid interest for the Waterfall Notes validly tendered and accepted for purchase is expected to be made, subject to the terms and conditions of the Offer to Purchase, on June 23, 2023 (the “Waterfall Early Settlement Date”). Vale Overseas will pay holders of the 2039 Notes and 2036 Notes validly tendered and accepted for purchase on a pro rata basis according to the proration procedures described in the Offer to Purchase. The Waterfall Offers will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on July 7, 2023. 
 

The Offerors have retained BMO Capital Markets Corp., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, and Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. to serve as dealer managers (“Dealer Managers”) and D.F. King & Co., Inc. to serve as tender and information agent for the Waterfall 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 Waterfall 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) 591-8263 (US toll free) or in writing at vale@dfking.com. Questions about the Waterfall 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), Citigroup Global Markets Inc. by telephone at +1 (212) 723-6106 (collect) or +1 (800) 558-3745 (US toll free), J.P. Morgan Securities LLC by telephone at +1 (212) 834-4045 (collect) or +1 (866) 834-4666 (US toll free) and Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. by telephone at +1 (212) 225-5559 (collect) or +1 (833) 498-1660 (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 Waterfall Offers are being made only by, and pursuant to the terms of, the Offer to Purchase. The Waterfall 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 Waterfall Offers to be made by a licensed broker or dealer, the Waterfall Offers will be made by the Dealer Managers on behalf of the Offerors. None of the Offerors, 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 Waterfall Offers. None of the Offerors, 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 Waterfall Offers other than the information and representations contained in the Offer to Purchase.