United States
Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16
of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the month of
April 2018
Vale S.A.
Praia de Botafogo 186, 7th to 19th floor,
22250-145, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
(Address of principal executive office)
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Vale announces expiration and final results of cash tender offer for 4.375% guaranteed notes due 2022
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil — April 12, 2018 — Vale S.A. (“Vale”) announces the expiration of the offer to purchase for cash (the “Tender Offer”) outstanding 4.375% guaranteed notes due 2022 (CUSIP No. 91911TAM5 / ISIN No. US91911TAM53) (the “2022 Notes”) up to the 2022 Maximum Amount (as defined in the Offer to Purchase, as amended by our press release dated March 28, 2018), issued by its wholly owned subsidiary Vale Overseas Limited (“Vale Overseas”), pursuant to the offer to purchase dated March 14, 2018 (as amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Offer to Purchase”).
The Tender Offer expired as of 11:59 p.m., New York City time, on April 11, 2018 (the “Expiration Date”). The Tender Offer was fully subscribed as of the Early Tender Date and no 2022 Notes were validly tendered after the Early Tender Date.
Vale Overseas has retained Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Mizuho Securities USA LLC and SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc. as dealer managers and D.F. King & Co., Inc. as tender and information agent for the Tender Offer. The Offer to Purchase and any related supplements were available at the D.F. King & Co., Inc. website at https://sites.dfkingltd.com/vale. Questions about the Tender Offer may be directed to Citigroup Global Markets Inc. by telephone at +1 (212) 723-6106 (collect) or +1 (800) 558-3754 (US toll free), J.P. Morgan Securities LLC by telephone at +1 (212) 834-7279 (collect) or +1 (866) 846-2874 (US toll free); Mizuho Securities USA LLC by telephone at +1 (212) 205-7736 (collect) or +1 (866) 271-7403 (US toll free); and SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc. by telephone at +1 (212) 224-5417 (collect) or +1 (888) 868-6856 (US toll free), or to D.F. King & Co., Inc. by telephone at +1 (212) 269-5550 or +1 (866) 796-7184 (US toll free) or in writing at vale@dfkingltd.com.
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 Tender Offer has been made only by, and pursuant to the terms of, the Offer to Purchase. The Tender Offer has not been 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 Tender Offer to be made by a licensed broker or dealer, the Tender Offer has been deemed to be made by the dealer managers on behalf of Vale Overseas. None of Vale, Vale Overseas, the tender and information agent, the dealer managers or the trustee with respect to the 2022 Notes, nor any of their affiliates, has made any recommendation as to whether holders should tender or refrain from tendering all or any portion of their 2022 Notes in response to the Tender Offer. None of Vale, Vale Overseas, the tender and information agent, the dealer managers or the trustee with respect to the 2022 Notes, nor any of their affiliates, has authorized any person to give any information or to make any representation in connection with the Tender Offer, other than the information and representations contained in the Offer to Purchase.
For further information, please contact:
+55-21-3485-3900
Andre Figueiredo: andre.figueiredo@vale.com
Andre Werner: andré.werner@vale.com
Carla Albano Miller: carla.albano@vale.com
Fernando Mascarenhas: fernando.mascarenhas@vale.com
Samir Bassil: samir.bassil@vale.com
Andrea Gutman: andrea.gutman@vale.com
Bruno Siqueira: bruno.siqueira@vale.com
Clarissa Couri: clarissa.couri@vale.com
Renata Capanema: renata.capanema@vale.com
This press release may include statements that present Vale’s expectations about future events or results. All statements, when based upon expectations about the future, involve various risks and uncertainties. Vale cannot guarantee that such statements will prove correct. These risks and uncertainties include factors related to the following: (a) the countries where we operate, especially Brazil and Canada; (b) the global economy; (c) the capital markets; (d) the mining and metals prices and their dependence on global industrial production, which is cyclical by nature; and (e) global competition in the markets in which Vale operates. To obtain further information on factors that may lead to results different from those forecast by Vale, please consult the reports Vale files with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Brazilian Comissão de Valores Mobiliários (CVM), and the French Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF), and in particular the factors discussed under “Forward-Looking Statements” and “Risk Factors” in Vale’s annual report on Form 20-F.