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
August 2016
Vale S.A.
Avenida das Américas, No. 700 — Bloco 8, Sala 218
22640-100 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
(Address of principal executive office)
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Vale plans to offer notes due August 2026
Rio de Janeiro, August 3, 2016 — Vale S.A. (Vale) hereby announces that its wholly owned subsidiary Vale Overseas Limited (Vale Overseas) plans to offer notes due August 2026, guaranteed by Vale. Vale intends to use the net proceeds from the offering to pay part of the redemption price of the 6.250% notes due 2017, issued by Vale Overseas and guaranteed by Vale S.A., which mature in January 2017.
The notes will be unsecured obligations of Vale Overseas and will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Vale. The guarantees will rank equally in right of payment with all of Vale’s other unsecured and unsubordinated debt obligations.
Banco Bradesco BBI S.A., BB Securities Ltd., BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC are acting as joint lead managers and joint bookrunners.
The offering is being made pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement. A preliminary prospectus supplement with further information about the proposed offering will be filed with the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission (SEC). Before you invest, you should read the preliminary prospectus supplement and other documents Vale and Vale Overseas have filed with the SEC for more complete information about the companies and the offering. When available, you may access these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC Web site at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the underwriters will arrange to send you the prospectus if you request it by calling BNP Paribas Securities Corp. at +1 (800) 854-5674, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. at +1 (800) 831-9146 or Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC at +1 (866) 718-1649 (each toll-free in the United States) or, if calling from outside the U.S., by collect calling BB Securities Ltd. at +44 (20) 7367 5800 att. Operations Department or Banco Bradesco BBI S.A. at +1 (212) 888-9145.
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For further information, please contact: |
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+55-21-3485-3900 |
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Andre Figueiredo: andre.figueiredo@vale.com |
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Carla Albano Miller: carla.albano@vale.com |
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Fernando Mascarenhas: fernando.mascarenhas@vale.com |
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Andrea Gutman: andrea.gutman@vale.com |
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Bruno Siqueira: bruno.siqueira@vale.com |
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Claudia Rodrigues: claudia.rodrigues@vale.com |
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Denise Caruncho: denise.caruncho@vale.com |
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Mariano Szachtman: mariano.szachtman@vale.com |
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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.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
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By: |
/s/ André Figueiredo |
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Date: August 03, 2016 |
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Director of Investor Relations |