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Vale announces interim results for voluntary conversion
Rio de Janeiro, August 10, 2017 Vale S.A. (Vale) informs that, according to interim information provided by the B3 S.A. - Brasil, Bolsa, Balcão, by Banco Bradesco, as the register of Vales shares, and by Citibank, N.A, as the exchange agent for the voluntary conversion, as of today, an aggregate of 1,420,262,529 preferred shares (including preferred shares represented by American Depositary Shares (ADSs)), corresponding to 72.2% of the total outstanding preferred shares (excluding treasury shares) had been tendered into Vales previously announced offer to (i) convert preferred shares into common shares issued by the Company, or (ii) exchange ADSs representing preferred shares for ADSs representing common shares (the Voluntary Conversion).
These indicative results exceed the minimum threshold for the Voluntary Conversion of 54.09% of the outstanding preferred shares (excluding treasury shares).
The Voluntary Conversion will expire tomorrow, August 11, 2017 and, therefore, there may be changes to these interim results. At the close of August 11, 2017, the final results will be available and the market will be informed of the aggregate number of preferred shares and ADSs tendered, as well as the corresponding percentage of total outstanding preferred shares (excluding treasury shares) that were tendered for conversion.
In the morning of August 14th, 2017, Vale will host two conference calls and webcasts. The first, in Portuguese (non-translated), will begin at 10:00 a.m. Rio de Janeiro time. The second, in English, at 10:45 a.m. Rio de Janeiro time (09:45 a.m. US Eastern Standard Time, 02:45 p.m. British Standard Time).
Dial in to conference calls/webcasts:
Conference call in Portuguese at 10:00am:
Dialin from Brazil: +55 11 3193-1001 and +55 11 2820-4001
Dialin from the US: +1 786 924-6977
Toll-free from the US: 1 800 492-3904 or +1 888 700-0802
Access code: VALE
Conference call in English at 10:45am:
Dialin from Brazil: +55 11 3193-1001 and +55 11 2820-4001
Dialin from US: +1 412 317-6029
Toll-free from US: +1 866 262-4553
Access code: VALE
For further information on the conversion process, please contact the Investor Relations Department at Vale (+ 55 21 3485-3900 or vale.ri@vale.com) or access www.vale.com/truecorporation.
For further information, please contact:
+55-21-3485-3900
Andre Figueiredo: andre.figueiredo@vale.com
André Werner: andre.werner@vale.com
Carla Albano Miller: carla.albano@vale.com
Fernando Mascarenhas: fernando.mascarenhas@vale.com
Denise Caruncho: denise.caruncho@vale.com
Andrea Gutman: andrea.gutman@vale.com
Bruno Siqueira: bruno.siqueira@vale.com
Claudia Rodrigues: claudia.rodrigues@vale.com
Mariano Szachtman: mariano.szachtman@vale.com
Renata Capanema: renata.capanema@vale.com
This press release may include statements that present Vales 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 Vales annual report on Form 20-F.