Form 6-K Vale S.A. For: Jun 07

 

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

June 2016

 

Vale S.A.

 

Avenida das Américas, No. 700 – Bloco 8, Sala 318

22640-100 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

(Address of principal executive office)

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

 

(Check One) Form 20-F x Form 40-F o

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1)

 

(Check One) Yes o No x

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7)

 

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

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If “Yes” is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b). 82-      .

 

 

 

Press Release

 

 

Vale plans to offer notes due June 2021

 

Rio de Janeiro, June 7, 2016 — Vale S.A. (Vale) hereby announces that its wholly owned subsidiary Vale Overseas Limited (Vale Overseas) plans to offer notes due June 2021, guaranteed by Vale. Vale plans to use the net proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes, including repayment of indebtedness.

 

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., HSBC Securities (USA), Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Santander Investment Securities Inc. 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 Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated at +1 (800) 294-1322, HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. at +1 (866) 811-8049, Santander Investment Securities Inc. at +1 (855) 403-3636 (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.

 

For further information, please contact:

+55-21-3485-3900

Rogerio Nogueira: [email protected]

Andre Figueiredo: [email protected]

Carla Albano Miller: [email protected]

Fernando Mascarenhas: [email protected]

Andrea Gutman: [email protected]

Bruno Siqueira: [email protected]

Claudia Rodrigues: [email protected]

Mariano Szachtman: [email protected]

Renata Capanema: [email protected]

 

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), the French Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF), and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, and in particular the factors discussed under “Forward-Looking Statements” and “Risk Factors” in Vale’s annual report on Form 20-F.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

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.

 

	VALE S.A.
	By:	/s/ LUCIANA RIBEIRO DA COSTA WERNER
		Name: Luciana Ribeiro da Costa Werner
		Title: Attorney-in-Fact
	By:	/s/ GUILHERME FERREIRA BREGA
		Guilherme Ferreira Brega
		Title: Attorney-in-Fact
Date: June 7, 2016

 

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