# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000917851
**File Stem:** 0001292814-23-000116
**Filing Date:** 2023-1
**Character Count:** 5940
**Document Hash:** bc117565b0fbd1e113a425fa712c7a7d
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001292814-23-000116.hdr.sgml**: 20230113

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001292814-23-000116

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 6-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 2

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20230331

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20230113

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20230113

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Vale S.A.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000917851
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** METAL MINING [1000]
- **IRS NUMBER:** 000000000
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 6-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-15030
- **FILM NUMBER:** 23527536

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** PRAIA DE BOTAFOGO, 186
- **CITY:** RIO DE JANEIRO
- **STATE:** D5
- **ZIP:** 22250-145
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 55 21 3485-3900

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** PRAIA DE BOTAFOGO, 186
- **CITY:** RIO DE JANEIRO
- **STATE:** D5
- **ZIP:** 22250-145

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** Companhia Vale do Rio Doce
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20051108

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** VALLEY OF THE RIO DOCE CO
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20020129

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** VALLEY OF THE DOCE RIVER CO
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19950602

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

January 2023

**Vale S.A.**

Praia de Botafogo nº 186, 18º andar, Botafogo<br> 22250-145 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 ⌧ Form 40-F ◻

(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 ◻ No ⌧

(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))

(Check One) Yes ◻ No ⌧

(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.)

(Check One) Yes ◻ No ⌧

(If "Yes" is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b). 82-<u> </u>.)

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**Vale pays interest and principal on infrastructure debentures**

Rio de Janeiro, January 13, 2023 – Vale S.A ("Vale") informs that it will pay interest and principal on its 8<sup>th</sup> issue debentures ("debentures") on January 16, 2023, in the total amount of R$123.835.624,49, through Banco Itaú Unibanco S.A., the debenture settling bank, as detailed below.

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| &nbsp;&nbsp;**Serie** | &nbsp;&nbsp;**Quantity** | &nbsp;&nbsp;**Type of payment** | &nbsp;&nbsp;**Unit value per debenture (R$)** | &nbsp;&nbsp;**Total amount to be paid (R$)** |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;2<sup>nd</sup> | &nbsp;&nbsp;150000 | &nbsp;&nbsp;Interest | &nbsp;&nbsp; 73.65087634 | &nbsp;&nbsp;11047631.45 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;2<sup>nd</sup> | &nbsp;&nbsp;150000 | &nbsp;&nbsp;Amortization<sup>1</sup> | &nbsp;&nbsp; 333.30000000 | &nbsp;&nbsp;49995000.00 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;2<sup>nd</sup> | &nbsp;&nbsp;150000 | &nbsp;&nbsp;Monetary correction | &nbsp;&nbsp; 229.42944143 | &nbsp;&nbsp;34414416.21 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;3<sup>rd</sup> | &nbsp;&nbsp;100000 | &nbsp;&nbsp;Interest | &nbsp;&nbsp; 112.82451111 | &nbsp;&nbsp;11282451.11 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;4<sup>th</sup> | &nbsp;&nbsp;150000 | &nbsp;&nbsp;Interest | &nbsp;&nbsp;113.97417144 | &nbsp;&nbsp;17096125.72 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;**Total** | &nbsp;&nbsp;**400000** | &nbsp;&nbsp;**-** | &nbsp;&nbsp;**-** | &nbsp;&nbsp;123835624.49 |

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<sup>1</sup>The amount corresponds to the 2nd instalment, which is 33.33% of the nominal unit value of each debenture of the 2<sup>nd</sup> series.

**Ever since the Covid-19 outbreak began, our highest priority is the health and safety of our employees. Our IR team adopted work-from-home, and as we continue to face these new circumstances, we strongly recommend you prioritize e-mail and online engagement.**

**For further information, please contact:**

Vale.RI@vale.com

Ivan Fadel: ivan.fadel@vale.com

Luciana Oliveti: luciana.oliveti@vale.com

Mariana Rocha: mariana.rocha@vale.com

Samir Bassil: samir.bassil@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 in particular the factors discussed under "Forward-Looking Statements" and "Risk Factors" in Vale's annual report on Form 20-F.

**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.

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|  | Vale S.A.<br> (Registrant) | Vale S.A.<br> (Registrant) |
|  | By: | /s/ Ivan Fadel |
| Date: January 28, 2023 |  | Head of Investor Relations |

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