• Vale removed board vice chairman Marcelo Gasparino da Silva as a sanction tied to deliberate disclosure of confidential board information.
• Gasparino resigned as board member and vice chairman effective Aug. 1, 2026, making any shareholder confirmation of removal moot.
• The board also removed Gasparino from the Nomination and Governance Committee, plus the People and Remuneration Committee.
• Reinaldo Duarte Castanheira Filho was elected vice chairman of the board effective Aug. 1, 2026.
• Wilfred Theodoor Bruijn was appointed lead independent director effective Aug. 1, 2026; he had served as interim board chairman from July 14, 2026.

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