SID Companhia Siderurgica Nacional

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COMPANHIA SIDERÚRGICA NACIONAL
Publicly-held Company
Corporate Taxpayer’s ID: 33.042.730/0001-04
NIRE 35-3.0039609.0

 

MATERIAL FACT

 

Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional ("Company") informs its shareholders and the market in general, pursuant to article 157, paragraph 4^th of Law No. 6,404/76 and to Resolution CVM No. 44/2021, further to the information provided in the material facts published on February 22, 2024, May 2, 2024 and July 24, 2024, that the Company, InterCement Participações S.A. ("InterCement") and the direct controlling shareholder of InterCement reached an agreement to extend, until October 16, 2024, under the same conditions as the previous agreements, the exclusivity rights of the Company with respect to a potential acquisition of shares representing 100% of InterCement's capital stock, and as a consequence, of its subsidiaries ("Potential Transaction"). The exclusivity period will automatically terminate if, at any time between the date of this document and October 16, 2024, the extrajudicial reorganization plan executed by InterCement and certain creditors on September 16, 2024 is no longer in valid. The exclusivity period shall be automatically extended until November 16, 2024 if and the extent InterCement’s deadline for entering into a transaction is extended.

 

The Company informs that it remains interested in the Potential Transaction, but, until the date hereof, no binding documents have been entered with any counterparty which create an obligation or firm commitment to pursue the Potential Transaction.

 

The Company will keep its shareholders and the general market duly informed of the development of the Potential Transaction, pursuant to applicable law.

 

São Paulo, September 18, 2024.

 

Antonio Marco Campos Rabello
Chief Financial Officer and Investor Relations Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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