A GERDAU S.A. e a METALÚRGICA GERDAU S.A. vêm informar seus acionistas e o mercado em geral que, a Gerdau S.A., a Gerdau Aços Longos S.A., a Gerdau Açominas S.A. e outras empresas afiliadas no exterior, celebraram um contrato para disponibilização de uma linha de crédito global comprometida denominada "Senior Unsecured Global Working Capital Credit Agreement" ("Credit Agreement"), administrada pelo Bank of New York Mellon, com as seguintes principais características: (a) montante de até US$ 875.000.000,00 (oitocentos e setenta e cinco milhões de dólares norte-americanos); (b) prazo de vencimento de 5 (cinco) anos a contar da data de assinatura do Credit Agreement; e (c) até 7 (sete) bancos credores, todos de primeira linha, a serem oportunamente contratados conforme os procedimentos individuais de aprovação de crédito, nos prazos e condições estipulados pela Companhia.
Essa nova linha de crédito substituirá à operação atual, no montante de US$ 800.000.000,00 com vencimento em 2024, aumentando a liquidez disponível das empresas da Gerdau signatárias do Credit Agreement até 2027.
São Paulo, 03 de outubro de 2022.
Rafael Dorneles Japur
Vice-Presidente Executivo
Diretor de Relações com Investidores
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GERDAU S.A.
METALÚRGICA GERDAU S.A.
Tax ID (CNPJ/ME) 33.611.500/0001-19
Tax ID (CNPJ/ME) 92.690.783/0001-09
Registry (NIRE): 35300520696
Registry (NIRE): 35300520751
NOTICE TO THE MARKET
GERDAU S.A. and METALÚRGICA GERDAU S.A. hereby inform their shareholders and the market in general that Gerdau S.A., Gerdau Aços Longos S.A., Gerdau Açominas S.A. and other affiliated companies abroad, entered into an agreement for the provision of a committed global line of credit called the "Senior Unsecured Global Working Capital Credit Agreement" ("Credit Agreement"), with the following main characteristics: (a) amount of up to US$ 875,000,000.00 (eight hundred and seventy-five million US dollars); (b) maturity period of 5 (five) years from the date of signature of the Credit Agreement; and (c) up to 7 (seven) creditor banks, all first-rate, to be contracted in due course according to the individual credit approval procedures, within the terms and conditions stipulated by the Company.
This new credit facility will replace the current operation, in the amount of US$ 800,000,000.00 maturing in 2024, increasing the available liquidity of Gerdau companies that are signatories of the Credit Agreement until 2027.
São Paulo, October 03, 2022.
Rafael Dorneles Japur
Executive Vice-President
Investor Relations Officer
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Metalurgica Gerdau SA, formerly Metalurgica Hugo Gerdau SA, is a Brazil-based company engaged in the steel production industry. The Company focuses on manufacturing long steel and flat steel items, principally through the process of fabrication in electrical furnaces from scrap metal and purchased pig iron, as well as by producing steel from iron ore in the blast furnace and by direct reduction. Its activities are divided into four segments: Operations in Brazil, Operations in North America, Operations in Latin America and Special Steel Unit. Its products are distributed in various sectors, such as civil construction, agriculture, industrial automotive and The Company operates production plants in Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela, the United States, Canada, Spain and India, among others.
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