Vale informs decrease of relevant shareholding ownership

Vale S.A (“Vale”) hereby informs that it was made aware on this date, pursuant to Article 12, caput, of Rulling 358 of 01/03/2002, issued by the Brazilian Securities Commission (“CVM”), as subsequently amended, that Litel Participações S.A. (“Litel”), publicly-held corporation, headquartered at Rua da Assembleia, no 10, 37 floor - 3701 – Centro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, registered with the CNPJ/MF under no 00.743.065/0001-27, decreased the number of common shares issued by Vale by 95,167,645 common shares and now manages a total of 883,579,219, representing 17.23% of this class of share.

Litel also stated that: (i) the referred shares are not binded to Vale’s Shareholders’ Agreement and were transferred to Litel’s shareholders as payment of interest on equity and dividends; and (ii) clarifies that it has no interest in changing the shareholder control composition or the administrative structure of Vale.

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