USINAS SIDERÚRGICAS DE MINAS GERAIS S.A. - USIMINAS

CNPJ/MF 60.894.730/0001-05 NIRE 313.000.1360-0

Publicly Traded Company

MATERIAL FACT

Usinas Siderúrgicas de Minas Gerais S.A. ("Usiminas" or "Company") hereby informs its shareholders and the general market, pursuant to § 4º of article 157 of Law nº 6.404/76 and CVM Instruction nº 358/02, that, on a meeting held today, the Board of Directors, for the majority of its members, approved the removal of Mr. Rômel Erwin de Souza from the positions of Chief Executive Officer - CEO and Director Vice-President of Technology and Quality.

Because of this deliberation, the Board of Directors approved, also for the majority of its members, the appointment of Mr. Sergio Leite de Andrade for the positions previously held by Mr. Rômel Erwin de Souza.

In sight of the deliberations mentioned above, the new composition of the Company's Executive Board is: SERGIO LEITE DE ANDRADE, as Chief Executive Officer - CEO, Director Vice-President of Technology and Quality and Commercial Vice-President Officer; RONALD SECKELMANN, as Finance and Investors Relations Vice-President Officer and Subsidiaries Vice-President Officer; TULIO CESAR DO COUTO CHIPOLETTI, as Industrial Vice-President Officer; and TAKAHIRO MORI, as Vice-President of Corporate planning.

Belo Horizonte, March 23rd, 2017.

Ronald Seckelmann

Vice-President of Finances and Investors Relations

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