Rio de Janeiro, August 30, 2016 - Vale S.A. (Vale) informs, pursuant to Paragraph 6 of Article 12 of Ruling 358/02 issued by the Brazilian Securities Commission (CVM), as subsequently amended, that Capital Group International, Inc. ('CGII'), as a holding company for investment management companies abroad, company organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, headquartered at 333, Southern Hope Street, Los Angeles, California 900071, United States of America ('CRMC'), and legally represented in Brazil by J.P. Morgan S.A. Distributor Securities, registered with the CNPJ/MF under no 33.851.205/0001-30, and Citibank DTVM S.A., registered with the CNPJ/MF under no 33.868.597/001-40, decreased the number of preferred class 'A' shares issued by Vale on August 22, 2016, through transactions on behalf of its clients on stock exchanges.
CRGI owned 203,313,182 preferred shares, corresponding to 10.03% of this type of share and, as a result of these transactions, now manages a total of 202,695,882 preferred shares, representing 9.99% of this type of share.
In addition to the aforementioned share participation, Capital Research Global Investors and Capital World Investors, as an independent division of investments at Capital Research Management and Company (CRMC), part of the same group as CGII, administers, respectively, 220,419,398 preferred shares and 5,620,000 preferred shares, corresponding to10.87% and 0.28% of this type of share.

CGII also stated that: (i) it is a minority investment that does not alter the control or the administrative structure of Vale; (ii) there is not, at this time, a specific quantity of shares issued by Vale being targeted by CGII; (iii) there are no other securities or derivatives referenced to such shares held directly or indirectly by CGII or person or persons attached to it; (iv) there is no agreement or contract regulating the exercise of voting rights or the purchase and sale of securities issued by Vale where CGII or a related party are involved.

For further information, please contact:
+55-21-3485-3900

André Figueiredo: andre.figueiredo@vale.com
Carla Albano Miller: carla.albano@vale.com
Fernando Mascarenhas: fernando.mascarenhas@vale.com
Andrea Gutman: andrea.gutman@vale.com
Bruno Siqueira: bruno.siqueira@vale.com
Claudia Rodrigues: claudia.rodrigues@vale.com
Denise Caruncho: denise.caruncho@vale.com
Mariano Szachtman: mariano.szachtman@vale.com
Renata Capanema: renata.capanema@vale.com

This press release may include statements that present Vale's expectations about future events or results. All statements, when based upon expectations about the future, involve various risks and uncertainties. Vale cannot guarantee that such statements will prove correct. These risks and uncertainties include factors related to the following: (a) the countries where we operate, especially Brazil and Canada; (b) the global economy; (c) the capital markets; (d) the mining and metals prices and their dependence on global industrial production, which is cyclical by nature; and (e) global competition in the markets in which Vale operates. To obtain further information on factors that may lead to results different from those forecast by Vale, please consult the reports Vale files with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Brazilian Comissão de Valores Mobiliários (CVM), and the French Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF), and in particular the factors discussed under 'Forward-Looking Statements' and 'Risk Factors' in Vale's annual report on Form 20-F.


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