United States
Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16
of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the month of
August 2015
Vale S.A.
Avenida Graça Aranha, No. 26
20030-900 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
(Address of principal executive office)
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Vale informs reduction of relevant shareholding ownership
Rio de Janeiro, August 13, 2015 — Vale S.A. (Vale) informs, pursuant to Item 12 of Article 12, Paragraph 4 of Ruling nº 358 issued by the Brazilian Securities Commission (CVM), as subsequently amended, that Blackrock Inc. (“Blackrock”) announced, on behalf of some of its clients, the reduction of preferred class “A” shares issued by Vale on August 6th, 2015. Through stock exchange operations, Blackrock´s holdings reached, in aggregate, 3,767,183 class A preferred shares traded on the BM&F Bovespa and 92,632,262 American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) representing class A preferred shares, equivalent to 4.85% of the total class A preferred shares issued by Vale.
Blackrock, with registered office at 55 East 52nd Street in New York City, New York 10022-0002, USA, is a company duly organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America.
Blackrock also informed that: (i) it does not hold convertible debentures issued by Vale; (ii) it has no contract or agreement regulating the exercise of the voting rights or the purchase and sale of securities issued by Vale; and also that (iii) the purpose of the aforementioned shareholdings are strictly for investment, not aiming to change the control or the management structure of Vale.
For further information, please contact:
+55-21-3814-4540
Rogerio Nogueira: rogerio.nogueira@vale.com
Andre 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
Marcio Loures Penna: marcio.penna@vale.com
Mariano Szachtman: mariano.szachtman@vale.com
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
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Vale S.A. |
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(Registrant) |
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/s/ Rogerio T. Nogueira |
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Date: August 14, 2015 |
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Rogerio T. Nogueira |
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Director of Investor Relations |