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Vale S.A. — Board/Management Information 2012
May 2, 2012
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Board/Management Information
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Press Release
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Vale announces new Executive Director of Fertilizers and Coal
Rio de Janeiro, May 2, 2012 – Vale S.A. (Vale) informs that Roger Downey, whose appointment was approved by the Board of Directors, will take over the position of Executive Director of Fertilizer and Coal starting today. Eduardo de Salles Bartolomeo, who previously held the position, has left the company to take on new challenges in his successful career.
Roger Downey has an extensive professional experience, including: Chief Executive and Investor Relations Officer of MMX Mineração e Metálicos S.A. from 2009 to 2011, Director of Equity Research of Credit Suisse from 2005 to 2009 and Manager for Strategic Marketing of Iron Ore of Vale in 2005. Additionally, his professional experience includes positions at Rio Tinto, CAEMI and Arthur Andersen. Roger Downey holds a MBA from the University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia, and graduated in Business Administration from the Australia National Business School, Australia.
For further information, please contact: +55-21-3814-4540 Roberto Castello Branco: [email protected] Viktor Moszkowicz: [email protected] Carla Albano Miller: [email protected] Andrea Gutman: [email protected] Christian Perlingiere: [email protected] Fernando Frey: [email protected] Marcio Loures Penna: [email protected] Samantha Pons: [email protected] Thomaz Freire: [email protected]
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 and not on historical facts, 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), the French Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF), and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, and in particular the factors discussed under “Forward-Looking Statements” and “Risk Factors” in Vale’s annual report on Form 20-F.