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Vale S.A. — Major Shareholding Notification 2015
Apr 22, 2015
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Major Shareholding Notification
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VALE
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Vale informs acquisition of relevant shareholding ownership
Rio de Janeiro, April 1, 2015 – Vale S.A. (Vale) informs, pursuant to §6th of Article 12 of Ruling 358/02 issued by the Brazilian Securities Commission (CVM), as subsequently amended, that Capital Research Global Investors (CRGI) announced the acquisition of 4,978,215 preferred class “A” shares issued by Vale on March 19, 2015, through stock exchange operations, increasing CRGI’s managed portfolio position in Vale’s shares and reaching a holding of 104,789,385 in class “A” shares issued by Vale, equivalent to 5.17% of this class of shares.
CRGI is an independent investment division of Capital Research and Management Company, a company founded and operating under the laws of the United States of America, headquartered at 333, South Hope Street, Los Angeles, California 90071, USA.
In addition to the shareholding managed by CRGI, two of its affiliated companies also have holdings in Vale: Capital World Investors and Capital Group International, Inc. Capital World Investors, as an independent investment division of Capital Research and Management Company, manages 10,337,000 class “A” preferred shares issued by Vale, corresponding to 0.51% of this class of shares. Capital Group International, Inc., which belongs to the same group as CRGI, as a holding for investment companies abroad, manages 49,134,700 class “A” preferred shares issued by Vale, corresponding to 2.42% of this class of share.
CRGI also informed that: (i) neither CRGI nor any person associated with it holds, either directly or indirectly, convertible debentures issued by Vale; and also that (ii) it has no contract or agreement regulating the exercise of the voting rights or the purchase and sale of securities issued by Vale.
For further information, please contact: +55-21-3814-4540 Rogerio Nogueira: [email protected] Andre Figueiredo: [email protected] Carla Albano Miller: [email protected] Fernando Mascarenhas: [email protected] Andrea Gutman: [email protected] Bruno Siqueira: [email protected] Claudia Rodrigues: [email protected] Marcio Loures Penna: [email protected] Mariano Szachtman: [email protected]