Vale : announces dates for reporting of 3Q14 performance

Rio de Janeiro, October 7, 2014 - Vale S.A. (Vale) will release its 3Q14 financial performance report on October 30, Thursday, 2014, at 6:00 a.m. Rio de Janeiro time (4:00 a.m. in New York), and its production report on October 23, 2014, Thursday, before the opening of the market.

In the case of Hong Kong, given the different time zones, the financial performance report will be released on Thursday, October 30, at 4:00 p.m., and the production report on October 23, 2014, after the markets closure. 

Vale will simultaneously release consolidated financial statements in USD and BRL, in accordance with IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards).

Dial in to conference calls/webcasts:

In Portuguese:

Participants from Brazil: (55 11) 3193-1001 or (55 11) 2820-4001

Participants from the US: (1 888) 700-0802

Participants from other countries: (1 786) 924-6977

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In English

Participants from Brazil: (55 11) 3193-1001 or (55 11) 2820-4001

Participants from the US: (1 866) 262-4553

Participants from other countries: (1 412) 317-6029

Access code: VALE

For further information, please contact: [phone] Rogério T. Nogueira: [e-mail] Andre Figueiredo: [e-mail] Carla Albano Miller: [e-mail] Andrea Gutman: [e-mail] Claudia Rodrigues: [e-mail] Marcelo Bonança Correa: [e-mail] Marcelo Lobato: [e-mail] Marcio Loures Penna: [e-mail] 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.

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