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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

 

April 2019

 

Vale S.A.

 

Praia de Botafogo nº 186, 18º andar, Botafogo
22250-145 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

(Address of principal executive office)

 

(Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.)

 

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Vale informs the appointment of its CEO

 

Rio de Janeiro, April 29th, 2019 - Vale S.A. (Vale) informs that, after a Board of Directors meeting held today, Eduardo Bartolomeo was confirmed as Vale’s CEO.

 

Eduardo Bartolomeo was appointed by Vale’s Board of Directors from a list prepared by Spencer Stuart, an international recruiting company, in accordance with Vale´s governance.

 

Eduardo Bartolomeo is a senior executive with 10 years of experience in Vale, having previously held the position of Executive Director of Logistics, Integrated Operations of Bulk Commodities and most recently as Executive Director of Base Metals in Canada. He was also a member of Vale’s Board of Directors and Financial Committee between 2016 and 2017.

 

He worked at Ambev from 1994 to 2003, having served in executive positions, the last one being Operations Director. He has also experience as Chief Executive Officer and Board Member in other companies.

 

Fabio Schvartsman remains with the company as an Executive Director on a leave from office with all his responsibilities reassigned, as informed in the Press Release published in March 2nd, 2019.

 

For further information, please contact:

 

+55-21-3485-3900

Andre Figueiredo: andre.figueiredo@vale.com

Andre Werner: andre.werner@vale.com

Fernando Mascarenhas: fernando.mascarenhas@vale.com

Samir Bassil: samir.bassil@vale.com

Bruno Siqueira: bruno.siqueira@vale.com

Clarissa Couri: clarissa.couri@vale.com

Julio Molina: julio.molina@vale.com

Luiza Caetano: luiza.caetano@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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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.

 

 

Vale S.A.

 

(Registrant)

 

 

 

By:

/s/ André Figueiredo

Date: April 29, 2019

 

Director of Investor Relations

 

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