EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 6 relates to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-172847) (the Registration Statement) of Vale S.A. (the Registrant), which was filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on March 15, 2011. The Registration Statement registered 20,000,000 Preferred Class A shares of the Registrants stock (Shares), to be offered pursuant to the Matching Program (the Plan).
On January 4, 2012, the Registrant filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement No. 333-172847 in order to reflect the amended terms of an additional plan cycle, the Vale Matching Program 2012 Cycle.
On November 28, 2012, the Registrant filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement No. 333-172847 in order to reflect the amended terms of an additional plan cycle, the Vale Matching Program 2013 Cycle.
On January 24, 2014, the Registrant filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to the Registration Statement No. 333-172847 in order to reflect the amended terms of an additional plan cycle, the Vale Matching Program 2014 Cycle.
On February 26, 2015, the Registrant filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a Post-Effective Amendment No. 4 to the Registration Statement No. 333-172847 in order to reflect the amended terms of an additional plan cycle, the Vale Matching Program 2015 Cycle.
On March 18, 2016, the Registrant filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a Post-Effective Amendment No. 5 to the Registration Statement No. 333-172847 in order to reflect the amended terms of an additional plan cycle, the Vale Matching Program 2016 Cycle.
The purpose of this Post-Effective Amendment No. 6 is to amend the Registration Statement to reflect the amended terms of an additional plan cycle, the Vale Matching Program 2017 Cycle (the 2017 Matching Program). Under the 2017 Matching Program, as provided for in the Plan, Shares will be offered to certain eligible employees, subject to the satisfaction of applicable vesting conditions, in connection with those employees own purchase or holding of Shares. No additional securities are being registered hereby.
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