VALE : S.A. : Vale updates Code of Ethics

Rio de Janeiro, January 22, 2014 - Vale S.A. (Vale) informs that it has updated its Code of Ethics and Conduct in order to achieve greater alignment with our mission, vision and values, further raising our ethical standards while reinforcing aspects of anti-corruption and competition laws.

The document is available at our website, www.vale.com:
http://www.vale.com/, investors section.

 

 

 

 

For further information, please contact:

[phone]

Rogerio Nogueira: [e-mail]

Viktor Moszkowicz: [e-mail]

Carla Albano Miller: [e-mail]

Andrea Gutman: [e-mail]:
mailto:[e-mail]

Marcelo Bonança Correa: [e-mail]

Marcelo Lobato: [e-mail]

Marcio Loures Penna: [e-mail]

Samantha Pons: [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.

 

Vale updates Code of Ethics:
http://hugin.info/144918/R/1756388/593143.pdf

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