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
December
2017
Vale S.A.
Avenida das
Américas, No. 700 – Bloco 8, Sala 218
22640-100 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.)
(Check
One) Form 20-F ☒
Form 40-F ☐
(Indicate by check
mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in
paper as permitted by
Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1))
(Check
One) Yes ☐
No
☒
(Indicate by check
mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in
paper as permitted by
Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7))
(Check
One) Yes ☐
No
☒
(Indicate by check
mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained
in this Form is also thereby furnishing information to the
Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934.)
(Check
One) Yes ☐
No
☒
(If
“Yes” is marked, indicate below the file number
assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b).
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Press Release
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EXCERPT OF THE MINUTES OF THE
ORDINARY BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
On
December 14th, 2017, at 09:30am,
met, ordinarily, at Rua
Almirante Guilhem, 378, 7º floor, Rio de Janeiro, RJ,
the effective members Messrs.
Gueitiro Matsuo Genso – Chairman, Fernando Jorge Buso Gomes
– Vice-Chairman, Dan Conrado, Eduardo de Salles Bartolomeo,
Eduardo Refinetti Guardia, Denise
Pauli Pavarina, Isabella Saboya de Albuquerque, Lucio
Azevedo, Marcel Juviniano Barros, Oscar Augusto de Camargo Filho
and Sandra Maria Guerra de Azevedo, and the alternate, acting and
effective member, Mr. Yoshitomo
Nishimitsu. Mr. Luiz Gustavo Gouvêa, Secretary of
Governance of Vale S.A. (“Vale”), acted as
Secretary. Accordingly,
the following matter was unanimously resolved: “JCP 2017 – (…) the Board of
Directors approved, with assents of the Financial Committee and
Fiscal Council, as mentioned by the member of the Fiscal Council
Mr. Marcus Vinicius Dias Severini, who attended the meeting
according to article 163 § 3º of the Brazilian Corporate
Law 6.404/76, the payment in advance of shareholder’s
compensation to be made on March 15, 2018, in the total gross
amount of R$2,182,466,504.13, to be paid as interest in
shareholders' equity, related to the anticipation of the
Company’s result for the year 2017, equivalent to the total
gross amount of R$0,419912462 per outstanding common share and per
special class preferred share issued by Vale, those aggregate
values are subject to withholding income tax at the current
applicable rate. The remuneration will be paid based on net profits
according the balance sheet as of September 30, 2017. All
shareholders who hold Vale’s shares at the record dates will
have the right to receive the remuneration. The record date for the
owners of shares traded on the B3 S.A. – Brasil, Bolsa,
Balcão (“B3”) in December 21, 2017 and the record
date for the holders of American Depositary Receipts
(“ADRs”) traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)
and Euronext Paris is December 22, 2017. Vale shares and ADRs will
be traded ex-dividend on B3, NYSE and Euronext Paris as of December
22, 2017. (…). ” I hereby
attest that the item above was excerpted from the Minutes taken
from the Registry of the Minutes of the Board of Directors Meetings
of the Company.
Rio de
Janeiro, 14th December,
2017.
Luiz Gustavo Gouvêa
Secretary
Signatures
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.
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Vale
S.A.
(Registrant)
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Date
December 14,
2017
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By:
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/s/
André
Figueiredo
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Director of
Investor Relations
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