OREANDA-NEWS. October 18, 2012. Vale informs that its Board of Directors approved today the payment of the second installment of the 2012 minimum dividend of USD 3.0 billion (BRL 6,114,600,000.00), equivalent to USD 0.582142779 (BRL 1.186523412) per outstanding common or preferred share (5,153,374,926).

Form of payment

Payment of the additional dividend will be made as follows:

1. Distribution of BRL 6,114,600,000.00 equivalent to BRL 1.186523412 per outstanding common or preferred share, in the form of dividend, based on the number of shares on October 15, 2012 (5,153,374,926), being BRL 2,710,000,000.00 in the form of interest on capital and BRL 3,404,600,000.00 in the form of dividends, equivalent to, per share, USD 0.258006563 (BRL 0.525868977) as interest on capital and USD 0.324136216 (BRL 0.660654435) as dividends.

The values were obtained from the conversion of the US dollar value into Brazilian reais using the exchange rate for the sale of US dollar (Ptax - option 5 code), as informed by the Central Bank of Brazil on October 15, 2012, of BRL 2,0382 per US dollar, as announced on January 16, 2012 and October 1st, 2012.

2. The payment will be made from October 31, 2012 onwards. The holders of American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) and Hong Kong Depositary Receipts (HDRs) will receive the payment through JP Morgan, the depositary agent for the ADRs and HDRs, on November 7 and 8, 2012, respectively.

3. All shareholders on these respective record dates will have the right to the dividend payment. The record date for the owners of shares traded on the BM&F Bovespa is October 16, 2012. The record date for the holders of ADRs traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and Euronext Paris is October 19, 2012 and for the holders of HDRs traded on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEx) is at the close of business in Hong Kong on October 19, 2012.

4. Vale shares will start trading ex-dividend on BM&F Bovespa, NYSE and Euronext Paris as of October 17, 2012, and on HKEx as of October 18, 2012.