<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>sv8</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
<!-- PAGEBREAK -->
<H5 align="left" style="page-break-before:always"><A HREF="#toc">Table of Contents</A></H5><P>
<DIV style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February&nbsp;5, 2010</DIV>

<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 2pt solid black; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1pt solid black; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>




<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B><!-- xbrl,dc -->WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549<!-- /xbrl,dc --></B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B><DIV align="center"><DIV style="font-size: 3pt; margin-top: 16pt; width: 26%; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV></DIV></B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Vale S.A.</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><DIV align="center"><DIV style="font-size: 3pt; margin-top: 16pt; width: 26%; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV></DIV></DIV>

<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
<!-- Begin Table Head -->
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="47%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="47%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<!-- End Table Head -->
<!-- Begin Table Body -->
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>The Federative Republic of Brazil</B>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Not Applicable</B></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">organization)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<!-- End Table Body -->
</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Avenida Gra&#231;a Aranha, No.&nbsp;26<BR>
20030-900 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><DIV align="center"><DIV style="font-size: 3pt; margin-top: 16pt; width: 26%; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV></DIV></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Matching Program</B><BR>
(Full Title of the plan)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Rio Doce America, Inc.<BR>
800 Third Avenue, 24th floor<BR>
New York, NY 10022</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt"><B>(212)&nbsp;589-9800</B><BR>
(Name, address and telephone Number, including area code, of agent for service)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><DIV align="center"><DIV style="font-size: 3pt; margin-top: 16pt; width: 26%; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV></DIV></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>with copies to:</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Nicolas Grabar<BR>
Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen &#038; Hamilton<BR>
One Liberty Plaza<BR>
New York, NY 10006<BR>
(212)&nbsp;225-2000</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><DIV align="center"><DIV style="font-size: 3pt; margin-top: 16pt; width: 26%; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV></DIV></DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated
filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange Act
</DIV>

<DIV align=center>
<TABLE style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0>

  <TR style="FONT-SIZE: 6pt">
    <TD width="10%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="10%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="10%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="10%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>

  <TR vAlign=top>
    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left>Large accelerated filer <FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=center>Accelerated filer <FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>
</TD>
    <TD align=center>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD noWrap align=center>Non-accelerated filer <FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT><BR>(Do not check if a smaller reporting
company)</TD>
    <TD align=center>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=center>Smaller reporting company <FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><DIV align="center"><DIV style="font-size: 3pt; margin-top: 16pt; width: 26%; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV></DIV></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
<!-- Begin Table Head -->
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="32%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD><!-- VRule -->
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="6%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="6%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD><!-- VRule -->
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD><!-- VRule -->
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="8%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="8%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD><!-- VRule -->
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="6%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="6%">&nbsp;</TD>

    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR style="font-size: 1px" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" colspan="23" style="border-bottom: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>

    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Proposed maximum</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Proposed maximum</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Amount of</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>

    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title of securities</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Amount to be</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>offering price per</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>aggregate offering</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>registration</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>

    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>to be registered</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>registered (2)</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>share (3)</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>price</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>fee</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<!-- End Table Head -->
<!-- Begin Table Body -->
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Preferred Class&nbsp;A
shares of Vale
S.A.(1)</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">2,000,000</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">23.88</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">47,760,000</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">3,405.29</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" colspan="23" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<!-- End Table Body -->
</TABLE>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left">
<DIV style="font-size: 3pt; margin-top: 3pt; width: 18%; border-top: 0px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV>

<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
<TR>
    <TD width="3%"></TD>
    <TD width="1%"></TD>
    <TD width="96"></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>American Depositary Shares issuable upon the deposit of the Preferred Class&nbsp;A shares
registered hereby have been or will be registered under a separate registration
statement on Form F-6. Each American Depositary Share will represent one Preferred
Class&nbsp;A share of Vale S.A (a &#147;<U>preferred ADS</U>&#148;).</TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 3pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Such indeterminable number of Preferred Class&nbsp;A shares as may be necessary for the
Matching Program as a result of stock splits, stock dividends or similar adjustments of
the outstanding Preferred Class&nbsp;A shares of Vale S.A. are also registered hereby.</TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 3pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Estimated solely for the purposes of calculation of the registration fee in accordance
with Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on the basis of the
average of the high and low reported prices of a preferred ADS (defined above) as
reported on the New York Stock Exchange on February&nbsp;2, 2010.</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>



<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1pt solid black; margin-top: 10pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 2pt solid black; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>







<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><!-- Folio -->&nbsp;<!-- /Folio -->
</DIV>

<!-- PAGEBREAK -->
<P><HR noshade><P>

<DIV style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">



<!-- TOC -->
<A name="toc"><DIV align="CENTER" style="page-break-before:always"><U><B>TABLE OF CONTENTS</B></U></DIV></A>

<P><CENTER>
<TABLE border="0" width="90%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<TR>
	<TD width="3%"></TD>
	<TD width="3%"></TD>
	<TD width="3%"></TD>
	<TD width="3%"></TD>
	<TD width="3%"></TD>
	<TD width="3%"></TD>
	<TD width="3%"></TD>
	<TD width="3%"></TD>
	<TD width="76%"></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART I</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#001">Item&nbsp;1. Plan Information</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#003">PART&nbsp;II</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#004">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006">Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007">Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#008">Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#009">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#010">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#011">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#012">EXHIBIT INDEX</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="y81970exv4w3.htm">EX-4.3</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="y81970exv23w1.htm">EX-23.1</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="y81970exv23w2.htm">EX-23.2</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="y81970exv23w3.htm">EX-23.3</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="y81970exv23w4.htm">EX-23.4</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="y81970exv23w5.htm">EX-23.5</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="y81970exv23w6.htm">EX-23.6</A></TD></TR>
</TABLE>
</CENTER>
<!-- /TOC -->
<P><HR noshade><P>
<H5 align="left" style="page-break-before:always"><A HREF="#toc">Table of Contents</A></H5><P>



<!-- link1 "PART I" -->
<DIV align="left"><A NAME="000"></A></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART I</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>
</DIV>
<!-- link2 "Item&nbsp;1. Plan Information" -->
<DIV align="left"><A NAME="001"></A></DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;1. Plan Information.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not filed as part of this Registration Statement pursuant to Note to Part&nbsp;1 of Form S-8.
</DIV>
<!-- link2 "Item&nbsp;2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information" -->
<DIV align="left"><A NAME="002"></A></DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not filed as part of this Registration Statement pursuant to Note to Part&nbsp;1 of Form S-8.
</DIV>

<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><!-- Folio -->&nbsp;<!-- /Folio -->
</DIV>

<!-- PAGEBREAK -->
<P><HR noshade><P>
<H5 align="left" style="page-break-before:always"><A HREF="#toc">Table of Contents</A></H5><P>

<DIV style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">
<!-- link1 "PART&nbsp;II" -->
<DIV align="left"><A NAME="003"></A></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART II</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
</DIV>
<!-- link2 "Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference" -->
<DIV align="left"><A NAME="004"></A></DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents, which previously have been filed by Vale S.A. (&#147;<U>Vale</U>&#148;) with
the Commission, are incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;Vale&#146;s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2008, filed with
the Commission on April&nbsp;28, 2009 (File No.&nbsp;001-15030);
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;Vale&#146;s report on Form 6-K furnished to the SEC on July&nbsp;6, 2009 (File No.&nbsp;001-15030)
containing our (i)&nbsp;revised selected financial data, and (ii)&nbsp;revised audited consolidated financial
statements as of December&nbsp;31, 2008 and 2007 and for the years ended December&nbsp;31, 2008, 2007 and
2006; and all other reports filed by Vale pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;<U>Exchange Act</U>&#148;) since December&nbsp;31, 2008;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;The description of Vale&#146;s Preferred Class&nbsp;A shares contained in its annual report on Form
20-F for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2008.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All reports and other documents filed by Vale pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d)
of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing
of a post-effective amendment hereto indicating that all securities offered hereunder have been
sold or deregistering all securities remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such
documents.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;For purposes of this Registration Statement, any document or any statement contained in a
document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed to be
modified or superseded to the extent that a subsequently filed document or a statement contained
herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated
herein by reference modifies or supersedes such document or such statement in such document. Any
statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
</DIV>
<!-- link2 "Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities" -->
<DIV align="left"><A NAME="005"></A></DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
</DIV>
<!-- link2 "Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel" -->
<DIV align="left"><A NAME="006"></A></DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
</DIV>
<!-- link2 "Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers" -->
<DIV align="left"><A NAME="007"></A></DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Neither the laws of Brazil nor Vale&#146;s bylaws or other constitutive documents provide for
indemnification of directors and officers. Under the Brazilian Civil Code, a person engaged in an
illegal action must indemnify any third person that incurred losses or damages arising from such
illegal action.
</DIV>

<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><!-- Folio -->&nbsp;<!-- /Folio -->
</DIV>

<!-- PAGEBREAK -->
<P><HR noshade><P>
<H5 align="left" style="page-break-before:always"><A HREF="#toc">Table of Contents</A></H5><P>

<DIV style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Vale maintains standard policies of insurance under which coverage is provided (a)&nbsp;to its
directors and officers against loss arising from claims made by reason of breach of duty or other
wrongful act, and (b)&nbsp;to Vale itself with respect to payments which may be made by Vale to such
officers and directors pursuant to the above indemnification provision or otherwise as a matter of
law.
</DIV>

<!-- link2 "Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed" -->
<DIV align="left"><A NAME="008"></A></DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
</DIV>
<!-- link2 "Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits" -->
<DIV align="left"><A NAME="009"></A></DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents are filed with or incorporated by reference hereto.
</DIV>
<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
<!-- Begin Table Head -->
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="92%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Exhibit number</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Document</B></TD>
</TR>

<!-- End Table Head -->
<!-- Begin Table Body -->
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Bylaws of Vale S.A. as amended at the shareholder
meeting held on May&nbsp;22, 2009, incorporated by
reference to our reports on Form&nbsp;6-K furnished to the
SEC on September&nbsp;4, 2007 and May&nbsp;26, 2009.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Matching Program</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Mr.&nbsp;Colin Coxhead</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of SRK Consulting</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of MB Mining Consultants</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Hoskings Resource Management</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.6
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Snowden Mining Industry Consultants Pty Ltd</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included on signature pages)</TD>
</TR>
<!-- End Table Body -->
</TABLE>
</DIV>

<!-- link2 "Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings" -->
<DIV align="left"><A NAME="010"></A></DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(a)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Vale hereby undertakes:</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 10%">(i)&nbsp;To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities
Act;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 10%">(ii)&nbsp;To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental
change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement;
</DIV>

<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><!-- Folio -->&nbsp;<!-- /Folio -->
</DIV>

<!-- PAGEBREAK -->
<P><HR noshade><P>
<H5 align="left" style="page-break-before:always"><A HREF="#toc">Table of Contents</A></H5><P>

<DIV style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">




<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 10%">(iii)&nbsp;To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any
material change to such information in the Registration Statement;
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by Vale pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 6%">(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act,
each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering
thereof.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 6%">(3)&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">(b)&nbsp;Vale hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each filing of Vale&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of
the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of the employee benefit plan&#146;s annual
report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in
the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to
the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">(h)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of Vale pursuant to the foregoing
provisions, or otherwise, Vale has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than the payment by Vale of expenses incurred or paid by a director,
officer or controlling person of Vale in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with
the securities being registered, Vale will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
</DIV>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><!-- Folio -->&nbsp;<!-- /Folio -->
</DIV>



<!-- PAGEBREAK -->
<P><HR noshade><P>
<H5 align="left" style="page-break-before:always"><A HREF="#toc">Table of Contents</A></H5><P>
<DIV style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">

<!-- link1 "SIGNATURES" -->
<DIV align="left"><A NAME="011"></A></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, Vale certifies that it has reasonable
grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused
this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil on February 4, 2010.
</DIV>
<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
<!-- Begin Table Head -->
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="12%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<!-- End Table Head -->
<!-- Begin Table Body -->
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left"><B>VALE S.A.</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">By:</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Roger Agnelli</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Name:
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Roger Agnelli
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Title:
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief Executive Officer</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">By:</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Fabio de Oliveira Barbosa</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Name:
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Fabio de Oliveira Barbosa
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Title:
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief Financial Officer and</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Principal Accounting Officer</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<!-- End Table Body -->
</TABLE>
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS</B>, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints Mr.&nbsp;Roger Agnelli and Mr.&nbsp;Fabio de Oliveira Barbosa, and each of them, his true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in
his name, place and stead, in capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to this registration statement and all additional registration statements pursuant to
Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto, and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto each said attorney-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and
perform each and every act in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents or either of them or their or his substitute or substitutes may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration
statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
</DIV>
<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
<!-- Begin Table Head -->
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="24%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>SIGNATURE</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>TITLE</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>DATE</B></TD>
</TR>

<!-- End Table Head -->
<!-- Begin Table Body -->
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;<BR>/s/ Roger Agnelli
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Roger Agnelli</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
Chief Executive Officer
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">February 4, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;<BR>/s/ Fabio de Oliveira Barbosa
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Fabio de Oliveira Barbosa</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
<BR style="font-size: 6pt">Chief Financial Officer and
Principal Accounting Officer
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">February 4, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Rio Doce America, Inc.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
Authorized Representative of Vale
S.A. in the United States
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">February 4, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<!-- End Table Body -->
</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
<!-- Begin Table Head -->
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="33%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="64%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<!-- End Table Head -->
<!-- Begin Table Body -->
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">By:</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Wanda Kranjc Alves</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Wanda Kranjc Alves
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<!-- End Table Body -->
</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
<!-- Begin Table Head -->
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="24%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<!-- End Table Head -->
<!-- Begin Table Body -->
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;<BR>/s/ S&#233;rgio Ricardo Silva Rosa
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">
&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">February 4, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">S&#233;rgio Ricardo Silva Rosa</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
Chairman of the Board of Directors</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<!-- End Table Body -->
</TABLE>
</DIV>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><!-- Folio -->&nbsp;<!-- /Folio -->
</DIV>

<!-- PAGEBREAK -->
<P><HR noshade><P>
<H5 align="left" style="page-break-before:always"><A HREF="#toc">Table of Contents</A></H5><P>

<DIV style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">

<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
<!-- Begin Table Head -->
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="24%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<!-- End Table Head -->
<!-- Begin Table Body -->
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
M&#225;rio da Silveira Teixeira J&#250;nior</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
&nbsp;
Vice-Chairman
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;<BR>/s/
Jos&#233; Ricardo Sasseron
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Jos&#233; Ricardo Sasseron</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
&nbsp;
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">February 4, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;<BR>/s/ Jorge Luiz Pacheco
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Jorge Luiz Pacheco</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
&nbsp;
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">February 4, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;<BR>/s/ Sandro Kohler Marcondes
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Sandro Kohler Marcondes</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
&nbsp;
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">February 4, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;<BR>/s/ Renato da Cruz Gomes
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Renato da Cruz Gomes</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
&nbsp;
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">February 4, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Ken Abe</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
&nbsp;
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;<BR>/s/ Oscar Augusto de Camargo Filho
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Oscar Augusto de Camargo Filho</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
&nbsp;
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">February 4, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Luciano Galv&#227;o Coutinho</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
&nbsp;
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Eduardo Fernando Jardim Pinto</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
&nbsp;
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Francisco Augusto da Costa e Silva</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
&nbsp;
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"></TD>
</TR>
<!-- End Table Body -->
</TABLE>
</DIV>




<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><!-- Folio -->&nbsp;<!-- /Folio -->
</DIV>

<!-- PAGEBREAK -->
<P><HR noshade><P>
<H5 align="left" style="page-break-before:always"><A HREF="#toc">Table of Contents</A></H5><P>

<DIV style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">
<!-- link1 "EXHIBIT INDEX" -->
<DIV align="left"><A NAME="012"></A></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>EXHIBIT INDEX</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
<!-- Begin Table Head -->
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="94%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Exhibit number</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Document</B></TD>
</TR>

<!-- End Table Head -->
<!-- Begin Table Body -->
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Bylaws of Vale S.A. as amended at the shareholder
meeting held on May&nbsp;22, 2009, incorporated by
reference to our reports on Form&nbsp;6-K furnished to the
SEC on September&nbsp;4, 2007 and May&nbsp;26, 2009.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Matching Program</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Mr.&nbsp;Colin Coxhead</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of SRK Consulting</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of MB Mining Consultants</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Hoskings Resource Management</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.6
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Snowden Mining Industry Consultants Pty Ltd</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included on signature pages)</TD>
</TR>
<!-- End Table Body -->
</TABLE>
</DIV>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><!-- Folio -->&nbsp;<!-- /Folio -->
</DIV>



</BODY>
</HTML>
[{"type": "S-8", "sequence": "1", "filename": "y81970sv8.htm", "description": "FORM S-8", "secsgml_size_bytes": 52766}]
{"company-data": {"conformed-name": "Vale S.A.", "cik": "0000917851", "assigned-sic": "1000", "irs-number": "000000000", "fiscal-year-end": "1231"}, "filing-values": {"form-type": "S-8", "act": "33", "file-number": "333-164748", "film-number": "10578028"}, "business-address": {"street1": "AVENIDA GRACA ARANHA #26", "city": "RIO DE JANEIRO", "state": "D5", "zip": "20005-900", "phone": "552138144540"}, "mail-address": {"street1": "AVENIDA GRACA ARANHA #26", "city": "RIO DE JANEIRO", "state": "D5", "zip": "20005-900"}, "former-company": [{"former-conformed-name": "Companhia Vale do Rio Doce", "date-changed": "20051108"}, {"former-conformed-name": "VALLEY OF THE RIO DOCE CO", "date-changed": "20020129"}, {"former-conformed-name": "VALLEY OF THE DOCE RIVER CO", "date-changed": "19950602"}]}
sv8
Table of Contents
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 5, 2010
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Vale S.A.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
The Federative Republic of Brazil
Not Applicable
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
organization)
Avenida Graça Aranha, No. 26
20030-900 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Matching Program
(Full Title of the plan)
Rio Doce America, Inc.
800 Third Avenue, 24th floor
New York, NY 10022
(212) 589-9800
(Name, address and telephone Number, including area code, of agent for service)
with copies to:
Nicolas Grabar
Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton
One Liberty Plaza
New York, NY 10006
(212) 225-2000
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated
filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act
Large accelerated filer
þ
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting
company)
Smaller reporting company
o
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed maximum
Proposed maximum
Amount of
Title of securities
Amount to be
offering price per
aggregate offering
registration
to be registered
registered (2)
share (3)
price
fee
Preferred Class A
shares of Vale
S.A.(1)
2,000,000
$
23.88
$
47,760,000
$
3,405.29
(1)
American Depositary Shares issuable upon the deposit of the Preferred Class A shares
registered hereby have been or will be registered under a separate registration
statement on Form F-6. Each American Depositary Share will represent one Preferred
Class A share of Vale S.A (a "
preferred ADS
").
(2)
Such indeterminable number of Preferred Class A shares as may be necessary for the
Matching Program as a result of stock splits, stock dividends or similar adjustments of
the outstanding Preferred Class A shares of Vale S.A. are also registered hereby.
(3)
Estimated solely for the purposes of calculation of the registration fee in accordance
with Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on the basis of the
average of the high and low reported prices of a preferred ADS (defined above) as
reported on the New York Stock Exchange on February 2, 2010.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I
Item 1. Plan Information
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information
PART II
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Item 4. Description of Securities
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Item 8. Exhibits
Item 9. Undertakings
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
EX-4.3
EX-23.1
EX-23.2
EX-23.3
EX-23.4
EX-23.5
EX-23.6
Table of Contents
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1. Plan Information.
Not filed as part of this Registration Statement pursuant to Note to Part 1 of Form S-8.
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.
Not filed as part of this Registration Statement pursuant to Note to Part 1 of Form S-8.
Table of Contents
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents, which previously have been filed by Vale S.A. ("
Vale
") with
the Commission, are incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof:
(a) Vale's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008, filed with
the Commission on April 28, 2009 (File No. 001-15030);
(b) Vale's report on Form 6-K furnished to the SEC on July 6, 2009 (File No. 001-15030)
containing our (i) revised selected financial data, and (ii) revised audited consolidated financial
statements as of December 31, 2008 and 2007 and for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and
2006; and all other reports filed by Vale pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "
Exchange Act
") since December 31, 2008;
(c) The description of Vale's Preferred Class A shares contained in its annual report on Form
20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008.
All reports and other documents filed by Vale pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d)
of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing
of a post-effective amendment hereto indicating that all securities offered hereunder have been
sold or deregistering all securities remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such
documents.
For purposes of this Registration Statement, any document or any statement contained in a
document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed to be
modified or superseded to the extent that a subsequently filed document or a statement contained
herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated
herein by reference modifies or supersedes such document or such statement in such document. Any
statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Neither the laws of Brazil nor Vale's bylaws or other constitutive documents provide for
indemnification of directors and officers. Under the Brazilian Civil Code, a person engaged in an
illegal action must indemnify any third person that incurred losses or damages arising from such
illegal action.
Table of Contents
Vale maintains standard policies of insurance under which coverage is provided (a) to its
directors and officers against loss arising from claims made by reason of breach of duty or other
wrongful act, and (b) to Vale itself with respect to payments which may be made by Vale to such
officers and directors pursuant to the above indemnification provision or otherwise as a matter of
law.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
The following documents are filed with or incorporated by reference hereto.
Exhibit number
Document
4.1
Bylaws of Vale S.A. as amended at the shareholder
meeting held on May 22, 2009, incorporated by
reference to our reports on Form 6-K furnished to the
SEC on September 4, 2007 and May 26, 2009.
4.3
Matching Program
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers
23.2
Consent of Mr. Colin Coxhead
23.3
Consent of SRK Consulting
23.4
Consent of MB Mining Consultants
23.5
Consent of Hoskings Resource Management
23.6
Consent of Snowden Mining Industry Consultants Pty Ltd
24
Power of Attorney (included on signature pages)
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a)
Vale hereby undertakes:
(1)
To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities
Act;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental
change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement;
Table of Contents
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any
material change to such information in the Registration Statement;
provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by Vale pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act,
each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering
thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) Vale hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each filing of Vale's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of
the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of the employee benefit plan's annual
report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in
the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to
the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(h) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of Vale pursuant to the foregoing
provisions, or otherwise, Vale has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than the payment by Vale of expenses incurred or paid by a director,
officer or controlling person of Vale in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with
the securities being registered, Vale will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
Table of Contents
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, Vale certifies that it has reasonable
grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused
this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil on February 4, 2010.
VALE S.A.
By:
/s/ Roger Agnelli
Name:
Roger Agnelli
Title:
Chief Executive Officer
By:
/s/ Fabio de Oliveira Barbosa
Name:
Fabio de Oliveira Barbosa
Title:
Chief Financial Officer and
Principal Accounting Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS
, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints Mr. Roger Agnelli and Mr. Fabio de Oliveira Barbosa, and each of them, his true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in
his name, place and stead, in capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to this registration statement and all additional registration statements pursuant to
Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto, and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto each said attorney-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and
perform each and every act in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents or either of them or their or his substitute or substitutes may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration
statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURE
TITLE
DATE
/s/ Roger Agnelli
Roger Agnelli
Chief Executive Officer
February 4, 2010
/s/ Fabio de Oliveira Barbosa
Fabio de Oliveira Barbosa
Chief Financial Officer and
Principal Accounting Officer
February 4, 2010
Rio Doce America, Inc.
Authorized Representative of Vale
S.A. in the United States
February 4, 2010
By:
/s/ Wanda Kranjc Alves
Wanda Kranjc Alves
/s/ Sérgio Ricardo Silva Rosa
February 4, 2010
Sérgio Ricardo Silva Rosa
Chairman of the Board of Directors
Table of Contents
Mário da Silveira Teixeira Júnior
Vice-Chairman
/s/
José Ricardo Sasseron
José Ricardo Sasseron
Director
February 4, 2010
/s/ Jorge Luiz Pacheco
Jorge Luiz Pacheco
Director
February 4, 2010
/s/ Sandro Kohler Marcondes
Sandro Kohler Marcondes
Director
February 4, 2010
/s/ Renato da Cruz Gomes
Renato da Cruz Gomes
Director
February 4, 2010
Ken Abe
Director
/s/ Oscar Augusto de Camargo Filho
Oscar Augusto de Camargo Filho
Director
February 4, 2010
Luciano Galvão Coutinho
Director
Eduardo Fernando Jardim Pinto
Director
Francisco Augusto da Costa e Silva
Director
Table of Contents
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit number
Document
4.1
Bylaws of Vale S.A. as amended at the shareholder
meeting held on May 22, 2009, incorporated by
reference to our reports on Form 6-K furnished to the
SEC on September 4, 2007 and May 26, 2009.
4.3
Matching Program
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers
23.2
Consent of Mr. Colin Coxhead
23.3
Consent of SRK Consulting
23.4
Consent of MB Mining Consultants
23.5
Consent of Hoskings Resource Management
23.6
Consent of Snowden Mining Industry Consultants Pty Ltd
24
Power of Attorney (included on signature pages)