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

March 2010

Vale S.A.

Avenida Graça Aranha, No. 26
20030-900 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
(Address of principal executive office)

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Press Release

BOARD OF DIRECTOR’S REPORT ON PROPOSAL FOR THE DESTINATION OF
EARNINGS FROM THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2009

The Board of Directors of Vale S.A. (“Vale”), after conducting the analysis of the Executive Officer Board’s proposal for the destination of profits earned in the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009, is favorable to the submission of such proposal to the shareholders resolution at the Ordinary General Shareholder Meeting to be held in April, 2010.

Rio de Janeiro, February 10,2010.

Jorge Luiz Pacheco		José Ricardo Sasseron
Director		Director
Renato da Cruz Gomes		Sandro Kohler Marcondes
Director		Director
Oscar Augusto de Camargo Filho		Eduardo Fernando Jardim Pinto
Director		Director
Francisco Augusto de Costa e Silva		Hajime Tonoki
Director		Director

Paulo Sérgio Moreira da Fonseca
Director

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.