João Caneca

Vale Overseas Ltd. engages in providing debt securities for finance entities. The company was founded on April 3, 2001 and is headquartered in George Town, Cayman Islands.

Caemi Mineração e Metalurgia SA (CAEMI) operates as a holding company in mining and iron ore processing operations in the state of Minas Gerais and exports from its sea terminal in the state of Rio de Janeiro. Through CADAM, CAEMI is active in the international market of kaolin for coated paper. CADAM's industrial facilities are located in Brazil's North Region, with an additional plant in Belgium. CAEMI also holds interests in PPSA, a Brazilian company that produces and sells high quality and performance kaolin-based pigments, particularly for the world paper and board industry. CAEMI was founded in December, 1987 and is located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

BNDES Participações SA (BNDESPAR) is the wholly-owned private equity subsidiary of the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES), a federal public company associated with the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade which aims to provide long-term financing for projects that contribute to Brazil's development. The company was founded on June 30, 1982 and is headquartered in Brasilia, Brazil.

Itaú Unibanco SA is the asset management subsidiary of Itaú Unibanco Holding SA (BVMF: ITUB4; NYSE: ITUB) in Brazil. The firm was created as Banco Itaú SA when Unibanco and Itaú merged. Headquartered in Sao Paulo, Itaú Unibanco provides a full line of banking services to individual, institutional and corporate clients.

ArcelorMittal Tubarão manufactures and distributes semi-finished steel products. Its product line includes slabs and hot rolled coils used in automotive, shipbuilding, construction and industrial applications. The company was founded in June, 1976 and is headquartered in Serra, Brazil.

Part of B3 SA-Brasil, Bolsa de Valores do Rio de Janeiro is a securities exchange. The company is based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Bolsa de Valores do Rio de Janeiro was acquired by Bolsa de Mercadorias & Futuros on May 27, 2002 for $15.89 million.

ARX Investimentos Ltda. (ARX) is the Brazilian asset management subsidiary of MBC Investments Corp., ultimately held by The Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (NYSE: BK) in the US. Formerly known as BNY Mellon ARX Investimentos Ltda., the firm was founded in 2001 by José Alberto Tovar and was acquired by BNY Mellon in 2008. Headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, ARX focuses exclusively on managing assets in Brazil for a diversified client base of high-net worth individuals, family offices, wholesale distributors, corporations and institutional clients.

Part of Kínitro Capital Gestão de Recursos de Terceiros Ltda., Itaverá Gestão de Recursos Ltda. The Brazilian company offers a long-biased fund that uses derivative strategies as an integral part of its investment policy. Itaverá Investimentos does not market or distribute investment fund quotas or any other financial assets. The investment funds do not have a guarantee of the fund administrator, the portfolio manager, any insurance mechanism, or the credit guarantee fund - FGC. The profitability obtained in the past does not represent a guarantee of future profitability. is a Rio de Janeiro-based investment management company founded in 2008.

JGP Gestão de Recursos Ltda. (JGP) is the asset management y subsidiary of JGP Participacoes Ltda. in Brazil. The firm was founded in 1998 by a group of investment professionals including André Roberto Jakurski, Arlindo Raggio Vergaças Jr. and José Carlos Carvalho. Headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, JGP manages the JGP range of funds and provides investment advisory services to sophisticated investors and high-net worth individuals. To align interests with those of their clients, the JGP partners invest in the JGP funds.

BTG Pactual Asset Management S/A DTVM (BTG Pactual-AM) is the investment management subsidiary of Banco BTG Pactual SA (BVMF: BPAC11) in Brazil. Headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, BTG Pactual-AM was founded in 2010 and provides asset management services to clients, including institutional clients, high-net worth individuals, corporations and distribution partners in Brazil and across Latin America.

SDA Gestão de Recursos Ltda. The private company is based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. and has subsidiaries in Brazil. provides investment advice to its clients. is a Brazilian investment advisory company founded in 2000.

Oceana Investimentos ACVM Ltda. (Oceana) is an independent Brazilian asset management firm which was founded by Leonardo Messer, Rodrigo Santos, Marcello Ganem and Alexandre Rezende in 2008. Headquartered in Rio De Janeiro, the firm manages funds for individual and institutional investors. Oceana is a socially responsible investor which partners with the Viva Rio Project, a non-profit organization which works to create safe and healthy communities in vulnerable territories.

Gavea Investimentos Ltda. (GIL) is an independent investment management firm headquartered in Rio de Janeiro and was founded in 2003. Formerly known as 3F Administracao De Recursos Ltda., the firm was founded in 2003 by Arminio Fraga and Luiz Henrique Fraga. In 2010, Gavea became a subsidiary of JPMorgan Asset Management, the asset management arm of J.P Morgan Chase & Co. and created a strategic alliance with Highbridge Capital Management, the global alternative asset manager owned by JPMorgan Asset Management. GIL’s activities are focused on hedge funds, private equity funds, equity funds and real estate funds.

Part of BRZ Investimentos SA, LOGZ Logística Brasil SA is a holding company based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. LOGZ Logística Brasil SA operates with interest in port terminals and logistics. The CEO of the Brazilian company is Durval José Soledade Santos.

Knijnik Engenharia Integrada SA provides engineering solutions. It develops project structures for the construction industry. The company was founded by Anibal Knijnik in 1973 and is headquartered in Brooklin, Brazil.

Athena Capital Gestão de Recursos Ltda. is a resource management company based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. and has subsidiaries in Brazil. Athena Capital was born from the desire of its partners, who are professionals with prominent passages by some of the main resource management houses in the country. The Brazilian company's main focus is on resource management. The private company was founded in 2013 by André Vainer and Carlos Lima.