Usiminas Belo Horizonte

Rua Prof. Jos Vieira de Mendona, 3011

31310-260 Belo Horizonte MG
T 55 31 3499-8000
F 55 31 3499-8899
www.usiminas.com

USINAS SIDERRGICAS DE MINAS GERAIS S.A. - USIMINAS

CNPJ/MF 60.894.730/0001-05
NIRE 313.000.1360-0
Publicly Traded Company
MATERIAL FACT
Usinas Siderrgicas de Minas Gerais S.A. USIMINAS (Usiminas or Company), by
its Vice President of Finance and Investors Relations undersigned and pursuant to the terms
of 4 of article 157 of Law n 6.404/1976 and CVM Instruction n 358/2002, hereby
informs its shareholders and the public in general that its Board of Officers, at a meeting
held on October 28th, 2015, decided to temporarily interrupt the activities of the primary
areas of the Cubato/SP Plant. The deactivation process will be gradual and will involve
sinter and coke plants, blast furnaces (one of which had already paralyzed its activities
since May 2015) and steelworks, as well as all the activities associated with such
equipments.
Such

adjustment

intends

to

reposition

Usiminas

into

new

level

of

scale

and

competitiveness before an economic context of progressive deterioration of the steel

market.
In this scenario, the Cubato Plant will cease to produce slabs, but its hot and cold rolling
lines will remain active, as well as the activities related to its port terminal. The heavy
plates rolling line will remain temporarily suspended.

Belo Horizonte, October 29th, 2015.

Ronald Seckelmann
Vice President of Finances and Investors Relations