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164,402,799 Preferred Class A Shares 256,926,766 Common Shares Underwriting Agreement

Underwriting Agreement • July 21st, 2008 • Companhia Vale Do Rio Doce • Metal mining • New York

• Contract Type
  Underwriting Agreement
• Filed
  July 21st, 2008
• Company
  Companhia Vale Do Rio Doce
• Industry
  Metal mining
• Jurisdiction
  New York

Companhia Vale do Rio Doce, a company organized under the laws of Brazil (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell to the international underwriters listed in Schedule I hereto (“International Underwriters”), for whom you (the “Representative”) are acting as representative, 63,506,751 preferred class A shares (“Preferred Shares”) without par value of the Company (the “International Firm Preferred Shares”), and 80,079,223 common shares (“Common Shares”) without par value of the Company (the “International Firm Common Shares,” and together with the International Firm Preferred Shares, the “International Firm Shares”). The International Firm Preferred Shares and the International Firm Common Shares are referred to collectively as the “International Offered Shares.”