Dated as of January 15, 2004 VALE OVERSEAS LIMITED, as Issuer and COMPANHIA VALE DO RIO DOCE, as Guarantor and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, as Trustee FOURTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTUREFourth Supplemental Indenture • January 16th, 2004 • Vale Overseas LTD • Metal mining • New York
Fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of January 15, 2004, among VALE OVERSEAS LIMITED, a Cayman Islands exempted company incorporated with limited liability (herein called the “Company”), having its principal office at Walker House, P.O. Box 908 GT, Mary Street, Georgetown, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, COMPANHIA VALE DO RIO DOCE, a company organized under the laws of the Federative Republic of Brazil (herein called the “Guarantor”), having its principal office at Avenida Graca Aranha, No. 26, 17°Andar, 20030-900 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil, and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, a bank duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, having its principal corporate trust office at 4 New York Plaza, New York, New York 10004, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”) to the Indenture, dated as of March 8, 2002, as amended and supplemented by the Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of January 15, 2004, among the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee (as so amended and supplemen
Dated as of January 15, 2004 VALE OVERSEAS LIMITED, as Issuer and COMPANHIA VALE DO RIO DOCE, as Guarantor and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, as Trustee THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE Guaranteed Debt SecuritiesThird Supplemental Indenture • January 16th, 2004 • Vale Overseas LTD • Metal mining • New York
Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of January 15, 2004, among VALE OVERSEAS LIMITED, a Cayman Islands exempted company incorporated with limited liability (herein called the “Company”), having its principal office at Walker House, P.O. Box 908 GT, Mary Street, Georgetown, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, COMPANHIA VALE DO RIO DOCE, a company duly organized and existing under the laws of the Federative Republic of Brazil (herein called the “Guarantor”), having its principal office at Avenida Graça Aranha, No. 26, 17° Andar, 20030-900 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil, and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, a bank duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, having its principal corporate trust office at 4 New York Plaza, New York, New York 10004, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”) to the Indenture, dated as of March 8, 2002, among the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee (herein called the “Original Indenture”).
Vale Overseas Limited Debt Securities Guaranteed by Companhia Vale do Rio Doce UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT BASIC PROVISIONSUnderwriting Agreement • January 16th, 2004 • Vale Overseas LTD • Metal mining • New York
Vale Overseas Limited, a Cayman Islands exempted company incorporated with limited liability (the “Company”), proposes, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein, to issue and sell from time to time certain of its debt securities specified in the Terms Agreement described below. The debt securities will be irrevocably and unconditionally guaranteed (the “Guaranty”) as to payment of principal, premium (if any) and interest by Companhia Vale do Rio Doce, a company organized under the laws of Brazil, as guarantor (the “Guarantor”). Unless otherwise specified in the Terms Agreement, such debt securities will be issued under an Indenture dated as of March 8, 2002, as amended or supplemented from time to time (the “Indenture”), among the Company, the Guarantor and JPMorgan Chase Bank, as trustee (the “Trustee”). Such debt securities may have varying designations, denominations, currencies, interest rates and payment dates, maturities, redemption provisions and selling prices.
VALE OVERSEAS LIMITED TERMS AGREEMENT Debt Securities Guaranteed by Companhia Vale do Rio DoceTerms Agreement • January 16th, 2004 • Vale Overseas LTD • Metal mining
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated as Representative of the several Underwriters c/o Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated 4 World Financial Center New York, New York 10080
