EXHIBIT 1.2 Vale Overseas Limited Debt Securities Guaranteed by Companhia Vale do Rio Doce UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT BASIC PROVISIONSUnderwriting Agreement • December 2nd, 2003 • Vale Overseas LTD • Metal mining • New York
Dated as of , 2003 --- VALE OVERSEAS LIMITED, as Issuer and COMPANHIA VALE DO RIO DOCE, as Guarantor and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, as TrusteeThird Supplemental Indenture • December 2nd, 2003 • Vale Overseas LTD • Metal mining • New York
Dated as of , 2003 --- COMPANHIA VALE DO RIO DOCE, as Issuer and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, as Trustee INDENTUREIndenture • December 2nd, 2003 • Vale Overseas LTD • Metal mining • New York
