Vale Overseas Commences Registered Exchange Offer
October 27 2003 - 4:25PM
PR Newswire (US)
Vale Overseas Commences Registered Exchange Offer RIO DE JANEIRO,
Brazil, Oct. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Companhia Vale do Rio
Doce (CVRD) today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Vale
Overseas Limited (Vale Overseas) has commenced an offer to exchange
up to US$300 million aggregate principal amount of Vale Overseas'
registered 9.0% Guaranteed by CVRD Notes due 2013 (the "New Notes")
for any and all of Vale Overseas' outstanding unregistered 9.0%
Guaranteed by CVRD Notes due 2013 (the "Old Notes"). The expiration
date for the exchange offer will be 5:00 p.m., Eastern Standard
Time (EST) on November 24, 2003, unless extended. The New Notes are
substantially identical to the Old Notes, except that the New Notes
have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and will not bear any legend restricting their transfer. The
purpose of the exchange offer is to allow holders that meet the
conditions described in the prospectus to receive New Notes that
may be resold in the United States without further registration
under the Securities Act. The terms of the exchange offer and other
information relating to Vale Overseas and CVRD are set forth in a
prospectus dated October 27, 2003. Copies of the prospectus and the
related letter of transmittal may be obtained from the exchange
agent -- JP Morgan Chase Bank, 4 New York Plaza, 15th Floor, New
York, New York 10004, Attn: Institutional Trust Services, telephone
(212) 623-5175, fax number (212) 623-6214. The prospectus is also
available on CVRD's web site: http://www.cvrd.com.br/ . This
announcement is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an
offer to buy or exchange the New Notes or the Old Notes. The
exchange offer is made solely by the prospectus dated October 27,
2003. DATASOURCE: Companhia Vale do Rio Doce CONTACT: Roberto
Castello Branco, +011-55-21-3814-4540, or , or Andreia Reis,
+011-55-21-3814-4643, or , or Barbara Geluda, +011-55-21-3814-4557,
or , or Daniela Tinoco, +011-55-21-3814-4946, or , or Eduardo Mello
Franco, +011-55-21-3814-9849, or , or Rafael Azevedo,
+011-55-21-3814-4700, or , all of Companhia Vale do Rio Doce Web
site: http://www.cvrd.com.br/
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