VALE Makes Payment to Holders of Mandatorily Convertible Notes

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, April 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (VALE) will pay additional interest to holders of the mandatorily convertible notes (notes) due June 15, 2010 issued by its wholly-owned subsidiary, Vale Capital Ltd., in two series, RIO and RIO P.

Under the indentures governing the notes, additional interest due to each noteholder is an amount in U.S. dollars equal to any cash distribution net of any applicable withholding tax and fees paid by the Depositary of our ADSs -- each representing one common/preferred VALE share, RIO/RIOPR -- to the holder of one ADS, multiplied by the number of ADSs that would be received by the noteholder upon conversion of the notes at the conversion rate specified in the applicable indenture (as adjusted for the forward-stock split approved in August 2007). Therefore, the approval by our Board of Directors of a dividend distribution to shareholders, as announced today, triggered the payment of additional interest to noteholders.

The additional interest paid per series RIO note and per series RIO P note will be equal to an amount in U.S. dollars equivalent to R$ 0.819988 and R$ 0.973215, respectively, converted at the current Brazilian real/US dollar exchange rate on April 30, 2008.

The additional interest will be paid to noteholders listed on the records of the trustee as of April 15, 2008 (regular record date). The Bank of New York, the trustee, will pay the noteholders on May 7, 2008.

First Call Analyst:
FCMN Contact: edilson.carvalho@vale.com

Source: VALE

CONTACT: Roberto Castello Branco, roberto.castello.branco@vale.com, or
Alessandra Gadelha, alessandra.gadelha@vale.com, or Patricia Calazans,
patricia.calazans@vale.com, or Theo Penedo, theo.penedo@vale.com, or Marcus
Thieme, marcus.thieme@vale.com, or Tacio Neto, tacio.neto@vale.com, all of
Vale, +011-55-21-3814-4540

Web site: http://www.cvrd.com.br/

2008-04-10 17:49:02 0333537 PRNEWSWIRE