United States
Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16
of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the month of
February 2007
Companhia Vale do Rio Doce
Avenida Graça Aranha, No. 26
20030-900 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
(Address of principal executive office)
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CVRD files initial public offering of Log-In Logística
Rio de Janeiro, February 16, 2007 Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD) hereby announces that it
will file an application with the Brazilian Securities Commission (CVM) for the registration of a
public offer for the primary and secondary distribution of the common shares of its subsidiary
Log-In Logística Intermodal S/A (Log-In Logística), as follows:
a) The primary and secondary public distribution on the Brazilian over-the-counter market will be
coordinated by Banco UBS Pactual S.A., pursuant to the procedures set out under CVM Instruction Nº
400, of December 29, 2003;
b) The secondary public offering of shares of Log-In Logística will be carried out by CVRD;
c) Efforts will also be made to place the shares outside Brazil, through transactions exempt from
registration in accordance with the terms of the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended (Securities
Act) through investment mechanisms in compliance with Brazilian laws and regulations to certain
qualified institutional buyers as defined under Rule 144A of the US Securities and Exchange
Commission (SEC) and to investors outside the US and Brazil that are not US persons as
defined in the SEC Regulation S through investment mechanisms in compliance with Brazilian laws
and regulations, respecting the applicable law in the country in which each investor is domiciled.
About Log-In Logística
Log-In Logística is a logistics company that offers inter-modal services, with integrated solutions
including port services and door-to-door transportation of containers by sea and rail, complemented
by short haul trucking, as well as the handling and storage of containers at land-based cargo
terminals.
The inter-modal services of Log-In Logística involve the following assets and activities: (i)
management and operation of a container maritime terminal Terminal Vila Velha S.A. -TVV, (ii)
coastal shipping DCNDB Overseas S.A., (iii) railroad transportation, based on third-party
assets, supported by a contract with Ferrovia Centro-Atlântica FCA, (iv) operations at intermodal
and dry port terminals, (v) short haul trucking and (vi) logistics planning and management
services.
Inter-modal logistics is part of the general freight business, specialized in the transportation,
handling and storage of containerized freight. The assets and activities of Log-In Logística are
entirely dedicated to inter-modal logistics, therefore not being components of CVRDs main
logistics businesses, which involve the transportation, handling and storage of its products,
especially iron ore, and bulk cargo for clients.
For further information, please contact:
+55-21-3814-4540
Roberto Castello Branco: roberto.castello.branco@cvrd.com.br
Alessandra Gadelha: alessandra.gadelha@cvrd.com.br
Daniela Tinoco: daniela.tinoco@cvrd.com.br
Marcelo Silva Braga: marcelo.silva.braga@cvrd.com.br
Theo Penedo: theo.penedo@cvrd.com.br
Virgínia Monteiro: virginia.monteiro@cvrd.com.br
This press release may contain statements that express managements expectations about future
events or results rather than historical facts. These forward-looking statements involve risks and
uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected in
forward-looking statements, and CVRD cannot give assurance that such statements will prove correct.
These risks and uncertainties include factors: relating to the Brazilian and Canadian economy and
securities markets, which exhibit volatility and can be adversely affected by developments in other
countries; relating to the iron ore and nickel business and its dependence on the global steel
industry, which is cyclical in nature; and relating to the highly competitive industries in which
CVRD operates. For additional information on factors that could cause CVRDs actual results to
differ from expectations reflected in forward-looking statements, please see CVRDs reports filed
with the Brazilian Comissão de Valores Mobiliários and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.