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
October 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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LISTED COMPANY
CORPORATE TAX CODE (CNPJ) # 33,592,510/0001-54
BOARD OF TRADE REGISTRATION (NIRE) # 33,300,019,766
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MINUTES OF THE ORDINARY BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING OF COMPANHIA VALE DO RIO DOCE, HELD
OCTOBER 18, 2007.
On October 18, 2007, at 10.30 am, the members of the Board of Directors Messrs. Sérgio Ricardo
Silva Rosa Chairman, José Ricardo Sasseron, Jorge Luiz Pacheco, Sandro Kohler Marcondes, Renato
da Cruz Gomes, João Batista Cavaglieri and Francisco Augusto da Costa e Silva, and the alternate
members Messrs. Wanderley Viçoso Fagundes and Caio Marcelo de Medeiros Melo, met, ordinarily,
at the Companys head office, at Avenida Graça Aranha, 26, 19th floor, Rio de Janeiro, having
unanimously resolved the following: PAYMENT OF SECOND TRANCHE OF SHAREHOLDERS DIVIDEND In
compliance with CVRD Dividend Policy to the Shareholder, approved in the Extraordinary General
Shareholder Meeting held on April 27, 2005, and with the Announcement released on January 23, 2007,
the Board of Directors approved the payment of the second tranche of shareholders remuneration,
from October 31, 2007 on, in the amount of R$1.904.490.000,00, of which R$1.890.088.042,00
corresponds to the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006 and R$14.401.958,00 corresponds to the
earnings from the financial statement of June 30, 2007. From the deliberated amount,
R$1.845.350.000,00 will be paid as interest on shareholders equity, equivalent to the total amount
of R$0,381871008 per share, which is subject to withholding income tax at a rate of 15%, and
R$59.140.000,00 as of dividends, equivalent to R$0,012238248 per share, representing the total
amount of R$0,394109256 per common or preferred shares. All the holders, which on October 18, 2007,
have shares issued by CVRD, and all the holders, which on October 23, 2007, have American
Depositary Receipts of CVRD shall be entitled to receive such payment. I hereby attest that the
deliberation above was excerpted from the Minutes taken from the Registry of the Minutes of the
Board of Directors Meetings of the Company.
Rio de Janeiro, October 18, 2007.
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Maria Isabel dos Santos Vieira
Secretary