Form 6-K
 
 
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
March 2009
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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Signatures
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
         
  COMPANHIA VALE DO RIO DOCE
(Registrant)
 		  
Date: March 16, 2009  By:   /s/ Roberto Castello Branco    
    Roberto Castello Branco   
    Director of Investor Relations   
 

 

 

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COMPANHIA VALE DO RIO DOCE
PUBLICLY LISTED COMPANY
CNPJ 33.592.510/0001-54

EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL SHAREHOLDERS MEETING
CONVENING NOTICE

Shareholders of Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (“Vale”) are hereby invited to convene for the Extraordinary General Shareholders Meeting to be held on April 16, 2009 at 5:30 P.M. at Avenida Graça Aranha, 26, 19º floor, in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for the purpose of discussing and deciding upon the matters set forth in the agenda below:

  1.  
To change the legal name of the company to “Vale S.A.”, with the consequent amendment of article 1 of Vale’s By-laws in accordance with the new global brand unification; and

  2.  
To adjust article 5 of Vale’s By-Laws to reflect the capital increase resolved in the Board of Directors meetings held on July 22, 2008 and August 05, 2008.

To shareholders who shall be represented by proxy, we request that you send your power of attorney document to our offices 72 (seventy-two) hours in advance of the meeting to be convened, in order to be able to confirm the legitimacy of the proxy being exercised.

Rio de Janeiro, March 12, 2009.

Sérgio Ricardo Silva Rosa
President of the Board of Directors