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&lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 32%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BACKGROUND: #cceeff; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" width="32%"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-INDENT: -10pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 10pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;Compa&amp;#241;ia Minera Miski Mayo S.A.C.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 12%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BACKGROUND: #cceeff; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" valign="bottom" width="12%"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;40.00&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 12%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BACKGROUND: #cceeff; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" valign="bottom" width="12%"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;51.00&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 2.5%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BACKGROUND: #cceeff; PADDING-TOP: 0in" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" valign="bottom" width="2%"&gt;
&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 12%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BACKGROUND: #cceeff; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" valign="bottom" width="12%"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;Peru&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 21%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BACKGROUND: #cceeff; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" valign="bottom" width="21%"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;Fertilizer&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 1%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BACKGROUND: #cceeff; PADDING-TOP: 0in" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" valign="bottom" width="1%"&gt;
&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-INDENT: -10pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 10pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;Ferrovia Centro-Atl&amp;#226;ntica S. A. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 12%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="bottom" width="12%"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;99.99&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 2.5%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="bottom" width="2%"&gt;
&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 12%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="bottom" width="12%"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;99.99&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 2.5%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="bottom" width="2%"&gt;
&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;Brazil&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;Logistics&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 32%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BACKGROUND: #cceeff; PADDING-TOP: 0in" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" width="32%"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-INDENT: -10pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 10pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;Ferrovia Norte Sul S.A.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 12%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BACKGROUND: #cceeff; PADDING-TOP: 0in" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" valign="bottom" width="12%"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;100.00&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 2.5%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BACKGROUND: #cceeff; PADDING-TOP: 0in" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" valign="bottom" width="2%"&gt;
&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 12%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BACKGROUND: #cceeff; PADDING-TOP: 0in" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" valign="bottom" width="12%"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;100.00&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 2.5%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BACKGROUND: #cceeff; PADDING-TOP: 0in" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" valign="bottom" width="2%"&gt;
&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 12%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BACKGROUND: #cceeff; PADDING-TOP: 0in" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" valign="bottom" width="12%"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;Brazil&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 21%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BACKGROUND: #cceeff; PADDING-TOP: 0in" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" valign="bottom" width="21%"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;Logistics&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 1%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BACKGROUND: #cceeff; PADDING-TOP: 0in" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" valign="bottom" width="1%"&gt;
&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-INDENT: -10pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 10pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;Minera&amp;#231;&amp;#227;o Corumbaense Reunida S.A.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 12%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="bottom" width="12%"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;100.00&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 2.5%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="bottom" width="2%"&gt;
&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;100.00&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 2.5%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="bottom" width="2%"&gt;
&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;Brazil&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 2.5%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="bottom" width="2%"&gt;
&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;Iron Ore and Manganese&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 1%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="bottom" width="1%"&gt;
&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 32%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BACKGROUND: #cceeff; PADDING-TOP: 0in" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" width="32%"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-INDENT: -10pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 10pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;PT Vale Indonesia Tbk&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 2.5%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BACKGROUND: #cceeff; PADDING-TOP: 0in" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" valign="bottom" width="2%"&gt;
&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 12%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BACKGROUND: #cceeff; PADDING-TOP: 0in" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" valign="bottom" width="12%"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;59.20&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 2.5%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BACKGROUND: #cceeff; PADDING-TOP: 0in" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" valign="bottom" width="2%"&gt;
&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 12%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BACKGROUND: #cceeff; PADDING-TOP: 0in" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" valign="bottom" width="12%"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;59.20&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 2.5%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BACKGROUND: #cceeff; PADDING-TOP: 0in" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" valign="bottom" width="2%"&gt;
&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 12%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BACKGROUND: #cceeff; PADDING-TOP: 0in" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" valign="bottom" width="12%"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;Indonesia&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 2.5%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BACKGROUND: #cceeff; PADDING-TOP: 0in" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" valign="bottom" width="2%"&gt;
&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 21%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BACKGROUND: #cceeff; PADDING-TOP: 0in" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" valign="bottom" width="21%"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;Nickel&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 1%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BACKGROUND: #cceeff; PADDING-TOP: 0in" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" valign="bottom" width="1%"&gt;
&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-INDENT: -10pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 10pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;Sociedad Contractual Minera Tres Valles&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;90.00&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;90.00&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;Chile&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;Copper&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-INDENT: -10pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 10pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;Vale Australia Pty Ltd.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;100.00&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 12%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BACKGROUND: #cceeff; PADDING-TOP: 0in" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" valign="bottom" width="12%"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;100.00&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 12%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BACKGROUND: #cceeff; PADDING-TOP: 0in" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" valign="bottom" width="12%"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;Australia&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;Coal&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-INDENT: -10pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 10pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;Vale Canada Limited&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;100.00&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 2.5%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="bottom" width="2%"&gt;
&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;100.00&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;Canada&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;Nickel&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 32%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BACKGROUND: #cceeff; PADDING-TOP: 0in" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" width="32%"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-INDENT: -10pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 10pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;Vale Fertilizantes S.A &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 12%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BACKGROUND: #cceeff; PADDING-TOP: 0in" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" valign="bottom" width="12%"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;100.00&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 12%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BACKGROUND: #cceeff; PADDING-TOP: 0in" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" valign="bottom" width="12%"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;100.00&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 12%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BACKGROUND: #cceeff; PADDING-TOP: 0in" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" valign="bottom" width="12%"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;Brazil&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;Fertilizer&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-INDENT: -10pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 10pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;Vale International Holdings GMBH&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 2.5%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="bottom" width="2%"&gt;
&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;100.00&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 2.5%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="bottom" width="2%"&gt;
&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;100.00&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 2.5%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="bottom" width="2%"&gt;
&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;Austria&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;Holding and Exploration&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 32%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BACKGROUND: #cceeff; PADDING-TOP: 0in" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" width="32%"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-INDENT: -10pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 10pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;Vale International S.A &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 2.5%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BACKGROUND: #cceeff; PADDING-TOP: 0in" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" valign="bottom" width="2%"&gt;
&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 12%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BACKGROUND: #cceeff; PADDING-TOP: 0in" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" valign="bottom" width="12%"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;100.00&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 2.5%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BACKGROUND: #cceeff; PADDING-TOP: 0in" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" valign="bottom" width="2%"&gt;
&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 12%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BACKGROUND: #cceeff; PADDING-TOP: 0in" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" valign="bottom" width="12%"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;100.00&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 2.5%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BACKGROUND: #cceeff; PADDING-TOP: 0in" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" valign="bottom" width="2%"&gt;
&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 12%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BACKGROUND: #cceeff; PADDING-TOP: 0in" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" valign="bottom" width="12%"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;Switzerland&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 2.5%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BACKGROUND: #cceeff; PADDING-TOP: 0in" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" valign="bottom" width="2%"&gt;
&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 21%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BACKGROUND: #cceeff; PADDING-TOP: 0in" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" valign="bottom" width="21%"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;Trading&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 1%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BACKGROUND: #cceeff; PADDING-TOP: 0in" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" valign="bottom" width="1%"&gt;
&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 32%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in" width="32%"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-INDENT: -10pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 10pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;Vale Mangan&amp;#234;s S.A.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 2.5%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="bottom" width="2%"&gt;
&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 12%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="bottom" width="12%"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;100.00&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 2.5%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="bottom" width="2%"&gt;
&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 12%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="bottom" width="12%"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;100.00&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 2.5%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="bottom" width="2%"&gt;
&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 12%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="bottom" width="12%"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;Brazil&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 2.5%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="bottom" width="2%"&gt;
&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 21%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="bottom" width="21%"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;Manganese and Ferroalloys&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 1%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="bottom" width="1%"&gt;
&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 32%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BACKGROUND: #cceeff; PADDING-TOP: 0in" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" width="32%"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-INDENT: -10pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 10pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;Vale Mina do Azul S. A.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 2.5%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BACKGROUND: #cceeff; PADDING-TOP: 0in" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" valign="bottom" width="2%"&gt;
&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 12%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BACKGROUND: #cceeff; PADDING-TOP: 0in" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" valign="bottom" width="12%"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;100.00&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 2.5%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BACKGROUND: #cceeff; PADDING-TOP: 0in" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" valign="bottom" width="2%"&gt;
&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 12%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BACKGROUND: #cceeff; PADDING-TOP: 0in" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" valign="bottom" width="12%"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;100.00&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 2.5%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BACKGROUND: #cceeff; PADDING-TOP: 0in" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" valign="bottom" width="2%"&gt;
&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 12%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BACKGROUND: #cceeff; PADDING-TOP: 0in" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" valign="bottom" width="12%"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;Brazil&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 2.5%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BACKGROUND: #cceeff; PADDING-TOP: 0in" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" valign="bottom" width="2%"&gt;
&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 21%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BACKGROUND: #cceeff; PADDING-TOP: 0in" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" valign="bottom" width="21%"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;Manganese&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 1%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BACKGROUND: #cceeff; PADDING-TOP: 0in" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" valign="bottom" width="1%"&gt;
&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 32%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in" width="32%"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-INDENT: -10pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 10pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;Vale Mo&amp;#231;ambique S.A.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 2.5%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="bottom" width="2%"&gt;
&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 12%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="bottom" width="12%"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;95.00&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 2.5%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="bottom" width="2%"&gt;
&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 12%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="bottom" width="12%"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;95.00&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 2.5%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="bottom" width="2%"&gt;
&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 12%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="bottom" width="12%"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;Mozambique&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 2.5%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="bottom" width="2%"&gt;
&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 21%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="bottom" width="21%"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;Coal&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 1%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="bottom" width="1%"&gt;
&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 32%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BACKGROUND: #cceeff; PADDING-TOP: 0in" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" width="32%"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-INDENT: -10pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 10pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;Vale Nouvelle-Cal&amp;#233;donie SAS&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 2.5%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BACKGROUND: #cceeff; PADDING-TOP: 0in" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" valign="bottom" width="2%"&gt;
&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 12%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BACKGROUND: #cceeff; PADDING-TOP: 0in" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" valign="bottom" width="12%"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;74.00&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 2.5%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BACKGROUND: #cceeff; PADDING-TOP: 0in" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" valign="bottom" width="2%"&gt;
&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 12%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BACKGROUND: #cceeff; PADDING-TOP: 0in" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" valign="bottom" width="12%"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;74.00&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 2.5%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BACKGROUND: #cceeff; PADDING-TOP: 0in" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" valign="bottom" width="2%"&gt;
&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 12%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BACKGROUND: #cceeff; PADDING-TOP: 0in" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" valign="bottom" width="12%"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;New Caledonia&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 2.5%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BACKGROUND: #cceeff; PADDING-TOP: 0in" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" valign="bottom" width="2%"&gt;
&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 21%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BACKGROUND: #cceeff; PADDING-TOP: 0in" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" valign="bottom" width="21%"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;Nickel&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 1%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BACKGROUND: #cceeff; PADDING-TOP: 0in" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" valign="bottom" width="1%"&gt;
&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 32%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in" width="32%"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-INDENT: -10pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 10pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;Vale Oman Pelletizing Company LLC (a)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 2.5%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="bottom" width="2%"&gt;
&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 12%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="bottom" width="12%"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;100.00&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 2.5%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="bottom" width="2%"&gt;
&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 12%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="bottom" width="12%"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;100.00&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 2.5%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="bottom" width="2%"&gt;
&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 12%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="bottom" width="12%"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;Oman&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 2.5%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="bottom" width="2%"&gt;
&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 21%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="bottom" width="21%"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;Pellets&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 32%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BACKGROUND: #cceeff; PADDING-TOP: 0in" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" width="32%"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-INDENT: -10pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 10pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;Vale Shipping Holding PTE Ltd.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 12%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BACKGROUND: #cceeff; PADDING-TOP: 0in" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" valign="bottom" width="12%"&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 12%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BACKGROUND: #cceeff; PADDING-TOP: 0in" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" valign="bottom" width="12%"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;100.00&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 12%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BACKGROUND: #cceeff; PADDING-TOP: 0in" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" valign="bottom" width="12%"&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 21%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BACKGROUND: #cceeff; PADDING-TOP: 0in" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" valign="bottom" width="21%"&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;(a)&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160; In a subsequent period, pursuant a contract with the Sultanate of Oman, we transferred 30 % of our shares to Oman Oil Company for US$&amp;#160;71.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 22.5%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="bottom" width="22%"&gt;
&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold" size="1"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold" size="1"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold" size="1"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 22.5%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="bottom" width="22%"&gt;
&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold" size="1"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold" size="1"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold" size="1"&gt;September&amp;#160;30,&amp;#160;2012&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold" size="1"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold" size="1"&gt;June&amp;#160;30,&amp;#160;2012&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold" size="1"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 24%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="bottom" width="24%" colspan="5"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold" size="1"&gt;September&amp;#160;30,&amp;#160;2011&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 1%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="bottom" width="1%"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold" size="1"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 22.5%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="bottom" width="22%"&gt;
&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold" size="1"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 1.5%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="bottom" width="1%"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold" size="1"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold" size="1"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold" size="1"&gt;Foreign&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 1.5%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="bottom" width="1%"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold" size="1"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold" size="1"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold" size="1"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 1.5%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="bottom" width="1%"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold" size="1"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 1.5%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="bottom" width="1%"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold" size="1"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold" size="1"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold" size="1"&gt;Foreign&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold" size="1"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold" size="1"&gt;Total&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold" size="1"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-INDENT: -10pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 10pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;Income before discontinued operations, income taxes, equity results and noncontrolling interests&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;(721&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;1,813&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;1,613&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;(238&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;1,375&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;4,187&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;793&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;4,980&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 22.5%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BACKGROUND: #cceeff; PADDING-TOP: 0in" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" valign="bottom" width="22%"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-INDENT: -10pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 10pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 7%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BACKGROUND: #cceeff; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" valign="bottom" width="7%"&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold" size="1"&gt;Brazil&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold" size="1"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold" size="1"&gt;Foreign&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold" size="1"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold" size="1"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-INDENT: -10pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 10pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;Income before discontinued operations, income taxes, equity results and noncontrolling interests&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;7,104&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;163&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;7,267&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;16,008&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 13%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BACKGROUND: #cceeff; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" valign="bottom" width="13%"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="right"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold" size="2"&gt;272&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 13%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BACKGROUND: #cceeff; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" valign="bottom" width="13%"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="right"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold" size="2"&gt;372&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 26.5%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="bottom" width="26%"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-INDENT: -10pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 10pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;Increase resulting from tax positions taken&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;8&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 13%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="bottom" width="13%"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;4&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;1&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;16&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 13%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="bottom" width="13%"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;1,075&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-INDENT: -10pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 10pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size="2"&gt;Decrease resulting from tax positions taken&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 1pt" size="2"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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