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       &lt;b&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica"&gt;Commitments and
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       &lt;b&gt;a)&amp;#160;&lt;/b&gt;In connection with a tax-advantaged lease
       financing arrangement sponsored by the French Government, we
       provided certain guarantees on behalf of Vale Inco New
       Caled&amp;#244;nia (VINC) pursuant to which we guaranteed payments
       due from VINC of up to a maximum amount of US$100 (&amp;#8220;Maximum
       Amount&amp;#8221;) in connection with an indemnity. We also provided
       an additional guarantee covering the payments due from VINC of
       (a)&amp;#160;amounts exceeding the Maximum Amount in connection with
       the indemnity and (b)&amp;#160;certain other amounts payable by VINC
       under a lease agreement covering certain assets.
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       During the second quarter two new bank guarantees totaling US$62
       (&amp;#8364;43) were established by us on behalf of VINC in favour of
       the South Province of New Caledonia in order to guarantee the
       performance of VINC with respect to certain environmental
       obligations in relation to the metallurgical plant and the Kwe
       West residue storage facility.
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       Sumic Nickel Netherlands B.V., a 21% stockholder of VINC, has a
       put option to sell us 25%, 50%, or 100% of the shares they own
       of VINC. The put option can be exercised if the defined cost of
       the nickel-cobalt development project exceeds a value agreed
       between the shareholders at project rates and an agreement
       cannot be reached on how to proceed with the project.
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       We provided a guarantee covering certain termination payments
       due from VINC to the supplier under an electricity supply
       agreement (&amp;#8220;ESA&amp;#8221;) entered into in October 2004 for the
       VINC project. The amount of the termination payments guaranteed
       depends upon a number of factors, including whether any
       termination of the ESA is a result of a default by VINC and the
       date on which an early termination of the ESA were to occur. If
       VINC defaults under the ESA prior to the anticipated start date
       for supply of electricity to the project, the termination
       payment, which currently is at its maximum, would be US$209
       (&amp;#8364;145). Once the supply of electricity under the ESA to the
       project begins, the guaranteed amounts will decrease over the
       life of the ESA.
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       In February 2009, we and our subsidiary, Vale Inco Newfoundland
       and Labrador Limited (&amp;#8220;VINL&amp;#8221;), entered into a fourth
       amendment to the Voisey&amp;#8217;s Bay Development agreement with
       the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, that
       permitted VINL to ship up to 55,000 metric tons of nickel
       concentrate from the Voisey&amp;#8217;s Bay area mines. As part of
       the agreement, VINL agreed to provide the Government of
       Newfoundland and Labrador financial assurance in the form of
       letters of credit each in the amount of Canadian US$17 (CAD$16)
       for each shipment of nickel concentrate shipped out of the
       province from January&amp;#160;1, 2009 to August&amp;#160;31, 2009. The
       amount of this financial assurance was Canadian US$118 (CAD$112)
       based on seven shipments of nickel concentrate and as of
       December&amp;#160;31, 2009, US$65 (CAD$62) remains outstanding.
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       As of December&amp;#160;31, 2009, there was an additional US$154 of
       letters of credit issued and outstanding as US$47 in additional
       bank guarantees. These are associated with environmental
       reclamation and other operating associated items such as
       insurance, electricity commitments and import and export duties.
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       &lt;b&gt;b)&amp;#160;&lt;/b&gt;We and our subsidiaries are defendants in
       numerous legal actions in the normal course of business. Based
       on the advice of our legal counsel, management believes that the
       amounts recognized are sufficient to cover probable losses in
       connection with such actions.
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       The provision for contingencies and the related judicial
       deposits are composed as follows:
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       &lt;b&gt;2009 &lt;/b&gt;
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       &lt;b&gt;Provision for&lt;br /&gt;
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       Labor and social security claims
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       Civil claims
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       582
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   &amp;#160;
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       307
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       386
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       242
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   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
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   &lt;td align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &lt;div style="text-indent: -9pt; margin-left: 9pt"&gt;
       Tax&amp;#160;- related actions
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;/td&gt;
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   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom"&gt;
       489
   &lt;/td&gt;
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       175
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   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom"&gt;
       828
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
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   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom"&gt;
       518
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
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       Others
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;/td&gt;
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   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
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   &amp;#160;
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       35
   &lt;/td&gt;
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   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom"&gt;
       4
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
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   &amp;#160;
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       13
   &lt;/td&gt;
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   &lt;/td&gt;
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   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom"&gt;
       3
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
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   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
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   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
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   &amp;#160;
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   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
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   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
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   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
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   &amp;#160;
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   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
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   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
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   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
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   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff"&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;b&gt;1,763&lt;/b&gt;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
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   &lt;/td&gt;
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   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
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       &lt;b&gt;1,143&lt;/b&gt;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td&gt;
   &amp;#160;
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   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;b&gt;1,685&lt;/b&gt;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td&gt;
   &amp;#160;
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   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;b&gt;1,141&lt;/b&gt;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
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   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
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   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
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   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
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   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
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   &amp;#160;
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   &amp;#160;
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   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
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   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
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   &amp;#160;
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   &amp;#160;
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   &amp;#160;
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   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
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   &amp;#160;
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   &amp;#160;
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   &amp;#160;
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   &amp;#160;
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   &amp;#160;
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   &amp;#160;
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   &amp;#160;
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   &amp;#160;
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   &amp;#160;
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   &amp;#160;
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   &amp;#160;
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   &amp;#160;
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   &amp;#160;
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   &amp;#160;
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   &amp;#160;
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   &amp;#160;
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   &amp;#160;
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   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
       &amp;#160;
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   &amp;#160;
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   &amp;#160;
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   &amp;#160;
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   &amp;#160;
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   &amp;#160;
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   &amp;#160;
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   &amp;#160;
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   &amp;#160;
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   &amp;#160;
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   &amp;#160;
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   &amp;#160;
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   &amp;#160;
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   &amp;#160;
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   &amp;#160;
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   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
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   &lt;div align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #ffffff"&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt"&gt;&amp;#160;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="margin-left: 3%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #ffffff"&gt;
       Labor and social security&amp;#160;&amp;#8211; related actions
       principally comprise claims by Brazilian employees and former
       employees for (i)&amp;#160;payment of time spent traveling from
       their residence to the work-place, (ii)&amp;#160;additional health
       and safety related payments and (iii)&amp;#160;various other
       matters, often in connection with disputes about the amount of
       indemnities paid upon dismissal and the one-third extra holiday
       pay.
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt"&gt;&amp;#160;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="margin-left: 3%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #ffffff"&gt;
       Civil&amp;#160;&amp;#8211; actions principally related to claims made
       against us by contractors in Brazil in connection with losses
       alleged to have been incurred by them as a result of various
       past Government economic plans during which full inflation
       indexation of contracts was not permitted, as well, as for
       accidents and land appropriation disputes.
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt"&gt;&amp;#160;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="margin-left: 3%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #ffffff"&gt;
       Tax&amp;#160;&amp;#8211; tax-related actions principally comprise
       challenges initiated by us, on certain taxes on revenues and
       uncertain tax positions. We continue to vigorously pursue our
       interests in all the above actions but recognize that we
       probably will incur some losses in the final instance, for which
       we have made provisions.
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt"&gt;&amp;#160;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="margin-left: 3%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #ffffff"&gt;
       Judicial deposits are made by us following the court
       requirements, in order to be entitled to either initiate or
       continue a legal action. These amounts are released to us, upon
       receipt of a final favorable outcome from the legal action; in
       the case of an unfavorable outcome, the deposits are transferred
       to the prevailing party.
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt"&gt;&amp;#160;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="margin-left: 3%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #ffffff"&gt;
       Contingencies settled during the years ended December&amp;#160;31,
       2009, 2008 and 2007, totaled US$236, US$148 and US$331,
       respectively. Provisions recognized in the years ended
       December&amp;#160;31, 2009, 2008 and 2007, totaled US$294, US$213
       and US$364, respectively, classified as other operating expenses.
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt"&gt;&amp;#160;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="margin-left: 3%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #ffffff"&gt;
       In addition to the contingencies for which we have made
       provisions we are defendants in claims where in our opinion, and
       based on the advice of our legal counsel, the likelihood of loss
       is possible but not probable, in the total amount of US$4,190 at
       December&amp;#160;31, 2009, and for which no provision has been made
       (December&amp;#160;31, 2008&amp;#160;&amp;#8211; US$2,476).
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt"&gt;&amp;#160;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="margin-left: 3%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #ffffff"&gt;
       &lt;b&gt;c)&amp;#160;&lt;/b&gt;At the time of our privatization in 1997, the
       Company issued debentures to its then-existing stockholders,
       including the Brazilian Government. The terms of the debentures,
       were set to ensure that the pre-privatization stockholders,
       including the Brazilian Government would participate in possible
       future financial benefits that could be obtained from exploiting
       certain mineral resources.
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt"&gt;&amp;#160;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="margin-left: 3%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #ffffff"&gt;
       A total of 388,559,056 debentures were issued at a par value of
       R$0.01 (one cent), whose value will be restated in accordance
       with the variation in the General Market Price Index (IGP-M), as
       set forth in the Issue Deed.
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt"&gt;&amp;#160;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="margin-left: 3%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #ffffff"&gt;
       The debentures holders have the right to receive premiums, paid
       semiannually, equivalent to a percentage of net revenues from
       specific mine resources as set forth in the indenture.
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt"&gt;&amp;#160;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="margin-left: 3%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #ffffff"&gt;
       In September and April 2009 we paid remuneration on these
       debentures of US$4 and US$3, respectively. During 2009, we paid
       a total of US$7.
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt"&gt;&amp;#160;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="margin-left: 3%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #ffffff"&gt;
       &lt;b&gt;d)&amp;#160;&lt;/b&gt;We are committed under a take-or-pay agreement to
       purchase approximately 30,425 thousand metric tons of bauxite
       from Minera&amp;#231;&amp;#227;o Rio do Norte S.A.&amp;#160;&amp;#8211; MRN at a
       formula driven price, calculated based on the current London
       Metal Exchange&amp;#160;&amp;#8211; LME quotation for aluminum. Based on
       a market price of US$28.71 per metric ton as of
   December&amp;#160;31, 2009, this arrangement represented the
       following total commitment per metric ton as of
       December&amp;#160;31, 2009:
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt"&gt;&amp;#160;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left: 3%; margin-right: 0%"&gt;
   &lt;table border="0" width="97%" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #ffffff; text-align: left"&gt;
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       &lt;td width="90%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;!-- colindex=01 type=maindata --&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;!-- colindex=02 type=gutter --&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%" align="right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;!-- colindex=02 type=lead --&gt;
       &lt;td width="7%" align="right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;!-- colindex=02 type=body --&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%" align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;!-- colindex=02 type=hang1 --&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
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   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &lt;div style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt"&gt;
       2010
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom"&gt;
       195
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &lt;div style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt"&gt;
       2011
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom"&gt;
       166
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff"&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &lt;div style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt"&gt;
       2012
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom"&gt;
       169
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &lt;div style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt"&gt;
       2013
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom"&gt;
       172
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff"&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &lt;div style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt"&gt;
       2014
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom"&gt;
       172
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt"&gt;
   &lt;td&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;b&gt;874&lt;/b&gt;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt"&gt;
   &lt;td&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td style="border-top: 3px double #000000"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td style="border-top: 3px double #000000"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td style="border-top: 3px double #000000"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;/table&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #ffffff"&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-top: 12pt; font-size: 1pt"&gt;&amp;#160;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #ffffff; text-align: left"&gt;
   &lt;tr&gt;
       &lt;td width="3%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="97%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="top"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
       &lt;b&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica"&gt;e)&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;
   &lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
       &lt;b&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica"&gt;Description of
   Leasing Arrangements&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;/table&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt"&gt;&amp;#160;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="margin-left: 3%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #ffffff"&gt;
       Part of our railroad operations include leased facilities. The
       &lt;font style="white-space: nowrap"&gt;30-year&lt;/font&gt;
       lease, renewable for a further 30&amp;#160;years, expires in August,
       2026 and is classified as an operating lease. At the end of the
       lease term, we are required to return the concession and the
       lease assets. In most cases, management expects that in the
       normal course of business, leases will be renewed.
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt"&gt;&amp;#160;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="margin-left: 3%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #ffffff"&gt;
       The following is a schedule by year of future minimum rental
       payments required under the railroad operating leases that have
       initial or remaining non-cancelable lease terms in excess of one
       year as of December&amp;#160;31, 2009.
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt"&gt;&amp;#160;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;table border="0" width="100%" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #ffffff; text-align: left"&gt;
   &lt;!-- Table Width Row BEGIN --&gt;
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       &lt;td width="90%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;!-- colindex=01 type=maindata --&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;!-- colindex=02 type=gutter --&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%" align="right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;!-- colindex=02 type=lead --&gt;
       &lt;td width="7%" align="right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;!-- colindex=02 type=body --&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%" align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;!-- colindex=02 type=hang1 --&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
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   &lt;td align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &lt;div style="text-indent: -9pt; margin-left: 9pt"&gt;
       Year ended December&amp;#160;31
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &lt;div style="text-indent: -9pt; margin-left: 9pt"&gt;
       2010
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom"&gt;
       80
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff"&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &lt;div style="text-indent: -9pt; margin-left: 9pt"&gt;
       2011
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom"&gt;
       80
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &lt;div style="text-indent: -9pt; margin-left: 9pt"&gt;
       2012
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom"&gt;
       80
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff"&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &lt;div style="text-indent: -9pt; margin-left: 9pt"&gt;
       2013
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom"&gt;
       80
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &lt;div style="text-indent: -9pt; margin-left: 9pt"&gt;
       2014 thereafter
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom"&gt;
       1,018
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt"&gt;
   &lt;td&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff"&gt;
   &lt;td align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &lt;div style="text-indent: -9pt; margin-left: 9pt"&gt;
       &lt;b&gt;Total minimum payments required&lt;/b&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;b&gt;1,338&lt;/b&gt;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt"&gt;
   &lt;td&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td style="border-top: 3px double #000000"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td style="border-top: 3px double #000000"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;/table&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #ffffff"&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt"&gt;&amp;#160;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="margin-left: 3%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #ffffff"&gt;
       The total expenses of operating leases for the years ended
       December&amp;#160;31, 2009, 2008 and 2007 was US$80, US$53 and
       US$62, respectively.
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt"&gt;&amp;#160;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="margin-left: 3%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #ffffff"&gt;
       During 2008, we entered into operating lease agreements with our
       joint ventures Nibrasco, Itabrasco and Kobrasco, under which we
       leased four pellet plants. The lease terms are from 5 to
       30&amp;#160;years.
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt"&gt;&amp;#160;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="margin-left: 3%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #ffffff"&gt;
       The following is a schedule by year of future minimum rental
       payments required under the pellet plants operating leases that
       have initial or remaining non-cancelable lease terms in excess
       of one year as of December&amp;#160;31, 2009:
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt"&gt;&amp;#160;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;table border="0" width="100%" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #ffffff; text-align: left"&gt;
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       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;!-- colindex=02 type=gutter --&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%" align="right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;!-- colindex=02 type=lead --&gt;
       &lt;td width="7%" align="right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;!-- colindex=02 type=body --&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%" align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;!-- colindex=02 type=hang1 --&gt;
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   &lt;td align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &lt;div style="text-indent: -9pt; margin-left: 9pt"&gt;
       Year ended December&amp;#160;31
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &lt;div style="text-indent: -9pt; margin-left: 9pt"&gt;
       2010
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom"&gt;
       114
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff"&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &lt;div style="text-indent: -9pt; margin-left: 9pt"&gt;
       2011
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom"&gt;
       114
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &lt;div style="text-indent: -9pt; margin-left: 9pt"&gt;
       2012
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom"&gt;
       114
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff"&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &lt;div style="text-indent: -9pt; margin-left: 9pt"&gt;
       2013
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom"&gt;
       114
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &lt;div style="text-indent: -9pt; margin-left: 9pt"&gt;
       2014 thereafter
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom"&gt;
       1,313
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt"&gt;
   &lt;td&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff"&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &lt;div style="text-indent: -9pt; margin-left: 9pt"&gt;
       &lt;b&gt;Total&lt;/b&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;b&gt;1,769&lt;/b&gt;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt"&gt;
   &lt;td&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td style="border-top: 3px double #000000"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td style="border-top: 3px double #000000"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;/table&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #ffffff"&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt"&gt;&amp;#160;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="margin-left: 3%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #ffffff"&gt;
       The total expenses of operating leases for the years ended
       December&amp;#160;31, 2009 and 2008 was US$114 and US$49,
       respectively.
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-top: 12pt; font-size: 1pt"&gt;&amp;#160;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #ffffff; text-align: left"&gt;
   &lt;tr&gt;
       &lt;td width="3%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td width="97%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="top"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
       &lt;b&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica"&gt;f)&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;
   &lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
       &lt;b&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica"&gt;Assets retirement
   obligations&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;/table&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt"&gt;&amp;#160;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="margin-left: 3%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #ffffff"&gt;
       We use various judgments and assumptions when measuring our
       asset retirement obligations.
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt"&gt;&amp;#160;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="margin-left: 3%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #ffffff"&gt;
       Changes in circumstances, law or technology may affect our
       estimates and we periodically review the amounts accrued and
       adjust them as necessary. Our accruals do not reflect unasserted
       claims because we are currently not aware of any such issues.
       Also the amounts provided are not reduced by any potential
       recoveries under cost sharing, insurance or indemnification
       arrangements because such recoveries are considered uncertain.
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;!-- XBRL Pagebreak Begin --&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-top: 0pt; font-size: 1pt"&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="center" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #ffffff"&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;!-- END PAGE WIDTH --&gt;
   &lt;!-- PAGEBREAK --&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left: 0%"&gt;
   &lt;!-- BEGIN PAGE WIDTH --&gt;
   &lt;div align="right" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #ffffff"&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;!-- XBRL Pagebreak End --&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-top: 3pt; font-size: 1pt"&gt;&amp;#160;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="margin-left: 3%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #ffffff"&gt;
       The changes in the provisions for asset retirement obligations
       are as follows:
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-top: 12pt; font-size: 1pt"&gt;&amp;#160;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;table border="0" width="100%" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #ffffff; text-align: left"&gt;
   &lt;!-- Table Width Row BEGIN --&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1pt" valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td width="53%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;!-- colindex=01 type=maindata --&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;!-- colindex=02 type=gutter --&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%" align="right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;!-- colindex=02 type=lead --&gt;
       &lt;td width="12%" align="right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;!-- colindex=02 type=body --&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%" align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;!-- colindex=02 type=hang1 --&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;!-- colindex=03 type=gutter --&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%" align="right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;!-- colindex=03 type=lead --&gt;
       &lt;td width="12%" align="right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;!-- colindex=03 type=body --&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%" align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;!-- colindex=03 type=hang1 --&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;!-- colindex=04 type=gutter --&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%" align="right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;!-- colindex=04 type=lead --&gt;
       &lt;td width="12%" align="right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;!-- colindex=04 type=body --&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%" align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;!-- colindex=04 type=hang1 --&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;!-- colindex=05 type=gutter --&gt;
       &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;!-- colindex=05 type=maindata --&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;!-- Table Width Row END --&gt;
   &lt;!-- TableOutputHead --&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center"&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td colspan="13" align="right" valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;b&gt;Year ended December&amp;#160;31,&lt;/b&gt;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center"&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;
       &lt;b&gt;2009&lt;/b&gt;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;
       &lt;b&gt;2008&lt;/b&gt;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;
       &lt;b&gt;2007&lt;/b&gt;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;!-- TableOutputBody --&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff"&gt;
   &lt;td align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &lt;div style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt"&gt;
       &lt;b&gt;Beginning of period&lt;/b&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;
       &lt;b&gt;887&lt;/b&gt;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;
       &lt;b&gt;975&lt;/b&gt;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;
       &lt;b&gt;676&lt;/b&gt;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &lt;div style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt"&gt;
       Accretion expense
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom"&gt;
       75
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom"&gt;
       164
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom"&gt;
       84
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff"&gt;
   &lt;td align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &lt;div style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt"&gt;
       Liabilities settled in the current period
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom"&gt;
       (46
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
       )
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom"&gt;
       (7
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
       )
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom"&gt;
       (15
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
       )
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
   &lt;td align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &lt;div style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt"&gt;
       Revisions in estimated cash flows
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom"&gt;
       (23
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
       )
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom"&gt;
       (47
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
       )
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom"&gt;
       83
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff"&gt;
   &lt;td align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &lt;div style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt"&gt;
       Cumulative translation adjustment
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom"&gt;
       223
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom"&gt;
       (198
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
       )
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom"&gt;
       147
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1pt"&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;
   &amp;#160;
   &lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;
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