Equity Contribution Agreement

This is the document which controls our base equity contributions and our
contingent support. It is not the final version and is currently being
turned to reflect the sponsor's comments from Friday 12/15/00
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"RACITI, Melissa" <melissa.raciti@freshfields.com< on 11/17/2000 07:39:48 PM
To: acestero@velaw.com, "Adriana Mathias Baptista (E-mail)"
<amb@tfts.tozzini.com.br<, af@tozzini.com.br, alejandra.arze@citicorp.com,
ameyer@mmso.com.br, "Ana beatriz kesselring"
<ana.beatriz.kesselring@bakernet.com<, "Ana Silvia Dias"
<ana.silvia.dias@bakernet.com<, "Anabela de Oliveira"
<Anabela.DeOliveira@chadbourne.com<, anakarinasouza@mmso.com.br, "Analia
Miqueri (BFM&L) (E-mail)" <am@bfmyl.com.ar<, "Anamaria Rosenthal"
<anamaria.rosenthal@bakernet.com<, "Andrea Gavino (E-mail)"
<Andrea.Gavino@enron.com<, andrea.arze@citicorp.com, "Andreia Almeida"
<andreia.almeida@enron.com<, "Andrew Pierrie (E-mail)"
<ayp@dentonwildesapte.com<, "Barbara Boehm" <bboeh@opic.gov<,
barry.k.pettifor@uk.pwcglobal.com, bbilger@velaw.com, "Beatriz Mello"
<beatriz.mello@bakernet.com<, "Blanca Bollom" <blanca.bollom@enron.com<,
"Bradley Barta" <bradley.barta@stoneweb.com<, brian.gilbertson@stoneweb.com,
"BURKE, Ted (TDB)" <ted.burke@freshfields.com<, caio@mmso.com.br, "Carolina
Galvao" <carolinagalvao@tozzini.com.br<, "Chaim Wachsberger (E-mail)"
<chaim.wachsberger@chadbourne.com<, chris.m.j.dutton@si.shell.com, "Christian
Huizer (E-mail)" <Christiaan.Huizer@enron.com<, "Claudia Bonelli"
<ceb@tozzini.com.br<, claus-michael.koch@kfw.de, "Cliff Rankin"
<crankin@velaw.com<, cuiabaclosing@tozzini.com.br, dalaniz@velaw.com,
"Daniela Serpa" <daniela.serpa@citicorp.com<, "David Schumacher (E-mail)"
<david.schumacher@chadbourne.com<, "Deia Holzmann"
<deia.holzmann@citicorp.com<, "DELPINO, Fiorella"
<fiorella.delpino@freshfields.com<, "ELORZA, Juliana"
<juliana.elorza@freshfields.com<, "Fatima Carr" <fatima.a.carr@bakernet.com<,
"Fernando Aguirre (E-mail)" <faguirre@caoba.entelnet.bo<, "Fernando Rojas
(E-mail)" <fernando@rojas-lawfirm.com<, fferraz@mmso.com.br, "Frank Kluesener
(KfW) (E-mail)" <Frank.Kluesener@kfw.de<, g.g.garcia@enron.com, "gabriela
marques" <gabrielamarques@felsberg.com.br<, gordon.combs@stoneweb.com, "Gra?a
Pedretti" <gracapedretti@felsberg.com.br<, "haloliver@aol.com"
<holiver83@aol.com<, "Heloisa Andrade (E-mail)" <hsfa@tozzini.com.br<,
hercules.celescuekci@bakernet.com, hns@maples.candw.ky, "Ivan Bole (BFM&L)
(E-mail)" <ib@bfmyl.com.ar<, "Javier Errecondo (BFM&L) (E-mail)"
<je@bfmyl.com.ar<, jeff.moore@stoneweb.com, jenp@tozzini.com.br,
jlowenthal@mmso.com.br, "Joana Ryan" <joana.ryan@enron.com<, "Joao Francisco
Regos" <joaofrancisco.regos@bakernet.com<, "John Barquin"
<jbarquin@velaw.com<, "John Novak" <jnovak@enron.com<,
jorge.garoufalias@citicorp.com, "Jose Bestard" <jose.bestard@enron.com<,
"Jos, Roberto Martins" <j.roberto.martins@bakernet.com<, "Juan Carlos Moreno
(E-mail)" <jcmoreno@indacochea.com.bo<, "Karla Wurth (E-mail)"
<kwurth@indacochea.com.bo<, "Karl-Heinz Wellmann (KfW) (E-mail)"
<Karl-Heinz.Wellmann@kfw.de<, kevin.fitzpatrick@stoneweb.com, "Kruskaia
Sierra-Escalante (E-mail)" <kse@chadbourne.com<, "Laine Powell"
<Laine.A.Powell@enron.com<, loftsg@brazil.kben.com, "Louis Piscitelli"
<louis.piscitelli@citicorp.com<, "Maria del Carmen Ballivian (E-mail)"
<mariac@rojas-lawfirm.com<, "Mary Mervenne (E-mail)" <mmerv@opic.gov<,
"Matthew Jones (E-mail)" <MNJ@dentonwildesapte.com<, mbeckworth@velaw.com,
mike_g._Bignell@sedgwick.com, "Nancy Rivera (E-mail)" <nrive@opic.gov<,
"O'BRIEN, Lisa" <lisa.obrien@freshfields.com<, "Pablo Rojas (E-mail)"
<pablo@rojas-lawfirm.com<, pandrade@freshfields.com, "Pedro Seraphim"
<pgs@tozzini.com.br<, qys@ceibo.entelnet.bo, "RACITI, Melissa"
<melissa.raciti@freshfields.com<, "Renata Araujo" <raraujo@velaw.com<,
"Ricardo Indacochea (E-mail)" <rindacochea@indacochea.com.bo<, "Ricardo
Nogueira" <ricardonogueira@felsberg.com.br<, "Ricardo Sanches"
<ricardosanches@felsberg.com.br<, richard.a.lammers@enron.com,
rndr@amcham.com.br, rnovais@mmso.com.br, "Rob Gay" <rob.g.gay@enron.com<,
"Robert Shapiro (E-mail)" <robert.shapiro@chadbourne.com<, "Roberto La Laina
(E-mail)" <rlalaina@tozzini.com.br<, "Rodd Werstil"
<Rodd.Werstil@chadbourne.com<, "Rodrigo Sales (E-mail)"
<Rodrigo.Sales@BakerNet.com<, russell.ridgway@stoneweb.com,
ruth.a.crawford@si.shell.com, sbaratta@sewkis.com, scraw@opic.gov, "SHAKOOR,
Fiona"
<IMCEAEX-_O=FRESHFIELDS_OU=USA-NEW+20YORK_CN=RECIPIENTS_CN=FSHAKOOR@freshfield
s.com<, starry@velaw.com, "Stefan Unna (C&P) (E-mail)"
<stefan.unna@chadbourne.com<, "Stephen Coats" <scoats@velaw.com<,
stephen.gray@enron.com, "Steve Muller" <smiller@velaw.com<,
susan.garven@stoneweb.com, susanna.stern@citicorp.com,
terri.powers@stoneweb.com, "Thomas Felsberg"
<thomasfelsberg@felsberg.com.br<, "Thomas Mahaffey (E-mail)"
<tmaha@opic.gov<, turton@brazil.kben.com
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Attached are clean and blacklined copies of the revised Equity Contribution
Agreement. The blacklined copy is marked to show changes from the draft
thereof dated 11/3/00.

The Lenders did not have the prior opportunity to review the attached and,
therefore, it remains subject to their comments.

In light of the Thanksgiving holiday next week, the Lenders would prefer to
discuss the attached during the week of November 27.

Best regards.

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