Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Yes _______ No ___X____Publicly-held Company Corporate Taxpayers ID (CNPJ) #60.746.948/0001-12 |
Notice to the Market
Stockholders Agreement executed with Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. (BBVA)
Banco Bradesco S.A. informs the market that its stockholders Cidade de Deus Companhia Comercial de Participações and Fundação Bradesco were notified, on 3.4.2008, by Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. (BBVA), headquartered in Bilbao (Spain), of the exercise of the put option on registered common stocks issued by this Institution and held by BBVA, pursuant to the Stockholders Agreement executed on June 9, 2003.
The exercise of the option refers to 51.164.525 (fifty one million, one hundred sixty four thousand, five hundred twenty-five) common stocks, corresponding to 5% (five percent) of all stocks of this type. The aforementioned stockholders should acquire these stocks within thirty (30) business days.
According to BBVA notice, the decision to sell the stocks issued by Bradesco derives from the new strategy of approaching the Brazilian market, aiming at strengthening its participation in the Country with its own platform for global businesses.
Cidade de Deus, Osasco, São Paulo, March 5, 2008
Banco Bradesco S.A.
Milton Almicar Silva Vargas
Executive Vice-President and
Investor Relations Officer
BANCO BRADESCO S.A. |
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/S/ Milton Almicar Silva Vargas
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Milton Almicar Silva Vargas
Executive Vice-President and Investor Relations Officer |
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