SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
06029-900 - Osasco - SP
Federative Republic of Brazil
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Osasco, São Paulo, Brazil, June 27th , 2008 |
Securities and Exchange Commission
Office of International Corporate Finance
Division of Corporate Finance
Washington, DC
Ref.: Payment of Intermediary Dividends
. Banco Bradesco S.A.
The Board of Directors of this Bank, in a meeting held today, approved the Board of Executive Officer’s proposal for the payment to the Company’s shareholders of Intermediary Dividends related to the first half 2008, in the total amount of R$387 million, of which R$0.120175000 per common share and R$0.132192500 per preferred share.
Will be made benefiting the shareholders registered in the Bank’s Books on this date (June 27th, 2008). The Company’s shares will be traded “ex-right” on Dividends from June 30th, 2008 on. The payment will be settled on July 21st, 2008, according to the declared amount, with no Withholding Income Tax under the terms of the Article 10 of Law # 9,249/95, as follows:
- credit in the current account informed by the shareholder;
- the shareholders who do not inform their banking data or do not hold a current account in a Financial Institution must go to a Bradesco Branch on their preference having their identification document and the “Notice For Receipt of Earnings from Book-Entry Shares”, sent by mail to those having their address updated in the Company’s records;
- to those with shares held on custody with the CBLC - Companhia Brasileira de Liquidação e Custódia (CBLC - Brazilian Clearing and Depository Corporation), the payment of Dividends will be made to CBLC, which will transfer them to the shareholders through the Depository Agents.
The aforementioned Intermediary Dividends represent 10 times the amount of Dividends paid monthly.
Cordially,
Banco Bradesco S.A.
Milton Almicar Silva Vargas
Executive Vice President and
Investor Relations Officer
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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 Director |
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