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Dear Sirs,
Banco Bradesco S.A. announces to its shareholders, clients and the market in general that all matters examined in the Special Shareholders Meeting, held on this date, at 5 p.m., were approved as follows:
I. increase the capital stock from R$26,500,000,000.00 to R$28,500,000,000.00, by means of:
1. Reserves Capitalization by R$2 billions - capitalization of part of the balance of the Profit Reserves Statutory Reserve account, pursuant to the provisions of Article 169 of Law #6,404/76, with bonus shares;
2. Bonus Shares (10%) issue of 342,040,948 new non-par, book-entry, registered shares, of which 171,020,483 are common shares and 171,020,465 are preferred shares, which will be conferred, free of charge to shareholders, as bonus share, at the ratio of 1 (one) new share for each 10 (ten) shares of the same type held thereby on the record date, by observing:
Record Date: the record date of bonus entitlement will be notified to the Market after the approval of the respective process by the Central Bank of Brazil.
Trading: current shares will continue to be traded entitled to bonus and new shares will be available for trading after the approval of the respective process by the Central Bank of Brazil and their inclusion in the shareholders position to be notified to the Market.
Bonus Shares Entitlement They will be entitled to dividends and/or interest on own capital to be declared as of the date of their inclusion in the shareholders position. They are also fully entitled to eventual advantages conferred to other shares as of the aforementioned date.
Monthly Dividends: monthly dividends will be maintained at R$0.013219250 per common share and R$0.014541175 per preferred share, so as the amount monthly paid to shareholders will be increased by 10% after the inclusion of new shares in the shareholders positions.
Fractions of Shares: the bonus share will always occur in whole numbers. The remaining shares resulting from fractions of shares will be separated, grouped into whole numbers and sold in an Auction to be held at BM&FBOVESPA S.A., after the period of 30 (thirty) days as set forth in Paragraph Third of Article 169 of Law # 6,404/76, which will be established after the approval of the process by the Central Bank of Brazil and the respective amounts will be available to shareholders entitled thereto.
Cost of Bonus Shares is R$5.847253119 per share - regardless of the type, pursuant to the provisions in Paragraph One of Article 47 of the Normative Ruling of the Brazilian Internal Revenue Service #1,022, as of April 5, 2010.
Holders of Depositary Receipts (DRs), Traded in the United States and Spain
Simultaneously to the Brazilian Market operation, and in the same proportion, bonus will be paid in the form of ADRs - American Depositary Receipts in the U.S. Market (NYSE) and in the form of GDRs Global Depositary Receipts in the European Market (Latibex) and investors will receive 1 (one) new DR for each 10 (ten) DRs held on the record date.
· the resulting fractions, similarly to the operations in Brazil, will be separated, grouped into whole numbers and sold on the respective Stock Exchanges, and the amounts will be credited to the holders of fractions;
· once concluded the operation, DRs - Depositary Receipts will continue to be traded at the ratio of 1 (one) preferred share to 1 (one) DR, in the aforementioned Markets.
II. Statutory Amendment: to amend the caput of Article 6 of the Companys Bylaws, as a result of the previous item.
These resolutions will be effective after the necessary approval of the process by the Central Bank of Brazil.
Cordially,
Executive Vice President and
BANCO BRADESCO S.A. | ||
By: |
/S/ Domingos Figueiredo de Abreu
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Domingos Figueiredo de Abreu
Executive Vice-President and
Investor Relations Officer |
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