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Bradesco

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Minutes of Special Meeting # 1,715, of the Board of Directors of Banco Bradesco S.A., held on December 20^th, 2010
Corporate Taxpayer’ ID (CNPJ) 60.746.948/0001-12
Registration Number (NIRE) 35.300.027.795.

The members of the Company’s Board of Directors were called together on the 20^th day of the month of December, 2010, at 5:00 p.m., at the corporate head office, in Cidade de Deus, 4^th andar of the Prédio Vermelho, Vila Yara, Osasco, SP, under the chairmanship of Mr. Antônio Bornia, in the absence of the titular Mr. Lázaro de Mello Brandão, on vacation. During the meeting, the Board Members, pursuant to Paragraph 6 of Article 6 of the Company’s Bylaws, and in compliance with the requirements set forth in Paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 30 of Law # 6,404/76 and with the CVM – Comissão de Valores Mobiliários (Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission) Instructions # 10, 268 and 390 as of February 14^th, 1980, November 13^th, 1997 and July 8^th, 2003, respectively, resolved:

I)    to renew the program to acquire shares issued by the Company to be maintained in treasury  and subsequent disposal or cancellation, keeping the same quantities, without decreasing the Capital Stock;

II)   to authorize the Company’s Board of Executive Officers to acquire up to 15,000,000  registered book-entry shares, with no par value, comprising of 7,500,000 common shares and 7,500,000 preferred shares, it is incumbent on the Board of Executive Officers to determine the opportunity and the number of shares to be effectively acquired, within the limits authorized and the duration of this resolution.

For the purposes of Article 8 of CVM Instruction # 10, as of February 14^th, 1980, it is specified that:

a)    the objective of the present authorization is the application of funds registered in the “Profits Reserves - Statutory Reserves”, available for Investments;

b)   it shall be valid for the period of 6 (six) months, from December 21^st, 2010 to June 21^st, 2011;

c)    pursuant to the provisions in Article 5 of CVM Instruction # 10, the Bank has 2,493,705,594 outstanding shares, comprising of 651,212,906 common shares and 1,842,492,688 preferred shares;

d)   the acquisition process of these shares shall be undertaken at market price and be mediated by Bradesco S.A. Corretora de Títulos e Valores Mobiliários, with headquarters at Avenida Paulista, 1.450, 7^oandar,  Bela Vista, São Paulo, SP, and Ágora Corretora de Títulos e Valores Mobiliários S.A., with headquarters at Praia de Botafogo, 300, salas 601 and 301, parte, Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro, RJ;

III)   that in the event of cancellation of such purchased shares, the Board of Directors shall be responsible for submitting such cancellation for the approval of the General Shareholders’ Meeting, without decreasing the Capital Stock;

IV)   to register that, pursuant to the authorization granted to the Board of Executive Officers at the Special Shareholders’ Meeting # 1,632, held on June 2^nd, 2010, of this Body, it was verified that no shares were acquired in the period.

There being no further business to be discussed, the meeting was adjourned and these Minutes were drawn up, which the present Board Members sign. ss) Antônio Bornia, Mário da Silveira Teixeira Júnior, João Aguiar Alvarez, Denise Aguiar Alvarez, Luiz Carlos Trabuco Cappi and Carlos Alberto Rodrigues Guilherme.

·         Should you have any questions or require further information, please contact Mr. Paulo Faustino da Costa, phone 55 11 2178-6201, e-mail 4823.paulo@bradesco.com.br; Mrs. Ivani Benazzi de Andrade, phone 55 11 2178-6218, e-mail: 4823.ivani@bradesco.com.br or Mr. Carlos Tsuyoshi Yamashita, phone 55 11 2178-6204, e-mail: 4823.carlos@bradesco.com.br.

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