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Banco Bradesco S.A.
Corporate Taxpayers ID (CNPJ) 60.746.948/0001-12
Corporate Registry ID (NIRE) 35.300.027.795
Special and Annual Shareholders Meetings
Special Shareholders Meeting
We invite the shareholders of this Company to meet at the Special Shareholders Meeting, to be held on March 10, 2011, at 4:30 p.m., at the Companys headquarters, in Cidade de Deus, Vila Yara, Osasco, São Paulo, at Salão Nobre do 5oandar, Prédio Vermelho, in order to examine the Board of Directors proposals to:
1. approve the Capital Stock increase resolved at the 217th Special Shareholders Meeting, held on December 17, 2010, in the amount of R$1,500,000,000.00, increasing it from R$28,500,000,000.00 to R$30,000,000,000.00, by means of the subscription of 62,344,140 new book-entry registered shares, with no par value, of which 31,172,072 are common shares and 31,172,068 are preferred shares;
2. increase the Capital Stock by the amount of R$100,000,000.00, increasing it to R$30,100,000,000.00 by capitalizing reserves, of which: Capital Reserve R$62,613,709.13; and partially the balance of Profit Reserve - Legal Reserve account R$37,386,290.87, without issuing shares, according to Paragraph 1 of Article 169 of Law # 6,404/76;
3. increase from 5 to 6 the maximum number of members of the Remuneration Committee, in order to better support the tasks of the Body;
4. standardize, in the Bylaws, the expression financial statements;
5. partially amend the Bylaws, in the caput of Article 6, due to the items 1 and 2; in the caput of Article 23, due to item 3; and item l of Article 9, because of item 4.
Annual Shareholders Meeting
We invite the shareholders of this Company to meet at the Annual Shareholders Meeting, to be held on March 10, 2011, at 5 p.m., at the Companys headquarters, in Cidade de Deus, Vila Yara, Osasco, São Paulo, at Salão Nobre do 5oandar, Prédio Vermelho, to:
1. acknowledge the Management Report, the Fiscal Councils Opinion, the Independent Auditors Report, and the Summary of the Audit Committees Report, as well as examine, discuss and vote on the Financial Statements related to the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010;
2. resolve on the Board of Directors proposal for the allocation of the net income of 2010 and ratification of the distribution of interest on shareholders equity and dividends paid and to be paid;
3. resolve on the proposals of the Parent Companies to elect the Board of Directors and Fiscal Councils members;
Pursuant to CVM Rules #165, of December 11, 1991, and #282, of June 26, 1998, a minimum percentage of a 5% (five percent) of the voting capital is mandatory for shareholders to require the adoption of the multiple vote process to elect the Board of Directors members;
Documents Made Available to Shareholders: these Call Notices, the Proposals of the Board of Directors and of the Parent Companies as well as all the information required by the current legislation, are available to shareholders in Bradescos Shares and Custody Department, the Companys Depositary Financial Institution, Cidade de Deus, Prédio Amarelo, Vila Yara, Osasco, São Paulo, also available on the website www.bradesco.com.br Corporate Governance Shareholders, being also available at BM&FBovespa and CVM websites.
Participation in the Meetings:pursuant to Article 126 of Law # 6,404 of December 15, 1976, and later amendments, in order to attend and resolve on the Shareholders Meetings, shareholders shall observe that:
· in addition to their identification document, they shall also provide a certificate of ownership of the Companys shares issued by the custodian financial institution;
· for the holder of book-entry shares held in custody at Bradesco, the presentation of said certificate is waived;
· in the event of impossibility to attend the Shareholders Meetings, shareholders may also be represented by an attorney-in-fact appointed not more than one year before the date of the meeting, provided that he is a shareholder, officer of the Company, lawyer or financial institution, being incumbent upon the investment fund manager to represent its condominium members;
· before being forwarded to the Company, the powers of attorney drawn up in foreign language shall be translated into Portuguese and their translation shall be registered at the Registry of Deeds and Documents;
· in order to speed up the process and facilitate the works in the Shareholders Meetings, the certificate of ownership of the shares and the power of attorney may, at the shareholders discretion, be sent to the Companys headquarters, preferably, within 2 (two) business days before the date of the Shareholders Meetings, at Banco Bradesco S.A. - Secretaria Geral - Área Societária - Cidade de Deus - 4oandar do Prédio Vermelho - Vila Yara - Osasco, SP - CEP 06029-900. A copy of the documentation may also be sent by email to governancacorp@bradesco.com.brand, alternatively, by fax (55 11) 3684-4630 or (55 11) 3683-2564.
More clarifications deemed necessary may be obtained via email investidores@bradesco.com.br,on the Investor Relations website -www.bradesco.com.br/ri Corporate Governanceor through Bradescos Branch Network.
Cidade de Deus, Osasco, SP, February 8, 2011
Lázaro de Mello Brandão
Chairman of the Board of Directors
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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