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Publicly-Held Company
CNPJ # 60.746.948/0001 -12
Notice to Shareholders
Banco Bradesco S.A. hereby informs its shareholders and the market about the approval, by the Central Bank of Brazil, on December 30th, 2009, of the Capital Stock Increase process in the amount of R$2,000,000,000.00, increasing it from R$24,500,000,000.00 to R$26,500,000,000.00 with a 10% stock bonus (one new share, of the same type, for each 10 shares held), as resolved at the Special Shareholders Meeting held on December 18th, 2009, informing that:
the shareholders registered in the Banks books as of January 19th, 2010 will be benefited. As of January 20th, 2010, the shares will be traded ex-bonus;
the bonus shares will be included in the shareholders positions on January 22th, 2010, and they will be available on January 25th, 2010;
the monthly dividends will be maintained at R$0.013219250 per common share and R$0.014541175 per preferred share, so as the amount paid monthly to shareholders will be increased by 10% after the inclusion of new shares in the shareholders positions;
the unit value of the bonus shares is R$6.419448206, pursuant to the provisions in Article 25, Paragraph One of Brazilian Federal Revenue Service Normative Instruction # 25 of March 6th 2001, which will be included in the Statement of Book-Entry Shares for the 2011 Income Statement referring to the 2010 Calendar Year.
any fractions of shares resulting from the stock bonus will be separated, grouped into whole numbers and sold at an Auction to be held on February 1st, 2010 at BM&FBOVESPA S.A. Bolsa de Valores, Mercadorias e Futuros (São Paulo Securities, Commodities and Futures Exchange), and the respective amounts will be made available to shareholders entitled thereto on February 8th, 2010, by means of:
credit in the account of those registered in our records as checking account holders with a Financial Institution; and
payment to BM&FBOVESPA S.A. Bolsa de Valores, Mercadorias e Futuros (São Paulo Securities, Commodities and Futures Exchange), which will transfer the respective amounts to those entitled to them as registered in its
records, by means of its Custody Agents.
Those who do not hold a checking account with a Financial Institution, but have maintained accurate records with Bradescos records will be notified and must direct themselves to any Bradesco Branch with valid identification to receive the amount they are entitled to.
As of January 19th, 2010, the shares composing the Capital Stock will have equal participation in the Monthly Dividends and eventually Complementary Dividends and/or Interest on Own Capital to be declared, as well as, fully, any other advantages as of said date.
Simultaneously to the Brazilian Market operation, and in the same proportion, bonus shares will be distributed in the form of ADRs - American Depositary Receipts on the U.S. Market (NYSE) and in the form of GDRs Global Depositary Receipts on the European Market (Latibex), and investors will receive 1 (one) new DR for each 10 (ten) DRs held on the record date of January 19th, 2010, observing that:
similar to the Brazilian operation, the resulting fractions will be separated, grouped into whole numbers and sold on the respective Stock Exchanges, and the amounts will be credited to the holders of said fractions; and
once the operation is concluded, Depositary Receipts - DRs will continue to be traded at the ratio of 1 (one) preferred share to 1 (one) DR on the aforementioned Markets.
Cidade de Deus, Osasco, SP, January 7th, 2010
Banco Bradesco S.A.
Domingos Figueiredo de Abreu
Investor Relations Officer and
Executive Vice President
BANCO BRADESCO S.A. |
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/S/ Domingos Figueiredo de Abreu
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Domingos Figueiredo de Abreu
Executive Vice-President and
Investor Relations Officer |
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