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Cidade de Deus, Osasco, SP, February 10^th, 2010

Securities and Exchange Commission
Office of International Corporate Finance
Division of Corporate Finance
Washington, DC

Ref.: Payment of Complementary Dividends

     The Board of Directors of Banco Bradesco S.A., at a meeting held today, approved the Board of Executive Officers’ proposal for the payment of Dividends to the Company’s shareholders, as complement to Interest on Own Capital and Dividends related to the year 2009, in the amount of R$76,995,000.00, of which R$0.021438536 per common share and R$0.023582390 per preferred share.

     The shareholders registered in the Company’s Books on this date (February 10^th, 2010) will be benefited. The Company’s shares will be traded “ex-right” on Dividends as from February 11^th, 2010.

     The payment will be made on March 9^th, 2010, by the declared amount, without Withholding Income Tax, pursuant to Article 10 of Law # 9,249/95.

     The aforementioned Dividends related to the shares held in custody of BM&FBOVESPA S.A. – Bolsa de Valores, Mercadorias e Futuros (Securities, Commodities and Future Exchange) will be paid to the referred BM&FBOVESPA, which will transfer them to the shareholders through the Depository Agents.

     Thus, the amount of Interest and Dividends distributed to the shareholders, related to the year 2009, totals R$2,718,081,158.73, as follow:

In R$

Monthly Dividends paid		507,817,309.68
Intermediary Interest of the 1st half paid		501,268,849.05
Subtotal – Paid Value		1,009,086,158.73
Complementary Interest to be paid on March 9th , 2010		1,632,000,000.00
Complementary Dividends to be paid on March 9th , 2010 (*)		76,995,000.00
Subtotal – Value to be paid		1,708,995,000.00
Total		2,718,081,158.73
(*) it takes into considerations the 10% bonus stock approved at the Special Shareholders’ Meeting as of December 18, 2009.

Per share in R$
		Monthly		Intermediary		Complementary		Complementary
Type		Dividends		Interest of the		Interest		Dividends		Total
				1st half
Common share		0.157429250		0.155520588		0.499755537		0.021438536		0.834143911
Preferred share		0.173172175		0.171072647		0.549731091		0.023582390		0.917558303

Cordially,

Banco Bradesco S.A.
Domingos Figueiredo de Abreu
Executive Vice President and
Investor Relations Officer

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