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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
Publicly-Held Company
Special and Annual Shareholders Meetings
Call Notice
We invite the shareholders of this Company to meet at the Special and Annual Shareholders Meeting, to be held cumulatively on March 10, 2010, at 5 p.m., at the Companys headquarters, in Cidade de Deus, Vila Yara, Osasco, São Paulo, at Salão Nobre do 5o andar, Prédio Vermelho, to:
Special Shareholders Meeting
- examine the Board of Directors proposals for:
1. | cancelling the shares held in Treasury, existing on the day of the Shareholders Meeting, representing its Capital Stock, without decreasing it, and with the consequent amendment to the caput of Article 6 of the Bylaws; |
2. | reducing from 59 to 52 the minimum number of members of the Board of Executive Officers, changing the minimum number of Executive Vice Presidents and Managing Officers, adapting them to the Companys organizational structure, without changing the maximum number of members of that Body, with the consequent amendment to the caput of Article 12 of the Bylaws. |
Annual Shareholders Meeting
1. | acknowledge the Management Report, the Fiscal Councils and Independent Auditors Opinions, 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, 2009; |
2. | resolve on the proposals of allocation of the net income for the year and ratify the amount of interest on own capital and dividends paid; |
3. | elect the Board of Directors members, and pursuant to CVM Rules # 165, of December 11, 1991, and # 282, of June 26, 1998, a minimum percentage of a 5% of the voting capital is mandatory for shareholders to require the adoption of the multiple vote process; |
4. | elect the Fiscal Councils members, pursuant to Article 161 of Law # 6,404/76; and |
5. | resolve on the Management and Fiscal Councils compensation proposal. |
Documents Made Available to Shareholders: this Call Notice, the Proposals of the Board of Directors and of the Parent Companies and the Manual for the Participation of Shareholders in said Shareholders Meetings, including 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 section, 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:
More information and clarifications can be obtained via email (investidores@bradesco.com.br), on the Investor Relations website (www.bradesco.com.br/ri), or through Bradescos Branch Network.
Cidade de Deus, Osasco, SP, February 9, 2010
Lázaro de Mello Brandão
Chairman of the Board of Directors
BANCO BRADESCO S.A. |
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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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