Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Yes _______ No ___X____Banco Bradesco S.A.
Corporate Taxpayers ID (CNPJ) 60.746.948/0001-12
Corporate Registration Number (NIRE) 35.300.027.795
Publicly-Held Company
Special Shareholders Meeting
Call Notice
We invite the shareholders of this Company to gather at a Special Shareholders Meeting, to be held on December 17, 2010, at 5 p.m., at the Companys headquarters, Cidade de Deus, Vila Yara, Osasco, SP, at Salão Nobre, 5o andar, Prédio Vermelho, in order to examine and resolve on the Board of Directors proposals to:
1) increase the Capital Stock by the amount of R$1,500,000,000.00, increasing it from R$28,500,000,000.00 to R$30,000,000,000.00, by issuing 62,344,140 new book-entry, registered shares, with no par value, of which 31,172,072 are common shares and 31,172,068 are preferred shares, at the price of R$ 24.06 per share, for private subscription by the shareholders in the period from December 29, 2010 to January 31, 2011, in the proportion of 1.657008936% on the shareholding position that each one holds on the date of the Shareholders Meeting (December 17, 2010), with payment in cash, on February 18, 2011, of 100% of the amount of the subscribed shares;
2) amend the Bylaws, as follows:·
in the caput and the Paragraph One of Article 12, Article 14 and caput of Article 25, creating 7 positions of Deputy Officer in the Board of Executive Officers, increasing from 9 to 12 the maximum number of Officers and up to 19 number of members of the Integrated Risk Management and Capital Allocation Committee, due to the expansion that the Company has been obtaining in all areas of operations and the need for better support to the administrative tasks in view of the structural dimension of the Organization;·
in letter d of Paragraph One of Article 26, establishing the maximum deadline of 15 days so that the Organizations Ombudsman replies the complainants, in compliance with the provisions of Item III of Article 2 of the National Monetary Council Resolution #3,849, as of March 25, 2010.___________________________________________________________________________________
Documents Available to Shareholders: this Call Notice, the Proposals of the Board of Directors and the Material Fact are available to Shareholders at the Custody and Share Department of Bradesco, Depositary Financial Institution of the Companys Shares, Cidade de Deus, Prédio Amarelo, Vila Yara, Osasco, SP, and are also available on the Website www.bradesco.com.br - Corporate Governance - Shareholders, and on 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 Meeting, 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;·Further needed clarifications may be obtained through the e-mail investidores@bradesco.com.br, in the Investor Relations Website www.bradesco.com.br/ri or in Bradesco Branch Network.
Cidade de Deus, Osasco, SP, November 22, 2010
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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