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Publicly-Held Company
CNPJ # 60.746.948/0001-12
Banco Bradesco S.A. hereby informs its shareholders and the market about the approval, by the Central Bank of Brazil, on March 14, 2013, of the Capital Stock Increase process in the amount of R$8,000,000,000.00, increasing it from R$30,100,000,000.00 to R$38,100,000,000.00 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 March 11, 2013, informing that:
· the shareholders registered in the Bank’s books on March 25, 2013 will be benefited. As of March 26, 2013, the shares will be traded ex-bonus;
· the bonus shares will be included in the shareholders’ positions on March 28, 2013, and they will be available on April 1, 2013;
· monthly interest on shareholders’ equity will be maintained at R$0.018817992 per common share and R$0.020699791 per preferred share (gross), of which R$0.015995293 per common share and R$0.017594822 per preferred share, taking into account the Withholding Income Tax of 15% (fifteen percent), except for corporate shareholders who are exempt from the referred tax, so as the amount paid monthly to shareholders will be increased by 10%, as from the interest on shareholders’ equity regarding the month of April/2013 to be paid on May 2, 2013;
· the unit value of the bonus shares is R$20.916155973, pursuant to the provisions in Paragraph One of Article 47 of Brazilian Federal Revenue Service Normative Instruction # 1,022 of April 5, 2010, which will be included in the “Statement of Book-Entry Shares for the 2014 Income Statement, referring to the 2013 Calendar Year.”
· for the shareholders who want to transfer fractions of shares resulting from the stock bonus, it is established the period between April 1, 2013 to April 30, 2013, pursuant to the provisions of Paragraph Three of Article 169 of Law # 6,404/76. After this period, eventual remaining fractions will be separated, grouped into whole numbers and sold at an Auction to be held on May 15, 2013 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 May 27, 2013, by means of:
a) to shareholders whose shares are deposited at the Company and that keep their register and banking data updated, by means of credit in the current accounts in a Financial Institution they indicate. Those who do not have such data updated must present themselves at a Bradesco Branch on their preference bearing their CPF (Individual Taxpayer’s ID), RG (Identification Document) and proof of residence (utility bill) for record updating and receiving the respective amounts to which they are entitled; and
b) to shareholders whose shares are deposited at the BM&FBOVESPA S.A. – Bolsa de Valores, Mercadorias e Futuros (Securities, Commodities and Future Exchange), by means of Institutions and/or Brokerage Houses which keep their shareholding position in custody.
As of March 25, 2013, the shares composing the capital stock will have equal participation in the monthly interest on shareholders’ equity and eventually complementary ones and/or dividends 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 in the U.S. Market (NYSE) and in the form of GDRs – Global Depositary Receipts in the European Market (Latibex), and investors will receive 1 (one) new DR for each 10 (ten) DRs held on the record date of March 28, 2013, observing that:
· similar to the Brazilian operation, the resulting fractions will be separated, grouped into whole numbers and sold at 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, March 18, 2013
· Should you have any questions or require further information, please contact Mr. Paulo Faustino da Costa, phone 55 11 2178-6201, e-mail 4823.paulo@bradesco.com.br; Mrs. Ivani Benazzi de Andrade, phone 55 11 2178-6218, e-mail: 4823.ivani@bradesco.com.br,or Mr. Carlos Tsuyoshi Yamashita, phone 55 11 2178-6204, e-mail: 4823.carlos@bradesco.com.br.
BANCO BRADESCO S.A. | ||
By: |
/S/ Luiz Carlos Angelotti
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Luiz Carlos Angelotti Executive Managing Officer and Investor Relations Officer |
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