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Publicly-held Company
Corporate Taxpayer’s ID (CNPJ) 60.746.948/0001 -12
Notice to Shareholders
Banco Bradesco S.A. informs the market and its shareholders that, at an auction held at BM&FBOVESPA S.A. - Bolsa de Valores, Mercadorias e Futuros (Securities, Commodities and Future Exchanges), on June 24th, 2009, it successfully concluded the sale of all shares resulting from fractions of shares from the reverse split operation, approved at the Special Shareholders’ Meeting held on March 10th, 2009.
At that occasion, a total of 3,730,979 common shares and 25,294,621 preferred shares have been sold, all of which non-par registered book-entry shares.
The amounts payable to the fractions holders shall be R$22.499992165 per common share and R$27.499999709 per preferred share, in a total amount of R$779,549,068.42.
Such amounts shall be available to the shareholders entitled to them, as of July 20th, 2009, restated by the SELIC rate or another index that might replace it, as of June 29th, 2009, date of the Auction’s financial settlement.
To the entitled shareholders, the Company shall:
a) credit the amounts to those registered in its records as holders of checking account in a Financial Institution;
b) pay BM&FBOVESPA, which shall transfer the amounts to those registered in its records, through its Custodian Agents.
Those who do not hold a checking account in a Financial Institution but whose record is updated at Bradesco’s records, shall be notified and should go to a Bradesco Branch of their choice, with their ID cards, to receive the amounts they are entitled to.
For those not identified or not located, the amounts will be available at the Company and, upon request, will be paid, restated by the SELIC rate or another index that might replace it, as of June 29th, 2009, date of the Auction’s financial settlement.
With regards to the “Notice to the Market” disclosed on June 22nd, 2009, Bradesco did not take part in the auction and, consequently, did not use its Share Repurchase Program to be held in Treasury.
| Cidade de Deus, Osasco, SP, July 2nd , 2009 |
| Banco Bradesco S.A. |
| Domingos Figueiredo de Abreu |
| Executive Vice-President and |
| Investor Relations Officer |
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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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