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Banco Bradesco S.A.
Corporate Taxpayer’s ID (CNPJ) 60.746.948/0001 -12
Companies Registrar Number (NIRE) 35.300.027.795
Publicly-Held Company
Special Stockholders’ Meeting
Call Notices
We invite the stockholders of this Company to gather in a Special Stockholders’ Meeting, to be held on November 11th, 2005, at 4:00 p.m., at the Company’s head office, located at Cidade de Deus, Vila Yara, Osasco, São Paulo, in the “Salão Nobre”, on the 5th floor of Prédio Novo, in order to examine the Board of Directors’ proposals to:
1. cancel the stocks held in treasury, existing on the date of the Meeting, representatives of its own Capital Stock, without reduction thereof;
2. increase the capital stock in the amount of R$3,000,000,000.00, from R$10,000,000,000.00 to R$13,000,000,000.00, by using a portion of the balance in “Profit Reserve - Statutory Reserve” account, attributing to the Company’s stockholders, on a free basis, as bonus stock, 1 (one) new stock, of the same type, for each stock held. The bonus stock will be granted on a date to be announced to the market by the Company, after the process is approved by the Central Bank of Brazil. Simultaneously to the Brazilian Market operation, and in the same proportion, the bonus stock will benefit DR shareholders -Depositary Receipts in the U.S. (NYSE) and European (Latibex) Markets;
3. amend the “caput” of Article 6, of the Company’s Bylaws, as a result of the previous items.
Documents Available to Stockholders: this Call Notices and the proposals of the Board of Directors are available to stockholders at Bradesco’s Stocks and Custody Department, Depository Financial Institution of the Company’s Stocks, located at Cidade de Deus, Prédio Amarelo, Vila Yara, Osasco, São Paulo. They can also be viewed on Bradesco’s website www.bradesco.com.br - Corporate Governance Section - Corporate Documents.
| Cidade de Deus, Osasco, São Paulo, October 10th, 2005 | |
| Lázaro de Mello Brandão | |
| Chairman of the Board of Director |
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BANCO BRADESCO S.A.
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| By: |
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José Luiz Acar Pedro
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José Luiz Acar Pedro
Executive Vice President and Investor Relations Officer | ||
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