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Osasco, São Paulo, Brazil, April 25, 2003 To Security and Exchange Commission Office of International Corporate Finance Division of Corporate Finance Washington, DC Re.: Capital Increase with Subscription - Bradesco SSMs of January 10 and March 31, 2003 (4 p.m.) - 4.678263291% Gentlemen, We hereby inform the approval by the Central Bank of Brazil, on April 23, published in the Official Federal Gazette on this date, of the Capital increase process of this Bank by means of subscribing stocks, which were launched in the Special Stockholders Meeting ("SSM") of January 10 and ratified in the SSM of March 31, 2003 (4 p.m.). As a consequence, the new subscribed stocks are being incorporated to the position of the stockholders as of today, April 25th, and will be free for trading on Monday, April 28th. Dividends: The new stocks will be entitled to interest on own capital relating to the month of April, which will be paid on May 2, 2003, at the rate of R$0.0141180 for common stocks and R$0.0155298 for preferred stocks, at the net amounts of R$0.0120 for common stocks and R$0.0132 for preferred stocks, always per lot of one thousand stocks, as well as any advantages that may be attributed to the other stocks. Cordially, Banco Bradesco S.A. José Luiz Acar Pedro Executive Vice President and Investor Relations Director
BANCO BRADESCO S.A.
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José Luiz Acar Pedro
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