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Banco Bradesco S.A.
Corporate Taxpayer’s Number (CNPJ) #60.746.948/0001 -12
Corporate Registry Number (NIRE) #35.300.027.795
Publicly-held Company
Special Stockholders’ Meeting
Call Notice
The stockholders of this Company are invited to gather in the Special Stockholders’ Meeting, to be held on October 5th, 2006, at 4:00 p.m., at the Company’s headquarters located in Cidade de Deus, Vila Yara, Osasco, São Paulo, 5th floor, Salão Nobre, Prédio Novo, in order to resolve on the Board of Directors’ proposal for the Capital Stock increase in the amount of R$1,200,000,000.00, increasing it from R$13,000,000,000.00 to R$14,200,000,000.00, by means of the issuance of 21,818,182 new book-entry registered stocks, with no par value, of which 10,909,152 are common stocks and 10,909,030 are preferred stocks, at the price of R$55.00 per stock, by means of private subscription by the stockholders in the period from October 19th, 2006 to November 20th, 2006, in the proportion of 2.226746958% on the stockholding position held by each one on the date of the Meeting (10.5.2006), with payment in cash of 100% of the amount of the subscribed stocks, on December 7th, 2006.
Documents Available to Stockholders: this Call Notice and the Board of Directors’ Proposal are made available to stockholders at the Stocks and Custody Department of Bradesco, Depositary Financial Institution of the Companies’ Stocks, located in Cidade de Deus, Prédio Amarelo, Vila Yara, Osasco, São Paulo, and they can also be viewed on the Website www.bradesco.com.br - Corporate Governance Section - Corporate Documents.
Cidade de Deus, Osasco, SP, September 18th, 2006
Lázaro de Mello Brandão Board of Directors’ Chairman |
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BANCO BRADESCO S.A. |
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/S/ Milton Almicar Silva Vargas
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Milton Almicar Silva Vargas
Executive Vice President and Investor Relations Officer |
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