Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
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Banco Bradesco S.A.
Corporate Taxpayer’s ID (CNPJ) #60.746.948/0001 -12
Corporate Registry ID (NIRE) #35.300.027.795
Publicly-held Company
Special Stockholders’ Meeting
Call Notice
The stockholders of this Company are invited to gather at the Special Stockholders’ Meeting, to be held on January 4th, 2008, at 5:00 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 examine proposals of the Board of Directors:
1. To partially amend the Bylaws, in the “caput” of Article 12, by reducing 3 (three) Regional Director posts and changing its denomination to Director, matching the new title with the activity exercised by the Manager, and consequently amending Paragraph Two of the aforementioned Article, Paragraph Four of Article 13, letter “e” of Article 14, and Item II of Article 19; and in Paragraph Three of Article 13, which provides for the individual representation of the Company, including the assumption of “legal testimonies”;
2. To cancel 2,246,224 non-par, book-entry, registered stocks, 828,700 of which are common stocks and 1,417,524 are preferred stocks held in Treasury, representatives of its own Capital Stock, without reduction thereof, with the consequent amendment to the “caput” of Article 6 of the Bylaws;
3. To increase the Capital Stock in the amount of R$1,200,000,000.00, raising it from R$19,000,000,000.00 to R$20,200,000,000.00, by means of issuance of 27,906,977 non-par, book-entry, registered new stocks, 13,953,489 of which are common stocks and 13,953,488 are preferred stocks, at the price of R$43.00 per stock, already considering the cancellation mentioned in item 2, for private subscription by the stockholders in the period from January 22nd, 2008 to February 22nd, 2008, in the proportion of 1.382441029 % on the stockholding position held by each one on the date of the Meeting (1.4.2008), with payment in cash of 100% of the amount of the subscribed stocks, on March 17th, 2008.
Documents Available to Stockholders: this Call Notice and the Proposals of the Board of Directors are made available to stockholders at the Custody and Registrar Department of Bradesco, Depositary Financial Institution of the Company’s Stocks, Cidade de Deus, Prédio Amarelo, Vila Yara, Osasco, São Paulo, and can also be accessed through the website www.bradesco.com.br - Corporate Governance Section - Corporate Documents.
Cidade de Deus, Osasco, SP, December 17th, 2007
Lázaro de Mello Brandão
Chairman of the Board of Directors
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BANCO BRADESCO S.A. |
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/S/ Norberto Pinto Barbedo
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Norberto Pinto Barbedo
Executive Vice-President |
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