SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
06029-900 - Osasco - SP
Federative Republic of Brazil
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Cidade de Deus, Osasco, January 28th, 2010
Securities and Exchange Commission
Office of International Corporate Finance
Division of Corporate Finance
Washington, DC
Ref.: Payment of Complementary Dividends
The Board of Executive Officers of Banco Bradesco S.A., at a meeting held today, decided to propose to the Board of Directors, which will resolve at a meeting to be held on February 10th, 2010, the payment to the Company’s shareholders of Dividends, as complement to Interest on Own Capital and Dividends related to the year 2009, in the amount of R$76,995,000.00, of which R$0.021438536 per common share and R$0.023582390 per preferred share.
The shareholders registered in the Company’s books on February 10th, 2010 will be benefited. The Company’s shares will be traded “ex-right” on Dividends as from February 11th, 2010.
Upon the approval of this proposal, the payment will be made on March 9th, 2010, by the declared amount, without Withholding Income Tax, pursuant to Article 10 of Law # 9,249/95.
The aforementioned Dividends related to the shares held in custody of BM&FBOVESPA S.A. – Bolsa de Valores, Mercadorias e Futuros (Securities, Commodities and Future Exchange) will be paid to the referred BM&FBOVESPA, which will transfer them to the shareholders through the Depository Agents.
Thus, the amount of Interest and Dividends distributed to the shareholders, related to the year 2009, totals R$2,718,081,158.73.
Cordially,
Banco Bradesco S.A.
Domingos Figueiredo de Abreu
Executive Vice President
and Investor Relations Officer
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/S/ Domingos Figueiredo de Abreu
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