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Banco Bradesco S.A.
CNPJ (Corporate Taxpayer’s ID) #60.746.948/0001-12
NIRE (Corporate Registry ID) #35.300.027.795
Publicly-Held Company
Special and Annual Shareholders’ Meetings
Call Notice
We invite the shareholders of this Company to meet at the Special and Annual Shareholders’ Meetings that will be cumulatively held on March 10, 2014, at 4 p.m., at the Company’s headquarters, Cidade de Deus, Vila Yara, Osasco, São Paulo, at Salão Nobre do 5o andar, Prédio Vermelho, to:
At the Special Shareholders’ Meeting:
1) Examine the Board of Directors’ proposals to partially amend the bylaws, in the “caput” of Article 12, reducing from 7 to 3 the minimum number of members for the position of Officer, adapting it to the current organizational structure of the Company.
At the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting:
2) Acknowledge the Management Report, the Fiscal Council’s Opinion, the Independent Auditors’ Report, and the Summary of the Audit Committee’s Report, as well as examine, discuss and vote on the Financial Statements related to the fiscal year ended on December 31, 2013.
3) Resolve on the Board of Directors’ proposal for the allocation of the net income of the fiscal year 2013 and ratification of the early distribution of interest on shareholders’ equity and dividends paid and to be paid.
4) Elect the Board of Directors’ members. It is necessary, pursuant to CVM Rules #165, of December 11, 1991, and #282, of June 26, 1998, at least 5% (five percent) of the voting capital so that shareholders can require the adoption of the multiple vote process.
5) Elect the Fiscal Council’s members, pursuant to Article 161 of Law # 6,404, of 12.15.1976, and establish their respective compensation.
6) Resolve on the Board of Directors’ proposals for the Management’s compensation and the amount to support the Management’s Pension Plans.
Participation in the Meetings: pursuant to Article 126 of Law # 6,404, of December 15, 1976, and later amendments, in order to attend and resolve on the Shareholders’ Meetings, shareholders must observe that:
· in addition to their identification document, they must also provide a certificate of ownership of the shares issued by the Company, issued by the custodian financial institution;
· for the holder of book-entry shares held in custody at Bradesco, the presentation of said certificate is waived;
Banco Bradesco S.A.
CNPJ (Corporate Taxpayer’s ID) 60.746.948/0001-12
NIRE (Corporate Registry ID) 35.300.027.795
Publicly-Held Company
Special and Annual Shareholders’ Meetings
Call Notice
· in the event of impossibility to attend the Shareholders’ Meetings, shareholders may also be represented by an attorney-in-fact appointed not more than one year, provided that he is a shareholder, manager of the Company, lawyer or financial institution, being incumbent upon the investment fund manager to represent its condominium members;
· before being forwarded to the Company, the powers of attorney drawn up in foreign language must be translated into Portuguese and their translation must be registered at the Registry of Deeds and Documents;
· in order to speed up the process and facilitate the works in the Shareholders’ Meetings, the certificate of ownership of the shares, the power of attorney and possible voting declaration may, at the shareholders’ discretion, be sent to the Company’s headquarters, preferably within 2 (two) business days before the date of the Shareholders’ Meetings, at Banco Bradesco S.A. - Secretaria Geral - Área Societária - Cidade de Deus - 4o andar do Prédio Vermelho - Vila Yara - Osasco, SP - CEP 06029-900. A copy of the documentation may also be sent by email to governancacorp@bradesco.com.br and, alternatively, by fax (55 11) 3684-4630.
Documents Made Available to Shareholders: this Call Notice, the Proposals of the Board of Directors and of the Controlling Shareholders and other information required by the current legislation, as well as the Manual for the Participation in the Cumulative Special and Annual Shareholders’ Meetings of March 10, 2014, are available to shareholders in Bradesco’s Shares and Custody Department, the Company’s Depositary Financial Institution, Cidade de Deus, Prédio Amarelo, Vila Yara, Osasco, São Paulo, and are also available on the websites www.bradesco.com.br – Corporate Governance – Shareholders, BM&FBovespa (www.bmfbovespa.com.br) and CVM (www.cvm.gov.br).
More clarifications may be obtained on the Investor Relations website -www.bradesco.com.br/ir – Corporate Governance, in the Bradesco’s Branches Network or via email governancacorp@bradesco.com.br.
Cidade de Deus, Osasco, SP, February 3, 2014
Lázaro de Mello Brandão
Chairman of the Board of Directors
BANCO BRADESCO S.A. | ||
By: |
/S/ Luiz Carlos Angelotti
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Luiz Carlos Angelotti Executive Managing Officer and Investor Relations Officer |
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