SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
06029-900 - Osasco - SP
Federative Republic of Brazil
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Notice to the Market
Banco Bradesco S.A. informs its shareholders and the market the approval, by the Central Bank of Brazil, on March 31, 2022, of the capital stock increase process in the amount of R$4,000,000,000.00, increasing it from R$83,100,000,000.00 to R$87,100,000,000.00, with 10% (ten percent) bonus stock in shares (1 new share for each 10 shares of the same type held), as resolved in the Special Shareholders’ Meeting held on March 10, 2022, informing that:
| 1) | the shareholders registered in the Bank’s books on April 18, 2022 will be benefited. As of April 19, 2022 the shares will be traded ex-bonus; |
| 2) | the bonus shares will be included in the shareholders’ position on April 22, 2022 and they will be available on April 25, 2022; |
| 3) | monthly interest on shareholders’ equity remain by the gross amount of R$0.017249826 per common share and R$0.018974809 per preferred share which, net of withholding income tax of 15% (fifteen percent), correspond to, respectively, R$0.014662352 and R$0.016128588. Withholding income tax does not apply to legal entities that are exempt from such taxation. In this way, the amount monthly paid to the shareholders will be increased in 10%, after the inclusion of the new shares in their positions. |
It also informs that:
| · | the unit value of the bonus shares is R$4.128165265, pursuant to the provisions in Article 10 of Law No. 9,249, of December 26, 1995 (amended by Law No. 12,973, of May 13, 2014), and in Paragraph One of Article 58 of Brazilian Federal Revenue Service Normative Instruction No. 1,585, of August 31, 2015, which will be included in the “Statement of Book-Entry Shares for the 2023 Income Statement, referring to the 2022 Calendar Year”; |
| · | for the shareholders who want to transfer fractions of shares resulting from the bonus stock, it is established the period from April 25, 2022 to May 26, 2022, pursuant to the provisions of Paragraph Three of Article 169 of Law No. 6,404/76. After this period, eventual remaining fractions will be separated, grouped into whole numbers and sold at an Auction to be held on June 13, 2022 at B3 S.A. – Brasil, Bolsa, Balcão (B3), and the respective amounts will be made available to shareholders entitled there to on June 24, 2022, as follows; |
a) to shareholders whose shares are deposited at the Company and that keep their register and banking data updated, by means of credit in the current accounts in a Financial Institution they indicate; and;
b) to shareholders whose shares are deposited at B3, by means of Institutions and/or Brokerage Houses which keep their shareholding position in custody.
The shareholders who do not have such data updated must present themselves at a Bradesco Branch on their preference bearing their Individual Taxpayer’s ID, Identification Document and proof of residence for record updating and receiving the respective amounts to which they are entitled.
The shares composing the capital stock will have equal participation, as of April 18, 2022, in the monthly interest on shareholders’ equity and eventually complementary ones and/or dividends to be declared, as well as, fully, to any other advantages as of mentioned date.
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This Notice is available on the following websites:
Bradesco
https://www.bradescori.com.br
B3 S.A. - Brasil, Bolsa, Balcão:
http://www.b3.com.br/pt_br/produtos-e-servicos/negociacao/renda-variavel/empresas-listadas.htm
Securities and Exchange Commission of Brazil (CVM):
http://sistemas.cvm.gov.br/?CiaDoc
Any clarifications may be obtained by phone 0800 701 1616 (Shareholders´ Support).
Cidade de Deus, Osasco, SP, April 6, 2022
Leandro de Miranda Araujo
Executive and
Investor Relations Officer
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BANCO BRADESCO S.A. | ||
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By: |
/S/Leandro de Miranda Araujo
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| Leandro de Miranda Araujo Executive Managing Officer and Investor Relations Officer. | ||
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