6-K 1 bbd20220406_6k.htm 6-K
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
 
FORM 6-K
 
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
For the month of April, 2022
Commission File Number 1-15250
 
 
BANCO BRADESCO S.A. 
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
BANK BRADESCO
(Translation of Registrant's name into English)
 
Cidade de Deus, s/n, Vila Yara
06029-900 - Osasco - SP
Federative Republic of Brazil
(Address of principal executive office)
 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.  Form 20-F ___X___ Form 40-F _______

 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.  

Yes _______ No ___X____

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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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SIGNATURES
 
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Date: April 6, 2022
 
BANCO BRADESCO S.A.
By:
  
/S/Leandro de Miranda Araujo
    Leandro de Miranda Araujo
Executive Managing Officer and
Investor Relations Officer.
 
 
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