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Special Shareholders’ Meeting, March 10, 2011

 

 

Banco Bradesco S.A.

Corporate Bylaws

 

Section I - Organization, Duration and Headquarters

 

Article 1)    Banco Bradesco S.A. is a publicly-held company, hereinafter referred to as the Company, and will be governed by the present Bylaws.

 

Article 2)    The Company’s term of duration is undetermined.

 

Article 3)    The  Company’s  headquarter  and  jurisdiction  are located in the administrative center called “Cidade de Deus”, in Vila Yara, city and judicial district of Osasco, State of São Paulo.

 

Article 4)    The Company may settle or close Branches in the country, at the discretion of the Board of Executive Officers, and abroad, upon the additional approval of the Board of Directors, hereinafter referred to as the Board.

 

Section II - Corporate Purpose

 

Article 5)    The  Company’s  corporate  purpose  is to perform general banking activities, including foreign exchange transactions.

 

Section III - Capital Stock

 

Article 6)    The Capital Stock is R$30,100,000,000.00  (thirty billion, one hundred million reais), divided into 3,824,794,581 (three billion, eight hundred twenty-four million, seven hundred ninety four thousand, five hundred eighty one) book-entry, registered shares, with no par value, of which 1,912,397,390 (one billion, nine hundred twelve million, three hundred ninety seven thousand, three hundred ninety) are common shares and 1,912,397,191 (one billion, nine hundred twelve million, three hundred ninety seven thousand, one hundred ninety one) are preferred shares.

 

Paragraph One - Common shares will provide to its holders the rights and privileges  provided  by  law. In  the  case of a public offering, following an  eventual sale of the Company’s control, common share that is not part of the controlling capital will have the right to receive 100% (one hundred per cent)  of the price paid per common share held by the controllers.

 

Paragraph Two - Preferred shares will have no voting rights, but will entitle  their  holders   to  the  following  rights  and privileges:

 


 

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a)  priority in Capital Stock reimbursement, in the event of the Company’s liquidation;

b) dividends 10% (ten per cent) higher than those attributed to common shares;

c)  inclusion in an eventual public offering resulting from the sale of the Company’s control, entitling their holders to receive a price equal to 80% (eighty per cent) of the price paid per common share that is part of the controlling capital.

 

Paragraph Three- In the event of a capital increase, at least 50%  (fifty per cent) of the  capital  will  be  paid at  the time of subscription and the remaining amount will be paid through a Board of Executive Officers’ call, as per legal precepts.

 

Paragraph Four - The Company’s capital share is constituted of book-entry  shares  only,  which will  be  kept   into deposit accounts in the Company, issued in favor of their holders, without issuance of certificates. The service cost of transfer of ownership of the said shares may be charged from the shareholders.

 

Paragraph Five - The following actions will not be permitted:

 

a)  conversion of common shares  into preferred shares and vice versa;

b) issue of participation certificates.

 

Paragraph Six-  The Company may, upon the authorization of the Board of Directors, acquire  shares issued   by    the Company itself, for cancellation or temporary maintenance in treasury, and posterior sale.

 

Section IV - Management

 

Article 7)    The Company will be managed by a Board of Directors and a Board of Executive Officers.

 

Section V - Board of Directors

 

Article 8)    The Board of Directors, whose term of office is of 1 (one) year, is constituted by 6 (six) to 9 (nine) members, who should vote for 1 (one) Chairman and 1 (one) Vice-Chairman among themselves.

 


 

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Paragraph One -  The Board’s decisions will only be valid if supported by the absolute majority of the effective members, including the Chairman, who will have the casting vote, in the event of a tie.

 

Paragraph Two-  In the event the position of the Chairman of the Board being vacant or the Chairman being  absent or temporarily unavailable, the Vice-Chairman will take over. In the absence or temporary unavailability of the Vice-Chairman, the Chairman will appoint a substitute among other Board members. In the event of a vacancy of the Vice-Chairman’s position, the Board will appoint a substitute, who will serve for the time remaining to complete the term of office of the replaced member.

 

Paragraph Three-       In the event of temporary or permanent leave of any other  member,  the remaining  members  may appoint a substitute, to serve on a temporary or permanent basis, with due regard to the precepts of law and of these Bylaws.

 

Article 9)    In addition to the duties set forth by law and by the present Bylaws, the Board's responsibilities and duties include the following:

 

a) to ensure that the Board of Executive Officers is always rigorously capable to perform its duties;

b) to make sure that the corporate business is being conducted with probity, in order to preserve the Company’s credibility;

c) to maintain management continuity, whenever possible, which is highly recommended for the stability, prosperity and security of the Company;

d) to establish the general guidelines of the Company’s business, as well as to deliberate upon the constitution and performance of Operational Portfolios;

e) to authorize, in cases of operations with companies not composing the Bradesco Organization, the acquisition, the disposal and encumbrance of assets composing the Permanent Assets and non-permanent equity interest  of the Company and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, when referring to amount higher than 1% (one per cent) of their respective Shareholders’ Equity;

f) to decide on trades involving shares issued by the Company, in accordance with Paragraph Six of Article 6;

g) to authorize the granting of any kind of donation, contribution or aid, regardless of the beneficiary;

h) to approve the payment of dividends and/or interest on own capital proposed by the Board of Executive Officers;

 


 

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i)  to submit to Shareholders’ Meetings appreciation proposals aiming at  increasing or reducing the capital share, share grouping, bonuses  or splits, merger, incorporation or spin-off transactions and reforms in the Company’s Bylaws;

j)  to deliberate upon associations, involving the Company or its Subsidiaries, including participation in shareholders’ agreements;

k) to approve the monetary investment of resources resulting from fiscal incentives;

l)  to examine and deliberate upon budgets and financial statements submitted by the Board of Executive Officers;

m) to assume decision-making powers on specific matters of the Company’s interest and to deliberate upon defaulting cases;

n) to apportion the remuneration of Managers, established by the Shareholders’ Meeting and to determine bonuses for board members, executive officers and employees, when it intends to give them;

o) to authorize, whenever necessary, the representation of the Company by a member of the Board of Executive Officers individually or by an attorney, in which case a respective mandate will indicate what actions may be practiced;

p) to establish the remuneration of the Audit Committee members and of the Ombudsman;

q) to approve the Corporate Report on Internal Controls Conformity and determine the adoption of strategies, policies and measures focused on the diffusion of a controlling and risk mitigation culture.

 

Sole Paragraph-  The  Board  of  Directors may assign special duties  to  the  Board of Executive Officers and to any of its members, as well as establish committees to deal with specific matters.

 

Article 10)   The Chairman of the Board shall preside the meetings of this Body, as well as the Shareholders’ Meetings, being entitled to appoint any other member of the Board of Directors to proceed so.

 

Sole Paragraph-  The Chairman of the Board may call the Board  of  Executive  Officers  and  participate, together with other board members, in any of its meetings.

 

Article 11)  The  Board  will  quarterly   meet and, whenever necessary, in special sessions convened by the Chairman, or by half of effective Board members. Minutes will be drawn up for every meeting.

 

 


 

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Section VI - Board of Executive Officers

 

Article 12)  The Company’s Board of Executive Officers, elected by the Board of Directors, with a 1 (one) year term of office, will be constituted by 58 (fifty-eight) to 107 (one hundred and seven) members, distributed in the following position categories: - Executive Officers: from 15 (fifteen) to 33 (thirty-three) members, being 1 (one) Chief Executive Officer, from 5 (five) to 10 (ten) Executive Vice-Presidents; from 6 (six) to 15 (fifteen) Managing Officers; and from 3 (three) to 7 (seven) Deputy Officers – Department Officers: from 27 (twenty-seven) to 47 (forty-seven) members; - Officers: from 9 (nine) to 12 (twelve) members; and Regional Officers: from 7 (seven) to 15 (fifteen) members.

 

Paragraph One-  At every election, the Board of Directors will establish the number of positions to be filled,  and designate, by appointing among the Executive Officers that it elects, those who will occupy the positions of Chief Executive Officer, Executive Vice-Presidents, Managing Officers and Deputy Officers, following the requirements of Articles 17, 18 and 19 of the present Corporate Bylaws.

 

Paragraph Two– The requirements provided for in Item II of Article  18  and “caput”  of Article 19,    related to Executive Officers, Department Officers, Officers and Regional Officers, respectively, may be exceptionally waived by the Board of Directors up to the limit of ¼ (one fourth) of each of these position categories, except in relation to the Officers appointed to the positions of Chief Executive Officer and Executive Vice President.

 

Article 13)  The  Officers  of  the  Executive Board shall manage and represent the Company, having powers to bind it in any acts and agreements of its interest. The Offices may condescend and waive rights and acquire, sell and subject to an onus assets, with due regard to the provisions stated in item “e” of Article 9 of the present Bylaws.

 

Paragraph One-  With due reservation to the exceptions expressly set forth herein, the Company will only be   bound by the joint signatures of at least 2 (two) Officers, one of whom will be the Chief Executive Officer or Executive Vice-President.

 

 


 

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Paragraph Two-  The  Company may also be represented by at least 1  (one)  Officer  and  1  (one) attorney,  or  by   at least 2 (two) especially constituted attorneys, jointly, in which case the respective power of attorney will establish their powers, the acts they may practice and its duration.

 

Paragraph Three - The Company may be also severally represented by   any   member   of  the   Board  of   Executive officers or by attorney with specific powers, in the following cases:

 

a)     powers of attorney with "ad judicia" clause, assumption in which the power of attorney may have an indeterminate duration and may be empowered; 

b)    receive judicial or extrajudicial summons or services of process;

c)     participation in biddings;

d)    representation in General Meetings of Shareholders or Quotaholders of companies or investment funds in which the Company holds interest, as well as of entities in which it is partner or affiliated company;

e)     representation in public agencies and authorities, provided that this does not imply the assumption of responsibilities and/or liabilities by the Company;

f)      in “legal testimonies”.

 

Paragraph Four - Department Officers, Officers and Regional Officers are  prohibited from  practicing  acts  that imply the sale and encumbrance of assets and rights of the Company.

 

Article 14)  In addition to the regular duties conferred upon them  by the law and by the present Bylaws, each member of the Board of Executive Officers will have the following responsibilities:

 

a)       the Chief Executive Officer shall preside the meetings of the Board of Executive Officers, supervise and coordinate the actions of its members;

b)      Executive Vice Presidents shall collaborate with the Chief Executive Officer in the performance of his duties;

c)       Managing Officers shall perform the duties assigned to them;

d)      Deputy Officers shall perform the duties assigned to them by the Executive Vice-Presidents and Managing Officers;

e)       Department Officers shall conduct the activities of the Departments they work for and assist other members of the Board of Executive Officers;

 


 

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f)        Officers shall perform the duties assigned to them and assist the other members of the Board of Executive Officers;

g)       Regional Officers shall guide and supervise the Service Branches under their jurisdiction and perform the duties assigned to them.

 

Article 15)  The Executive Officers will hold general meetings on a weekly basis, and special meetings whenever necessary. The decisions taken will only be valid when more than half of the effective members attend the respective meeting. The presence of the Chief Executive Officers or his substitute, who will have the casting vote in the case of a tie, is obligatory. The special meetings will be held whenever called by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, or further, by half of other Executive Officers.

 

Article 16)  In the event of vacancy, absence or temporary unavailability of any Officer, including the Chief Executive Officer, it will be responsibility of the Board of Directors to appoint his substitute.

 

Article 17)  To occupy the position of Officer, the Officer must dedicate himself full time to the service of the Company. The holding of the position of Officer of this Company concurrently with other positions or professional activities is incompatible, except when of the Company’s interest, and at the discretion of the Board of Directors.

 

Article 18)  To hold the position of Executive Officer, the candidate must also satisfy, cumulatively, the following requirements on the election date:

 

I.       be under 65 (sixty-five) years old;

II.    belong to the staff of employees or officers of the Company or of its subsidiaries for more than 10 (ten) years, with no interruptions.

 

Article 19)  To hold the position of Department Officer, Officer and Regional Officer the candidate must be an employee or officer of the Company or of its subsidiaries and, on the election date, must:

 

I.         Department Officer – be under 62 (sixty two) years old;

II.      Officer and Regional Officer – be under 60 (sixty) years old.

 

Section VII - Fiscal Council

 

Article 20)  The Fiscal Council, a non-permanent body, will be constituted by 3 (three) to 5 (five) effective members, when installed, and an equal number of substitutes.

 


 

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Section VIII - Audit Committee

 

Article 21)  The  Company will have an Audit Committee constituted by 3 (three) to 5 (five) members, with a 1 (one) year term of office, to be nominated and dismissed by the Board of Directors. One of the Committee members should be appointed as Coordinator.

 

Sole Paragraph -  In addition to those provided for by law or regulations, these are also attributions of the Audit Committee:

 

a)       to recommend to the Board of Directors the company to be hired for rendering independent auditing services, its respective remuneration, as well as, its replacement;

b)      to review financial statements including foot notes, management reports and independent auditors’ report, prior to their disclosure to the market;

c)       to evaluate the effectiveness of both internal and independent audits regarding the fulfillment of legal and regulatory requirements applicable to the Company, in addition to internal regulations and codes;

d)      to evaluate the fulfillment, by the Company’s Board of Executive Officers, of recommendations made by either internal or independent auditors, as well as to recommend to the Board of Directors the resolution of eventual conflicts between external auditors and the Board of Executive Officers;

e)       to establish and announce the procedures for the acceptance and treatment of information related to the noncompliance with legal and regulatory requirements applicable to the Company, in addition to regulations and internal codes, including the recommendation of procedures to protect the provider and the confidentiality of the information;

f)        to recommend to the Board of Executive Officers corrections or improvements in policies, practices and procedures included in its attributions;

g)       to hold meetings, at least on a quarterly basis, with the Company’s Board of Executive Officers and internal and external auditors;

h)      to verify, during its meetings, the fulfillment of its recommendations and/or explanations for its questions, including the planning of respective auditing works. Minutes of all meetings shall be drawn up;

i)         to establish operating rules for its functioning;

j)         to meet with the Fiscal Council and the Board of Directors, upon their request to discuss policies, practices and procedures identified under the scope of their respective incumbencies.

 


 

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Section IX - Compliance and Internal Control Committee

 

Article 22)  The Company will have a Compliance and Internal Control Committee constituted by up to 12 (twelve) members, to be nominated and dismissed by the Board of Directors, having a 1 (one) year term of office. One of the Committee members should be appointed as Coordinator

 

Sole Paragraph-  The Committee’s main objective will be to assist the Board of Directors in its attributions related  to the adoption of strategies, policies

 

and measures focused on the diffusion of internal control culture, risk mitigation and conformity to rules applicable to the Bradesco Organization.

 

Section X - Remuneration Committee

 

Article 23)  The Company will have a Remuneration Committee constituted by 3 (three) to 6 (six) members, to be nominated among the members of the Board of Directors, having a 1 (one) year term of office. One of the Committee members should be appointed as Coordinator.

 

Sole Paragraph-  The Committee’s objective will be to propose to the  Company’s  Board  of Directors  policies  and guidelines for the remuneration of its Statutory Officers, based on the performance goals established by the Board.

 

Section XI - The Ethical Conduct Committee

 

Article 24)  The Company will have an Ethical Conduct Committee comprised of up to 16 (sixteen) members, appointed and dismissed by the Board of Directors, with a term of office of 1 (one) year, and one of them must be appointed as Coordinator.

 

Sole Paragraph-  The Committee will have as purpose to propose initiatives as to the dissemination and  compliance with Bradesco Organization’s Codes of Ethical Conduct, both corporate and by sector, in order to ensure their efficiency and effectiveness.

 

 

Section XII – Risks and Capital Allocation Integrated

Management Committee

 

Article 25)  The company shall have a Risks and Capital Allocation Integrated  Management Committee, composed of up to 19 (nineteen) members, being one of them appointed as Coordinator, appointed and dismissed by the Board of Directors, for a 1 (one) year term of office.

 

 

 


 

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Section XIII - Ombudsman

 

Sole Paragraph – The   Committee   shall   have    the    objective of   assisting    the  Board   of   Directors   in   the performance of its attributions related to the approval of institutional policies and operating guidelines and to the establishment of limits of risk exposition, with a view to reach their effective management in the scope of Bradesco Organization, herein understood the economic and financial consolidated results.

 

Article 26)   The Company shall have an Ombudsman which shall operate on behalf of all the Institutions composing the Bradesco Organization, authorized to operate by the Central Bank of Brazil, composed of 1 (one) Ombudsman, appointed and dismissed by the Board of Directors, with 1 (one) year term of office.

 

Paragraph One – The Ombudsman’s duty shall be the following:

 

a)       to ensure the strict observance to the legal and regulatory rules related to the consumer rights and work as a channel of communication among the Institutions provided for by “caput” of this Article, clients and users of products and services, including in the intervention in conflicts;

b)      to receive, register, guide, analyze and provide formal and proper treatment to complaints of clients and users of products and services of the Institutions provided for in “caput” of this Article, not solved by usual services provided by branches or any other service branches;

c)       to provide the necessary clarifications and to inform the claimants about the progress of their demands and the measures adopted;

d)      to inform the claimants about the term estimated for final answer, which may not exceed fifteen days;

e)       to forward a conclusive answer to claimants’ demand until the term informed in letter “d”;

f)        to propose corrective measures to the Board of Directors, or improvement of procedures and routines, in view of the analysis of complaints received;

g)       to prepare and forward to the Board of Directors, to the Audit Committee and to the Internal Audit, at the end of each half-year period, a quantitative and qualitative report about the Ombudsman performance, containing propositions referred to by “f”, when existing.

 

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a)      will maintain adequate conditions for the operation of the Ombudsman, as well as, so that its performance is guided by transparency, independence, impartiality and exemption;

b)     will ensure the Ombudsman access to information necessary to prepare adequate answer to complaints received, with total administrative support, and may request information and documents for the performance of its activities.

 

Section XIV - Shareholders’ Meetings

 

Article 27)    General and Special Shareholders’ Meetings will be:

 

a)    called by sending to the shareholders a minimum 15 (fifteen)-day notice;

b)    presided by the Chairman of the Board, or, in his absence, by his statutory substitute, who will invite one or more shareholders to act as Secretaries.

 

Section XV - Fiscal Year and Income Distribution

 

Article 28)    The fiscal year coincides with the civil year, ending on December 31.

 

Article 29)    Balance sheets will be prepared at the end of each semester, on June 30 and December 31 of every year. The Board of Executive Officers, subject to the approval of the Board of Directors, may determine the preparation of balance sheets for shorter periods of time, including monthly balance sheets.

 

Article 30)    The Net Income, as defined in Article 191 of the Law # 6,404 as of December 15, 1976, accounted at every six-month or in the annual balance sheet will be allocated in the following order:

 

I.        constitution of the Legal Reserve;

II.     constitution of the Reserves set forth in Articles 195 and 197 of the aforementioned Law # 6,404/76, subject to a proposal of the Board of Executive Officers, approved by the Board of Directors and resolved by the  Shareholders’ Meeting;

III.  payment of dividends, proposed by the Board of Executive Officers and approved by the Board of Directors, which, added to interim dividends and/or interest on own capital referred to in paragraphs two and three of this article, given that they are declared, guarantee to the  shareholders, at every fiscal year, as a  mandatory minimum dividend, 30% (thirty per cent) of the respective net income, adjusted by the decrease or increase of the amounts specified in items I, II and III of Article 202 of the Law # 6,404/76.

 


 

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Paragraph One-    The Board of Executive Officers, subject to the approval    of     the    Board   of    Directors,   is authorized to declare and pay interim dividends, especially six-monthly and monthly dividends, resulting from Retained Earnings or existing Profits Reserves.

 

Paragraph Two -   The  Board of Executive Officers may, also, subject to the approval of the  Board,  authorize the distribution of profits to shareholders as interest on own capital, pursuant to specific legislation, in total or partial substitution of interim dividends, whose declaration is permitted by the foregoing paragraph or, further, in addition thereto.

 

Paragraph Three - Any interest eventually paid to the shareholders will be imputed, net of withholding income tax, to the mandatory minimum dividend amount for that fiscal year (30%), in accordance to Item III of the “caput” of this Article.

 

Article 31)     The Net Income balance, recorded after the aforementioned distributions, will have the destination proposed by the Board of Executive Officers, approved by the Board of Directors and resolved by the Shareholders’ Meeting, and may be fully allocated 100% (one hundred per cent) to Statutory Profit Reserves, in order to maintain an operating margin that is compatible with the development of the Company’s active operations, up to the limit of 95% (ninety-five per cent) of the Company’s paid-in capital share amount.

 

Sole Paragraph-  In  the  event that  the proposal of the Board of  Executive  Officers  regarding  the  allocation  of Net Income for that fiscal year contains a provision for the distribution of dividends and/or payment of interest on own capital in an amount in excess of the mandatory dividend established in Article 30, Item III, and/or retention of profits pursuant to Article 196 of the Law # 6,404/76, the Net Income balance for the purpose of constituting the reserve mentioned in this Article will be determined after the full deduction of such allocations.

 

 

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We attest that this is a true copy of the Bylaws of Banco Bradesco S.A., which content is the deliberation approved in the Special Shareholders’ Meeting held on March 10th, 2011.

    

Banco Bradesco S.A.

 

Antonio José da Barbara