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September 11, 2018.
To Banco Bradesco SA Cidade de Deus s/nº Vila Yara, Osasco, São Paulo, Brazil 06029-900
Attn.: Investor Relations Officer
Ref.: Disposal of Relevant Stockholding
Dear Sirs,
Standard Life Aberdeen plc, in the name of some investment funds and portfolios (“Portfolios”) under management of companies of its economic group (“SLA plc”), hereby informs that has been reduced of such Portfolios’ equity holdings preference shares and/or other securities and derivatives referred in such shares issued by Banco Bradesco S.A. (the “Company”), and that on September 7, 2018 their aggregate equity interests dropped below the 5% (five percent) threshold of the total preference shares issued by the Company excluding stock on loan.
In compliance with Article 12 of the Brazilian Securities Commission (“CVM”) Rule no. 358, of January 3rd, 2002, as amended, SLA plc hereby informs that on September 7, 2018:
i) SLA plc’s registered office and headquarters is located at 1 George Street, Edinburgh, EH2 2LL;
ii) Portfolios’ aggregated equity holdings reached, on the date above mentioned, 167,234,433 preference shares and/or other securities and derivatives referred in such shares totaling approximately 4.98% (four point nine eight per cent) of the total preference shares issued by the Company excluding stock on loan;
iii) The disposal of the above mentioned equity holdings is strictly a consequence of investment strategy and there is no intention to change the Company’s control nor composition of the administrative structure;
iv) No agreement or contract regulating the exercise of voting rights or the purchase and sale of securities issued by the Company has been entered into nor executed by SLA plc; and
v) The Brazilian legal representatives of the investment funds and portfolios under management of SLA plc are, as the case may be:
· Aberdeen do Brasil Gestão de Recursos Ltda, CNPJ: 11.074.363/0001-98
Please do not hesitate to contact us if any clarification is needed on the above.
Yours faithfully, |
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Standard Life Aberdeen plc
p. Robert Haggerty
Email: robert.haggerty@aberdeenstandard.com
Tel: +44 (0)1224 404399
BANCO BRADESCO S.A. | ||
By: |
/S/Denise Pauli Pavarina
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Denise Pauli Pavarina Executive Managing Officer and Investor Relations Officer. |
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