SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
06029-900 - Osasco - SP
Federative Republic of Brazil
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Banco Bradesco S.A. (Company) informs its shareholders and the market in general that the Board of Directors, in a meeting held today, approved proposal of the Company´s Board of Executive Officers held also on this date (12.9.2021), for payment, to the company´s shareholders, of dividends and supplementary interest on shareholders´ equity, in the total amount of R$2,200,000,000.00, as follows:
| a) | dividends, in the amount of R$2,000,000,000.00, being R$0.196595372 per common share and R$0.216254909 per preferred share, without withholding income tax, pursuant Article 10 of Law No. 9,249/95; and |
| b) | supplementary interest on shareholders´ equity, in the amount of R$200,000,000.00, being R$0.019659537 per common share and R$0.021625491 per preferred share, which will be paid by the net amount of R$0.016710606 per common share and R$0,018381667 per preferred share, considering the withholding income tax deduction of 15 percent (15%), except for the legal entity shareholders who are exempt from such taxation, who will receive by the declared amount. |
The above-mentioned dividends and interest:
| 1) | will benefit the shareholders who are registered in the Company’s records on December 20, 2021 (entitlement basis date), with the shares being traded "ex- dividends/supplementary interest on shareholders´ equity" as of December 21, 2021; |
| 2) | will be calculated in the mandatory dividends for the fiscal year, established in the Bylaws; and |
| 3) | will be paid on December 30, 2021, as follows: |
| · | to the shareholders whose shares are deposited at the Company and who keep their register and banking data updated, by means of credit in the current accounts in a Financial Institution appointed by them; and |
| · | to the shareholders whose shares are deposited at B3 S.A. - Brasil, Bolsa, Balcão, by means of Institutions and/or Brokerage Houses which keep their shareholding position in custody. |
The shareholders who do not have their data updated must go to a Bradesco Branch of their preference, with their Individual Taxpayer’s ID, Identification Document and proof of residence to update their information and receive the respective amounts to which they are entitled.
The dividends/interest on shareholders’ equity relating to the shares in custody on B3 S.A. - Brasil, Bolsa, Balcão will be passed on to their holders through the respective custody agents.
Following, the statement of the amounts paid and payable relating to 2021:
| Amounts Paid | R$ |
| Monthly interest on shareholders’ equity relating to the months from January to November | 1,864,609,005.54 |
| Supplementary interest on shareholders’ equity, relating to first semester of 2021, declared on 7.2.2021 and paid on 7.12.2021 | 5,000,000,000.00 |
| Subtotal – amounts paid(*) | 6,864,609,005.54 |
| Amounts Payable | |
| Monthly interest on shareholders’ equity relating to the month of December, to be paid on January 3, 2022 | 175,480,508.69 |
| Dividends/Supplementary interest on shareholders´ equity resolved on December 9, 2021 to be paid on December 30, 2021 | 2,200,000,000.00 |
| Subtotal – amounts payable | 2,375,480,508.69 |
| Total | 9,240,089,514.23 |
(*) it considers the bonus approved at the EGM of March 10, 2021
Per share in R$
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Type |
Monthly interest on shareholders’ equity accrued in the year |
Supplementary interest on shareholders´ equity of the 1st semester of 2021 |
Dividends/Supplementary interest on shareholders´ equity |
Total | |
| Dividends | Interest | ||||
| Common Shares | 0.206997912 | 0.490007301 | 0.196595372 | 0.019659537 | 0.913260122 |
| Preferred Shares | 0.227697708 | 0.539008031 | 0.216254909 | 0.021625491 | 1.004586139 |
The Company may, based on the result to be calculated at the end of the fiscal year of 2021, distribute new interest on shareholders’ equity and/or dividends to the shareholders.
The dividends/supplementary interest on shareholders’ equity hereby approved represents, approximately, 12 times the monthly interest paid, net of withholding income tax, and will be included in the calculation of the mandatory dividends for the fiscal year provided for in the bylaws.
Cidade de Deus, Osasco, SP, December 9, 2021
Banco Bradesco S.A.
Leandro de Miranda Araujo
Executive Deputy 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 Deputy Officer and Investor Relations Officer. | ||
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