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		Publicly-held Company Corporate Taxpayer’s ID (CNPJ) 60.746.948/0001-12

Notice to the Market

Bradesco signs, together with CPM Braxis and its other shareholders, an agreement
to transfer the shareholding control of the latter to Capgemini

Banco Bradesco S.A. (“Bradesco”) announces to its shareholders and the market in general that it signed, together with its subsidiary CPM Braxis S.A. (“CPM Braxis”) and its other shareholders, an agreement with Capgemini S.A. (“Capgemini”), who, based on this agreement, acquire 55% of CPM Braxis shares, becoming its Parent Company.

The operation will represent for Capgemini an investment of R$517 million in CPM Braxis, which will be divided between: i) the acquisition of shares of the current shareholders, at the ratio of their interest in the capital stock; and ii) an increase in its capital stock.

After the transaction is concluded, Bradesco will have sold 35% of its interest in CPM Braxis for the approximate amount of R$104 million, remaining with a 20% interest in its capital stock.

Capgemini is the seventh largest Information Technology (IT) company in the world, the largest European company in the industry and is currently present in over 30 countries and has over 95 thousand employees.

CPM Braxis is one of the largest IT companies in Brazil, with revenues estimated at R$1 billion for 2010 and currently has over 5,500 employees all over the Country.

Cidade de Deus, Osasco, SP, September 2^nd, 2010

Banco Bradesco S.A.
Domingos Figueiredo de Abreu
Executive Vice-President and
Investor Relations Officer

·          Should you have any questions or require further information, please contact Mr. Paulo Faustino da Costa, phone 55 11 2178-6201, e-mail 4823.paulo@bradesco.com.br; Mrs. Ivani Benazzi de Andrade, phone 55 11 2178-6218, e-mail: 4823.ivani@bradesco.com.br or Mr. Carlos Tsuyoshi Yamashita, phone 55 11 2178-6204, e-mail: 4823.carlos@bradesco.com.br.

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