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____.
Publicly-Held Company
Corporate Taxpayer’s ID No. 60.746.948/0001-12
Notice to the Market
Banco Bradesco S.A. (“Bradesco” or “Company”), in response to Official Letter 248/2016-CVM/SEP/GEA-1 of June 7, 2016, concerning the news item published on the same date in in the newspaper O Estado de São Paulo, entitled: Empresas brasileiras entram no radar da Justiça americana (Brazilian companies under the eye of the U.S. Justice system), hereby informs its shareholders and the market in general that it has not received any summons regarding any suit filed with the U.S. courts until now.
Bradesco would like to make it clear that, under the American legal system, law firms can publish announcements indicating the investigation of possible non-compliance by securities’ issuers with the obligations contained in the 1934 Securities Exchange Act. In this way, the Company became aware that certain firms had announced the beginning of investigations and that one of them had filed a class action suit. Bradesco further affirms that, even if any eventual suits proceed, it will only be possible to evaluate their importance when the actual claims are made public.
Finally, we would like to take this opportunity to reiterate the clarifications provided in the Notice to the Market of May 31, 2016.
Cidade de Deus, Osasco, SP, June 8, 2016
Executive Managing Officer and
Investor Relations Officer
Should you have any questions or require further information, please contact Mr. Carlos Wagner Firetti, phone 55 11 2194-0921, e-mail: 4823.firetti@bradesco.com.br; Mrs. Ivani Benazzi de Andrade, phone 55 11 2194-0924, e-mail: 4823.ivani@bradesco.com.br; or Mr. Carlos Tsuyoshi Yamashita, phone 55 11 2194-0920, e-mail: 4823.carlos@bradesco.com.br.
Official Letter 248/2016-CVM/SEP/GEA-1
Rio de Janeiro, June 7, 2016.
To Mr.
LUIZ CARLOS ANGELOTTI
Investor Relations Officer of
BANCO BRADESCO S.A.
Núcleo Cidade de Deus, Prédio Vermelho, 4o Andar - Vila Yara
Osasco - SP
CEP: 06029-900
Phone: (11) 3681-4011/ Fax: (11) 3684-4630
E-mail: 4000.diretoria@bradesco.com.br
copies to: emissores@bvmf.com.br; ccarajoinas@bvmf.com.br; apereira@bvmf.com.br
Subject: Request for clarification of news item
Dear Officer,
1. We refer to the news item published today in the newspaper O Estado de São Paulo, entitled: Empresas brasileiras entram no radar da Justiça americana (Brazilian companies under the eye of the U.S. Justice system), which contains the following affirmations:
The outcomes of the ongoing Car Wash and Zealots operations in Brazil have moved beyond the country’s borders, doubling the pressure on the national companies involved, who are now being targeted by regulatory authorities in other countries. Foreign investors are forming groups and filing class action suits in the U.S. courts. The most recent examples are Eletrobrás and Banco Bradesco, but other firms have suffered a similar process, including Petrobrás, Gerdau and OAS.
2. Given the above, we would like you to confirm if you are aware of the class action suits filed against the Company in the U.S. courts and, if so, why such information was not deemed to constitute a material fact. We also request that you comment on the measures being taken.
3. Said information should be conveyed via the Empresa.NET system, category: Notice to the Market; type: Clarification of CVM/BOVESPA Requests, subject: News Item, together with a transcription of this Official Letter.
4. We caution that, as determined by the Corporate Relations Department, in compliance with its legal duties and based on item II of Article 9 of Law 6,385/76 and CVM Instruction 452/07, a punitive fine in the amount of R$1,000.00 (one thousand reais) will be applied, without prejudice to other administrative sanctions, for non-compliance with the requirements in this letter within one (1) business day.
Sincerely,
Document electronically signed by Nilza Maria Silva de Oliveira, Manager, on June 7, 2016, at 4:25 p.m., pursuant to art. 1, III, "b", of Act 11,419/2006.
BANCO BRADESCO S.A. | ||
By: |
/S/ Luiz Carlos Angelotti
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Luiz Carlos Angelotti Executive Managing Officer and Investor Relations Officer |
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