OREANDA-NEWS. December 13, 2011. The Board of Directors of this bank, in a meeting held today, approved the Board of Executive Officers’ proposal for the payment to the Company’s shareholders of Complementary Interest on Own Capital related to 2011, in the amount of BRL 2,309,800,000.00, consisting of BRL 0.576206221 per common share and BRL 0.633826844 per preferred share.

The shareholders registered in the Company’s Books on this date will be benefited. The Company’s shares will be traded “ex-right” on Complementary Interest from December 13th, 2011 on.

The payment will be made on March 8th, 2012 in the net amount of BRL 0.489775288 per common share and BRL 0.538752817 per preferred share, already net of Withholding Income Tax of 15% (fifteen percent), except for corporate shareholders who are exempt from the referred tax, which shall receive the declared amount.

The Complementary Interest approved represents, approximately, 39.6 times the monthly Dividends amount paid and, net of Withholding Income Tax, 33.7 times the same Dividends.

The referred Interest related to the shares in the custody of the BM&FBOVESPA S.A. – Bolsa de Valores, Mercadorias e Futuros (Securities, Commodities and Future Exchange) will be paid to the referred BM&FBOVESPA S.A., which will transfer them to the shareholders through the Depository Agents.