Company: BBD
Filing Date: 2025-05-30
Form Type: 6-K
Source: 0001292814-25-002283
Chunk: 43

Company: BANK BRADESCO
Filing Date: 2025-05-30
Form: 6-K
Chunk 43
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Under
applicable laws and regulations, a financial institution operating in Brazil:

| · | may not operate without the prior approval of the Central Bank of Brazil. In the case of foreign banks,                                   
 approval of the Central Bank of Brazil, pursuant to Decree No. 10,029/19, may be granted where it is considered to be in the national     
 interest to do so. Through Circular No. 3,977/20, it is recognized as of interest to the Brazilian government to allow the participation, 
 in the capital of financial institutions based in Brazil, of individuals or legal entities residing or domiciled abroad;                  |

| · | may not invest in the equity of any other company beyond regulatory limits; |

| · | may not conduct credit and leasing transactions or provide guarantees of more than 25.0% of its reference 
 equity (RE) to a single person or group;                                                                  |

| · | may not own real estate, except for its own use; and |

| 41 – Reference Form – 2024 |

| 1. Issuer’s activities |

| · | according to Law No. 4,595/64 and CMN Resolution No. 4,693/18, financial institutions are prohibited from                                      
 conducting loans with related parties. Exempted from the prohibition are loans with related parties that comply with the conditions stipulated 
 by Law No. 4,595/64. CMN Resolution No. 4,693/18 explains who are considered related parties, from the point of view of the Central Bank       
 of Brazil.                                                                                                                                     |

| · | CMN Resolution No. 4,693/18 also brought a definition of qualified shareholding, which is considered a                                    
 direct or indirect stake, owned by individuals or companies in the capital of financial institutions and of leasing companies or of these 
 institutions in the capital of companies, equivalent to 15% or more of the respective shares or quotas representing the share capital.    
 The restrictions with respect to the concentration limit to a single person or group do not apply to interbank deposits entered into by   
 financial institutions subject to the consolidation of their financial statements.                                                        |

| · | On September 26, 2022, the Central Bank of Brazil issued BCB Resolution No. 246/22, establishing maximum                                        
 limits for the exchange rate fee and prohibiting the establishment of different maximum deadlines for the provision of resources for the        
 receiving end user in the domestic payment arrangements, purchase arrangements, and prepaid payment and