Banco Bradesco S.A.
                  CNPJ 60.746.948/0001-12 - NIRE 35.300.027.795
                              Publicly-Held Company
                       Special Stockholders' Meeting Call

We hereby invite the  stockholders  of this Company to  participate in a Special
Stockholder" Meeting to be held on June 9, 2003, at 5 p.m., at the head offices,
in Cidade de Deus,  Vila Yara,  Osasco,  São Paulo,  in the Main Hall of the 5th
floor, New Building, in order to:

I. examine proposals of the Board of Directors for:

          1.  absorption  of the  stocks  of the  stockholders  of Banco  Bilbao
          Vizcaya  Argentaria  Brasil S.A.  (BBV Banco) by Banco  Bradesco  S.A.
          (Bradesco),  converting  BBV Banco into a  wholly-owned  subsidiary of
          Bradesco,  in  accordance  with the  provisions  of Article  252,  Law
          6404/76, by means of:

          a)   ratification  of the  indication  of  companies  to appraise  the
               Stockholders'  Equity  of the  Companies  and the  stocks  of BBV
               Banco;

          b)   review and approval of the Instrument of Entry and  Justification
               of Absorption of Stocks of Stockholders, further to the Appraisal
               Reports of the  Stockholders'  Equity of the Companies and of the
               Stocks of BBV Banco;

          c)   increase   of  the  Capital  of   Bradesco,   in  the  amount  of
               R$630,000,000.00,   raising   it   from   R$6,300,000,000.00   to
               R$6,930,000,000.00,  through the issuance of  70,431,409,114  new
               nominative-book  entry stocks,  with no nominal values,  of which
               35,482,189,407 are common and 34,949,219,707 preferred stocks, in
               the proportion of 44,422475667  stocks of Bradesco for each stock
               of BBV Banco, with 22,379315072 common and 22,043160595 preferred
               stocks,  to be  attributed  to the  stockholders  of  BBV  Banco,
               irrespective of the type of stocks held in BBV Banco;

          2. increase the Capital of Bradesco by R$70,000,000.00,  raising it to
          R$7,000,000,000.00,  through the capitalization of part of the balance
          of the  "Revenue  Reserve  -  Statutory  Reserve  from  1996 to  2000"
          account,  without the issuance of stock,  in accordance with Paragraph
          One of Article 169 of Law 6404/76;

          3.  amend  the  main  provision  of  Article  6  of  the  Articles  of
          Incorporation,  as a result of the  foregoing  items  that  modify the
          capital;

II.  elect  members to form the Board of  Directors  of  Bradesco,  whereas  the
     minimum  percentage  of 5% of interest in the voting  capital is  necessary
     under  the terms of CVM  Instructions  165,  of  12/.11/1991,  and 282,  of
     6.26.1998,  for the  stockholders to be able to require the adoption of the
     multiple vote process;

III. opt for the use of funds  obtained in savings  accounts by BBV Banco,  in a
     consolidated  fashion at Bradesco,  in  accordance  with the  provisions of
     Article 17 of the  Regulation  attached to  Resolution  3005, of 7/30/2002,
     further to the use of consolidated  financial  statements,  at Bradesco, in
     the  determination  of the  operating  limits  referred  to by Article 1 of
     Resolution 2283, of 6/5/96, of the National Monetary Council,  covering all
     the financial companies controlled by BBV Banco.

                     Osasco, São Paulo, Brazil, May 22, 2003


                             Lázaro de Mello Brandão
                       Chairman of the Board of Directors

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