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Corporate Structure
Currently, the Bank is controlled by Primus Holding S.A., or Primus Holding and a few members of the
Bezerra de Menezes family. The Bezerra de Menezes family currently owns 98.3% of the Bank’s shares with voting
rights and 69.5% of its total capital stock.
BIC Corretora was organized on April 15, 1985 and was authorized to operate by the Central Bank on
July 9, 1985. Currently, it is not operational, and its function is limited to its shareholding in the Bank’s capital
stock. BIC Corretora is not a member of the BM&FBOVESPA.
The following table shows the Bank’s corporate structure as of December 31, 2009:
Shareholding Structure – December 31, 2009
Bezerra de Menezes Group
í
100%
Treasury
Stocks (1)
Free-Float
Gemini
Holding
Primus
BIC
Holding
Corretora
100%
Voting shares
34.71%
46.48%
17.06%
-
1.75%
Non-voting
20.02%
2.32%
1.22%
shares
Total
Total 29.05%
29.48% 10.96%
7.36%
2.83%
69.08%
27.68%
100%
BIC Leasing BIC Cartões BIC Informática BIC Distribuidora Sul Financeira (2)
(1) The amount of Treasury Shares refers to the third buy-back program initiated on March 12, 2009 and limited to
7,633,700 preferred shares.
(2) Acquired as of November 3, 2009, the Central Bank issued conditional approval for the acquisition on April 12, 2010.
The Bank’s corporate office is at Avenida Paulista, 1,048, 11th Floor, São Paulo, SP, 01310-100, Brazil, its
telephone number is +55 (11) 2173 9190 and its website is http://www.bicbanco.com.br/ir. The information
contained on the Bank’s website, or that might be obtained via the Bank’s website, does not form part of this
offering memorandum.
Recent Developments
On March 15, 2010, the Bank executed an Aircraft Operating Lease Agreement with Banco
LatinoAmericano de Comércio Exterior S.A., or Bladex, in the principal amount of U.S.$16.4 million, where Bladex
agreed to lease to the Bank an aircraft Challenger 300 Bombardier.
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