SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
06029-900 - Osasco - SP
Federative Republic of Brazil
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Banco Bradesco S.A. (“Bradesco”) informs that Atlântica Hospitais e Participações S.A. (“Atlântica”), a company focused on investment in hospitals, an indirect subsidiary of Bradesco and Bradseg Participações S.A., member of the Bradesco Seguros Group, entered into an Investment Agreement on this date with Hospital Mater Dei S.A. (“Mater Dei”) for the development and operation of a new general hospital in the neighborhood of Santana, in the North Zone of the city of São Paulo.
Atlântica will have 51% of the company to be incorporated ("SPE"), and Mater Dei, which will be responsible for the medical and administrative management of the hospital, will have a 49% stake. The hospital will be built on a property owned by a company in the Bradesco Organization, which will be responsible for the project and for leasing the building to the SPE in the built-to-suit model.
Mater Dei is an integrated network for the provision of hospital services, and is one of the largest in Minas Gerais in terms of number of private beds, while also operating in the states of Bahia, Pará and Goiás.
The transaction is aligned with Atlântica's strategy of investing in the healthcare sector's value chain through partnerships with established players in hospital operations.
The conclusion of the transaction is subject to the fulfillment of certain suspensive conditions that are customary in transactions of this nature, including any required regulatory approvals.
Cidade de Deus, Osasco, SP, December 21, 2023.
Carlos Wagner Firetti
Investor Relations Officer
BANCO BRADESCO S.A. | ||
By: | /S/ Carlos Wagner Firetti | |
Carlos Wagner Firetti Department Officer and Investor Relations Officer |
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