SAO PAULO (Standard&Poor's) Jan. 5, 2012--Standard&Poor's Ratings Services assigned its 'BBB' rating to Banco Bradesco S.A.'s fixed-rate senior unsecured notes of minimum amount of US$ 500 million. The 'BBB' rating on the notes is the same as our long-term issuer credit rating on Bradesco (BBB/Stable/A-3), reflecting our view that the notes will rank on par with the bank's other senior unsecured debt. We also believe that these notes will be direct, unsecured, unsubordinated, and unconditional obligations of the bank, which expects to use the proceeds for general corporate purposes. Standard&Poor's bases its ratings on Bradesco on its "very strong" business position, "moderate" capital and earnings, "adequate" risk position, "average" funding, and "adequate" liquidity (as
