BANCO DO BRASIL S.A. GLOBAL CERTIFICATION REGARDING CORRESPONDENT ACCOUNTS

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1 BANCO DO BRASIL S.A. GLOBAL CERTIFICATION REGARDING CORRESPONDENT ACCOUNTS The information contained in this Certification is sought pursuant to Sections 5318(j) and 5318(k) of Title 31 of the United States Code, as added by sections 313 and 319(b) of the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 (Public Law ). This Certification should be completed by any foreign bank that maintains a correspondent account with any U.S. bank or U.S. broker-dealer in securities (a covered financial institution as defined in 31 C.F.R (f)). An entity that is not a foreign bank is not required to complete this Certification. A foreign bank is a bank organized under foreign law and located outside of the United States (see definition at 31 C.F.R (o)). A bank includes offices, branches, and agencies of commercial banks or trust companies, private banks, national banks, thrift institutions, credit unions, and other organizations chartered under banking laws and supervised by banking supervisors of any state (see definition at 31 C.F.R (c)).* A Correspondent Account for a foreign bank is any account to receive deposits from, make payments or other disbursements on behalf of a foreign bank, or handle other financial transactions related to the foreign bank. Special instruction for foreign branches of U.S. banks: A branch or office of a U.S. bank outside the United States is a foreign bank. Such a branch or office is not required to complete this Certification with respect to Correspondent Accounts with U.S. branches and offices of the same U.S. bank. Special instruction for covering multiple branches or a single Certification: A foreign bank may complete one Certification for its branches and offices outside the United States. The Certification must list all of the branches and offices that are covered and must include the information required in Part C for each branch or office that maintains a Correspondent Account with a Covered Financial Institution. Use attachment sheets as necessary. A. The undersigned financial institution, BANCO DO BRASIL S.A. ( Foreign Bank ) and all its foreign branches, sub-branches, representative offices and subsidiaries listed on Attachment A, hereby certifies as follows: B. Correspondent Accounts Covered by this Certification: This Certification applies to all accounts established for Banco do Brasil S.A. by Covered Financial Institutions. *A foreign bank does not include any foreign central bank or monetary authority that functions as a central bank, or any international financial institution or regional development bank formed by treaty or international agreement. 1

2 C. Physical Presence/Regulated Affiliate Status: Foreign Bank maintains a physical presence in any country. That means:. Banco do Brasil S.A. has a place of business at the following street address: Head Office - Edifício Sede III Setor Bancário Sul, Quadra 1, Bloco C, Lote Brasília (DF), where Banco do Brasil S.A employs one or more individuals on a full-time basis and maintains operating records related to its banking activities.. The above address is in Brazil, where Banco do Brasil S.A is authorized to conduct banking activities.. Banco do Brasil S.A is subject to inspection by Banco Central do Brasil (Brazilian Central Bank), the banking authority that licensed Foreign Bank to conduct banking activities. D. Indirect Use of Correspondent Accounts: No Correspondent Account maintained by a Covered Financial Institution may be used to indirectly provide banking services to certain foreign banks. Banco do Brasil S.A hereby certifies that it does not use any Correspondent Account with a Covered Financial Institution to indirectly provide banking services to any foreign bank that does not maintain a physical presence in any country and that is not a regulated affiliate. E. Ownership Information: Banco do Brasil s shares are publicly traded. Publicly traded means that the shares are traded on an exchange or an organized over-the-counter market that is regulated by a foreign securities authority as defined in section 3(a)(50) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78c(a)(50)). F. Process Agent: The following individual or entity: Banco do Brasil S.A. New York Branch is a resident of the United States at the following street address: 600, Fifth Avenue 3 rd. Floor Rockfeller Center New York - NY, and is authorized to accept service of legal process on behalf of Banco do Brasil S.A from the Secretary of the Treasury or the Attorney General of the United States pursuant to Section 5318(k) of title 31, United States Code. G. General Banco do Brasil S.A hereby agrees to notify in writing each Covered Financial Institution at which it maintains any Correspondent Account of any change in facts or circumstances reported in this Certification. Notification shall be given within 30 calendar days of such change. Banco do Brasil S.A understands that each Covered Financial Institution at which it maintains a Correspondent Account may provide a copy of this Certification to the Secretary of the Treasury and the Attorney General of the United States. Banco do Brasil S.A further understands that the statements contained in this Certification may be transmitted to one or more departments or agencies of the United States of America for the purpose of fulfilling such departments and agencies governmental functions. 2

3 I, Carlos José da Costa André, certify that I have read and understand this Certification, that the statements made in this Certification are complete and correct, and that I am authorized to execute this Certification on behalf of Banco do Brasil S.A. Carlos José da Costa André Executive General Manager Banco do Brasil S.A. Updated on January 23, 2007 Received and reviewed by: Name: Title: For: [Name of Covered Financial Institution] Date: 3

4 Attachment A - Foreign Branches, Subbranches, Representative Offices and Subsidiaries of Banco do Brasil S.A. that Maintain a Physical Presence in a Country Banco do Brasil Foreign Network Branches, Subbranches*, Subsidiaries** & Representative Offices*** (1) Subbranches abroad into process to become Branches Ownership: 100% - November Name Address Banking Authority BB - Asuncion Calle Oliva y Nuestra Señora de la Asunción Casilla do Correo 667 Asunción Paraguay Banco Central del Paraguay BAMB -Brasilian American Merchant Bank** BB - Buenos Aires BB - Caracas*** Elizabethan Square, Phase III Building, 4 th floor Sheden Road George Town Grand Cayman Cayman Islands BWI Calle Sarmiento, 487, esquina San Martin C1041 AA1 Buenos Ayres - Argentina Av. Francisco de Miranda Centro Lido Torre A Piso 9, Oficina 93-a El Rosal 1067-a Caracas Venezuela BB - Cascais* Passeio Carlos Andrade Teixeira, Nr.7 e 8 Edifício Baía Center Cascais Portugal BB - Ciudad del Este BB Mexico City*** Calle Nanawa No. 107 Y Monseñor Rodriguez Ciudad Del Leste - Paraguay Calle Campos Elíseos, 345 Piso 6- Ed. Omega Colônia Chapultepec Polanco Mexico City Mexico BB - Frankfurt Eschersheimer Landstrasse Frankfurt a.m - Germany BB - Gifu* BB - Grand Cayman BB - Gunma*(1) BB - Hamamatsu*(1) BB - Hong Kong*** Gifu-Ken, Minokamo-Shi, Ota-Cho Asahi Plaza Minokamo Station Core Office 101 Elizabethan Square, Phase III Building, 4 th floor Sheden Road - George Town Grand Cayman Cayman Islands BWI Gunma-Ken, Ota-Shi, Iida-Cho Bandou Building Shizuoka-Ken, Hamamatsu-Shi, Itaya- Machi 111-2, Hamamatsu Act Tower 1f Unit 3601, 36 o Floor, Tower 2, Lippo Centre 89 Queensway, Admiralty Hong Kong (SAR) People s Republic of China BB - La Paz Avenida 16 de Julio, 1642 El prado Central La Paz - Bolivia BB - Ibaraki* BB Leasing Company Ltd.** (Note: non-financial Institution) Ibaraki-ken, Mitsukaido-Shi, Fuchigashira-Machi Shirai Bldg Elizabethan Square, Phase III Building - 4 th Floor Sheden Road George Town Grand Cayman Cayman Islands-BWI BB - Lima*** Av. Camiño Real, 348 Piso 9 Torre El Pilar San Isidro 27 Lima Peru BB - Lisbon Praça Marquês de Pombal, Lisboa - Portugal Cayman Islands Monetary Authority - CIMA Banco Central de La Republica Argentina - BCRA Superintendencia de Bancos Y Otras Instituiciones Financieras (SUDEBAN) Banco Central del Paraguay Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores - CNBV Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht - BAFIN Cayman Islands Monetary Authority - CIMA Hong Kong Monetary Authority - HKMA Superintendencia de Bancos y Entidades Financieras de Bolivia Registrar of Companies Superintendencia de Banca y Seguros Del Peru 4

5 BB - London 34 King Street London - EC2V 8 ES - England Banco do Brasil Securities LLC.** 600 Fifth Avenue - 3 rd Floor. P.O.Box 4449 New York - NY BB - Securities** 16 St.Martins le Grand, 7 th Floor London - EC1A 4NA - England BB - Luanda*** Edifício Kalunga Atrium Rua Engrácia Fragoso, 61 1º andar C Luanda Angola BB - Madrid Calle José Ortega y Gasset, 29 1ª planta Edifício Beatriz Madri España BB - Miami One Biscayne Tower, 38 th floor, Suite South Biscayne Blvd Miami - Florida BB - Milan Piazza Castello, 1 3º Piano Milan - Italy BB - Nagano* Nagano-Ken, Ueda-Shi, Chuo Higashi 1-5 Atago Mansion BB - Nagóia*(1) Aichi-Ken, Nagoya-Shi, Naka-Ku, Marunouchi Kirix Marunouchi Bldg. BB New York 600 Fifth Avenue - 3 rd Floor, Rockfeller Center P.O.Box 4449 New York - NY BB - Panama Calle Elvira Mendez, 10. Ed. Interseco Campo Alegre - Aparado Postal Zona 7 Panama - Panama BB - Parque das Nações* Av. D. João II, Lote Loja E Lisboa - Portugal BB Porto* Av. França, 256 Porto - Portugal BB - Paris 10, Avenue de la Grande Armée Boite Postale Paris, France BB - Rome*** Via Barberini, 29 4º piano Rome - Italy BB - Santa Cruz de La Sierra* Avenida San Martin, 1700 Edifício Centro Empresarial Equipetrol Piso 4 Santa Cruz de la Sierra - Bolivia BB - Santiago Avenida Apoquindo, 3001 Piso 1 Las Condes Santiago Chile BB - Tokyo New Kokusai Building, Marunouchi, Chiyoda-Ku Central P.O. Box 1726 Tokyo - Banco do Brasil AG, Vienna, Austria** Franz Josefs-Kai, OG 1010 Vienna Austria BB - Shanghai*** Unit 1305, 13th floor, Shanghai Kerry Centre 1515 Nanjing Road West Shanghai China BB - Washington D.C*** 1801 K Street - NW Suite Washington - DC - USA Financial Services Authority - FSA National Association of Securities Dealers NASD National Futures Association NFA Financial Services Authority - FSA Banco Nacional de Angola - BNA Banco de España - Federal Reserve Bank Atlanta - State of Florida Department of Banking and Finance Banca d'italia - Federal Reserve Bank of New York - The New York State Banking Department Superintendencia de Bancos Commission Bancaire (Banque de France) Banca d'italia Superintendencia de Bancos y Entidades Financieras de Bolivia Superintendencia de Bancos e Instituciones Financieras de Chile FMA -Finanzmarktaufsichtsbehorde China Banking Regulatory Commission - CBRC Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond 5