MATERIAL FACT BANCO DO ESTADO DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL S.A. (`Banrisul`), pursuant to the Brazilian Securities Commission (Comissão de Valores Mobiliários) (`CVM`) Instruction No. 358, dated January 3, 2002, as amended, and pursuant to Section 157, §4º of Law No. 6,404, dated December 15, 1976, as amended, hereby informs its shareholders and the market in general that it has been informed by its controlling shareholder, the State of Rio Grande do Sul (Estado do Rio Grande do Sul) (`Controlling Shareholder`) regarding the approval by the Reform Programme of the State of Rio Grande do Sul...
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