The portfolio of Operations with Participants on the 31st of December of 2006 and 2005 can be demonstrated as follows:
The portfolio had an increase of R$ 100,876 thousand in relation to the previous year. The Provision for Bad Debts of the Simple Loan portfolio represents 0.6% of the sub-group total.
In 2006, 13,472 Real Estate Financing contracts were reviewed. Also 766 advanced settlements were accomplished with resources of the borrowers, which represented an income of R$ 34,662 thousand. In these settlements, 44 participants used resources of the FGTS, at the amount of R$ 3,251 thousand.
The Provision for Bad Debts of the Real Estate Financing portfolio reached R$ 970,956 thousand (R$ 920,445 thousand in 2005). The default is equivalent to 38.3% of the total amount. Most of the defaulting contracts were executed in 1995 (PDV - Volunteer Dismissal Program of sponsor Banco do Brasil). The values receivable are updated by the contractual rates.