Notice to the Market Acquisition of Interest NCF Participações S.A. (NCF), headquartered in Cidade de Deus, Vila Yara, Osasco, in the state of São Paulo, Corporate Taxpayers’ ID (CNPJ) 04.233.319/0001-18, a company participating in the Control Group of Bradespar S.A. (Bradespar), pursuant to CVM Instruction 358, dated January 3, 2002, hereby announces to the market that on this date it acquired 6,620,432 (six million, six hundred and twenty thousand, four hundred and thirty-two) registered book-entry common shares, representing approximately 5.4% of Bradespar’s common capital, from Gespar Participações Ltda., Corporate Taxpayers’ ID (CNPJ) 04.236.374/0001-61. As a result of the acquisition, NCF now holds approximately 19.4% of Bradespar’s common capital. Osasco, São Paulo, June 30, 2008 NCF Participações S.A.