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CPFL ENERGIA S.A.
Publicly-Held Company
Corporate Taxpayers ID (CNPJ/MF) No. 02.429.144/0001 -93
Corporate Registry ID (NIRE) 35.300.186.133
RELEVANT FACT
In compliance with Article 157, Paragraph 4 of Law n. 6.404/76 and the Securities and Exchange Commission of Brazil CVM Instruction n. 358/2002, CPFL ENERGIA S.A. informs that, on August 20, 2009, received the following Relevant Fact, which is reproduced below:
Pursuant to CVM Instruction 358/2002, 521 Participações S.A. (Company), with its registered offices at Rua Senador Dantas, 105, 37th floor in the city and state of Rio de Janeiro, notifies the market and its shareholders that the underlying controller of the Company, Caixa de Previdência dos Funcionários do Banco do Brasil (Previ), with the objective of restructuring its corporate investments as a means of reducing the administrative and financial costs arising from its indirect investments, has decided that the Company shall transfer its total shareholding in CPFL Energia S.A. (CPFL) to its shareholders. Therefore, as a first step towards implementing the transfer of the shareholding held by the Company in CPFL, at the Companys Extraordinary General Meeting, held on August 20, 2009, approval was given for the payment of the remaining balance of dividends declared at the Companys Ordinary General Meeting, held on April 28, 2009 through the delivery to the shareholders of shares issued by CPFL.
São Paulo, August 21, 2009.
José Antonio de Almeida Filippo
Chief Financial and Investors Relations Officer
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