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CPFL ENERGIA S.A.
Publicly-Held Company
Corporate Taxpayers’ ID. (CNPJ) 02.429.144/0001-93
Corporate Registry ID. (NIRE) 35.300.186.133
RELEVANT FACT
In compliance with Article 157, Paragraph 4 of Law 6,404/76 and the Securities and Exchange Commission of Brazil – CVM Instruction no. 358/2002, CPFL ENERGIA S.A. informs that, on December 2, 2009, it received the following Relevant Fact from 521 Participações S.A., 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, further to the Relevant Facts published by the Company on August 21 and 24 and August 31 2009 with respect to the decision of Caixa de Previdência dos Funcionários do Banco do Brasil ("Previ") to restructure its corporate investments as a means of reducing administrative and financial costs arising from its indirect investments, and which consisted in the transfer of the Company’s total shareholding participation in CPFL Energia S.A. ("CPFL") to the shareholders of the Company, that the said operation was duly concluded. Consequently, on November 23 2009, following the expiry of the 60 (sixty) day statutory period, pursuant to Article 174 of Law 6.404/76 for the manifestation of dissenting creditors, the minutes of the Company’s Extraordinary General Meeting, held on August 28 2009, in which it was resolved to reduce the Company’s capital pursuant to the Relevant Fact published on August 31 2009 and Notice to Shareholders published on October 28 2009, were filed with the Rio de Janeiro State Commercial Registry Office. With the transfer, BB Carteira Livre I – Fundo de Investimento em Ações now holds 31.09613% of CPFL Energia S.A.’s capital stock.”
São Paulo, December 3, 2009.
José Antonio de Almeida Filippo
Chief Financial and Investors Relations Officer
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