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CPFL ENERGIA S.A.
Publicly-held Company
Corporate Taxpayers ID (CNPJ) No. 02.429.144/0001 -93
Corporate Registry ID (NIRE) 353.001.861 -33
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS
CPFL Energia S.A. (Company) (NYSE: CPL, BM&FBOVESPA: CPFE3) hereby informs its shareholders and the market that the Board of Directors Meeting held on February 24, 2010, approved the declaration of Complementary Dividend for the second half of 2009, and its submission to a General Shareholders Meeting (OGM), to be held on April 20, 2010, pursuant to the following instructions:
1) VALUE
The amount of dividends to be paid is R$ 655,017,032.92 (six hundred and fifty-five million, seventeen thousand, thirty-two reais and ninety-two centavos), equivalent to R$ 1.364872065 per common share, to be imputed to the 2009 mandatory dividends.
2) EX-DIVIDEND
Shareholders owning shares on March 08, 2010 will be entitled to receive these dividends. Shares will be traded ex-dividend on the São Paulo Stock Exchange (BM&FBovespa S.A. Bolsa de Valores, Mercadorias e Futuros - BM&FBOVESPA) and New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) as of March 09, 2010.
3) PAYMENT
(i) Said dividends will be paid in a date to be defined by the Company;
(ii) Dividends from shares deposited with the Brazilian Clearing and Depository Corporation (Companhia Brasileira de Liquidação e Custódia - CBLC), will be credited to same and transferred to shareholders by the depositary brokers;
(iii) The other shareholders will have their dividends credited through their bank accounts, according to the shareholders registration details on Banco Bradesco S.A. (Bradesco). Shareholders whose registers are not updated should go to a branch of Bradesco to update their registration details and receive payment;
(iv) Payments related to the ADRs will be made through Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas (the depositary bank for the Companys ADRs).
São Paulo, March 01, 2010.
CPFL Energia S.A.
José Antonio de Almeida Filippo
Chief Financial and Investor Relations Officer
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