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CPFL ENERGIA S.A.
Publicly-held Company
Corporate Taxpayers’ ID (CNPJ/MF): 02.429.144/0001-93
Corporate Registry (NIRE): 35.300.186.133
EXTRAORDINARY SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETING
CALL NOTICE
Pursuant to Articles 122 and 124 of Brazilian Corporate Law No. 6,404/76, the shareholders of CPFL Energia S.A. (“Company”) are hereby invited to attend the Extraordinary Shareholders’ General Meeting (“Shareholders’ Meeting”) to be held on February 20, 2013, at 10:00 am, at the Company’s head office at Rua Gomes de Carvalho, 1510, 14º andar, in the city and state of São Paulo, to deliberate on the following Agenda:
(i) To acknowledge the resignation of a sitting member of the Company’s Board of Directors; and
(ii) To elect its substitute, pursuant to item 4.3 of the “Novo Mercado’s” Listing Rules and of the Article 15, paragraph 1, of the Company’s Bylaws.
General Instructions:
1. Shareholders owners of common shares issued by the Company may participate in the Shareholders’ Meeting by themselves, through their legal representatives or attorneys-in-fact, provided that the name of such shareholder is registered in the share registry book of the Company at the financial custodian institution of the shares of the Company – Banco do Brasil S.A..
The shareholders, in accordance with the terms of Article 126 of Brazilian Corporate Law No. 6,404/76, must observe the following procedures:
(a) The Company requests the shareholders who intend to be represented by an attorney-in-fact to deposit the power of attorney and the required documents up to 24 hours before the time scheduled to hold the Shareholders’ Meeting, in accordance with the provisions of the current Article 12 of the Bylaws of the Company, to expedite the process for their identification. The shareholders who attend the Shareholders’ Meeting with the required documents will be able to attend the meeting and vote, notwithstanding the lack of prior deposit; and
(b) Required documents to be presented by the shareholders before the beginning of the Shareholders’ Meeting: (i) in case of individuals – identification document; (ii) in case of legal entities identification document of the legal representative of the shareholder, duly accompanied by a certified copy or original of the organizational documents of the legal entity, as well as the corporate document which elected the legal representative of the company (minutes of the meeting which elected the Officers) and (iii) in case of legal entity organized in the form of Investment Funds – identification document of the legal representative of the administrator of the Investment Fund (or manager of the fund, as the case may be), duly accompanied by a certified copy or original of the Bylaws of the Investment Fund, or the Bylaws or Articles of Organization of its administrator (or manager, as the case may be), jointly with the corporate document which elected the legal representative.
2. According to “Comissão de Valores Mobiliários” – “CVM” Instruction No. 165/91, further amended by CVM Instruction No. 282/98, the minimum percentage of voting capital participation in order to require the adoption of a multiple vote procedure in electing the Board of Directors’ members is 5% (five percent), and this right shall be exercised by shareholders at least 48 hours before the Shareholders’ Meeting, pursuant to Article 141, paragraph 1, of Brazilian Corporate Law No. 6,404/76.
3. The documents related to the matter to be decided on at the Shareholders’ Meeting, pursuant to Article 6 of CVM Instruction No. 481/09, are available to the shareholders of the Company, as of this date, at the head office of the Company, at its website (www.cpfl.com.br/ir), as well as at the website of the CVM (www.cvm.gov.br).
São Paulo, January 21, 2013.
Murilo Passos
Chairman of the Board of Directors
CPFL ENERGIA S.A. | ||
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/S/ LORIVAL NOGUEIRA LUZ JUNIOR
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Lorival Nogueira Luz Junior Chief Financial Officer and Head of Investor Relations |
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