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MINUTES OF THE GENERAL MEETING OF DEBENTUREHOLDERS OF THE THIRD (3RD)
PUBLIC ISSUE OF SIMPLE UNSECURED DEBENTURES OF CPFL ENERGIA S.A.
Date, Time and Place: On December 11, 2013, at 9:00 a.m., at the head office of CPFL Energia S.A. (“Company”), located at Rua Gomes de Carvalho, nº 1.510, 14º andar, conjunto 1.402, Vila Olímpia, in the city and state of São Paulo.
Call notice: All the holders of debentures of the third (3rd) Public Issue of Simple Unsecured Debentures of the Company (“Debentureholders”, “Issue”, and “Debentures”, respectively) were invited through a call notice published in the Official Gazette of the State of São Paulo and the newspaper Valor Econômico on November 26, 27 and 28, 2013.
Attendance: Debentureholders representing 93.22% of the outstanding Debentures issued by the Company based on the “Private Deed of the 3rd Issue of Simple Unsecured Debentures of CPFL Energia S.A.”, registered with the São Paulo State Board of Trade (“JUCESP”) under no. ED000309-8/000, on October 11, 2007, as amended by the "First Addendum to the Private Deed of the 3rd Issue of Simple Unsecured Debentures of CPFL Energia S.A.”, registered with the JUCESP under no. ED000309-8/001 on January 23, 2013 (“Deed of Issue”). The meeting was also attended by SLW Corretora de Valores e Câmbio Ltda., a company headquartered in the city and state of São Paulo, at Rua Dr. Renato Paes de Barros, nº 717, 6º e 10º andares, inscribed in the corporate taxpayers register (CNPJ/MF) under no. 50.657.675/0001-86 (“Trustee”).
Presiding Board: Chairperson: Ms. Silvia Bessa Ribeiro Biar, as representative of the debentureholder BB Banco de Investimento S.A.; Secretary: Mr. Nelson Santucci Torres.
Agenda: To deliberate on (i) the proposed amendment of Clause “4.10 - Renegotiation and Early Redemption” of the Deed of Issue, in order to include the possibility of Early Redemption of the Debentures; and (ii) to authorize the Trustee to take all measures necessary to fully comply with resolution (i) above, including, but not limited to, executing the “Second Addendum to the Private Deed of the 3rd Issue of Simple Unsecured Debentures of CPFL Energia S.A.” (“Second Addendum”).
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Resolutions: The matters on the agenda were discussed, voted upon and unanimously approved by those present, and the abovementioned resolutions will come into effect subject to the payment of a premium of zero point sixteen percent (0.16%) on the Outstanding Balance of the Debentures, calculated on the reference date of December 18, 2013, plus Remuneration calculated on a pro rata temporisbasis from the Issue Date or the previous Remuneration Payment Date, which will be paid on the same day.
(i) the proposal for the amendment of Clause “4.10 – Renegotiation and Early Redemption” of the Deed of Issue, in order to include the possibility of Early Redemption of the Debentures, shall come into effect with the following wording:
“4.10. Renegotiation and Early Redemption
4.10.1. The Debentures shall not be subject to scheduled renegotiation.
4.10.2 The Issuer may, at its sole discretion, carry out the full or partial early redemption of the Debentures (“Early Redemption”). The Early Redemption shall be carried out as follows:
(a) by a notification to the Trustee and the Debentureholders (except when the latter express their awareness), to be published pursuant to this Deed of Issue, at least three (3) business days prior to the date scheduled for the Early Redemption (“Notice of Early Redemption”), which shall describe the terms and conditions of Early Redemption, including: (a) whether the redemption will be full or partial; if partial, the adoption of the criteria for the draw pursuant to Article 55, Paragraph 2 of the Brazilian Law of Corporations, to be coordinated by the Trustee; (b) the date scheduled for the effective redemption of the Debentures, with the payment occurring on the date of redemption; (c) the Redemption Price, as defined below; and (d) other information deemed relevant for Debentureholders by the Issuer;
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(b) the amount to be paid to Debentureholders by way of Early Redemption will be equivalent to the Nominal Unit Value not amortized plus the Remuneration due and unpaid until the Early Redemption date, calculated pursuant to item 4.9 of this Deed of Issue.
(c) all Debentures subject to Early Redemption will be settled on a single date and canceled by the Issuer.
4.10.2.1. For Debentures held in electronic custody in the National Debenture System (SND), the redemption will be made according to the procedures adopted by CETIP, which shall be notified by the Issuer and the Trustee at least two (2) business days prior to the operation. In addition, the Notice of Early Redemption shall be sent to the Agent Bank at least two (2) business days prior to the date of Early Redemption.
4.10.2.2 For Debentures held in electronic custody at CETIP, partial Early Redemption shall be carried out through a “definitive purchase and sale operation in the secondary market”, and all stages of this process, such as the registration of Debentureholders, qualification, drawing, calculation, definition of apportionment and validation of the number of Debentures to be redeemed shall be conducted outside the CETIP environment. In case CETIP implements any other functionality for executing partial redemption, there will be no need for amending this Deed of Issue or any other formality."
(ii) the Trustee is authorized to take all measures necessary to fully comply with resolution (i) above, including but not limited to, executing the Second Addendum.
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Closure: The floor was made available to those present, but no one made use of it. There being no further business to discuss, the meeting was adjourned for the time necessary to draw up these minutes, which were read, approved and signed by all those present. São Paulo, December 11, 2013. Chairperson of the Meeting: Ms. Silvia Bessa Ribeiro Biar; Secretary of the Meeting: Nelson Santucci Torres; SLW Corretora de Valores e Câmbio Ltda. (Trustee); CPFL Energia S.A. and Debentureholders, as per the attached attendance list.
(I hereby certify that this is a faithful copy of the original instrument drawn up in the Company's records)
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Ms. Silvia Bessa Ribeiro Biar Chairperson of the Meeting |
Mr. Nelson Santucci Torres Secretary of the Meeting
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/S/ GUSTAVO ESTRELLA
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Gustavo Estrella Chief Financial Officer and Head of Investor Relations |
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