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CPFL ENERGIA S.A.
Public Held Company
CNPJ/MF 02.429.144/0001-93 - NIRE 35.300.186.133
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS
CPFL Energia S.A. (“Company”) (B3: CPFE3, NYSE: CPL), in regards to the Annual and Extraordinary General Meeting (AEGM), which shall take place on April, 27th, 2018, at 10 a.m., in the terms of paragraph 6th of Article 21-A and paragraph 1st of Article 21-G, of CVM Instruction N. 481, from December 17th, 2009, as altered, informs its shareholders about: (A) the exclusion, by the Controlling Shareholders, of the appointment, for the position of Board of Directors’ sitting members, of: (i) Mr. Yuhai Hu; and (ii) Mr. Daobiao Chen and the appointment of: (i) Mr. Bo Wen; e (ii) Mr. Shirong Lyu, for those positions, respectively. The Controlling Shareholders inform that the change was due to a restructuring from the Controlling Shareholders; and (B) the exclusion of the Management Proposal of the Company’s capital increase from the Extraordinary Meeting’s Agenda, considering that the Company’s Management understands that, at this time, the capital increase is not necessary.
Due to the abovementioned changes, the Company has made available, at this time, a new version of the Management’s Proposal with Mr. Bo Wen’s and Mr. Shirong Lyu’s information and excluding every mention about the capital increase proposal, as well as the new versions of the Distant Vote Bulletins.
Considering the new Distant Vote Bulletins, the Company informs that: (i) votes already given for Mr. Yuhai Hu and Mr. Daobiao Chen will be considered valueless, therefore, the Shareholders that wish to vote in the new candidates must send new vote instructions or do it, in presence, in the AEGM; (ii) votes regarding the capital increase will not be consider; and (iii) the limit date for sending a new vote instruction is April, 20th, 2018.
Least, the Company recommends that, to avoid any conflicts in the vote instruction previously sent, the Shareholders send any new vote instructions to the same service provider as before.
Campinas, April 6th, 2018.
CPFL ENERGIA S.A.
Gustavo Estrella
Financial and Investors Relations Executive Vice-President
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