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CPFL ENERGIA S.A.
Publicly-Held Company
Corporate Taxpayers ID (CNPJ) 02.429.144/0001 -93
Corporate Registry ID (NIRE) 353.001.861 -33
EXTRACT OF MINUTES OF THE 94th BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
HELD ON MARCH 28, 2007
1. DATE, TIME AND PLACE: On March 28, 2007, at 9:30 am, at CPFL ENERGIA S.A.s headquarters (CPFL Energia or Company), located at Rua Gomes de Carvalho, 1510, 14º andar, conjunto 1402, in the city and state of São Paulo.
2. CALL: The meeting was called pursuant to Paragraph 2 of Article 18 of the Companys Bylaws.
3. ATTENDANCE: Most of the Board of Directors members. The Companys Executive Officers and Mr. Walbert Antonio dos Santos, partner of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Auditores Independentes, also attended the meeting.
4. PRESIDING BOARD: Chairman - Mr. Carlos Ermírio de Moraes, and Secretary -Ms. Gisélia Silva.
5. MATTERS DISCUSSED AND RESOLUTIONS TAKEN BY UNANIMOUS VOTE:
(i) |
Information on the Work Plan of the Advisory Committees of the Companys Board of Directors in March 2007, and respective favorable recommendations (a) of the People Management Committee and (b) the Strategy
Commission; |
(ii) |
Approval of (a) the results from the Goal Assessment contracted by the Companys Board of Executive Officers in 2006 and the payment of bonus attributed to the Companys Board of Executive Officers, and (b) the Target
Plan of the Companys Board of Executive Officers for 2007; |
(iii) | Approval of the Minutes of the 92nd and 93rd Meetings of the Companys Board of Directors; |
(iv) |
Approval, in the form of item u of Article 18 of the Companys Bylaws and pursuant to the Executive Boards Resolution no. 2007022, of the granting of Guarantee by the Company in benefit of BNDES and Onlending Banks in
the amount of one hundred and forty million reais (R$140,000,000.00), corresponding to the share of Companhia Estadual de Energia Elétrica (CEEE) in the financing of construction works of Usina Foz do Chapecó by means
of the payment of remuneration by CEEE; |
(v) |
Approval, in the form of item b of Article 18 of the Companys Bylaws, (a) of the Company and the subsidiaries Five-Year Business Plan for the fiscal years of 2007 to 2011; and (b) the review of the
Company and the subsidiaries 2007 Annual Budget, aiming at updating information; |
(vi) | Approval of the Fund Raising and Guarantee Rendering Policy by the Company and subsidiaries; |
(vii) |
Approval, in the form of item p of Article 18 of the Companys Bylaws and pursuant to the Executive Boards resolution no. 2007020, of the fund raising destined to meeting the short-term needs, in the amount of up to
sixty-three million reais (R$63,000,000.00) jointly with the financial institution to be defined by the Companys Board of Executive Officers; |
(viii) |
Approval, in the form of item u of Article 18 of the Companys Bylaws and pursuant to the Executive Boards Resolution no. 2007021, of the constitution of guarantee, by the Company, by means of Surety, of the financing
to be obtained by CPFL Geração de Energia S.A. (CPFL Geração), destined to meeting the medium-term needs, in the amount of up to one hundred and twenty million reais (R$120,000,000.00); |
(ix) | Approval, in the form of item j of Article 18 of the Companys Bylaws and pursuant to the Executive Boards Resolution no. 2007023, of the contracting of KPMG Auditores Independentes (KPMG) for rendering auditing services in the three-year period from 2007 to 2009; and |
(x) |
Recommendation of the favorable vote to the approval of the matters submitted to the Board of Director members of the subsidiaries. |
6. CLOSURE: Nothing else to be discussed, the meeting was adjourned to draw up these present minutes, which were read, approved and signed by attending Members and the Secretary. Carlos Ermírio de Moraes, Cecília Mendes Garcez Siqueira, Francisco Caprino Neto, Susana Hanna Stiphan Jabra, Milton Luciano dos Santos, Roberto Faldini and Gisélia Silva Secretary
São Paulo, March 28, 2007
This present instrument is a free English translation of the Minutes drawn up in the Companys records.
Gisélia Silva
Secretary
CPFL ENERGIA S.A.
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JOSÉ ANTONIO DE ALMEIDA FILIPPO
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José Antonio de Almeida Filippo
Chief Financial Officer and Head of Investor Relations
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