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CPFL ENERGIA S.A.
Publicly-held company
Corporate Taxpayers ID (CNPJ) no. 02.429.144/0001 -93
Corporate Registry (NIRE) no. 353.001.861 -33
EXCERPT FROM THE MINUTES TO THE 101ST BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
HELD ON JUNE 27, 2007
1. DATE, TIME AND PLACE: On June 27, 2007, at 2 pm, at the headquarters of Companhia Paulista de Força e Luz, located at Rodovia Campinas Mogi-Mirim, Km 2,5, in the city of Campinas, state of São Paulo.
2. CALL NOTICE: The meeting was summoned pursuant to Paragraph 2 of Article 18 of the Companys Bylaws.
3. ATTENDANCE: All the members of the Companys Board of Directors attended the meeting. The Executive Officers of CPFL Energia S.A. (CPFL Energia or Company) also attended this meeting.
4. PRESIDING BOARD: Chairman - Luiz Anibal de Lima Fernandes and Secretary - Gisélia Silva.
5. AGENDA AND RESOLUTIONS TAKEN:Waived the reading of the Agenda, in view of the awareness of all the attending members, the Meeting decided that these minutes would be drawn up in the summary format, being permitted the right to present manifestations and dissenting opinions, which shall be filed at the Companys headquarters.
Following the preliminary explanations, the Chairman of the Board informed to the attending members that the vote of the Board Members appointed by the majority shareholders shall be calculated pursuant to items 5.1 and 7.1 of the Companys Shareholder Agreement of March 22, 2002, as amended on August 27, 2002 and November 5, 2003.
After the analysis and discussions on the matters of the Agenda, the following issues were dealt with and these resolutions were taken by unanimous vote and without qualification:
(i) (i.i) The attending members were acquainted with the joint meeting of the Personnel Management and Management Process Committees held on June 4 and with the Management Process Committee meeting held on June 6;
(i.ii) The
attending members validated the Work Request Forms of the Board of Directors to the Strategy Work Committee (STCA-200701) and to the Energy Purchase Work Committee (STCA-200702); and
(i.iii) the attending members appointed the
Energy Purchase Work Committee members;
(ii) The attending members were acquainted with the material facts reported by the Chief Executive Officer;
(iii) The attending members approved the minutes of the Companys 98th, 99th and 100th Board of Directors Meetings held on May 30, June 18 and 20, 2007, respectively;
(iv) (iv.i) The attending members approved, according with the procedures set forth in items 3.3, 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4 of the Policy on Fund Raising and Tendering of Guarantees of CPFL Energia S.A. and Subsidiaries, as per item u of Article 18 of the Companys Bylaws, the tendering of guarantees by CPFL Energia, as either sureties or aval guarantees, the short and medium-term fund raising, intended to the refinancing of debt
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CPFL ENERGIA S.A.
Publicly-held company
Corporate Taxpayers ID (CNPJ) no. 02.429.144/0001 -93
Corporate Registry (NIRE) no. 353.001.861 -33
of subsidiaries Rio Grande Energia S.A. (RGE) and CPFL Geração de Energia S.A. (CPFL Geração), with a financial institution to be defined by the Executive Committee; and (iv.ii) the attending members recommended an affirmative vote by the members of the Board of Directors of RGE and CPFL Geração to the approval of their respective fund raising programs, as per item (iv.i) above;
(v) the attending members approved the conditions set forth for the granting of loan to be contracted by the subsidiary Foz Chapecó Energia S.A. (Foz Chapecó or Beneficiary) with the National Bank of Social and Economical Development (BNDES) and Onlending Agencies, in the amount of until one billion, six hundred fifty-five million, eight hundred thirty-eight thousand reais (R$1,655,838,000.00), intended for the works of Empreendimento Foz do Chapecó and the mediation of CPFL Energia and CPFL Geração as Intervenors, pursuant to the terms and conditions provided for in the Decision of the Executive Management of BNDES which approves the transaction and its respective Exhibits.
(vi) The attending members recommended an affirmative vote, by the members of the Board of Directors, to the approval of the subsidiaries CPFL Paulista (Decision of the Executive Management no. 2007060), CPFL Piratininga (Decision of the Executive Management no. 2007048), and CPFL Geração (Decision of the Executive Management no. 2007020), and the statement of Interest on Own Capital, based on the results ascertained on June 30, 2007; and
(vii) The attending members were acquainted with the interactions between the Executive Committee and the Strategy Commission in June, for the analysis of the appraisal results of the "Stockholm Project".
6. CLOSURE: There being no further business to transact, the meeting was concluded and these minutes drawn up, which were then read, approved and signed by all the attending Board Members and by the Secretary. Luiz Anibal de Lima Fernandes (Chairman), Cecília Mendes Garcez Siqueira, Francisco Caprino Neto, Otávio Carneiro de Rezende, Milton Luciano dos Santos, Martin Roberto Glogowsky, Ana Dolores Moura Carneiro de Novaes and Gisélia Silva (Secretary).
This is an excerpt and free English translation of the original instrument drawn up in the Companys records.
Gisélia Silva
Secretary
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