Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Yes _______ No ___X____
CPFL ENERGIA S.A. | RIO GRANDE ENERGIA S.A. | |
Publicly-Held Company | Publicly-Held Company | |
Corporate Taxpayers ID (CNPJ/MF) no. | Corporate Taxpayers ID (CNPJ/MF) no. | |
02.429.144/0001-93 | 02.016.439/0001-38 | |
Corporate Registry ID (NIRE) | Corporate Registry ID (NIRE) | |
35.300.186.133 | 43.300.036.138 |
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS
CPFL Energia S.A. (CPFL Energia) and its subsidiary Rio Grande Energia S.A (RGE), (jointly referred to as the Companies), hereby provide the following clarifications to its shareholders and the market in general regarding the merger operation of all shares issued by RGE into CPFL Energias shareholders equity (Merger of Shares or Operation) as approved at the Companies extraordinary general meetings held on December 18, 2007 (AGEs):
I. Right of Withdrawal: Pursuant to the provisions set forth in Article 137, paragraph 1 of Law 6,404/76, the right of withdrawal to the Companies shareholders is limited to the shares held up to the date when the Material Fact about the Merger of Shares (Material Fact) was disclosed, that is to say, shareholders registered in the Companies records at the end of November 7, 2007, thus the right may not be exercised regarding the shares purchased after the aforementioned date.
Therefore, the date set forth in item 9.1 of the Material Fact disclosed on November 7, 2007 is rectified, so that to inform that only shareholders registered in the Companies records at the end of November 7, 2007 may exercise the right of withdrawal in question. Thus, the date informed in item 2 of the Notice to Shareholders disclosed on December 18, 2007 by the Companies and published on December 19, 2007, is also rectified, in order to change it to November 8, 2007.
II. Amount of the Right of Withdrawal to Shareholders of RGE: Shareholders of RGE will have the option to exercise the right of withdrawal based on (i) the amount of the book value of stockholders' equity of the shares issued by RGE which, as recorded in the balance sheet as of September 30, 2007, corresponds to R$1.7852050311 per share issued by RGE; or (ii) the shareholders equity of shares issued by RGE calculated at market price, which corresponds to R$1.5647858801 per share issued by RGE.
Thus, the information in item 9 of the Material Fact disclosed on November 7, 2007 is rectified, regarding the net book value and equity value at market price of RGE, since said amounts refer to the unit of share issued by RGE and not to the lot of one thousand shares, as mentioned in the referred Material Fact.
São Paulo, December 20, 2007.
CPFL ENERGIA S.A.
José Antonio de Almeida Filippo
Vice Chief Financial and Investors Relations Officer
RIO GRANDE ENERGIA S.A.
Marco da Camino Ancona Lopez Soligo
Administrative-Financial and Investors Relations Officer
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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