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) | Corporate Taxpayers ID (CNPJ/MF) |
02.429.144/0001-93 | 02.016.439/0001-38 |
Company Registry (NIRE) | Company Registry (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 inform their shareholders and the market in general that the Companies will hold an auction of the shares remaining after the grouping of fractions of shares issued by CPFL Energia held by non-controlling shareholders of RGE, who came into possession of said share fractions when RGEs shares were replaced with CPFL Energias shares (the Auction) consequent to the Merger of Shares announced in the Material Fact of November 7, 2007, and in the Notices to Shareholders of December 18 and 20, 2007, and January 24, 2008.
The Auction will be held at the São Paulo Stock Exchange (Bovespa) on March 4, 2008, and will offer 183 (one hundred eighty-three) common shares issued by CPFL Energia (Shares Offered).
The net amount raised through the Auction of the Shares Offered will be credited to the current account of the holders of said fractions by March 13, 2008. If the account cannot be identified, the amount will be available to the shareholders at the branches of Banco Bradesco S.A., the custodian for the CPFL Energias shares.
Further information about the auction is available at the branches of Banco Bradesco S.A. and/or at brokerage firms.
São Paulo, February 25, 2008.
CPFL ENERGIA S.A.
José Antonio de Almeida Filippo
Chief Financial and Investor Relations Officer
RIO GRANDE ENERGIA S.A.
Marco da Camino Ancona Lopez Soligo
Chief Administrative-Financial and Investor 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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