CPFL ENERGIA S.A.
Publicly-held Company
Corporate Taxpayer’s ID (CNPJ) No. 02.429.144/0001 -93 –
Corporate Registry ID (NIRE) 353.001.861 -33

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS

CPFL Energia S.A. (“Company”) (Nyse: CPL, Bovespa: CPFE3) hereby informs its shareholders and the market that the Board of Directors’ Meeting held on February 18, 2009, approved the distribution of dividends for the second half of 2008, said decision to be ratified by the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting, to be held on April 23, 2009, pursuant to the following instructions:

1) VALUE

The amount of dividends to be paid is R$ 606,104,741.29 (six hundred and six million, one hundred and four thousand, seven hundred and forty-one reais and twenty-nine centavos), equivalent to R$ 1.262952547 per common share, to be imputed to the 2008 mandatory dividends.

2) RECORD DATES AND EX-DIVIDEND

The record date for the shares traded on the São Paulo Stock Exchange (Bovespa) will be March 02, 2009. The record date for the American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”), traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) will be March 05, 2009. All shareholders of CPFL Energia shares on the record dates will be entitled to the dividend payment.

The Company’s shares will be traded ex-dividends in both markets as of March 03, 2009.

3) PAYMENT

(i) Said dividends will be paid in a date to be defined by the Company.

(ii) Dividends from shares deposited with the Brazilian Clearing and Depository Corporation (Companhia Brasileira de Liquidação e Custódia - CBLC), will be credited to same and transferred to shareholders by the depositary brokers.

(iii) The other shareholders will have their dividends credited through their bank accounts, according to the shareholders registration details on Banco Bradesco S.A. (“Bradesco”). Shareholders whose registers are not updated should go to a branch of Bradesco to update their registration details and receive payment.

(iv) Payments related to the ADRs will be made through The Bank of New York Mellon (the depositary bank for the Company’s ADRs).

São Paulo, February 19, 2009.

CPFL Energia S.A.
José Antonio de Almeida Filippo
Chief Financial and Investor Relations Officer

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