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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, BM&FBOVESPA: CPFE3) hereby informs its shareholders and the market that the Board of Directors of the Company, in the meeting held on August 10, 2011, resolved to declare “Intermediary Dividend” for the first half of 2011, according to the provisions expressed in Paragraph 1 of Article 32 of the Company’s Bylaws, pursuant to the following instructions:
1) VALUE
The amount of dividends to be paid is R$ 747,709,401.90 (seven hundred and forty-seven million, seven hundred and nine thousand, four hundred and one reais and ninety centavos), equivalent to R$ 0.777023176 per common share, based on Statements of June 30, 2011.
2) EX-DIVIDEND
Shareholders owning shares on August 17, 2011 will be entitled to receive these dividends. Shares will be traded ex-dividend on the São Paulo Stock Exchange (BM&FBovespa S.A. Bolsa de Valores, Mercadorias e Futuros - BM&FBOVESPA) and New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) as of August 18, 2011.
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 do Brasil S.A. (“Banco do Brasil”). Shareholders whose registers are not updated should go to a branch of Banco do Brasil to update their registration details and receive payment;
(iv) Payments related to the ADRs will be made through Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas (the depositary bank for the Company’s ADRs).
São Paulo, August 10, 2011.
CPFL Energia S.A.
Lorival Nogueira Luz Junior
Chief Financial and Investor Relations Officer
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/S/ LORIVAL NOGUEIRA LUZ JUNIOR
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Lorival Nogueira Luz Junior Chief Financial Officer and Head of Investor Relations |
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