Commission File Number 32297

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EXCERPTS FROM THE MINUTES OF THE 234^TH MEETING OF THE BOARD

OF DIRECTORS HELD ON DECEMBER 26, 2013

 

1. DATE, TIME AND PLACE: On December 26, 2013, at 11:00 a.m., the meeting was held via conference call, pursuant to Paragraph 1, Article 17 of the Bylaws of CPFL Energia S.A. (“CPFL Energia” or “Company”), located at Rua Gomes de Carvalho, nº 1510, 14º andar, conj. 142, São Paulo/SP.

 

2. CALL NOTICE: The meeting was called pursuant to Paragraph 3, Article 17 of the Bylaws of the Company.

 

3. ATTENDANCE: All the members of the Board of Directors (“Board”).

 

4. PRESIDING BOARD: Chairman – Murilo Cesar L. S. Passos and Secretary – Gisélia Silva.

 

5. AGENDA: (a) To approve the Advance for Future Capital Increase (AFAC) to the subsidiary Companhia Piratininga de Força e Luz (“CPFL Piratininga”) and (b)  To take cognizance of the resignation of, and replacement for, Mr. Ricardo Cleber Zangirolami, the Chief Institutional Relations Officer.

 

6. RESOLUTIONS TAKEN:

 

The reading of the Agenda was waived since all those present were aware of its contents. The Directors also resolved that these minutes be drawn up in summary form, with the right to submit opinions and dissensions, which will be filed at the registered office of the Company, and the publication of these minutes as an extract without the signatures of the directors.

 

After examining the items on the Agenda, the Directors unanimously resolved to:

 

(i)           Approve the Advance for Future Capital Increase (“AFAC”) by the Company to subsidiary CPFL Piratininga, to be made by December 31, 2013, pursuant to the Board of Executive Officers Resolution no. 2013124-E, and recommend that its representatives on the decision-making bodies of CPFL Piratininga vote for the approval of said AFAC; and

 

(ii)       Take cognizance of the resignation submitted by Mr. Ricardo Cleber Zangirolami from the position of Chief Institutional Relations Officer of CPFL Energia, already identified in the minutes of the 220^th Meeting of the Board of Directors held on April 24, 2013, as per the Resignation Letter submitted to the Company, which is attached to these minutes for all legal purposes (Appendix I), and his replacement, as from December 31, 2013, by Mr. Wilson Ferreira Jr., the Chief Executive Officer, who will hold the additional charge of Chief Institutional Relations Officer, pursuant to Article 20 of the Bylaws of the Company, until the election of a new Chief Institutional Relations Officer by the Board.

 

On behalf of all other directors, the Chairman of the Board placed on record the recognition of Mr. Ricardo C. Zangirolami’s excellent contribution during his tenure as the Company’s Chief Institutional Relations Officer and wished him all success in his new endeavors.

 

 

7. CLOSURE: There being no further business to discuss, the meeting was adjourned and these minutes were drawn up, read, approved and signed by the Directors in attendance and by the Secretary. Murilo Cesar L. S. Passos – Chairman, Renê Sanda, Claudio B. Guedes Palaia, Marcelo Pires de Oliveira, Deli Soares Pereira, Martin R. Glogowsky, Maria Helena S. F. de Santana and Gisélia Silva – Secretary.

 

I certify that this is an extract from the original minutes recorded in the minutes book.

 

Gisélia Silva

Secretary

 

 

 

 

CPFL ENERGIA S.A.
	By:	/S/  GUSTAVO ESTRELLA
	Name: Title:	Gustavo Estrella  Chief Financial Officer and Head of Investor Relations