SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
CEP 04547-005 - Vila Olímpia, São Paulo – SP
Federative Republic of Brazil
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CPFL ENERGIA S.A.
A Publicly Listed Company
CNPJ/MF 02.429.144/0001 -93 – NIRE 353.001.861.33
EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL SHAREHOLDERS´ MEETING
CONVENING NOTICE
Shareholders of CPFL Energia S.A. (the “Company”) are hereby invited to the Extraordinary General Shareholders´ Meeting, which will be held on December 18 2006, at 10:00 a.m. (ten o’clock), at the Company’s head office at Rua Gomes de Carvalho, 1,510, 14th floor, suite 1402, Vila Olímpia, in the city and state of São Paulo, for the purpose of deliberating on the following Agenda:
a) Election of statutory members and alternates to the Board of Directors for the remaining term of office, until the Ordinary General Shareholders´ Meeting that will be held in April 2007, as arranged in Article 17 of the Company Bylaws, and pursuant to Paragraph 4 of Article 140 of Law 6,404/76; and
b) Election of effective member to the Fiscal Council for the remaining term of office, until the Ordinary General Shareholders´ Meeting that will be held in April 2007.
General Instructions:
a) Pursuant to Article 13 of the Company Bylaws, the shareholder wishing to be represented by an attorney in fact constituted according to Paragraph 1 of Article 126 of Law 6,404/76, must deliver the respective power of attorney at the Company´s head office at least 24 hours prior to the holding of the Extraordinary General Shareholders´ Meeting.
b) Pursuant to CVM Instruction 165/91, as amended by CVM Instruction 282/98, the minimum percentage stake in the voting capital to be eligible for multiple voting rights in the election of members of the Board of Directors is 5% (five percent).
São Paulo, November 17 2006.
Carlos Ermírio de Moraes
President of the Board of Directors
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CPFL ENERGIA S.A. |
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/S/ JOSÉ ANTONIO DE ALMEIDA FILIPPO
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Name: José Antonio de Almeida Filippo
Title: Chief Financial Officer and Head of Investor Relations |
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