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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 

 
FORM 6-K
 
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13A-16 OR 15D-16 UNDER THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
For the month of June, 2007

Commission File Number 32297
 

 

CPFL Energy Incorporated
(Translation of Registrant's name into English)

 
Rua Gomes de Carvalho, 1510, 14º andar, cj 1402
CEP 04547-005 - Vila Olímpia, São Paulo – SP
Federative Republic of Brazil
(Address of principal executive office)
 

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CPFL ENERGIA S.A.
Publicly-Held Company
Corporate Taxpayer’s ID (CNPJ) 02.429.144/0001 -93
Corporate Registry ID (NIRE) 353.001.861 -33

EXTRACT OF MINUTES OF THE 98th MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

HELD ON MAY 30, 2007

1. DATE, TIME AND PLACE: On May 30, 2007, at 2:00PM, at Companhia Paulista de Força e Luz's headquarters, located at Rodovia Campinas Mogi – Mirim, KM 2,5, in the City of Campinas, State of São Paulo.

2. CALL: The meeting was called pursuant to Paragraph 2 of Article 18 of the Company’s Bylaws.

3. ATTENDANCE: All members of the Board of Directors, and the Company's Executive Officers.

4. PRESIDING BOARD: Chairman – Mr. Luiz Anibal de Lima Fernandes, and Secretary - Gisélia Silva.

5. MATTERS DISCUSSED AND RESOLUTIONS TAKEN:

The reading of Agenda was waived, as all attending members are aware thereof, and resolved that the minutes of this meeting would be drawn up in the summary format, authorizing the right to present manifestations and disagreements which shall be filed at the Company’s headquarters and approved their publication in the extract format, omitting the Board members’ signatures.

Upon preliminary clarifications, Mr. Chairman informed the attending members the votes of the Board Members designated by the majority shareholders will be computed pursuant to items 5.1 and 7.1 of the Shareholders' Agreement filed at the Company's headquarters, dated March 22, 2002, and later amended on August 27, 2002 and November 5, 2003.

After the Agenda's matters were examined and discussed, the following matters were discussed and resolutions were taken, by unanimous vote and with no restrictions:

(i) They took cognizance of the joint meeting of the People Management and Management Processes Committees carried out on this date;

(ii) They took cognizance of Material Facts reported by the Company’s Chief Executive Officer;

(iii) They approved the minutes of the 96th and 97th Meetings of the Company’s Board of Directors, held on April 25 and May 16, 2007, respectively;

(iv) They approved, in compliance with the provisions of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Law, and in compliance with the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) applicable to foreign companies listed in North- American stock exchanges, the disclosure by the Company that the members of the Fiscal Council elected on April 10, 2007, Messrs. PAULO MIDENA, FERNANDO DIAS GOMES, ENÉIAS DE ASSIS ROSA FERREIRA, FRANCISCO DJALMA DE OLIVEIRA, and Ms. SUSANA H. STIPHAN JABRA, are qualified as Financial Specialists;


(v) They approved, in the form of item “r” of Article 18 of the Company’s Bylaws and pursuant to Resolution no. 2007004 of the Executive Board of CPFL Serra Ltda. (“CPFL Serra”), the merger of CPFL Serra into Rio Grande Energia S.A. ("RGE"), with the consequent winding up of CPFL Serra, which will be succeeded by RGE in all its rights and obligations, aiming to streamline its corporate structure, optimizing administrative and operating costs, and fiscal credit, which has been previously authorized by the Brazilian Electricity Regulatory Agency (Aneel), through Order SSF no. 669 as of March 14, 2007;

(vi) They approved, in the form of item “m” of Article 18 of the Company’s Bylaws and pursuant to Resolution no. 2007006 of the Executive Board of CPFL Centrais Elétricas, the transfer of assets owned by CPFL Geração de Energia S.A. ("CPFL Geração"), to Companhia Paulista de Força e Luz ("CPFL Paulista"), since they are distribution facilities represented by Substations-SEs and Sub-transmission Lines-LTs, as approved by the Brazilian Electricity Regulatory Agency (Aneel), through Order SSF no. 1.113 as of April 12, 2007; and

(vii) They recommended favorable vote to the approval of the following matters by the Members of the Board of Directors of the Subsidiaries: CPFL SERRA – Resolution of the Board of Executive Officers no. 2007004; RGE – Resolution of the Board of Executive Officers no. 20071382; and CPFL GERAÇÃO – Resolution of the Board of Executive Officers nos. 2007006 and 2007019.

6. CLOSURE: There being no further business to discuss, the meeting was adjourned and these minutes were drawn up, which, read and approved, were signed by all attending members and the Secretary. Luiz Anibal de Lima Fernandes (Chairman), Cecília Mendes Garcez Siqueira, Francisco Caprino Neto, Otávio Carneiro de Rezende, Milton Luciano dos Santos, Martin Roberto Glogowsky, Ana Dolores Moura Carneiro de Novaes and Gisélia Silva (Secretary).

This is a free translation of the original instrument drawn up in the Company's records.

Gisélia Silva
Secretary


 
SIGNATURES
 
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Date: June 13, 2007

 
CPFL ENERGIA S.A.
 
By:  
         /S/  JOSÉ ANTONIO DE ALMEIDA FILIPPO

  Name:
Title:  
  José Antonio de Almeida Filippo
  Chief Financial Officer and Head of Investor Relations
 

 
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