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CPFL ENERGIA S.A.
Publicly-held Company
Corporate Taxpayers 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 (Shareholders) and the market that the Board of Directors Meeting held on February 27, 2008, approved the payment of Dividends for the second half of 2007, said decision to be ratified by the Annual Shareholders Meeting to be held on April 09, 2008, pursuant to the following instructions:
I VALUE
The amount of dividends to be paid is R$ 718,889,562.64 (seven hundred eighteen million, eight hundred eighty-nine thousand, five hundred sixty-two reais and sixty-four centavos), equivalent to R$ 1.497964530 per common share,
to be imputed to the 2007 mandatory dividends.
II RECORD DATES and EX-DIVIDENDS
The record date for the shares traded on the São Paulo Stock Exchange (Bovespa) will be March 6, 2008. The record date for the American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) will be March
11, 2008. All shareholders of CPFL Energia shares on the record dates will be entitled to the dividend payment. The Companys shares will be traded ex-dividends in both markets as of March 7, 2008.
III PAYMENT
Said Dividends will be paid in a date to be defined by the Company:
√ Shareholders who have a bank account with Banco Bradesco or any other financial institution and whose bank account details are duly registered at Banco Bradesco, will be credited on the first day of payment.
√ Shareholders whose addresses are duly registered will receive a Dividend Payment Notice by mail, and should go to a branch of Banco Bradesco in order to receive payment.
√ Shareholders that have not received the aforementioned Notice, should go to a branch of Banco Bradesco to update their registration details and receive payment.
√ Dividends from shares deposited with the Companhia Brasileira de Liquidação e Custódia (CBLC Brazilian Clearing and Depository Corporation), will be credited to same and transferred to shareholders by the Depositary Brokers.
√ Payments related to the ADRs will be made through The Bank of New York Mellon (the depositary bank for the Companys ADRs).
São Paulo, February 28, 2008.
CPFL Energia S.A.
José Antonio de Almeida Filippo
Chief Financial and Investor Relations Officer
CPFL ENERGIA S.A.
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