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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 provides the following clarifications to its shareholders and the market in general regarding the distribution of “Intermediary Dividend” for the first half of 2012, approved at CPFL Energia’s Board of Directors Meeting, held on August 06, 2012:
The Company rectifies the Base Date informed in item 2 of the Notice to Shareholders disclosed on August 06, 2012 and published on August 07, 2012 (“First Notice to Shareholders”), in order to change it from August 13, 2012 to August 15, 2012. Thus, the Ex-Dividend Date, informed in the same item, is also rectified, in order to change it from August 14, 2012 to August 16, 2012.
Therefore, the item 2 of the First Notice to Shareholders takes effect with the following text: “Shareholders owning shares on August 15, 2012 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 16, 2012.”
São Paulo, August 08, 2012.
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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