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CEP 04552-020 - 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 35300186133
ORDINARY AND EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETING
CONVENING NOTICE
Shareholders of CPFL Energia S.A. are hereby invited to the Ordinary and Extraordinary General Shareholders’ Meeting, which will be held jointly on April 29 2005, at 10:00 a.m. (ten o’clock), at the Company’s head office at Rua Gomes de Carvalho 1,510, 14th floor, suite 02, Vila Olímpia in the city and state of São Paulo, for the purpose of deliberating on the following Agenda:
Ordinary General Meeting:
| a) | Presentation of the Management Report, examine, discuss and vote on the Company’s Financial Statements, the Report of the Independent Auditors and the Report of the Fiscal Council for the fiscal year ending December 31 2004; |
| b) | Approve the proposal for the appropriation of the net income for the fiscal year 2004 and the dividend distribution; |
| c) | Elect the statutory members and alternates to the Board of Directors; |
| d) | Establish Management’s global compensation; and |
| e) | Elect effective members and alternates to the Fiscal Council and establish their fees. |
Extraordinary General Shareholders’ Meeting:
Approve the proposal for modifying the Company Bylaws, altering the following articles:
Article 5: to restate the current monetary value and quantity of shares representing the Company’s Capital Stock; and
Article 20: to reduce the term of office of the Board of Executive Officers from 3 to 2 years.
General Instructions:
| 1. | Pursuant to Article 135, Paragraph 3 of Law 6404/76, the appropriate documents to be discussed at the Ordinary and Extraordinary General Shareholders’ Meeting are available to shareholders as from this date, at the Company’s head office. |
| 2. | The shareholder wishing to be represented by an attorney in fact, constituted according to Article 126, Paragraph 1 of Law 6404/76, must deliver the respective power of attorney at the Company’s head office at least 24 hours prior to the holding of the Ordinary and Extraordinary General Shareholders’ Meeting. |
| 3. | Pursuant to CVM Instruction 165 of December 11 1991, 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, March 31 2005.
Carlos Ermírio de Moraes
Chairman
of the Board of Directors
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CPFL ENERGIA S.A.
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By: /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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