Commission File Number 32297

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CPFL ENERGIA S.A.

Publicly Held Company

Corporate Taxpayer ID (CNPJ) 02.429.144/0001-93

Company Registry (NIRE) 35.300.186.133

 

EXTRAORDINARY SHAREHOLDERS MEETING

 

CALL NOTICE

 

The Shareholders of CPFL Energia S.A. (“Company”) are hereby invited, pursuant to Article 124 of Federal Law 6,404 of December 15, 1976 ("Brazilian Corporations Law"), to the Extraordinary Shareholders Meeting (“Meeting”) to be held on August 9, 2016 at 10 a.m., at the headquarters of the Company located at Rua Gomes de Carvalho, No. 1510, 14º andar, conj. 142, Vila Olímpia, in the city and state of São Paulo, to consider and vote on the following agenda:

 

a.    Prior approval for the acquisition of 100% (one hundred percent) of the capital stock of AES Sul Distribuidora Gaúcha de Energia S.A. (“AES Sul”), by the Company or by a company wholly-owned directly or indirectly by the Company, pursuant to article 256, paragraph I of the Brazilian Corporations Law; and

 

b.    Acceptance of resignation of Fiscal Council member and election of new member.

 

General Information:

 

1.           The Company’s common shareholders of record may participate in the Meeting provided they are registered in the Registry of Book–Entry Shares at Banco do Brasil S.A., the stock transfer agent, and bring the following documents: (i) individuals - identification document with photo; (ii) legal persons - certified copy of the most recent Bylaws or consolidated Articles of Association and corporate documentation granting powers of representation (minutes of election of the executive officers and/or power of attorney), as well as identification document with photo of the legal representative(s); and (iii) for shareholders organized as Investment Funds - certified copy of the most recent consolidated regulations of the Fund and the Bylaws or Articles of Association of the fund administrator, and corporate documentation granting powers of representation (minutes of election of the directors and/or power of attorney), as well as identification document with photo of the legal representative(s).

 

 

2.           Any shareholder may appoint a proxy to attend the Meeting and vote on their behalf. In the event of representation by proxy, the following documents must be presented: (i) proxy instrument granting special powers of representation at the Meeting; (ii) bylaws or articles of association and minutes of the election of managers, in case of legal persons; and (iii) identification document with photograph of the proxy.

 

3.           Pursuant to Paragraph 1, Article 126 of Brazilian Corporations Law, proxies may be granted to any person meeting at least one of the following requirements: (i) be a shareholder or manager of the Company, (ii) a lawyer, or (iii) a financial institution. For shareholders who are legal persons in accordance with the understanding of the Board of CVM issued in a meeting held on November 4, 2014 (CVM Proceeding RJ2014/3578), there is no need for the proxy to be (i) a shareholder or manager of the Company, (ii) a lawyer, or (iii) a financial institution.

 

4.           To facilitate the Meeting proceedings, the Company requests shareholders to submit their proxy instruments and representation documents twenty-four (24) hours prior to the Meeting, in accordance with the head paragraph of Article 11 of the Company’s Bylaws. Shareholders attending the Meeting with the required documents will be allowed to participate and vote even if they had not submitted said documents in advance.

 

5.           Pursuant to Article 135, Paragraph 3 of Brazilian Corporations Law and in compliance with Article 6 and subsequent articles of CVM Instruction 481 of December 17, 2009, all documents pertaining to the matters to be considered and voted on at the Meeting are available to shareholders as from this date at the headquarters of the Company, its Investor Relations website (www.cpfl.com.br/ir) and on the websites of the CVM (www.cvm.gov.br), the BM&FBovespa S.A. - Securities, Commodities and Futures Exchange (www.bmfbovespa.com.br) and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission – SEC (www.sec.gov). 

 

São Paulo, July 7, 2016.

 

Murilo Cesar L. S. Passos

Chairman of the Board of Directors

 

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