Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Yes _______ No ___X____.
CPFL ENERGIAS RENOVÁVEIS S.A.
Listed Company
Corporate Taxpayers ID. (CNPJ/MF): 08.439.659/0001-50
CPFL ENERGIA S.A.
Listed Company
Corporate Taxpayers ID. (CNPJ/MF): 02.429.144/0001-93
CPFL GERAÇÃO DE ENERGIA S.A.
Listed Company
Corporate Taxpayers ID. (CNPJ/MF): 03.953.509/0001-47
MATERIAL FACT
CPFL Energia S.A. (“CPFL Energia”), CPFL Geração de Energia S.A. (“CPFL Geração”) and CPFL Energias Renováveis S.A. (“Company”), complementing the Material Fact published on September 30, 2014, and in compliance with article 157, paragraph 4 of Law 6,404 of December 15, 1976, as amended and in effect (“Brazilian Corporations Law”) and CVM Instruction 358 of January 3, 2002, as amended, hereby announce to their shareholders and the market the following:
On this date, a Private Instrument for the Mutual Rescission of the Shareholders' Agreement of CPFL Energias Renováveis S.A. was signed, by which DEG – DEUTSCHE INVESTITIONS– UND ENTWICKLUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MBH ceased to be a signatory to the Shareholders' Agreement of the Company (“Shareholders' Agreement”).
Following this, the 8th amendment and restatement of the Shareholders' Agreement of the Company (“8th Amendment to the Shareholders' Agreement”) was signed, with the Company being the intervening and consenting party, to adapt the Shareholders' Agreement to the terms established between the controlling shareholders of the Company and Arrow in the association agreement signed on February 17, 2014 (“Association Agreement”) by the Company, CPFL Geração, a subsidiary of CPFL Energia, Arrow – Fundo de Investimento em Participações (“Arrow”), WF2 Holding S.A. (“WF2”) and Dobrevê Energia S.A. (“DESA”), which established the terms and conditions for the association between DESA and the Company (“Association”).
The 8th Amendment to the Shareholders' Agreement will be filed at the head office of the Company and a copy of it is available for reference in the websites of the Company, CPFL Geração, CPFL Energia, BM&FBovespa (www.bmfbovespa.com.br) and the Brazilian Securities Commission (www.cvm.gov.br).
The Shareholders' Agreement will replace, in all its terms and conditions, the shareholders' agreement of the Company signed on May 31, 2012 and amended on June 16, 2014, which was until then in effect.
São Paulo, October 1, 2014.
Carlos Wilson Ribeiro
Chief Financial and Investors Relations Officer
CPFL Energias Renováveis S.A.
Gustavo Estrella
Chief Financial and Investor Relations Officer
CPFL Energia S.A.
Gustavo Estrella
Chief Financial and Investor Relations Officer
CPFL Geração de Energia S.A.
CPFL ENERGIA S.A. | ||
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/S/ GUSTAVO ESTRELLA
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Gustavo Estrella Chief Financial Officer and Head of Investor Relations |
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