COMPANHIA ENERGÉTICA DO CEARÁ – COELCE PUBLICLY – HELD COMPANY CORPORATE ID # 07.047.251/0001-70 REGISTRATION NUMBER # 23300007891 MINUTE OF THE BOARD MEETING, held on July 24, 2012, it was executed in accordance with paragraph 1 of article 130, Law 6.404/76. DATE AND PLACE: July 24, 2012, at 4:00 p.m, at the Company’s principal business office, which is located at Rua Padre Valdevino, n.º 150, Centro, Zip Code: 60.127-900, Fortaleza, State of Ceará. BOARD: Dr. Mário Fernando de Melo Santos, as the Chairman of the Board of Directors, and Cristine de Magalhães Marcondes, as Secretary ad hoc. CALL: Call held in accordance with article 14 of the Company’s articles of incorporation. ATTENDANCE: 81,8% of the members from the Board of Directors: Mário Fernando de Melo Santos, Marcelo Andrés Llévenes Rebolledo, José Alves de Mello Franco, Fernando Antonio de Moura Avelino, Jorge Parente Frota Junior, Renato Soares Sacramento, Gonzalo Manuel Vial Vial, Cristián Eduardo Fierro Montes and Francisco Honório Pinheiro Alves. AGENDA: 1. Re-ratification of the financing contract with the Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social - BNDES; 2. Election of the Chief Investor Relations Officer to complete the current term of the Board; 3. Other matters of general interest. RESOLUTIONS: After the presentation of the items on the Agenda and the distribution of its documents to the Board members, the analysis and discussion of them was decided by the present Board members as it follows: 1. Concerning the first item on the Agenda, it was decided to rectify the financing contract with the Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social – BNDES, which was approved in the Coelce’s Board of Directors Meeting held on May 23, 2012, regarding the composition of the bank union and considering the output of the J. Safra S.A. bank from the mentioned financing. 2. Hereby, it was ratified all the other items of the mentioned decision, which presents now the following text: “To approve the financing contract with the Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social – BNDES for the investment program in the system of electricity distribution of the Company in the period of 2012-2013. Indirectly, this approval is through the union of banks, which it is coordinated by the Itaú BBA Bank S.A.(Leader) and by the Santander Bank (Brazil) S.A, and the total amount involved is R$ 310.000.000,00, which are guaranteed by the Company’s receivable fiduciary assignment. Thus, the Executive Board of the Company is already authorized to execute all documents and to take any and all actions necessary for the completion of the financing approved hereby, including, as regards the installment of guarantees”. 1 3. Concerning the second item on the Agenda, it was approved the election of TEOBALDO JOSÉ CAVALCANTE LEAL, brazilian, married, business administrator, ID nº. 815.633, individual taxpayer identification n° 304.786.343-15. His professional address is at Praça Leoni Ramos, nº. 01, 7º floor, bl. 01, São Domingos, Niterói, RJ. He was elected to hold the office of Chief Investor Relations Officer, which was temporarily held by Abel Alves Rochinha, since the Board of Directors Meeting held on March 15, 2012. The Chief Investor Relations Officer now elected will take office in accordance with article 149, Law 6.404/76, and his term will coincide with the other Board members. Therefore, his term will be valued until the first Board Meeting to be held after the Shareholders’ Meeting of 2013; The Chief Investor Relations Officer elected declared for purposes in paragraph 01 of article 147, Law 6.404/76, that he is not involved in any of the crimes defined in law that prevents him from carrying on business activity. 4. There was no registration in other matters of general interest. Fortaleza, July 24, 2012. ________________________________ Mario Fernando de Melo Santos Chairman of the Board of Directors _________________________________ Cristine de Magalhães Marcondes Secretary ad hoc Marcelo Andrés Llévenes Rebolledo Vice-Chairman of the Board José Alves de Mello Franco Board Member Francisco Honório Pinheiro Alves Board Member Fernando Antonio de Moura Avelino Board Member Gonzalo Vial Vial Board Member Cristián Eduardo Fierro Montes Board Member Jorge Parente Frota Júnior Board Member Renato Soares Sacramento Board Member 2