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COMPANHIA DE SANEAMENTO BÁSICO DO ESTADO DE SÃO PAULO - SABESP
PUBLICLY-HELD COMPANY
Corporate Taxpayer’s ID (CNPJ) 43.776.517/0001-80
State Registry (NIRE) 35300016831
NOTICE TO THE MARKET
Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo – Sabesp (“Company” or “Sabesp”), referring to the Material Fact disclosed on June 7, 2017, announces to its shareholders and to the market in general that:
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On July 7, 2017, the Company received an official letter from the Municipality of Guarujá informing the conditions required for Sabesp to continue to provide the service and; |
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On this date, Sabesp has dispatched an answer to the Municipality of Guarujá, with a notice stating that the full compliance with the requirements in the official letter: a) do not take into account the concept of gradual implementation of the sanitation system, provided for in Law 11445/07 and b) would result in a significant impact on the economic and financial equilibrium of the services being provided. |
The Company reiterated its interest in continuing to provide the services to the Municipality of Guarujá and made itself available to subsidize the work of structuring the future contract.
In this sense, submitted to the Municipality (a) the fundamental grounds of the gradual and progressive goals plan for the serviceable area of the city, and (b) the standard draft of the Metropolitan Agreement and Contract of the State of São Paulo, approved by the State Attorney General's Office.
In the event that the Municipality declares that it has no interest in the continuation of the proposed above, the Company reaffirms its intention and the conditions informed in June 2017.
The Company will keep the market up to date on any further developments in this matter.
São Paulo, July 27, 2017
Edison Airoldi
Technology, Enterprises and Environment Officer
Answering for the Economic and Financial Office and the Investor Relations Office
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Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP | ||
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Name: Rui de Britto Álvares Affonso
Title: Chief Financial Officer and Investor Relations Officer |
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