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COMPANHIA DE SANEAMENTO BÁSICO DO ESTADO DE SÃO PAULO – SABESP
PUBLICLY-HELD COMPANY
Corporate Taxpayer's ID (CNPJ/MF): 43.776.517/0001-80
MATERIAL FACT
Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo – Sabesp (“Company”), pursuant to CVM Instruction 358 of January 3rd, 2002, and amendments thereto, hereby announces that, in regard to the Material Fact of March 31, 2015, which stated that the São Paulo State Sanitation and Energy Regulatory Agency (“ARSESP) had, on that date, submitted for Public Consultation a proposal for a Sabesp Extraordinary Tariff Revision, in accordance with Preliminary Technical Note RTS/003/2015, the total increase in the tariff proposed by the agency is 13.87% and not 13.97%, as disclosed previously.
In addition, today ARSESP published in the Official Gazette of the State of São Paulo (DOE), a notice announcing that it will hold Public Hearings on the proposal for the Sabesp Extraordinary Tariff Revision, in accordance with Preliminary Technical Note RTS/003/2015, at 9:00 a.m. on April 15 in the Auditorium of the Department of Agriculture and Supply, located at Praça Ramos de Azevedo, 254, São Paulo/ SP.
The other information disclosed in the Material Fact of March 31, 2015 remains unaltered.
São Paulo, April 2, 2015.
Rui de Britto Álvares Affonso
Chief Financial Officer and Investor Relations Officer
Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP | ||
By: | /s/ Rui de Britto Álvares Affonso
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Name: Rui de Britto Álvares Affonso
Title: Chief Financial Officer and Investor Relations Officer |
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