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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, pursuant to CVM Instruction 358 of January 3, 2002, and amendments thereto, hereby informs its shareholders and the market in general that the on December 23, 2015 ARSESP has published the following resolutions:
Resolution 614, which addresses the extension of the term of ARSESP Resolution nº 545 and the criteria, rules and conditions established therein for Sabesp to charge the Contingency Tariff, in order to reduce water consumption due to the serious water shortage.
RESOLVES:
Art. 1 - To extend until December 31, of 2016 or until there is more predictability regarding the water situation, the effectiveness of Resolution ARSESP No. 545 of January 7, 2015, maintaining the current, rules and conditions for the application of the contingency tariff by SABESP envisaged in said Resolution.
Art. 2 - This Resolution is effective as of the date of its publication.
Resolution 615, authorizes the extension of the term of SABESP Water Consumption Reduction Incentive Program and the update of the reference consumption to be used for obtaining the bonus.
RESOLVES:
Art. 1 - To authorize SABESP to extend the Water Consumption Reduction Incentive Program until December 31, 2016, or until there is more predictability regarding the water situation.
Art. 2 – The current rules for calculating the tariff bonus will be maintained until January 31, 2016;
Art. 3 – The updating of the reference consumption for calculating the bonus is authorized for bills whose consumption is measured as of February 1, 2016, by applying the updating factor of zero point seven eight (0.78) to the average consumption in the reference period between February/2013 and January/2014;
Art. 4 – The other rules and conditions of the Program not altered by this Resolution will be maintained, including the bonus ranges of 10%, 20% and 30%, in accordance with the savings obtained in conformity with the reference consumption updated as per article 3 of this Resolution;
Art. 5 – The extension applies to all municipalities currently receiving the bonus as a result of said Program.
Art. 6 - This Resolution is effective as of the date of its publication.
São Paulo, December 23, 2015.
Rui de Britto Álvares Affonso
Chief Financial Officer and Investor Relations Officer
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