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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
 

 
FORM 6-K
 
REPORT OF FOREIGN ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
For March , 2019
(Commission File No. 1-31317)
 

 
Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Basic Sanitation Company of the State of Sao Paulo - SABESP
(Translation of Registrant's name into English)
 


Rua Costa Carvalho, 300
São Paulo, S.P., 05429-900
Federative Republic of Brazil
(Address of Registrant's principal executive offices)



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COMPANHIA DE SANEAMENTO BÁSICO DO ESTADO DE SÃO PAULO – SABESP

 

PUBLICLY-HELD COMPANY

Corporate Taxpayer’s ID (CNPJ) No. 43.776.517/0001-80

 

MATERIAL FACT

SECOND ORDINARY TARIFF REVISION

 

Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo – Sabesp (“Company” or “Sabesp”), pursuant to the provisions of Article 157, Paragraph 4 of Law 6.404/76 and the provisions of CVM Instruction 358/02, hereby informs its shareholders and the market in general that, in continuity  to the Material Fact disclosed on May 24, 2018, on this date was published in the Official Gazette of the State of São Paulo (DOE - Diário Oficial do Estado de São Paulo), the Summary of the Minutes of the 480th Board of Executive Officers’ Meeting of the Regulatory Agency for Sanitation and Energy of the State of São Paulo (ARSESP - Agência Reguladora de Saneamento e Energia do Estado de São Paulo), held on February 6, 2019, that:

 

(i) Regarding the reconsideration request (administrative appeal) on the 2nd Ordinary Tariff Revision (OTR), through which Sabesp requested the revision of the regulatory decision substantiated by ARSESP Resolution nº 794/2018, resolved not to accept the reconsideration request (administrative appeal).

 

(ii) Regarding the clarification and revision request, through which Sabesp requested: (a) explanation of the reasons that led to a significant reduction in the final forecast of OPEX for the 2017-2020 period;  and (b) a revision of the calculation of X Factor, of the compensatory adjustment for the delay in the application of the 2nd Ordinary Tariff Revision and the calculation of the financial component related to municipal funds, ARSESP approved the Technical Note NTF-0010-2018 (not disclosed) related to the request for clarification and revision, in which “corrections of errors and inaccuracies presented should be made when applying the annual tariff adjustment (May/19), with an index of 0.8408%, which already contemplates compensation for the period elapsed."

 

A copy of the publication made by ARSESP today is available on the Sabesp website, in the Investor Relations area.

 

 

São Paulo, February 28, 2019.

Rui de Britto Álvares Affonso

Chief Financial Officer and Investor Relations Officer

 


 

SIGNATURE  
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city São Paulo, Brazil.
Date: March 1, 2019
 
Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP
By: /s/  Rui de Britto Álvares Affonso    
 
Name: Rui de Britto Álvares Affonso
Title: Chief Financial Officer and Investor Relations Officer
 

 

 
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