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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 February 23, 2015
(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

 

COMPANHIA ABERTA

CNPJ N.º 43.776.517/0001-80

 

 

 

NOTICE TO THE MARKET

 

 

 

Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - Sabesp hereby announces that, in relation to the article published in Folha de São Paulo Newspaper on Sunday, February 22, 2015 entitled “Com Finanças em Apuros, Sabesp Cogita Tarifa Extra” (With Finances in Trouble, Sabesp Considers Extra Tariff), the Company clarifies that it:

 

a.    Is continuously analyzing costs and the main deviations from those established in the business plan filed along with the São Paulo State Sanitation and Energy Regulatory Agency, or ARSESP,  which is the reference to set the breakeven tariff as defined by the regulatory agency;

 

b.    Is currently specifically analyzing the evolution of electricity costs, as well as the possibility of requesting a tariff rebalancing from ARSESP, if necessary; and

 

c.    Will keep the market informed of any extraordinary revision requirement regarding this matter.

 

A copy of the said article is available on Sabesp’s IR website (in Portuguese).

 

 

 

São Paulo, February 23, 2015.

 

 

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: February 23, 2015
 
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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