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COMPANHIA DE SANEAMENTO BÁSICO DO ESTADO DE SÃO PAULO – SABESP
Publicly-held Company
Corporate Taxpayer ID (CNPJ): 43.776.517/0001-80
SUBSCRIBED AND PAID-IN CAPITAL: R$6,203,688,565.23
ANNUAL AND EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETINGS
The Shareholders of Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - Sabesp are hereby summoned by the majority of the acting members of the Board of Directors, pursuant to Article 5, paragraph 1, of the Bylaws, to take part in the Annual and Extraordinary General Meetings, to be held on April 28, 2011, at 3:00 p.m., in the Company’s headquarters at Rua Costa Carvalho nº 300, in the city of São Paulo, to discuss the following matters:
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
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Analyze the Management’s Accounts and Financial Statements supported by the Fiscal Council’s and External Auditor’s Reports related to the fiscal year of 2010, in conformity with the Management Report, Balance Sheet and the corresponding Notes to the Financial Statements. |
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Resolve on the allocation of net income for the 2010 fiscal year. |
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Change the newspaper, from Folha de São Paulo to Valor Econômico, on which Sabesp’s financial statements and corporate acts are published. |
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Elect the members of the Board of Directors and the sitting and deputy members of the Fiscal Council, and fix the compensation. |
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EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING
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Amendment to the Bylaws to alter Article 15, new wording for items VII and VIII: new wording for item I of paragraph 2; inclusion of items VIII and IX of paragraph 3; new wording for item IV of paragraph 5; inclusion of Chapter XIII – Committee of Regulatory Affairs and Article 38, paragraphs: 1, 2, 3 and 4; inclusion of Article 39; renumbering of Chapter XIV Article 40, Chapter XV Articles 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, Chapter XVI Article 46, Chapter XVII Articles 47, 48, and inclusion of Articles 49 and 50.
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Proof of shareholder condition may take place at any time before the opening of the annual and extraordinary general meetings, through presentation of identification, proof of ownership and number of shares held from the depositary financial institution and, in the case of proxy representation, the applicable proxy instrument notarized and granted within the last year.
Pursuant to CVM Instruction 282 of June 26, 1998, the minimum percentage of the company’s voting capital required to request multiple votes is 5% (five per cent).
The documents related to the matters to be discussed in the Annual and Extraordinary General Meetings will be at the shareholders’ disposal at the Company’s headquarters and electronically, on CVM’s web site on the World Wide Web, in the format and for the time period defined by CVM Instruction 481/2009.
São Paulo, March 29, 2011.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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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