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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 May 28, 2014
(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)


Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file
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the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

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registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b):
 

 

 

 

COMPANHIA DE SANEAMENTO BÁSICO DO ESTADO DE SÃO PAULO – SABESP

 

PUBLICLY-HELD COMPANY

Corporate Taxpayer's ID (CNPJ/MF):  CNPJ N.º 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, as amended, hereby informs its shareholders and the market in general that, on May 26, 2014, it expanded the Water Consumption Reduction Incentive Program to those municipalities served by Sabesp in the Piracicaba, Capivari and Jaguari Water Basin in the Cantareira System catchment area.

 

Customers who reduce their monthly consumption by 20% over their average monthly consumption in the last 12 months (i.e. between February 2013 and January 2014) will be entitled to a discount of 30% on their water and sewage bill. The municipalities included in the expansion of the program are: Bragança Paulista, Joanópolis, Nazaré Paulista, Pinhalzinho, Piracaia, Vargem, Hortolândia, Itatiba, Jarinu, Monte Mor, Morumgaba and Paulínia.

 

The measure includes all residential, commercial, industrial and government customers and will remain valid for bills issued as of June 2014 until December 2014.

 

 

São Paulo, May 28, 2014.

 

 

 

 

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: May 28, 2014
 
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
 

 

 
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

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