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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
Company Registry (NIRE): 35.3000.1683-1
CALL NOTICE
The shareholders of Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - Sabesp (“Company”) are hereby convened, pursuant to Article 5, paragraph 1 of the Bylaws,to attend the Company’sAnnual Shareholders’ Meeting,to be held onApril 28, 2020, at 11:00 a.m.,at the Company’s headquarters, located at Rua Costa Carvalho, nº 300, in the City and State of São Paulo, to resolve on the following matters of the agenda:
I. Examine the management accounts, examine, discuss and vote on the Company’s financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019 and the accompanying Annual Management Report, Independent Auditors’ Report, Fiscal Council’s Opinion and the Summarized Annual Report of the Audit Committee.
II. Resolve on the allocation of net income for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019 and the distribution of dividends.
III. Establish the number of members that will be part of the Board of Directors for the term of office until the 2022 Annual Shareholders’ Meeting.
IV. Elect the members of the Board of Directors for the term of office until the 2022 Annual Shareholders’ Meeting and name the Chairman of the Board of Directors.
V. Elect the members of the Fiscal Council for the term of office until the 2021 Annual Shareholders’ Meeting.
VI. Establish the overall annual compensation for the Comopany’s Management and members of the Audit Committee and Fiscal Councils for 2020 fiscal year.
The documents related to the matters to be discussed in the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting will be at the shareholders’ disposal at the Company’s headquarters and electronically on the Company’s website, as well as on the website of the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM), in the format and for the time period defined by CVM Instruction 481/2009.
Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo |
GENERAL INFORMATION: A proof of shareholder status may be required at any time before the installation of the Shareholders’ Meeting by presenting: (i) identification, and/or related articles of incorporation that prove legal representation, as applicable; (ii) proof of ownership and the number of shares held by the respective shareholder issued by the depositary financial institution; and (iii) in the case of proxy representation, the applicable proxy appointment duly notarized and granted within the last year, accompanied by the identification and/or related articles of incorporation of the proxy, as applicable.
MULTIPLE VOTING: The Company clarifies that, pursuant to Article 141 of Law 6.404/1976, CVM Instruction 165/91 and CVM Instruction CVM 481/09, the shareholders representing a minimum of 5% (five percent) of the Company's capital stock, may request, in writing, the adoption of the multiple voting process.
VOTING INSTRUMENT: SABESP will adopt the remote vote system, pursuant to CVM Instruction 481/09, as amended, andrecommends, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, that Shareholders alternatively attend theShareholders’ Meeting bysending, as of today, a remote voting instrument,pursuant to the terms in the Management Proposal made available on the websites of the CVM (www.cvm.gov.br) and the Company (www.sabesp.com.br): (i) by instructing their custody agents to fill in the voting instrument, if the shares are held in custody in a depository central; (ii) by giving instructions to fill in the voting instrument to the financial institution contracted by the Company to provide bookkeeping services, if the shares are not held in custody in a depository central; or (iii) directly to the Company, via mail or email. The voting instructions must be received by the custody agent, the bookkeeping institution, or the Company, whatever the case, up to seven (7) days prior to the Shareholders’ Meeting and, in case the instructions are directly sent to the Company, the remote voting instrument, duly initialed and with a notarized signature, must be accompanied by the other documents referred to in the “General Information” item above.
São Paulo, March 26, 2020.
Mario Engler Pinto Junior
Chairman of the Board of Directors
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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