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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 December, 2021

(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
annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

Form 20-F ___X___ Form 40-F ______

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K
in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1)__.

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K
in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7)__.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the
information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the
information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Yes ______ No ___X___

If "Yes" is marked, indicated below the file number assigned to the
registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b):

Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo

CEO’s Office

R. Costa Carvalho, 300 – Pinheiros – CEP 05429-900 – São Paulo - SP

Phone: (11) 3388-8000

www.sabesp.com.br

COMPANHIA DE SANEAMENTO BÁSICO DO ESTADO DE SÃO PAULO – SABESP

PUBLICLY HELD COMPANY

Corporate Taxpayer’s ID (CNPJ): 43.776.517/0001-80

Company Registry (NIRE): 35.3000.1683-1

MINUTES OF THE EXTRAORDINARY SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETING

HELD ON NOVEMBER 24, 2021

DATE, TIME AND VENUE: November 24, 2021, at 11:00 a.m., at the headquarters of Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo (“Company” or “Sabesp”), at Rua Costa Carvalho, nº 300, Pinheiros, CEP 05429-000, in the City and State of São Paulo.

CALL NOTICE: Call notice published in the business section (Caderno Empresarial) of the São Paulo State Official Gazette on: (i) October 23, 2021, (ii) October 26, 2021 and (iii) October 27, 2021, pages 26 and 28 and 36, respectively, and in the Valor Econômico newspaper on: (i) October 23, 24 and 25, 2021, (ii) October 26, 2021 and (iii) October 27, 2021, pages A18, C5 and C5, respectively.

MEETING HELD IN AN EXCLUSIVELY DIGITAL MANNER: The Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting was exclusively digital, via the Zoom platform, without prejudice to the use of remote voting form as a mean to exercise the voting rights, pursuant to CVM Instruction 481, of December 17, 2009, as amended from time to time, as previously informed by the Company on the call notice and in the Shareholders’ Meeting Guide. The Annual and Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting was recorded in full and, pursuant to Article 21-V, Paragraph 1 of CVM Instruction 481, the shareholders who participated in the Meeting through the electronic system were considered as attending members and signatories of these minutes.

ATTENDANCE: Shareholders representing 81.52% of the Company’s total voting capital stock attended the Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting, as per (i) the records of access to the digital plaatform made available by the Company; and (ii) the valid remote voting forms received through the Depository Center of B3 S.A. - BRASIL, BOLSA, BALCÃO, the bookkeeping agent of the Company’s shares and directly by the Company, pursuant to CVM regulations. The Chairman and the Secretary formalized the registration of shareholders’ attendance based on the signatures on these minutes.

Mario Engler Pinto Junior, Chair of Sabesp’s Board of Directors, Fernanda Montorfano, Thenard Figueiredo, and Victor Campinho, lawyers from the law firm Cescon Barrieu, and the following Sabesp employees were present: Priscila Costa da Silva, John Emerson da Silva and Victor Augusto Guerra Cardoso, Management Analysts of the Investor Relations Department, Carolina Alves Cardoso Santos and Melissa Martuscelli, attorneys of the Legal Administration, Marialve de Sousa Martins and Gerson Yaçumassa Yamanishi, members of Sabesp’s CEO’s Office.

Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo

CEO’s Office

R. Costa Carvalho, 300 – Pinheiros – CEP 05429-900 – São Paulo - SP

Phone: (11) 3388-8000

www.sabesp.com.br

PRESIDING BOARD: Chair: Mario Engler Pinto Junior. Secretary: Marialve de Sousa Martins.

DISCLOSURE: The Management proposal and other pertinent documents, as per applicable legislation, were made available to shareholders at the Company's headquarters and on the websites of the Company, the CVM and B3.

AGENDA:

To elect a member for the Eligibility and Advisory Committee.

II.

To elect a member of the Board of Directors to complete the term of office until the 2022 Annual Shareholders’ Meeting.

III.

Set the status of independent member to a member of the Board of Directors.

IV.

To elect a sitting member and his respective alternate of the Fiscal Council, to complete the term of office until the 2022 Annual Shareholders’ Meeting.

To rectify the annual overall compensation of Management and members of the Audit Committee and the Fiscal Council for fiscal year 2021 approved at the Company’s Annual Shareholders’ Meeting held on 4/29/2021.

CLARIFICATIONS: The matters on the agenda were analyzed by the State Capital Defense Council – CODEC, as per Opinion 084/2021, of November 11, 2021, whose voting instructions were submitted by the representative of the São Paulo State Treasury (“State”), shareholder of the Company.

RESOLUTIONS: After reading the consolidated voting map of votes cast by means of remote voting forms, available for consultation by the attending shareholders pursuant to paragraph 4 of article 21-W of CVM Instruction 481/2009, and having also considered the votes of shareholders who participated in this meeting by means of the digital platform made available by the Company, the following resolutions were taken:

I. To approve, by a majority vote, with 99.86% of votes for, represented by 556,456,603 shares; 0.05% of votes against, represented by 274,442 shares; and 0.09% abstentions, represented by 488.035 shares, the nomination of Ms. CARLA ALMEIDA, Brazilian, divorced, architect, holder of identity card (RG) number 19.670.303-7 SSP/SP, inscribed in the register of individual taxpayers (CPF) under number 205.333.708-76, resident at Av. Professor Frederico Hermann Júnior, 345 - Alto de Pinheiros, São Paulo/SP, CEP: 05459-010, as a member of the Eligibility and Advisory Committee, replacing Laura Diaz Montiel. Accordingly, the Company's Eligibility and Advisory Committee will be composed as follows: FÁBIO AURÉLIO AGUILERA MENDES; CARLA ALMEIDA; and PAULA CRISTINA NASSIF ELIAS DE LIMA.

Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo

CEO’s Office

R. Costa Carvalho, 300 – Pinheiros – CEP 05429-900 – São Paulo - SP

Phone: (11) 3388-8000

www.sabesp.com.br

The nomination of Ms. Carla Almeida was duly authorized by the government (ATG Letter 471/2021-SG), and the compliance of the applicable requirements was duly certified (Process SFP-PRC-2019/00266, which refers to the review of the member nomination process for the Company's Eligibility and Advisory Committee, pursuant to CODEC Resolution 03/2018). The investiture in the position must comply with the requirements, restrictions, and procedures set forth in the Bylaws, including those related to the submission of the property declaration. The Eligibility and Advisory Committee members will exercise their functions, without fixed term of office, and will not be entitled to any compensation. Members of the Eligibility and Advisory Committee who are also members of the Management body may not exercise the duties of strategic counsel to the management bodies, as provided for in the Bylaws.

II. To approve, by a majority vote, with 99.11% of votes for, represented by 552,237,928 shares; 0.83% of votes against, represented by 4,647,204 shares; and 0.06% abstentions, represented by 33,948 shares, the nomination of Mr. LEONARDO AUGUSTO DE ANDRADE BARBOSA, Brazilian, married, lawyer, holder of identification document (RG) OAB/DF number 22.105, inscribed in the register of individual taxpayers (CPF) under number 935.757.426-34, resident at SHIN QL 04, Conjunto 6, Casa 3 - Lago Norte – CEP 71.510-265 – Brasília-DF, as a member of the Board of Directors, to conclude the term until the 2022 Annual Shareholders' Meeting, in the position previously held by board member Wilson Newton de Mello Neto.

III. To approve, by a majority vote, with 99.87% of votes for, represented by 556,483,109 shares; 0.04% of votes against, represented by 246,295 shares; and 0.09% abstentions, represented by 489.676 shares, the status of Board member of WILSON NEWTON DE MELLO NETO, Brazilian, married, lawyer, holder of identity card (RG) number18.943.369-3 SSP/SP, inscribed in the register of individual taxpayers (CPF) under number 145.540.608-29, resident at Alameda Garibaldi, 374, Tamboré, Santana do Parnaíba, São Paulo, CEP: 06543-235, as an independent member of the Board of Directors, replacing Mr. Reinaldo Guerreiro who will leave the position.The nominations (items II and III) had the due government authorization (ATG Letter 460/2021-SG), and the compliance with the necessary legal and statutory requirements, including those provided for in Federal Law 13,303/2016 and in the State Decree 62.349/2016, was certified, regarding the autonomy of the members including, by the Eligibility and Counseling Committee, pursuant to the Bylaws, (Electronic Procedure SFP-PRC-2019/00374 and SFP-PRC-2019/0032, which deals with the verification of the process of appointment of members for the Board of Directors and the Audit Committee, respectively, pursuant to CODEC Resolution 03/2018). Pursuant to the Company's Bylaws, the elected members shall exercise their duties with a term of office in accordance with the other members' terms of office, and investiture in both positions shall comply with the requirements, restrictions, and procedures set forth in the current regulations, which shall be confirmed by the Company upon investiture. Compensation will be set based on this CODEC’s guidelines, as resolved at a Shareholders’ Meeting. Regarding the declaration of properties, the applicable state regulations must be observed. Accordingly, the Board of Directors will be composed as follows:

Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo

CEO’s Office

R. Costa Carvalho, 300 – Pinheiros – CEP 05429-900 – São Paulo - SP

Phone: (11) 3388-8000

www.sabesp.com.br

Chair:

MARIO ENGLER PINTO JUNIOR, 2nd term of office – 1st reappointment

Members:

BENEDITO PINTO FERREIRA BRAGA JUNIOR, as Chief Executive Officer;

LEONARDO AUGUSTO DE ANDRADE BARBOSA, 1st term of office;

CLAUDIA POLTO DA CUNHA, 1st term of office;

Independent Members:

WILSON NEWTON DE MELLO NETO, 2nd term of office – 1st reappointment;

FRANCISCO LUIZ SIBUT GOMIDE, 2nd term of office – 1st reappointment;

LUIS EDUARDO ALVES DE ASSIS, 1st term of office;

FRANCISCO VIDAL LUNA, 2nd term of office – 1st reappointment;

EDUARDO DE FREITAS TEIXEIRA, 1st term of office; and

WALTER LUIS BERNARDES ALBERTONI, minority shareholder representative - 1st term of office.

IV. To approve, by a majority vote, with 99.87% of votes for, represented by 556,473,992 shares; 0.05% of votes against, represented by 250,959 shares; and 0.09% abstentions, represented by 494.129 shares, the nomination of Ms. TARCILA REIS JORDÃO, Brazilian, married, lawyer, holder of identity card (RG) number 07.692.213-86 SSP/BA, inscribed in the register of individual taxpayers (CPF) under number 828.216.405-44, resident at Av. Dona Maria Helena Pereira de Moraes, 415 - Apto. 11A, Vila Andrade, São Paulo/SP, CEP: 05707-400; as sitting member, and of its respective alternate Mr. JAIME ALVES DE FREITAS, Brazilian, married, economist, holder of identity card (RG) number 891.486-9 SSP/PR, inscribed in the register of individual taxpayers (CPF) under number 233.308.809-53, resident at Rua Paes Leme, 215, Apto. 603 – Água – Pinheiros – São Paulo/SP, CEP: 05424-150, to complete the term of office until the 2022 Annual Shareholders’ Meeting.

Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo

CEO’s Office

R. Costa Carvalho, 300 – Pinheiros – CEP 05429-900 – São Paulo - SP

Phone: (11) 3388-8000

www.sabesp.com.br

The members hereby nominated had the due government authorization (ATG Letter 460/2021-SG), and the compliance with the necessary legal and statutory requirements, including those provided for in Federal Law 13,303/2016, was certified by the Eligibility and Advisory Committee, pursuant to the Bylaws, (Electronic Procedure SFP-PRC-2019/00404 which deals with the verification of the process of appointment of members for the Company's Fiscal Council, pursuant to CODEC Resolution 03/2018). The investiture in the position will observe the requirements, impediments and procedures set forth in current regulations, which shall be verified upon investiture by the Company. Compensation will be set based on this CODEC’s guidelines, as resolved at a Shareholders’ Meeting. Regarding the declaration of properties, the applicable state regulations must be observed.

Accordingly, the Fiscal Council will be composed as follows:

FABIO BERNACCHI MAIA (2nd term of office – 1st reappointment) and his respective alternate HUMBERTO MACEDO PUCCINELLI (1st term of office);

ERNESTO MASCELLANI NETO (2nd term of office – 1st reappointment) and his respective alternate CASSIANO QUEVEDO ROSAS DE ÁVILA (3rd term of office – 2nd reappointment);

EDSON TOMAS DE LIMA FILHO (2nd term of office – 1st reappointment) and his respective alternate NANCI CORTAZZO MENDES GALUZIO (3rd term of office – 2nd reappointment);

TARCILA REIS JORDÃO and her respective alternate JAIME ALVES DE FREITAS (both in 1st term of office);

MARIA ELVIRA LOPES GIMENEZ and her respective alternate MASSAO FÁBIO OYA – minority shareholder representatives - (both in 1st term of office).

The Fiscal Council members will perform their duties until the next Annual Shareholders’ Meeting. If a sitting member is unable to attend a meeting, the respective alternate must do so and, if the alternate member is absent, one of the other alternate members must be called.

V. To approve, by a majority vote of the attending shareholders with 99.49% of votes cast in favor, represented by 554,367,782 shares; 0.42% of votes cast against, represented by 2,346,485 shares; and 0.09% abstentions, represented by 504.813 shares, the amendment to the overall annual compensation of Management and members of the Audit Committee and Fiscal Council for 2021, approved in the Annual Shareholders' Meeting of 4/29/2021, as provided for in Articles 152 and 162 of Federal Law 6,404/76, in the amount of up to seven million, nine hundred and eighty-seven thousand, five hundred and fifteen reais and five centavos (R$7,987,515.05), considering the current composition of the statutory bodies (Executive Board, Board of Directors, Fiscal Council and Audit Committee) upholding the individual compensation set at the Annual Shareholders' Meeting of April 29, 2021.

Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo

CEO’s Office

R. Costa Carvalho, 300 – Pinheiros – CEP 05429-900 – São Paulo - SP

Phone: (11) 3388-8000

www.sabesp.com.br

These minutes were drawn up in summary format and will be published omitting the signatures of the attending shareholders, pursuant to paragraphs 1 and 2 of article 130 of Law 6,404/6.

DISSENTING VOTES, VOTES CAST AND ABSTENTIONS: The Presiding Board received and recorded the dissenting votes, votes cast and abstentions, which will be filed at the Company.

CLOSURE AND SIGNATURE OF THE MINUTES: In the absence of any other pronouncement, the Chair declared the Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting closed. These minutes were drawn up, read, approved and signed by the Chairman and Secretaries. The Chair and Secretaries of the presiding board, pursuant to Paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 21-V of CVM Instruction 481, register the shareholders who participated in the Meetings via the remote voting form and at a distance through the digital platform provided by the Company, as listed in EXHIBIT II.

São Paulo, November 24, 2021.

Presiding: MARIO ENGLER PINTO JUNIOR, Chair. MARIALVE DE SOUSA MARTINS, Secretary.

This is a free English translation of the minutes drawn up in the Company’s Book of Minutes of Shareholders’ Meetings.

São Paulo, November 24, 2021.

MARIO ENGLER PINTO JUNIOR

Chair

MARIALVE DE SOUSA MARTINS

Secretary

Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo

CEO’s Office

R. Costa Carvalho, 300 – Pinheiros – CEP 05429-900 – São Paulo - SP

Phone: (11) 3388-8000

www.sabesp.com.br

Exhibit I

Attending shareholders List:

Pursuant to Paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 21-V of the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM) Instruction 481/09, of December 17, 2009, as amended and in force, the attending shareholders are considered signatories of the minutes of this Meeting.

Shareholders attending the Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting through the electronic system

TREASURY DEPARTMENT (p.p. Bruno Lopes Megna)

SILVIO TINI DE ARAUJO; (p.p. Barbara Silveira Dafferner)

THE BANK OF NEW YORK ADR DEPARTMENT (p.p. Andrea de Almeida de Castro Rodrigues)

AMUNDI FUNDS; AMUNDI INDEX SOLUTIONS; LCL ACTIONS EMERGENTS; BNP PARIBAS FUNDS ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; FIDELITY FUNDS SICAV (p.p. Ricardo José Martins Gimenez)

Shareholders attending the Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting through the Remote Voting Form

WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT FUNDS (IRELAND) PLC

CALIFORNIA PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM

LEGAL AND GENERAL ASSURANCE PENSIONS MNG LTD

BLACKROCK INSTITUTIONAL TRUST COMPANY NA

CITY OF LOS ANGELES FIRE AND POLICE PENSION PLAN

CIBC EMERGING MARKETS INDEX FUND

DOMINION RESOURCES, INC. MASTER TRUST

RUSSELL TR COMPANY COMMINGLED E. B. F. T. R. L. D. I. S.

IBM 401 (K) PLUS PLAN

IRISH LIFE ASSURANCE PLC

MANAGED PENSION FUNDS LIMITED

NORGES BANK

PACIFIC SELECT FUND

PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF OHIO

PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION OF NEW MEX

PUBLIC EMPLOYES RET SYSTEM OF MISSISSIPPI

RUSSELL INVESTMENTS INTERNATIONAL SHARES FUND

RUSSEL INVESTIMENT FUNDS NON.US. FUND

SOUTHERN CAL ED C N F Q C DC MT S ON P VD N G

Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo

CEO’s Office

R. Costa Carvalho, 300 – Pinheiros – CEP 05429-900 – São Paulo - SP

Phone: (11) 3388-8000

www.sabesp.com.br

STANDARD LIFE INVESTMENTS GLOBAL SICAV

STATE ST GL ADV TRUST COMPANY INV FF TAX EX RET PLANS

STICHTING PHILIPS PENSIOENFONDS

TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF TEXAS

CONSULTING GROUP CAPITAL MKTS FUNDS EMER MARKETS EQUITY FUND

THE EMERGING M.S. OF THE DFA I.T.CO.

VANGUARD INVESTMENT SERIES PLC

STATE OF NEW JERSEY COMMON PENSION FUND D

SSGA MSCI BRAZIL INDEX NON-LENDING QP COMMON TRUST FUND

CAISSE DE DEPOT ET PLACEMENT DU QUEBEC

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLV.PUB.SCHOOL EMP RET S

RUSSELL INVESTMENT COMPANY - RUSSELL I D MARKETS FUND

STATE STREET VARIABLE INSURANCE SERIES FUNDS, INC

IN BK FOR REC AND DEV,AS TR FT ST RET PLAN AND TR/RSBP AN TR

STATE OF MINNESOTA STATE EMPLOYEES RET PLAN

ALBERTA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT CORPORATION

USAA INTERNATIONAL FUND

WASHINGTON STATE INVESTMENT BOARD

RUSSELL INVESTMENT COMPANY PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY

LOS ANGELES COUNTY EMPLOYEES RET ASSOCIATION

NEW ZEALAND SUPERANNUATION FUND

FORD MOTOR CO DEFINED BENEF MASTER TRUST

FORD MOTOR COMPANY OF CANADA, L PENSION TRUST

INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

MUNICIPAL E ANNUITY A B FUND OF CHICAGO

SALT RIVER PIMA-MARICOPA INDIAN C

BP PENSION FUND

ILLINOIS MUNICIPAL RETIREMENT FUND

UTAH STATE RETIREMENT SYSTEMS

WORKPLACE HEALTH S C COM NEW BRUNSWICK

BOARD OF PENSIONS OF THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH IN AMER

PRUDENTIAL RETIREM INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMP

JOHN HANCOCK VARIABLE INS TRUST INTERN EQUITY INDEX TRUST

NTGI QUANTITATIVE MANAGEMENT COLLEC FUNDS TRUST

RUSSEL INVESTMENTS GLOBAL EQUITY POOL

THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA

Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo

CEO’s Office

R. Costa Carvalho, 300 – Pinheiros – CEP 05429-900 – São Paulo - SP

Phone: (11) 3388-8000

www.sabesp.com.br

VALIC COMPANY II - INTERNATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND

EMER MKTS CORE EQ PORT DFA INVEST DIMENS GROU

ALASKA PERMANENT FUND

CITY OF NEW YORK GROUP TRUST

RBS PENSION TRUSTEE LIMITED

BLACKROCK LIFE LIMITED - DC OVERSEAS EQUITY FUND

CANADA POST CORPORATION REGISTERED PENSION PLAN

THE SEVENTH SWEDISH NATIONAL PENSION FUND - AP7 EQUITY FUND

WELLINGTON DIVERSIFIED INFLATION HEDGES FUND

SCHLUMBERGER COMMON INVESTMENT FUND LIMITED

ISHARES PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY

NTGI QM COMMON DAILY ALL COUNT WORLD EXUS EQU INDEX FD LEND

GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES SUPERANNUATION BOARD

NORTHERN EMERGING MARKETS EQUITY INDEX FUND

THE NOMURA T AND B CO LTD RE I E S INDEX MSCI E NO HED M FUN

PARAMETRIC EMERGING MARKETS FUND

ACTIVE M INTERNATIONAL EQUITY FUND

CHEVRON UK PENSION PLAN

ALASKA COMMON TRUST FUND

ISHARES MSCI BRAZIL ETF

ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN COLLECTIVE INVESTMENT TRUST SERIES

ISHARES II PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY

SUNSUPER SUPERANNUATION FUND

MFS HERITAGE TRUST COMPANY COLLECTIVE INVESTMENT TRUST

SPDR SP EMERGING MARKETS ETF

BRUNEI INVESTMENT AGENCY

STATE OF IDAHO, ENDOWMENT FUND INVESTMENT BOARD

MONTANA BOARD OF INVESTMENTS

NEW YORK STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM

VIRGINIA RETIREMENT SYSTEM

THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY

COUNTY EMPLOYEES ANNUITY AND BENEFIT FD OF THE COOK COUNTY

RUSSELL INVESTMENT COMPANY GLOBAL EQUITY FUND

JOHN HANCOCK FUNDS II EMERGING MARKETS FUND

FUTURE FUND BOARD OF GUARDIANS

IPROFILE INTERNATIONAL EQUITY PRIVATE POOL

Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo

CEO’s Office

R. Costa Carvalho, 300 – Pinheiros – CEP 05429-900 – São Paulo - SP

Phone: (11) 3388-8000

www.sabesp.com.br

CITI RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN

NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR SOCIAL SECURITY FUND

IVESCO FTSE RAFI EMERGING MARKETS ETF

RUSSEL OVERSEAS EQUITY POOL

NORTHERN TRUST INVESTIMENT FUNDS PLC

BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT CORPORATION

ISHARES MSCI BRIC ETF

PEOPLE S BANK OF CHINA

PUBLIC SECTOR PENSION INVESTMENT BOARD

SCHWAB FUNDAMENTAL EMERGING MARKETS LARGE COMPANY INDEX FUND

COLLEGE RETIREMENT EQUITIES FUND

EATON VANCE COLLECTIVE INVESTMENT TFE BEN PLANS EM MQ EQU FD

INVESCO GLOBAL WATER ETF

EATON VANCE INT (IR) F PLC-EATON V INT (IR) PAR EM MKT FUND

LEGAL GENERAL INTERNATIONAL INDEX TRUST

VANGUARD TOTAL WORLD STOCK INDEX FUND, A SERIES OF

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON EMP BEN COLLECTIVE INVEST FD PLA

RUSSELL INSTITUTIONAL FDS, LLC - RI EQUITY FD

ISHARES II PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY

NTGI-QM COMMON DAC WORLD EX-US INVESTABLE MIF - LENDING

HARTFORD INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL APPRECIATION FUND

AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION, INC.

PICTET - EMERGING MARKETS INDEX

PICTET - WATER

CUSTODY BANK OF JAPAN, LTD. RE: EMERG EQUITY PASSIVE MOTHR F

LAZARD INTERNATIONAL EQUITY SELECT PORTFOLIO

BELLSOUTH CORPORATION RFA VEBA TRUST

MFS DEVELOPMENT FUNDS, LLC

MFS MERIDIAN FUNDS - LATIN AMERICAN EQUITY FUND

PICTET CH INSTITUCIONAL-EMERGING MARKETS TRACKER

ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P

PACIFIC SELECT FUND - PD EMERGING MARKETS PORTFOLIO

WISDOMTREE GLOBAL EX-U.S. QUALITY DIVIDEND GROWTH FUND

ARIZONA PSPRS TRUST

KAISER PERMANENTE GROUP TRUST

FIDELITY SALEM STREET TRUST: FIDELITY SERIES G EX US I FD

Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo

CEO’s Office

R. Costa Carvalho, 300 – Pinheiros – CEP 05429-900 – São Paulo - SP

Phone: (11) 3388-8000

www.sabesp.com.br

SCHWAB EMERGING MARKETS EQUITY ETF

ISHARES MSCI EMERGING MARKETS ETF

THE BANK OF N. Y. M. (INT) LTD AS T. OF I. E. M. E. I. F. UK

INVESCO MARKETS III PLC - INV FTSE RI EMERGING MARK U ETF

AB BOND FUND, INC. - AB ALL MARKET REAL RETURN PORTFOLIO

CHANG HWA CO BANK, LTD IN ITS C AS M CUST OF N B FUND

QSUPER

BMO MSCI EMERGING MARKETS INDEX ETF

WELLINGTON TRUST COMPANY N.A.

FIRST TRUST EMERGING MARKETS ALPHADEX FUND

NTGI-QM COMMON DAILY EMERGING MARKETS EQUITY I F- NON L

THE HARTFORD GLOBAL REAL ASSET FUND

THE HARTFORD INTERNATIONAL VALUE FUND

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - TIAA-CREF EMERGING MARKETS EQUITY I F

LEGAL GENERAL GLOBAL EMERGING MARKETS INDEX FUND

CUSTODY B. OF J. LTD. RE: STB D. E. E. F. I. M. F.

BNYM MELLON CF SL EMERGING MARKETS STOCK INDEX FUND

SSGA MSCI ACWI EX-USA INDEX NON-LENDING DAILY TRUST

DELA DEPOSITARY ASSET MANAGEMENT B.V.

PF INTERNATIONAL VALUE FUND

ULSTER BANK PENSION SCHEME

VOYA EMERGING MARKETS HIGH DIVIDEND EQUITY FUND

QIC INTERNATIONAL EQUITIES FUND

FIRST TRUST BRAZIL ALPHADEX FUND

FIRST TRUST LATIN AMERICA ALPHADEX FUND

SSGA SPDR ETFS EUROPE I PLC

EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK

JOHN HANCOCK HEDGED EQUITY INCOME FUND

VANGUARD EMERGING MARKETS SELECT STOCK FUND

VERDIPAPIRFONDET KLP AKSJE FREMVOKSENDE MARKEDER INDEKS I

TOTAL INTERNATIONAL EX U.S. I MASTER PORT OF MASTER INV PORT

ISHARES MSCI ACWI ETF

NAT WEST BK PLC AS TR OF ST JAMES PL GL EQUITY UNIT TRUST

FIDELITY SALEM STREET T: FIDELITY E M INDEX FUND

FIDELITY SALEM STREET T: FIDELITY G EX U.S INDEX FUND

Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo

CEO’s Office

R. Costa Carvalho, 300 – Pinheiros – CEP 05429-900 – São Paulo - SP

Phone: (11) 3388-8000

www.sabesp.com.br

BRUCE POWER PENSION PLAN

NGS SUPER

FLEXSHARES MORNINGSTAR GLOBAL UPSTREAM RESOURCES INDEX FUND

DWS ADVISORS EMERGING MARKETS EQUITIES-PASSIVE

ISHARES EMERGING MARKETS FUNDAMENTAL INDEX ETF

VOYA EMERGING MARKETS INDEX PORTFOLIO

VANGUARD FUNDS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY

LAZARD INTERNATIONAL EQUITY (ACW EX-U.S.) TRUST

MERCER QIF FUND PLC

NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

CITY OF PHILADELPHIA PUB EMPLOYEES RET SYSTEM

ONEPATH GLOBAL EMERGING MARKETS SHARES(UNHEDGED) INDEX POOL

ASCENSION ALPHA FUND, LLC

COMMONWEALTH SUPERANNUATION CORPORATION

JOHN HANCOCK FUNDS II STRATEGIC EQUITY ALLOCATION FUND

RETIREMENT INCOME PLAN OF SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY

NFS LIMITED

FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS PENSION PLAN

FLEXSHARES MORNINGSTAR EMERGING MARKETS FACTOR TILT INDEX F

SCHRODER EMERGING MARKETS FUND SUSTAINABLE FUND

ISHARES CORE MSCI EMERGING MARKETS ETF

ISHARES CORE MSCI TOTAL INTERNATIONAL STOCK ETF

BLACKROCK GLOBAL INDEX FUNDS

SCOTTISH WIDOWS INVESTMENT SOLUTIONS FUNDS ICVC- FUNDAMENTAL

ADVANCED SERIES TRUST - AST PRUDENTIAL GROWTH ALLOCATION POR

KAPITALFORENINGEN LAEGERNES PENSIONSINVESTERING, LPI AEM I I I

FIRST TRUST GLL FUND PLC - FIRST TR EMERG MKTS ALPH UCITS ET

GENERAL PENSION AND SOCIAL SECURITY AUTHORITY

CONNECTICUT GENERAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

EXELON GENERATION COMP, LLC TAX QUALIFIED NUCLEAR DECOMM PAR

QS INVESTORS DBI GLOBAL EMERGING MARKETS EQUITY FUND LP

SCHWAB FUNDAMENTAL EMERG0ING MARKETS LARGE COMPANY INDEX ETF

CLINTON NUCLEAR POWER PLANT QUALIFIED FUND

THREE MILE ISLAND UNIT ONE QUALIFIED FUND

RUSSELL TRUST COMPANY COMMINGLED EMPLOYEE BENEFIT FUNDS T

STATE STREET IRELAND UNIT TRUST

Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo

CEO’s Office

R. Costa Carvalho, 300 – Pinheiros – CEP 05429-900 – São Paulo - SP

Phone: (11) 3388-8000

www.sabesp.com.br

FLEXSHARES STOXX GLOBAL BOND INFRASTRUCTURE INDEX FUND

METIS EQUITY TRUST

SPDR SP EMERGING MARKETS FUND

JOHN HANCOCK INFRASTRUCTURE FUND

DEUTSCHE X-TRACKERS MSCI ALL WORLD EX US HEDGED EQUITY ETF

PARTNERS GROUP LISTED INVESTMENTS SICAV - LISTED INFRASTRUCT

SCHRODER GLOBAL MULTI-CAP VALUE PORTFOLIO, L.P.

XTRACKERS (IE) PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY

XTRACKERS

FIDELITY INVESTMENT FUNDS FIDELITY INDEX EMERG MARKETS FUND

THE MASTER TRUST BANK OF JAPAN, LTD. AS TR FOR MUTB400045792

NORTHERN TRUST COLLECTIVE ALL COUNTRY WORLD I (ACWI) E-U F-L

NORTHERN TRUST COLLECTIVE EMERGING MARKETS INDEX FUND-LEND

THE MASTER TRUST BANK OF JAPAN, LTD. TRUSTEE MUTB400045794

ST STR MSCI ACWI EX USA IMI SCREENED NON-LENDING COMM TR FD

ADVANCED SERIES TRUST - AST PRUDENTIAL FLEXIBLE M-S P

SPDR MSCI EMERGING MARKETS STRATEGICFACTORS ETF

CONSTRUCTION BUILDING UNIONS SUPER FUND

THE MASTER TRUST BANK OF JAP, LTD. AS TR. FOR MTBJ400045828

THE MASTER TRUST BANK OF JAP., LTD. AS TR. FOR MTBJ400045829

THE MASTER TRUST BANK OF JAPAN, LTD. AS TRUSTEE FOR MUTB4000

WELL MANAG FUNDS (LUXEMBOURG) - WELL EMERG MKTS R E FUND

NAT WEST BK PLC AS TR OF ST JAMES PL ST MANAGED UNIT TRUST

JPMORGAN DIVERSIFIED RETURN EMERGING MARKETS EQUITY ETF

BLACKROCK A. M. S. AG ON B. OF I. E. M. E. I. F. (CH)

SSGA SPDR ETFS EUROPE II PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY

STATE STREET GLOBAL ALL CAP EQUITY EX-US INDEX PORTFOLIO

SCHRODER GEP GLOBAL EMERGING MARKETS FUND

SCHRODER COLLECTIVE INVESTMENT TRUST

LEGAL GENERAL GLOBAL EQUITY INDEX FUND

MOBIUS LIFE LIMITED

INTERNATIONAL EXPATRIATE BENEFIT MASTER TRUST

GODFOND SVERIGE VARLDEN

RUSSELL INSTITUTIONAL FUNDS, LLC-RUSSELL GLOBAL EQUITY P F

WILMINGTON MULTI-MANAGER ALTERNATIVES FUND

POOL REINSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED

Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo

CEO’s Office

R. Costa Carvalho, 300 – Pinheiros – CEP 05429-900 – São Paulo - SP

Phone: (11) 3388-8000

www.sabesp.com.br

LEGAL GENERAL U. ETF P. LIMITED COMPANY

LEGAL GENERAL COLLECTIVE INVESTMENT TRUST

PIMCO EQUITY SERIES: PIMCO RAE EMERGING MARKETS FUND

RUSSELL INVESTMENT COMPANY RUSSELL TAX-MANAGED INTERNATIONAL

PIMCO RAE EMERGING MARKETS FUND LLC

INVESTERINGSFORENINGEN D. I. I. G. AC R. - A. KL

INVESTERINGSFORENINGEN D. I. I. G. E. M. R. - A. KL

STATE STREET GLOBAL ADVISORS LUX SICAV - S S G E M I E FUND

STATE STREET EMERGING MARKETS EQUITY INDEX FUND

GUIDEMARK EMERGING MARKETS FUND

WM POOL - EQUITIES TRUST NO. 75

NORTHERN TRUST UCITS FGR FUND

VANGUARD INTERNATIONAL HIGH DIVIDEND YIELD INDEX F

WELL MGT FUNDS (LUXEMBOURG) II SICAV - WELL GL M A T R FD

FIDELITY SALEM STREET TRUST: FIDELITY SAI EMERGING M I FUND

STATE STREET ICAV

SUNAMERICA SERIES TRUST- SA SCHRODERS VCP GLOBAL A PORTFOLIO

SPP EMERGING MARKETS PLUS

FIDELITY SALEM STREET T: FIDELITY TOTAL INTE INDEX FUND

MACKENZIE MAXIMUM DIVERSIFICATION EMERGING MARKETS INDEX ETF

ISHARES II PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY

CUSTODY BANK OF JAPAN, LTD. AS TR F G CORE INFRA EQUITY FUND

DWS I. GMBH FOR DEAM-FONDS KG-PENSIONEN

VERDIPAPIRFONDET STOREBRAND INDEKS ALLE MARKEDER

SCHRODER INTERNATIONAL MULTI-CAP VALUE FUND

LEGAL GENERAL ICAV

VANGUARD INV FUNDS ICVC-VANGUARD FTSE GLOBAL ALL CAP INDEX F

MINISTRY OF ECONOMY AND FINANCE

PICTET - MULTI ASSET GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES

JOHN HANCOCK FUNDS II INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC EQUITY ALLOCAT

INVESTORS WHOLESALE EMERGING MARKETS EQUITIES TRUST

NATIONWIDE INTERNATIONAL SMALL CAP FUND

PARKER FOUNDATION, INC.

PICTET - GLOBAL MEGATREND SELECTION

CITITRUST LIM AS TR OF BLACK PREMIER FDS- ISH WOR EQU IND FD

FIDELITY SALEM STREET TRUST: FIDELITY FLEX INTERNATIONAL IND

Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo

CEO’s Office

R. Costa Carvalho, 300 – Pinheiros – CEP 05429-900 – São Paulo - SP

Phone: (11) 3388-8000

www.sabesp.com.br

WELLINGTON COMPOUND GROWTH, L.P.

HIGHLAND PUBLIC INFLATION HEDGES FUND

FIDELITY FIRST GLOBAL FUND

ISHARES MSCI EMERGING MARKETS EX CHINA ETF

PIMCO EQUITY SERIES: PIMCO RAFI DYNAMIC MULTI-FACTOR EMERGIN

EMERGING MARKETS EQUITY SELECT ETF

SPARTAN GROUP TRUST FOR EMPLYEE BENEFIT PLANS: SPARTAN EMERG

BLACKROCK CDN MSCI EMERGING MARKETS INDEX FUND

EMERGING MARKETS EQUITY INDEX MASTER FUND

EMERGING MARKETS EQUITY INDEX ESG SCREENED FUND B

EMERGING MARKETS INDEX NON-LENDABLE FUND

EMERGING MARKETS INDEX NON-LENDABLE FUND B

NEW SOUTH WALLES TR CORP AS TR FOR THE TC EMER MKT SHAR FUND

LEGAL GENERAL SCIENTIFIC BETA EMERGING MARKETS FUND, LLC

INVESCO PUREBETASM FTSE EMERGING MARKETS ETF

FRANKLIN LIBERTYSHARES ICAV

AQR INNOVATION FUND, L.P.

THE MASTER TRUST BANK OF JAPAN, LTD. AS TRU FO MTBJ400045849

THE INCUBATION FUND, LTD.

FRANKLIN TEMPLETON ETF TRUST - FRANKLIN FTSE BRAZI

VANGUARD EMERGING MARKETS STOCK INDEX FUND

VANGUARD INTERNATIONAL VALUE FUND

ABU DHABI RETIREMENT PENSIONS AND BENEFITS FUND

LEGAL GENERAL GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE INDEX FUND

COLONIAL FIRST STATE INVESTMENT FUND 50

PARAMETRIC TMEMC FUND, LP

JOHN HANCOCK DIVERSIFIED REAL ASSETS FUND

VARIABLE INSURANCE PRODUCTS FUND II: INTERNATIONAL

DEUTSCHE ASSET MANAGEMENT S.A. FOR ARERO - DER WEL

MSCI EQUITY INDEX FUND B - BRAZIL

SUNAMERICA SERIES TRUST SA EMERGING MARKETS EQUITY

MSCI ACWI EX-U.S. IMI INDEX FUND B2

FIDELITY CONCORD STREET TRUST: FIDELITY ZERO INT. INDEX FUND

INVESCO STRATEGIC EMERGING MARKETS ETF

VANGUARD ESG INTERNATIONAL

WEST YORKSHIRE PENSION FUND

Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo

CEO’s Office

R. Costa Carvalho, 300 – Pinheiros – CEP 05429-900 – São Paulo - SP

Phone: (11) 3388-8000

www.sabesp.com.br

VERDIPAPIRFONDET KLP AKSJE FREMVOKSENDE MARKEDER F

ISHARES (DE) I INVESTMENTAKTIENGESELLSCHAFT MIT TG

FRANKLIN TEMPLETON ETF TRUST - FRANKLIN FTSE LATIN

XTRACKERS MSCI ACWI EX USA ESG LEADERS EQUITY ETF

WELLINGTON TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION MUL

LEIA GROUP TRUST

LVIP SSGA EMERGING MARKETS EQUITY INDEX FUND

AVIVA I INVESTMENT FUNDS ICVC - AVIVA I INTERNATIONAL I T F

DESJARDINS RI GLOBAL MULTIFACTOR - FOSSIL FUEL RES

VANGUARD FIDUCIARY TRT COMPANY INSTIT T INTL STK MKT INDEX T

KRANESHARES MSCI EMERGING MARKETS EX CHINA INDEX E

PHILADELPHIA GAS WORKS PENSION PLAN

FIDEICOMISO FAE

CHUBB CORPORATION MASTER RETIREMENT TRUST

AXA INVESTMENT MANAGERS SCHWEIZ AG ON BEHALF OF AX

SCHRODER QEP EMERGING MARKETS MULTI-CAP EQUITY TRU

KAPITALFORENINGEN MP INVEST, BASIS 3

MERCER UCITS COMMON CONTRACTUAL FUND

PLURIBUS LABS GLOBAL CORE EQUITY MASTER FUND LP

ABERDEEN INVESTMENT FUNDS UK ICVC II - ABERDEEN EM

THE SAUDI SECOND INVESTMENT COMPANY

VANGUARD ACTIVE EMERGING MARKET EQUITY FUND

RBC QUANT EMERGING MARKETS EQUITY LEADERS ETF

MIDDLETOWN WORKS HOURLY AND SALARIED UNION RETIREE

GUARDIAN GLOBAL UTILITIES VIP FUND

GOLDMAN SACHS ETF TRUST - GOLDMAN SACHS EMERGING M

SSTL AS DEPOSITARY OF FP BRUNEL PENSION PARTNERSHI

FIDELITY INVESTMENT FUNDS-FIDELITY SUST. WATER WASTE FUND

ASSET MANAGEMENT EXCHANGE UCITS CCF

VANGUARD F. T. C. INST. TOTAL INTL STOCK M. INDEX TRUST II

BLK MAGI FUND

KAPITALFORENINGEN EMD INVEST, EMERGING MARKETS IND

FIDELITY SALEM STREET TRUST: FIDELITY SAI EMERGING

LEGAL GENERAL CCF

VANGUARD INVESTMENT SERIES PLC / VANGUARD ESG EMER

STICHTING PENSIOENFONDS PGB

Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo

CEO’s Office

R. Costa Carvalho, 300 – Pinheiros – CEP 05429-900 – São Paulo - SP

Phone: (11) 3388-8000

www.sabesp.com.br

ULSTER BANK PENSION TRUSTEES (R.I) LIMITED

NORDEA 1, SICAV - GLOBAL SOCIAL EMPOWERMENT FUND

ARERO - DER WELTFONDS -NACHHALTIG

FP BRUNEL PENSION PARTNERSHIP ACS - FP BRUNEL GLOB

MAINSTAY MACKAY INTERNATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND

JOHN HANCOCK TRUST COMPANY COLLECTIVE INVESTMENT T

NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT SAVINGS TRUST

DESJARDINS RI EMERGING MARKETS - LOW CO2 INDEX ETF

ABERDEEN STANDARD OEIC V - ASI MULTI-ASSET CLIMATE

IMCO EMERGING MARKETS PUBLIC EQUITY LP

DODGE COX EMERGING MARKETS STOCK FUND

VANGUARD FUNDS PLC / VANGUARD ESG GLOBAL ALL CAP U

HSBC BANK PLC AS TRUSTEE OF STATE STREET AUT EMERG

QIC LISTED EQUITIES FUND

JNL EMERGING MARKETS INDEX FUND

GLOBAL X CLEAN WATER ETF

NEW AIRWAYS PENSION SCHEME

MACQUARIE MULTI-FACTOR FUND

MACQUARIE TRUE INDEX EMERGING MARKETS FUND

CUSTODY BANK OF JAPAN, LTD. RE: SMTB DAIWA/WELLING

INVESCO RAFI FUNDAMENTAL GLOBAL INDEX TRUST

HARTFORD SCHRODERS DIVERSIFIED EMERGING MARKETS FU

STICHTING JURIDISCH EIGENAAR ACHMEA INVESTMENT MAN

BRIDGEWATER ALL WEATHER SUSTAINABILITY 11, LP

BRIDGEWATER ALL WEATHER SUSTAINABILITY, LP

ALLIANZ GL INVESTORS GMBH ON BEHALF OF ALLIANZGI-FONDS DSPT

AVIVA INVESTORS

AVIVA LIFE PENSIONS UK LIMITED

BLACKROCK ASSET MANAG IR LT I ITS CAP A M F T BKR I S FD

ISHARES EMERGING MARKETS IMI EQUITY INDEX FUND

FORSTA AP-FONDEN

H.E.S.T. AUSTRALIA LIMITED

INVESTERINGSFORENINGEN NORDEA INVEST KLIMA OG MILJO KL

J.P. MORGAN EUROPE LIMITED AS TRUSTEES OF SCHRODER DIVER G F

SCHRODER QEP GLOBAL CORE FUND

SCHRODER GEP GLOBAL ACTIVE VALUE FUND

Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo

CEO’s Office

R. Costa Carvalho, 300 – Pinheiros – CEP 05429-900 – São Paulo - SP

Phone: (11) 3388-8000

www.sabesp.com.br

BUREAU OF LABOR FUNDS - LABOR PENSION FUND

BUREAU OF LABOR FUNDS - LABOR RETIREMENT FUND

MFS INTERNATIONAL NEW DISCOVERY FUND

NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND

NORDEA 1 - GLOBAL CLIMATE AND ENVIROMENT FUND

SAS TRUSTEE CORPORATION POOLED FUND

SCHRODER GLOBAL VALUE FUND

SCHRODER INTERNATIONAL SELECTION FUND

SPP AKTIEINDEXFOND GLOBAL

SPP EMERGING MARKETS SRI

STATE OF WYOMING

STICHTING DEPOSITARY APG EMERGING MARKETS EQUITY POOL

VANGUARD EMERGING MARKETS SHARES INDEX FUND

VANGUARD INTERNATIONAL EXPLORER FUND

VANGUARD TOTAL INTERNATIONAL STOCK INDEX FD, A SE VAN S F

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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: December 1, 2021

Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP

By:	/s/ Osvaldo Garcia
	Name: Osvaldo Garcia Title: Chief Financial Officer and Investor Relations Officer

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This press release may contain forward-looking statements. These statements are statements that are not historical facts, and are based on management's current view and estimates of future economic circumstances, industry conditions, company performance and financial results. The words "anticipates", "believes", "estimates", "expects", "plans" and similar expressions, as they relate to the company, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Statements regarding the declaration or payment of dividends, the implementation of principal operating and financing strategies and capital expenditure plans, the direction of future operations and the factors or trends affecting financial condition, liquidity or results of operations are examples of forward-looking statements. Such statements reflect the current views of management and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties. There is no guarantee that the expected events, trends or results will actually occur. The statements are based on many assumptions and factors, including general economic and market conditions, industry conditions, and operating factors. Any changes in such assumptions or factors could cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations.