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SÃO PAULO
CITY GOVERNMENT
MAYORS OFFICE
The SÃO PAULO CITY GOVERNMENT, already duly identified, hereby represented by its Honorable Mayor, Mr. Gilberto Kassab; and COMPANHIA DE SANEAMENTO BÁSICO DO ESTADO DE SÃO PAULO - SABESP, already duly identified, hereby represented, pursuant to its by-laws, by its CEO, Mr. Gesner José de Oliveira Filho, and its Executive Officers, Mr. Rui de Britto Álvares Affonso and Mr. Paulo Massato Yoshimoto.
WHEREAS:
a) item 2.4 of CLAUSE TWO of the Agreement entered into between the PARTIES sets forth the period of up to ninety (90) days following the date of execution of the document for the conclusion of the necessary understandings for the settlement of their pending debts and for the preparation of the drafts of the Cooperation Agreement, the Metropolitan Program Agreement, and of the Authorizing Bill.
b) the document was entered into on November 14, 2007 and, therefore, the period mentioned in item 2.4 shall expire on February 11, 2008;
c) item 2.7 sets forth the commitment undertaken by the PARTIES to cease all existing judicial and extrajudicial disputes relating to the amounts negotiated during the period set forth in item 2.4;
d) subitem 2.4.1 of the Agreement provides for the possibility of extending said period, for equal and successive periods, by agreement between the PARTIES;
e) the need of setting forth the commitment of revenues for basic and environmental sanitation initiatives of interest to the CITY for government-owned and mixed capital companies;
f) the need to seek legal security and the maintenance of contractual circumstances consolidated over time;
THE PARTIES RESOLVE:
1. based on subitem 2.4.1 of the Agreement, to extend the term, for an equal period, in order for the PARTIES to conclude the necessary understandings for the settlement of their pending debts and for the preparation of the drafts of the Cooperation Agreement, the Metropolitan Program Agreement, and of the Authorizing Bill, provided for in item 2.5 of same document.
2. in compliance with the provisions of item 2.7 of the Agreement, to extend the term, for an equal period, in order for the PARTIES fulfill the commitment of ceasing all existing judicial and extrajudicial disputes relating to the amounts negotiated;
3. to change the text of items 1.1 and 1.2.7, in addition to including in the Agreement subitem 1.2.7.1, which shall be read as follows:
"1.1. As of the execution of this Agreement, the PARTIES undertake to establish basic and environmental actions complementing the CITYs actions, comprising, among others, the following programs: PURA (rational use of water program), Córrego Limpo (clean stream), Córrego Pirajussara (Pirajussara stream), Mananciais (water source program), Parque da Integração (integration park), Áreas Desafetadas (areas withdrawn from public access and use), Áreas de Risco (areas under risk), and Educação Ambiental (environmental education); these programs implementation schedule will be defined by agreement between the CITY and SABESP.
"1.2.7. SABESP shall make a special tariff available to the government-owned companies and to the mixed capital companies, through the formalization of firm-demand contracts, individually or jointly, pursuant to SABESPs Tariff Notice or another notice that may come to replace it.
"1.2.7.1. The total amounts paid by the government-owned and mixed capital companies to SABESP, net of the levied taxes, shall be deposited in a specific account held by SABESP at Banco Nossa Caixa S.A., the amount of which shall be allocated for carrying out basic and environmental initiatives of interest to the CITY".
4. to exclude subitem 2.6.2.2 from the Agreement and include subitem 2.6.5, which shall be read as follows:
2.6.5 The CITY shall be granted a trade discount in the amount of R$120 million.
5. to change subitems 2.2, 2.2.1, 2.2.2.1, 2.6.3 and 2.10 of the Agreement, which shall be read as follows:
"2.2. As of the date of execution of this Agreement, and after that, as long as the Cooperation Agreement and the Metropolitan Program Agreement provided for in item 2.5. are effective, the total amounts paid by the CITY to SABESP (items 1.2.7.1, 2.1. and 2.6. ), net of the levied taxes, shall be deposited in a specific account held by SABESP at Banco Nossa Caixa S.A., the amount of which shall be allocated for carrying out basic and environmental sanitation initiatives of interest to the CITY, as previously defined by agreement between the PARTIES, including the works for implementing the PURA program in the city government facilities and the government-owned and mixed capital companies.
"2.2.1. SABESP shall adjust the pace of basic and environmental sanitation initiatives to the payments to be made by the CITY, so as to minimize the permanence of idle resources in the account.
"2.2.2.1. The yields from that account shall also be allocated for carrying out basic and environmental sanitation initiatives, as per item 2.2 .
"2.6.3. The payments to be made by the CITY to SABESP shall be allocated to carry out basic and environmental sanitation initiatives, as well as to the payment of the works required for the implementation of the PURA Program in the city government facilities and the government-owned and mixed capital companies, as per item 2.2.
"2.10. In case the City Council does not approve the Bill referred to in item 2.5, and the CITY decides to conduct a bidding or take upon itself to provide the basic sanitation utilities, within less than ten (10) years following the date of execution of this Agreement, the surcharge referred to in item 2.6.2 and the trade discount provided for in item 2.6.5 shall be included in the liabilities provided for in article 35 and following, and in article 42 of Law 8,987, as of February 13, 1995.
In witness whereof, the parties hereto execute the present instrument of amendment to the Agreement in four (4) copies of equal content and form, before the two undersigned witnesses.
São Paulo, February 10, 2008.
GILBERTO KASSAB
Mayor of the City of São Paulo
GESNER JOSÉ DE OLIVEIRA FILHO
SABESPs Chief Executive Officer
RUI DE BRITO ÁLVARES AFFONSO
SABESPs Executive Officer
PAULO MASSATO YOSHIMOTO
SABESPs Executive Officer
Witnesses:
1)
Adriano C. Stringhini
Identity Card (RG): 24.579.520 -0
São Paulo Chapter of the Brazilian Bar (OAB-SP): 191.478
2)
SÍLVIO DIAS
Identity Card (RG): 20.495.141 -0
São Paulo Chapter of the Brazilian Bar (OAB-SP): 226.864
Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP |
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/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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