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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, 2018
(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)



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

 

Organizational Instrument

Type:

Phase:

Institutional Policy

Current

Title:

Number and Version:

DISTRIBUTION OF DIVIDENDS

PI0031 – V.1

Issuer Area:

Approved by:

Validity of the 1st version:

Validity of this version:

PI

DANTE RAGAZZI PAULI - DRPAULI

May 9th, 2018

May 9th, 2018

Related Areas (Scope):

Processes:

SABESP

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1.     Introduction

This institutional policy establishes the rules in order to guide the Company’s process for the distribution of dividends.

2.     Purpose

2.1      Establishing guidelines to lead the company in the process of distribution of dividends, as set forth in Item V of Article 8 of the Federal Law 13303/2016.

2.2      Disclosing to all interest parties, shareholders and investors, the Company’s guidelines for the distribution of dividends

3.     Guidelines

3.1      The Company’s fiscal year has twelve (12) months, starting on January 1 and ending on December 31 of each year.

3.2      Common shares will be entitled to a minimum mandatory dividend of twenty-five percent (25%) of the fiscal year’s net income, after the deductions established or authorized by law, until the universalization of basic sanitation services in the operated area is reached.

3.3      Dividends may be paid by the Company as Interest on Equity - IoE.

3.3.1      The portion of the dividends paid as Interest on Equity will be calculated according to the provisions of Article 9 of Federal Law 9249/1995 and is subject to withholding income tax, which will be considered as an additional dividend.

3.4      Five per cent (5%) of the net profit will be primarily, before any other allocation, used in the legal reserve, which shall not exceed twenty per cent (20%) of the share capital, as established by Article 193 of Federal Law 6404/1976.

3.5      The proposal for the distribution of dividends must take into account:

-       the need for investments to universalize the basic sanitation services;

-       the fulfilment of the Company’s corporate purpose, as set forth in its Bylaws;

-       the cash generation and requirement; and

-       the Company’s economic and financial sustainability.

3.6      The Board of Directors is responsible for resolving on the statement of Interest on Equity and/or distribution of dividends, not exempting the Shareholders’ Meeting from ratifying such resolution.

3.7      The Fiscal Council is responsible for issuing a legal opinion on the Management's Proposal to be submitted to the Shareholders’ Meeting, on the matter of the distribution of dividends

3.8      The Board of Directors may propose to the Shareholders’ Meeting the allocation of the remaining balance of the fiscal year’s profit to create an investment reserve, as set forth in the Bylaws and in the current law.

 

 


 

Organizational Instrument

Type:

Phase:

Institutional Policy

Current

Title:

Number and Version:

DISTRIBUTION OF DIVIDENDS

PI0031 – V.1

Issuer Area:

Approved by:

Validity of the 1st version:

Validity of this version:

PI

DANTE RAGAZZI PAULI - DRPAULI

May 9th, 2018

May 9th, 2018

Related Areas (Scope):

Processes:

SABESP

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3.9      The allocation of the fiscal year’s net profit and of the distribution of dividends shall be submitted to the Ordinary Shareholders’ Meeting, held annually, on the first four months after the end of the fiscal year.

3.10   Pursuant to Article 205 of Federal Law 6404/1976, the Company will pay the dividend due to the common shares held by the person that, at the date of the dividend statement, is registered as the share’s owner or beneficial owner.

 

The date of the statement will be the same in which the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting will be held.

 

3.11   The dividend will be paid, unless otherwise resolved by the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting, within 60 (sixty) days as of date of the statement and, in any case, within the fiscal year.

3.12   The payment of the dividend will be made through the bank checking account held in the name of the shareholder, through the depositary financial institution or through any other means provided by law.

3.13   The dividends approved will not accrue interest and, if not claimed within three (3) years from the date of the Shareholders’ Meeting that approved them, will expire and be returned to the Company.

 

4.     Supplements

Attachments Mentioned (Attachments’ Base)

Documents Mentioned

Record Information

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Files Attached (Additional Files of the Organizational Instrument)

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Appendix

Number

Definitions

0001

Linked to:

PI0031v01 – Distribution of Dividends

Description

 

Universalisation of basic sanitation services

Water Services

Universalisation: 98% for coverage area and 95% for service provision

Sewage Services

Universalisation: 95% for coverage area, greater than 90% for sewage collection and 95% for sewage treatment

 

Source: Executive Board’s Resolution 0271/2016

 

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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: May 28, 2018
 
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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