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 February 18, 2005

(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 Regristrant's principal executive offices)


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

 

COMPANHIA DE SANEAMENTO BÁSICO DO ESTADO DE SÃO PAULO –
SABESP

Publicly-held Corporation
Corporate Taxpayer’s Identification (CNPJ) #43.776.517/0001-80
Companies Registrar (NIRE) #35.3000.1683-1

SUBSCRIBED AND PAID-UP CAPITAL: R$ 3,403,688,565.23

EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING
CALL NOTICE

The Shareholders of Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - Sabesp are duly called, as provided for by the Article 12 of the Company’s By-Laws to participate in the Extraordinary General Meeting to be held on March 21, 2005, at 4:00 pm, at the company’s headquarters, located at Rua Costa Carvalho, 300, in the city of São Paulo, in order to resolve on the following Agenda:

1) Election of Board of Directors’ member, under the terms of the paragraph 3 of Article 14 of the Company’s By-Laws; 2) Other issues of corporate interest.

General Instructions:

Pursuant to the Instructions 165/91 and 282/98 issued by CVM (Securities and Exchange Commission of Brazil), related to the adoption of multiple vote process, a minimum percentage of five per cent (5%) as interest in the voting capital shall be necessary.

The powers of attorney for the Meeting shall be handed over at the company’s headquarters 24 hours before the meeting. The shareholders participating in the Stock Exchange Fungible Custody intending to take part in the Meeting shall submit a statement informing their respective shareholding, issued two (2) days before the meeting.

São Paulo, February 16, 2005.

Mauro Guilherme Jardim Arce
Board of Directors’ Chairman

 

 
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: February 18, 2005

 
Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP
By:
/S/  Rui de Britto Álvares Affonso
 
Name: Rui de Britto Álvares Affonso
Title: Economic-Financial Officer and Investor Relations Officer
 

 

 
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

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