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COMPANHIA DE SANEAMENTO BÁSICO DO ESTADO DE SÃO PAULO - SABESP
PUBLICLY-HELD COMPANY
Corporate Taxpayer’s ID (CNPJ) N.º 43.776.517/0001-80
NOTICE TO THE MARKET
Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo – (“Company” or “Sabesp”) hereby informs its shareholders and the market in general that, in continuity to the minutes of the 971st Board of Directors’ meeting, which deals with the authorization to contract a financing of R$ 760 million with the International Finance Corporation (IFC), completed the operation.
The funding will be allocated to works in the Novo Rio Pinheiros Program to expand sewage collection and treatment and clean up the river by December 2022, improvements in the water and sewage systems in the coastal region of the São Paulo State and the construction of a pipeline in Greater São Paulo.
Within the scope of this financing, Sabesp, in partnership with IFC, carries out the first blue loan operation in Latin America, with the resources to be used in investments to protect the ocean, natural water resources and urban water bodies. Blue loan is an innovative instrument by which funds raised are certified and monitored to ensure the sustainable use of ocean resources for economic growth, improving the quality of life and the ocean health.
São Paulo, July 21, 2022.
Osvaldo Garcia
Chief Financial Officer and Investor Relations Officer
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