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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 August 2, 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)


Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file
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in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1)__.

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the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

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

 

NOTICE

Under the terms of article 12, main section, of instruction # 358 issued by CVM – Brazilian Securities Commission as of 1.3.2002, Capital Research and Management Company, an organized society existing under the terms of the United States of America rules, located at 333, South Hope Street, Los Angeles, California 90071, USA (“CRMC”), holder of offshore investment managing companies, announces that it has acquired, for the account of its investment funds managed, American Depositary Receipts – ADRs representing common nominative shares (“ON shares”) issued by Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo – SABESP, a publicly held company, with the corporate taxpayer’s ID (CNPJ/MF) # 43.776.517/0001-80 (“Company”). With the acquisition, CRMC holds, as investment advisor, American Depositary Receipts – ADRs representing 1,461,250,000 ON Shares issued by the company, corresponding to 5.13% of the total ON shares outstanding. In addition to the abovementioned holding, Capital Group International, Inc., a CRMC group subsidiary, as a holding company for offshore investment managing companies, manages American Depositary Receipts – ADRs representing 1,199,700,000 ON shares issued by the Company, corresponding to 4.21% of the total ON shares outstanding. This is a minority investment that does not change the Company’s ownership structure. Currently, there isn’t any amount of shares issued by the Company aimed by CRMC. There are no convertible debentures, directly or indirectly held by CRMC or person related to CRMC, neither are there any agreements or contracts that regulate the direct voting rights or the purchase and sale of securities issued by the Company that CRMC or any person related to CRMC is part of.



July 20, 2005

CAPITAL RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT COMPANY

 
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: August 2, 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
 

 

 
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