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COMPANHIA DE SANEAMENTO BASICO DO ESTADO DE SAO PAULO-SABESP

For the period ended Dec 31, 2024. Filed Apr 30, 2025.

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FY2024 · Filed Apr 30, 2025

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 20-F

¨ REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

OR

x ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2024

OR

¨ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 FOR THE TRANSITION PERIOD FROM ________________ TO ________________

OR

¨ SHELL COMPANY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of event requiring this shell company report: ________________

Commission file number 001-31317

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 São Paulo-SABESP

(Translation of the Registrant’s name into English)

Federative Republic of Brazil

(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

Rua Costa Carvalho, 300

05429-900 São Paulo, SP, Brazil

(Address of principal executive offices)

**Daniel Szlak **

dri@sabesp.com.br (+55 11 3388 8000)

Rua Costa Carvalho, 300 05429-900 São Paulo, SP, Brazil

Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each classTrading Symbols(s)Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Shares, without par valueNot tradedNew York Stock Exchange*
American Depositary Shares, evidenced by American Depositary Receipts, each representing one Common ShareSBSNew York Stock Exchange

Shares are not listed for trading, but only in connection with the registration of American Depositary Receipts pursuant to the requirements of the New York Stock Exchange.

Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act: None

Indicate the number of outstanding shares of each of the issuer’s classes of capital or common stock as of the close of the period covered by the annual report.

683,509,868 Shares of Common Stock

1 Share of Preferred Stock

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.

If this report is an annual or transition report, indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 from their obligations under those Sections.

Yeso No x

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports) and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or an emerging growth company. See the definition of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large Accelerated Filer xAccelerated Filer o
Non-accelerated Filer oEmerging Growth Company ☐

If an emerging growth company that prepares its financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards† provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. o

† The term “new or revised financial accounting standard” refers to any update issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board to its Accounting Standards Codification after April 5, 2012.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report. x

If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements. o

Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b). o

Indicate by check mark which basis of accounting the registrant has used to prepare the financial statements included in this filing:

U.S. GAAP oInternational Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board xOther o

If “Other” has been checked in response to the previous question, indicate by check mark which financial statement item the registrant has elected to follow.

Item 17 o Item 18 o

If this is an annual report, indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

Yeso Nox

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART I12
ITEM 1.IDENTITY OF DIRECTORS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND ADVISORS12
ITEM 2.OFFER STATISTICS AND EXPECTED TIMETABLE12
ITEM 3.KEY INFORMATION12
ITEM 4.INFORMATION ON THE COMPANY36
ITEM 4A.UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS57
ITEM 5.OPERATING AND FINANCIAL REVIEW AND PROSPECTS58
ITEM 6.DIRECTORS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND EMPLOYEES77
ITEM 7.MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS93
ITEM 8.FINANCIAL INFORMATION96
ITEM 9.THE OFFER AND LISTING104
ITEM 10.ADDITIONAL INFORMATION106
ITEM 11.QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK118
ITEM 12.DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES OTHER THAN EQUITY SECURITIES121
PART II123
ITEM 13.DEFAULTS, DIVIDEND ARREARAGES AND DELINQUENCIES123
ITEM 14.MATERIAL MODIFICATIONS TO THE RIGHTS OF SECURITY HOLDERS AND USE OF PROCEEDS123
ITEM 15.CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES123
ITEM 16.[RESERVED]124
ITEM 16A.AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT124
ITEM 16B.CODE OF ETHICS125
ITEM 16C.PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES125
ITEM 16D.EXEMPTIONS FROM THE LISTING STANDARDS FOR AUDIT COMMITTEES126
ITEM 16E.PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY ISSUER AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS126
ITEM 16F.CHANGE IN REGISTRANT’S CERTIFYING ACCOUNTANT126
ITEM 16G.CORPORATE GOVERNANCE127
ITEM 16H.MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURE129
ITEM 16I.DISCLOSURE REGARDING FOREIGN JURISDICTIONS THAT PREVENT INSPECTIONS129
ITEM 16J.INSIDER TRADING POLICIES130
ITEM 16K.CYBERSECURITY130
PART III132
ITEM 17.FINANCIAL STATEMENTS132
ITEM 18.FINANCIAL STATEMENTS132
ITEM 19.EXHIBITS132

PRESENTATION OF FINANCIAL AND OTHER INFORMATION

General

We maintain our books and records inreais. We prepare our consolidated financial statements (“Consolidated Financial Statements”) in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”), as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (“IASB”). Our audited consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 and for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2024 (“2024 Consolidated Financial Statements”) are included in this annual report on Form 20-F.

The financial statements of subsidiaries are included in the consolidated financial statements from the date we obtain control until the date when such control ceases to exist. All financial information for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023 were prepared on a consolidated basis, while all financial information for the year ended December 31, 2022 was prepared on an individual basis because we had no subsidiaries to consolidate in that year.

Certain figures included in this annual report have been subject to rounding adjustments. Accordingly, figures shown as totals in certain tables may not be an arithmetic aggregation of the figures which precede them.

Privatization

On December 8, 2023, the State of São Paulo enacted State Law No. 17,853/2023, providing the authorization for our proposed privatization and its general guidelines. This law authorized the State of São Paulo to reduce or dilute its controlling interest in us through a sale of its common shares through an auction or secondary offering on the relevant stock exchanges within and outside of Brazil or via a primary public offering of our common shares within and outside of Brazil. In addition to authorizing our privatization, the law also brought forward the target for providing drinking water to 99% of the population and sewage collection and treatment for 90% of the population (the “Universalization Target”) for the state of São Paulo from 2033 to 2029.

On July 22, 2024, the State of São Paulo closed a secondary offering of 220,470,000 of our common shares (including common shares represented by ADRs), effectively reducing their interest in us from 50.26% to 18.00% and completing our privatization process (the “Privatization”).

As part of this process, the State of São Paulo conducted a public competitive process pursuant to which it sold 15% of our total share capital through a priority offering to a “reference investor”. The finalist reference investor was Equatorial Energia S.A. (the “Reference Investor”).

On July 18, 2024, the State of São Paulo and the Reference Investor entered into an investment agreement substantially upon the terms set out in the Form 6-K furnished to the SEC on July 1, 2024 (the “Investment Agreement”). The Investment Agreement provides certain specific rights and obligations for the State of São Paulo and the Reference Investor and is valid until January 1, 2035. We highlight the following:

·Lock-up: The State of São Paulo and the Reference Investor agreed not to transfer, for any reason, in whole or in part, or encumber any shares or rights conferred on their shares or any securities convertible into shares until December 31, 2029 (the “Lock-up Period”). After the Lock-up Period, the State of São Paulo is still restricted from transferring any of its shares to any entity that operates in the same business as us.
·Board of Directors: The State of São Paulo and the Reference Investor appoint the nine members of the Board of Directors, for a unified term of two years, from a slate consisting of (i) three members appointed by the Reference Investor; (ii) three independent directors appointed jointly by the State of São Paulo and the Reference Investor, pursuant to B3 Novo Mercado Listing Regulation; and (iii) three members appointed by the State of São Paulo. The Reference Investor has the right to appoint the chairman of the Board of Directors, and the State of São Paulo must ensure that the three independent directors appointed jointly by the State of São Paulo and the Reference Investor vote in favor at the election of the chairman of the Board of Directors appointed by the Reference Investor. In respect of our board of executive officers, the State of São Paulo agreed not to appoint and to ensure that its Binding Directors (as defined below) do not appoint any member for the role of Chief Executive Officer.
·Binding Vote: The State of São Paulo, the Reference Investor and the directors they nominate who are not independent directors (the “Binding Directors”) will exercise their voting rights in a binding manner at our General Shareholders’ Meeting and at any meeting of our Board of Directors related to the election of directors and “Matters Subject to Consensus,” mainly: (i) amendments to our bylaws, involving changes to our corporate purpose, term of duration, changes to the authorized capital, composition, powers and roles of the management bodies, rules related to the public offering due to reaching relevant ownership, and/or limitation of voting rights; (ii) vote on any waiver of the obligation to hold a public offering due to reaching relevant ownership; (iii) transformation, liquidation, dissolution, bankruptcy, judicial or extrajudicial reorganization involving us; (iv) our delisting from the Novo Mercado or cancellation of our registration as a publicly-held company; (v) changes to our related parties policy; (vi) changes to our policy profit allocation and distribution of dividends policy; and (vii) changes to our employees’ pension plan.
·Individual Veto Rights: The State of São Paulo and the Reference Investor, individually, have the right to veto proposals for business combinations, incorporations, stock mergers, mergers, or any other corporate reorganization or any other form of transfer of assets or liabilities, equity interests, rights or duties that involve, on the one hand, us and our subsidiaries and, on the other hand, the State of São Paulo or the Reference Investor, Equatorial Energia S.A., Equatorial Serviços S.A. and/or their respective affiliates. If the party involved in such transaction with us or our subsidiaries or the State of São Paulo, the Reference Shareholder has a right of veto and if the party involved in the transaction is the Reference Shareholder, the State of São Paulo has a right of veto.
·Non-compete: From January 1, 2025, any potential new opportunities involving public utility services for water supply and sewage services in Brazil, except for those in the State of São Paulo (as the Reference Investor is prohibited from entering into any business involving sanitation in the State of São Paulo), in any municipality or group of municipalities that have a combined population of over 50,000 inhabitants, according to the most recent IBGE data, must be carried out or developed exclusively through us.
·Priority rights over business opportunities: From January 1, 2025, if the Reference Investor and its controlling entities are interested in developing or participating in initiatives, opportunities, enterprises, investments or equity interests involving public services of (i) water supply, (ii) sanitary sewage in Brazil, except for those in the State of São Paulo, whose investment or business vehicle operates or intends to operate in any municipality or group of municipalities in which the sum of the population comprises more than 50,000 inhabitants, in a public-private partnership, concession or privatization project (“Business Opportunity”), the Reference Investor and its controlling entities may not proceed with such Business Opportunity without first offering us the option to have our Board of Directors evaluate such Business Opportunity.

State Law No. 17,853/2023 also provided that, in case of our Privatization is consummated, our bylaws must be amended to provide for a special class of preferred share, owned exclusively by the State of São Paulo (referred to as a “golden share”), which will grant the State of São Paulo veto power over proposed changes to: (i) our name and headquarters; (ii) our corporate purpose of providing water and sewage services; and (iii) any provisions in our bylaws regarding limits on the exercise of voting rights attributed to shareholders or groups of shareholders. Our shareholders approved these changes to our bylaws conditional upon the consummation of our Privatization at an Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting held on May 27, 2024. These changes to our bylaws included, among others, an authorized capital provision, the golden share terms and conditions, and, in order to both stimulate the shareholding dispersion and avoid hostile takeover, our bylaws also establishes that, in case one or a group of shareholders acquires 30% or more of our common shares, such shareholder(s), will have to make a tender offer to our other shareholders at a price established in our bylaws that includes a 200% premium (antitakeover provision), subject to certain exceptions. Our antitakeover provision may be dismissed by approval of our shareholders´ meeting. These changes to our bylaws, including the voting limitation described below, became effective on July 22, 2024, the date of our Privatization. For more information, see “Item 3.D. Risk Factors—Risks Relating to Our Privatization—Our Privatization and the changes to our operational structure arising from our Privatization may still be challenged. A court ruling favorably to such challenge could adversely affect our operations and the market price of our common shares and ADSs. The absence of a single controlling shareholder or group of controlling shareholders may impact our ability to efficiently approve certain transactions and could potentially delay critical decision-making processes, which may adversely affect our business and results of operations.”

On May 24, 2024, we and URAE-1 signed the Concession Agreement for URAE-1, which came into force on July 23, 2024 following the consummation of our Privatization, and introduced significant changes to the prior economic-regulatory model. For more information, see “Item 4.B. Business Overview—Tariff Readjustments and Reviews—Economic-regulatory model in the draft Concession Agreement for Public Water Supply and Sanitation Services for the URAE-1 Southeastern region,” and “Item 3.D. Risk Factors—Risks Relating to the Regulatory Environment—We are exposed to risks associated with the Concession Agreement for URAE-1, which may materially impact our financial condition and operating results.”

For the risks associated with our Privatization, see “Item 3.D. Risk Factors—Risks Relating to Our Privatization.”

Other Information

In this annual report, unless the context otherwise requires, references to “we,” “us,” “our,” “Company,” or “SABESP” refer to Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo – SABESP.

In addition, references to:

·“ANA” are to the National Water and Sanitation Agency (Agência Nacional de Águas e Saneamento Básico);
·“ARSESP” are to the São Paulo State Public Services Regulatory Agency (Agência Reguladora de Serviços Públicos do Estado de São Paulo);
·“ADR” or “ADRs” are to American Depositary Receipt or American Depositary Receipts, respectively;
·“ADS” or “ADSs” are to American Depositary Share or American Depositary Shares, respectively;
·“B3” are to B3 S.A. – Brasil, Bolsa, Balcão;
·“Basic Sanitation Law” are to Law No. 11,445/2007 of the Federative Republic of Brazil, as amended;
·“BNDES” are to Brazilian National Bank for Economic and Social Development (Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social);
·“Brazil” are to the Federative Republic of Brazil;
·“Brazilian Constitution” are to the Constitution of the Federative Republic of Brazil of 1988;
·“Brazilian Corporate Law” are to Law No. 6,404/1976, as amended;
·“Central Bank” are to the Central Bank of Brazil;
·“coverage” indicators are to (a) the number of homes that are actually connected to the water network or sewage collection network, plus the number of homes for which the water and sewage networks are available for connection, but which are not connected to those networks (referred to as “feasible” or “connectable” homes), as a portion of (b) the total number of homes within the urbanized service area covered by our contract with the municipality (i.e., the “serviceable area”);
·“Concession Agreement for URAE-1” are to concession agreement we entered into with URAE-1 on July 23, 2024;
·“COPOM” are to the Comitê de Política Monetária (Monetary Policy Committee) of the BCB, responsible for setting the target for the policy interest rate (SELIC);
·“COVID-19” are to the SARS-CoV-2 2019 coronavirus pandemic;
·“CVM” are to the Comissão de Valores Mobiliários, the Brazilian securities and exchange commission;
·“Equatorial S.A.” is a Brazilian energy distribution company, formerly known as Equatorial Participações e Investimentos IV S.A.;
·“FAPESP” are to the Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo, the Research Foundation of the State of São Paulo;
·“FAUSP” are to the Fundo de Apoio à Universalização do Saneamento no Estado de São Paulo, a fund to support the universalization of sanitation services in the State of São Paulo;
·“federal government” and “Brazilian government” are to the federal government of the Federative Republic of Brazil and “State of São Paulo government” are to the state government of the State of São Paulo;
·“GDP” are to gross domestic product, which is the standard measure of the value added created through the production of goods and services during a certain period of time,
·“IBRD” are to the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development;
·“IDB” are to the Inter-American Development Bank;
·“IDB Invest” are to the Inter-American Investment Corporation;
·“IPCA” are to the Índice Nacional de Preços ao Consumidor Amplo (Extended National Consumer Price Index), the reference for the Brazilian inflation-targeting system;
·“JICA” are to the Japan International Cooperation Agency;
·“New Legal Framework for Basic Sanitation” are to Law No. 14,026/2020 of the Federative Republic of Brazil;
·“Novo Mercado” are to the special listing segment of B3 known as the Novo Mercado;
·“Novo Mercado Listing Regulation” are the Novo Mercado listing rules;
·“¥” or “Japanese Yen” are to the official currency of Japan;
·“PASEP” are to Programa de Formação do Patrimônio do Servidor Público, a social contribution payable by companies to finance the funds for insurance for unemployment, child benefit and allowance for low paid workers;
·“program contract” are to certain inter-federative cooperation agreements entered into within the scope of associated management (pursuant to article 241 of the Brazilian Constitution), whereby the provision of public services is delegated to third parties or liabilities, services, personnel or goods necessary for the continuity of public services are totally or partially transferred to third parties;
·“Privatization” are to our privatization as authorized by the State Law No. 17,853/2023, which was consummated by the State of São Paulo on July 22, 2024, as further described in “Presentation of Financial and Other Information — Privatization;”
·“real,” “reais” or “R$” are to the Brazilian real, the official currency of Brazil;
·“Regional Systems” are to the area where the old regional systems’ executive office operated, comprising municipalities in the interior and coastline regions of the State of São Paulo;
·“SELIC” are to the weighted average interest rate of the overnight interbank operations, collateralized by federal government securities, carried out at the Special System for Settlement and Custody;
·“SEMIL” are to the State Secretariat for the Environment, Infrastructure and Logistics of the State of São Paulo (Secretaria de Meio Ambiente, Infraestrutura e Logística do Estado de São Paulo);
·“service” indicators are to (a) the number of homes that are actually connected to the water network or sewage collection network, as a portion of (b) the total number of homes within a given serviceable area;
·“sewage treatment coverage” indicators are to the amount of consumer units connected to the sewage treatment system;
·“State of São Paulo” or “State” are to the State of São Paulo, which is also our controlling shareholder;
·“UNESP” are to the Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho;
·“URAE” are to Regional Unit for Drinking Water Supply and Sewage Services (Unidade Regional de Serviços de Abastecimento de Água Potável e Esgotamento Sanitário), as further described in “Presentation of Financial and Other Information—Privatization;”
·“URAE-1” are to the URAE of the Southeastern region, as further described in “Presentation of Financial and Other Information—Privatization;”
·“U.S. dollars” or “US$” are to the United States dollar, the official currency of the United States;
·“water crisis” are to the drought we experienced from late 2013 and throughout most of 2015. This drought, the most serious that our service region has experienced in 80 years, primarily affected the Cantareira System, our largest water production system;
·“WHO” are to the World Health Organization; and
·“WHT” is the Brazilian federal withholding income tax.

Information in this annual report related to liters, water and sewage volumes, number of employees, kilometers, water and sewage connections, population served, operating productivity, water production, water and sewage lines (in kilometers), water loss index and investment in programs has not been audited.

Market Information

We make statements in this annual report about our market share and other information relating to Brazil and the industry in which we operate. We have made these statements on the basis of information from third-party sources and publicly available information that we believe is reliable, such as information and reports from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística – “IBGE”), and the State Data Analysis System Foundation (Fundação Sistema Estadual de Análise de Dados – “SEADE”), among others. We have no reason to believe that any of this information is inaccurate in any material respect.

References to urban and total population in this annual report are estimated based on research prepared by SEADE entitled “Projections of Population and Residences for the municipalities of the State of São Paulo: 2010-2050” (Projeção da População e dos Domicílios para os Municípios do Estado de São Paulo: 2010-2050).

Our Contracts and the Municipalities We Serve

Throughout this document, we refer to the 375 municipalities we serve directly and the two municipalities which we account for in our wholesale segment (Mogi das Cruzes and São Caetano do Sul), since our revenue for the year ended December 31, 2024 is derived from these municipalities. The 375 municipalities include 371 municipalities covered by the Concession Agreement for URAE-1, and four governed by individual contracts (municipalities of Miguelópolis, Quintana, Nova Guataporanga and Olímpia).

CAUTIONARY STATEMENTS ABOUT FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This annual report includes forward-looking statements, mainly in Items 3 through 5. We have based these forward-looking statements largely on our current expectations and projections about future events and financial trends affecting our business. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions, including, among other factors:

·general economic, political, demographical, health and other conditions in Brazil and in other countries, including, as a result of the changes in administration in the United States, the military conflict between Russia and Ukraine, as well as the escalation of the conflict between Israel and Hamas into Lebanon and Iran and general instability in the Middle East, the imposition of sanctions, tariffs and trade embargos and its impacts on the global economy;
·fluctuations in inflation, interest rates and exchange rates in Brazil;
·the changes to our business and our management as a result of our Privatization and any related legislative, regulatory or political developments;
·any judicial or other challenges to our Privatization;
·our ability to comply with the targets established by the Concession Agreement for URAE-1;
·any increase in delinquencies by our customers;
·the regulations issued by ARSESP regarding several aspects of our business, including resetting and adjusting our tariffs;
·changes in applicable laws and regulations, as well as the enactment of new laws and regulations, including those relating to environmental, tax and employment matters in Brazil;
·risks relating to our material properties, including difficulties in obtaining or renewing existing licenses, authorizations, approvals and permits to build, expand and/or operate our business facilities and challenges to our ownership and possession of our material properties;
·the impacts on our business of probable increases in the frequency of extreme weather conditions, including droughts and intensive rain and other climatic events;
·our ability to continue to use certain reservoirs under current terms and conditions;
·availability of our water supply, springs and storage systems;
·the impact on our business of conscious water usage, such as lower water consumption practices, as adopted by our customers during the water crisis‌, can impact our business and our operating results;
·the size and growth of our customer base and its consumption habits;
·any measures that we may be required to take to ensure the provision of water to our customers;
·the potential impact of the enactment of national reference standards that should be taken into account by subnational sanitation regulatory agencies (municipal, intermunicipal, district and state) in their regulatory performance, since the New Legal Framework for Basic Sanitation determined that ANA is the regulatory authority of the sanitation sector at national level;
·our ability to comply with the requirements regarding water and sewage service levels included in our agreements with municipalities, especially as a result of the changes brought by the New Legal Framework for Basic Sanitation, which established that the Universalization Targets must be met by 2033, which was brought forward to 2029 for us pursuant to State Law No. 17,853/2023;
·the municipalities’ ability to terminate our existing concession agreements prior to their expiration date and our ability to renew such agreements;
·our ability to collect amounts owed to us by the State of São Paulo (our former controlling shareholder), states, the federal government and municipalities;
·our capital expenditure program and other liquidity and capital resources requirements;
·our management’s expectations and estimates relating to our future financial performance;
·our level of debt and limitations on our ability to incur additional debt in amounts sufficient to comply with the new Universalization Targets;
·our ability to access financing with favorable terms in the future;
·the costs we incur in complying with environmental laws and any penalties for failure to comply with these laws;
·the outcome of our pending or future legal proceedings;
·the impact of widespread health developments, such as COVID-19, and its effects on our operating revenues and financial condition;
·power shortages, rationing of energy supply or significant changes in energy tariffs;
·other risk factors as set forth under “Item 3.D. Risk Factors.”

The words “believe,” “may,” “estimate,” “continue,” “anticipate,” “plan,” “intend,” “expect” and similar words are intended to identify forward-looking statements. In light of these risks and uncertainties, the forward-looking events and circumstances discussed in this annual report might not occur. Our actual results could differ substantially from those anticipated in our forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they were made, and we do not undertake any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, unless required by law. Any such forward-looking statements are not an indication of future performance and involve risks.

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