Caixa Econômica Federal (CEF)In 2009, we entered into a financing agreement for the construction of a landfillin the municipality of São João da Boa Vista. Total investment is R$8.5 million, ofwhich R$8.1 million is financed and R$424,000 is our counterpart funding.We are negotiating with CEF the issue of public securities (debentures) to raisefunds for the Water & Waste Portfolio of the Severance pay Fund (FGTS). Thefunds should be used to finance part of the Investment Plan. Total issuanceshould reach R$500 million and our counterpart funding will be US$50 million,totaling an investment of US$550 million.The quotation of our American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) appreciated by 62percent and closed at US$39.12, and financial volume traded on the NYSE in2009 was US$2.5 billion.Table 17: Capital Structure on Dec 31, 2009 (%)24,025,7National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES)In 2009, we filed with BNDES a simple debenture subscription agreementfor private placement. The funds will be used for the following projects: LossReduction Program – Stage One, Rio Grande Water Treatment Plant, North Shore,Vale do Paraíba and Mantiqueira and Bacia do Piracicaba, Capivari, and Jundiaí.The debentures will be subscribed in three issuances, each of which amountingto R$275.4 million, totaling R$826.1 million. The 1st Issue was conducted inDecember 2009, and the 2nd and 3rd issues are scheduled for 2010 and 2011,respectively.Early 2010, we entered into with BNDES a financing agreement for the OndaLimpa Program – Stage Two. The financing amount is approximately US$294million and funds will be used to perform the works and services in the SantosMetropolitan Region.Capital MarketsIn a year of recovering share prices, our share traded on BM&FBovespa closed2009 quoted at R$34.38, a 23.8 percent appreciation as compared to the endof 2008. The financial volume and the trading in our shares totaled R$2.5 billionin 2009 and an average daily trading 28 percent higher than in 2008 with 1,082trades per day on average, and our papers were traded in all trading sessions.50,3Our shares are traded on the São Paulo Stock Exchange with the code SBSP3and on the NYSE with the code SBS and continue to integrate the main indicesof the BM&FBovespa and, for the third consecutive year, they are part of ISE’stheoretical portfolio.DividendsIn 2008, we paid R$296.2 million in dividends as interest on capital, correspondingto R$1.30 per common share. As regards 2009, the Board of Directors approvedthe payment of interest on capital totaling R$394.2 million, or R$1.73 percommon share, to be paid within up to sixty days after the Annual Shareholders’Meeting, which will approve the 2009 accounts.Our market value at the end of 2009 was of R$7.8 billion, or 60 percent of therecorded shareholders’ equity.90 Relatório de Sustentabilidade 2009 91
Environmentit is <strong>Sabesp</strong>’sraison-d’êtreEnvironmental PolicyOur new Environmental Policy, in effect since January 2008, sets out the guidelinesof <strong>Sabesp</strong>’s environmental management. An extract of the policy is available on theinternet (www.sabesp.com.br, under “Sustentabilidade”).92 Relatório de Sustentabilidade 2009 93Ponte Nova dam in the High Alto Tietê System.