COMPANHIA DE SANEAMENTO DO PARANÁ - SANEPAR PUBLICLY-TRADED COMPANY CVM REGISTRATION NO CNPJ/MF NO /

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1 COMPANHIA DE SANEAMENTO DO PARANÁ - SANEPAR PUBLICLY-TRADED COMPANY CVM REGISTRATION NO CNPJ/MF NO / MINUTES OF THE 1 st /2003 EXTRAORDINARY MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS SUMMARY 1 - DATE, TIME AND VENUE: Held on March 10, 2003, at three o clock P.M., in the corporate headquarters, located at 1,376 Engenheiros Rebouças Street, in Curitiba - Paraná. 2 - CALL AND ATTENDANCE: The meeting was held without a call, by virtue of the attendance of all Members, as authorized by part two, of paragraph 1, of article 14, of the By-laws. Members in attendance were Messrs. Pedro Henrique Xavier, Sergio Botto de Lacerda, Nestor Celso Imthon Bueno, alternate of Heron Arzua, Marcos Vinicius Ferreira Mazoni, Cáio Julio Cesar Brandão Pinto, Ricardo Coutinho de Sena, Paulo Roberto Welzel, alternate of Rodrigo Bhering Andrade, Bernard Maiffret, alternate of Jose Carlos Irago Garcia, Hamilton Aparecido Gimenes and the Company's Attorney-in-fact, Mr. José Luiz Costa Taborda Rauen. 3 - MEETING BOARD: PEDRO HENRIQUE XAVIER - Chairman CÁIO JULIO CESAR BRANDÃO PINTO - Secretary 1

2 4 - AGENDA: election of the the Chairman and Vice-chairman of the Board; review of renouncement and destitution requests from members of the Executive Board; election of Members of the Executive Board; call for the Ordinary Shareholders' Meeting. 5 - DECISIONS TAKEN: Members Pedro Henrique Xavier and Sergio Botto de Lacerda were elected as Chairman and Vice-chairman of the Board of Directors, respectively The Board decided to accept the resignation request submitted on December 31, 2002 by the following members of the Executive Board: Carlos Afonso Teixeira de Freitas (Chief Executive Officer), Lauro Klas Junior (Chief New Business Officer), Alberto Zocco Junior (Chief Investor Relations Officer) and Luiz Carlos dos Santos Bueno Filho (Chief Administrative Officer), elected at the 4 th /2001 Ordinary Meeting of the Board, on November 5, In conformance with the second part, of paragraph 1, of article 18, of the By-laws, and pursuant to official letter OF GOV 001/03, by the Governor of the State of Paraná, the above officers have remained until the present date in the exercise of their duties. The Board also decided to remove from his duties as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Mr. Ricardo Del Guerra Perpetuo, elected in the 4 th /2002 Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting, on May 24, Member Paulo Roberto Welzel then asked the Board to praise the efficiency of the Executive Officers who are leaving office today, and the dedication to the Company by officers of such competence. The Member stressed the performance of the professional Mr. Ricardo Del Guerra Perpetuo, who is a man of great capacity. The same was said about Mr. Pierre-Yves Marie Hugues Mourgue, and the above mentioned officers are persons who are highly capacitated to occupy such offices. Therefore he proposes the maintenance of both, affirming that he would support the name indicated by the State to the position as Chief Superintendent Officer, legal requirements observed. 2

3 Mr. Chairman explains to the Board that the deposition of Chief Operating Officer (COO) is not sought, but only of the Chief Financial Officer. Member Cáio Julio Cesar Brandão Pinto then said that in a previous agreement, there wasn't even the intention of maintaining the COO, which was decided as a gesture of good will by the State towards its strategic partner. He requested that the proposal be changed, removing the intention of maintaining the CFO. Notwithstanding the declaration of Member Cáio Brandão, the proposal was maintained and put to vote. Member Paulo Welzel requested the acceptance by the board of his declaration in writing about his proposition, which is now filed at the Company headquarters as Exhibit 1. Thus, the proposal by the State of Paraná was approved by unanimous vote, except for the deposition of the CFO, which was decided by the majority of the attendees. Members Ricardo Coutinho de Sena, Paulo Roberto Welzel and Bernard Maiffret voted against the deposition of the CFO The following natural persons were nominated to occupy the following positions as Executive Officers: CÁIO JULIO CESAR BRANDÃO PINTO, Brazilian, married, lawyer, bearer of ID Card No OAB/MG and CIC/MF (Tax Roll) No , domiciled at 235 Siracusa Street, in the city of Belo Horizonte, state of Minas Gerais, as Chief Executive Officer. STÊNIO SALES JACOB, Brazilian, married, business administrator, bearer of ID Card No /PR and CIC/MF (Tax Roll) No , domiciled at 354 Carlos Leining Junior Street, in the city of Curitiba, state of Paraná, as Chief Superintendent Officer; DOMINGOS JOSE BUDEL, Brazilian, divorced, engineer, bearer of ID Card No D/CREA/PR and CIC/MF (Tax Roll) No , domiciled at 76 Deputado Atilio de Almeida Barbosa Street, Apt. # 36, in the city of Curitiba, state of Paraná, as Chief Administrative Officer; 3

4 HUDSON CALEFE, Brazilian, divorced, economist, bearer of ID Card No /PR and CIC/MF No , domiciled at 365 Portugal Street, Apt. # 6, in the city of Curitiba, state of Paraná, as Chief Financial Officer; MARIA ARLETE ROSA, Brazilian, maiden, college professor, bearer of ID Card No /PR and CIC/MF No , domiciled at 679 Ângelo Sampaio Street, Apt. # 34, in the city of Curitiba, state of Paraná, as Chief New Business Officer; and GERMINAL POCA, Brazilian, widower, planning technician, bearer of ID Card No /PR and CIC/MF (Tax Roll) No , domiciled at 1,115 Marechal Deodoro Street, Apt. # 602, in the city of Curitiba, state of Paraná, as Chief Investor Relations Officer. The above mentioned persons were elected by unanimous vote, for the above indicated positions, with a three-year term of office, having submitted the documents referred to in CVM Instruction No. 367/2002. The election of the Chief Financial Officer was taken by majority of vote, by reason of the contrary votes by Members Ricardo Coutinho de Sena, Paulo Roberto Welzel and Bernard Maiffret, as previously mentioned. Mr. Pierre-Yves Marie Hugues Mourgue remains in office as Chief Operations Officer, who had been elected at the 2 nd /2002 Ordinary Meeting of the Board, on June 24, The 1 st /2003 Ordinary Shareholders Meeting was convened to be held at 2 o'clock P.M. on March 17 this year, next Monday, at the corporate headquarters, to discuss the following only issue: examination, discussion and forwarding to the Ordinary Shareholders' Meeting of the Management's Discussion and Analysis, Balance Sheet and other financial statements, relating to the fiscal year ended December 31, All members of this Board are hereby duly notified, and pursuant to paragraph 3, of article 163, of Law No /76, the members of the Audit Committee are to be called to that meeting. 6. APPROVAL AND SIGNATURES: 4

5 Finally the minutes were read, approved and signed by the members of the Meeting s Board and other attending Members of the Board of Directors. Curitiba, March 10, PEDRO HENRIQUE XAVIER Chairman CÁIO JULIO CESAR BRANDÃO PINTO Secretary 5