0001104659-21-061146.txt : 20210505 0001104659-21-061146.hdr.sgml : 20210505 20210504175907 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-21-061146 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 6-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 7 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20210504 FILED AS OF DATE: 20210505 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20210504 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CHEMICAL & MINING CO OF CHILE INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000909037 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: MINING, QUARRYING OF NONMETALLIC MINERALS (NO FUELS) [1400] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: F3 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 6-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 033-65728 FILM NUMBER: 21890223 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: EL TROVADOR 4285, 6TH FLOOR STREET 2: LAS CONDES CITY: SANTIAGO CHILE STATE: F3 ZIP: 00000 BUSINESS PHONE: 5624252485 6-K 1 tm2115169d1_6k.htm FORM 6-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the month of May 2021.

Commission File Number 33-65728

 

CHEMICAL AND MINING COMPANY OF CHILE INC.

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

 

El Trovador 4285, Santiago, Chile (562) 2425-2000

(Address of principal executive office)

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

Form 20-F: x Form 40-F ¨

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): ____

 

Note: Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted solely to provide an attached annual report to security holders.

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): ____

 

Note: Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted to furnish a report or other document that the registrant foreign private issuer must furnish and make public under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the registrant is incorporated, domiciled or legally organized (the registrant’s “home country”), or under the rules of the home country exchange on which the registrant’s securities are traded, as long as the report or other document is not a press release, is not required to be and has not been distributed to the registrant’s security holders, and, if discussing a material event, has already been the subject of a Form 6-K submission or other Commission filing on EDGAR.

 

 

 

 

 

Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A. (SQM) is incorporating by reference the information and exhibits set forth in this Report on Form 6-K into the Company’s registration statement on Form F-3 (Registration No. 333-254538) filed on March 19, 2021.

 

Other Events

 

In connection with the Company’s previously announced rights offering, the Company is filing the Dealer Manager, Placement Facilitation and Underwriting Agreement dated March 26, 2021 by and among the Company and BofA Securities, Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Banco BTG Pactual S.A. – Cayman Branch and Larraín Vial S.A. Corredora de Bolsa (collectively, the “Dealer Managers/Placement Agents”) filed as Exhibit 1.1 to this Report on Form 6-K, the Placement Facilitation Supplement dated April 28, 2021 by and among the Company and the Dealer Managers/Placement Agents filed as Exhibit 1.2 to this Report on Form 6-K and the opinion of Claro y Cía (including the consent of Claro y Cía) filed as Exhibit 5.1 to this Report on Form 6-K.

 

Exhibits

 

Exhibit 1.1   Dealer Manager, Placement Facilitation and Underwriting Agreement dated March 26, 2021 by and among the Company and the Dealer Managers/Placement Agents, as representatives of the several Dealer Managers, Placement Agents and Underwriters named in Schedule 1 to the Dealer Manager, Placement Facilitation and Underwriting Agreement.
     
Exhibit 1.2   Placement Facilitation Supplement dated April 28, 2021 by and among the Company and the Dealer Managers/Placement Agents, as representatives of the several Placement Agents named in Schedule 1 to the Dealer Manager, Placement Facilitation and Underwriting Agreement.
     
Exhibit 5.1   Opinion of Claro y Cía.
     
Exhibit 23.1   Consent of Claro y Cía., contained in its opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

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.

 

  CHEMICAL AND MINING COMPANY OF CHILE INC.
  (Registrant)
   
Date: May 4, 2021 /s/ Gerardo Illanes
  By: Gerardo Illanes
  CFO

 

Persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained SEC 1815 (04-09) in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays currently valid OMB control number.

 

 

 

EX-1.1 2 tm2115169d1_ex1-1.htm EXHIBIT 1.1

 

Exhibit 1.1

 

SOCIEDAD QUÍMICA Y MINERA DE CHILE S.A.

 

Rights Offering for Shares of Series B Common Stock, including
in the form of American Depositary Shares
Placement Facilitation
Underwritten Offering of ADSs

 

Dealer Manager, Placement Facilitation and Underwriting Agreement

 

March 26, 2021

 

BofA Securities, Inc.,

One Bryant Park

New York, New York 10036

U.S.A.

 

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
383 Madison Avenue

New York, New York 10179

U.S.A.

 

Banco BTG Pactual S.A. – Cayman Branch

Harbour Place, 5th floor, 103 South Church Street

P.O. Box 1353GT

Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, KYI-1108

 

Larraín Vial S.A. Corredora de Bolsa

Av. El Bosque Norte 0177, 3rd floor

Las Condes

Santiago, Chile, 7550100

 

As Representatives of the several Dealer Managers, Placement Agents and Underwriters

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A., an open stock corporation (sociedad anónima abierta) organized under the laws of the Republic of Chile (the “Company”), plans to make an offering to the Company’s holders of Series B common stock, no par value per share, of the Company (the “Series B Common Stock”), of transferable rights (the “Share Rights Offering”) to subscribe for up to 22,441,932 new shares of Series B Common Stock of the Company (the “Offered Shares”), including in the form of American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”) to be represented by American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”). The Share Rights Offering is part of a capital increase (the “Capital Increase”) approved by the Company’s shareholders on January 22, 2021.

 

 

 

 

In connection with the Share Rights Offering, The Bank of New York Mellon, as the Company’s Depositary (the “Depositary”), will make available to holders of ADSs (each of which represents one share of Series B Common Stock (each such share of Series B Common Stock, a “Share” and, collectively, the “Shares”)), transferable rights (the “ADS Rights Offering”) to subscribe for new ADSs (each, an “ADS Right” and, collectively, the “ADS Rights”). Each Share held of record at 12:00 midnight (the end of the day) (Santiago, Chile time) on March 20, 2021 (the “Share Record Date”) will entitle its holder to 0.186430441 share rights (each, a “Share Right” and, collectively, the “Share Rights”). Each Share Right will entitle its holder to subscribe for one new Share at the subscription price denominated in U.S. dollars of US$50.00 per new Share. Each ADS held of record at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on March 30, 2021 (the “ADS Record Date”) will entitle its holder to 0.186430 ADS Rights. Each ADS Right will entitle its Holder to subscribe for one new ADS at the subscription price denominated in U.S. dollars of US$50.00 per new ADS, plus certain fees and expenses described in the Prospectus (as defined below). The Share Rights and the ADS Rights are collectively referred to as the “Rights,” and the Share Rights Offering and the ADS Rights Offering are collectively referred to as the “Rights Offering.” To the extent there are no additional dealer managers, placement agents or underwriters listed on Schedule I and Schedule II, all references to the “Representatives”, “Dealer Managers,” “Placement Agents” or “Underwriters” as used herein shall refer only to you as the context requires.

 

The Share Rights Offering is scheduled to commence on March 26, 2021 (the “Commencement Date”) and is expected to expire at 12:00 midnight (the end of the day) (Santiago, Chile time) on April 24, 2021 (the “Share Rights Offering Expiration Date”) and the ADS Rights Offering is scheduled to commence on March 31, 2021 and is expected to expire at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on April 19, 2021 (the “ADS Rights Offering Expiration Date”). The date on which the Offered Shares are delivered (allotted and issued) by the Company to holders or transferees of Rights pursuant to the exercise of Rights is herein referred to as the “Settlement Date.” The Company shall cause The Bank of New York Mellon, as rights agent (the “Rights Agent”), to mail to each holder of record of the ADSs, as soon as practicable after the ADS Record Date, copies of the Prospectus (as defined below) as in effect at such time. Thereafter, to the extent practicable until the ADS Rights Offering Expiration Date, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause copies of the Prospectus to be made available upon request to each person who is or becomes a holder or beneficial owner of any ADSs or ADS Rights.

 

In order to facilitate the successful completion of the Rights Offering, the Company hereby engages you, together with any of your affiliates, to act as representatives of the several dealer managers listed in Schedule I hereto (the “Dealer Managers”) and authorizes you to act, and you each agree, in accordance with your customary practice, to perform those services in connection with the Rights Offering as are customarily performed by investment banking concerns in connection with rights offerings of like nature, including but not limited to, using your reasonable best efforts to solicit, in accordance with the Securities Act and your customary practice, the exercise of the Rights, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the procedures described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.

 

In addition, the Company hereby engages you, together with any of your affiliates, to act as representatives of the several placement agents listed in Schedule I hereto (the “Placement Agents”) to facilitate the placement (the “Placement Facilitation”), subsequent to the Share Rights Offering Expiration Date, of up to the number of Offered Shares, if any, that are not otherwise subscribed for in the Rights Offering. Upon their mutual agreement, the parties hereto may enter into a placement facilitation supplement substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto (the “Placement Facilitation Supplement”) providing for, among other things, the aggregate number of Shares, if any, to be placed by the Placement Agents (the “Placed Shares”) and the other terms of such Placement Facilitation, if any.

 

Upon their mutual agreement, the parties hereto may enter into an underwriting agreement supplement substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto (the “Underwriting Agreement Supplement”) subsequent to the Share Rights Offering Expiration Date pursuant to which the Company would issue and sell to the several Underwriters listed in Schedule II hereto (the “Underwriters”), for whom you, together with any of your affiliates, are acting as representatives, up to the number of Offered Shares, if any, that are not otherwise subscribed for in the Rights Offering, in the form of ADSs. The Underwriting Agreement Supplement will set forth, among other things, the aggregate number of ADSs, if any, to be allocated to the Underwriters (the “Underwritten ADSs”) and the price at which the Underwritten ADSs will be purchased by the Underwriters.

 

 

 

 

Banco BTG Pactual S.A. – Cayman Branch and Larraín Vial S.A. Corredora de Bolsa are not broker-dealers registered with the Commission, and therefore may not make sales of any securities in the United States or to U.S. persons except in compliance with applicable U.S. laws and regulations. To the extent Banco BTG Pactual S.A. – Cayman Branch intends to effect sales of the securities in the United States, it will do so only through BTG Pactual US Capital, LLC or one or more U.S. registered broker-dealers, or otherwise as permitted by applicable U.S. law.

 

Pursuant to a separate engagement letter (the “Chilean Engagement Letter”), the Company has engaged BTG Pactual Chile S.A. Corredores de Bolsa (in such capacity, the “Chilean Placement Agents”) to: (i) use their best efforts to solicit in Chile, in accordance with Chilean securities laws and regulations and their customary practice, the exercise of the Rights; (ii) subsequent to the Share Rights Offering Expiration Date, to facilitate the placement to investors in Chile of up to the number of Offered Shares, if any, that are not otherwise subscribed for in the Rights Offering; and (iii) provide certain trading and settlement services through the facilities of the Santiago Stock Exchange (as defined below) in connection with the Rights Offering and the placement of Offered Shares, if any, that are not otherwise subscribed for in the Rights Offering, including the Underwritten ADSs, if any.

 

The parties hereto agree that nothing herein shall obligate any party to enter into the Placement Facilitation Supplement or the Underwriting Agreement Supplement and that, unless and until the Placement Facilitation Supplement or the Underwriting Agreement Supplement is executed and delivered by the parties hereto, as the case may be, nothing in this Agreement constitutes a commitment by the Placement Agents to place or by the Underwriters to underwrite any Shares or ADSs or other securities or otherwise provide financing. As used in this Agreement, the term “Representatives” shall refer to you as representatives of the Dealer Managers in connection with the Rights Offering, as representatives of the Placement Agents in connection with the Placement Facilitation and as representatives of the Underwriters in connection with the public offering of the Underwritten ADSs, if any, as the case may be.

 

The Shares to be represented by ADSs are to be deposited pursuant to that certain amended and restated deposit agreement, dated as of April 15, 2013, as amended (the “Deposit Agreement”), among the Company, the Depositary, and the holders and beneficial owners from time to time of the ADRs representing the ADSs, to be issued under the Deposit Agreement. Each ADS will represent one Share. In addition, the Company intends to enter into a rights agency agreement (the “Rights Agency Agreement”) among the Company and the Rights Agent, in relation to the ADS Rights Offering to ADS holders.

 

 

 

 

The Company hereby confirms its agreement with the several Dealer Managers concerning the Rights Offering and, if applicable, the several Placement Agents concerning the Placement Facilitation and the several Underwriters concerning the purchase and sale of the Underwritten ADSs, if any, as follows:

 

1.                   Registration Statement. The Company has prepared and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Securities Act”), a shelf registration statement on Form F-3 (File No. 333-254538), including a base prospectus dated March 19, 2021 (the “Base Prospectus”), relating to the Rights and the Shares. Such registration statement, as amended at the time it became effective, including the information, if any, deemed pursuant to Rule 430A, 430B or 430C under the Securities Act to be part of the registration statement at the time of its effectiveness (“Rule 430 Information”), is referred to herein as the “Registration Statement”; and as used herein, the term “Prospectus” means the prospectus supplement dated March 26, 2021 (the “Prospectus Supplement”) together with the Base Prospectus in the form first used (or made available upon request of purchasers pursuant to Rule 173 under the Securities Act) in connection with confirmation of sales of the Shares and/or the ADSs. If the Company has filed an abbreviated registration statement pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act (the “Rule 462 Registration Statement”), then any reference herein to the term “Registration Statement” shall be deemed to include such Rule 462 Registration Statement. Any reference in this Agreement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form F-3 under the Securities Act, as of the effective date of the Registration Statement or the date of the Prospectus, as the case may be, and any reference to “amend”, “amendment” or “supplement” with respect to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any documents filed by the Company after such date under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Exchange Act”) that are deemed to be incorporated by reference therein. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.

 

At or prior to the Commencement Date, the Company will have prepared the following information (the “Disclosure Package”): the Base Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement and each “free-writing prospectus” (as defined pursuant to Rule 405 under the Securities Act) listed on Annex B hereto or which have been approved in writing in advance by the Representatives and, if applicable, at or prior to the Applicable Time, the Company will have prepared each “free writing prospectus” listed in any Placement Facilitation Supplement or Underwriting Agreement Supplement or approved in writing in advance by the Representatives and any such “free writing prospectus” shall be deemed included in the Disclosure Package as of its date of first use.

 

“Applicable Time” means the time to be set forth in the Placement Facilitation Supplement or the Underwriting Agreement Supplement, if any.

 

2.                   Compensation in Connection with Rights Offering and Placement Facilitation; Purchase of the ADSs by the Underwriters.

 

(a)                The Company agrees to pay to the Dealer Managers, the Placement Agents and the Underwriters in connection with the Rights Offering, the Placement Facilitation, if any, and the offering of Underwritten ADSs, if any, that are not otherwise subscribed for in the Rights Offering, a commission fee (the “Fee”) as set forth in the separate fee letter dated the date hereof entered into with the Representatives. Payment of the Fee shall be made by wire transfer in immediate available funds to the account specified by the Representatives on the Settlement Date.

 

(b)                If the Company and the Representatives determine to enter into the Placement Facilitation Supplement, the Company understands that the Placement Agents propose to facilitate the placement of the total number of Placed Shares, if any, as set forth in the Placement Facilitation Supplement, on the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements set forth herein and subject to the conditions and other terms set forth herein and in the Placement Facilitation Supplement.

 

(c)                If the Company and the Representatives determine to enter into the Underwriting Agreement Supplement, the Company agrees to issue and sell the Underwritten ADSs to the several Underwriters as provided in this Agreement, and each Underwriter, on the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements set forth herein and subject to the conditions set forth herein and in the Underwriting Agreement Supplement, agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company the total number of Underwritten ADSs, if any, as set forth opposite such Underwriter’s name in a schedule to the Underwriting Agreement Supplement, at a price per ADS (the “Purchase Price”) set forth in the Underwriting Agreement Supplement.

 

 

 

 

(d)                The Company understands that if the parties hereto agree to enter into the Placement Facilitation Supplement or the Underwriting Agreement Supplement, the Placement Agents or the Underwriters, as the case may be, intend to place the Placed Shares or make a public offering of the Underwritten ADSs as soon after the effectiveness of the Placement Facilitation Supplement or the Underwriting Agreement Supplement as in the judgment of the Representatives is advisable, and to place the Shares or initially to offer the ADSs on the terms set forth in the Placement Facilitation Supplement or the Underwriting Agreement Supplement, as the case may be. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Underwriters may offer and sell ADSs to or through any affiliate of an Underwriter.

 

(e)                Payment for the Underwritten ADSs shall be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account specified by the Company to the Representatives, at the offices of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, 450 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10017 at a time and on a date specified in the Underwriting Agreement Supplement. The time and date of such payment for any Underwritten ADSs, and the time and date of any settlement of the Placed Shares, as the case may be, are referred to herein as the “Closing Date.”

 

Payment for the Underwritten ADSs to be purchased on the Closing Date shall be made against delivery to the Representatives for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters of the Underwritten ADSs to be purchased on such date registered in such names and in such denominations as the Representatives shall request in writing not later than two full business days prior to the Closing Date, with any transfer taxes and Depositary fees payable in connection with the sale of such Underwritten ADSs duly paid by the Company. Delivery of the Underwritten ADSs shall be made through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) unless the Representatives shall otherwise instruct.

 

(f)                 The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Dealer Managers, the Placement Agents and the Underwriters shall have no liability (in tort, contract, or otherwise) to the Company, its affiliates or any other person for any losses, claims, damages, liabilities, or expenses arising from any act or omission on the part of any broker or dealer in securities, bank or trust company, or any other person in connection with the Rights Offering or arising from your engagement or services hereunder or otherwise in connection with the Rights Offering, except for any such losses, claims, damages, liabilities, or expenses that are determined by a final and non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted primarily from your gross negligence or willful misconduct.

 

(g)                The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Dealer Managers, the Placement Agents and the Underwriters are acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length contractual counterparty to the Company with respect to the Rights Offering, the Placement Facilitation and the offering of Underwritten ADSs contemplated hereby (including in connection with determining the terms of the offering of Underwritten ADSs) and not as a financial advisor or a fiduciary to, or an agent of, the Company or any other person. Additionally, neither the Representatives nor any other Dealer Manager, Placement Agent or Underwriter is advising the Company or any other person as to any legal, tax, investment, accounting or regulatory matters in any jurisdiction. The Company shall consult with its own advisors concerning such matters and shall be responsible for making its own independent investigation and appraisal of the transactions contemplated hereby, and the Dealer Managers, the Placement Agents and the Underwriters shall have no responsibility or liability to the Company with respect thereto. Any review by the Dealer Managers, the Placement Agents and the Underwriters of the Company, the transactions contemplated hereby or other matters relating to such transactions will be performed solely for the benefit of the Dealer Managers, the Placement Agents and the Underwriters and shall not be on behalf of the Company.

 

 

 

 

3.                   Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company represents and warrants to each Dealer Manager, each Placement Agent and each Underwriter that:

 

(a)                Disclosure Package. The Disclosure Package as of the Commencement Date did not, and as of the Settlement Date, and if applicable, the Applicable Time or the Closing Date, will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes no representation and warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Dealer Manager, Placement Agent or Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Dealer Manager, Placement Agent or Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in such Disclosure Package, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Dealer Manager, Placement Agent or Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 7(b) hereof.

 

(b)                Chilean Prospectus. The Company has prepared and filed with the Chilean Financial Market Commission (Comisión para el Mercado Financiero, or “CMF”) a prospectus in Spanish, which includes the Rights Offering (the “Chilean Prospectus”) under the Securities Market Law (Ley De Mercado de Valores). The Chilean Prospectus as of the Commencement Date did not, and as of the Settlement Date, and if applicable, the Applicable Time or the Closing Date, will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The Chilean Prospectus does not contain any material information relating to the Rights Offering that is not included or incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package.

 

(c)                Issuer Free Writing Prospectus. Other than the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Chilean Prospectus, the Company (including its agents and representatives, other than the Dealer Managers, the Placement Agents and the Underwriters in their capacity as such) has not prepared, used, authorized, approved or referred to and will not prepare, use, authorize, approve or refer to any “written communication” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) that constitutes an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy or subscribe for the Shares or the ADSs (each such communication by the Company or its agents and representatives (other than a communication referred to in clause (i) below) an “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus”) other than (i) any document not constituting a prospectus pursuant to Section 2(a)(10)(a) of the Securities Act or Rule 134 under the Securities Act or (ii) the documents listed on Annex B hereto or in any Placement Facilitation Supplement, any Underwriting Agreement Supplement, each electronic road show and any other written communications approved in writing in advance by the Representatives. Each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus complied in all material respects with the Securities Act, has been or will be (within the time period specified in Rule 433) filed in accordance with the Securities Act (to the extent required thereby) and the Securities Market Law (to the extent required thereby) and, when taken together with the Prospectus filed prior to the first use of such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, did not, and as of the Closing Date will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes no representation and warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Dealer Manager, Placement Agent or Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Dealer Manager, Placement Agent or Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or Prospectus, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Dealer Manager, Placement Agent or Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 7(b) hereof.

 

 

 

 

(d)                Testing-the-Waters Materials. The Company (i) has not alone engaged in any Testing-the-Waters Communications and (ii) has not authorized anyone other than the Representatives to engage in Testing-the-Waters Communications. The Company reconfirms that the Representatives have been authorized to act on its behalf in undertaking Testing-the-Waters Communications. The Company has not distributed or approved for distribution any Written Testing-the-Waters Communications other than those listed on Annex B hereto. “Written Testing-the-Waters Communication” means any Testing-the-Waters Communication that is a written communication within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act. Any individual Written Testing-the-Waters Communication does not conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement or the Disclosure Package, complied in all material respects with the Securities Act, and when taken together with the Disclosure Package as of the Commencement Date did not, and as of the Settlement Date, and if applicable, the Applicable Time or the Closing Date, will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

 

(e)                Registration Statement and Prospectus. The Registration Statement is an “automatic shelf registration statement” as defined under Rule 405 of the Securities Act that has been filed with the Commission not earlier than three years prior to the date hereof; and no notice of objection of the Commission to the use of such registration statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Securities Act has been received by the Company. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued by the Commission, and no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act against the Company or related to the Rights Offering, Placement Facilitation or the offering of the Underwritten ADSs has been initiated or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened by the Commission; as of the applicable effective date of the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, the Registration Statement and any such post-effective amendment complied and will comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act, and did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading; and as of the date of the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto and as of the Settlement Date and, if applicable, the Applicable Time and the Closing Date, the Prospectus will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes no representation and warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Dealer Manager, Placement Agent or Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Dealer Manager, Placement Agent or Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Dealer Manager, Placement Agent or Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section ‎7(b) hereof.

 

(f)                 ADS Registration Statement. A registration statement on Form F-6 (File No. 333-187744) has been filed with the Commission. Such registration statement has been declared effective by the Commission (such registration statement, as amended at the time it became effective, is referred to herein as the “ADS Registration Statement”). No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the ADS Registration Statement has been issued by the Commission and no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act against the Company or related to the Rights Offering, the Placement Facilitation or the offering of the Underwritten ADSs has been initiated or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened by the Commission; as of the applicable effective date of the ADS Registration Statement and any amendment thereto, the ADS Registration Statement complied and will comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act, and did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein and or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading.

 

 

 

 

(g)                Incorporated Documents. The documents incorporated by reference in each of the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, when they were filed with the Commission, conformed or will conform, as the case may be, in all material respects to the requirements of the Exchange Act, and did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

 

(h)                Good Standing of the Company and its Subsidiaries. Each of the Company’s subsidiaries (as such term is defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) is listed on Schedule III attached hereto (the “Subsidiaries”). Each of the Company and each Subsidiary has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation, limited liability company or other legal entity under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is chartered or organized (and, in the case of each Subsidiary organized or conducting business in any State in the United States, is in good standing under the laws of such State), with full corporate power and authority to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation (and, in the case of each Subsidiary required to be so qualified in any State in the United States, is in good standing) under the laws of each jurisdiction which requires such qualification and where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing (if applicable) would have, individually or in the aggregate, a material adverse effect on the business, results of operations, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole (“Material Adverse Effect”).

 

(i)                 Title to Property. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has good and marketable title in fee simple to all real property and good and marketable title to all personal property owned by it that is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, in each case free and clear of all liens, charges, encumbrances and restrictions except such as may be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially affect the value of such property and do not interfere in any material respect with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and its Subsidiaries; and any real property and buildings held under lease by the Company or any Subsidiary that is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, is held by the Company or one of more Subsidiaries under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with such exceptions as are not material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and do not interfere in any material respect with the use made and proposed to be made of such property and buildings by the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

 

(j)                 Possession of Licenses and Permits. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has all licenses, franchises, permits, authorizations, approvals, concessions and orders including, without limitation, mining concessions and related pedimentos and manifestaciones of and from all governmental agencies or bodies or courts (including, without limitation, the Chilean Servicio Nacional de Geología y Minería (“SERNAGEOMIN”), the Chilean Comisión Nacional del Medio Ambiente (“CONAMA”), the Banco Central de la República de Chile (the “Central Bank of Chile”), the Chilean Servicios de Impuestos Internos (the “Chilean IRS”, and together with the Chilean Tesorería General de la República, the “Chilean Tax Authorities”), the Chilean Comisión para el Mercado Financiero (the “CMF”) and the Bolsa de Comercio de Santiago (the “Santiago Stock Exchange”)) that, pursuant to Chilean law, are necessary to own or lease its properties and conduct its respective business as described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, except for such licenses, franchises, permits, authorizations, approvals, concessions and orders the absence of which would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

 

 

 

 

(k)                Capitalization. The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the heading “Capitalization”; all the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable and are not subject to any pre-emptive or similar rights; except as described in or expressly contemplated by the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no outstanding rights (including, without limitation, pre-emptive rights), warrants or options to acquire, or instruments convertible into or exchangeable for, any shares of capital stock or other equity interest in the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any contract, commitment, agreement, understanding or arrangement of any kind relating to the issuance of any capital stock of the Company or any such Subsidiary, any such convertible or exchangeable securities or any such rights, warrants or options; the capital stock of the Company conforms in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

 

(l)                 Outstanding Shares of Subsidiaries. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, all the outstanding shares of capital stock of each of the Company’s Subsidiaries have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and nonassessable and are owned by the Company either directly or indirectly free and clear of any security interests, claims, liens, charges or encumbrances, except for such security interests, claims, liens, charges or encumbrances that would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(m)              Absence of Taxes. Under current laws and regulations (and interpretations thereof) of taxes imposed by the Republic of Chile or any political subdivision or any authority or agency therein or thereof having power to tax, or of any other jurisdiction in which the Company is organized or otherwise resident or deemed resident or doing business for tax purposes or any jurisdiction from or through which a payment is made or deemed made (each, a “Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction”), there are no taxes, duties, levies, imposts, deductions, charges or withholdings, including interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto (collectively, “Taxes”) imposed or, to the knowledge of the Company, pending or proposed, by any Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction either (i) on or by virtue of the execution of, delivery or performance by the Company of, or the enforcement of, the Transaction Documents or of any other document to be furnished hereunder or thereunder or (ii) on any payment to be made under or pursuant to this Agreement or the Deposit Agreement, any issuance or sale by the Company of the Underwritten ADSs to the Underwriters, or the deposit of the Shares under the Deposit Agreement by the Company, in each such case other than any such Taxes imposed on the net income of the Dealer Managers, Placement Agents or Underwriters by reason of their having a present or former connection with such Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction that does not arise solely from their activities in connection with this Agreement or the Deposit Agreement; and none of the holders of the ADSs, any Dealer Manager, any Placement Agent, any Underwriter and any paying agent will be deemed resident, domiciled, carrying on business or subject to taxation in any Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction solely by reason of the execution, delivery, performance or enforcement of any of this Agreement or the Deposit Agreement and the ADSs.

 

 

 

 

(n)                Absence of Conflicts. None of the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of each of the Transaction Documents, the commencement and consummation of the Rights Offering, the issuance and sale of the Underwritten ADSs or the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents will conflict with, result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any properties or assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under (i) the Estatutos (or equivalent constitutive documents) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) any agreement, contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit agreement, note, lease or other instrument to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or is bound, or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is subject or (iii) any order, law, rule or regulation applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body (including, without limitation, SERNAGEOMIN, CONAMA, the Central Bank of Chile, the Chilean Tax Authorities, the CMF and the Santiago Stock Exchange) or arbitral body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in Chile except, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), for such conflicts, breaches, violations or defaults as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect and as would not materially adversely affect the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

(o)                Absence of Violations and Breaches. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is (i) in violation of any term or provision of its Estatutos (or equivalent constitutive documents), or (ii) in breach of or in default under any law, regulation, agreement, instrument, license, operating permit, note, authority, concession, obligation or duty applicable to, or which is binding upon or affects, it or any of its assets or revenues or the operation of its business, the consequence of which violation, breach or default would have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(p)                No Consents Required. No consent, approval, authorization, order, license, registration or qualification of or with any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority is required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of each of the Transaction Documents, the commencement and consummation of the Rights Offering, the issuance and sale of the Underwritten ADSs and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, except for (i) such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders and registrations, qualifications or notices as have been obtained or given under the laws of the Republic of Chile and are in full force and effect; (ii) the approvals of and filings with the CMF, the Bolsa de Comercio de Santiago – Bolsa de Valores (the “Santiago Stock Exchange”) and the Bolsa de Corredores – Electrónica de Chile, Bolsa de Valores (the “Electronic Stock Exchange”) relating to the Capital Increase, which includes the Rights Offering, which have been already obtained and are in full force and effect, and except that the Prospectus must be filed with the CMF; and (iii) such as have been already obtained or as may be required for the registration of the ADSs and the Shares under the Securities Act, by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) or by state securities or “blue sky” laws.

 

(q)                Independent Accountants and Financial Statements. PricewaterhouseCoopers Consultores Auditores SpA is an independent registered public accounting firm within the meaning of the applicable rules and regulations adopted by the Commission and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) and is a certified public accounting firm with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries under the standards established by the relevant authorities in Chile and is duly registered with the CMF; the financial statements, together with the related schedules and notes, included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus have been prepared, and fairly present the financial position, statements of income and changes in financial position of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries at the dates and for the periods indicated, in conformity with International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board; and the other financial information and financial data included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus are derived from the accounting records of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries, and are a fair presentation of the financial information purported to be shown.

 

 

 

 

(r)                 No Material Adverse Change in Business. Since the date of the latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (i) there has been no material adverse change in the business, results of operations, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business; (ii) there has not been any material change in the capital stock, short-term debt or long-term debt of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any dividend or distribution of any kind declared, set aside for payment, paid or made by the Company on any class of capital stock; and (iii) there has been no transaction entered into by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than in the ordinary course of business.

 

(s)                 No Labor Disputes. No labor dispute with the employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries exists or, to the best knowledge of the Company, is imminent, in each case which would, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(t)                 No Pending Material Legal Proceedings. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there is no pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened action or suit or judicial, arbitral, rule- making or other administrative or other proceeding before any court or governmental agency, authority or body (including, without limitation, SERNAGEOMIN, CONAMA, the Central Bank of Chile, the Chilean Tax Authorities, the CMF and the Santiago Stock Exchange) or any arbitral body involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries which would, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect or materially adversely affect the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby; and (i) there are no current or pending legal, governmental or regulatory actions, suits or proceedings or statutes or regulations that are required under the Securities Act to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus that are not so described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and (ii) there are no contracts or other documents that are required under the Securities Act to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement or described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus that are not so filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement or described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

 

(u)                Related Party Transactions. No relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among any of the Company or any affiliate of the Company, on the one hand, and any director, officer, member, stockholder, customer or supplier of the Company or any affiliate of the Company, on the other hand, which would be required by the Securities Act to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not so disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. Except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no outstanding loans, advances (except advances for business expenses in the ordinary course of business) or guarantees of indebtedness by the Company or any affiliate of the Company to or for the benefit of any of the officers or directors of the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any of their respective family members.

 

 

 

 

(v)                Possession of Intellectual Property. The Company and its Subsidiaries own or possess, or can acquire, on reasonable terms, adequate patents, patent rights, licenses, inventions, copyrights, know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures), trademarks, service marks, trade names or other intellectual property (collectively, “Intellectual Property”) necessary to carry on the business now operated by them and that is material to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any notice or is otherwise aware of any infringement of, or conflict with, asserted rights of others with respect to any Intellectual Property, or of any facts or circumstances which would render any Intellectual Property invalid or inadequate to protect the interest of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and which infringement or conflict (if the subject of any unfavorable decision, ruling or finding) or invalidity or inadequacy would, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(w)              No Broker’s Fees. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any contract, agreement or understanding with any person (other than this Agreement) that would give rise to a valid claim against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any Dealer Manager, Placement Agent or Underwriter for a brokerage commission, finder’s fee or like payment in connection with the Rights Offering and, if applicable, the Placement Facilitation or the offering and sale of the Underwritten ADSs.

 

(x)                Environmental Laws. The Company and its Subsidiaries (i) are in compliance with any and all applicable laws and regulations relating to the protection of the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants (“Environmental Laws”), (ii) have received all permits, licenses or other approvals required under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses and (iii) are in compliance with all terms and conditions of any such permit, license or approval, except where such failure to comply with Environmental Laws, failure to receive required permits, licenses or other approvals or failure to comply with the terms and conditions of such permits, licenses or approvals would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(y)                Costs of Environmental Compliance. There are no costs or liabilities (including, without limitation, any capital or operating expenditures required for clean-up, closure of properties or compliance with Environmental Laws or any permit, license or approval, any related constraints on operating activities and any potential liabilities to third parties) associated with Environmental Laws applicable to the business, operations and properties of the Company and its Subsidiaries that would, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(z)                Insurance. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are prudent and customary in Chile in the businesses in which they are engaged, except where the failure to maintain such insurance would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; and the Company has no reason to believe that it or any of its Subsidiaries will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business at a cost that would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

 

 

 

(aa)             Taxes. (i) The Company and its Subsidiaries have paid all applicable taxes and filed all applicable tax returns required to be paid or filed through the date hereof (other than such taxes as are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves have been provided), except for any failure thereof that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, and (ii) there is no tax deficiency that has been, or could reasonably expected to be, asserted against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that would, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(bb)            Accounting Controls. The Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries maintain systems of “internal control over financial reporting” (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the Exchange Act) that comply with the requirements of the Exchange Act and have been designed by, or under the supervision of, their respective principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with IFRS, including, but not limited to, internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with IFRS and to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no material weaknesses in the Company’s internal controls. The Company’s auditors and the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company have been advised of: (i) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which have adversely affected or are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and (ii) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

(cc)             Disclosure Controls and Procedures. The Company and its Subsidiaries maintain an effective system of “disclosure controls and procedures” (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Exchange Act) that is designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the Commission, including controls and procedures designed to ensure that such information is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. The Company and its Subsidiaries have carried out evaluations, with the participation of management, of the effectiveness of their disclosure controls and procedures as required by Rule 13a-15 of the Exchange Act.

 

(dd)            Sarbanes-Oxley Act. There is no failure on the part of the Company or, to the knowledge of the Company, any of the Company’s directors or officers in their capacities as such, to comply in all material respects with any provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder applicable to the Company as of the date hereof.

 

 

 

 

(ee)             Statistical and Market Data. The statistical and market-related data included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus has been based on or is derived from sources that the Company believes to be reliable and accurate in all material respects.

 

(ff)               Accurate Disclosure. The statements in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the headings “Enforceability of Civil Liabilities,” “Taxation — Certain Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences”, “Description of American Depositary Shares” and “Description of Rights to Subscribe for Series B Common Stock or ADSs,” insofar as they purport to summarize matters of law or the provisions of the documents referred to therein, fairly and accurately summarize the matters therein described.

 

(gg)            Absence of Exchange Controls. Except as disclosed in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020 under the caption “Item 10.D. Exchange Controls” incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, under current laws and regulations of Chile, no exchange control authorization or any other authorization, approval, consent or license of any governmental or regulatory authority or court in Chile is required for the conversion of Chilean pesos into United States dollars or the payment of such United States dollars to the holders of ADSs for purposes of paying dividends or other distributions provided, however that such transactions, and the issuance of the ADSs, shall be reported to the Central Bank of Chile.

 

(hh)            Choice of Law; Consent to Jurisdiction; Appointment of Agent for Service of Process. The choice of law provisions set forth in this Agreement and the Deposit Agreement is a valid choice of law under the laws of Chile and will be recognized by Chilean courts; the Company has the legal capacity to sue and be sued in its own name under the laws of Chile; the irrevocable submission of the Company to the jurisdiction of the Specified Courts (as defined in Section 15), the waiver by the Company of any objection to the venue of a proceeding in a New York Court and the agreement of the Company that this Agreement, any Placement Facilitation Supplement, any Underwriting Agreement Supplement and the Deposit Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the internal laws of the State of New York are legal, valid and binding under the laws of Chile and will be respected by the Chilean courts; and the service of process effected in the manner set forth in this Agreement and the Deposit Agreement, as applicable, provided personal service of process is made and assuming its validity under New York law, will be effective, insofar as Chilean law is concerned, to confer valid personal jurisdiction over the Company.

 

(ii)               Recognition of Final Judgment by Courts. Any final judgment for a fixed or readily calculable sum of money rendered by any U.S. federal or state court in the City and County of New York, New York having jurisdiction in respect of any suit, action or proceeding against the Company based upon this Agreement, any Placement Facilitation Supplement, any Underwriting Agreement Supplement or the Deposit Agreement, or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby would be declared enforceable against the Company by the courts of Chile without (i) reexamination, (ii) review of the merits of the cause of action in respect of which the original judgment was given, (iii) relitigation of the matters adjudicated upon or (iv) payment of any stamp, registration or similar tax or duty; provided that such judgment fulfills all enforceability requirements as described under the caption "Enforceability of Civil Liabilities" in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. The Company is not aware of any reason why the enforcement in Chile of such a judgment in respect of this Agreement, any Placement Facilitation Supplement, any Underwriting Agreement Supplement or the Deposit Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby would be contrary to public policy in Chile or any political subdivision thereof. This Agreement, any Placement Facilitation Supplement, any Underwriting Agreement Supplement or the Deposit Agreement are in proper legal form under the laws of Chile for the enforcement thereof against the Company in Chile without the need to obtain any other consent, approval or authorization, to file any notification or to take any further action on the part of the Dealer Managers, Placement Agents, Underwriters or the Depositary to ensure the legality, validity, enforceability or admissibility in evidence of any of this Agreement, any Placement Facilitation Supplement, any Underwriting Agreement Supplement or the Deposit Agreement, and except for their official translation into Spanish for their presentation to a Chilean court and subject to the payment of the applicable stamp tax (which shall be borne by the Company), if any, at the time of such presentation, it is not necessary that any other document be filed or recorded with any court or other authority in or that any stamp or similar tax be paid on or in respect of any such document.

 

 

 

 

(jj)               No Immunity. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries, nor any of their respective assets or revenues, has immunity, including sovereign immunity, from any legal process (whether through service or notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution or otherwise) or from jurisdiction of any court of (i) any jurisdiction in which it owns or leases property, assets or revenues, (ii) the United States or the State of New York or (iii) Chile or any political subdivision thereof. To the extent that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective assets or revenues may have or may hereafter have immunity from any such court, the Company has, pursuant to Section 15(c) of this Agreement, waived, and it will waive, or will cause its Subsidiaries to waive, such immunity to the extent permitted by law.

 

(kk)            Investment Company Act. The Company is not, and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Offered Shares and the Capital Increase and the application of proceeds as described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company will not be, required to register as an “investment company” within the meaning of the U.S. Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”).

 

(ll)               No Unlawful Payments. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the best knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, or employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, nor any agent, affiliate or other person associated with or acting on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has (i) used any funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity; (ii) made or taken an act in furtherance of an offer, promise or authorization of any direct or indirect unlawful payment or benefit to any foreign or domestic government or regulatory official or employee, including of any government-owned or controlled entity or of a public international organization, or any person acting in an official capacity for or on behalf of any of the foregoing, or any political party or party official or candidate for political office; (iii) violated or is in violation of any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, or any applicable law or regulation implementing the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions, or committed an offence under the Bribery Act 2010 of the United Kingdom, or any other applicable anti-bribery or anti-corruption laws; or (iv) made, offered, agreed, requested or taken an act in furtherance of any unlawful bribe or other unlawful benefit, including, without limitation, any rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful or improper payment or benefit. The Company and its Subsidiaries have instituted, and maintain and enforce, policies and procedures designed to promote and ensure compliance with all applicable anti-bribery and anti-corruption laws. No part of the proceeds of the offering will be used, directly or indirectly, in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, or the Bribery Act 2010 of the United Kingdom, each as may be amended, or similar law of any other relevant jurisdiction, or the rules or regulations thereunder.

 

 

 

 

(mm)        Compliance with Money Laundering Laws. The operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times relevant to the Rights Offering or the offering of the Underwritten ADSs in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements, including those of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the applicable money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions where the Company or any of its Subsidiaries conducts business, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines issued, administered or enforced by any governmental or regulatory agency (collectively, the “Anti-Money Laundering Laws”), and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental or regulatory agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to the Anti-Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened.

 

(nn)            Compliance with Sanctions Laws. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries, nor, to the best knowledge of the Company, any director, officer or employee, agent or affiliate of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is currently the subject or the target of any sanctions administered or enforced by the U.S. Government (including, without limitation, the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury or the U.S. Department of State and including, without limitation, the designation as a “specially designated national” or “blocked person”), the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, Her Majesty’s Treasury, or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, “Sanctions”), nor is the Company, any of its Subsidiaries located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject or the target of Sanctions, including, without limitation, Crimea, Cuba, Iran, North Korea and Syria (each, a “Sanctioned Country”); and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the Rights Offering or the offering of the Underwritten ADSs hereunder, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any Subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity (i) to fund or facilitate any activities of or business with any person that, at the time of such funding or facilitation, is the subject or the target of Sanctions, (ii) to fund or facilitate any activities of or business in any Sanctioned Country or (iii) in any other manner that will result in a violation by any person (including any person participating in the transaction, whether as underwriter, initial purchaser, advisor, investor or otherwise) of Sanctions. For the past five years, the Company and its Subsidiaries have not knowingly engaged in and are not now knowingly engaged in any dealings or transactions with any person that at the time of the dealing or transaction is or was the subject or the target of Sanctions or with any Sanctioned Country.

 

(oo)            Cybersecurity. The Company and its Subsidiaries’ information technology and computer systems, networks, hardware, software, internet web sites, data and databases (including the data of their respective customers, employees, suppliers, vendors and any third party data maintained by or on behalf of them), equipment or technology (collectively, “IT Systems and Data”) are adequate for, and operate and perform in all material respects as required in connection with, the operation of the business of the Company and the Subsidiaries as currently conducted, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and the Subsidiaries have implemented and maintained commercially reasonable information technology, information security, cyber security and data protection controls, policies and procedures, including oversight, access controls, encryption, technological and physical safeguards, business continuity/disaster recovery and incident response, reasonably designed to protect and prevent security breaches of, unauthorized access to and other compromises of IT Systems and Data. The Company and its Subsidiaries have no knowledge of, and are not currently investigating, any cyberattack, security breach, unauthorized access or other compromise to their IT Systems and Data, except for attacks, breaches, unauthorized access or compromises that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and its Subsidiaries are presently in compliance with all applicable laws or statutes and all judgments, orders, rules and regulations of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, internal policies and contractual obligations relating to the privacy and security of IT Systems and Data and to the protection of such IT Systems and Data from unauthorized use, access, misappropriation or modification, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

 

 

 

(pp)            Due Authorization. The Company has full right, power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement, the Deposit Agreement, the Rights Agency Agreement, the Placement Facilitation Supplement and the Underwriting Agreement Supplement (collectively, the “Transaction Documents”) and to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder; and all action required to be taken for the due and proper authorization, execution and delivery by it of this Agreement and each of the Transaction Documents and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby has been duly and validly taken.

 

(qq)            Dealer Manager, Placement Facilitation and Underwriting Agreement; Placement Facilitation Supplement; Underwriting Agreement Supplement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and constitutes a valid and legally binding agreement of the Company. The Placement Facilitation Supplement (if the parties hereto agree to enter into the Placement Facilitation Supplement), will have been duly authorized by the Company when executed and delivered by the Company. The Underwriting Agreement Supplement (if the parties hereto agree to enter into the Underwriting Agreement Supplement), will have been duly authorized by the Company when executed and delivered by the Company.

 

(rr)               The Rights. The distribution of the Rights to holders has been duly and validly authorized.

 

(ss)              The Shares. The Shares have been duly authorized and, when issued and delivered and paid for as provided herein, will be duly and validly issued, will be fully paid and nonassessable and will conform to the descriptions thereof in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; and the issuance of the Shares is not subject to any preemptive or similar rights, except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

 

(tt)               The ADSs. The Shares to be issued and sold by the Company hereunder may be freely deposited by the Company with the Depositary against issuance of ADRs evidencing the ADSs. Upon the due issuance by the Depositary of ADRs evidencing ADSs, such ADRs will be duly and validly issued under the Deposit Agreement and persons in whose names such ADRs are registered will be entitled to the rights of registered holders of ADRs specified therein and in the Deposit Agreement; and the Deposit Agreement and the ADSs will conform in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

 

(uu)            Absence of Transfer Restrictions. The ADSs, when issued, will be freely transferable by the Company to or for the account of the applicable holders or the several Underwriters, as the case may be, and, in the case of Underwritten ADSs, if any, such Underwritten ADSs will be freely transferable by the several Underwriters to the initial purchasers in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus.

 

 

 

 

(vv)            Other Transaction Documents. Each of the Deposit Agreement and the Rights Agency Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and constitutes a valid and legally binding agreement of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally or by equitable principles relating to enforceability.

 

(ww)         Descriptions of the Transaction Documents. Each Transaction Document conforms in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

 

(xx)            PFIC status. The Company was not a passive foreign investment company (a “PFIC”) as defined in Section 1297 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations promulgated thereunder, for the taxable year ended December 31, 2020; and the Company does not expect to be a PFIC for the taxable year ending December 31, 2021 or any future year.

 

(yy)            Payment Free and Clear. All payments to be made by the Company under this Agreement or the Deposit Agreement shall be paid free and clear of any deduction or withholding for or on account of, any present or future Taxes (including any amounts that result from the payment of fees, compensation or reimbursement of costs contemplated in this Agreement or in the Deposit Agreement), imposed by a Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction.

 

(zz)             No Restrictions on Subsidiaries. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, no Subsidiary of the Company is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, under any agreement or other instrument to which it is a party or is subject, from paying any dividends to the Company, from making any other distribution on such Subsidiary’s capital stock, from repaying to the Company any loans or advances to such Subsidiary from the Company or from transferring any of such Subsidiary’s properties or assets to the Company or any other Subsidiary of the Company.

 

(aaa)          No Limitation on Vote, Transfer and Payment of Dividends. Except as set forth in the Deposit Agreement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, there are no limitations under Chilean law on the rights of holders of Shares, ADSs or ADRs evidencing the ADSs to hold or vote or transfer their respective securities, and no approvals are currently required in Chile (including any foreign exchange or foreign currency approvals) in order for the Company to pay dividends declared by the Company to the holders of Shares, including the Depositary. All dividends and other distributions declared and payable on the Shares may be paid in pesos exchangeable into U.S. dollars to the Depositary subject only to a withholding tax of 35% (which may be reduced by certain tax credits discussed in the Prospectus under the caption “Taxation—Material Chilean Tax Consequences”) but otherwise free and clear of any tax, duty, withholding or deduction imposed by or in Chile.

 

(bbb)        No Registration Rights. There are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company and any person that grants such person the right to require the Company to file a registration statement under the Securities Act or with the CMF with respect to any securities of the Company owned or to be owned by such person or to require the Company to include such securities in the securities registered pursuant to the Registration Statement or in any securities of the Company being registered pursuant to any other registration statement filed by the Company under the Securities Act or with the CMF.

 

 

 

 

(ccc)          No Stabilization. The Company has not taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that could reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Rights, Shares or ADSs.

 

(ddd)        Margin Rules. The application of the proceeds received by the Company from the Rights Offering or from the issuance, sale and delivery of the Underwritten ADSs, if any, as described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus will not violate Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or any other regulation of such Board of Governors.

 

(eee)          Forward-Looking Statements. Each forward-looking statement (within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act) contained in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus has been made or reaffirmed with a reasonable basis and in good faith.

 

(fff)            Status under the Securities Act. At the time of filing the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, at the earliest time thereafter that the Company or any offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) under the Securities Act) of the ADSs, the Shares or the Rights and at the date hereof, the Company was not and is not an “ineligible issuer,” and is a well-known seasoned issuer, in each case as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act. The Company is a “foreign private issuer” within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act. The Company has paid the registration fee for this offering pursuant to Rule 456(b)(1) under the Securities Act or will pay such fee within the time period required by such rule (without giving effect to the proviso therein) and in any event prior to the Closing Date.

 

(ggg)        Proper Form. Each of the Transaction Documents is in proper legal form under the laws of Chile or any authority or agency therein for the enforcement thereof against the Company therein; and it is not necessary to ensure the legality, validity, enforceability, priority or admissibility in evidence of any of the Transaction Documents in Chile that any Transaction Documents or any other document related thereto be filed, registered, or recorded with, or executed or notarized before, any court, authority or agency in, or that any stamp, registration or similar taxes or duties be paid to any court, authority or agency of, Chile, except for their official translation into Spanish for their presentation to a Chilean court.

 

(hhh)        Indemnification and Contribution. The indemnification and contribution provisions set forth in Section 7 hereof do not contravene Chilean law or public policy.

 

(iii)             No Requirement to Qualify to Do Business. It is not necessary under the laws of Chile that any holder of the Shares, ADSs, or the Dealer Managers, the Placement Agents or the Underwriters, should be licensed, qualified or entitled to carry on business in Chile, (i) to enable any of them to enforce their respective rights under this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or any other document to be delivered in connection herewith or (ii) solely by reason of the execution, delivery or performance of any such document.

 

(jjj)             The admission of the ADS Rights to trading on the New York Stock Exchange and the Share Rights to trading on the Santiago Stock Exchange has been, duly approved by the New York Stock Exchange or the Santiago Stock Exchange, as applicable, such admission to become effective on or before March 26, 2021 in the case of trading on the New York Stock Exchange and March 26, 2021 in the case of trading on the Santiago Stock Exchange and no such approval has been, or will have been on or before April 15, 2021 in the case of trading on the New York Stock Exchange or April 24, 2021 in the case of trading on the Santiago Stock Exchange, suspended, withdrawn or terminated.

 

 

 

 

4.                   Further Agreements of the Company. The Company covenants and agrees with each Dealer Manager, each Placement Agent and each Underwriter that:

 

(a)                Required Filings. The Company will file the final Prospectus relating to the Rights Offering and/or the Underwritten ADSs with the Commission within the time periods specified by Rule 424(b) and Rule 430A, 430B or 430C under the Securities Act; will file any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to the extent required by Rule 433 under the Securities Act; will file any amendment to the Registration Statement (including any post-effective amendments) required to be so filed under the Securities Act within the time periods specified therein; will file promptly all reports required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of the Prospectus and for so long as the delivery of a prospectus is required in connection with the offering or sale of the Underwritten ADSs; will file within the time periods and as provided by the Securities Market Law all reports required to be filed by the Company; and will furnish copies of the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (to the extent not previously delivered) to the Dealer Managers, the Placement Agents and the Underwriters in New York City prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the business day next succeeding the date of this Agreement in such quantities as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company has paid the registration fee for the Rights Offering and the Underwritten ADSs within the time period required by Rule 456(b)(1) under the Securities Act (without giving effect to the proviso therein) and in any event prior to the Closing Date.

 

(b)                Delivery of Prospectus to Holders. Following commencement of the Rights Offering, the Company will cause to be mailed to each registered holder of any Shares or ADSs, as soon practicable, a copy of the most current Prospectus.

 

(c)                Delivery of Copies. The Company will deliver, without charge, (i) to the Representatives, upon request, conformed copies of the Registration Statement as originally filed and each amendment thereto, in each case including all exhibits and consents filed therewith; and (ii) to each Dealer Manager, Placement Agent and Underwriter (A) upon request, a conformed copy of the Registration Statement as originally filed and each amendment thereto (without exhibits) and (B) during the Prospectus Delivery Period (as defined below), as many copies of the Prospectus (including all amendments and supplements thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein) and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus) as the Representatives may reasonably request. As used herein, the term “Prospectus Delivery Period” means such period of time after the first date of the public offering of the Offered Shares (including in the form of ADSs) as in the opinion of counsel for the Dealer Managers, the Placement Agents and the Underwriters a prospectus relating to the Offered Shares (including in the form of ADSs) is required by law to be delivered (or required to be delivered but for Rule 172 under the Securities Act) in connection with the Rights Offering and, if applicable, sales of the Underwritten ADSs by any Underwriter or dealer.

 

(d)                Amendments or Supplements, Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses. During the Prospectus Delivery Period, before preparing, using, authorizing, approving, referring to or filing any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and before filing any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, whether before or after the time that the Registration Statement becomes effective, the Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Dealer Managers, the Placement Agents and the Underwriters a copy of the proposed Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, amendment or supplement for review and will not prepare, use, authorize, approve, refer to or file any such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives reasonably objects.

 

 

 

 

(e)                Notice to the Representatives. Until the termination of the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will advise the Representatives promptly, and confirm such advice in writing, (i) when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective; (ii) when any supplement to the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment to the Prospectus has been filed or distributed; (iii) of any request by the Commission to the Company for any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or the receipt of any comments from the Commission relating to the Registration Statement or any other request by the Commission to the Company for any additional information; (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or preventing or suspending the use of the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act; (v) of the occurrence of any event or development within the Prospectus Delivery Period as a result of which the Prospectus, the Disclosure Package, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Prospectus, the Disclosure Package, any such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading; (vi) of the receipt by the Company of any notice of objection of the Commission to the use of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Securities Act; and (vii) of the receipt by the Company of any notice with respect to any suspension of the qualification of the Rights, Shares and/or ADSs for offer and sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; and the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to prevent the issuance of any such order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, preventing or suspending the use of any of the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or suspending any such qualification of the Rights, Shares and/or ADSs and, if any such order is issued, will use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal thereof.

 

(f)                 Ongoing Compliance. (1) If during the Prospectus Delivery Period (i) any event or development shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading or (ii) it is necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus to comply with law, the Company will promptly notify the Dealer Managers, the Placement Agents and the Underwriters thereof and forthwith prepare and, subject to paragraph (c) above, file with the Commission and furnish to the Dealer Managers, the Placement Agents and the Underwriters and to such dealers as the Representatives may designate such amendments or supplements to the Prospectus as may be necessary so that the statements in the Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, be misleading or so that the Prospectus will comply with law and (2) if at any time prior to the Settlement Date and any Closing Date (i) any event or development shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which the Disclosure Package as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Disclosure Package is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading or (ii) it is necessary to amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to comply with law, the Company will promptly notify the Dealer Managers, the Placement Agents and the Underwriters thereof and forthwith prepare and, subject to paragraph (c) above, file with the Commission (to the extent required) and furnish to the Dealer Managers, the Placement Agents and the Underwriters and to such dealers as the Representatives may designate such amendments or supplements to the Disclosure Package as may be necessary so that the statements in the Disclosure Package as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Disclosure Package is delivered to a purchaser, be misleading or so that the Disclosure Package will comply with law.

 

 

 

 

(g)                Blue Sky Compliance. The Company will take such actions as the Representatives reasonably request to qualify the Rights, Shares and/or ADSs for offer and sale under the securities or “blue sky” laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives shall reasonably request and will continue such qualifications in effect so long as required for distribution of the Rights, Shares and/or ADSs; provided that the Company shall not be required to (i) qualify as a foreign corporation or other entity or as a dealer in securities in any such jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to so qualify, (ii) file or take any action that would constitute a general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction or (iii) subject itself or any of its affiliates to taxation in any such jurisdiction if it is not otherwise so subject.

 

(h)                Earning Statement. The Company will make generally available to its security holders and the Representatives as soon as reasonably practicable an earning statement that satisfies the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 of the Commission promulgated thereunder covering a period of at least twelve months beginning with the first fiscal quarter of the Company occurring after the “effective date” (as defined in Rule 158) of the Registration Statement.

 

(i)                 Clear Market. For a period of 90 days after the date of the Prospectus, the Company will not (i) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, or file with the CMF or the Commission a registration statement under the Securities Act relating to, any Shares or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Shares, or publicly disclose the intention to make any offer, sale, pledge, disposition or filing, or (ii) enter into any swap or other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Shares or any such other securities, whether any such transaction described in clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of Shares or such other securities, in cash or otherwise, without the prior written consent of BofA Securities, Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Banco BTG Pactual S.A. – Cayman Branch, other than Shares or ADSs sold pursuant to the Rights Offering, the Placement Facilitation or the Underwritten ADSs contemplated to be sold hereunder.

 

(j)                 Rights Exercised. The Company will notify the Representatives not later than 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the first business day following the Share Rights Offering Expiration Date of the total number of Rights exercised and the ADSs and the Shares related thereto, the total number of Rights verified to be in proper form for exercise and rejected for exercise and being processed and as to such other information as the Representatives may reasonably request.

 

(k)                Use of Proceeds. The Company will apply the net proceeds from the Rights Offering and the sale of the Underwritten ADSs, if any, as described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the heading “Use of Proceeds”.

 

 

 

 

(l)                 No Stabilization. The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that could reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Rights, Shares or ADSs.

 

(m)              Exchange Listing. The Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to list, subject to notice of issuance, the ADSs on the New York Stock Exchange.

 

(n)                Reports. Until the termination of the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will furnish to the Representatives, as soon as they are available, copies of all reports or other communications (financial or other) furnished to holders of the ADSs, and copies of any reports and financial statements furnished to or filed with the Commission or any national securities exchange or automatic quotation system; provided the Company will be deemed to have furnished such reports and financial statements to the Representatives to the extent they are filed on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval (EDGAR) system.

 

(o)                Record Retention. The Company will, pursuant to reasonable procedures developed in good faith, retain copies of each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not filed with the Commission in accordance with Rule 433 under the Securities Act.

 

(p)                Settlement. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts in cooperation with the Underwriters to permit the ADSs to be eligible for clearance and settlement through DTC.

 

(q)                Deposit of Shares. Prior to Settlement Date and the Closing Date, as the case may be, the Company will deposit or cause to be deposited the Shares to be sold by the Company with the Depositary by means of a book entry transfer in accordance with the Deposit Agreement so that the ADRs evidencing the ADSs will be delivered by book entry transfer by the Depositary to the respective accounts of applicable holders or the Underwriters at the Settlement Date or any Closing Date, as applicable.

 

(r)                 Filings. The Company will file with the Commission such reports as may be required by Rule 463 under the Securities Act.

 

(s)                 Payment Free of Withholding. All payments by the Company under this Agreement, as well as under the separate fee letter dated the date hereof entered into with the Representatives, shall be paid free and clear of any deduction or withholding for or on account of, any present or future Taxes imposed by a Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction unless such deduction or withholding is required by law, in which case the Company will increase the amount paid so that the full amount that would have otherwise been payable had there been no deduction or withholding shall be received by the Dealer Managers, Placement Agents and/or the Underwriters, as the case may be. The Company shall be liable to pay any Taxes imposed on a Dealer Manager, Placement Agent or Underwriter in connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby (other than net income taxes imposed on such person due to it being tax resident or having a permanent establishment in the Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction). All amounts payable to a Dealer Manager, Placement Agent or Underwriter are exclusive of any value added or similar Tax and if such Tax applies, the Company shall increase the amount payable in the amount of such Tax.

 

 

 

 

5.                   Certain Agreements of the Placement Agents and the Underwriters. Each Placement Agent and Underwriter hereby represents and agrees that:

 

(a)                It has not used, authorized use of, referred to or participated in the planning for use of, and will not use, authorize use of, refer to or participate in the planning for use of, any “free writing prospectus”, as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act (which term includes use of any written information furnished to the Commission by the Company and not incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement and any press release issued by the Company) other than (i) a free writing prospectus that contains no “issuer information” (as defined in Rule 433(h)(2) under the Securities Act) that was not included (including through incorporation by reference) in the Prospectus or a previously filed Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, (ii) any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus listed on Annex B or in the Placement Facilitation Supplement or the Underwriting Agreement Supplement or prepared pursuant to Section 3(c) or Section 4(d) above (including any electronic road show), or (iii) any free writing prospectus prepared by such underwriter and approved by the Company in advance in writing (each such free writing prospectus referred to in clauses (i) or (iii), an “Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus”).

 

(b)                It has not and will not, without the prior written consent of the Company, use any free writing prospectus that contains the final terms of the Underwritten ADSs unless such terms have previously been included in a free writing prospectus filed with the Commission; provided that Underwriters may use a term sheet substantially in the form of Annex A to any Underwriting Agreement Supplement without the consent of the Company; provided further that any Underwriter using such term sheet shall notify the Company, and provide a copy of such term sheet to the Company, prior to, or substantially concurrently with, the first use of such term sheet.

 

(c)                It is not subject to any pending proceeding under Section 8A of the Securities Act with respect to the offering (and will promptly notify the Company if any such proceeding against it is initiated during the Prospectus Delivery Period).

 

6.                   Conditions of Dealer Managers’, Placement Agents’ and Underwriters’ Obligations. The obligation of each Dealer Manager to solicit investors in connection with the Rights Offering and, if a Placement Facilitation Supplement or an Underwriting Agreement Supplement is executed, of each Placement Agent or Underwriter, as the case may be, to place the Placed Shares or purchase the Underwritten ADSs on the Closing Date, as the case may be, as provided herein is, or in the case of any Placement Facilitation Supplement or Underwriting Agreement Supplement, will be subject to the performance by the Company of its covenants and other obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions:

 

(a)                Registration Compliance; No Stop Order. No order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall be in effect, and no proceeding for such purpose, pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) or pursuant to Section 8A under the Securities Act shall be pending before or threatened by the Commission; the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall have been timely filed with the Commission under the Securities Act (in the case of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, to the extent required by Rule 433 under the Securities Act) and in accordance with Section 4(a) hereof; and all requests by the Commission for additional information shall have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of the Representatives.

 

(b)                Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Company contained herein shall be true and correct at all times from and as of the date hereof through and as of the Settlement Date and any Closing Date, including at the Applicable Time; and the statements of the Company and its officers made in any certificates delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall be true and correct on and as of the Commencement Date, the Settlement Date, and if applicable, the Applicable Time and the Closing Date.

 

 

 

 

(c)                No Downgrade. Subsequent to the date hereof, if there are any debt securities or preferred stock of, or guaranteed by, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that are rated by a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization,” as such term is defined in Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act, (i) no downgrading shall have occurred in the rating accorded any such debt securities or preferred stock and (ii) no such organization shall have publicly announced that it has under surveillance or review with possible negative implications, or has changed its outlook with respect to, its rating of any such debt securities or preferred stock (other than an announcement with positive implications of a possible upgrading).

 

(d)                No Material Adverse Change. No event or condition of a type described in Section 3(h) hereof shall have occurred or shall exist, which event or condition is not described in the Disclosure Package (excluding any amendment or supplement thereto) and the Prospectus (excluding any amendment or supplement thereto) and the effect of which in the judgment of the Representatives makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the Rights Offering, or the offering, sale or delivery of the Underwritten ADSs on the Closing Date, on the terms and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

 

(e)                Officer’s Certificate. The Representatives shall have received on and as of each of the Commencement Date, the Settlement Date, and any Closing Date, a certificate of the chief financial officer or chief accounting officer of the Company and one additional senior executive officer of the Company (i) confirming that such officers have carefully reviewed the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and, to the knowledge of such officers, the representations set forth in Sections 3(b) and 3(d) hereof are true and correct, (ii) confirming that the other representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct and that the Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the date of such certificate, and (iii) to the effect set forth in paragraphs (a), (c) and (d) above.

 

(f)                 Comfort Letters. On and as of each of the Commencement Date, the Settlement Date, any Applicable Time and Closing Date, PricewaterhouseCoopers Consultores Auditores SpA shall have each furnished to the Representatives, at the request of the Company, letters, dated the respective dates of delivery thereof and addressed to the Dealer Managers, the Placement Agents or the Underwriters, as applicable, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, containing statements and information of the type customarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; provided, that each such letter shall use a “cut-off” date no more than three business days prior to the date of such letter.

 

(g)                Opinion and 10b-5 Statement of U.S. Counsel for the Company. Winston & Strawn LLP, U.S. counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to the Representatives, at the request of the Company, their written opinion and 10b-5 statement, on and as of each of the Commencement Date, the Settlement Date and any Closing Date, and addressed to the Dealer Managers, the Placement Agents or the Underwriters, as applicable, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, to the effect set forth in Annex A-1 hereto.

 

(h)                Opinion and 10b-5 Statement of Chilean Counsel for the Company. Claro & Cía., Chilean counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to the Representatives, at the request of the Company, their written opinion and 10b-5 statement, on and as of each of the Commencement Date, the Settlement Date and any Closing Date, and addressed to the Dealer Managers, the Placement Agents or the Underwriters, as applicable, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, to the effect set forth in Annex A-2 hereto.

 

 

 

 

(i)                 Opinion and 10b-5 statement of the General Counsel for the Company. Gonzalo Aguirre T., General Counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to the Representatives, at the request of the Company, his written opinion and 10b-5 statement, on and as of each of the Commencement Date, the Settlement Date and any Closing Date, and addressed to the Dealer Managers, the Placement Agents or the Underwriters, as applicable, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, to the effect set forth in Annex A-3 hereto.

 

(j)                 Opinion and 10b-5 Statement of U.S. Counsel for the Dealer Managers, the Placement Agents and the Underwriters. The Representatives shall have received on and as of each of the Commencement Date, the Settlement Date and any Closing Date, an opinion and 10b-5 statement of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, counsel for the Dealer Managers, the Placement Agents and the Underwriters, with respect to such matters as the Representatives may reasonably request, and such counsel shall have received such documents and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters.

 

(k)                Opinion and 10b-5 Statement of Chilean Counsel for the Dealer Managers, the Placement Agents and the Underwriters. The Representatives shall have received on and as of each of the Commencement Date, the Settlement Date and any Closing Date, an opinion and 10b-5 statement of Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría, Chilean counsel for the Dealer Managers, the Placement Agents and the Underwriters, with respect to such matters as the Representatives may reasonably request, and such counsel shall have received such documents and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters.

 

(l)                 Opinion of Counsel for the Depositary. Emmet, Marvin & Martin, LLP, counsel for the Depositary, shall have furnished to the Representatives, at the request of the Company, their written opinion, on and as of each of the Commencement Date, the Settlement Date and any Closing Date, and addressed to the Dealer Managers, the Placement Agents or the Underwriters, as applicable, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, to the effect set forth in Annex A-4 hereto.

 

(m)              Certificate of Depositary. On and as of each of the Commencement Date, the Settlement Date and any Closing Date, the Representatives shall have received a certificate of the Depositary, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives, executed by one of its authorized officers with respect to the deposit with the custodian named under the Deposit Agreement of the Shares underlying the ADSs to be purchased against issuance of the ADRs evidencing such ADSs, the execution, issuance, countersignature and delivery of the ADRs evidencing such ADSs pursuant to the Deposit Agreement and such other matters related thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request.

 

(n)                No Legal Impediment to Issuance. No action shall have been taken and no statute, rule, regulation or order shall have been enacted, adopted or issued by any federal, state or foreign governmental or regulatory authority that would prevent the consummation of the Rights Offering or the offering of the Underwritten ADSs in the manner described in the Prospectus as of the Settlement Date or any Closing Date, as the case may be; and no injunction or order of any federal, state or foreign court shall have been issued that would, as of the date hereof, prevent the consummation of the Rights Offering or the offering of the Underwritten ADSs in the manner described in the Prospectus.

 

 

 

 

(o)                Good Standing. The Representatives shall have received on and as of the Commencement Date, the Settlement Date and any Closing Date, satisfactory evidence of the good standing or equivalent of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries in their respective jurisdictions of organization and their good standing as foreign entities in such other jurisdictions as the Representatives may reasonably request (to the extent such concept is relevant in the respective jurisdictions of organization or such other jurisdiction), in each case in writing or any standard form of telecommunication from the appropriate governmental authorities of such jurisdictions.

 

(p)                Exchange Listing. The ADSs to be delivered on the Settlement Date and any Closing Date shall have been approved for listing on the New York Stock Exchange, subject to official notice of issuance.

 

(q)                Capital Increase. The Capital Increase shall have been duly registered with the CMF.

 

(r)                 Lock-up Agreements. The “lock-up” agreements, each substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, between you and certain officers and directors of the Company relating to sales and certain other dispositions of Shares or certain other securities, delivered to you on or before the date hereof, shall be full force and effect on the Settlement Date and any Closing Date.

 

(s)                 Placement Facilitation Supplement. If the Company and the Representatives determine to enter into a Placement Facilitation Supplement, the Company and the Representatives shall have entered into such Placement Facilitation Supplement on or prior to the Applicable Time.

 

(t)                 Underwriting Agreement Supplement. If the Company and the Representatives determine to enter into an Underwriting Agreement Supplement, the Company and the Representatives shall have entered into such Underwriting Agreement Supplement on or prior to the Applicable Time.

 

(u)                Condition Precedent. On or prior to the Share Rights Offering Expiration Date or the Closing Date, as the case may be, all conditions to the consummation of the Rights Offering set forth in the Prospectus shall have been satisfied.

 

(v)                Additional Documents. On or prior to the Settlement Date or any Closing Date, as the case may be, the Company shall have furnished to the Representatives such further customary certificates and documents as the Representatives may reasonably request.

 

All opinions, letters, certificates and evidence mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the Dealer Managers, the Placement Agents and the Underwriters.

 

 

 

 

7.                   Indemnification and Contribution.

 

(a)                Indemnification of the Dealer Managers, the Placement Agents and the Underwriters. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Dealer Manager and, if a Placement Facilitation Supplement or an Underwriting Agreement Supplement is executed, each Placement Agent or Underwriter, as the case may be, their respective affiliates, directors and officers and each person, if any, who controls such Dealer Manager, Placement Agent or Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, without limitation, legal fees and other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with any suit, action or proceeding or any claim asserted, as such fees and expenses are incurred), joint or several, that arise out of, or are based upon, (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, not misleading, (ii) or any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any “issuer information” filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act, any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication, any road show as defined in Rule 433(h) under the Securities Act (a “road show”) or any Disclosure Package (including any Disclosure Package that has subsequently been amended), or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in each case except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to any Dealer Manager, Placement Agent or Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Dealer Manager, Placement Agent or Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Dealer Manager, Placement Agent or Underwriter consists of the information described as such in subsection (b) below.

 

(b)                Indemnification of the Company. Each Dealer Manager and, if a Placement Facilitation Supplement or an Underwriting Agreement Supplement is executed, each Placement Agent or Underwriter, as the case may be, agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, its officers who signed the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act to the same extent as the indemnity set forth in paragraph (a) above, but only with respect to any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (including, without limitation, legal fees and other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with any suit, action or proceeding or any claim asserted, as such fees and expenses are incurred) that arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to such Dealer Manager, Placement Agent or Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Dealer Manager, Placement Agent or Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication, any road show or any Disclosure Package (including any Disclosure Package that has subsequently been amended), it being understood and agreed upon that the only such information furnished by any Dealer Manager, Placement Agent or Underwriter consists of the following information in the Prospectus furnished on behalf of each Dealer Manager, Placement Agent or Underwriter: the sixth, seventh, ninth, fifteenth and sixteenth paragraphs under the caption “Dealer Managers, Placement Agents and Underwriters”.

 

 

 

 

(c)                Notice and Procedures. If any suit, action, proceeding (including any governmental or regulatory investigation), claim or demand shall be brought or asserted against any person in respect of which indemnification may be sought pursuant to either paragraph (a) or (b) above, such person (the “Indemnified Person”) shall promptly notify the person against whom such indemnification may be sought (the “Indemnifying Person”) in writing; provided that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have under paragraph (a) or (b) above except to the extent that it has been materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses) by such failure; and provided, further, that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to an Indemnified Person otherwise than under paragraph (a) or (b) above. If any such proceeding shall be brought or asserted against an Indemnified Person and it shall have notified the Indemnifying Person thereof, the Indemnifying Person shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person (who shall not, without the consent of the Indemnified Person, be counsel to the Indemnifying Person) to represent the Indemnified Person in such proceeding and shall pay the fees and expenses of such counsel related to such proceeding, as incurred. In any such proceeding, any Indemnified Person shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Person unless (i) the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person shall have mutually agreed to the contrary; (ii) the Indemnifying Person has failed within a reasonable time to retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person; (iii) the Indemnified Person shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it that are different from or in addition to those available to the Indemnifying Person; or (iv) the named parties in any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interest between them. It is understood and agreed that the Indemnifying Person shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all Indemnified Persons, and that all such fees and expenses shall be paid or reimbursed as they are incurred. Any such separate firm for any Dealer Manager, Placement Agent or Underwriter, and their affiliates, directors and officers and any control persons of such Dealer Manager, Placement Agent or Underwriter shall be designated in writing by BofA Securities, Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Banco BTG Pactual S.A. – Cayman Branch and any such separate firm for the Company, its directors, its officers who signed the Registration Statement and any control persons of the Company shall be designated in writing by the Company. The Indemnifying Person shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the Indemnifying Person agrees to indemnify each Indemnified Person from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an Indemnified Person shall have requested that an Indemnifying Person reimburse the Indemnified Person for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by this paragraph, the Indemnifying Person shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 30 days after receipt by the Indemnifying Person of such request and (ii) the Indemnifying Person shall not have reimbursed the Indemnified Person in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement. No Indemnifying Person shall, without the written consent of the Indemnified Person, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Person is or could have been a party and indemnification could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Person, unless such settlement (x) includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Person, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Person, from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding and (y) does not include any statement as to or any admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any Indemnified Person.

 

(d)                Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in paragraphs (a) and (b) above is unavailable to an Indemnified Person or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein, then each Indemnifying Person under such paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Person thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Person as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and the Dealer Managers, Placement Agents or Underwriters on the other, from the Rights Offering or any Placement Facilitation or offering of the Underwritten ADSs or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) but also the relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and the Dealer Managers, Placement Agents or Underwriters on the other, in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and the Dealer Managers, Placement Agents or Underwriters on the other, shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the net proceeds (before deducting expenses) received by the Company from the Rights Offering, any placement of Placed Shares and any sale of the Underwritten ADSs bear to the total fees and any underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Dealer Managers, the Placement Agents or the Underwriters, as applicable, pursuant to Section 2 hereof. The relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and of the Dealer Managers, the Placement Agents or the Underwriters on the other, shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or by the Dealer Managers, Placement Agents or Underwriters and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.

 

 

 

 

(e)                Limitation on Liability. The Company and the Dealer Managers, the Placement Agents and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to paragraph (d) above were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Dealer Managers, the Placement Agents and the Underwriters collectively were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in paragraph (d) above. The amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Person as a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to in paragraph (d) above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Indemnified Person in connection with any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (d) and (e), in no event shall a Dealer Manager, a Placement Agent or an Underwriter be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the fees received by such Dealer Manager, Placement Agent or Underwriter with respect to the Rights Offering and any Placed Shares or sale of Underwritten ADSs exceeds the amount of any damages that such Dealer Manager, Placement Agent or Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Dealer Managers’, Placement Agents’ and Underwriters’ obligations to contribute pursuant to paragraphs (d) and (e) are several in proportion to their respective purchase obligations hereunder and not joint.

 

(f)                 Non-Exclusive Remedies. The remedies provided for in this Section 7 paragraphs (a) through (e) are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available to any Indemnified Person at law or in equity.

 

8.                   Effectiveness of Agreement. This Agreement shall become effective upon the execution and delivery hereof by the parties hereto.

 

9.                   Termination. This Agreement may be terminated in the absolute discretion of the Representatives, by notice to the Company, if after the execution and delivery of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date (i) trading generally shall have been suspended or materially limited on or by any of the New York Stock Exchange, the Santiago Stock Exchange, the Electronic Stock Exchange, the NYSE MKT, the Nasdaq Stock Market, the Chicago Board Options Exchange, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange or the Chicago Board of Trade; (ii) trading of any securities issued by the Company shall have been suspended on any exchange; (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities shall have been declared by Chilean, U.S. federal or New York State authorities or a material disruption in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services in Chile or the United States; or (iv) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or any change in financial markets or any calamity or crisis, either within or outside Chile or the United States, that, in the judgment of the Representatives, is material and adverse and makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the Rights Offering or the offering, sale or delivery of the Underwritten ADSs on the Closing Date, on the terms and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

 

 

 

 

10.               Defaulting Underwriter.

 

(a)                If an Underwriting Agreement Supplement is executed, and on the Closing Date, any Underwriter defaults on its obligation to purchase the Underwritten ADSs that it has agreed to purchase in such Underwriting Agreement Supplement on such date, the non-defaulting Underwriters may in their discretion arrange for the purchase of such Underwritten ADSs by other persons reasonably satisfactory to the Company on the terms contained in this Agreement. If, within 36 hours after any such default by any Underwriter, the non-defaulting Underwriters do not arrange for the purchase of such Underwritten ADSs, then the Company shall be entitled to a further period of 36 hours within which to procure other persons satisfactory to the non-defaulting Underwriters to purchase such Underwritten ADSs on such terms. If other persons become obligated or agree to purchase the Underwritten ADSs of a defaulting Underwriter, either the non-defaulting Underwriters or the Company may postpone the Closing Date, for up to five full business days in order to effect any changes that in the opinion of counsel for the Company or counsel for the Underwriters may be necessary in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus or in any other document or arrangement, and the Company agrees to promptly prepare any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus that effects any such changes. As used in this Agreement, the term “Underwriter” includes, for all purposes of this Agreement unless the context otherwise requires, any person not listed in Schedule II hereto that, pursuant to this Section 10, purchases Underwritten ADSs that a defaulting Underwriter agreed but failed to purchase.

 

(b)                If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Underwritten ADSs of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the non-defaulting Underwriters and the Company as provided in paragraph (a) above, the aggregate number of Underwritten ADSs that remain unpurchased on the Closing Date does not exceed one-eleventh of the aggregate number of Underwritten ADSs to be purchased on such date, then the Company shall have the right to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase the number of Underwritten ADSs that such Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder on such date plus such Underwriter’s pro rata share (based on the number of Underwritten ADSs that such Underwriter agreed to purchase on such date) of the Underwritten ADSs of such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters for which such arrangements have not been made.

 

(c)                If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Underwritten ADSs of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the non-defaulting Underwriters and the Company as provided in paragraph (a) above, the aggregate number of Underwritten ADSs that remain unpurchased on the Closing Date exceeds one-eleventh of the aggregate amount of Underwritten ADSs to be purchased on such date, or if the Company shall not exercise the right described in paragraph (b) above, then this Agreement shall terminate without liability on the part of the non-defaulting Underwriters. Any termination of this Agreement pursuant to this Section 10 shall be without liability on the part of the Company, except that the Company will continue to be liable for the payment of expenses as set forth in Section 11 hereof and except that the provisions of Section 7 hereof shall not terminate and shall remain in effect.

 

(d)                Nothing contained herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter of any liability it may have to the Company or any non-defaulting Underwriter for damages caused by its default.

 

 

 

 

11.               Payment of Expenses.

 

(a)                Whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, the Company will pay or cause to be paid all costs and expenses incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder, including without limitation, (i) the costs incident to the authorization, issuance, sale, preparation and delivery of the Shares or ADSs and any taxes payable in that connection; (ii) the costs incident to the preparation, printing and filing under the Securities Act of the Registration Statement, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (including all exhibits, amendments and supplements thereto), any other materials in connection with the Rights Offering, and the distribution thereof; (iii) the costs of reproducing and distributing each of the Transaction Documents; (iv) the fees and expenses of the Company’s counsel, including U.S. and Chilean counsel, independent accountants for the Company and any of its Subsidiaries, the Depositary and the Rights Agent; (v) the fees and expenses of counsel to the Representatives, including U.S., Canadian and Chilean counsels, and all reasonable charges, taxes and disbursements, including travel expenses; (vi) the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the registration or qualification of the Shares and ADSs under the state or foreign securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may reasonably designate and the preparation, printing and distribution of a Blue Sky Memorandum (including the related fees and expenses of counsel for the Dealer Managers, the Placement Agents and the Underwriters); (vii) the cost of preparing stock certificates; (viii) the costs and charges of any transfer agent and any registrar; (ix) all expenses and application fees incurred in connection with any filing with, and clearance of the offering by, FINRA; (x) all expenses incurred by the Company in connection with any “road show” presentation or Testing-the-Waters presentation to potential investors; (xi) all expenses and application fees related to the listing of the ADSs on the New York Stock Exchange; and (xii) reasonable and documented out of pocket expenses of the Dealer Managers, the Placement Agents and the Underwriters, including database research and travel expenses.

 

(b)                If (i) this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 9, (ii) the Company for any reason fails to tender the Underwritten ADSs for delivery to the Underwriters or (iii) the Underwriters decline to purchase the Underwritten ADSs (if they enter into an Underwriting Agreement Supplement) for any reason permitted under this Agreement, the Company agrees to reimburse the Dealer Managers, the Placement Agents and the Underwriters for all documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including the documented fees and expenses of their counsel and expenses incurred in connection with any “road show” presentation or Testing-the-Waters presentation to potential investors) reasonably incurred by the Dealer Managers, Placement Agents or the Underwriters in connection with this Agreement, the Rights Offering, the Placement Facilitation and the offering of the Underwritten ADSs contemplated hereby.

 

12.               Persons Entitled to Benefit of Agreement. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the officers and directors and any controlling persons referred to in Section 7 hereof. Nothing in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any other person any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision contained herein. No purchaser of Underwritten ADSs from any Underwriter shall be deemed to be a successor merely by reason of such purchase.

 

13.               Survival. The respective indemnities, rights of contribution, representations, warranties and agreements of the Company, the Dealer Managers, the Placement Agents and the Underwriters contained in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of the Company, the Dealer Managers, the Placement Agents or the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or any certificate delivered pursuant hereto shall survive the Rights Offering, any Placement Facilitation and delivery of and payment for the Underwritten ADSs, if applicable, and shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any termination of this Agreement or any investigation made by or on behalf of the Company, the Dealer Managers, the Placement Agents or the Underwriters.

 

14.               Certain Defined Terms. For purposes of this Agreement, (a) except where otherwise expressly provided, the term “affiliate” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act; (b) the term “business day” means any day other than a day on which banks are permitted or required to be closed in New York City; and (c) the term “subsidiary” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act.

 

 

 

 

15.               Miscellaneous.

 

(a)                Authority of Representatives. Any action by the Dealer Managers, the Placement Agents or the Underwriters hereunder may be taken by the Representatives on behalf of the Dealer Managers, the Placement Agents or the Underwriters, and any such action taken by the Representatives shall be binding upon the Dealer Managers, the Placement Agents and the Underwriters, and the parties hereto shall be entitled to act and rely upon any statement, request, notice or agreement made or given by the Representatives on behalf of the Dealer Managers, Placement Agents or Underwriters, as the case may be.

 

(b)                Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted and confirmed by any standard form of telecommunication. Notices to the Dealer Managers, the Placement Agents or the Underwriters shall be given to the Representatives c/o BofA Securities Inc., One Bryant Park, New York, New York 10036; Attention: Syndicate Department, with a copy to ECM Legal; J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, 383 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10179 (fax: (212) 622-8358); Attention: Equity Syndicate Desk; Banco BTG Pactual S.A. – Cayman Branch, Harbour Place, 5th floor, 103 South Church Street P.O. Box 1353GT, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, KYI-1108; Attention: Legal Department; Larraín Vial S.A. Corredora de Bolsa – Av. El Bosque Norte 0177, 3rd floor, Las Condes, Santiago, Chile, 7550100; Attention: Andres Trivelli. Notices to the Company shall be directed to it in care of the Company, El Trovador 4285, 6th Floor, Santiago, Chile, Attention: Gerardo Illanes (Facsimile: (562) 2425-2493).

 

(c)                Governing Law. This Agreement and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under or related to this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements made and to be performed in such state.

 

(d)                Agent for Service; Submission to Jurisdiction. Any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or based upon this Agreement, any Placement Facilitation Supplement, any Underwriting Agreement Supplement or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby (“Related Proceedings”) may be instituted by the Dealer Managers, the Placement Agents or the Underwriters in the federal courts of the United States of America located in the City and County of New York or the courts of the State of New York in each case located in the City and County of New York (collectively, the “Specified Courts”). The Company hereby irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of the Specified Courts in any Related Proceeding and agrees not to commence any Related Proceeding except in the Specified Courts. The Company irrevocably and unconditionally waives any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such suit or proceeding in such courts and irrevocably and unconditionally waives and agrees not to plead or claim in any Specified Court that any Related Proceeding brought in any Specified Court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. The Company irrevocably appoints Corporation Service Company, located at 19 West 44th Street, Suite 200, New York, NY 10036, as its authorized agent in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York upon which process may be served in any such suit or proceeding, and agrees that service of process upon such authorized agent, and written notice of such service to the Company by the person serving the same to the address provided in this Section 15(d), shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon the Company in any such suit or proceeding. The Company hereby represents and warrants that such authorized agent has accepted such appointment and has agreed to act as such authorized agent for service of process. The Company further agrees to take any and all action as may be necessary to maintain such designation and appointment of such authorized agent in full force and effect for a period of seven years from the date of this Agreement. Each of the parties hereto hereby waives any right to trial by jury in any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement.

 

 

 

 

(e)                Judgment Currency. The Company agrees to indemnify each Dealer Manager, each Placement Agent and each Underwriter against any loss incurred by such Dealer Manager, Placement Agent or Underwriter as a result of any judgment or order being given or made for any amount due hereunder and such judgment or order being expressed and paid in a currency (the “judgment currency”) other than U.S. dollars and as a result of any variation as between (i) the rate of exchange at which the U.S. dollar amount is converted into the judgment currency for the purpose of such judgment or order, and (ii) the rate of exchange at which such Dealer Manager, Placement Agent or Underwriter is able to purchase U.S. dollars with the amount of the judgment currency actually received by the Dealer Manager, Placement Agent or Underwriter. The foregoing indemnity shall constitute a separate and independent obligation of the Company and shall continue in full force and effect notwithstanding any such judgment or order as aforesaid. The term “rate of exchange” shall include any premiums and costs of exchange payable in connection with the purchase of, or conversion into, the relevant currency.

 

(f)                 Waiver of Immunity. To the extent that the Company may be entitled in any jurisdiction in which judicial proceedings may at any time be commenced hereunder, to claim for itself or its revenues or assets any immunity, including sovereign immunity, from suit, jurisdiction, attachment in aid of execution of a judgment or prior to a judgment, execution of a judgment or any other legal process with respect to its obligations hereunder and to the extent that in any such jurisdiction there may be attributed to the Company such an immunity (whether or not claimed), the Company hereby irrevocably agrees not to claim and irrevocably waives such immunity to the maximum extent permitted by law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any action based on this Agreement may be instituted by the Dealer Managers, the Placement Agents or the Underwriters in any competent court in Chile.

 

(g)                Patriot Act. In accordance with the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)), the Dealer Managers, the Placement Agents and the Underwriters are required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies their respective clients, including the Company, which information may include the name and address of their respective clients, as well as other information that will allow the Dealer Managers, the Placement Agents and the Underwriters to properly identify their respective clients.

 

(h)                Recognition of the U.S. Special Resolution Regimes.

 

(i)               In the event that any Dealer Manager, Placement Agent or Underwriter that is a Covered Entity becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer from such Dealer Manager, Placement Agent or Underwriter of this Agreement, and any interest and obligation in or under this Agreement, will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement, and any such interest and obligation, were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.

 

(ii)               In the event that any Dealer Manager, Placement Agent or Underwriter that is a Covered Entity or a BHC Act Affiliate of such Dealer Manager, Placement Agent or Underwriter becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under this Agreement that may be exercised against such Underwriter are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.

 

 

 

 

As used in this Section 15(h):

 

“BHC Act Affiliate” has the meaning assigned to the term “affiliate” in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. § 1841(k).

 

“Covered Entity” means any of the following:

 

(i) a “covered entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b);

 

(ii) a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or

 

(iii) a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b).

 

“Default Right” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable.

 

“U.S. Special Resolution Regime” means each of (i) the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder and (ii) Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

(i)                 Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in counterparts (which may include counterparts delivered by any standard form of telecommunication), each of which shall be an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. The use of electronic signatures and electronic records (including, without limitation, any contract or other record created, generated, sent, communicated, received, or stored by electronic means) shall have the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as a manually executed signature or use of a paper-based recordkeeping system to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, including, without limitation, the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act and any other applicable law, including, without limitation, any state law based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act or the Uniform Commercial Code.

 

(j)                 Amendments or Waivers. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement, nor any consent or approval to any departure therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the parties hereto.

 

(k)                Headings. The headings herein are included for convenience of reference only and are not intended to be part of, or to affect the meaning or interpretation of, this Agreement.

 

 

 

 

If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please indicate your acceptance of this Agreement by signing in the space provided below.

 

  Very truly yours,
   
  SOCIEDAD QUÍMICA Y MINERA DE CHILE S.A.
   
  By: /s/ Ricardo Ramos
    Name: Ricardo Ramos
    Title: Chief Executive Officer
  By: /s/ Gerardo Illanes
    Name: Gerardo Illanes
    Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

For themselves and on behalf of the
several Dealer Managers, Placement Agents and Underwriters.

 

BOFA SECURITIES, INC.

 

By:/s/ Matias Santa Cruz  
 Name: Matias Santa Cruz  
 Title: Managing Director  

 

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC

 

By:/s/ Alejandra Fernandez  
 Name: Alejandra Fernandez  
 Title: Executive Director  

 

BANCO BTG PACTUAL S.A. – CAYMAN BRANCH

 

By:/s/ Nandikesh Anilkumar Dixit  
 Name: Nandikesh Anilkumar Dixit  
 Title: Attorney-in-Fact  

 

BANCO BTG PACTUAL S.A. – CAYMAN BRANCH

 

By:/s/ Felipe Andreu Silva  
 Name: Felipe Andreu Silva  
 Title: Attorney-in-Fact  

 

LARRAÍN VIAL S.A. CORREDORA DE BOLSA

 

By:/s/ Andrés Trivelli  
 Name: Andrés Trivelli  
 Title: Chief Executive Officer  

 

LARRAÍN VIAL S.A. CORREDORA DE BOLSA

 

By:/s/ Claudio Larraín  
 Name: Claudio Larraín  
 Title: Director  

 

 

 

 

Schedule I

 

Dealer Manager

 

BofA Securities, Inc.

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

Banco BTG Pactual S.A. – Cayman Branch

Larraín Vial S.A. Corredora de Bolsa

 

Placement Agent

 

BofA Securities, Inc.

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

BTG Pactual US Capital, LLC

Larraín Vial S.A. Corredora de Bolsa

 

 

 

 

Schedule II

 

Underwriter

 

BofA Securities, Inc.

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

Banco BTG Pactual S.A. – Cayman Branch

 

 

 

 

Schedule III

 

Subsidiaries of the Company

 

Name (Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

 

Administracion y Servicios Santiago S.A. de C.V. (Mexico)

Agrorama S.A. (Chile)

Ajay SQM Chile S.A. (Chile)

Almacenes y Depositos Ltda. (Chile)

Comercial Agrorama Ltda. (Chile)

Comercial Caiman Internacional S.A. (Panama)

Comercial Hydro S.A. (Chile)

Exploraciones Mineras S.A. (Chile)

Isapre Norte Grande Ltda. (Chile)

Nitrate Corp. of Chile Limited (United Kingdom)

Nitratos Naturais do Chile Ltda. (Brazil)

North American Trading Company (Virginia, USA)

Orcoma Estudios SpA (Chile)

Orcoma SpA (Chile)

Proinsa Ltda. (Chile)

Royal Seed Trading Corporation AVV (Aruba)

RS Agro-Chemical Trading AVV (Aruba)

S.Q.I. Corporation NV (Curaçao)

SACAL S.A. (Argentina)

Servicios Integrales de Transitos y Transferencias S.A. (Chile)

Sociedad Prestadora de Servicios de Salud Cruz del Norte S.A. (Chile)

Soquimich Comercial S.A. (Chile)

Soquimich European Holding BV (The Netherlands)

Soquimich SRL (Argentina)

SQM Africa PTY Ltd. (South Africa)

SQM Australia PTY (Australia)

SQM Beijing Commercial Co. Ltd. (China)

SQM Brasil Ltda. (Brazil)

SQM Colombia SAS (Colombia)

SQM Comercial de Mexico S.A. de C.V. (Mexico)

SQM Corporation NV (Curaçao)

SQM Ecuador S.A. (Ecuador)

SQM Europe NV (Belgium)

SQM France S.A. (France)

SQM Iberian S.A. (Spain)

SQM Indonesia (Indonesia)

SQM Industrial S.A. (Chile)

SQM International N.V. (Belgium)

SQM Investment Corporation NV (Curaçao)

SQM Italia SRL (Italy)

SQM Japan Co. Ltd. (Japan)

 

 

 

 

SQM Lithium Specialties LLC (Texas, USA)

SQM Mag SpA (Chile)

SQM Nitratos Mexico S.A. de C.V. (Mexico)

SQM Nitratos S.A. (Chile)

SQM North America Corp. (New York, USA)

SQM Oceania PTY Limited (Australia)

SQM Peru S.A. (Peru)

SQM Potasio S.A. (Chile)

SQM Salar S.A. (Chile)

SQM (Shanghai) Chemicals Co. Ltd. (China)

SQM Thailand Limited (Thailand)

SQM Virginia LLC (Virginia, USA)

SQMC Holding Corporation LLP (Virginia, USA)

SQMC International Limitada (Chile)

 

 

 

 

Annex A-1

Opinion of Winston & Strawn LLP, U.S. Counsel for the Company

 

A-1-1

 

 

Annex A-2

Opinion of Claro & Cía., Chilean Counsel for the Company

 

A-2-1

 

 

Annex A-3

Opinion of Gonzalo Aguirre T., General Counsel for the Company

 

A-3-1

 

 

Annex A-4

Opinion of Emmet, Marvin & Martin, LLP, Counsel for the Depositary

 

A-4-1

 

 

Annex B

a.Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses included in Disclosure Package as of Commencement Date

 

None.

 

b.Written Testing-the-Waters Communications

 

None.

 

C-1

 

 

Exhibit A

 

[FORM OF LOCK-UP AGREEMENT]

 

, 2021

 

BofA Securities, Inc.

One Bryant Park

New York, New York 10036

U.S.A.

 

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
383 Madison Avenue

New York, New York 10179

U.S.A.

 

Banco BTG Pactual S.A. – Cayman Branch
Harbour Place, 5th floor, 103 South Church Street

P.O. Box 1353GT

Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, KYI-1108

 

Larraín Vial S.A. Corredora de Bolsa

Av. El Bosque Norte 0177, 3rd floor

Las Condes

Santiago, Chile, 7550100

 

As Representatives of the several Dealer Managers, Placement Agents and Underwriters

 

Re:         Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A. --- Rights Offering

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

The undersigned understands that you, as Representatives of the several Dealer Managers, Placement Agents and Underwriters, propose to enter into a Dealer Manager, Placement Facilitation and Underwriting Agreement (the “Dealer Manager, Placement Facilitation and Underwriting Agreement”) with Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A., an open stock corporation (sociedad anónima abierta) organized under the laws of the Republic of Chile (the “Company”), providing for a rights offering (the “Rights Offering”) for shares of Series B Common Stock of the Company with no par value (the “Shares”), including in the form of American Depositary Shares. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings set forth in the Dealer Manager, Placement Facilitation and Underwriting Agreement.

 

Exh A-1

 

 

In consideration of the Dealer Managers’ agreement to perform those services in connection with the Rights Offering as are customarily performed by investment banking concerns in connection with rights offerings of like nature, including the solicitation of exercise of the Rights, and for other good and valuable consideration receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned hereby agrees that, without the prior written consent of BofA Securities, Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Banco BTG Pactual S.A. – Cayman Branch, the undersigned will not, and will not cause any direct or indirect affiliate to, during the period ending 90 days after the date of the prospectus relating to the Rights Offering (the “Prospectus”), (1) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, lend, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any Shares or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Shares (including without limitation, Shares or such other securities which may be deemed to be beneficially owned by the undersigned in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and securities which may be issued upon exercise of a stock option or warrant), (2) enter into any hedging, swap or other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Shares or such other securities, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of Shares or such other securities, in cash or otherwise, (3) make any demand for or exercise any right with respect to the registration of any Shares or any security convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Shares, or (4) publicly disclose the intention to do any of the foregoing; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not prohibit or restrict the undersigned from receiving, exercising, purchasing or selling Rights.

 

In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company, and any duly appointed transfer agent for the registration or transfer of the securities described herein, are hereby authorized to decline to make any transfer of securities if such transfer would constitute a violation or breach of this Letter Agreement.

 

The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that the undersigned has full power and authority to enter into this Letter Agreement. All authority herein conferred or agreed to be conferred and any obligations of the undersigned shall be binding upon the successors, assigns, heirs or personal representatives of the undersigned.

 

The undersigned acknowledges and agrees that the Dealer Managers have not provided any recommendation or investment advice nor have the Dealer Managers solicited any action from the undersigned with respect to the Rights Offering and the undersigned has consulted their own legal, accounting, financial, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent deemed appropriate. The undersigned further acknowledges and agrees that, although the Representatives may be required or choose to provide certain Regulation Best Interest and Form CRS disclosures to you in connection with the Rights Offering, the Representatives and the other Dealer Managers are not making a recommendation to you to enter into this Letter Agreement, participate in the Rights Offering, or subscribe for, purchase or sell any Shares or Rights at the price determined in the Rights Offering or otherwise, and nothing set forth in such disclosures is intended to suggest that the Representatives or any Dealer Manager is making such a recommendation.

 

The undersigned understands that, if the Dealer Manager, Placement Facilitation and Underwriting Agreement does not become effective, or if the Dealer Manager, Placement Facilitation and Underwriting Agreement (other than the provisions thereof which survive termination) shall terminate or be terminated prior to payment for and delivery of the Shares or ADSs pursuant to the Rights Offering, the undersigned shall be released from, all obligations under this Letter Agreement. The undersigned understands that the Dealer Managers are entering into the Dealer Manager, Placement Facilitation and Underwriting Agreement and proceeding with the Rights Offering in reliance upon this Letter Agreement.

 

Exh A-2

 

 

This Letter Agreement and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under or related to this Letter Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to the conflict of laws principles thereof.

 

  Very truly yours,
   
  [NAME OF DIRECTOR/OFFICER]
   
  By:                             
    Name:
    Title:

 

Exh A-3

 

 

Exhibit B

 

[FORM OF PLACEMENT FACILITATION AGREEMENT SUPPLEMENT]

 

________, 2021

 

BofA Securities, Inc.

One Bryant Park

New York, New York 10036

U.S.A.

 

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
383 Madison Avenue

New York, New York 10179

U.S.A.

 

BTG Pactual US Capital, LLC
601 Lexington Avenue

New York, New York 10022

U.S.A.

 

Larraín Vial S.A. Corredora de Bolsa

Av. El Bosque Norte 0177, 3rd floor

Las Condes

Santiago, Chile, 7550100

 

 

As Representatives of the several Placement Agents

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Reference is made to the Dealer Manager, Placement Facilitation and Underwriting Agreement dated [●], 2021 entered into by you and us (as amended from time to time, the “Dealer Manager, Placement Facilitation and Underwriting Agreement”). Unless otherwise defined in this Placement Facilitation Supplement, capitalized terms defined in the Dealer Manager, Placement Facilitation and Underwriting Agreement shall have the same meanings in this Placement Facilitation Supplement.

 

As contemplated by Section 2 of the Dealer Manager, Placement Facilitation and Underwriting Agreement, in consideration of the execution and delivery of the Dealer Manager, Placement Facilitation and Underwriting Agreement, and of the mutual covenants contained therein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereby agree as follows:

 

1.The Dealer Manager, Placement Facilitation and Underwriting Agreement is hereby supplemented by the following terms so that this Placement Facilitation Supplement shall form an integral part of the Dealer Manager, Placement Facilitation and Underwriting Agreement.

 

2.[Each Placement Agent proposes to facilitate the placement of the number of Placed Shares as set forth opposite such Placement Agent’s name in Schedule I to this Placement Facilitation Supplement, at a price [to be determined pursuant to a subasta and/or remate as further described in [●]] on the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements set forth in the Dealer Manager, Placement Facilitation and Underwriting Agreement and subject to the conditions set forth herein and in the Dealer Manager, Placement Facilitation and Underwriting Agreement. The time and date of any settlement of the Placed Shares is referred to herein and in the Dealer Manager, Placement Facilitation and Underwriting Agreement as the “Closing Date.”]

 

Exh B-1

 

 

3.As used in the Dealer Manager, Placement Facilitation and Underwriting Agreement, “Applicable Time” means [●]a.m./p.m. on [●], 2021.

 

4.The Company represents and warrants to and agrees with the Placement Agents that this Placement Facilitation Supplement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by it and constitutes its valid and binding obligation.

 

5.This Placement Facilitation Supplement shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York. Section 15 of the Dealer Manager, Placement Facilitation and Underwriting Agreement shall apply to this Placement Facilitation Supplement mutatis mutandis as if set forth herein.

 

6.This Placement Facilitation Supplement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which shall constitute one and the same document. The use of electronic signatures and electronic records (including, without limitation, any contract or other record created, generated, sent, communicated, received, or stored by electronic means) shall be of the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as a manually executed signature or use of a paper-based recordkeeping system to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, including, without limitation, the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act and any other applicable law, including, without limitation, any state law based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act or the Uniform Commercial Code.

 

Exh B-2

 

 

If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please indicate your acceptance of this Placement Facilitation Supplement by signing in the space provided below.

 

  Very truly yours,
   
  SOCIEDAD QUÍMICA Y MINERA DE CHILE S.A.
   
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

Exh B-3

 

 

For themselves and on behalf of the

several Placement Agents.

 

BOFA SECURITIES, INC.

 

By:   
 Name:  
 Title:  

 

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC

 

By:   
 Name:  
 Title:  

 

BTG PACTUAL US CAPITAL, LLC

 

By:   
 Name:  
 Title:  

 

LARRAÍN VIAL S.A. CORREDORA DE BOLSA

 

By:   
 Name:  
 Title:  

 

Exh B-4

 

 

Schedule I

 

Placement Agent   Number of Shares Placed
BofA Securities, Inc.   [●]
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC   [●]
BTG Pactual US Capital, LLC   [●]
Larraín Vial S.A. Corredora de Bolsa   [●]

 

Exh B-5

 

 

Exhibit C

 

[FORM OF UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT SUPPLEMENT]

 

________, 2021

 

BofA Securities, Inc.

One Bryant Park

New York, New York 10036

U.S.A.

 

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
383 Madison Avenue

New York, New York 10179

U.S.A.

 

Banco BTG Pactual S.A. – Cayman Branch
Harbour Place, 5th floor, 103 South Church Street

P.O. Box 1353GT

Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, KYI-1108

 

As Representatives of the several Underwriters

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Reference is made to the Dealer Manager, Placement Facilitation and Underwriting Agreement dated [●], 2021 entered into by you and us (as amended from time to time, the “Dealer Manager, Placement Facilitation and Underwriting Agreement”). Unless otherwise defined in this Underwriting Agreement Supplement, capitalized terms defined in the Dealer Manager, Placement Facilitation and Underwriting Agreement shall have the same meanings in this Underwriting Agreement Supplement.

 

As contemplated by Section 2 of the Dealer Manager, Placement Facilitation and Underwriting Agreement, in consideration of the execution and delivery of the Dealer Manager, Placement Facilitation and Underwriting Agreement, and of the mutual covenants contained therein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereby agree as follows:

 

1.The Dealer Manager, Placement Facilitation and Underwriting Agreement is hereby supplemented by the following terms so that this Underwriting Agreement Supplement shall form an integral part of the Dealer Manager, Placement Facilitation and Underwriting Agreement.
   
 2.The Company agrees to issue and sell the Underwritten ADSs to the several Underwriters as provided in the Dealer Manager, Placement Facilitation and Underwriting Agreement, and each Underwriter set forth in Schedule I to this Underwriting Agreement Supplement, on the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements, and subject to the conditions, set forth in the Dealer Manager, Placement Facilitation and Underwriting Agreement, agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company its respective percentage share of a total of [●] Underwritten ADSs, as set forth opposite such Underwriter’s name in Schedule I to this Underwriting Agreement Supplement, at a price of $[●] per ADS (the “Purchase Price”). Payment of the Purchase Price for the Underwritten ADSs shall be made at 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on [●] [●], 2021, or at such other time or place on the same or such other date, not later than the fifth business day thereafter, as the Representatives and the Company may agree upon in writing (the “Closing Date”) against delivery to the Representatives for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters of the Underwritten ADSs to be purchased on such Closing Date as provided in the Dealer Manager, Placement Facilitation and Underwriting Agreement.

 

Exh C-1

 

 

3.As used in the Dealer Manager, Placement Facilitation and Underwriting Agreement, “Applicable Time” means [●]a.m./p.m. on [●], 2021.
   
 4.The Company represents and warrants to and agrees with the Underwriters that this Underwriting Agreement Supplement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by it and constitutes its valid and binding obligation.
   
 5.This Underwriting Agreement Supplement shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York. Section 15 of the Dealer Manager, Placement Facilitation and Underwriting Agreement shall apply to this Underwriting Agreement Supplement mutatis mutandis as if set forth herein.
   
 6.This Underwriting Agreement Supplement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which shall constitute one and the same document. The use of electronic signatures and electronic records (including, without limitation, any contract or other record created, generated, sent, communicated, received, or stored by electronic means) shall be of the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as a manually executed signature or use of a paper-based recordkeeping system to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, including, without limitation, the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act and any other applicable law, including, without limitation, any state law based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act or the Uniform Commercial Code.

 

Exh C-2

 

 

If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please indicate your acceptance of this Underwriting Agreement Supplement by signing in the space provided below.

 

  Very truly yours,
   
  SOCIEDAD QUÍMICA Y MINERA DE CHILE S.A.
   
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

Exh C-3

 

 

For themselves and on behalf of the
several Underwriters.

 

BOFA SECURITIES, INC.

 

By:   
 Name:  
 Title:  

 

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC

 

By:   
 Name:  
 Title:  

 

BANCO BTG PACTUAL S.A. – CAYMAN BRANCH

 

By:   
 Name:  
 Title:  

 

Exh C-4

 

EX-1.2 3 tm2115169d1_ex1-2.htm EXHIBIT 1.2

 

Exhibit 1.2

 

PLACEMENT FACILITATION SUPPLEMENT

 

April 28, 2021

 

BofA Securities, Inc.

One Bryant Park

New York, New York 10036

U.S.A.

 

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
383 Madison Avenue

New York, New York 10179

U.S.A.

 

BTG Pactual US Capital, LLC
601 Lexington Avenue

New York, New York 10022

U.S.A.

 

Larraín Vial S.A. Corredora de Bolsa

Av. El Bosque Norte 0177, 3rd floor

Las Condes

Santiago, Chile, 7550100

 

As Representatives of the several Placement Agents

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Reference is made to the Dealer Manager, Placement Facilitation and Underwriting Agreement dated March 26, 2021 entered into by you and us (as amended from time to time, the “Dealer Manager, Placement Facilitation and Underwriting Agreement”). Unless otherwise defined in this Placement Facilitation Supplement, capitalized terms defined in the Dealer Manager, Placement Facilitation and Underwriting Agreement shall have the same meanings in this Placement Facilitation Supplement.

 

As contemplated by Section 2 of the Dealer Manager, Placement Facilitation and Underwriting Agreement, in consideration of the execution and delivery of the Dealer Manager, Placement Facilitation and Underwriting Agreement, and of the mutual covenants contained therein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereby agree as follows:

 

1.The Dealer Manager, Placement Facilitation and Underwriting Agreement is hereby supplemented by the following terms so that this Placement Facilitation Supplement shall form an integral part of the Dealer Manager, Placement Facilitation and Underwriting Agreement.

 

2.The Placement Agents propose to facilitate the placement of an aggregate of 754,373 Placed Shares that are not otherwise subscribed for in the Rights Offering at a price to be determined pursuant to customary procedures for a remate in Chile on the Santiago Stock Exchange on the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements set forth in the Dealer Manager, Placement Facilitation and Underwriting Agreement and subject to the conditions set forth herein and in the Dealer Manager, Placement Facilitation and Underwriting Agreement. The time and date of any settlement of the Placed Shares is referred to herein and in the Dealer Manager, Placement Facilitation and Underwriting Agreement as the “Closing Date.”

 

 

 

 

3.As used in the Dealer Manager, Placement Facilitation and Underwriting Agreement, “Applicable Time” means 10:00 a.m. New York City time on April 28, 2021; and “Disclosure Package” shall be deemed to include the free writing prospectus dated April 27, 2021 filed by the Company with the Commission on April 28, 2021.

 

4.The Company represents and warrants to and agrees with the Placement Agents that this Placement Facilitation Supplement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by it and constitutes its valid and binding obligation.

 

5.This Placement Facilitation Supplement shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York. Section 15 of the Dealer Manager, Placement Facilitation and Underwriting Agreement shall apply to this Placement Facilitation Supplement mutatis mutandis as if set forth herein.

 

6.This Placement Facilitation Supplement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which shall constitute one and the same document. The use of electronic signatures and electronic records (including, without limitation, any contract or other record created, generated, sent, communicated, received, or stored by electronic means) shall be of the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as a manually executed signature or use of a paper-based recordkeeping system to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, including, without limitation, the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act and any other applicable law, including, without limitation, any state law based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act or the Uniform Commercial Code.

 

 

 

 

If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please indicate your acceptance of this Placement Facilitation Supplement by signing in the space provided below.

 

  Very truly yours,
   
  SOCIEDAD QUÍMICA Y MINERA DE CHILE S.A.
   
  By: /s/ Ricardo Ramos
    Name: Ricardo Ramos
    Title: Chief Executive Officer
       
  By: /s/ Gerardo Illanes
    Name: Gerardo Illanes
    Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

For themselves and on behalf of the

several Placement Agents.

 

BOFA SECURITIES, INC.

 

By:/s/ Matias Santa Cruz  
 Name: Matias Santa Cruz  
 Title: Managing Director  

 

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC

 

By:/s/ Alejandra Fernandez  
 Name: Alejandra Fernandez  
 Title: Executive Director  

 

BTG PACTUAL US CAPITAL, LLC

 

By:/s/ Nandikesh Anilkumar Dixit  
 Name: Nandikesh Anilkumar Dixit  
 Title: Attorney-in-fact  

 

LARRAÍN VIAL S.A. CORREDORA DE BOLSA

 

By:/s/ Andrés Trivelli  
 Name: Anrés Trivelli  
 Title: Chief Executive Officer  

 

LARRAÍN VIAL S.A. CORREDORA DE BOLSA

 

By:/s/ Claudio Larraín  
 Name: Claudio Larraín  
 Title: Managing Director  

 

 

 

EX-5.1 4 tm2115169d1_ex5-1.htm EXHIBIT 5.1

 

Exhibit 5.1

 

 

 

Santiago (Chile), April 30, 2021

 

Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A.,

El Trovador 4285, 6th Floor

Las Condes,

Santiago, Chile

 

Ladies and Gentlemen,

 

We have acted as special Chilean counsel for Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A., an open stock corporation (sociedad anónima abierta), organized and existing under the laws of the Republic of Chile (the “Company”), in connection with the issuance and sale of 22,441,932 shares of the Company’s Series B common shares (the “Series B Common Shares”) in a public offering pursuant to a Dealer Manager, Placement Facilitation and Underwriting Agreement, dated as of March 26, 2021, among the Company and the dealer managers, placement agents and underwriters named therein (the “DMPFU Agreement”), as supplemented by the Placement Facilitation Agreement Supplement, dated as of April 28, 2021 (the “PF Supplement”), and the Company’s automatic shelf registration statement on Form F-3 (the “Registration Statement”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), relating to the registration for issuance and sale by the Company of (i) Series B Common Shares, (ii) American Depositary Shares representing Series B Common Shares (“ADSs”) evidenced by American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) to be issued pursuant to the Amended and Restated Deposit Agreement dated as of April 15, 2013 (the “Deposit Agreement”), by and among the Company, The Bank of New York Mellon, as depositary, and the holders and Owners (as defined therein) from time to time of ADSs, (iii) rights to subscribe for Series B Common Shares (or ADSs representing Series B Common Shares) (“Subscription Rights” and together with Series B Common Shares and ADSs, the “Securities”).

 

In rendering the opinions expressed below, we have examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such corporate records, documents, agreements and certificates and other instruments, and examined such questions of law, as we have considered necessary or appropriate for the purposes of this opinion letter.

 

In connection with the opinions expressed below, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures and the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals and the conformity to the originals of all documents submitted to us as copies.

 

Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the further assumptions and qualifications set forth below, we advise you that, in our opinion:

 

(1) The Company is a open stock corporation (sociedad anónima abierta) duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the Republic of Chile.

 

(2) In connection with the issuance, offer and sale of the Series B Common Shares, when the Series B Common Shares are sold and delivered to, and fully paid for by, the purchasers in accordance with the terms of the DMPFU Agreement and registered in the name of the purchaser in the Company’s shareholders’ registry, then the Series B Common Shares will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(3) In connection with the issuance, offer and sale of the rights to subscribe for Series B Common Shares, prior to their expiration, the Subscription Rights were duly authorized, validly issued and non-assessable.

 

We are lawyers admitted to practice in the Republic of Chile and the foregoing opinion is limited to the laws of the Republic of Chile as in effect on the date hereof.

 

This opinion letter is being furnished to the Company in accordance with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K of the Securities Act, and no opinion is expressed herein as to any matter other than as to the legality of the Series B Common Shares and Subscription Rights. This opinion letter is for your benefit in connection with the Registration Statement and may be relied upon by you and by persons entitled to rely upon it pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Securities Act.

 

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to a Report on Form 6-K to be filed by the Company and its incorporation by reference into the Registration Statement and to the reference to our name under the caption “Legal Matters” in the Prospectus Supplement dated March 26, 2021. In giving this consent, we do not admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act.

 

Sincerely,

 

José Luis Ambrosy

/s/ Claro & Cia.

 

 

 

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