0001104659-22-050556.txt : 20220427 0001104659-22-050556.hdr.sgml : 20220427 20220426213942 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-22-050556 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 6-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20220426 FILED AS OF DATE: 20220427 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20220426 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: 22856078 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 tm2213683d1_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 April 2022.

 

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.

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Santiago, Chile. April 26, 2022.- Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A. (SQM) (NYSE: SQM; Santiago Stock Exchange: SQM-B, SQM-A) announced the following information:

 

1.Today, the Company held its 47th Annual General Shareholders’ Meeting and agreed to, among others, the following items:

 

(a)To approve the Company’s Balance Sheet, the Annual Report, the Financial Statements and the External Auditors’ Report for the year ending on December 31, 2021.
(b)To appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers Consultores, Auditores SpA as the Company’s External Auditors for the period January 1 through December 31, 2022.
(c)To approve the distribution of a final dividend as recommended by the Board of Directors and communicated as an essential fact (hecho esencial) on March 23, 2022.
(d)Company Board elections, it was decided that the Board would be composed of the following members: Dang Qi, Gina Ocqueteau Tacchini, Antonio Gil Nievas, Gonzalo Guerrero Yamamoto, Patricio Contesse Fica, Ashely Luke Ozols, Hernán Büchi Buc and Antonio Schneider Chaigneau, with Mrs. Ocqueteau and Mr. Gil being independent.
(e)To approve the remuneration structure for the Board members, and the members of the Board committees, and expenses associated with each.

 

2.In an extraordinary Board meeting on the same day, the Board agreed to appoint Mr. Gonzalo Guerrero Yamamoto as Chairman of the Board and Mr. Patricio Contesse Fica as Vice Chairman of the Board.

 

3.At the same time, the Board agreed that the composition of the Board Committees would be as follows:

 

(a)Audit/Directors’ Committee: Gina Ocqueteau Tacchini, Antonio Gil Nievas and Ashely Luke Ozols;
(b)Corporate Governance Committee: Patricio Contesse Fica, Hernán Büchi Buc and Antonio Schneider Chaigneau;
(c)Safety, Health and Environment Committee: Dang Qi, Patricio Contesse Fica and Gonzalo Guerrero Yamamoto.

 

 

 

 

About SQM

 

SQM is a global company that is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and the Santiago Stock Exchange (NYSE: SQM; Santiago Stock Exchange: SQM-B, SQM-A). SQM develops and produces diverse products for several industries essential for human progress, such as health, nutrition, renewable energy and technology through innovation and technological development. We aim to maintain our leading world position in the lithium, potassium nitrate, iodine and thermo-solar salts markets by:

 

For further information, contact:

 

Gerardo Illanes 56-2-24252022 / gerardo.illanes@sqm.com

Kelly O’Brien 56-2-24252074 / kelly.obrien@sqm.com

Irina Axenova 56-2-24252280 / irina.axenova@sqm.com

 

For media inquiries, contact:

 

Maria Ignacia Lopez / ignacia.lopez@sqm.com

Pablo Pisani / pablo.pisani@sqm.com

 

 

 

 

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: April 26, 2022 /s/ Gerardo Illanes
    By: Gerardo Illanes
    CFO

 

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