LAN
AIRLINES S.A.
(a
Chilean corporation)
______________
Common Shares
in
the
form of American Depositary Shares
(without
par value)
FORM
OF
UNDERWRITING
AGREEMENT
______________,
2007
To
the
Underwriter
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
Lan
Airlines S.A., a Chilean corporation (sociedad
anónima abierta)
(the
“Company”),
confirms its agreement with [ ] (“the
Underwriter”),
with
respect to (i) the issue and sale by the Company and the purchase by the
Underwriter of [ ] Common Shares, without par value, of the Company (the
“Common
Shares”),
in
the form of American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”)
and
(ii) the grant by the Company to the Underwriter of the option described
in
Section 2(b) hereof to purchase all or any part of [_______________] additional
Common Shares, in the form of ADSs, solely to cover
over-allotments, if any. The aforesaid _______________ Common Shares, in
the
form of ADSs (the “Initial
Securities”)
to be
purchased by the Underwriter and all or any part of the ______________ Common
Shares, in the form of ADSs subject to the option described
in
Section 2(b) hereof (the “Option
Securities”)
are
hereinafter called, collectively, the “Securities.”
The
offering of the Securities by the Underwriter is hereinafter called the
“Offering.”
The
Common Shares to be represented by ADSs are to be deposited pursuant to a
amended and restated deposit agreement (the “Deposit
Agreement”),
dated
as of March 25, 2003 among Lan Chile S.A., The Bank of New York, as depositary
(the “Depositary”),
and
the holders from time to time of the American Depositary Receipts (the
“ADRs”)
to be
issued under the Deposit Agreement and evidencing the ADSs. Each ADS represents
five Common Shares. All references to “U.S. dollars” or “$” herein are to United
States dollars.
The
Common Shares will be offered for sale by the Company on the Santiago Stock
Exchange by means of a book auction (subasta
de libro de órdenes)
at [ ]
Santiago time on [ ] in compliance with Chilean law and the rules of the
Santiago Exchange (the “Auction”).
The
Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”)
an
automatic shelf registration statement on Form F-3 (No. 333-142665), including
the related preliminary prospectus or prospectuses, which registration statement
became effective upon filing under Rule 462(e) of the rules and regulations
of
the Commission (the “1933
Act Regulations”)
under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933
Act”).
Such
registration statement covers the registration of the Securities under the
1933
Act. Promptly after execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company
will
prepare and file a prospectus in accordance with the provisions of Rule 430B
(“Rule
430B”)
of the
1933 Act Regulations and paragraph (b) of Rule 424 (“Rule
424(b)”)
of the
1933 Act Regulations. Any information included in such prospectus that was
omitted from such registration statement at the time it became effective
but
that is deemed to be part of and included in such registration statement
pursuant to Rule 430B is referred to as “Rule
430B Information.”
Each
prospectus used in connection with the offering of the Securities that omitted
Rule 430B Information is herein called a “preliminary
prospectus.”
Such
registration statement, at any given time, including the amendments thereto
to
such time, the exhibits and any schedules thereto at such time, the documents
incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 11 of Form F-3 under the
1933
Act at such time and the documents otherwise deemed to be a part thereof
or
included therein by 1933 Act Regulations, is herein called the “Registration
Statement.”
The
Registration Statement at the time it originally became effective is herein
called the “Original
Registration Statement.”
The
final prospectus in the form first furnished to the Underwriter for use in
connection with the offering of the Securities, including the documents
incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 11 of Form F-3 under the
1933
Act at the time of the execution of this Agreement and any preliminary
prospectuses that form a part thereof, is herein called the “Prospectus”
(which
term shall include the ADR Prospectuses (as defined below) unless the context
otherwise requires). For purposes of this Agreement, all references to the
Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus or any
amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing shall be deemed to include
the
copy filed with the Commission pursuant to its Electronic Data Gathering,
Analysis and Retrieval system (“EDGAR”).
All
references in this Agreement to financial statements and schedules and other
information which is “contained,” “included” or “stated” in the Registration
Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus (or other references
of
like import) shall be deemed to mean and include all such financial statements
and schedules and other information which is incorporated by reference in
or
otherwise deemed by 1933 Act Regulations to be a part of or included in the
Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus, as
the
case may be; and all references in this Agreement to amendments or supplements
to the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus
shall be deemed to mean and include the filing of any document under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “1934
Act”)
which
is incorporated by reference in or otherwise deemed by 1933 Act Regulations
to
be a part of or included in the Registration Statement, such preliminary
prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be.
The
Company and the Depositary have also filed with the Commission a registration
statement on Form F-6 (No. 333-125996), filed on June 21, 2005, and a related
prospectus, which may be in the form of an ADR certificate (the “Registration
Statement on Form F-6”),
for
the registration under the 1933 Act of the ADSs evidenced by ADRs, have filed
such amendments thereto and such amended prospectuses as may have been required
to the date hereof, and will file such additional amendments thereto and
such
amended prospectuses as may hereafter be required. The Registration Statement
on
Form F-6, as amended at the time it becomes effective (including by the filing
of any post-effective amendments thereto), and the prospectuses included
therein, as then amended, are hereinafter called the “ADR
Registration Statement”
and
the
“ADR
Prospectus,”
respectively.
As
used
herein, “business day” shall mean a day on which the New York Stock Exchange,
the Santiago Stock Exchange and the Chilean Electronic Stock Exchange are
open
for trading.
SECTION
1. Representations
and Warranties.
(a) Representations
and Warranties by the Company. .
The
Company represents and warrants to the Underwriter as of the date hereof,
the
Applicable Time referred to in Section 1(a)(i) hereof, as of each Date of
Delivery (if any) referred to in Section 2(b) hereof, and as of Closing Time
referred to in Section 2(c) hereof, and agrees with the Underwriter, as
follows:
(i) Status
as a Well-Known Seasoned Issuer.
(A) At
the time of filing the Original Registration Statement, (B) at the time of
the
most recent amendment thereto for the purposes of complying with Section
10(a)(3) of the 1933 Act (whether such amendment was by post-effective
amendment, incorporated report filed pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
1934
Act or form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424 of the 1933 Act
Regulations), (C) at the time the Company or any person acting on its behalf
(within the meaning, for this clause only, of Rule 163(c) of the 1933 Act
Regulations (“Rule
163(c)”)
made
any offer relating to the Securities in reliance on the exemption of Rule
163 of
the 1933 Act Regulations (“Rule
163”)
and
(D) at the date hereof, the Company was and is a “well-known seasoned issuer” as
defined in Rule 405 of the 1933 Act Regulations (“Rule
405”).
The
Registration Statement is an “automatic shelf registration statement,” as
defined in Rule 405, and the Securities, since their registration on the
Registration Statement, have been and remain eligible for registration by
the
Company on a Rule 405 “automatic shelf registration statement.” The Company has
not received from the Commission any notice pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) of
the
1933 Act Regulations objecting to the use of the automatic shelf registration
statement form.
At
the
time of filing the Original Registration Statement, at the earliest time
thereafter that the Company or another offering participant made a bona
fide
offer
(within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) of the 1933 Act Regulations) of the
Securities and at the date hereof, the Company was not and is not an “ineligible
issuer,” as defined in Rule 405.
(ii) Registration
Statement, Prospectus and Disclosure at Time of Sale.
The ADR
Registration Statement has become effective under the 1933 Act. The Original
Registration Statement became effective upon filing under Rule 462(e) of
the
1933 Act Regulations (“Rule
462(e)”)
on May
7, 2007, and any post-effective amendment thereto also became effective upon
filing under Rule 462(e). No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
ADR
Registration Statement or the Registration Statement has been issued under
the
1933 Act and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are
pending
or, to the knowledge of the Company, are contemplated by the Commission,
and any
request on the part of the Commission for additional information has been
complied with.
Any
offer
that is a written communication relating to the Securities made prior to
the
filing of the Original Registration Statement by the Company or any person
acting on its behalf (within the meaning, for this paragraph only, of Rule
163(c)) has been filed with the Commission in accordance with the exemption
provided by Rule 163 and otherwise complied with the requirements of Rule
163,
including without limitation the legending requirement, to qualify such offer
for the exemption from Section 5(c) of the 1933 Act provided by Rule 163.
At
the
time the ADR Registration Statement became effective and at the Closing Time
(and, if any Option Securities are purchased, at the Date of Delivery), the
ADR
Registration Statement complied and will comply in all material respects
with
the requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations and did not
and
will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state
a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading. The ADR Prospectus, at the time such ADR Prospectus
or
any amendment or supplement thereto was issued, at the Applicable Time and
at
the Closing Time (and,
if
any Option Securities are purchased, at the Date of Delivery),
did not
and will not include an 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.
At
the
respective times the Original Registration Statement and each amendment thereto
became effective, at each deemed effective date with respect to the Underwriter
pursuant to Rule 430B(f)(2) of the 1933 Act Regulations and at Closing Time
(and, if any Option Securities are purchased, at the Date of Delivery), the
Registration Statement complied and will comply in all material respects
with
the requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations, and did not
and
will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state
a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading.
Neither
the Prospectus nor any amendments or supplements thereto, at the time the
Prospectus or any such amendment or supplement was issued and at Closing
Time
(and, if any Option Securities are purchased, at the Date of Delivery), included
or will include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or will
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.
Each
preliminary prospectus (including the prospectus or prospectuses filed as
part
of the Original Registration Statement or any amendment thereto) complied
when
so filed in all material respects with the 1933 Act Regulations and each
preliminary prospectus and the Prospectus delivered to the Underwriter for
use
in connection with this offering was identical to the electronically transmitted
copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the
extent
permitted by Regulation S-T.
As
of the
Applicable Time (as defined below), neither (x) the Issuer General Use Free
Writing Prospectus(es) (as defined below) issued at or prior to the Applicable
Time, the Statutory Prospectus (as defined below) and the information included
on Schedule A hereto, all considered together (collectively, the “General
Disclosure Package”),
nor
(y) any individual Issuer Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus (as defined
below), when considered together with the General Disclosure Package, contained
any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material
fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
As
used
in this subsection and elsewhere in this Agreement:
“Applicable
Time”
means
l:00
[a/p]m (Eastern time) on [INSERT DATE] or such other time as agreed by the
Company and the Underwriter.
“Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus”
means
any “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433 of the 1933 Act
Regulations (“Rule
433”),
relating to the Securities that (i) is required to be filed with the Commission
by the Company, (ii) is a “road show that is a written communication” within the
meaning of Rule 433(d)(8)(i), whether or not required to be filed with the
Commission or (iii) is exempt from filing pursuant to Rule 433(d)(5)(i) because
it contains a description of the Securities or of the offering that does
not
reflect the final terms, in each case in the form filed or required to be
filed
with the Commission or, if not required to be filed, in the form retained
in the
Company’s records pursuant to Rule 433(g).
“Issuer
General Use Free Writing Prospectus”
means
any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is intended for general distribution
to
prospective investors, as evidenced by its being specified in Schedule D
hereto.
“Issuer
Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus”
means
any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not an Issuer General Use Free
Writing Prospectus.
“Statutory
Prospectus”
as
of
any time means the prospectus relating to the Securities that is included
in the
Registration Statement immediately prior to that time, including any document
incorporated by reference therein and any preliminary or other prospectus
deemed
to be a part thereof.
Each
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as of its issue date and at all subsequent
times
through the completion of the public offer and sale of the Securities or
until
any earlier date that the issuer notified or notifies the Underwriter as
described in Section 3(e), did not, does not and will not include any
information that conflicted, conflicts or will conflict with the information
contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, including any
document incorporated by reference therein and any preliminary or other
prospectus deemed to be a part thereof that has not been superseded or
modified.
The
representations and warranties in this subsection shall not apply to statements
in or omissions from the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto made in reliance
upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company
by the
Underwriter expressly for use therein.
(iii) Incorporated
Documents.
The
documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus, at the time they were or hereafter
are filed with the Commission, complied and will comply in all material respects
with the requirements of the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder (the “1934
Act Regulations”),
and,
when read together with the other information in the Prospectus, (a) at the
time
the Original Registration Statement became effective, (b) at the earlier
of the
time the Prospectus was first used and the date and time of the first contract
of sale of Securities in this offering and (c) at Closing Time (and, if any
Option Securities are purchased, at the Date of Delivery), did not and will
not
contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein
not
misleading.
(iv) Independent
Accountants.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, who certified the financial statements and
supporting schedules included in the Registration Statement, are independent
public accountants as required by the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act
Regulations.
(v) Financial
Statements.
The
financial statements included in the Registration Statement, the General
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, together with the related schedules
and
notes, present fairly the financial position of the Company and its consolidated
subsidiaries at the dates indicated and the statement of operations,
stockholders’ equity and cash flows of the Company and its consolidated
subsidiaries for the periods specified; said financial statements have been
prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in Chile
applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved, except as
otherwise stated therein, and have been reconciled throughout the periods
involved to accounting principles generally accepted in the United States
to the
extent required by the applicable accounting requirements of the 1933 Act.
The
supporting schedules, if any, present fairly the information required to
be
stated therein. The selected financial data and the summary financial
information included in the Prospectus present fairly the information shown
therein and have been compiled on a basis consistent with that of the audited
financial statements included in the Registration Statement.
(vi) No
Material Adverse Change in Business.
Since
the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration
Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, except as otherwise
stated therein, (A) there has been no material adverse change in the condition,
financial or otherwise, or in the earnings or business affairs of the Company
and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising
in the
ordinary course of business (a “Material
Adverse Effect”),
(B)
there have been no transactions entered into by the Company or any of its
subsidiaries, other than those in the ordinary course of business, which
are
material with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one
enterprise, (C) any obligation, direct or contingent (including any off-balance
sheet obligations), incurred by the Company or its consolidated subsidiaries,
which is material to the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries, (D) any
change in the capital stock or outstanding indebtedness of the Company and
its
consolidated subsidiaries considered as one enterprise and (E) except for
regular dividends on the Common Stock of the Company in amounts per share
that
are consistent with past practice, there has been no dividend or distribution
of
any kind declared, paid or made by the Company on any class of its capital
stock.
(vii) Due
Organization of the Company.
The
Company has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation
(sociedad
anónima abierta)
under
the laws of Chile and has full corporate power and authority to own, lease
and
operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the
Prospectus and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement;
and the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business
and is in good standing in each other jurisdiction in which such qualification
is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or
the
conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good
standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect. The Company is a
“foreign air carrier” within the meaning of that portion of the United States
Code comprising those provisions formerly referred to as the U.S. Federal
Aviation Act of 1958, and now primarily codified in Subtitle VII of Title
49 of
the United States Code, as amended (the “Aviation
Act”).
(viii) Due
Organization of Subsidiaries.
Each
“significant subsidiary” of the Company (as such term is defined in Rule 1-02 of
Regulation S-X) is listed on Exhibit 8.1 to the Annual Report on Form 20-F
for
the year ended December 31, 2006 (the “2006
20-F”)
incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement (each a “Subsidiary”
and,
collectively, the “Subsidiaries”)
and
each Subsidiary has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation
or limited liability company under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
organization, has corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate
its
properties and to conduct its business as described in the Prospectus and
is
duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction
in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership
or
leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure
so to
qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse
Effect;
except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding
capital
stock of each such Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued,
is
fully paid and non-assessable and is owned by the Company, directly or through
subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge,
lien,
encumbrance, claim or equity; none of the outstanding shares of capital stock
of
any Subsidiary was issued in violation of the preemptive or similar rights
of
any securityholder of such Subsidiary. The only subsidiaries of the Company
are
(a) the Subsidiaries listed on Exhibit 8.1 to the 2006 20-F and (b) certain
other subsidiaries which, considered in the aggregate as a single Subsidiary,
do
not constitute a “significant subsidiary” as defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation
S-X.
(ix) Capitalization.
The
authorized, issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company is as set
forth
in the Prospectus in the column entitled “As Reported at March 31, 2007” under
the caption “Capitalization” (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant
to this Agreement, pursuant to reservations, agreements or employee benefit
plans referred to in the Prospectus or pursuant to the exercise of convertible
securities or options referred to in the Prospectus). All of the shares of
issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company have been duly authorized
and validly issued, and are fully paid and non-assessable; none of the
outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company was issued in violation
of
the preemptive right, resale right, right of first refusal or other similar
rights of any securityholder or employee of the Company; except as otherwise
disclosed in the Prospectus, there are no outstanding securities convertible
into or exchangeable for, or warrants, rights or other options to purchase
from
the Company, Common Shares or any other shares of capital stock.
(x) Authorization
of this Agreement.
This
Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company
and
constitutes a valid and binding agreement of the Company, enforceable against
the Company in accordance with its terms, except as the enforcement thereof
may
be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency (including, without limitation, all
laws
relating to fraudulent transfers), reorganization, moratorium or similar
laws
affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and except as enforcement
thereof is subject to general principles of equity (regardless of whether
enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).
(xi) Validity
of ADRs.
Upon
the due issuance by the Depositary of ADRs evidencing ADSs against the deposit
of Common Shares in accordance with the provisions of the Deposit Agreement,
such ADRs evidencing ADSs will be duly and validly issued under the Deposit
Agreement and persons in whose names such ADRs evidencing ADSs are registered
will be entitled to the rights of registered holders of ADRs evidencing ADSs
specified therein and in the Deposit Agreement.
(xii) No
Limitation on Vote, Transfer and Payment of Dividends.
Except
as set forth in the Deposit Agreement, or the Prospectus, there are no
limitations under Chilean law on the rights of holders of Common Shares,
ADSs or
ADRs evidencing 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 Common Shares, including the
Depositary. All dividends and other distributions declared and payable on
the
Common 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—Chilean Taxation”) but otherwise free and clear of any tax, duty,
withholding or deduction imposed by or in Chile.
(xiii) Authorization
and Description of Securities.
The
Securities to be purchased by the Underwriter from the Company and the
Securities to be placed by the Chilean Placement Agents on behalf of the
Company
have been duly authorized for sale to the Underwriter pursuant to this Agreement
and for placement by the Chilean Placement Agent, and when issued, paid for
and
delivered in accordance with this Agreement and, in the case of the ADSs,
the
Deposit Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable;
such
Common Shares may be freely deposited with the Depositary against issuance
of
ADRs evidencing ADSs; the ADSs and the underlying Common Shares are freely
transferable by the Company to the Underwriter in the manner contemplated
by
this Agreement; ownership title to such Common Shares, free and clear of
all
liens, encumbrances or claims will be transferred to the Depositary on behalf
of
the Underwriter at Closing Time and on any Date of Delivery; there are no
restrictions on subsequent transfers of such Common Shares or the ADSs to
be
delivered to the Underwriter except as described in the Prospectus under
“Description of Our Shares of Common Stock” and “Description of the American
Depositary Shares;” the Common Shares, the ADRs and the ADSs conform in all
material respects to all statements relating thereto contained in the Prospectus
and such descriptions conform in all material respects to the rights set
forth
in the instruments defining the same; no holder of the Securities will be
subject to personal liability by reason of being such a holder; and at Closing
Time and at each Date of Delivery, if any, the holders of outstanding shares
of
capital stock of the Company are not entitled to preemptive or other similar
rights with respect to the Securities to be sold pursuant to this
Agreement.
(xiv) Absence
of Defaults and Conflicts.
Neither
the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation of its estatutos
(charter
and by-laws) or other organizational document, as the case may be, or in
default
in the performance or observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or
condition contained in any contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust,
loan or
credit agreement, note, lease or other agreement or instrument to which the
Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of them
may
be bound, or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any
subsidiary is subject (collectively, “Agreements
and Instruments”)
except
for such defaults that would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; and
the
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Securities
and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated herein and in the Registration
Statement (including the issuance and sale of the Securities and the use
of the
proceeds from the sale of the Securities as described in the Prospectus under
the caption “Use of Proceeds”) and compliance by the Company with its
obligations under this Agreement and the Deposit Agreement have been duly
authorized by all necessary corporate action and do not and will not, whether
with or without the giving of notice or passage of time or both, conflict
with
or constitute a breach of, or default or Repayment Event (as defined below)
under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or
encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any subsidiary
pursuant to the Agreements and Instruments (except in each case for such
conflicts, breaches, defaults or Repayment Events or liens, charges or
encumbrances that would not result in a Material Adverse Effect), nor will
such
action result in any violation of the provisions of the estatutos
or
other
organizational document of the Company or any subsidiary, nor will such action
result in any violation of any applicable treaty, law, statute, rule,
regulation, judgment, order, writ or decree of any government, government
instrumentality or court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the
Company or any subsidiary or any of their assets, properties or operations
(except for such violations that would not have a Material Adverse Effect).
As
used herein, a “Repayment
Event”
means
any event or condition which gives the holder of any note, debenture or other
evidence of indebtedness (or any person acting on such holder’s behalf) the
right to require the repurchase, redemption or repayment of all or a portion
of
such indebtedness by the Company or any subsidiary.
(xv) Absence
of Proceedings.
There
is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or brought
by
any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, now pending,
or,
to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, against or affecting the Company
or
any subsidiary, which is required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement
(other than as disclosed therein), or which might reasonably be expected
to have
a Material Adverse Effect, or which might reasonably be expected to materially
and adversely affect the properties or assets thereof or the consummation
of the
transactions contemplated in this Agreement or the performance by the Company
of
its obligations hereunder; the aggregate of all pending legal or governmental
proceedings to which the Company or any subsidiary is a party or of which
any of
their respective property or assets is the subject which are not described
in
the Registration Statement, including ordinary routine litigation incidental
to
the business, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
(xvi) Accuracy
of Exhibits.
There
are no contracts or documents which are required to be described in the
Registration Statement, the ADR Registration Statement, the Prospectus or
the
documents incorporated by reference therein or to be filed as exhibits thereto
which have not been so described and filed as required.
(xvii) Absence
of Further Requirements.
No
filing with, or authorization, approval, consent, license, order, registration,
qualification or decree of, any court or governmental authority or agency
or any
stock exchange authority is necessary or required for the performance by
the
Company of its obligations under this Agreement or the Deposit Agreement
in
connection with (x) the offering, issuance or sale of the Securities under
this
Agreement or (y) the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement or the Deposit Agreement, except (A) the approvals of and filings
with
the Chilean Superintendency of Securities and Insurance (Superintendencia
de Valores y Seguros,
or
“SVS”),
the
Bolsa
de Comercio de Santiago, Bolsa de Valores
(the
“Santiago
Stock Exchange”),
the
Bolsa
de Comercio de Valparaiso, Bolsa de Valores
(the
“Valparaiso
Stock Exchange”)
and
the Bolsa
Electrónica de Chile, Bolsa de Valores
(the
“Electronic
Stock Exchange”)
relating to the offering of the Securities which have been already obtained
and
are in full force and effect, and except that final executed copies of this
Agreement and the Prospectus must be filed with the SVS, (B) such as have
been
already obtained or as may be required under the 1933 Act or the 1933 Act
Regulations or state securities or blue sky laws and (C) such as may be required
under the securities laws of jurisdictions other than Chile or the United
States.
(xviii) Possession
of Licenses and Permits and Compliance with Filings.
The
Company and its subsidiaries possess such permits, licenses, approvals, consents
and other authorizations (collectively, “Governmental
Licenses”)
issued
by the appropriate Chilean or foreign regulatory agencies or bodies and has
made
all necessary filings required under any federal, state, local or foreign
law,
regulation or rule and has obtained all necessary Governmental Licenses
necessary to conduct the business now operated by them, except where the
failure
to have such Governmental Licenses or to make such filings would not, singly
or
in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect; the Company and its
subsidiaries are in compliance with the terms and conditions of all such
Governmental Licenses and their respective filing requirements, except where
the
failure so to comply would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material
Adverse Effect; all of the Governmental Licenses are valid and in full force
and
effect, except when the invalidity of such Governmental Licenses or the failure
of such Governmental Licenses to be in full force and effect would not, singly
or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect; and neither the
Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any notice of proceedings
relating to the revocation or modification of any such Governmental Licenses
or
any federal, state, local or foreign law, regulation or rule or any decree,
order or judgment applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries which, singly
or
in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding,
would result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(xix) Title
to Property.
The
Company and its subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all real property
owned by the Company and its subsidiaries and good title to all other properties
owned by them, in each case free and clear of all mortgages, pledges, liens,
security interests, claims, restrictions or encumbrances of any kind, except
such as (A) are described in the Prospectus or (B) do not, singly or in the
aggregate, materially affect the value of such property and do not materially
interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the
Company or any of its subsidiaries; and all of the leases and subleases material
to the business of the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one
enterprise, and under which the Company or any of its subsidiaries holds
properties described in the Prospectus, are in full force and effect, and
neither the Company nor any subsidiary has received any notice of any material
claim of any sort that has been asserted by anyone adverse to the rights
of the
Company or any subsidiary under any of the leases or subleases mentioned
above
or affecting or questioning the rights of the Company or such subsidiary
to the
continued possession of the leased or subleased property under any such lease
or
sublease.
(xx) Waiver
of Immunities.
The
Company and its obligations under this Agreement are subject to civil and
commercial law and to suit and neither the Company nor any of its properties,
assets or revenues has any right of immunity under Chilean or New York law
from
any legal action, suit or proceeding, from the giving of any relief in any
such
legal action, suit or proceeding, from setoff or counterclaim, from the
jurisdiction of any Chilean, New York or U.S. federal court, from service
of
process, attachment upon or prior to judgment, or attachment in aid of execution
of judgment, or from execution of a judgment, or other legal process or
proceeding for the giving of any relief or for the enforcement of a judgment,
in
any such court, with respect to its obligations, liabilities or any other
matter
under or arising out of or in connection with this Agreement and, to the
extent
that the Company or any of its properties, assets or revenues may have or
may
hereafter become entitled to any such right of immunity in any such court
in
which proceedings may at any time be commenced, the Company has waived or
will
waive such right to the extent permitted by law and has consented to such
relief
and enforcement as provided in Section 15 of this Agreement.
(xxi) Consent
to Jurisdiction; Appointment of Agent for Service of Process.
The
Company has the power to submit, and pursuant to this Agreement has legally,
validly, effectively and irrevocably submitted to the personal jurisdiction
of
any federal or state court in the State of New York, County of New York,
and has
the power to designate, appoint and empower, and pursuant to this Agreement
and
the Deposit Agreement has legally, validly and effectively designated, appointed
and empowered, the Company’s Miami Office (or its successors) as its agent for
service of process in any suit or proceeding based on or arising under this
Agreement, and the Deposit Agreement in any federal or state court in the
State
of New York, County of New York, as provided in Section 16 of this
Agreement.
(xxii) Enforceability
of New York Judgment.
Any
final and conclusive monetary judgment against the Company of any New York
State
or Federal court sitting in New York City based upon this Agreement and the
Deposit Agreement shall be recognized and enforced by the courts of the Republic
of Chile, without re-examining or re-litigating the merits of the original
action, provided the following conditions are met (the existence or
non-existence of which would be determined by the Supreme Court of Chile):
(A)
if there is a treaty between Chile and the country where the judgment was
passed, the provisions of such treaty will apply, (B) in the absence of a
treaty, the rules of reciprocity will apply to the enforcement of judgments;
if
the country where the judgment was passed does not recognize judgments of
Chilean courts, such foreign judgments may not be enforced in Chile, and
(C) if
the previous rules cannot be applied, the monetary judgment of foreign courts
will have in Chile the same effect as the judgments given by Chilean courts,
provided that: (w) the foreign monetary judgment does not contain anything
contrary to the laws of Chile, (x) the foreign monetary judgment is not contrary
to public policy of Chile and does not affect in any way properties situated
in
Chile, which are subject exclusively to the jurisdiction of local courts,
(y)
the defendant against whom the enforcement is sought has been given personal
notice of the proceedings in accordance with Chilean law and has been afforded
a
real opportunity to appear before the foreign court and defend his case,
which
are factual issues that must be established when obtaining in Chile the
enforcement of a foreign monetary judgment. Under Chilean law, service of
process by mail will not be deemed to constitute personal service of process
for
the above purposes, and (z) the foreign monetary judgment is final (i.e.,
not
subject to any recourse), conclusive and enforceable under the laws of the
state
of New York. Upon compliance with the above, the courts in the Republic of
Chile
shall enforce a final and conclusive monetary judgment rendered by any New
York
State or Federal court sitting in New York City, in accordance with the
procedure applicable to the enforcement of final and conclusive foreign
judgments in Chile under the provisions of the Chilean Civil Procedure Code
(Código
de Procedimiento Civil).
To
enforce a foreign judgment in Chile, a judgment must be submitted to the
Supreme
Court of Chile, in the form of a legalized and officially translated copy.
The
Supreme Court of Chile will hear arguments from the party against whom
enforcement is sought, but such hearing will be limited to aspects relating
to
such enforcement and not to substantive issues resolved in the foreign judgment.
As of the date hereof, there is no treaty between the Republic of Chile and
the
United States on the enforcement of foreign judgments. In practice, due to
the
difficulties of proving in each case whether the reciprocity rule on the
enforcement of foreign judgments applies or not in respect of a specific
country, the Supreme Court of Chile’s approach on the matter has generally been
the examination of whether circumstances in letters (w) and (x) above are
duly
met by such foreign judgment.
(xxiii) No
Transaction Tax, Stamp Duty or Similar Tax or Duty.
Under
current Chilean law and regulations, no transaction tax, stamp duty or similar
tax or duty or withholding or other taxes are payable by or on behalf of
the
Underwriter to Chile or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof
or
therein in connection with the sale and delivery of the Securities by the
Company as contemplated by this Agreement, or in connection with the execution,
delivery or enforcement of this Agreement or the Deposit Agreement or the
deposit of Common Shares under the Deposit Agreement.
(xxiv) Investment
Company Act.
The
Company is not required, and upon the issuance and sale of the Securities
as
herein contemplated and the application of the net proceeds therefrom as
described in the Prospectus will not be required, to register as, an “investment
company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940
Act”)
or a
“passive foreign investment company” as such term is defined in Section 1297 of
the Internal Revenue Code, or a “controlled foreign corporation” as such terms
is defined in Section 957 of the Internal Revenue Code.
(xxv) Registration
Rights.
There
are no persons with registration rights or other similar rights to have any
securities registered pursuant to the Registration Statement or otherwise
registered by the Company under the 1933 Act and, except as set forth in
the
Registration Statement, (i) no person has the right, contractual or otherwise,
to cause the Company to issue or sell to it any shares of Common Stock or
shares
of any other capital stock or other equity interests of the Company, (ii)
no
person has any preemptive rights, resale rights, rights of first refusal
or
other rights to purchase any shares of Common Stock or shares of any other
capital stock or other equity interests of the Company, and (iii) no person
has
the right to act as an underwriter or as a financial advisor to the Company
in
connection with the offer and sale of the Securities, in the case of each
of the
foregoing clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), whether as a result of the filing
or
effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the sale of the Securities
as
contemplated thereby or otherwise.
(xxvi) Insurance.
The
Company and its subsidiaries carry or are entitled to the benefits of insurance,
with financially sound and reputable insurers, in such amounts and covering
such
risks as is generally maintained by companies of established repute engaged
in
the same or similar business, and all such insurance is in full force and
effect.
(xxviii) Legal
Matters.
Except
as described in the Registration Statement, there are no actions, suits,
claims,
investigations or proceedings pending or threatened or, to the Company’s
knowledge after due inquiry, contemplated to which the Company or any of
its
subsidiaries or any of their respective directors or officers is a party
or of
which any of their respective properties is subject at law or in equity,
before
or by any federal, state, local or foreign governmental or regulatory
commission, board, body, authority or agency, except any such action, suit,
claim, investigation or proceeding which would not result in a judgment,
decree
or order having, singly or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect or
preventing consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.
(xxix) Environmental
Laws.
Except
as described in the Registration Statement and except as would not, singly
or in
the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect, (A) neither the Company
nor
any of its subsidiaries is in violation of any federal, state, local or foreign
statute, law, rule, regulation, ordinance, code, policy or rule of common
law or
any judicial or administrative interpretation thereof including any judicial
or
administrative order, consent, decree or judgment, relating to pollution
or
protection of human health, the environment (including, without limitation,
ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata)
or
wildlife, including, without limitation, laws and regulations relating to
the
release or threatened release of chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, wastes,
toxic substances, hazardous substances, petroleum or petroleum products,
asbestos-containing materials or mold (collectively, “Hazardous
Materials”)
or to
the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal,
transport or handling of Hazardous Materials (collectively, “Environmental
Laws”),
(B)
the Company and its subsidiaries have all permits, authorizations and approvals
required under any applicable Environmental Laws and are each in compliance
with
their requirements, (C) there are no pending or threatened administrative,
regulatory or judicial actions, suits, demands, demand letters, claims, liens,
notices of noncompliance or violation, investigation or proceedings relating
to
any Environmental Law against the Company or any of its subsidiaries and
(D)
there are no events or circumstances that would reasonably be expected to
form
the basis of an order for clean-up or remediation, or an action, suit or
proceeding by any private party or governmental body or agency, against or
affecting the Company or any of its subsidiaries relating to Hazardous Materials
or any Environmental Laws.
(xxx) 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, except where the
inability to do so would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a Material
Adverse Effect 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
therein, and which infringement or conflict (if the subject of any unfavorable
decision, ruling or finding) or invalidity or inadequacy, singly or in the
aggregate, would result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(xxxi) Labor
Compliance.
Neither
the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries is engaged in any unfair labor practice;
except for matters which would not, individually or in the aggregate, have
a
Material Adverse Effect, (i) there is (A) no unfair labor practice complaint
pending or, to the Company’s knowledge after due inquiry, threatened against the
Company or any of the Subsidiaries before the National Labor Relations Board
or
similar Chilean entity, and no grievance or arbitration proceeding arising
out
of or under collective bargaining agreements is pending or threatened, (B)
no
strike, labor dispute, slowdown or stoppage pending or, to the Company’s
knowledge after due inquiry, threatened against the Company or any of the
Subsidiaries and (C) no union representation dispute currently existing
concerning the employees of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, and (ii)
to
the Company’s knowledge after due inquiry, (A) no union organizing activities
are currently taking place concerning the employees of the Company or any
of the
Subsidiaries and (B) there has been no violation of any federal, state, local
or
foreign law or regulation relating to discrimination in the hiring, promotion
or
pay of employees, any applicable wage or hour laws or any provision of the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, or the rules
and
regulations promulgated thereunder (collectively, “ERISA”)
concerning the employees of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries.
(xxxii) ERISA.
No
“prohibited transaction” (as defined in Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time (the
“Code”)),
“accumulated funding deficiency” (as defined in Section 302 of ERISA) or any of
the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA (other than events with
respect
to which the 30-day notice requirement under Section 4043 of ERISA has been
waived) has occurred, exists or is reasonably expected to occur with respect
to
any employee benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) which the
Company or any of the Subsidiaries maintains, contributes to or has any
obligation to contribute to, or with respect to which the Company or any
of the
Subsidiaries has any liability, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise
(each, a “Plan”);
each
Plan is in compliance in all material respects with applicable law, including
ERISA and the Code; neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has (i)
failed to timely make all required contributions to each Plan, or (ii) incurred
or expects to incur liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the
termination of, or withdrawal from, any Plan, in each case except as would
not
have a Material Adverse Effect; and each Plan that is intended to be qualified
under Section 401(a) of the Code is so qualified, and nothing has occurred,
whether by action or failure to act, which could reasonably be expected to
cause
the loss of such qualification, except as would not have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(xxxiii) OFAC.
Neither
the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company,
any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any
of its
subsidiaries is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the
Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“OFAC”);
and
the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering,
if
any, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds, if any,
to
any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the
purpose
of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any U.S.
sanctions administered by OFAC.
(xxxiv) Taxes.
All tax
returns required to be filed by the Company and each of the Subsidiaries
have
been filed, and all taxes and other assessments of a similar nature (whether
imposed directly or through withholding) including any interest, additions
to
tax or penalties applicable thereto due or claimed to be due from such entities
have been paid, other than those being contested in good faith and for which
adequate reserves have been provided.
(xxxv) Calamity.
Neither
the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has sustained since the date of the
last
audited financial statements included in the Registration Statement, the
General
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus any loss or interference with its
respective business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether
or
not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental
action, order or decree.
(xxxvi) Termination
of contracts.
The
Company has not sent or received any communication regarding termination
of, or
intent not to renew, any of the contracts or agreements referred to or described
in, or filed as an exhibit to, the Registration Statement, and no such
termination or non-renewal has been threatened by the Company or, to the
Company’s knowledge after due inquiry, any other party to any such contract or
agreement.
(xxxvii) Accounting
Controls and Disclosure Controls.
The
Company and each of the Subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting
controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (i) transactions
are
executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (ii)
transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial
statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and
to
maintain accountability for assets; (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 described in the Prospectus, since the end of the
Company’s most recent audited fiscal year, there has been (I) no material
weakness in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (whether or
not remediated) and (II) no change in the Company’s internal control over
financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely
to
materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. The
Company and its consolidated subsidiaries employ disclosure controls and
procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed
by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the 1934 Act
and
the rules and regulations of the New York Stock Exchange is recorded, processed,
summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the rules and
forms of the Commission and the New York Stock Exchange, and is accumulated
and
communicated to the Company’s management, including its principal executive
officer or officers and principal financial officer or officers, as appropriate,
to allow timely decisions regarding disclosure.
(xxxviii) Personal
loans.
The
Company has provided you true, correct, and complete copies of all documentation
pertaining to any extension of credit in the form of a personal loan made,
directly or indirectly, by the Company to any director or executive officer
of
the Company, or to any family member or affiliate of any director or executive
officer of the Company; and since July 30, 2002, the Company has not, directly
or indirectly, including through any subsidiary: (i) extended credit, arranged
to extend credit, or renewed any extension of credit, in the form of a personal
loan, to or for any director or executive officer of the Company, or to or
for
any family member or affiliate of any director or executive officer of the
Company; or (ii) made any material modification, including any renewal thereof,
to any term of any personal loan to any director or executive officer of
the
Company, or any family member or affiliate of any director or executive officer,
which loan was outstanding on July 30, 2002.
(xxxix) Statistical
and market-related data.
Any
statistical and market-related data included in the Registration Statement,
the
General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus are based on or derived from
sources that the Company believes to be reliable and accurate, and the Company
has obtained the written consent to the use of such data from such sources
to
the extent required.
(xl) No
association with NASD.
To the
Company’s knowledge after due inquiry, there are no affiliations or associations
between any member of the NASD and any of the Company’s officers, directors or
5% or greater securityholders, except as set forth in the Registration
Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(xli) Compliance
with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
There
is and has been no failure on the part of the Company or, to the Company’s
knowledge, 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 and the rules and regulations promulgated in
connection therewith (the “Sarbanes-Oxley
Act”),
including Section 402 related to loans and Sections 302 and 906 related to
certifications.
(xlii) Pending
Proceedings and Examinations.
The
Registration Statement is not the subject of a pending proceeding or examination
under Section 8(d) or 8(e) of the 1933 Act, and the Company is not the subject
of a pending proceeding under Section 8A of the 1933 Act in connection with
the
offering of the Securities.
(xliii) Foreign
Corrupt Practices Act.
Neither
the Company nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer,
agent,
employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Company or any
of
its subsidiaries is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly,
that would result in a violation by such persons of the Foreign Corrupt
Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder
(the
“FCPA”),
including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or
instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer,
payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or
other
property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything
of
value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any
foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign
political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the Company and, to the
knowledge of the Company, its affiliates have conducted their businesses
in
compliance with the FCPA and have instituted and maintain policies and
procedures designed to ensure, and which are reasonably expected to continue
to
ensure, continued compliance therewith.
(xliv) Money
Laundering Laws.
The
operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted
at
all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting
requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970,
as
amended, the money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions, the rules and
regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or
guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency
(collectively, the “Money
Laundering Laws”),
except for such non-compliance that would not reasonably be expected to result
in a Material Adverse Effect, and no action, suit or proceeding by or before
any
court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving
the
Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws
is
pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened
(xlv) Payment
of Filing Fees.
The
Company has paid the required Commission filing fees relating to the
Securities.
(b) Officer’s
Certificates.
Any
certificate signed by any officer of the Company delivered to the Underwriter
or
to counsel for the Underwriter shall be deemed a representation and warranty
by
the Company to the Underwriter as to the matters covered thereby.
SECTION
2. Sale
and Delivery to the Underwriter; Closing.
(a) Initial
Securities.
On
the
basis of the representations and warranties herein contained and subject
to the
terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to sell to the
Underwriter, and the Underwriter agrees to purchase from the Company, at
the
Chilean Peso price per Common Share and the U.S. dollar price per ADS set
forth
in Schedule A, the aggregate principal amount of Securities set forth in
Schedule A.
(b) Option
Securities.
In
addition, on the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained
and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company hereby
grants an option to the Underwriter to purchase up to an additional [ ] Common
Shares in the form of ADSs at the respective prices forth
in
Schedule A. The option hereby granted will expire 30 days after the date
hereof
and may be exercised in whole or in part during such 30-day period up to
two
times solely for the purpose of covering over-allotments which may be made
in
connection with the offering and distribution of the Initial Securities upon
notice by the Representative to the Company setting forth the number of Option
Securities as to which the Underwriter is then exercising the option and
the
time and date of payment and delivery for such Option Securities. Any such
time
and date of delivery (a “Date
of Delivery”)
shall
be determined by the Underwriter, but shall not be later than seven full
business days after the exercise of said option, nor in any event prior to
Closing Time, as hereinafter defined.
(c) Payment.
Payment
of the purchase price for, and delivery of certificates for, the Initial
Securities shall be made at the offices of Shearman & Sterling LLP, 599
Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10022 or at such other place as shall
be
agreed upon by the Underwriter and the Company, at 9:00 a.m. (Eastern Time)
on
the third (fourth, if the pricing occurs after 4:30 p.m. (Eastern Time) on
any
given day) business day after the date hereof, or such other time not later
than
ten business days after such date as shall be agreed upon by the Underwriter
and
the Company (such time and date of payment and delivery being herein called
the
“Closing
Time”).
In
addition, in the event that any or all of the Option Securities are purchased
by
the Underwriter, payment of the purchase price for, and delivery of, ADRs
evidencing such Option Securities shall be made at the above-mentioned offices,
or at such other place as shall be agreed upon by the Underwriter and the
Company, on each Date of Delivery as specified in the notice from the
Underwriter to the Company.
Payment
of the gross proceeds of the sale of the Securities to be sold by the Company
shall be made to the Company by wire transfer of immediately available funds
to
a bank account designated by the Company, against delivery to the account
of the
Underwriter of a certificate for the Securities to be purchased by it.
Simultaneously with the payment of such gross proceeds to the Company, the
Company shall pay by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the
Representative on behalf of the Underwriter an amount equal to the Underwriting
Commission (as defined in Schedule A) with respect to the Securities and,
with
respect to any Option Securities, an amount per ADS equal to any dividends
or
distributions declared by the Company and payable on the Initial Securities
but
not payable on the Option Securities.
(d) Denominations;
Registration; Delivery of ADRs.
Certificates
for the Initial Securities and the Option Securities, if any, shall be in
such
denominations and registered in such names as the Underwriter may request
in
writing at least one full business day before Closing Time or the relevant
Date
of Delivery, as the case may be. The certificates for the Initial Securities
and
the Option Securities, if any, will be made available for examination and
packaging by the Underwriter in The City of New York not later than 10:00
a.m.
(Eastern Time) on the business day prior to Closing Time or the relevant
Date of
Delivery, as the case may be.
The
ADRs
evidencing ADSs shall be delivered to the Underwriter at Closing Time or
the
Date of Delivery, as the case may be, for the accounts of the Underwriter,
with
any transfer, stamp or similar taxes or any withholding or other taxes imposed
by Chile or any taxing authority thereof or therein payable in connection
with
the initial delivery of the ADRs, ADSs or Common Shares to the Underwriter,
the
Depositary or the persons in whose names the Underwriter has requested ADRs
evidencing ADSs to be initially issued at Closing Time or the Date of Delivery,
as the case may be, duly paid by the Company against payment of the purchase
price thereof in accordance with this Section 2. Any transfer taxes or stamp
duties or any withholding or other taxes payable on any transfer subsequent
to
the delivery of ADRs in accordance with this Section 2 shall not be the
responsibility of the Company.
SECTION
3. Covenants
of the Company.
(a) Compliance
with Securities Regulations and Commission Requests. The
Company, subject to Section 3(b), will comply with the requirements of Rule
430B, and will notify the Underwriter immediately, and confirm the notice
in
writing, (A) when any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement
or
the ADR Registration Statement or new registration statement relating to
the
Securities shall become effective, or any supplement to the Prospectus or
any
amended Prospectus shall have been filed, (B) of the receipt of any comments
from the Commission, (C) of any request by the Commission for any amendment
to
the Registration Statement or the ADR Registration Statement or the filing
of a
new registration statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus
or
any document incorporated by reference therein or otherwise deemed to be
a part
thereof or for additional information, (D) of the issuance by the Commission
of
any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement
or the
ADR Registration Statement or such new registration statement or of any order
preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus, or of the
suspension of the qualification of the Securities for offering or sale in
any
jurisdiction, or of the initiation or threatening of any proceedings for
any of
such purposes or of any examination pursuant to Section 8(e) of the 1933
Act
concerning the Registration Statement, (E) if the Company becomes the subject
of
a proceeding under Section 8A of the 1933 Act in connection with the offering
of
Securities, and (F) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with
respect to any suspension of the qualification of the ADSs for offer and
sale in
any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for
such
purpose. The Company will effect the filings required under Rule 424(b),
in the
manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b) (without reliance
on
Rule 424(b)(8)) ,and will take such steps as it deems necessary to ascertain
promptly whether the form of prospectus transmitted for filing under Rule
424(b)
was received for filing by the Commission and, in the event that it was not,
it
will promptly file such prospectus. The Company will make every reasonable
effort to prevent the issuance of any stop order and, if any stop order is
issued, to obtain the lifting thereof at the earliest possible moment.
(b) Filing
of Amendments and Exchange Act Documents. The
Company will give the Underwriter notice of its intention to file or prepare
any
amendment to the Registration Statement or the ADR Registration Statement
or new
registration statement relating to the Securities or any amendment, supplement
or revision to either any preliminary prospectus (including any prospectus
included in the Original Registration Statement or amendment thereto at the
time
it became effective) or to the Prospectus, whether pursuant to the 1933 Act,
the
1934 Act or otherwise, and the Company will furnish the Underwriter with
copies
of any such documents a reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed
filing
or use, as the case may be, and will not file or use any such document to
which
the Underwriter or counsel for the Underwriter shall promptly and reasonably
object. The Company has given the Underwriter notice of any filings made
pursuant to the 1934 Act or 1934 Act Regulations within 48 hours prior to
the
Applicable Time; the Company will give the Underwriter notice of its intention
to make any such filing from the Applicable Time to Closing Time and will
furnish the Underwriter with copies of any such documents a reasonable amount
of
time prior to such proposed filing and will not file or use any such document
to
which the Underwriter or counsel for the Underwriter shall object.
(c) Delivery
of Registration Statements. The
Company has furnished or will deliver to the Underwriter and counsel for
the
Underwriter, without charge, signed copies of the Original Registration
Statement and the ADR Registration Statement as originally filed and of each
amendment thereto (including exhibits filed therewith or incorporated by
reference therein and documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated
by
reference therein or otherwise deemed to be a part thereof) and signed copies
of
all consents and certificates of experts, and will also deliver to the
Underwriter, without charge, a conformed copy of each of the Original
Registration Statement and the ADR Registration Statement as originally filed
and of each amendment thereto (without exhibits) for each of the Underwriter.
The copies of the Original Registration Statement and each amendment thereto
furnished to the Underwriter will be identical to the electronically transmitted
copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the
extent
permitted by Regulation S-T.
(d) Delivery
of Prospectuses. The
Company has delivered to the Underwriter, without charge, as many copies
of each
preliminary prospectus as the Underwriter reasonably requested, and the Company
hereby consents to the use of such copies for purposes permitted by the 1933
Act. The Company will furnish to the Underwriter, without charge, during
the
period when the Prospectus is required to be delivered under the 1933 Act
or the
1934 Act, such number of copies of the Prospectus (as amended or supplemented)
as the Underwriter may reasonably request.
(e) Continued
Compliance with Securities Laws. The
Company will comply with the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations and the
1934
Act and the 1934 Act Regulations, Chilean law and the rules and regulations
of
the New York Stock Exchange, Santiago Stock Exchange, the Valparaiso Stock
Exchange and the Electronic Stock Exchange so as to permit the completion
of the
distribution of the Securities as contemplated in this Agreement and in the
Prospectus. If at any time when a prospectus is required by the 1933 Act
to be
delivered in connection with sales of the Securities, any event shall occur
or
condition shall exist as a result of which it is necessary, in the opinion
of
counsel for the Underwriter or for the Company, to amend the Registration
Statement or the ADR Registration Statement or to file a new registration
statement or amend or supplement the Prospectus in order that the Prospectus
will not include any untrue statements of a material fact or omit to state
a
material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading
in the light of the circumstances existing at the time it is delivered to
a
purchaser, or if it shall be necessary, in the opinion of such counsel, at
any
such time to amend the Registration Statement or the ADR Registration Statement
or amend or supplement the Prospectus in order to comply with the requirements
of the 1933 Act, the 1933 Act Regulations or the requirements of any Chilean
authority, the Company will promptly prepare and file with the Commission,
subject to Section 3(b), such amendment, supplement or new registration
statement as may be necessary to correct such statement or omission or to
comply
with such requirements, the Company will use its best efforts to have such
amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as
practicable (if it is not an automatic shelf registration statement with
respect
to the Securities) and the Company will furnish to the Underwriter such number
of copies of such amendment, supplement or new registration statement as
the
Underwriter may reasonably request. If at any time following issuance of
an
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus there occurred or occurs an event or development
as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would
conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement (or
any
other registration statement relating to the Securities) or the Statutory
Prospectus or any preliminary prospectus or included or would include an
untrue
statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material
fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances prevailing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Company
will promptly notify the Underwriter and will promptly amend or supplement,
at
its own expense, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct
such conflict, untrue statement or omission.
(f) Blue
Sky Qualifications. The
Company will use its best efforts, in cooperation with the Underwriter, to
qualify the ADSs and the Common Shares for offering and sale under the
applicable securities laws of such states and other jurisdictions as the
Underwriter may designate and to maintain such qualifications in effect for
a
period of not less than one year from the date hereof; provided, however,
that
the Company shall not be obligated to file any general consent to service
of
process or to qualify as a foreign corporation or as a dealer in securities
in
any jurisdiction in which it is not so qualified or so subject itself to
taxation in respect of doing business in any jurisdiction in which it is
not
otherwise so subject. The Company will also supply the Underwriter with such
information as is necessary for the determination of the legality of the
Securities for investment under the laws of such jurisdictions as the
Underwriter may request.
(g) Rule
158. The
Company will timely file such reports pursuant to the 1934 Act as are necessary
in order to make generally available to its securityholders as soon as
practicable an earnings statement for the purposes of, and to provide to
the
Underwriter the benefits contemplated by, the last paragraph of Section 11(a)
of
the 1933 Act.
(h) Listing. The
Company will use its best efforts to effect the listing of the Common Shares
on
the Santiago Stock Exchange, the Valparaiso Stock Exchange and the Electronic
Stock Exchange. The Company will use its best efforts to effect the listing
of
the ADSs on the New York Stock Exchange and will file with the New York Stock
Exchange, the Santiago Stock Exchange, the Valparaiso Stock Exchange and
the
Electronic Stock Exchange all documents and notices required by such stock
exchanges of companies that have securities listed thereon.
(i) Restriction
on Sale of Securities. During
a
period of 90 days from the date hereof, the Company will not, without the
prior
written consent of the Underwriter, (i) directly or indirectly, 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, any Common Shares,
directly or represented by ADSs, any security that constitutes the right
to
receive Common Shares or ADSs or any securities convertible into or exercisable
or exchangeable for Common Shares, directly or represented by ADSs, or file
any
registration statement under the 1933 Act with respect to any of the foregoing
or (ii) enter into any swap or any other agreement or any transaction that
transfers, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, the economic consequence
of ownership of the Common Shares or ADSs, whether any such swap or transaction
described in clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of Common
Shares, ADSs or such other securities, in cash or otherwise. The foregoing
sentence shall not apply to (A) the Securities to be sold hereunder, (B)
any
Common Shares or ADSs issued by the Company upon the exercise of an option
or
warrant or the conversion of a security outstanding on the date hereof and
referred to in the Prospectus, (C) any Common Shares or ADSs issued or options
to purchase Common Shares or ADSs granted pursuant to existing employee benefit
plans of the Company referred to in the Prospectus or (D) any Common Shares
or
ADSs issued pursuant to any non-employee director stock plan or dividend
reinvestment plan of the Company, (E) Common Shares issued by the Company
in connection with any stock split, (F) any Common Shares sold by the
Company to shareholders holding less than one unit of 100 Common Shares,
(G) any
Common Shares sold by the Company to shareholders in connection with the
preemptive rights offering described in the Prospectus, including any Common
Shares that remain unsubscribed upon the consummation of the preemptive rights
offering, or (H) subject to paragraph (m) below, any Common Shares of the
Company or other securities acquired in open market transactions after the
Closing Date.
(j) Use
of Proceeds. The
Company will use the net proceeds received by it from the sale of the Securities
in the manner specified in the Prospectus under “Use of Proceeds.”
(k) Taxes
and Fees. The
Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Underwriter against any
documentary, stamp or similar transfer or issue tax, or fees, including any
interest and penalties, which are or may be required to be paid to Chile
or any
political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein on or in connection
with the creation, offer and distribution of the Common Shares or ADSs or
on the
execution or delivery of this Agreement.
(l) Deposit
of Common Shares. Prior
to
Closing Time and each Date of Delivery, the Company will deposit or cause
to be
deposited Common Shares with the Depositary in accordance with the provisions
of
the Deposit Agreement so that the ADRs evidencing the ADSs to be delivered
to
the Underwriter at such Closing Time or Date of Delivery are executed,
countersigned and issued by the Depositary against receipt of such Common
Shares
and delivered to the Underwriter at such Closing Time or Date of
Delivery.
(m) Stabilization
and Manipulation of Price. The
Company agrees not to (and to use its best efforts to cause its affiliates
not
to) take, directly or indirectly, any action which is designed to or which
constitutes or which might reasonably be expected to cause or result in
stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the
Company.
(n) Other
Documents. The
Company will furnish to the Depositary and to holders of ADRs, directly or
through the Depositary, such reports and other information described in the
Prospectus under the caption “Available Information” in accordance with the
procedures stated thereunder.
(o) Delivery
Requirements. For
a
period of five years from the date hereof, upon request, the Company will
furnish to the Underwriter copies of (A) all reports or other communications
(financial or otherwise) furnished to holders of ADSs and (B) any reports
and
financial statements furnished to or filed with the Commission, the New York
Stock Exchange, the SVS, the Santiago Stock Exchange, the Electronic Stock
Exchange or any national securities exchange and thereafter made available
to
the general public.
(p) Reporting
Requirements. The
Company, during the period when the Prospectus is required to be delivered
under
the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act, will file all documents required to be filed
with
the Commission pursuant to the 1934 Act within the time periods required
by the
1934 Act and the 1934 Act Regulations.
(q) Issuer
Free Writing Prospectuses. The
Company represents and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior consent of
the
Underwriter, and the Underwriter represents and agrees that, unless it obtains
the prior consent of the Company and the Underwriter, it has not made and
will
not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an “issuer
free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433, or that would otherwise
constitute a “free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 405, required to be
filed with the Commission. Any such free writing prospectus consented to
by the
Company and the Underwriter is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free
Writing Prospectus.” The Company represents that it has treated or agrees that
it will treat each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an “issuer free writing
prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433, and has complied and will comply with the
requirements of Rule 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus,
including timely filing with the Commission where required, legending and
record
keeping.
(r) Public
Announcements. During
the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of the Closing
Time and the date of the completion of the placement of the Securities, as
evidenced by a notice in writing from the Underwriter to the Company,
(A) the Company will not, and will cause its subsidiaries and all other
parties acting on its behalf not to, without giving reasonable notice of
its
intention to do so to the Underwriter, issue any public announcement or
participate in any press or other financial conference which (1) could
reasonably be expected to have a material effect on the price or distribution
of
the Securities or (2) contradict any of the information contained in the
Prospectus and will not issue any such public announcement or participate
in any
press or other financial conference to which the Underwriter shall reasonably
object, and (B) the Company will notify the Underwriter promptly of any
event or development making untrue or incorrect in any material respect,
or of
any change materially affecting, any of the representations, warranties,
agreements or indemnities made by it herein at any time prior to the Closing
Time and will take such steps as may be reasonably requested by the Underwriters
to remedy or publicize the same.
(s) Central
Bank.
The
Company
agrees to make all filings and registrations as required by the resolution
of
the Central Bank dated May 10, 2007 in order that the benefits granted by
Chapter XXVI of the Central Bank Foreign Exchange Regulations be extended
to
shares issued in connection with the capital increase of the Company as approved
on April 5, 2007.
SECTION
4. Payment
of Expenses.
(a) Expenses.
The
Company will pay all expenses incident to the performance of its obligations
under this Agreement including (i) the preparation, printing and filing of
the
Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits) as
originally filed and of each amendment thereto and of the ADR Registration
Statement and of each amendment thereto, (ii) the preparation, printing and
delivery to the Underwriter of this Agreement, the Deposit Agreement and such other documents
as
may be required in connection with the offering, purchase, sale, issuance
or
delivery of the Securities, (iii) the preparation, issuance and delivery
of the
certificates for the Securities to the Underwriter, (iv) the delivery of
the
Common Shares underlying ADSs to the Depositary, (v) the fees and disbursements
of the Company’s counsel, accountants and other advisors, (vi) the qualification
of the Securities under securities laws in accordance with the provisions
of
Section 3(f) hereof, including filing fees and the reasonable disbursements
of
counsel for the Underwriter in connection therewith, (vii) the printing and
delivery to the Underwriter of copies of each preliminary prospectus, any
Permitted Free Writing Prospectus and of the Prospectus and any amendments
or
supplements thereto (including the supplement for use in Canada that is attached
and made a part thereof), (viii) any costs associated with electronic delivery
of any of the foregoing by the Underwriter to investors, (ix) the preparation,
printing and delivery to the Underwriter of copies of the Blue Sky Survey
and
any supplement thereto, (x) the fees and expenses of the Depositary, any
transfer agent or registrar and each custodian, if any, for the Securities
(including the Common Shares underlying ADSs), (xi) the costs and expenses
of
the Company relating to investor presentations on any “road show” undertaken in
connection with the marketing of the Securities, including without limitation,
expenses associated with the production of road show slides and graphics,
fees
and expenses of any consultants engaged in connection with the road show
presentations, travel and lodging expenses of the representatives and officers
of the Company and any such consultants, and the cost of aircraft and other
transportation chartered in connection with the road show and, (xii) the
fees
and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the Common Shares
and
the ADSs on any stock exchange, (xiii) any filing with, and clearance of
the
offering by, the SVS, the Santiago Stock Exchange and the Electronic Stock
Exchange, (xiv) the preparation of ADR certificates evidencing the ADSs and
(xv)
the appointment of any agent pursuant to Section 16 and (xvi) the costs and
expenses (including without limitation any damages or other amounts payable
in
connection with legal or contractual liability) associated with the reforming
of
any contracts for sale of the Securities made by the Underwriter caused by
a
breach of the representation contained in the sixth paragraph of Section
1(a)(ii). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company’s obligations with respect
to the roadshow and printing shall not exceed $200,000, and the Underwriter
shall pay expenses of the Company associated with the roadshow and printing
to
the extent they exceed such $200,000.
(b) Termination
of Agreement.
If this
Agreement is terminated by the Underwriter in accordance with the provisions
of
Section 5 or Section 9(a)(i) hereof, the Company shall reimburse the Underwriter
for all of their out-of-pocket expenses, including the reasonable disbursements
of counsel for the Underwriter.
SECTION
5. Conditions
of the Underwriter’s Obligations.
The
obligations of the Underwriter hereunder are subject to the accuracy of the
representations and warranties of the Company contained in Section 1 hereof
or
in certificates of any officer of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company
delivered pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company
of its covenants and other obligations hereunder, and to the following further
conditions:
(a) Effectiveness
of Registration Statement; Filing of Prospectus.
The
Registration Statement and the ADR Registration Statement have become effective
and at Closing Time no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement or the ADR Registration Statement shall have been
issued
under the 1933 Act or proceedings therefor initiated or threatened by the
Commission, and any request on the part of the Commission for additional
information shall have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction
of
counsel to the Underwriter. A prospectus containing the Rule 430B Information
shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time
period required by Rule 424(b) without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) (or a
post-effective amendment providing such information shall have been filed
and
become effective in accordance with the requirements of Rule 430B).
(b) Opinion
of Chilean Counsel for Company.
At
Closing Time, the Underwriter shall have received the favorable opinion,
dated
as of Closing Time, of Barros y Errazuriz Ltda., counsel for the Company,
in
form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter, together
with
signed or reproduced copies of such letter for each of the other the Underwriter
to the effect set forth in Exhibit A hereto and to such further effect as
counsel to the Underwriter may reasonably request.
(c) Opinion
of Special U.S. Counsel for Company.
At
Closing Time, the Underwriter shall have received the favorable opinion and
letter, dated as of Closing Time, of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP,
special U.S. counsel for the Company, in form and substance satisfactory
to
counsel for the Underwriter, together with signed or reproduced copies of such
opinion and letter for each of the other the Underwriter to the effect set
forth
in Exhibit B hereto and to such further effect as counsel to the Underwriter
may
reasonably request.
(d) Opinion
of Counsel for the Depositary.
At
Closing Time, the Underwriter shall have received the favorable opinion,
dated
as of Closing Time, of Emmett, Marvin & Martin LLP, counsel for the
Depositary, in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter,
together with signed or reproduced copies of such letter for each of the
other
the Underwriter to the effect set forth in Exhibit C hereto and to such further
effect as counsel to the Underwriter may reasonably request.
(e) Opinion
of Chilean Counsel for the Underwriter.
At
Closing Time, the Underwriter shall have received the favorable opinion,
dated
as of Closing Time, of Claro y Cia., Chilean counsel for the Underwriter,
together with signed or reproduced copies of such letter for each of the
other
the Underwriter with respect to certain of the matters set forth in Exhibits
A
and C hereto. In giving such opinion such counsel may rely, as to all matters
governed by the laws of jurisdictions other than the law of Chile, upon the
opinions of counsel satisfactory to the Underwriter. Such counsel may also
state
that, insofar as such opinion involves factual matters, they have relied,
to the
extent they deem proper, upon certificates of officers of the Company and
certificates of public officials.
(f) Opinion
of U.S. Counsel for the Underwriter.
At
Closing Time, the Underwriter shall have received the favorable opinion,
dated
as of Closing Time, of Shearman & Sterling, U.S. counsel for the
Underwriter, together with signed or reproduced copies of such letter for
each
of the other the Underwriter with respect to the matters set forth in clauses
(1), (2), (3) and (5) of the form of opinion and in the letter of Cleary
Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, each as attached as Exhibit B hereto. In
giving such opinion such counsel may rely, as to all matters governed by
the
laws of jurisdictions other than the law of the State of New York and the
federal law of the United States, upon the opinions of counsel satisfactory
to
the Underwriter. Such counsel may also state that, insofar as such opinion
involves factual matters, they have relied, to the extent they deem proper,
upon
certificates of officers of the Company and its subsidiaries and certificates
of
public officials.
(g) Officers’
Certificate.
At
Closing Time, there shall not have been, since the date hereof or since the
respective dates as of which information is given in the Prospectus or the
General Disclosure Package, any material adverse change in the condition,
financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, or business affairs of the Company
and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising
in the
ordinary course of business, and the Underwriter shall have received a
certificate of the President or a Vice President of the Company and of the
chief
financial or chief accounting officer of the Company, dated as of Closing
Time,
to the effect that (i) there has been no such material adverse change, (ii)
the
representations and warranties in Section 1 hereof are true and correct with
the
same force and effect as though expressly made at and as of Closing Time,
(iii)
the Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions
on its
part to be performed or satisfied under this Agreement at or prior to Closing
Time, and (iv) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement or the ADR Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings
for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or, to their knowledge,
contemplated by the Commission.
(h) Accountants’
Comfort Letter.
At the
time of the execution of this Agreement, the Underwriter shall have received
from PricewaterhouseCoopers a letter dated such date, in form and substance
satisfactory to the Underwriter, together with signed or reproduced copies
of
such letter for each of the other the Underwriter containing statements and
information of the type ordinarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to
the Underwriter with respect to the financial statements and certain financial
information contained in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus.
(i) Bring-down
Comfort Letters.
At
Closing Time, the Underwriter shall have received from PricewaterhouseCoopers
a
letter, dated as of Closing Time, to the effect that they reaffirm the
statements made in the letter furnished pursuant to subsection (i) of this
Section, except that the specified date referred to shall be a date not more
than three business days prior to Closing Time.
(j) Deposit
Agreement.
The
Deposit Agreement shall be in full force and effect.
(k) Certificate
of Depositary.
At
Closing Time, the Underwriter shall have received a certificate of the
Depositary, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter, executed
by
one of its authorized officers with respect to the deposit with the custodian
under the Deposit Agreement of the Common 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
Underwriter may reasonably request.
(l) Company
Documents.
On or
prior to Closing Time, there shall have been delivered to the Underwriter
on
behalf of the Underwriter a copy, certified by a duly authorized signatory
of
the Company, of (i) the estatutos
of
the
Company, as amended, and (ii) all resolutions of the shareholders and of
the
board of directors of the Company authorizing (x) the offering and the issuance
of the ADSs and (y) the execution of this Agreement and the Deposit Agreement
and the entry into and performance of the transactions contemplated
thereby.
(m) Approval
of Listing.
At
Closing Time, the ADSs shall have been approved for listing on the New York
Stock Exchange, subject only to official notice of issuance, and the Common
Shares shall be approved for listing and shall be eligible for trading on
the
Santiago Stock Exchange and the Electronic Stock Exchange.
(n) Lock-up
Agreement.
At the
date of this Agreement, the Underwriter shall have received an agreement
signed
by the persons listed on Schedule C hereto substantially in the form of Exhibit
E hereto and, as of Closing Time, such agreement shall be in full force and
effect.
(o) Purchase
of Initial International Securities and the Chilean Securities.
Contemporaneously with or prior to the purchase by the Underwriter of the
initial securities, the Chilean Placement Agents shall have purchased the
Chilean Securities.
(p) Conditions
to Purchase of Option Securities.
In the
event that the Underwriter exercises its option provided in Section 2(b)
hereof
to purchase all or any portion of the Option Securities, the representations
and
warranties of the Company contained herein and the statements in any
certificates furnished by the Company hereunder shall be true and correct
as of
each Date of Delivery and, at the relevant Date of Delivery, the Underwriter
shall have received:
(i) Officers’
Certificate.
A
certificate, dated such Date of Delivery, of the President or a Vice President
of the Company and of the chief financial or chief accounting officer of
the
Company confirming that the certificate delivered at Closing Time pursuant
to
Section 5(h) hereof remains true and correct as of such Date of
Delivery.
(ii) Opinion
of Chilean Counsel for Company.
The
favorable opinion of Barros y Errazuriz Ltda., Chilean counsel for the Company,
in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter, dated
such
Date of Delivery, relating to the Option Securities to be purchased on such
Date
of Delivery and otherwise to the same effect as the opinion required by Section
5(b) hereof.
(iii) Opinion
of Special U.S. Counsel for Company.
The
favorable opinion of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, counsel for the
Company, in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter,
dated such Date of Delivery, relating to the Option Securities to be purchased
on such Date of Delivery and otherwise to the same effect as the opinion
required by Section 5(c).
(iv) Opinion
of Counsel for Depositary.
The
favorable opinion of Emmett, Marvin & Martin LLP, counsel for the
Depositary, in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter,
dated such Date of Delivery, relating to the Option Securities to be purchased
on such Date of Delivery and otherwise to the same effect as the opinion
required by Section 5(d) hereof.
(v) Opinion
of Chilean Counsel for the Underwriter.
The
favorable opinion of Claro y Cia., Chilean counsel for the Underwriter, dated
such Date of Delivery, relating to the Option Securities to be purchased
on such
Date of Delivery and otherwise to the same effect as the opinion required
by
Section 5(e) hereof.
(vi) Opinion
of U.S. Counsel for the Underwriter.
The
favorable opinion of Shearman & Sterling LLP, U.S. counsel for the
Underwriter, dated such Date of Delivery, relating to the Option Securities
to
be purchased on such Date of Delivery and otherwise to the same effect as
the
opinion required by Section 5(f) hereof.
(vii) Bring-down
Comfort Letters.
A
letter from each of PricewaterhouseCoopers in form and substance satisfactory
to
the Underwriter and dated such Date of Delivery, substantially in the same
form
and substance as the letters furnished to the Underwriter pursuant to Section
5(h) hereof, except that the “specified date” in the letters furnished pursuant
to this paragraph shall be a date not more than five days prior to such Date
of
Delivery.
(q) Additional
Documents.
At
Closing Time and at each Date of Delivery, counsel for the Underwriter shall
have been furnished with such documents and opinions as they may require
for the
purpose of enabling them to pass upon the issuance and sale of the Securities
as
herein contemplated, or in order to evidence the accuracy of any of the
representations or warranties, or the fulfillment of any of the conditions,
herein contained; and all proceedings taken by the Company in connection
with
the issuance and sale of the Securities as herein contemplated shall be
satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriter and counsel for the
Underwriter.
(r) Termination
of Agreement.
If any
condition specified in this Section shall not have been fulfilled when and
as
required to be fulfilled, this Agreement or, in the case of any condition
to the
purchase of Option Securities on a Date of Delivery that is after Closing
Time,
the obligations of the Underwriter to purchase the relevant Option Securities,
may be terminated by the Underwriter by notice to the Company at any time
at or
prior to Closing Time or such Date of Delivery, as the case may be, and such
termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except
as
provided in Section 4 and except that Sections 1, 6, 7, 8, 15, 16, 17 and
18
shall survive any such termination and remain in full force and
effect.
SECTION
6. Indemnification.
(a) Indemnification
of the Underwriter.
The
Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Underwriter, its affiliates,
as such term is defined in Rule 501(b) under the 1933 Act (each, an
“Afilliate”),
its
selling agents and each person, if any, who controls the Underwriter within
the
meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act as
follows:
1. against
any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as incurred,
arising out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material
fact contained in the Registration Statement or the ADR Registration Statement
(or any amendment thereto), including the Rule 430B Information or the omission
or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or arising out
of any
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained
in any
preliminary prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus
(or
any amendment or supplement thereto), or the omission or alleged omission
therefrom of a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein,
in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading;
2. against
any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as incurred,
to the extent of the aggregate amount paid in settlement of any litigation,
or
any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced
or
threatened, or of any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement
or
omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission; provided that
(subject to Section 6(d) below) any such settlement is effected with the
written
consent of the Company; and
3. against
any and all expense whatsoever, as incurred (including the fees and
disbursements of counsel chosen by the Underwriter), reasonably incurred
in
investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, or any
investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced
or
threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement
or
omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission, to the extent
that
any such expense is not paid under (i) or (ii) above;
provided,
however,
that
this indemnity agreement shall not apply to any loss, liability, claim, damage
or expense to the extent arising out of any untrue statement or omission
or
alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity
with written information furnished to the Company by the Underwriter expressly
for use in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), including
the
Rule 430B Information or any preliminary prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement
thereto).
(b) Indemnification
of Company, Directors and Officers.
The
Underwriter agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors,
each of its officers who signed the Registration Statement, and each person,
if
any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933
Act
or Section 20 of the 1934 Act against any and all loss, liability, claim,
damage
and expense described in the indemnity contained in subsection (a) of this
Section, as incurred, but only with respect to untrue statements or omissions,
or alleged untrue statements or omissions, made in the Registration Statement
(or any amendment thereto), including the Rule 430B Information or any
preliminary prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus
(or
any amendment or supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with
written information furnished to the Company by the Underwriter expressly
for
use therein.
(c) Actions
against Parties; Notification.
Each
indemnified party shall give notice as promptly as reasonably practicable
to
each indemnifying party of any action commenced against it in respect of
which
indemnity may be sought hereunder, but failure to so notify an indemnifying
party shall not relieve such indemnifying party from any liability hereunder
to
the extent it is not materially prejudiced as a result thereof and in any
event
shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have otherwise than
on
account of this indemnity agreement. In the case of parties indemnified pursuant
to Section 6(a) above, counsel to the indemnified parties shall be selected
by
the Underwriter, and, in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section
6(b) above, counsel to the indemnified parties shall be selected by the Company.
An indemnifying party may participate at its own expense in the defense of
any
such action; provided,
however,
that
counsel to the indemnifying party shall not (except with the consent of the
indemnified party) also be counsel to the indemnified party. In no event
shall
the indemnifying parties be liable for fees and expenses of more than one
counsel (in addition to any local counsel) separate from their own counsel
for
all indemnified parties in connection with any one action or separate but
similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same
general allegations or circumstances. No indemnifying party shall, without
the
prior written consent of the indemnified parties, settle or compromise or
consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any litigation, or any
investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced
or
threatened, or any claim whatsoever in respect of which indemnification or
contribution could be sought under this Section 6 or Section 7 hereof (whether
or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties thereto),
unless
such settlement, compromise or consent (i) includes an unconditional release
of
each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such litigation,
investigation, proceeding or claim and (ii) does not include a statement
as to
or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf
of any
indemnified party.
(d) Settlement
without Consent if Failure to Reimburse.
If at
any time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party
to
reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel, such
indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of the
nature contemplated by Section 6(a)(ii) effected without its written consent
if
(i) such settlement is entered into more than 90 days after receipt by
such
indemnifying party of the aforesaid request, (ii) such indemnifying party
shall
have received notice of the terms of such settlement at least 60 days prior
to
such settlement being entered into and (iii) such indemnifying party shall
not
have reimbursed such indemnified party in accordance with such request prior
to
the date of such settlement. Notwithstanding the immediately preceding
sentence, if at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an
indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses
of
counsel, an indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement of
the
nature contemplated by Section 6(a)(ii) effected without its consent if such
indemnifying party (A) reimburses such indemnified party in accordance with
such
request to the extent it considers such request to be reasonable and (B)
provides written notice to the indemnified party substantiating the unpaid
balance as unreasonable, in each case prior to the date of such settlement,
subject to provision of notice by the indemnified party in accordance with
(i)
and (ii) above.
SECTION
7. Contribution.
If the
indemnification provided for in Section 6 hereof is for any reason unavailable
to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any
losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses referred to therein, then
each
indemnifying party shall contribute to the aggregate amount of such losses,
liabilities, claims, damages and expenses incurred by such indemnified party,
as
incurred, (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative
benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriter on the
other hand from the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement
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) above but also the relative fault of the
Company on the one hand and of the Underwriter on the other hand in connection
with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, liabilities,
claims, damages or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations.
The
relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriter
on
the other hand in connection with the offering of the Securities pursuant
to
this Agreement shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions
as (x)
the total net proceeds from the offering of the Securities pursuant to
this
Agreement (before deducting expenses) received by the Company and (y)
the total
underwriting discount received by the Underwriter, respectively, in each
case as
set forth on the cover of the Prospectus bear to the aggregate initial
public
offering price of the Securities as set forth on the cover of the
Prospectus.
The
relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Underwriter on
the other
hand shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether
any such
untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or
alleged
omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by
the Company
or by the Underwriter and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to
information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or
omission.
The
Company and the Underwriter agree that it would not be just and equitable
if
contribution pursuant to this Section were determined by pro rata allocation
(even if the Underwriter were treated as one entity for such purpose) or
by any
other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable
considerations referred to above in this Section. The aggregate amount
of
losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses incurred by an indemnified
party and referred to above in this Section shall be deemed to include
any legal
or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in
investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, or any
investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced
or
threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue or alleged
untrue
statement or omission or alleged omission.
Notwithstanding
the provisions of this Section, the Underwriter shall not be required to
contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which
the Securities underwritten by it and distributed to the public were offered
to
the public exceeds the amount of any damages which the Underwriter has otherwise
been required to pay by reason of any 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 1933 Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not
guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
For
purposes of this Section, each person, if any, who controls an Underwriter
within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934
Act
and the Underwriter’s Affiliates and selling agents shall have the same rights
to contribution as the Underwriter, and each director of the Company, each
officer of the Company who signed the Registration Statement, and each person,
if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933
Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act shall have the same rights to contribution
as
the Company.
SECTION
8. Representations,
Warranties and Agreements to Survive.
All
representations, warranties and agreements contained in this Agreement or in
certificates of officers of the Company or any of its subsidiaries submitted
pursuant hereto shall remain operative and in full force and effect (but only
as
of the dates on which they were made), regardless of (i) any investigation
made
by or on behalf of the Underwriter or its Affiliates or selling agents, any
person controlling the Underwriter, its officers or directors or any person
controlling the Company, and (ii) delivery of and payment for the
Securities.
SECTION
9. Termination
of Agreement.
(a) Termination;
General.
The
Underwriter may terminate this Agreement, by notice to the Company, at any
time
at or prior to Closing Time (i) if there has been, since the time of execution
of this Agreement or since the respective dates as of which information is
given
in the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto) or the General
Disclosure Package, any material adverse change in the condition, financial
or
otherwise, or in the earnings or business affairs of the Company and its
subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the
ordinary course of business, or (ii) if there has occurred any material adverse
change in the financial markets in Chile, or in the United States or the
international financial markets, any outbreak of hostilities or escalation
thereof or other calamity or crisis or any change or development involving
a
prospective change in national or international political, financial or economic
conditions, in each case the effect of which is such as to make it, in the
judgment of the Underwriter, impracticable or inadvisable to market the
Securities or to enforce contracts for the sale of the Securities, or (iii)
if a
change or development involving a prospective change in the existing political,
economic or regulatory conditions in Chile (including a material devaluation
of
the Chilean peso relative to the U.S. dollar, change in exchange controls,
currency exchange rates or taxation, including any stock transfer duty affecting
the Common Shares or the ADSs) or foreign investment regulation or in the
exchange controls imposed by Chile shall have occurred, the effect of which
change or development is to make it, in the sole judgment of the Underwriter,
impracticable to market the Securities or to enforce contracts for the sale
of
the Securities, or (iv) if trading in any securities of the Company has been
suspended or materially limited by the Santiago Stock Exchange, if trading
in
the Common Shares or ADSs, if any, has been suspended by the Commission or
the
New York Stock Exchange, or if trading generally on the Santiago Stock Exchange,
the American Stock Exchange or the New York Stock Exchange or in the Nasdaq
National Market has been suspended or materially limited, or minimum or maximum
prices for trading have been fixed, or maximum ranges for prices have been
required, by any of said exchanges or by such system or by order of the
Commission, the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. or any other
United States or Chilean governmental authority, or a material disruption has
occurred in commercial banking or securities settlement, or (v) a material
disruption has occurred in commercial banking or securities settlement or
clearance services in the United States or with respect to Clearstream or
Euroclear systems in Europe, or (vi) if a banking moratorium has been declared
by any of Chilean, U.S. federal or New York authorities.
(b) Liabilities.
If
this
Agreement is terminated pursuant to this Section, such termination shall be
without liability of any party to any other party except as provided in Section
4 hereof, and provided further that Sections 1, 6, 7, 8, 15, 16, 17 and 18
shall
survive such termination and remain in full force and effect.
SECTION
10. Tax
Disclosure. Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Agreement, immediately upon commencement of
discussions with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby, the Company
(and each employee, representative or other agent of the Company) may disclose
to any and all persons, without limitation of any kind, the tax treatment and
tax structure of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and all
materials of any kind (including opinions or other tax analyses) that are
provided to the Company relating to such tax treatment and tax structure. For
purposes of the foregoing, the term “tax treatment” is the purported or claimed
federal income tax treatment of the transactions contemplated hereby, and the
term “tax structure” includes any fact that may be relevant to understanding the
purported or claimed federal income tax treatment of the transactions
contemplated hereby.
SECTION
11. Notices.
All
notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be
deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted by any standard form
of
telecommunication. Notices to the Underwriter shall be directed to the
Underwriter at [ ], attention
of
[ ]; and notices to the Company shall be directed to it at Avenida Presidente
Riesco, 5711, piso 20, Las Condes, Santiago, Chile, attention of Andres del
Valle.
SECTION
12. No
Advisory or Fiduciary Relationship. The
Company acknowledges and agrees that (a) the purchase and sale of the Securities
pursuant to this Agreement, including the determination of the public offering
price of the Securities and any related discounts and commissions, is an
arm’s-length commercial transaction between the Company, on the one hand, and
the Underwriter, on the other hand, (b) in connection with the offering
contemplated hereby and the process leading to such transaction the Underwriter
is and has been acting solely as a principal and is not the agent or fiduciary
of the Company, or its stockholders, creditors, employees or any other party,
(c) the Underwriter has not assumed nor will assume an advisory or fiduciary
responsibility in favor of the Company with respect to the offering contemplated
hereby or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether the Underwriter
has advised or is currently advising the Company on other matters) and the
Underwriter has no obligation to the Company with respect to the offering
contemplated hereby except the obligations expressly set forth in this
Agreement, (d) the Underwriter and its affiliates may be engaged in a broad
range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the
Company, and (e) the Underwriter has not provided any legal, accounting,
regulatory or tax advice with respect to the offering contemplated hereby and
the Company has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors
to the extent it deemed appropriate.
SECTION
13. Integration. This
Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings (whether written
or
oral) between the Company and the Underwriter, or any of them, with respect
to
the subject matter hereof.
SECTION
14. Parties.
This
Agreement shall each inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Underwriter
and the Company and their respective successors. Nothing expressed or mentioned
in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any person, firm
or
corporation, other than the Underwriter and the Company and their respective
successors and the controlling persons and officers and directors referred
to in
Sections 6 and 7 and their heirs and legal representatives, any legal or
equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any
provision herein contained. This Agreement and all conditions and provisions
hereof are intended to be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Underwriter
and the Company and their respective successors, and said controlling persons
and officers and directors and their heirs and legal representatives, and for
the benefit of no other person, firm or corporation. No purchaser of Securities
from the Underwriter shall be deemed to be a successor by reason merely of
such
purchase.
SECTION
15. Waiver
of Immunities.
To
the
extent that the Company or any of its properties, assets or revenues may have
or
may hereafter become entitled to, or have attributed to the Company, any right
of immunity, on the grounds of sovereignty or otherwise, from any legal action,
suit or proceeding, from the giving of any relief in any such legal action,
suit
or proceeding, from setoff or counterclaim, from the jurisdiction of any
Chilean, New York or U.S. federal court, from service of process, from
attachment upon or prior to judgment, from attachment in aid of execution of
judgment, or from execution of judgment, or other legal process or proceeding
for the giving of any relief or for the enforcement of any judgment, in any
such
court in which proceedings may at any time be commenced, with respect to the
obligations and liabilities of the Company, or any other matter under or arising
out of or in connection with this Agreement and the Deposit Agreement, the
Company hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives such right to the extent
permitted by law, and agrees not to plead or claim any such immunity, and
consents to such relief or enforcement.
SECTION
16. Company
Consent to Jurisdiction; Appointment of Agent for Service of
Process.
(a) Consent
to Jurisdiction.
The
Company, by its execution and delivery of this Agreement, agrees that service
of
process may be made upon the Company’s Miami Office, located at 9700 South Dixie
Highway, Penthouse, Miami, Florida 33156 (or its successors as agent for service
of process), in the United States of America in any suit or proceeding against
the Company instituted by the Underwriter or any person controlling the
Underwriter based on or arising under this Agreement or the transactions
contemplated herein which may be instituted in any federal or state court in
the
Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, State of New York, and hereby
irrevocably consents and submits to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of any such
court in
personam generally
and unconditionally in respect of any such suit or proceeding. Nothing herein
shall in any way be deemed to limit the ability of the Underwriter and the
other
persons referred to in Sections 6 and 7 to serve any such legal process,
summons, notices and documents in any other manner permitted by applicable
law
or to obtain jurisdiction over the Company or bring actions, suits or
proceedings against the Company, in such other jurisdictions, and in such
manner, as may be permitted by applicable law. The Company hereby irrevocably
and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any
objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any of
the
aforesaid actions, suits or proceedings arising out of or in connection with
this Agreement or the transactions contemplated herein brought in the federal
courts or the courts of the State of New York located in the State of New York,
County of New York and hereby further irrevocably and unconditionally waives
and
agrees not to plead or claim in any such court that any such action, suit or
proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient
forum.
(b) Survival
of Agreement. The
provisions of this Section shall survive any termination of this Agreement,
in
whole or in part.
SECTION
17. Judgment
Currency.
The
Company agrees to indemnify the Underwriter and each person, if any, who
controls the Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or
Section 20 of the 1934 Act, and the Underwriter agrees to indemnify the Company,
its directors, each of its officers who signed the Registration Statement,
and
each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section
15
of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act, in respect of any judgment being
given in connection with this Agreement, the Prospectus, the Registration
Statement or the ADR Registration Statement for which indemnification is
provided by such person pursuant to Section 6 of this Agreement and any such
judgment or order being paid in a currency (the “Judgment
Currency”)
other
than U.S. dollars against any loss incurred, as incurred, as a result of any
variation as between (i) the spot rate of exchange in New York at which the
Judgment Currency would have been convertible through normal banking procedures
in the City of New York into U.S. dollars as of the date such judgment or order
is entered, and (ii) the spot rate of exchange at which the indemnified party
is
first able to purchase U.S. dollars through normal banking procedures in the
City of New York with the amount of the Judgment Currency actually received
by
the indemnified party. If, alternatively, the indemnified party receives a
profit as a result of such currency conversion, it will return any such profits
to the indemnifying party (after taking into account any taxes or other costs
arising in connection with such conversion and repayment). The foregoing
indemnity shall constitute a separate and independent, several and not joint,
obligation of the Company and the Underwriter and shall continue in full force
and effect notwithstanding any such judgment or order as aforesaid. The term
“spot
rate of exchange”
shall
include any premiums and costs of exchange payable in connection with the
purchase of, or conversion into, the relevant currency.
SECTION
18. GOVERNING
LAW. THIS
AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF
THE
STATE OF NEW YORK.
SECTION
19. TIME. TIME
SHALL BE OF THE ESSENCE OF THIS AGREEMENT. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE SET FORTH HEREIN,
SPECIFIED TIMES OF DAY REFER TO NEW YORK CITY TIME.
SECTION
20. Counterparts. This
Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall
be
deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute
one and the same Agreement.
SECTION
21. Effect
of Headings. The
Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only
and
shall not affect the construction hereof.
If
the
foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please
sign
and return to the Company a counterpart hereof, whereupon this instrument,
along
with all counterparts, will become a binding agreement between the Underwriter
and the Company in accordance with its terms.
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CONFIRMED
AND ACCEPTED,
as
of the
date first above written:
The
Underwriter
By:
Authorized
Signatory
SCHEDULE
A
LAN
AIRLINES S.A.
____________
Common Shares
[including
_____________ Common Shares in the form of ADSs]
without
par value
1. The
initial public offering price for the Securities, determined as provided in
Section 2, shall be Ch$_____ per Common Share and $_____ per ADS.
2. The
purchase price for the Securities to be paid by the Underwriter shall be
Ch$_____ per Common Share and $_____ per ADS, being an amount equal to the
initial public offering price set forth above less Ch$_____ per Common Share
and
$_____ per ADS (the “Underwriting
Commission”),
provided that the purchase price per share for any Option Securities purchased
upon the exercise of the over-allotment option described in Section 2(b) shall
be reduced by an amount per ADS equal to any dividends or distributions declared
by the Company and payable on the Initial Securities but not payable on the
Option Securities.
SCHEDULE
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Number of Option Securities to be Sold
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SCHEDULE
C
Names
of
Persons Subject to Lock-up
Lan
Airlines S.A.
[10%
holders]
Exhibit
A
Form
of Opinion of Company’s Chilean Counsel to be Delivered Pursuant to Section
5(b)
[
],
2007
To
the
Underwriter
Lan
Airlines S.A. (the “Company”)
Offering
of [ ] shares of Common Stock of the Company
in
the
form of Shares or American Depositary Shares
Dear
Sirs:
We
have
acted as special legal advisers as to Chilean law to each of the Company in
connection with the sale by the Company of [ ] shares of common stock (the
“Shares”),
a part
of which will be offered in the form of American Depositary Shares, pursuant
to
the underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting
Agreement”)
dated [
], 2007 among the Company and you, as the Underwriter.
In
accordance with Section 5(b) of the Underwriting Agreement, we are delivering
to
you our opinion as to certain legal matters relating to the offering of the
Shares. For such purpose, we have examined, inter
alia,
the
following documents:
(a) certified
copies of the estatutos
of
the
Company;
(b) a
certified copy of the minutes of the meeting of the Board of Directors of the
Company held on [ ], 2007 authorizing, among other things, the offerings of Shares and the shareholders’
resolution dated [ ], 2007;
(f) a
copy of
the Registration Statement on Form F-3 (File No. 333-[ ]) (the “Registration
Statement”)
dated
May [ ], 2007 filed by the Company with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission (the “Commission”),
including the prospectus dated May [ ], 2007 (the “Base
Prospectus”),
the
preliminary prospectus supplement dated May [ ], 2007 (the “Preliminary
Prospectus Supplement”
and,
together with the Base Prospectus, the “Preliminary
Prospectus”)
and
the prospectus supplement dated May [ ], 2007 (the “Final
Prospectus Supplement”
and,
together with the Base Prospectus, the “Prospectus”);
(g) copies
of
the registration statement on Form F-6 (No. 333-125996), filed on June 21,
2005
(the “ADR
Registration Statement”);
(h) a
copy of
the Company’s annual report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31,
2006 filed with the Commission on May [ ], 2007;
(i) a
copy of
the deposit agreement (the “Deposit
Agreement”)
dated
as of [ ], entered into among the Company, The Bank of New York as depositary
(the “Depositary”),
and
owners and beneficial owners of the ADRs; and
(j) a
copy of
the Underwriting Agreement;
We
have
also examined such certificates and corporate and other records and documents
of
the Company, and such other matters, documents and records, and considered
such
questions of law, as we have deemed necessary or appropriate for the purpose
of
rendering the opinion hereinafter set forth. Unless otherwise defined herein
or
the context otherwise requires, all capitalized terms used in this opinion
have
the meanings given to the corresponding terms in the Underwriting
Agreement.
Having
examined the above documents and having regard to the relevant laws of Chile
to
the extent that they are applicable, we are of the opinion that:
1.
The
Company is duly incorporated, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of Chile, and has full power and
authority to own, lease and operate its properties and assets and conduct its
business as described in the Prospectus and to execute, deliver and perform
its
obligations under the Underwriting Agreement and the Deposit
Agreement;
2.
The
authorized, issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company is as set forth
in the Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to the
exercise of options referred to in the Prospectus and repurchase of shares),
and
all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock, including the Shares,
have been validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable (except for those shares offered to the minority shareholders in connection with the preemptive rights, and the shares pertaining to the employee compensation plan); the preemptive
rights in respect of the sale of the Shares of the Company that are the subject
of the offering, including the Option Shares, have been validly waived; the
Shares may be freely deposited with the Depositary against issuance of
ADRs
evidencing ADSs; to our knowledge there are no outstanding securities by, or
with the consent of, the Company that are convertible into or exchangeable
for,
or warrants, rights or options to purchase or subscribe from the Company, or
obligations of the Company to issue, shares of common stock or any other class
of capital stock of the Company except as set forth in the Prospectus; under
the
estatutos
of
the
Company, or Chilean Law, the Shares are freely transferable by the Company
to or
for the account of the Underwriter (to the extent described in the Prospectus);
to our knowledge none of the outstanding shares of capital stock, including
the
Securities, was issued in violation of the preemptive or other similar rights,
arising under the estatutos
of
the
Company or Chilean law, of any securityholder of the Company; registered holders
of the Shares will be entitled to all the rights of shareholders as provided
by
the estatutos
of
the
Company and applicable Chilean law; there are no restrictions on subsequent
transfers of the Shares under the laws of Chile (except to the extent described
in the Prospectus); and the Shares conform in all material respects to the
description of the common stock contained in the Prospectus;
3.
The
Company (i) has, to the best of our knowledge, good and valid title to the
Shares free and clear of all security interests, mortgages, pledges, charges,
claims, liens, equities or other encumbrances, other than pursuant to the
Underwriting Agreement and (ii) has the legal right and power (other than those
covered in (i) above) and all authorization and approval required by law, to
enter into the Underwriting Agreement and to sell, transfer and deliver the
Shares; upon delivery of the Shares and payment of the purchase price therefor
as contemplated under the Underwriting Agreement, good and valid title to the
Shares, free and clear of all security interests, mortgages, pledges, charges,
claims, liens, equities or other encumbrances will pass to the Underwriter,
assuming the Underwriter, as the case may be, has no knowledge of any adverse
claim and, only to the extent such an adverse claim exists, such absence of
knowledge is not due to the gross negligence of the Underwriter;
4.
Each
of
the Underwriting Agreement and the Deposit Agreement has been duly authorized,
executed and delivered by the Company and under the laws of Chile, constitutes
a
valid and legally binding agreement of the Company enforceable in accordance
with its terms; and assuming that each of the Underwriting Agreement and the
Deposit Agreement is in proper form under the laws of the State of New York
to
be enforced against the Company, each of the Underwriting Agreement and the
Deposit Agreement is in proper form under the laws of Chile to be enforced
against the Company;
5.
It
is not
necessary in order to ensure the legality, validity, enforceability or
admissibility into evidence in Chile for either the Underwriting Agreement
or
the Deposit Agreement that they be filed or recorded with any court or other
authority in Chile or that any Chilean stamp or similar tax be paid thereon,
on
any document to be furnished thereunder, or in respect of their execution and
delivery;
6.
To
the
best of our knowledge and other than as set forth in the Prospectus, there
is no
action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or brought by any
Governmental Agency in Chile pending to which the Company or any of its
consolidated subsidiaries is a party or of which any property of the Company
or
any of its consolidated subsidiaries is the subject which, if determined
adversely to the Company or any of its consolidated subsidiaries, would
individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect or a material
adverse effect on the power or ability of the Company to perform its obligations
under the Underwriting Agreement and the Deposit Agreement;
7.
The
execution, delivery and performance by the Company of each of the Underwriting
Agreement and the Deposit Agreement and the consummation by the Company of
the
transactions contemplated in each of the Underwriting Agreement, the Deposit
Agreement and the Registration Statement and compliance by the Company with
its
obligations under each of the Underwriting Agreement and the Deposit Agreement
do not and will not result in any violation of the provisions of the
estatutos
of
the
Company, or any applicable law, statute, rule, regulation, nor, to the best
of
our knowledge, judgment, order, writ or decree of any government, government
instrumentality or court, in Chile, having jurisdiction over the Company or
any
of the Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties, assets or operations,
nor, will any such action, whether with or without the giving of notice or
lapse
of time or both, conflict with or constitute a breach of, or default or
Repayment Event (only to the extent the Company is concerned) under, or result
in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any
property or assets of the Company pursuant to, any contract, indenture,
mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit agreement, note, lease or any other
agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it may
be
bound, or to which any of the property or assets of the Company is subject;
8.
The
statements in each of the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus under the
captions “Description of Our Shares of Common Stock”, “Description of the
American Depositary Shares”, and “Taxation - Chilean Taxation” with respect to
matters of the estatutos
of
the
Company and Chilean laws and regulations referred to therein, are accurate
in
all material respects; and the information incorporated by reference into each
of the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus from the Company’s Annual
Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006 (the “Annual
Report”) and appearing in the Annual Report under the captions “Risk Factors”,
“Directors, Senior Management and Employees—Compensation”, “Directors, Senior
Management and Employees—Board of Directors’ Committee and Audit Committee”,
“Directors, Senior Management and Employees—NYSE Corporate Governance
Comparison”, “Additional Information—Memorandum and Articles of Association”,
“Additional Information—Foreign Investment and Exchange Controls in Chile” and
“Additional Information—Taxation—Chilean Taxation”, and the information in the
Registration Statement under the caption “Indemnification of Directors and
Officers”, in each case with respect to matters of estatutos
of
the
Company and Chilean laws and regulations referred to therein, is accurate in
all
material respects;
9.
To
the
best of our knowledge, there are no statutes or regulations of Chile that are
required to be described in the Prospectus or in the Annual Report on Form
20-F
that are not described as required;
10.
Under
current Chilean law and regulations, no transaction tax, stamp duty or similar
tax or duty or withholding or other taxes are payable by or on behalf of the
Underwriter to Chile or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof
or
therein in connection with the sale and delivery of the Shares by the
Company as contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement, or in connection with
the
execution, delivery or enforcement of the Underwriting Agreement or the Deposit
Agreement or the deposit of Common Shares under the Deposit
Agreement;
11.
I
nsofar
as matters of Chilean law are concerned, the Registration Statement and the
ADR
Registration Statement and the filing of the Registration Statement and the
ADR
Registration Statement with the Commission have been duly authorized by and
on
behalf of the Company; and each of the Registration Statement and the ADR
Registration Statement has been duly executed pursuant to such authorization
by
and on behalf of the Company;
12.
No
Governmental Authorizations are required under Chilean law to be obtained by
the
Company in connection with the execution or delivery of, or the performance
by
any of the Company of its obligations under, any of the Underwriting Agreement
or the Deposit Agreement, or the consummation by the Company of the transactions
contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement, the Deposit Agreement and the
Registration Statement, except for such Governmental Authorizations as have
been
duly obtained or given and are in full force and effect;
13.
Except
as
set forth in the Deposit Agreement, or the Prospectus, there are no limitations
under Chilean law on the rights of holders of Shares, ADSs or ADRs
evidencing 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—Chilean Taxation”) but
otherwise free and clear of any tax, duty, withholding or deduction imposed
by
or in Chile;
14.
The
Company and its obligations under the Underwriting Agreement and the Deposit Agreement are subject to
civil and commercial law and to suit and neither the Company nor any of its
properties, assets or revenues has any right of immunity under Chilean law
from
any legal action, suit or proceeding, from the giving of any relief in any
such
legal action, suit or proceeding, from setoff or counterclaim, from the
jurisdiction of any Chilean court, from service of process, attachment upon
or
prior to judgment, or attachment in aid of execution of judgment, or from
execution of a judgment, or other legal process or proceeding for the giving
of
any relief or for the enforcement of a judgment, in any such court, with respect
to its obligations, liabilities or any other matter under or arising out of
or
in connection with the Underwriting Agreement and the Deposit Agreement and, to the extent that the
Company or any of its properties, assets or revenues may have or may hereafter
become entitled to any such right of immunity in any such court in which
proceedings may at any time be commenced, the Company has validly waived such
right to the extent permitted by law and has consented to such relief and
enforcement as provided in Section 15 of the Underwriting
Agreement and Section 7 of the Deposit Agreement;
15.
The
agreement of the Company to the choice of law provisions set forth in Section
16
of the Underwriting Agreement is, assuming such provision is valid and legally
binding under the laws of the State of New York by which the Underwriting
Agreement is expressly governed and as to which we render no opinion, legal,
valid and binding under the laws of Chile; the agreement of the Company to
the
choice of law provisions set forth in Section 7.6 of the Deposit Agreement
is, assuming such provision is valid and legally binding under the laws of
the
State of New York by which the Deposit Agreement is expressly governed and
as to
which we render no opinion, legal, valid and binding under the laws of Chile;
the Company has legal capacity to sue and be sued in its own name under the
laws
of Chile; the irrevocable submission of the Company to the non-exclusive
jurisdiction of any New York Court and the waiver by the Company of any
objection to the venue of a proceeding of a New York Court, and the appointment
by the Company its own authorized agent for the purposes described in Section
16
of the Underwriting Agreement and Section 7 of the Deposit Agreement, are, assuming such provisions are valid and
legally binding under the laws of the State of New York by which the
Underwriting Agreement is expressly governed and as to which we render no
opinion, legal, valid and binding under the laws of Chile; and under the laws
of
Chile, Chilean courts would recognize as a valid judgment any final and
conclusive civil judgment for monetary claims (which, for this purpose, are
limited to those of a purely civil nature and do not include monetary claims
of
the nature of criminal or administrative sanction, such as punitive damages,
even though they take the form of civil claims) obtained in a New York Court
against the Company in an action based on the Underwriting Agreement and would
give effect thereto, provided that (A) the jurisdiction of such New York
Court is permitted under Chilean laws or treaties (as of the date of this
opinion the laws of Chile would not deny the jurisdiction over the Company
of
New York Courts in such legal suit, action or proceeding), (B) the Company
has received service of process necessary for the commencement of the relevant
proceedings, other than by public notice or any method comparable thereto,
or
has appeared before such New York Court, (C) such judgment and court
proceeding are not repugnant to public policy as applied in Chile,
(D) there exists reciprocity as to recognition by a New York Court of final
judgments obtained in a Chilean court (however, we do not express any opinion
as
to whether there exists such reciprocity), and (E) there is no conflicting
Chilean judgment on the subject matter.
We
have
assumed, for the purpose of rendering this opinion, that (i) all signatures
or
seal impressions on any documents we reviewed are true and genuine; (ii)
all
documents submitted to us as originals are authentic and complete; (iii) the
documents we
examined
are
executed in the form of the copies examined by us;
(iv)
all copies of the documents we examined are complete and conform to the
originals thereof that are authentic and complete; (v) all signatories who
have
executed or delivered the Underwriting Agreement,
and Deposit Agreement and other documents related thereto on behalf of the
relevant parties thereto had at the relevant times sufficient and competent
legal capacity to take such actions; (vi) the Underwriting Agreement and Deposit Agreement and other documents related
thereto have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by all the parties
thereto (other than the Company), which matters we have not independently
verified; (vi) each party (other than the Company) to each of the Underwriting
Agreement, and Deposit Agreement and other
documents related thereto is an entity duly organized, validly existing in
good
standing (where appropriate) under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
organization, and has full and complete power and authority (corporate and
otherwise) to execute and deliver, and to perform its obligations thereunder;
and (vii) nothing in the applicable law of any jurisdiction other than Chile
would conflict with, or preclude the performance, legality, validity,
effectiveness or enforcement of, the Underwriting Agreement.
The
foregoing opinion is limited solely to the laws of Chile effective as of the
date hereof and we neither express nor imply any opinion on, or in respect
of,
the laws of any country or jurisdiction other than Chile. In giving the opinion
set forth above, we have relied, as to matters governed by the laws of the
State
of New York or the federal laws of the United States of America, upon the legal
opinion of Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen and Hamilton LLP, U.S. counsel to the
Company, each addressed to the Underwriter and dated the date
hereof.
In
rendering the foregoing opinion, we have relied, as to certain factual matters,
upon certificates of officers or any other authorized persons of the Company,
or
public officials, in particular, as to the correctness and conformity of the
statements with the relevant facts thereof included, expressly or impliedly,
in
such certificates.
.
Very
truly yours,
Exhibit
B
Form
of Opinion of Company’s Special U.S. Counsel
to
be Delivered Pursuant to Section 5(c)
1. The
Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company
under
the laws of the State of New York.
2.
The
Deposit Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company under
the
laws of the State of New York and constitutes a valid, binding and enforceable
agreement of the Company.
3.
Upon
the issuance by the Depositary of ADRs evidencing ADSs against the deposit
of
Securities in respect thereof in accordance with the provisions of the Deposit
Agreement, such ADRs will be duly issued and the person in whose name the ADRs
are registered will be entitled to the rights specified therein and in the
Deposit Agreement.
4.
The
issuance and sale of the Securities to the Underwriters pursuant to the
Underwriting Agreement do not, and the performance by the Company of its
obligations in the Underwriting Agreement will not, (a) require any consent,
approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any
governmental authority of the United States or the State of New York tat in
our
experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with
respect tot such issuance, sale or performance, except such as have been obtains
or effected under the Securities Act and the United States Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (but we express no opinion relating to any state
securities or Blue Sky laws), or (b) result in any violation of any United
States federal or New York State law that in our opinion would normally be
applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance
(but we express no opinion relating to the antifraud provisions under the United
States federal securities laws or to any state securities or Blue Sky
laws).
5.
The
statements under the headings “Description of the American Depositary Shares” in
the Final Prospectus, insofar as such statements purport to summarize certain
provisions of the Securities, provide a fair summary of such provisions; and
the
statements set forth in the Final Prospectus under the heading “Taxation”,
insofar as such statements purport to summarize certain Federal income tax
laws
of the United States, constitute a fair summary of the principal U.S. Federal
income tax consequences of an investment in the Securities by a U.S. Holder
(as
defined in the Final Prospectus).
6. Under the law of the State of New York relating to submission to jurisdiction, the Company has, pursuant to Section 17 of the Underwriting Agreement and pursuant to Section 7.6 of the Deposit Agreement, (i) validly and irrevocably submitted to the personal jurisdiction of any New York State or United States federal court in New York City, in any action arising out of or based upon the Underwriting Agreement, (ii) to the fullest extent permitted by law, validly and irrevocably waived any objection to the venue of a proceeding in any such court and (iii) has validly appointed its Miami office, located at 9700 South Dixie Highway, Penthouse, Miami, Florida 33156, as its authorized agent for the purpose described in Section 17 of the Underwriting Agreement and Section 7.6 of the Deposit Agreement; and service of p
rocess effected on such agent in the manner permitted by applicable law will be effective to confer valid personal jurisdiction over the Company in any such action.
.
7.
No
registration of the Company under the United States Investment Company Act
of
1940, as amended, is required for the offer and sale of the ADSs by the Company
in the manner contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement and the Final
Prospectus.
.
Exhibit
C
Form
of Opinion of Depositary’s Counsel to be Delivered Pursuant to Section
5(d)
__________,
2007
To
the
Underwriter
Re: Lan
Airlines S.A.
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
We
are
acting as counsel for The Bank of New York, as depositary, in connection with
the Amended and Restated Deposit Agreement dated as of March 25, 2003 (the
“Deposit Agreement”), among Lan Chile S.A. (predecessor to Lan Airlines S.A., or
the “Company”), The Bank of New York, as depositary (the “Depositary”), and all
owners and beneficial owners from time to time of American Depositary Receipts
issued thereunder.
We
are
delivering this opinion at the request of the Depositary to you as provided
in
the Underwriting Agreement dated ______, 2007 among the Company and you, in
connection with the contemplated purchase of _________ _____ shares (“Shares”)
of the Company, in the form of American Depositary Shares (the “ADSs”) evidenced
by American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”).
Based
on
the foregoing, and subject to the accuracy of the assumptions and to the
qualifications set forth below, we are of the opinion that:
(i) The
Deposit Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
Depositary and constitutes a valid and binding agreement of the Depositary
enforceable against the Depositary in accordance with its terms, except as
enforcement of it may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer,
reorganization, moratorium or similar laws of general application relating
to or
affecting creditors’ rights and by general principles of equity.
(ii) Upon
execution and delivery by the Depositary of ADRs evidencing the ADSs against
the
deposit of Shares in accordance with the provisions of the Deposit Agreement,
the ADSs will be validly issued and will entitle the registered holders of
the
ADSs to the rights specified in those ADRs and in the Deposit
Agreement.
These
opinions are based upon the assumptions that (a) the Deposit Agreement has
been
duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and constitutes a valid
and binding agreement of the Company enforceable against the Company in
accordance with its terms, (b) all the Shares are duly authorized, validly
issued, fully paid and non-assessable and are registered or not required to
be
registered in accordance with the United States Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and (c) all signatures on documents examined by us are genuine. In
giving these opinions, we have also relied as to certain matters, without
independent verification, on information obtained from public officials or
officers of the Depositary.
We
are
members of the New York Bar only and do not hold ourselves out as practicing
under, nor do we express any opinion on or as to the effect of, any laws other
than the laws of the State of New York and the Federal laws of the United
States.
We
are
giving the opinions set forth in this letter as of the date of this letter,
and
we assume no obligation to advise you of factual or legal changes which may
thereafter be brought to our attention.
These
opinions are solely for your benefit and may not be relied upon by any other
person or entity without our prior written consent. Nothing in this letter
shall
be construed to create any liability for the Depositary.
Very
truly yours,
Exhibit
D
Form
of lock-up pursuant to Section 5(n)
May
9,
2007
To
the
Underwriter
Re: Proposed
Public Offering by Lan Airlines S.A.
Dear
Ladies and Gentlemen:
1. The
undersigned understands that [ ] Incorporated (the “Underwriter”)
proposes to enter into an Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting
Agreement”)
with
Lan Airlines S.A., a Chilean corporation (sociedad
anónima abierta)
(the
“Company”),
providing for the public offering (the “Public
Offering”)
of
11,243,865 shares of common stock (and up to an additional 15% of the shares
sold in the international offering (as defined in the preliminary prospectus
supplement dated May 9, 2007) to cover over-allotments), without par value,
of
the Company (the “Common
Stock”).
2. To
induce
the Underwriter to continue its efforts in connection with the Public Offering,
the undersigned hereby agrees that, without the prior written consent of the
Underwriter, it will not, during the period commencing on the date hereof and
ending 90 days after the date of the final prospectus supplement relating to
the
Public Offering, (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 of Common Stock or any securities convertible
into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock, or (2) enter into any
swap
or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of
the
economic consequences of ownership of the Common Stock, whether any such
transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery
of
Common Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise. The foregoing
sentence shall not apply to transactions relating to the Common Stock of the
Company or other securities acquired in open market transactions after the
completion of the Public Offering.
3. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, a transfer of shares of capital stock of the Company may be
made
(i) pursuant to a merger, tender offer, or change of control transaction
involving the Company on terms available to the shareholders of the Company
generally, (ii) to an entity majority-owned by the undersigned or to a member
of
the undersigned’s immediate family or any trust for the direct or indirect
benefit of the undersigned or the immediate family of the undersigned, provided
that prior to such transfer the transferee agrees to be bound in writing by
the
restrictions set forth herein and such transfer shall not involve a disposition
for value or (iii) by will or intestacy to the undersigned’s legal
representative, heir or legatee, provided that prior to such transfer the
transferee agrees to be bound in writing by the restrictions set forth
herein.
4. The
undersigned hereby further agrees that, without the prior written consent of
the
Underwriter, it will not, during the period commencing on the date of execution
of the Underwriting Agreement and up to and including the date of payment for
and delivery of the Initial Securities (as defined in the Underwriting
Agreement) (the “Closing
Date”),
effect any of the transactions described in 2 and 3 above with no exceptions
whatsoever.
5. The
undersigned understands that the Company and the Underwriter are relying upon
this agreement in proceeding toward consummation of the Public Offering. The
undersigned further understands that this agreement is irrevocable and shall
be
binding upon the undersigned’s heirs, legal representatives, successors and
assigns.
6. If
for
any reason the Underwriting Agreement shall be terminated on or prior to the
Closing Date, this agreement shall likewise be terminated.
Whether
or not the Public Offering actually occurs depends on a number of factors,
including market conditions. Any Public Offering will only be made pursuant
to
an Underwriting Agreement, the terms of which are subject to negotiation between
the Company and the Underwriter.
Annex
A
FORM
OF
ACCOUNTANTS’ COMFORT LETTER PURSUANT TO SECTION 5(h)
May
[ ],
2007
Lan
Airlines S.A.
and
The
Underwriter
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
We
have
audited:
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1.
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the
consolidated financial statements of Lan Airlines S.A. (the “Company”) and
subsidiaries as of December 31, 2006 and 2005 and for each of the
three
years in the period ended December 31, 2006 included in the Company’s
annual report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2006 (the
“Form
20-F”),
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2.
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management’s
assessment of the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over
financial reporting as of December 31, 2006 which is included in
the Form
20-F and
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3.
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the
effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting
as of December 31, 2006.
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The
consolidated financial statements and management’s assessment referred to above
are all incorporated by reference in the registration statement (No. 333-142665)
on Form F-3 filed by the Company under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Act”);
our reports with respect thereto are also incorporated by reference in such
registration statement. Such registration statement, as amended as of May [
],
2007, including the prospectus supplement dated May [ ], 2007 is herein referred
to as the “Registration Statement.”
In
connection with the Registration Statement:
1.
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We
are an independent registered public accounting firm with respect
to the
Company within the meaning of the Act and the applicable rules and
regulations thereunder adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission
(“SEC”) and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States)
(“PCAOB”).
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2. |
In
our opinion, the consolidated financial statements audited by us
and
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement comply
as to form
in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements
of
the Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the related
rules and
regulations adopted by the
SEC.
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3.
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We
have not audited any financial statements of the Company as of any
date or
for any period subsequent to December 31, 2006; although we have
conducted
an audit for the year ended December 31, 2006, the purpose (and therefore
the scope) of such audit was to enable us to express our opinion
on the
consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2006 and for
the year
then ended, but not on the financial statements for any interim period
within such year. Therefore, we are unable to and do not express
any
opinion on the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet as
of March
31, 2007 and the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income,
and cash flows for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2007 and
2006
included in the Company’s quarterly report on Form 6-K filed on May [ ],
2007, incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, or
on the
financial position, results of operations or cash flows as of any
date or
for any period subsequent to December 31, 2006. Also, we have not
audited
the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of any date
subsequent to December 31, 2006. Therefore, we do not express any
opinion
on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of any date
subsequent to December 31, 2006.
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4.
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For
purposes of this letter, we have read the minutes of the 2007 meetings
of
the stockholders and the Board of Directors of the Company and its
subsidiaries as set forth in the minute books at May [ ], 2007 (cut
off
date), officials of the Company having advised us that the minutes
of all
such meetings through that date were set forth therein, and have
carried
out other procedures to May [ ], 2007 (our work did not extend to
the
period from May [xx +1], 2007 to [date of letter], inclusive) as
follows:
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a.
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With
respect to the three-month periods ended March 31, 2007 and 2006,
we
have:
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(i)
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performed
the procedures (completed on April [ ], 2007) specified by the PCAOB
for a
review of interim financial information as described in SAS No. 100,
Interim
Financial Information,
on the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements as of
and for
the three-month periods ended March 31, 2007 and 2006 included in
the
Company’s quarterly report on Form 6-K for the quarter ended March 31,
2007, incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement;
and
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(ii)
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inquired
of certain officials of the Company who have responsibility for financial
and accounting matters whether the unaudited condensed consolidated
financial statements referred to in a(i) above comply as to form
in all
material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of
the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the related rules and regulations
adopted by the SEC.
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b.
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With
respect to the period from April 1, 2007 to April 30, 2007, we
have:
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(i)
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read
the unaudited consolidated financial data of the Company and subsidiaries
for April of both 2007 and 2006 furnished us by the Company, officials
of
the Company having advised us that no such financial data as of any
date
or for any period subsequent to April 30, 2007 were available. The
financial information for April of both 2007 and 2006 is incomplete
in
that it omits the statement of cash flows and other
disclosures.
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(ii)
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inquired
of certain officials of the Company who have responsibility for financial
and accounting matters as to whether the unaudited consolidated financial
data referred to in b(i) above are stated on a basis substantially
consistent with that of the audited consolidated financial statements
incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement.
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The
foregoing procedures do not constitute an audit made in accordance with
standards of the PCAOB. Also, they would not necessarily reveal matters of
significance with respect to the comments in the following paragraph.
Accordingly, we make no representations as to the sufficiency of the foregoing
procedures for your purposes.
5.
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Nothing
came to our attention as a result of the foregoing procedures, however,
that caused us to believe that:
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a.
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(i)
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Any
material modifications should be made to the unaudited condensed
consolidated financial statements described in 4a(i), incorporated
by
reference in the Registration Statement, for them to be in conformity
with
Chilean generally accepted accounting principles.
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(ii)
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The
unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements described in
4a(i)
do not comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable
accounting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and
the
related rules and regulations adopted by the
SEC.
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b.
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(i)
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At
April 30, 2007 there was any change in the capital stock, increase
in
long-term debt, or decrease in consolidated net current assets (working
capital) or stockholders’ equity of the Company consolidated as compared
with amounts shown in the March 31, 2007 unaudited condensed consolidated
balance sheet incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement,
or
(ii) for the period from April 1, 2007 to April 30, 2007, there were
any
decreases, as compared with the corresponding period in the preceding
year, in consolidated net sales or in the total or per-share amounts
of
income before extraordinary items or of net income, except in all
instances for changes, increases or decreases which the Registration
Statement discloses have occurred or may occur.
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6.
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As
mentioned in 4b, Company officials have advised us that no consolidated
financial data as of any date or for any period subsequent to April
30,
2007 are available; accordingly, the procedures carried out by us
with
respect to changes in financial statement items after April 30, 2007
have,
of necessity, been even more limited than those with respect to the
periods referred to in 4. We have inquired of certain officials of
the
Company who have responsibility for financial and accounting matters
as to
whether (a) at May [ ], 2007 (cut off date) there was any change
in the
capital stock, increase in long-term debt, or decrease in consolidated
net
current assets (working capital) or stockholders’ equity of the Company
consolidated as compared with amounts shown in the March 31, 2007
unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet incorporated by reference
in the Registration Statement; or (b) for the period from April 1,
2007 to
May [ ], 2007 (cut off date), there were any decreases, as compared
with
the corresponding period in the preceding year, in consolidated net
sales
or in the total or per-share amounts of income before extraordinary
items
or of net income. On the basis of these inquiries and our reading
of the
minutes as described in 4, nothing came to our attention that caused
us to
believe that there was any such change, increase or decrease, except
in
all instances for changes, increases or decreases which the Registration
Statement discloses have occurred or may
occur.
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7.
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For
purposes of this letter, we have also read the items identified by
you on
the attached copy of the prospectus forming part of the Registration
Statement and have performed the following procedures, which were
applied
as indicated with respect to the letters explained below. We make
no
comment as to whether the SEC would view any non-GAAP financial
information included or incorporated by reference in this document
as
being compliant with the requirements of Regulation G or Item 10
of
Regulation S-K.
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A
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Compared
to the corresponding amount or percentage in the audited consolidated
financial statements of the Company as of December 31, 2006 and 2005
and
for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2006
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and found
such
amount or percentage to be in agreement. However we make no comment
with
respect to reason given for changes between periods, where
applicable.
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B
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Compared
to the corresponding amount or percentage in the audited consolidated
financial statements of the Company as of December 31, 2004 and 2003
and
for each of the three years ended December 31, 2004 which are not
included
in the Registration Statement and found such amount or percentage
to be in
agreement. However we make no comment with respect to reason given
for
changes between periods, where applicable.
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C
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Compared
to the corresponding amount or percentage in the audited consolidated
financial statements of the Company as of December 31, 2002 and for
each
of the year ended December 31, 2002 which is not included in the
Registration Statement and found such amount or percentage to be
in
agreement. However we make no comment with respect to reason given
for
changes between periods, where applicable.
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D
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Compared
to the corresponding amount or percentage in the unaudited condensed
consolidated financial statements of the Company as of March 31,
2007 and
2006 and for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2007 and 2006
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and found
such
amount or percentage to be in agreement. However we make no comment
with
respect to reason given for changes between periods, where
applicable.
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Compared
to a schedule prepared by the Company from its accounting records
and
found such amount to be in agreement. We (a) compared the amounts
used in
the schedule to the corresponding amounts in the accounting records
and
(b) determined that the schedule was mathematically accurate. However,
we
make no comment as to the appropriateness or manner in which the
classification of the amounts contained in the schedule were
made.
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F
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Recomputed
the related amount or percentage using the applicable data contained
in
the respective table, financial statements, accounting records, related
sentence or found elsewhere in the registration statement and found
such
amount, difference or percentage to be in agreement.
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G
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Compared
to a schedule prepared by the Company from its accounting records
and
found such amounts to be in agreement. We (a) compared the amounts
used in
the schedule to the corresponding amounts in the accounting records
and
(b) determined that the schedule was mathematically accurate. However,
we
make no comment as to the appropriateness or completeness of the
Company’s
determination of the Regulation S-K requirements for quantitative
and
qualitative disclosures about market risks or as to the reasonableness
of
the Company’s assumptions underlying such disclosures including the
classification of its market risk instruments into market risk
exposure
categories or as to its determination of the expected maturity
dates or
amounts.
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H
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Compared
to a schedule prepared by the Company from its accounting records
and
found such ratio to be in agreement. We (a) compared the amounts
used in
the schedule to the corresponding amounts in the accounting records
and
(b) determined that the schedule was mathematically accurate. However,
we
make no comment as to the appropriateness of the definition of such
ratios
used by the Company.
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I
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We
recalculated from the actual column as of March 31, 2007 for the
proposed
use of proceeds of the Securities to be offered by mean of the
Registration Statement as described under “Use of Proceeds,” excluding
activity occurring after March 31, 2007. However, we make no comment
as to
whether the sale of Securities will be consummated and the use of
proceeds
as described therein will actually occur.
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With
respect to the non GAAP measures, “EBITDA” and “EBITDAR”, we compared to a
schedule prepared by the Company from its accounting records and
found
such amount or percentage to be in agreement. We (a) compared the
amounts
used in the schedule to the corresponding amounts in the accounting
records and found such amounts to be in agreement and (b) determined
that
the schedule was mathematically accurate. It should be noted that
EBITDA
and EBITDAR are not a measure of operating performance or liquidity
defined by generally accepted accounting principles and may not
be
comparable to similarly titled measures presented by other companies.
We
make no comment about the Company’s definition, calculation or
presentation of EBITDA or EBITDAR or its usefulness for any
purposes.
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Our
audit of the consolidated financial statements for the periods referred
to
in the introductory paragraph of this letter comprised audit tests
and
procedures deemed necessary for the purpose of expressing an opinion
on
such financial statements taken as a whole. For none of the periods
referred to therein, or any other period, did we perform audit tests
for
the purpose of expressing an opinion on individual balances of accounts
or
summaries of selected transactions such as those enumerated above,
and,
accordingly, we express no opinion
thereon.
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It
should be understood that we make no representations regarding questions
of legal interpretation or regarding the sufficiency for your purposes
of
the procedures enumerated in the second preceding paragraph; also,
such
procedures would not necessarily reveal any material misstatement
of the
amounts or percentages listed above. Further, we have addressed ourselves
solely to the foregoing data as set forth in the Registration Statement
and make no representations regarding the adequacy of disclosure
or
regarding whether any material facts have been
omitted.
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This
letter is solely for the information of the addressees and to assist
the
underwriters in conducting and documenting their investigation of
the
affairs of the Company in connection with the offering of the securities
covered by the Registration Statement, and is not to be used, circulated,
quoted, or otherwise referred to within or without the underwriting
group
for any other purpose, including but not limited to the registration,
purchase, or sale of securities, nor is it to be filed with or referred
to
in whole or in part in the Registration Statement or any other document,
except that reference may be made to it in the underwriting agreement
or
in any list of closing documents pertaining to the offering of the
securities covered by the Registration
Statement.
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Yours
very truly,