UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of March, 2012.
Commission File Number 1-14728
Lan Airlines S.A.
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
Presidente Riesco 5711, 20th floor
Las Condes
Santiago, Chile
(Address of principal executive offices)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
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Santiago, March 27, 2012
Mr. Fernando Coloma Correa
Commissioner
Securities and Insurance Commission
By Messenger
Re: Disclosure of Convocation of Regular Shareholders Meeting
Dear Commissioner:
As provided in Articles 9 and 10 of Securities Market Law and in General Rule #30, under due authorization, please be advised that at a Regular Meeting held March 27, 2012, the Board of Directors of Lan Airlines S.A. (hereinafter the “Company”) resolved to convene a Regular Shareholders Meeting at 10:30 a.m. on April 26, 2012 to discuss the following matters:
a) | approval of the annual report, balance sheet and financial statements of the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2011; |
b) | approval of the payment of a final dividend on account of the 2011 fiscal year profits. The interim dividends of US$0.16677 and US$0.24988 per share, paid in September 2011 and January 2012, must be imputed toward that sum; |
c) | the election of the Company’s Board of Directors; |
d) | the compensation to be paid to the Company’s Board of Directors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2012; |
e) | the compensation to be paid to the Company’s Audit Committee and its budget for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2012; |
f) | the appointment of the external auditing firm and risk rating agencies for the Company; and the reports on the matters indicated in Title XVI of Companies Law 18,046; |
g) | information on the cost of processing, printing and sending the information indicated in Circular 1816 of the Securities and Insurance Commission; |
h) | designation of the newspaper in which the Company will make publications; and |
i) | other matters of corporate interest within the purview of a Regular Shareholders Meeting of the Company. |
Very sincerely yours,
Alejandro de la Fuente Goic
Chief Financial Officer
Lan Airlines S.A.
cc: | Santiago Stock Exchange |
Electronic Exchange of Chile | |
Valparaíso Securities Exchange |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Date: March 28, 2012
By: | /s/ Cristián Toro Cañas | |
Name: | Cristián Toro Cañas | |
Title: |
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
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