6-K 1 a16-8898_16k.htm 6-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 6-K

 

REPORT OF FOREIGN ISSUER

PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15b-16 OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

April 2016

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported)

 

Embotelladora Andina S.A.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Andina Bottling Company, Inc.

(Translation of Registrant´s name into English)

 

Avda. Miraflores 9153

Renca

Santiago, Chile

(Address of principal executive office)

 

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

Form 20-F x

 

Form 40-F o

 

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

Yes o         Nox

 

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

Yes o          Nox

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form 6-K is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Yes o         Nox

 

 

 



 

MATERIAL EVENT

 

CORPORATE NAME

:

EMBOTELLADORA ANDINA S.A.

SECURITIES REGISTRY

:

00124

TAXPAYER I.D.

:

91.144.000-8

 

By virtue of the stipulations in Article 9 and subparagraph 2 of Article 10 of Law 18,045, and the provisions in General Rule No. 30 of the Chilean Superintendence of Securities and Insurance, and being duly empowered to this effect by the Board of Directors, I hereby report the following regarding Embotelladora Andina S.A. (the “Company”), its business, its securities or tender offer, as a material event:

 

The following resolutions were adopted at the General Shareholders’ Meeting held on April 21, 2016, among others:

 

1.              The approval of the Annual Report, Statements of Financial Position and Financial Statements for the year 2015; as well as the Report of Independent Auditors with respect to the previously mentioned Financial Statements;

2.              The approval of earnings distribution and dividend payments;

3.              The approval of Company dividend distribution policy and the distribution and payment procedures utilized;

4.              To revoke and renew the Board of Directors in its entirety, being composed by the following members:

 

SERIES A:

Franz Alscher

Eduardo Chadwick Claro

Juan Claro González

Francisco Javier Crespo

José De Gregorio Rebeco

Juan Andrés Fontaine Talavera

José Antonio Garcés Silva (hijo)

Arturo Majlis Albala

Gonzalo Said Handal

Salvador Said Somavía

Gonzalo Parot Palma (Independiente)

Susana Tonda Mitri

 

SERIES B:

Georges de Bourguignon

Mariano Rossi

 

5.              The approval of compensation for Directors and members of the Directors’ Committee pursuant to Chilean Corporate Law and members of the Audit Committee established

 

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pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act; their annual report and expenses incurred by both Committees;

6.              The appointment of PriceWaterhouseCoopers as the Company’s independent auditors for the year 2016;

7.              The appointment of Fitch Ratings and ICR as the Company’s local rating agencies and Fitch Rating and Standard & Poors as the Company’s international rating agencies, for the year 2016;

8.              The approval of the report on Board agreements in accordance with articles 146 and forward of Chilean Corporate Law, regarding operations that took place after the last General Shareholders’ Meeting; and,

9.              The appointment of El Mercurio from Santiago, as the newspaper where Company notices and shareholders’ meetings announcements should be published.

 

Regarding number 2. above, the Shareholders’ Meeting approved payment of a Final Dividend on account of 2015 Fiscal Year and an Additional dividend on account of retained earnings in the following amounts:

 

Final Dividend

 

Ch$17.0 (seventeen point zero Chilean pesos) per each Series A Shares; and

Ch$18.7 (eighteen point seven Chilean pesos) per each Series B Shares.

 

Payment of this final dividend will be available beginning May 27, 2016. The Shareholders’ Registry will close on the fifth business day prior to payment date.

 

Additional Dividend

 

Ch$17.0 (seventeen point zero Chilean pesos) per each Series A Shares; and

Ch$18.7 (eighteen point seven Chilean pesos) per each Series B Shares.

 

Payment of this additional dividend will be available beginning August 26, 2016. The Shareholders’ Registry will close on the fifth business day prior to payment date.

 

Santiago, April 21, 2016.

 

 

Jaime Cohen Arancibia

Corporate Legal Officer

Embotelladora Andina S.A.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Santiago, Chile.

 

 

EMBOTELLADORA ANDINA S.A.

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Jaime Cohen

 

Name: Jaime Cohen

 

Title: Chief Legal Officer

 

Santiago, April 21, 2016

 

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