Essential Fact
EMPRESAS COPEC S.A.
Santiago, March 30, 2023
General Management
No. 13
Gentlemen
Financial Market Commission
Avda. Libertador Bernardo O’Higgins 1449
Present
Dear Sir or Madam:
The undersigned, in his capacity as General Manager of the public limited company Empresas Copec S.A., both domiciled in Santiago, El Golf N°150, 17th floor, Las Condes commune, R.U.T. N° 90.690.000-9, hereby communicates the following essential information regarding the Company, its businesses, its public offering securities or the offer thereof, This communication is made by virtue of the provisions of Article 9 and paragraph 2 of Article 10, both of Law No. 18,045:
At the Company’s Board of Directors meeting, held today, it was unanimously agreed to propose to the Ordinary General Shareholders’ Meeting of our company, scheduled for April 26, the payment of the mandatory minimum final dividend that is now indicated, which will be charged to the profits of the year ended December 31, 2022, charged to the results of that financial year:
– Dividend No. 44, of US$ 0.2870 per share, single series.
The dividend will be paid in pesos, national currency, according to the “observed dollar” exchange rate, which appears published in the Official Gazette on May 5, 2023.
The dividend just mentioned constitutes income for the shareholders. The Company will determine and communicate in a timely manner the credit that corresponds to the shareholders contributing to the Complementary Global Tax and Additional Tax for the aforementioned dividend.
The dividend mentioned above, if approved by the Meeting referred to, will be paid as of May 11, 2023, as of 9:00 a.m., in the Company’s Shares Department, served by SerCor S.A., located at El Golf N° 140, Las Condes commune, which attends, from Monday to Friday, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Shareholders who have requested it from the Company will have the aforementioned dividend deposited in their current account or their check will be mailed to them, as appropriate.
The dividend mentioned above will be entitled, in the event that it is approved by the Meeting, to shareholders who are registered in the Register of Shareholders of the Company at midnight on May 5, 2023.
The notice by virtue of which the shareholders will be informed of the resolution adopted by the aforementioned Ordinary General Meeting, regarding this dividend, will be published in the newspaper “El Mercurio” of Santiago, edition of May 2, 2023.
The distribution of the dividend mentioned above has no effect on the Company’s financial situation.
The information contained herein is provided as essential, pursuant to the provisions of the Financial Market Commission in Circular No. 660 of 1986.
This communication is signed by the General Manager of the Company, Mr. Eduardo Navarro Beltrán, duly authorized to do so by the Board of Directors of the Company.
Yours very sincerely,
Eduardo Navarro Beltran
General Manager
Empresas Copec S.A.
c.c.: Santiago Stock Exchange
Bolsa Electrónica de Chile, Chilean Stock Exchange
Risk Classification Commission
Representative of Bondholders – Banco Santander
Credicorp Capital S.A., Stockbrokers
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