ESSENTIAL FACT
EMPRESAS HITES S.A.
(Registration Registry of Values N*1012)
Santiago, March 31, 2022
Gentlemen
Financial Market Commission
Present
Ref.: Summons to Ordinary Shareholders’ Meeting.
From our consideration,
In compliance with the provisions of article 9 and second paragraph of article 10 of the Law
N*18.045 of the Securities Market and the provisions of General Standard N*30 and
Circular N*”660, both of the Superintendency of Securities and Insurance, duly authorized
by the Board of Directors and on behalf of Empresas Hites S.A. (the “Company” or “Hites”), I come
to communicate to you, as an essential fact with respect to the Company, that in Session
of the Board of Directors of the Company held on March 31, 2022, it was unanimously agreed,
summon to the Ordinary Shareholders’ Meeting of the Company for April 29, 2022, at
08: 30 hours, in Moneda Street N “970, Fourth Floor, commune and city of Santiago. In addition, the
Board of Directors, in accordance with the provisions of General Standard N*%435 and Official Notice
Circular N*%1141, both of the Commission for the Financial Market, approved the implementation
and use of technological means for the participation and voting of shareholders
who are not physically present at the place of the Meeting, for whose purpose
effects the company has contracted the electronic voting solution Click8.Vote, developed
jointly by the Santiago Stock Exchange and the Central Securities Depository (DCV), platform
electronic that i) guarantees the identity of shareholders and their proxies, ii) guarantees the
participation of the CPM in the board; and (ii) the principle of simultaneity or secrecy of the
votes to be taken.
To participate remotely in the Meeting, shareholders entitled to participate in it
They must register and register in advance according to the instructions that will be published to
from April 14 on the Company’s website https://inversionistas.hites.com/web/hites-
Investors. This prior enrollment must be made until 1:00 p.m. on the 28th of
April 2022 on the website https://autenticacion.dcv.cl/ On the day of the Meeting, the shareholder shall
Access the web platform that will be available for this purpose with the access code (number of
control) that will be delivered to you, for registration and electronic voting.
At the Ordinary Shareholders’ Meeting, it must pronounce or know the following
matters:
(i) The review of the status of Hites and the reports of the external auditors, together with the
approval of the Annual Report, Balance Sheet and other corresponding Financial Statements of Hites
the year ended 31 December 2021;
(ii) The distribution of final dividends, if applicable, and information on the policy of
dividends for the financial year 2022;
(iii) The designation of the external audit firm and the risk rating agencies of Hites
for the financial year 2022;
(iv) Report on the expenses incurred by the board of directors of Hites during the year 2021;
(v) Determine the amount of remuneration of the directors of Hites, applicable until
next ordinary shareholders’ meeting;
(vi) Report on the activities and expenses of the Committee of Directors of Hites during the year
2021;
(vii) Set the remuneration of the Hites Directors’ Committee and approve the expense budget
of said Committee and its advisors until the next ordinary meeting of shareholders;
(viii) The designation of a newspaper of the registered office for legal publications;
(DO9) Report on the transactions referred to in Title XVI of the LSA;
(9) Report the costs set by the board relating to processing, printing and dispatch
shareholder information;
(xi) The renewal of the board of directors of Hites, and an independent director must be appointed to
less; and
(xii) Any other matter of social interest of the knowledge of the Board.
In addition, the Board of Directors, taking into account the fact that the provisional dividends
Agreed to distribute in Board meetings dated September 30 and September 25
November, both of the year 2021, and March 31, 2022 by the Company, are equivalent to the
mandatory minimum dividend provided for in Article 79 of Law No. 18,046 on
Corporations, that is, 30% of the distributable net profit for the year
ended December 31, 2021, has agreed to propose to the Ordinary Meeting of
Shareholders who agree not to distribute additional dividends to the provisional ones already
Designated.
Yours sincerely yours,
electronically signed****
Gonzalo Irarrázaval del Campo
General Manager
Empresas Hites S.A.
c.c.: Santiago Stock Exchange
Electronic Stock Exchange of Chile
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