ESSENTIAL FACT
ESSBIO S.A.
Securities Registry N* 1.119
Concepción, April 21, 2023
Mrs.
Solange Berstein Jáuregui
Chairman
Financial Market Commission
Av. Libertador Bernardo O’Higgins N* 1449, 1% floor
SANTIAGO
Ref.: Resolutions of the Ordinary Shareholders’ Meeting.
Dear Sir or Madam:
By means of the present, and being duly authorized, I inform you that in the Ordinary Meeting
of Shareholders of ESSBIO S.A. -hereinafter “ESSBIO”- held on this date, the matters were discussed
In particular, the following resolutions were adopted by this type of board:
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3.
The Annual Report, the Annual Consolidated Financial Statements and the reports of the
External Auditors for the year ended December 31, 2022;
Of the profits for the year 2022 that amounted to Ch$7,149,095,715, it was agreed to distribute 100% of
the same, and consequently pay a minimum mandatory and additional final dividend of
$0.27033 per share.
The payment will be made as of April 28, to the shareholders registered in the respective registry on
fifth business day prior to the appointed date.
It was set as a dividend policy for the year 2023 to distribute 30% of the net profits of the
exercise, notwithstanding that it will ultimately correspond to the respective Ordinary Meeting to decide on the
distribution of such dividends. Notwithstanding the foregoing, according to the law the Board of Directors is
empowered to approve provisional dividends to the extent that there are profits likely to be
distributed and that distribution is consistent with investment needs and compliance
of the financial indicators committed by ESSBIO;
The remuneration of the Board of Directors was approved;
4. For the financial year 2023, Deloitte Auditores y Consultores Limitada was appointed as an auditing firm
external and as Risk Classifiers to Feller – Risk Classifier Rate and ICR Risk Classifier
Risk;
5. Reported on the related transactions carried out during the financial year 2022, and
6. The newspaper El Sur was designated for the publications of balance sheets, summons to meetings and payment of dividends.
Full copy of the minutes with the details of the resolutions taken at the Meeting will be sent in a timely manner
via SEIL to the Commission over which you preside.
Yours faithfully,
Cristian Vergara Castillo
Gerehte General
cC.: Stock Exchanges.
Bondholder representatives.
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