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ESSENTIAL FACT
HORTIFRUT S.A.
Registration Registry of Securities N*1096
Santiago, April 5, 2022
Gentlemen
Presidency
Financial Market Commission
Av. Libertador Bernardo O’Higgins 1449
PRESENT
Ref: Communicates Essential Fact – Proposition of
Distribution of Definitive Dividend, Minimum
Mandatory, and Summons to Ordinary Meeting of
Shareholders.
Dear Sirs,
Hereby, in accordance with the provisions of the
Articles 9 and 10 of the Securities Market Law, in General Standard No. 30 and
in Circular N*660, both of your Commission, duly authorized for this purpose, I inform
to you the following Essential Fact regarding Hortifrut S.A. (the “Company”):
T – Proposal for Distribution of Definitive Dividend, Mandatory Minimum.-
The Board of Directors of the Company, held on April 5, 2022, agreed to propose to the
Ordinary Shareholders’ Meeting of the Company scheduled for April 28, 2022
(whose citation detail is indicated in II below), the distribution, by concept of Dividend
Definitive, Mandatory Minimum, of 50% of the distributable net profit obtained by the
Company during the Fiscal Year 2021, which amounts to the total sum of US$26,959,965.35. In
Consequently, and to the extent that the Board accepts such proposal, a dividend will be paid
final of US$0.04669819 against distributable net income earned
during fiscal year 2021. This dividend will be payable as Dividend N*44, Definitive,
as of May 20, 2022, in favor of the shareholders of the Company that
are registered in the Register of Shareholders at midnight on May 14,
2022.
The amount of US$ 0.04669819 per share indicated above, will be paid in its equivalent in
pesos, national currency, according to the “Observed Dollar” exchange rate that appears
published in the Official Journal of 14 May 2022.
TI.- Summons to the Ordinary Shareholders’ Meeting.-
The Board of Directors of the Company held on April 5, 2022, also agreed to summon
Ordinary Shareholders’ Meeting of the Company (the “Meeting”) for April 28, 2022, at
10:00 am, on Av. Del Cóndor 600, 4th Floor, Ciudad Empresarial, Huechuraba, Santiago,
which will be held exclusively remotely as indicated below, in order to
To know and pronounce, as appropriate, with respect to the matters indicated to
continuation:
1. Annual Report, Balance Sheet and Financial Statements corresponding to the 2021 Financial Year; the
status of the Company; and the respective report of the External Audit Firm;
Distribution of a final dividend charged to 2021 earnings;
Dividend Policy;
Election of the Board of Directors;
Setting the remuneration of the Board of Directors for the Fiscal Year 2022, and report of the
expenses of the Board of Directors in fiscal year 2021;
Fixing the remuneration of the Directors’ Committee and approval of the budget
of its operating expenses for the financial year 2022; and report on activities and
expenses incurred by the Directors’ Committee in 2021;
Designation of the External Audit Company;
Designation of Risk Rating Agencies;
Information about transactions with related parties; and
0. Other matters of social interest that are specific to the Ordinary Shareholders’ Meeting.
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They will have the right to participate in the Meeting, and to exercise their right to speak and vote, the
holders of shares registered in the Register of Shareholders at midnight on the fifth day
working day prior to the day of its celebration, that is, registered at midnight on April 22
2022.
It has been resolved that the Meeting will be held exclusively remotely, so that the
Implementation of the technological means used will constitute the single mechanism
to participate and vote in it, in order to prevent people from attending it
are exposed to contagion. To this end, the shareholder interested in participating in the Meeting, or his
representative, you must register on the website https://autenticacion.dcv.cl/ or send a
Email to box JUNTA2022(Mhortifrut.com, expressing your interest in
participate in the Meeting, attaching a scanned image of your identity card by both
sides, of the power of attorney, if applicable, and of the application form for participation to the Board. The
Other required documentation and more detailed information on how
register, participate and vote remotely to the Board and other aspects that are
shall be communicated in due course on the Company’s website,
www.hortifrut.com/inversionistas.asp.
The notices of convocation will be published in the “Diario Financiero” of Santiago on the days
April 13, 19 and 25, 2022.
The shareholders may obtain copies of the documents on which the
matters on which they must decide at the Meeting, as of April 13, 2022,
in the link of the website of the Society, www.hortifrut.com/inversionistas4.asp. Among such
documents, information on company proposals will be available
of external audit that will be proposed to the Board for the Fiscal Year 2022 and their respective
fundamentals.
Yours sincerely yours,
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Juan Carlos Toro Ruiz-Tagle
Corporate Finance and Administration Manager
Hortifrut S.A.
Dc. Stock Exchange – Santiago
Electronic Exchange of Chile – Santiago
Link to file in CMFChile: https://www.cmfchile.cl/sitio/aplic/serdoc/ver_sgd.php?s567=00efdc2bac24edc208340d5cb79ddbb8VFdwQmVVMXFRVEJOUkVWNlRXcEpNMDFSUFQwPQ==&secuencia=-1&t=1682376108
