BIG NORTH.
Santiago, April 29, 2022
ESSENTIAL FACT
NORTE GRANDE S.A.
Registration of Securities Registry No. 408
Mrs.
Solange Berstein Jáuregui
Chairman
Financial Market Commission (CMF)
Present
Ref.: Announces the holding of the Ordinary Shareholders’ Meeting.
Dear Sir or Madam:
In compliance with the provisions of Article 9 and second paragraph of Article 10 of Law No. 18,045 on the Securities Market and General Standard No. 30 of the Financial Market Commission, and duly authorized, I inform you of the following, as an essential fact of Norte Grande S.A. (the “Company”):
That, on April 29, 2022, the Ordinary Shareholders’ Meeting of the Company was held, in which the following resolutions were approved, among others:
1. The Annual Report, Balance Sheet, Financial Statements and report of the external audit firm, corresponding to the year ended December 31, 2021;
The shareholders agreed to ratify the provisional dividends paid and approved the distribution of 100% of the net profits for the year 2021, which amount to MUS $241,072 net of taxes; approving to distribute the balance of the distributable profits of the year 2021, which amounts to MUS $ 116,817, which will be paid at a rate of USD $ 0.00066415 for each share, to be paid to the shareholders as of May 23, 2022, in its equivalent in pesos national currency, according to the value of the Observed Dollar that will be published in the Official Gazette on May 5, 2022.
Additionally, the distribution of an eventual dividend in the amount of MUS $ 26,287 was approved against the accumulated profits of previous years, which will be paid at a rate of US $ 0.00014945 per share, to be paid to the shareholders as of May 23, 2022, in its equivalent in pesos national currency, according to the value of the Observed Dollar that will be published in the Official Gazette on May 5, 2022.
3. Pricewaterhouse Coopers Consultores Auditores SpA, (“PwC”) was appointed as an external audit firm for the financial year 2022.
4. Other matters of social interest within the competence of the Company’s Ordinary Shareholders’ Meeting were discussed.
A copy of the minutes of the ordinary meeting will be sent in due course to the Commission for the Financial Market.
Yours sincerely yours,
Catalina Silva Vial
General Manager
Norte Grande S.A.
c.c: Santiago Stock Exchange
Electronic Stock Exchange of Chile
Link to file in CMFChile: https://www.cmfchile.cl/sitio/aplic/serdoc/ver_sgd.php?s567=d8b5a0fe68eb7eb2a2db304b118b7383VFdwQmVVMXFRVEJOUkVVeVQwUmpNMDUzUFQwPQ==&secuencia=-1&t=1682376108
