ESSENTIAL FACT
COMPANIES LA POLAR S.A.
REGISTRATION NUMBER IN THE SECURITIES REGISTRY: 806
Santiago, March 31, 2023
Mrs. Solange Berstein Jáuregui
President
Financial Market Commission
Av. Libertador Bernardo O’Higgins 1449
Santiago.
From our consideration:
Duly authorized by the board of directors of Empresas La Polar S.A., (the “Company”), and by virtue of the provisions of Article 9 and the second paragraph of Article 10 of Law No. 18,045, and numeral 2.2 of Section II of General Standard No. 30 of the Commission for the Financial Market, I hereby report the following essential fact with respect to the Company:
On March 30, 2023, a meeting of the Company’s board of directors was held in which it was agreed to call the ordinary shareholders’ meeting of the Company (hereinafter referred to indistinctly as “JOA” or the “Meeting”) to be held on April 28, 2023.
The JOA will be held on the day indicated at 09:00 hours, in the auditorium of the Santiago Stock Exchange, located at Calle La Bolsa N° 70, 4th floor, commune and city of Santiago, Metropolitan Region, in order to submit to the consideration of the shareholders the following matters:
1. The examination of the situation of the Company and the report of the external audit firm as of December 31, 2022;
2. The approval or rejection of the annual report, balance sheet, statements and financial statements presented by the Company’s directors for the year 2022;
3. Decide on the distribution of profits for the year and approval of the Company’s dividend policy, and procedure to be used in the distribution of dividends if applicable;
4. Information on the remuneration and expenses of both the Board of Directors and the Directors’ Committee during the 2022 period;
5. Report the remuneration of the directors of the subsidiary companies;
6. The election of the board of directors for the period 2023-2026;
7. To set for the year 2023 the remuneration and expenses of the Board of Directors of the Company;
8. To fix the remuneration of the members of the Board of Directors of the Company, and the budget for the operation of the latter for the year 2023;
9. The designation of the external audit firm by 2023;
10. The designation of risk rating agencies by 2023;
11. The designation of the newspaper for summons to meetings, and other social publications;
12. Report on operations with related parties of article 146 and following of the Law on Corporations; and
13. To deal with other matters of general interest that, in accordance with the bylaws, Law No. 18,046 on Corporations and its Regulations, correspond to the ordinary shareholders’ meeting.
The notices of convocation will be published in the electronic newspaper “La Nación”, on April 10, 11 and 12, 2023.
Yours sincerely yours,
(ELE)
Digitally signed by Manuel José Severín Larraín
Name of recognition (DN): c=CL, ‘o=CertiNet S.A, ou=MPKICA ADSS Certinet, ou=Electronic Signature, ou=Certinet, email=mseveringlapolar., cn=Manuel José Severín Larraín
Date: 2023-03-31 17:02:09-0300
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Manuel Severin Larrain
General Manager
Empresas La Polar S.A.
C.C. Santiago Stock Exchange
Electronic Stock Exchange of Chile
Banco de Chile as Representative of Bondholders
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