UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of March, 2015.
Commission File Number 33-65728
CHEMICAL AND MINING COMPANY OF CHILE INC.
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
El Trovador 4285, Santiago, Chile (562) 2425-2000
(Address of principal executive office)
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| SQM |  |
| Los Militares 4290 Piso 6, | |
| Las Condes, Santiago, Chile | |
| Tel: (56 2) 2425 2485 | |
| Fax: (56 2) 2425 2493 | |
| www.sqm.com |
Santiago, Chile, March 24, 2015 – Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A. (SQM) (NYSE: SQM; Santiago Stock Exchange: SQM-A, SQM-B), announces that its Board of Directors, who met in an Ordinary Meeting on March 24th, 2015, unanimously agreed to recommend at the next Annual General Shareholders' Meeting of SQM to distribute and pay, by way of final dividend, 50% of the distributable net income obtained by SQM during the exercise of the fiscal year 2014.
This recommendation implies maintaining SQM’s current "Dividend Policy for the 2014 Business Year " which was informed to SQM’s Annual General Shareholders' Meeting held on April 25th, 2014.
Therefore, and subject to the approval of SQM’s shareholders at the next Annual Meeting on April 24th of this year, the Company shall pay a final dividend of US$ 0.56304 per share as a consequence of the distributable net income obtained during the 2014 business year. Nevertheless, the amount of US$ 0.41493 must be deducted from said definitive dividend, which was already paid as an provisional dividend, and the balance, in the amount of US$ 0.14811 per share, shall be paid and distributed to SQM’s Shareholders who are registered in the respective Registry by the fifth business day before the day on which the same shall be paid. Said amount, if applicable, shall be paid in the equivalent in Chilean national currency according to the value of the "Observed Dollar” or "US Dollar” that appears published in the Official Gazette on April 24, 2015. This shall be paid to the corresponding shareholders, in person or through their duly authorized representatives, as of 9:00am on Friday, May 8th of this year.
We inform you of the above as an essential fact and pursuant to that established for this purpose in Articles 9 and 10, second paragraph of Law N° 18,045. Additionally, also in accordance with the provisions in SQM’s "Dividend Policy for the Business Year 2014" and Bulletins N° 660, N° 687 and N° 1062 and in the General Rule N° 30 of this Superintendence.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
CHEMICAL AND MINING COMPANY OF CHILE INC.
(Registrant)
Date: March 24, 2015
By: Ricardo Ramos
CFO & Vice-President of Development
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