AMENDED AND RESTATED DEPOSIT AGREEMENT
Exhibit
(a)(i)
EXECUTION
VERSION
AMENDED AND RESTATED DEPOSIT
AGREEMENT
by and
among
EMPRESA
NACIONAL DE ELECTRICIDAD S.A.
AND
CITIBANK,
N.A.,
as
Depositary,
AND
THE
HOLDERS AND BENEFICIAL OWNERS OF
AMERICAN
DEPOSITARY SHARES
ISSUED
HEREUNDER
Dated as
of September 30, 2010
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
ARTICLE
I
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DEFINITIONS
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1
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Section
1.1
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“ADS
Record Date”
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1
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Section
1.2
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“Affiliate”
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1
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Section
1.3
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“American
Depositary Receipt(s)”, “ADR(s)” and “Receipt(s)”
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1
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Section
1.4
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“American
Depositary Share(s)” and “ADS(s)”
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2
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Section
1.5
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“Applicant”
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2
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Section
1.6
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“Beneficial
Owner”
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2
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Section
1.7
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“Central
Bank”
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3
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Section
1.8
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“Certificated
ADS(s)”
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3
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Section
1.9
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“Chile”
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3
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Section
1.10
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“Commission”
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3
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Section
1.11
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“Company”
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3
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Section
1.12
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“Compendium”
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3
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Section
1.13
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“Custodian”
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3
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Section
1.14
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“DCV”
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3
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Section
1.15
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“Deliver”
and “Delivery”
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3
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Section
1.16
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3
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Section
1.17
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“Depositary”
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3
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Section
1.18
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“Deposited
Securities”
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3
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Section
1.19
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“Dollars”
and “$”
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3
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Section
1.20
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“DTC”
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4
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Section
1.21
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“DTC
Participant”
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4
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Section
1.22
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“Exchange
Act”
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4
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Section
1.23
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“Foreign
Exchange Contract”
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4
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Section
1.24
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“Foreign
Registrar”
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4
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Section
1.25
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“Full
Entitlement ADR(s)”, “Full Entitlement ADS(s)” and “Full
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Entitlement
Share(s)”
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4
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Section
1.26
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“Holder(s)”
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4
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Section
1.27
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“Partial
Entitlement ADR(s)”, “Partial Entitlement ADS(s)” and
“Partial
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Entitlement
Share(s)”
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4
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Section
1.28
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“Pre-Release
Transaction”
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4
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Section
1.29
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“Principal
Office”
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5
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Section
1.30
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“Registrar”
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5
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Section
1.31
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“Restricted
Securities”
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5
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Section
1.32
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“Restricted
ADR(s)”, “Restricted ADS(s)” and “Restricted Shares”
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5
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Section
1.33
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“Securities
Act”
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5
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Section
1.34
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“Shares”
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5
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Section
1.35
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“SVS”
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5
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Section
1.36
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“Uncertificated
ADS(s)”
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5
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Section
1.37
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“United
States” and “U.S.”
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ARTICLE
II
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FORM
OF RECEIPTS, DEPOSIT OF SHARES, EXECUTION AND DELIVERY,
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TRANSFER
AND SURRENDER OF RECEIPTS
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Section
2.1
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Form
and Transferability of ADSs
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6
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Section
2.2
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Deposit
of Shares.
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7
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Section
2.3
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Issuance
of ADSs.
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9
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Section
2.4
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Transfer,
Combination and Split-up of ADRs.
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10
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Section
2.5
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Surrender
of ADSs and Withdrawal of Deposited Securities.
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11
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Section
2.6
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Limitations
on Execution and Delivery, Transfer and Surrender of ADSs.
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12
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Section
2.7
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Lost
ADRs, etc.
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13
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Section
2.8
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Cancellation
and Destruction of Surrendered ADRs.
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13
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Section
2.9
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Escheatment.
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13
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Section
2.10
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Partial
Entitlement ADSs.
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14
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Section
2.11
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Certificated/Uncertificated
ADSs.
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15
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Section
2.12
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Restricted
ADSs.
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ARTICLE
III
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CERTAIN
OBLIGATIONS OF HOLDERS AND BENEFICIAL OWNERS OF ADSs
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Section
3.1
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Filing
Proofs, Certificates and Other Information.
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Section
3.2
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Liability
for Taxes and Other Charges
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18
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Section
3.3
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Representations
and Warranties on Deposit of Shares
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20
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Section
3.4
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Disclosure
of Interests
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21
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Section
3.5
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Compliance
with Chilean Law
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21
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ARTICLE
IV
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THE
DEPOSITED SECURITIES
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22
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Section
4.1
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Power
of Attorney.
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22
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Section
4.2
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Cash
Distributions; Withholding
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22
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Section
4.3
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Distributions
Other Than Cash or Shares
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23
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Section
4.4
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Distributions
in Shares.
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23
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Section
4.5
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Rights.
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23
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Section
4.6
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Conversion
of Foreign Currency
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25
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Section
4.7
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Fixing
of ADS Record Date
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26
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Section
4.8
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Voting
of Deposited Securities.
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Section
4.9
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Changes
Affecting Deposited Securities
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28
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Section
4.10
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Available
Information.
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29
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Section
4.11
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Reports.
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29
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Section
4.12
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List
of Holders
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29
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Section
4.13
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Taxation
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29
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Section
4.14
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Elective
Distributions in Cash or Shares
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30
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Section
4.15
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Redemption.
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ARTICLE
V
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THE
DEPOSITARY, THE CUSTODIAN AND THE COMPANY
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Section
5.1
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Maintenance
of Office and Transfer Books by the Xxxxxxxxx
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Section
5.2
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Exoneration.
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Section
5.3
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Standard
of Care
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33
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Section
5.4
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Resignation
and Removal of the Depositary; Appointment of Successor
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Depositary
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Section
5.5
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The
Custodian.
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35
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Section
5.6
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Notices
and Reports.
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35
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Section
5.7
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Issuance
of Additional Shares, ADSs etc
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36
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Section
5.8
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Indemnification.
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37
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Section
5.9
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Fees
and Charges of Depositary
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38
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Section
5.10
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Certain
Rights of the Depositary; Limitations.
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39
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Section
5.11
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Restricted
Securities Owners.
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ARTICLE
VI
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AMENDMENT
AND TERMINATION
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Section
6.1
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Amendment/Supplement
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Section
6.2
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Termination.
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ARTICLE
VII
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MISCELLANEOUS
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42
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Section
7.1
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Counterparts.
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Section
7.2
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No
Third-Party Beneficiaries.
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Section
7.3
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Severability
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Section
7.4
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Holders
and Beneficial Owners as Parties; Binding Effect
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42
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Section
7.5
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Notices
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Section
7.6
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Governing
Law and Jurisdiction.
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Section
7.7
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Assignment
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45
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Section
7.8
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Compliance
with U.S. Securities Laws
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45
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Section
7.9
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Chilean
Law References
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45
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Section
7.10
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Titles
and References.
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45
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Section
7.11
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Amendment
and Restatement
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EXHIBITS
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Form
of ADR.
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A-1
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Fee
Schedule.
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B-1
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iii
AMENDED
AND RESTATED DEPOSIT AGREEMENT
AMENDED AND RESTATED DEPOSIT
AGREEMENT, dated as of September 30, 2010 among EMPRESA NACIONAL DE
ELECTRICIDAD S.A., a sociedad
anónima abierta organized and existing under the laws of the Republic of
Chile (herein called the “Company”), CITIBANK,
N.A., a national banking association organized and existing under the laws of
the United States of America (herein called the “Depositary”), and all
Holders and Beneficial Owners of American Depositary Shares issued hereunder
(such capitalized terms as hereinafter defined), amending and restating the
Deposit Agreement dated as of August 3, 1994, among the Company, the Depositary
and all Holders (the “Original
Agreement”).
W I T N E S S E T
H :
WHEREAS,
the parties hereto desire through the Depositary to provide for the deposit of
Shares of the Company from time to time with the Depositary or a Custodian, as
agents of the Depositary for the purposes set forth in the Deposit Agreement,
for the creation of American Depositary Shares representing such Shares so
deposited and for the execution and delivery of American Depositary Receipts
evidencing such American Depositary Shares; and
WHEREAS, the American Depositary
Receipts are to be substantially in the form of Exhibit A annexed
hereto, with appropriate insertions, modifications and omissions, as hereinafter
provided in the Deposit Agreement; and
WHEREAS,
the parties hereto have requested that the Original Agreement be restated on the
terms and conditions set forth herein;
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, the parties agree that the original
Agreement shall be amended and restated as follows:
ARTICLE
I
DEFINITIONS
The
following definitions shall for all purposes, unless otherwise clearly
indicated, apply to the following respective terms used in the Deposit
Agreement:
Section
1.1 “ADS
Record Date”
shall have the meaning given to such term in Section 4.7.
Section
1.2 “Affiliate” shall have the meaning
assigned to such term by the Commission (as hereinafter defined) under
Regulation C promulgated under the Securities Act (as hereinafter defined), or
under any successor regulation thereto.
Section
1.3 “American
Depositary Receipt(s)”, “ADR(s)”
and “Receipt(s)”
shall mean the certificate(s) issued by the Depositary to evidence the American
Depositary Shares issued under the terms of the Deposit Agreement in the form of
Certificated ADS(s) (as hereinafter defined), as such ADRs may be amended from
time to time in accordance with the provisions of the Deposit
Agreement. An ADR may evidence any number of ADSs and may, in the
case of ADSs held through a central depository such as DTC, be in the form of a
“Balance Certificate.” Notwithstanding anything else contained herein
or therein, the American depositary receipts issued and outstanding under the
terms of the Original Agreement shall, from and after the date hereof, be
treated as ADRs issued hereunder and shall, from and after the date hereof, be
subject to the terms hereof in all respects.
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Section
1.4 “American
Depositary Share(s)” and “ADS(s)”
shall mean the rights and interests in the Deposited Securities (as hereinafter
defined) granted to the Holders and Beneficial Owners pursuant to the terms and
conditions of the Deposit Agreement and, if issued as Certificated ADS(s), (as
hereinafter defined) the ADR(s) issued to evidence such ADSs. ADS(s)
may be issued under the terms of the Deposit Agreement in the form of
(a) Certificated ADS(s) (as hereinafter defined), in which case the ADS(s)
are evidenced by ADR(s), or (b) Uncertificated ADS(s) (as hereinafter
defined), in which case the ADS(s) are not evidenced by ADR(s) but are reflected
on the direct registration system maintained by the Depositary for such purposes
under the terms of Section 2.11. Unless otherwise specified in the
Deposit Agreement or in any ADR, or unless the context otherwise requires, any
reference to ADS(s) shall include Certificated ADS(s) and Uncertificated ADS(s),
individually or collectively, as the context may require. Each ADS
shall represent the right to receive, subject to the terms and conditions of the
Deposit Agreement and the applicable ADR (if issued as a Certificated ADS),
thirty Shares until there shall occur a distribution upon Deposited Securities
referred to in Section 4.4 or a change in Deposited Securities referred to in
Section 4.9 with respect to which additional ADSs are not issued, and thereafter
each ADS shall represent the right to receive, subject to the terms and
conditions of the Deposit Agreement and the applicable ADR (if issued as a
Certificated ADS), the Deposited Securities determined in accordance with the
terms of such Sections. American depositary shares outstanding under
the Original Agreement as of the date hereof shall, from and after the date
hereof, for all purposes be treated as American Depositary Shares issued and
outstanding hereunder and shall, from and after the date hereof, be subject to
the terms and conditions of the Deposit Agreement in all respects, except that
any amendment of the Original Agreement effected under the terms of the Deposit
Agreement which prejudices any substantial existing right of “Holders” (as
defined in the Original Agreement) shall not become effective as to such
“Holders” of American depositary shares until the expiration of sixty (60) days
after notice of the amendments effected by the Deposit Agreement shall have been
given to the “Holders” of American depositary shares outstanding under the
Original Agreement as of the date hereof.
Section
1.5 “Applicant”
shall have the meaning given to such term in Section 5.10.
Section
1.6 “Beneficial
Owner” shall mean, as to any ADS, any person or entity having a
beneficial interest deriving from the ownership of such ADS. A
Beneficial Owner of ADSs may or may not be the Holder of such ADSs. A
Beneficial Owner shall be able to exercise any right or receive any benefit
hereunder solely through the person who is the Holder of the ADSs owned by such
Beneficial Owner. Unless otherwise identified to the Depositary, a
Holder shall be deemed to be the Beneficial Owner of all the ADSs registered in
his/her/its name. Persons who own beneficial interests in the
American depositary shares issued under the terms of the Original Agreement and
outstanding as of the date hereof shall, from and after the date hereof, be
treated as Beneficial Owners of ADS(s) under the terms hereof.
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Section
1.7 “Central
Bank” shall mean Banco Central de Chile and its successors.
Section
1.8 “Certificated
ADS(s)” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.11.
Section
1.9 “Chile”
shall mean the Republic of Chile.
Section
1.10 “Commission”shall
mean the Securities and Exchange Commission of the United States or any
successor governmental agency thereto in the United States.
Section
1.11 “Company”
shall mean EMPRESA NACIONAL DE ELECTRICIDAD S.A., a corporation organized and
existing under the laws of the Republic of Chile, having its principal offices
at Xxxxx Xxxx 00, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxx, and its successors.
Section
1.12 “Compendium”
shall mean the Compendium of Foreign Exchange Regulations approved by the
Central Bank in 2002.
Section
1.13 “Custodian”
shall mean one or more agents of the Depositary for purposes of the Deposit
Agreement, and any other firm or corporation which may hereafter be appointed by
the Depositary, with notice to the Company, pursuant to the terms of Section
5.5, as substitute custodian hereunder, as the context shall require, and the
term “Custodians” shall mean all such persons, collectively.
Section
1.14 “DCV”
shall mean Depósito Central de Valores, S.A., which provides the book-entry
settlement system for equity securities in Chile, or any successor entity
thereto.
Section
1.15 “Deliver”
and “Delivery”
shall mean (x) when used in
respect of Shares and other Deposited Securities, either (i) the
physical delivery of the certificate(s) representing such securities, or
(ii) the book-entry transfer and recordation of such securities on the
books of the Foreign Registrar (as hereinafter defined) or in the book-entry
settlement of DCV, and (y) when used in respect of ADSs,
either (i) the physical delivery of ADR(s) evidencing the ADSs, or (ii) the
book-entry transfer and recordation of ADSs on the books of the Depositary or
any book-entry settlement system in which the ADSs are
settlement-eligible.
Section
1.16 “Deposit
Agreement” shall mean this Amended and Restated Deposit Agreement and all
exhibits thereto, as the same may be amended and supplemented from time to time
in accordance with the terms of the Deposit Agreement.
Section
1.17 “Depositary”
shall mean Citibank, N.A., a national banking association organized and existing
under the laws of the United States of America, and any successor depositary
hereunder.
Section
1.18 “Deposited
Securities” shall mean Shares at any time deposited under the Deposit
Agreement and any and all other securities, property and cash held by the
Depositary or the Custodian in respect thereof, subject, in the case of cash, to
the provisions of Section 4.6. The collateral delivered in
connection with Pre-Release Transactions described in Section 5.10 shall
not constitute Deposited Securities.
Section
1.19 “Dollars”
and “$”
shall refer to the lawful currency of the United States.
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Section
1.20 “DTC”
shall mean The Depository Trust Company, a national clearinghouse and the
central book-entry settlement system for securities traded in the United States
and, as such, the custodian for the securities of DTC Participants (as
hereinafter defined) maintained in DTC, and any successor thereto.
Section
1.21 “DTC
Participant” shall mean any financial institution (or any nominee of such
institution) having one or more participant accounts with DTC for receiving,
holding and delivering the securities and cash held in DTC. A DTC
Participant may or may not be a Beneficial Owner. If a DTC
Participant is not the Beneficial Owner of the ADSs credited to its account at
DTC, or of the ADSs in respect of which the DTC Participant is otherwise acting,
such DTC Participant shall be deemed, for all purposes hereunder, to have all
requisite authority to act on behalf of the Beneficial Owner(s) of the ADSs
credited to its account at DTC or in respect of which the DTC Participant is so
acting..
Section
1.22 “Exchange
Act” shall mean the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended from time to time.
Section
1.23 “Foreign
Exchange Contract” shall mean the foreign exchange agreement entered into
under Article 47 of the Constitutional Organic Law of Banco Central de Chile and
the provisions of former Chapter XXVI of the Compendium among the Central Bank,
Citibank, N.A. and the Company, dated as of July 29, 1994, as the same may be
amended or supplemented from time to time.
Section
1.24 “Foreign
Registrar” shall mean the Company, in its role as registrar for the
Shares, or any successor as registrar for the Shares.
Section
1.25 “Full
Entitlement ADR(s)”, “Full
Entitlement ADS(s)” and “Full
Entitlement Share(s)” shall have the respective meanings set forth in
Section 2.10.
Section
1.26 “Holder(s)”
shall mean the person(s) in whose name the ADSs are registered on the books of
the Depositary (or the Registrar, if any) maintained for such
purpose. A Holder may or may not be a Beneficial Owner. If
a Holder is not the Beneficial Owner of the ADS(s) registered in its name, such
person shall be deemed, for all purposes hereunder, to have all requisite
authority to act on behalf of the Beneficial Owners of the ADSs registered in
its name. The “Holders” (as defined in the Original Agreement) of
American depositary shares issued under the terms of the Original Agreement and
outstanding as of the date hereof shall from and after the date hereof, become
Holders under the terms of the Deposit Agreement.
Section
1.27 “Partial
Entitlement ADR(s)”, “Partial
Entitlement ADS(s)” and
“Partial
Entitlement Share(s)” shall have the respective meanings set forth in
Section 2.10.
Section
1.28 “Pre-Release
Transaction” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
5.10.
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Section
1.29 “Principal
Office” shall mean, when used with respect to the Depositary, the
principal office of the Depositary at which at any particular time its
depositary receipts business shall be administered, which, at the date of the
Deposit Agreement, is located at 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000,
X.X.X.
Section
1.30 “Registrar”
shall mean the Depositary or any bank or trust company having an office in the
Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, which shall be appointed by the
Depositary to register issuances, transfers and cancellations of ADSs as herein
provided, and shall include any co-registrar appointed by the Depositary for
such purposes. Registrars (other than the Depositary) may be removed
and substitutes appointed by the Depositary. Each Registrar (other
than the Depositary) appointed pursuant to the Deposit Agreement shall be
required to give notice in writing to the Depositary accepting such appointment
and agreeing to be bound by the applicable terms of the Deposit
Agreement.
Section
1.31 “Restricted
Securities” shall mean Shares, Deposited Securities or ADSs which
(i) have been acquired directly or indirectly from the Company or any of
its Affiliates in a transaction or chain of transactions not involving any
public offering and are subject to resale limitations under the Securities Act
or the rules issued thereunder, or (ii) are held by an officer or director
(or persons performing similar functions) or other Affiliate of the Company, or
(iii) are subject to other restrictions on sale or deposit under the laws
of the United States, Chile, or under a shareholder agreement or the Estatutos
of the Company or under the regulations of an applicable securities exchange
unless, in each case, such Shares, Deposited Securities or ADSs are being
transferred or sold to persons other than an Affiliate of the Company in a
transaction (a) covered by an effective resale registration statement, or
(b) exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act (as
hereinafter defined), and the Shares, Deposited Securities or ADSs are not, when
held by such person(s), Restricted Securities.
Section
1.32 “Restricted
ADR(s)”, “Restricted
ADS(s)” and “Restricted
Shares” shall have the respective meanings set forth in Section
2.12.
Section
1.33 “Securities
Act” shall mean the United States Securities Act of 1933, as from time to
time amended.
Section
1.34 “Shares”
shall mean common shares of the Company, without nominal/par value; provided,
however, that if there shall occur any change in nominal value, a split-up or
consolidation or any other reclassification or, upon the occurrence of an event
described in Section 4.9, an exchange or conversion in respect of the Shares of
the Company, the term “Shares” shall thereafter represent the successor
securities resulting from such change in nominal value, split-up or
consolidation or such other reclassification or such exchange or
conversion.
Section
1.35 “SVS”
shall mean the Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xx Xxxxxxx x Xxxxxxx xx Xxxxx.
Section
1.36 “Uncertificated
ADS(s)” shall mean the meaning set forth in
Section 2.11.
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Section
1.37 “United
States” and “U.S.”
shall have the meaning assigned to it in Regulation S as promulgated by the
Commission under the Securities Act.
ARTICLE
II
FORM
OF RECEIPTS, DEPOSIT OF SHARES, EXECUTION AND
DELIVERY,
TRANSFER AND SURRENDER OF RECEIPTS
Section
2.1 Form and Transferability of
ADSs.
(a) Form. Certificated ADSs
shall be evidenced by definitive ADRs which shall be engraved, printed,
lithographed or produced in such other manner as may be agreed upon by the
Company and the Depositary. ADRs may be issued under the Deposit
Agreement in denominations of any whole number of ADSs. The ADRs
shall be substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A to the
Deposit Agreement, with any appropriate insertions, modifications and omissions,
in each case as otherwise contemplated in the Deposit Agreement or required by
law. ADRs shall be (i) dated, (ii) signed by the manual or
facsimile signature of a duly authorized signatory of the Depositary,
(iii) countersigned by the manual or facsimile signature of a duly
authorized signatory of the Registrar, and (iv) registered in the books
maintained by the Registrar for the registration of issuances and transfers of
ADSs. No ADR and no Certificated ADS evidenced thereby shall be
entitled to any benefits under the Deposit Agreement or be valid or enforceable
for any purpose against the Depositary or the Company, unless such ADR shall
have been so dated, signed, countersigned and registered (other than an American
depositary receipt issued and outstanding as of the date hereof under the terms
of the Original Agreement which from and after the date hereof becomes subject
to the terms of the Deposit Agreement in all respects). ADRs bearing the
facsimile signature of a duly-authorized signatory of the Depositary or the
Registrar, who at the time of signature was a duly-authorized signatory of the
Depositary or the Registrar, as the case may be, shall bind the Depositary,
notwithstanding the fact that such signatory has ceased to be so authorized
prior to the delivery of such ADR by the Depositary. The ADRs shall
bear a CUSIP number that is different from any CUSIP number that was, is or may
be assigned to any depositary receipts previously or subsequently issued
pursuant to any other arrangement between the Depositary (or any other
depositary) and the Company and which are not ADRs outstanding
hereunder.
(b) Legends. The ADRs may be
endorsed with, or have incorporated in the text thereof, such legends or
recitals not inconsistent with the provisions of the Deposit Agreement as
(i) may be necessary to enable the Depositary and the Company to perform
their respective obligations hereunder, (ii) may be required to comply with
any applicable laws or regulations, or with the rules and regulations of any
securities exchange or market upon which ADSs may be traded, listed or quoted,
or to conform with any usage with respect thereto, (iii) may be necessary
to indicate any special limitations or restrictions to which any particular ADRs
or ADSs are subject by reason of the date of issuance of the Deposited
Securities or otherwise, or (iv) may be required by any book-entry system
in which the ADSs are held. Holders and Beneficial Owners shall be
deemed, for all purposes, to have notice of, and to be bound by, the terms and
conditions of the legends set forth, in the case of Holders, on the ADR
registered in the name of the applicable Holders or, in the case of Beneficial
Owners, on the ADR representing the ADSs owned by such Beneficial
Owners.
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(c) Title. Subject to the
limitations contained herein and in the ADR, title to an ADR (and to each
Certificated ADS evidenced thereby) shall be transferable upon the same terms as
a certificated security under the laws of the State of New York, provided that,
in the case of Certificated ADSs, such ADR has been properly endorsed or is
accompanied by proper instruments of transfer. Notwithstanding any
notice to the contrary, the Depositary and the Company may deem and treat the
Holder of an ADS (that is, the person in whose name an ADS is registered on the
books of the Depositary) as the absolute owner thereof for all
purposes. Neither the Depositary nor the Company shall have any
obligation nor be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement or any
ADR to any holder or any Beneficial Owner unless, in the case of a holder of
ADSs, such holder is the Holder registered on the books of the
Depositary or, in the case of a Beneficial Owner, such Beneficial Owner, or the
Beneficial Owner’s representative, is the Holder registered on the books of the
Depositary.
(d) Book-Entry
Systems. The Depositary
shall make arrangements for the acceptance of the ADSs into DTC. All
ADSs held through DTC will be registered in the name of the nominee for DTC
(currently “Cede & Co.”). As such, the nominee for DTC will be
the only “Holder” of all ADSs held through DTC. Unless issued by the
Depositary as Uncertificated ADSs, the ADSs registered in the name of Cede &
Co. will be evidenced by one or more ADR(s) in the form of a “Balance
Certificate,” which will provide that it represents the aggregate number of ADSs
from time to time indicated in the records of the Depositary as being issued
hereunder and that the aggregate number of ADSs represented thereby may from
time to time be increased or decreased by making adjustments on such records of
the Depositary and of DTC or its nominee as hereinafter
provided. Citibank, N.A. (or such other entity as is appointed by DTC
or its nominee) may hold the “Balance Certificate” as custodian for
DTC. Each Beneficial Owner of ADSs held through DTC must rely upon
the procedures of DTC and the DTC Participants to exercise or be entitled to any
rights attributable to such ADSs. The DTC Participants shall for all
purposes be deemed to have all requisite power and authority to act on behalf of
the Beneficial Owners of the ADSs held in the DTC Participants’ respective
accounts in DTC and the Depositary shall for all purposes be authorized to rely
upon any instructions and information given to it by DTC
Participants. So long as ADSs are held through DTC or unless
otherwise required by law, ownership of beneficial interests in the ADSs
registered in the name of the nominee for DTC will be shown on, and transfers of
such ownership will be effected only through, records maintained by (i) DTC or
its nominee (with respect to the interests of DTC Participants), or (ii) DTC
Participants or their nominees (with respect to the interests of clients of DTC
Participants).
Section
2.2 Deposit
of Shares. Subject to the
terms and conditions of the Deposit Agreement and applicable law, Shares or
evidence of rights to receive Shares (other than Restricted Securities) may be
deposited by any person (including the Depositary in its individual capacity but
subject, however, in the case of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company, to
Section 5.7) at any time, whether or not the transfer books of the Company or
the Foreign Registrar, if any, are closed, by Delivery of the Shares to the
Custodian. Every deposit of Shares shall be accompanied by the
following: (A) (i) in the case of Shares represented by
certificates issued in registered form, appropriate instruments of
transfer or endorsement, in a form satisfactory to the Custodian,
(ii) in the case of
Shares represented by certificates in bearer form. the requisite coupons
and talons pertaining thereto, and (iii) in the case of Shares delivered by
book-entry transfer and recordation, confirmation of such book-entry
transfer and recordation in the books of the Foreign Registrar or of the DCV, as
applicable, to the Custodian or that irrevocable instructions have been given to
cause such Shares to be so transferred and recorded, (B) such
certifications and payments (including, without limitation, the Depositary’s
fees and related charges) and evidence of such payments (including, without
limitation, stamping or otherwise marking such Shares by way of receipt) as may
be required by the Depositary or the Custodian in accordance with the provisions
of the Deposit Agreement and applicable law, (C) if the Depositary so
requires, a written order directing the Depositary to issue and deliver to, or
upon the written order of, the person(s) stated in such order the number of ADSs
representing the Shares so deposited, (D) evidence satisfactory to the
Depositary (which may be an opinion of counsel) that all necessary approvals
have been granted by, or there has been compliance with the rules and
regulations of, any applicable governmental agency in Chile, and (E) if the
Depositary so requires, (i) an agreement, assignment or instrument
satisfactory to the Depositary or the Custodian which provides for the prompt
transfer by any person in whose name the Shares are or have been recorded to the
Custodian of any distribution, or right to subscribe for additional Shares or to
receive other property in respect of any such deposited Shares or, in lieu
thereof, such indemnity or other agreement as shall be satisfactory to the
Depositary or the Custodian and (ii) if the Shares are registered in the
name of the person on whose behalf they are presented for deposit, a proxy or
proxies entitling the Custodian to exercise voting rights in respect of the
Shares for any and all purposes until the Shares so deposited are registered in
the name of the Depositary, the Custodian or any nominee.
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No Share
of the Company shall be accepted for deposit unless accompanied by evidence
satisfactory to the Depositary that the deposit has been authorized by the
Central Bank (unless and until the Company provides the Depositary with evidence
satisfactory to it that such authorization is no longer necessary), and that the
conditions for such authorization, as set forth in the Foreign Exchange
Contract, have been satisfied.
Without
limiting any other provision of the Deposit Agreement, the Depositary shall
instruct the Custodian not to, and the Depositary shall not knowingly, accept
for deposit (a) any Restricted Securities except as contemplated by Section
2.12) nor (b) any fractional Shares or fractional Deposited Securities nor
(c) a number of Shares or Deposited Securities which upon application of
the ADS to Shares ratio would give rise to fractional ADSs. The
Depositary may issue ADSs against evidence of rights to receive Shares from the
Company, any agent of the Company or any custodian, registrar, transfer agent,
clearing agency or other entity involved in ownership or transaction records in
respect of the Shares. Such evidence of rights shall consist of
written blanket or specific guarantees of ownership of Shares furnished by the
Company or any such custodian, registrar, transfer agent, clearing agency or
other entity involved in ownership or transaction records in respect of the
Shares.
Without
limitation of the foregoing, the Depositary shall not knowingly accept for
deposit under the Deposit Agreement (A) any Shares or other securities
required to be registered under the provisions of the Securities Act, unless
(i) a registration statement is in effect as to such Shares or other
securities or (ii) the deposit is made upon terms contemplated in Section
2.12, or (B) any Shares or other securities the deposit of which would
violate any provisions of the Estatutos of the Company. For purposes
of the foregoing sentence, the Depositary shall be entitled to rely upon
representations and warranties made or deemed made pursuant to the Deposit
Agreement and shall not be required to make any further
investigation. The Depositary will comply with written instructions
of the Company (received by the Depositary reasonably in advance) not to accept
for deposit hereunder any Shares identified in such instructions at such times
and under such circumstances as may reasonably be specified in such instructions
in order to facilitate the Company's compliance with the securities laws of the
United States.
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Section
2.3 Issuance
of ADSs. The Depositary has made arrangements with the
Custodian for the Custodian to confirm to the Depositary upon receipt of a
deposit of Shares (i) that a deposit of Shares has been made pursuant to
Section 2.2, (ii) that such Deposited Securities have been recorded in the
name of the Depositary, the Custodian or a nominee of either on the
shareholders’ register maintained by or on behalf of the Company by the Foreign
Registrar or on the books of the DCV, (iii) that all required documents
have been received, and (iv) the person(s) to whom or upon whose order ADSs
are deliverable in respect thereof and the number of ADSs to be so
delivered. Such notification may be made by letter, cable, telex,
SWIFT message or, at the risk and expense of the person making the deposit, by
facsimile or other means of electronic transmission. Upon receiving
such notice from the Custodian, the Depositary, subject to the terms and
conditions of the Deposit Agreement and applicable law, shall issue the ADSs
representing the Shares so deposited to or upon the order of the person(s) named
in the notice delivered to the Depositary and, if applicable, shall execute and
deliver at its Principal Office Receipt(s) registered in the name(s) requested
by such person(s) and evidencing the aggregate number of ADSs to which such
person(s) are entitled, but, in each case, only upon payment to the Depositary
of the charges of the Depositary for accepting a deposit, issuing ADSs (as set
forth in Section 5.9 and Exhibit B hereto) and all taxes and
governmental charges and fees payable in connection with such deposit and the
transfer of the Shares and the issuance of the ADS(s). The Depositary
shall only issue ADSs in whole numbers and deliver, if applicable, ADR(s)
evidencing whole numbers of ADSs. Nothing herein shall prohibit any
Pre-Release Transaction upon the terms set forth in the Deposit
Agreement.
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Section
2.4 Transfer, Combination and
Split-up of ADRs.
(a) Transfer. The Registrar
shall register the transfer of ADRs (and of the ADSs represented thereby) on the
books maintained for such purpose and the Depositary shall (x) cancel such
ADRs and execute new ADRs evidencing the same aggregate number of ADSs as those
evidenced by the ADRs canceled by the Depositary, (y) cause the Registrar
to countersign such new ADRs and (z) Deliver such new ADRs to or
upon the order of the person entitled thereto, if each of the following
conditions has been satisfied: (i) the ADRs have been duly
Delivered by the Holder (or by a duly authorized attorney of the Holder) to the
Depositary at its Principal Office for the purpose of effecting a transfer
thereof, (ii) the surrendered ADRs have been properly endorsed or are
accompanied by proper instruments of transfer (including signature guarantees in
accordance with standard securities industry practice), (iii) the
surrendered ADRs have been duly stamped (if required by the laws of the State of
New York or of the United States), and (iv) all applicable fees and charges
of, and expenses incurred by, the Depositary and all applicable taxes and
governmental charges (as are set forth in Section 5.9 and Exhibit B
hereto) have been paid, subject, however, in each case,
to the terms and conditions of the applicable ADRs, of the Deposit
Agreement and of applicable law, in each case as in effect at the time
thereof. The Depositary may close the transfer books, at any time and
from time to time, when deemed expedient by it in connection with the
performance of its duties or at the request of the Company.
(b) Combination
& Split Up. The Registrar
shall register the split-up or combination of ADRs (and of the ADSs represented
thereby) on the books maintained for such purpose and the Depositary shall
(x) cancel such ADRs and execute new ADRs for the number of ADSs requested,
but in the aggregate not exceeding the number of ADSs evidenced by the ADRs
cancelled by the Depositary, (y) cause the Registrar to countersign such
new ADRs and (z) Deliver such new ADRs to or upon the order of the Holder
thereof, if each of the following conditions has been
satisfied: (i) the ADRs have been duly Delivered by the Holder
(or by a duly authorized attorney of the Holder) to the Depositary at its
Principal Office for the purpose of effecting a split-up or combination thereof,
and (ii) all applicable fees and charges of, and expenses incurred by, the
Depositary and all applicable taxes and governmental charges (as are set forth
in Section 5.9 and Exhibit B hereto)
have been paid, subject,
however, in each case, to the terms and conditions of the applicable
ADRs, of the Deposit Agreement and of applicable law, in each case as in effect
at the time thereof.
(c) Co-Transfer
Agents. The Depositary
upon the written request of the Company, or with the written approval of the
Company, may appoint one or more co-transfer agents for the purpose of effecting
transfers, combinations and split-ups of ADRs at designated transfer offices on
behalf of the Depositary. In carrying out its functions, a
co-transfer agent may require evidence of authority and compliance with
applicable laws and other requirements by Holders or persons entitled to such
ADRs and will be entitled to protection and indemnity to the same extent as the
Depositary. Such co-transfer agents shall be removed and substitutes
appointed by the Depositary upon the written request, or with the written
approval of, the Company. Each co-transfer agent appointed under this
Section 2.4 (other than the Depositary) shall give notice in writing to the
Depositary accepting such appointment and agreeing to be bound by the applicable
terms of the Deposit Agreement.
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Section
2.5 Surrender
of ADSs and Withdrawal of Deposited Securities.The Holder of ADSs shall be
entitled to Delivery (at the Custodian’s designated office) of the Deposited
Securities at the time represented by the ADSs upon satisfaction of each of the
following conditions: (i) the Holder (or a duly-authorized attorney of the
Holder) has duly Delivered ADSs to the Depositary at its Principal Office (and
if applicable, the ADRs evidencing such ADSs) for the purpose of withdrawal of
the Deposited Securities represented thereby, (ii) if applicable and so required by the
Depositary, the ADRs Delivered to the Depositary for such purpose have been
properly endorsed in blank or are accompanied by proper instruments of transfer
in blank (including signature guarantees in accordance with standard securities
industry practice), (iii) if so required by the Depositary, the Holder of
the ADSs has executed and delivered to the Depositary a written order directing
the Depositary to cause the Deposited Securities being withdrawn to be Delivered
to or upon the written order of the person(s) designated in such order, and (iv)
all applicable fees and charges of, and expenses incurred by, the Depositary and
all applicable taxes and governmental charges (as are set forth in
Section 5.9 and Exhibit B) have been paid, subject, however, in each
case, to the terms and conditions of the ADRs evidencing the surrendered
ADSs, of the Deposit Agreement, of the Company’s Estatutos and of any applicable
laws and the rules of the DCV, and to any provisions of or governing the
Deposited Securities , in each case as in effect at the time
thereof.
Upon satisfaction of each of the
conditions specified above, the Depositary (i) shall cancel the ADSs
Delivered to it (and, if applicable, the ADRs evidencing the ADSs so Delivered),
(ii) shall direct the Registrar to record the cancellation of the ADSs so
Delivered on the books maintained for such purpose, and (iii) shall direct
the Custodian to Deliver, or cause the Delivery of, in each case, without
unreasonable delay, the Deposited Securities represented by the ADSs so canceled
together with any certificate or other document of title for the Deposited
Securities, or evidence of the electronic transfer thereof (if available), as
the case may be, to or upon the written order of the person(s) designated in the
order delivered to the Depositary for such purpose, subject however, in each case,
to the terms and conditions of the Deposit Agreement, of the ADRs
evidencing the ADSs so cancelled, of the Estatutos of the Company, of any
applicable laws and of the rules of the DCV, and to the terms and conditions of
or governing the Deposited Securities, in each case as in effect at the time
thereof.
The
Depositary shall not accept for surrender ADSs representing less than one (1)
Share. In the case of the Delivery to it of ADSs representing a
number other than a whole number of Shares, the Depositary shall cause ownership
of the appropriate whole number of Shares to be Delivered in accordance with the
terms hereof, and shall, at the discretion of the Depositary, either
(i) return to the person surrendering such ADSs the number of ADSs
representing any remaining fractional Share, or (ii) sell or cause to be
sold the fractional Share represented by the ADSs so surrendered and remit the
proceeds of such sale (net of (a) applicable fees and charges of, and
expenses incurred by, the Depositary and (b) taxes withheld) to the person
surrendering the ADSs.
Notwithstanding
anything else contained in any ADR or the Deposit Agreement, the Depositary may
make delivery at the Principal Office of the Depositary of (i) any cash
dividends or cash distributions, or (ii) any proceeds from the sale of any
distributions of shares or rights, which are at the time held by the Depositary
in respect of the Deposited Securities represented by the ADSs surrendered for
cancellation and withdrawal. At the request, risk and expense of any
Holder so surrendering ADSs, and for the account of such Holder, the Depositary
shall direct the Custodian to forward (to the extent permitted by law) any cash
or other property (other than securities) held by the Custodian in respect of
the Deposited Securities represented by such ADSs to the Depositary for delivery
at the Principal Office of the Depositary. Such direction shall be
given by letter or, at the request, risk and expense of such Holder, by cable,
telex or facsimile transmission.
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Simultaneously
with the delivery of Deposited Securities to the Holder or its designee, the
Custodian, pursuant to the Foreign Exchange Contract, will issue or cause to be
issued to the Holder or such designee a certificate which states that the
Deposited Securities have been transferred to the Holder or its designee by the
Depositary and that the Depositary waives in favor of the Holder or its designee
the right of access to the formal foreign exchange market relating to such
withdrawn Deposited Securities.
For
purposes of a tax ruling dated January 29, 1990 issued by the Chilean Internal
Revenue Service regarding certain tax matters relating to American Depositary
Shares and American Depositary Receipts, the acquisition value of any Share or
other Depositary Security upon its withdrawal by a Holder upon surrender of the
corresponding Receipt shall be the highest reported sales price of such Share or
other Deposited Security on the Bolsa de Comercio xx Xxxxxxxx (the “Xxxxxxxx
Stock Exchange”) on the day on which the transfer of such Share or other
Deposited Security from the Depositary to such Holder is recorded on the books
of the Foreign Registrar. In the event that the Shares or other
Deposited Securities are not then traded on the Xxxxxxxx Stock Exchange, such
value shall be the highest reported sales price on the principal stock exchange
or other organized securities market in Chile on which such Shares or other
Deposited Securities are then traded. In the event that no such sales
price is reported on the day on which such transfer is recorded on the books of
the Foreign Registrar, such value shall be deemed to be the highest sale price
reported on the last day on which such sales price was reported, provided, that
if such day is more than 30 days prior to the date of such transfer, such price
shall be increased by the percentage increase over the corresponding period in
the Chilean consumer price index as reported by the pertinent governmental
authority of Chile.
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Section
2.6
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Limitations on
Execution and Delivery, Transfer and Surrender of
ADSs.
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As a condition precedent to the
execution and delivery, registration of transfer, split-up, combination or
surrender of any ADSs or transfer or withdrawal of any Deposited Securities, the
Depositary or a Custodian may require payment from the presenter of ADSs, or the
depositor of the Shares, of a sum sufficient to reimburse it for any tax or
other governmental charge (including any such tax or charge and fee with respect
to Shares being deposited or withdrawn) and any stock transfer or registration
fee with respect thereto and payment of any applicable fees as herein provided,
may require the production of proof satisfactory to it as to the identity and
genuineness of any signature and compliance with any regulations the Depositary
and the Company may establish consistent with the provisions of the Deposit
Agreement, including, without limitation, this Section 2.6 and may also require
compliance with any laws or governmental regulations relating to American
depositary receipts or to the withdrawal of Deposited Securities.
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After consultation with the Company,
the issuance of ADSs against deposits of particular Shares may be withheld, or
the issuance of ADSs against deposit of Shares generally may be suspended, or
the registration of transfer of ADSs in particular instances may be refused, or
the registration of transfer of ADSs generally may be suspended, during any
period when the transfer books of the Depositary or the Company are closed, or
if any such action is deemed, in good faith, necessary or advisable by the
Depositary or the Company at any time or from time to time because of any
requirement of law or of any government or governmental authority, body or
commission, or under any provision of the Deposit Agreement. The
surrender of outstanding ADSs and withdrawal of Deposited Securities may not be
suspended, except as required in connection with (i) temporary delays caused by
closing the transfer books of the Depositary or the Company (or the appointed
agent for the Company for the transfer and registration of Shares) or the
payment of dividends, (ii) the payment of fees, taxes and similar charges, and
(iii) compliance with any U.S. or foreign laws or governmental regulations
relating to the Receipts or to the withdrawal of the Deposited Securities.
Without limitation of the foregoing, the Depositary shall not knowingly accept
for deposit under the Deposit Agreement any Shares required to be registered
under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 prior to being offered and
sold publicly in the United States, unless a registration statement is in effect
as to such Shares. The Depositary shall comply with written instructions of the
Company not to accept for deposit under the Deposit Agreement any Shares
identified in such instructions at such times and under such circumstances as
may reasonably be specified in such instructions in order to facilitate the
Company's compliance with securities laws in the United States or
Chile.
Section
2.7 Lost
ADRs, etc. In case any ADR
shall be mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen, the Depositary shall execute and
deliver a new ADR of like tenor, in exchange and substitution for such mutilated
ADR upon cancellation thereof, or in lieu of and in substitution for such
destroyed or lost or stolen ADR, upon the Holder thereof filing with the
Depositary (a) a request for such exchange and delivery before the Depositary
has notice that the ADR has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser and (b) a
sufficient indemnity bond, and satisfying any other reasonable requirements
imposed by the Depositary.
Section
2.8 Cancellation
and Destruction of Surrendered ADRs. All ADRs
surrendered to the Depositary shall be cancelled by the Depositary. The
Depositary is authorized to destroy ADRs so cancelled. Any ADSs held
in book-entry form (i.e., through accounts at
DTC) shall be deemed canceled when the Depositary causes the number of ADSs
evidenced by the Balance Certificate to be reduced by the number of ADSs
surrendered (without the need to physically destroy the Balance
Certificate).
Section
2.9 Escheatment. In the event any
unclaimed property relating to the ADSs, for any reason, is in the possession of
Depositary and has not been claimed by the Holder thereof or cannot be delivered
to the Holder thereof through usual channels, the Depositary shall, upon
expiration of any applicable statutory period relating to abandoned property
laws, escheat such unclaimed property to the relevant authorities in accordance
with the laws of each of the relevant States of the United States.
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Section
2.10 Partial
Entitlement ADSs. In the event any
Shares are deposited which (i) entitle the holders thereof to receive a
per-share distribution or other entitlement in an amount different from the
Shares then on deposit or (ii) are not fully fungible (including, without
limitation, as to settlement or trading) with the Shares then on deposit (the
Shares then on deposit collectively, “Full Entitlement
Shares” and the Shares with different entitlement, “Partial Entitlement
Shares”), the Depositary shall (i) cause the Custodian to hold
Partial Entitlement Shares separate and distinct from Full Entitlement Shares,
and (ii) subject to the terms of the Deposit Agreement, issue ADSs
representing Partial Entitlement Shares which are separate and distinct from the
ADSs representing Full Entitlement Shares, by means of separate CUSIP numbering
and legending (if necessary) and, if applicable, by issuing ADRs evidencing such
ADSs with applicable notations thereon (“Partial Entitlement
ADSs/ADRs” and “Full Entitlement
ADSs/ADRs”, respectively). If and when Partial Entitlement
Shares become Full Entitlement Shares, the Depositary shall (a) give notice
thereof to Holders of Partial Entitlement ADSs and give Holders of Partial
Entitlement ADRs the opportunity to exchange such Partial Entitlement ADRs for
Full Entitlement ADRs, (b) cause the Custodian to transfer the Partial
Entitlement Shares into the account of the Full Entitlement Shares, and
(c) take such actions as are necessary to remove the distinctions between
(i) the Partial Entitlement ADRs and ADSs, on the one hand, and
(ii) the Full Entitlement ADRs and ADSs on the other. Holders
and Beneficial Owners of Partial Entitlement ADSs shall only be entitled to the
entitlements of Partial Entitlement Shares. Holders and Beneficial
Owners of Full Entitlement ADSs shall be entitled only to the entitlements of
Full Entitlement Shares. All provisions and conditions of the Deposit
Agreement shall apply to Partial Entitlement ADRs and ADSs to the same extent as
Full Entitlement ADRs and ADSs, except as contemplated by this
Section 2.10. The Depositary is authorized to take any and all
other actions as may be necessary (including, without limitation, making the
necessary notations on ADRs) to give effect to the terms of this
Section 2.10. The Company agrees to give timely written notice
to the Depositary if any Shares issued or to be issued are Partial Entitlement
Shares and shall assist the Depositary with the establishment of procedures
enabling the identification of Partial Entitlement Shares upon Delivery to the
Custodian.
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Section
2.11 Certificated/Uncertificated
ADSs. Notwithstanding
any other any other provision of the Deposit Agreement, the Depositary may, at
any time and from time to time, issue ADSs that are not evidenced by ADRs (such
ADSs, the “Uncertificated
ADS(s)” and the ADS(s) evidenced by ADR(s), the “Certificated
ADS(s)”). When issuing and maintaining Uncertificated ADS(s)
under the Deposit Agreement, the Depositary shall at all times be subject to
(i) the standards applicable to registrars and transfer agents maintaining
direct registration systems for equity securities in New York and issuing
uncertificated securities under New York law, and (ii) the terms of New
York law applicable to uncertificated equity
securities. Uncertificated ADSs shall not be represented by any
instruments but shall be evidenced by registration in the books of the
Depositary maintained for such purpose. Holders of Uncertificated
ADSs, that are not subject to any registered pledges, liens, restrictions or
adverse claims of which the Depositary has notice at such time, shall at all
times have the right to exchange the Uncertificated ADS(s) for Certificated
ADS(s) of the same type and class, subject in each case to applicable laws and
any rules and regulations the Depositary may have established in respect of the
Uncertificated ADSs. Holders of Certificated ADSs shall, if the
Depositary maintains a direct registration system for the ADSs, have the right
to exchange the Certificated ADSs for Uncertificated ADSs upon (i) the due
surrender of the Certificated ADS(s) to the Depositary for such purpose and (ii)
the presentation of a written request to that effect to the Depositary, subject
in each case to (a) all liens and restrictions noted on the ADR evidencing the
Certificated ADS(s) and all adverse claims of which the Depositary then has
notice, (b) the terms of the Deposit Agreement and the rules and regulations
that the Depositary may establish for such purposes hereunder,
(c) applicable law, and (d) payment of the Depositary fees and
expenses applicable to such exchange of Certificated ADS(s) for Uncertificated
ADS(s). Uncertificated ADSs shall in all respects be identical to
Certificated ADS(s) of the same type and class, except that (i) no ADR(s)
shall be, or shall need to be, issued to evidence Uncertificated ADS(s),
(ii) Uncertificated ADS(s) shall, subject to the terms of the Deposit
Agreement, be transferable upon the same terms and conditions as uncertificated
securities under New York law, (iii) the ownership of Uncertificated ADS(s)
shall be recorded on the books of the Depositary maintained for such purpose and
evidence of such ownership shall be reflected in periodic statements provided by
the Depositary to the Holder(s) in accordance with applicable New York law,
(iv) the Depositary may from time to time, upon notice to the Holders of
Uncertificated ADSs affected thereby, establish rules and regulations, and amend
or supplement existing rules and regulations, as may be deemed reasonably
necessary to maintain Uncertificated ADS(s) on behalf of Holders, provided that
(a) such rules and regulations do not conflict with the terms of the
Deposit Agreement and applicable law, and (b) the terms of such rules and
regulations are readily available to Holders upon request, (v) the
Uncertificated ADS(s) shall not be entitled to any benefits under the Deposit
Agreement or be valid or enforceable for any purpose against the Depositary or
the Company unless such Uncertificated ADS(s) is/are registered on the books of
the Depositary maintained for such purpose, (vi) the Depositary may, in
connection with any deposit of Shares resulting in the issuance of
Uncertificated ADSs and with any transfer, pledge, release and cancellation of
Uncertificated ADSs, require the prior receipt of such documentation as the
Depositary may deem reasonably appropriate, and (vii) upon termination of
the Deposit Agreement, the Depositary shall not require Holders of
Uncertificated ADSs to affirmatively instruct the Depositary before remitting
proceeds from the sale of the Deposited Securities represented by such Holders'
Uncertificated ADSs under the terms of Section 6.2 of the Deposit
Agreement. When issuing ADSs under the terms of the
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Deposit
Agreement, including, without limitation, issuances pursuant to Sections 2.3,
4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.9 and 4.14, the Depositary may in its discretion determine to
issue Uncertificated ADSs rather than Certificated ADSs, unless otherwise
specifically instructed by the applicable Holder to issue Certificated
ADSs. All provisions and conditions of the Deposit Agreement shall
apply to Uncertificated ADSs to the same extent as to Certificated ADSs, except
as contemplated by this Section 2.11. The Depositary is authorized
and directed to take any and all actions and establish any and all procedures
deemed reasonably necessary to give effect to the terms of this Section
2.11. Any references in the Deposit Agreement or any ADR(s) to the
terms “American Depositary Share(s)” or “ADS(s)” shall, unless the context
otherwise requires, include Certificated ADS(s) and Uncertificated
ADS(s). Except as set forth in this Section 2.11 and except as
required by applicable law, the Uncertificated ADSs shall be treated as ADSs
issued and outstanding under the terms of the Deposit Agreement. In
the event that, in determining the rights and obligations of parties hereto with
respect to any Uncertificated ADSs, any conflict arises between (a) the terms of
the Deposit Agreement (other than this Section 2.11) and (b) the terms of this
Section 2.11, the terms and conditions set forth in this Section 2.11 shall be
controlling and shall govern the rights and obligations of the parties to the
Deposit Agreement pertaining to the Uncertificated ADSs.
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Section
2.12 Restricted
ADSs. The Depositary shall ,
at the request and expense of the Company, establish procedures enabling the
deposit hereunder of Shares that are Restricted Securities in order to enable
the holder of such Shares to hold its ownership interests in such Restricted
Shares in the form of ADSs issued under the terms hereof (such Shares, “Restricted
Shares”). Upon receipt of a written request from the Company
to accept Restricted Shares for deposit hereunder, the Depositary agrees to
establish procedures permitting the deposit of such Restricted Shares and the
issuance of ADSs representing the right to receive, subject to the terms of the
Deposit Agreement and the applicable ADR (if issued as a Certificated ADS), such
deposited Restricted Shares (such ADSs, the “Restricted ADSs,” and
the ADRs evidencing such Restricted ADSs, the “Restricted
ADRs”). Notwithstanding anything contained in this Section
2.12, the Depositary and the Company may, to the extent not prohibited by law,
agree to issue the Restricted ADSs in uncertificated form (“Uncertificated Restricted
ADSs”) upon such terms and conditions as the Company and the Depositary
may deem necessary and appropriate. The Company shall assist the
Depositary in the establishment of such procedures and agrees that it shall take
all steps necessary and satisfactory to the Depositary to insure that the
establishment of such procedures does not violate the provisions of the
Securities Act or any other applicable laws. The depositors of such
Restricted Shares and the Holders of the Restricted ADSs may be required prior
to the deposit of such Restricted Shares, the transfer of the Restricted ADRs
and Restricted ADSs or the withdrawal of the Restricted Shares represented by
Restricted ADSs to provide such written certifications or agreements as the
Depositary or the Company may require. The Company shall provide to
the Depositary in writing the legend(s) to be affixed to the Restricted ADRs (if
the Restricted ADSs are to be issued as Certificated ADSs), or to be included in the
statements issued from time to time to Holders of Uncertificated ADSs (if issued
as Uncertificated Restricted ADSs), which legends shall (i) be in a form
reasonably satisfactory to the Depositary and (ii) contain the specific
circumstances under which the Restricted ADSs, and, if applicable, the
Restricted ADRs evidencing the Restricted ADSs, may be transferred or the
Restricted Shares withdrawn. The Restricted ADSs issued upon the
deposit of Restricted Shares shall be separately identified on the books of the
Depositary and the Restricted Shares so deposited shall, to the extent required
by law, be held separate and distinct from the other Deposited Securities held
hereunder. The Restricted Shares and the Restricted ADSs shall not be
eligible for Pre-Release Transactions. The Restricted ADSs shall not
be eligible for inclusion in any book-entry settlement system, including,
without limitation, DTC, and shall not in any way be fungible with the ADSs
issued under the terms hereof that are not Restricted ADSs. The
Restricted ADSs, and, if applicable, the Restricted ADRs evidencing the
Restricted ADSs, shall be transferable only by the Holder thereof upon delivery
to the Depositary of (i) all documentation otherwise contemplated by the Deposit
Agreement and (ii) an opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Depositary setting
forth, inter alia, the
conditions upon which the Restricted ADSs presented, and, if applicable, the
Restricted ADRs evidencing the Restricted ADSs, are transferable by the Holder
thereof under applicable securities laws and the transfer restrictions contained
in the legend applicable to the Restricted ADSs presented for
transfer. Except as set forth in this Section 2.12 and except as
required by applicable law, the Restricted ADSs and the Restricted ADRs
evidencing Restricted ADSs shall be treated as ADSs and ADRs issued and
outstanding under the terms of the Deposit Agreement. In the event
that, in determining the rights and obligations of parties hereto with respect
to any Restricted ADSs, any conflict arises between (a) the terms of the Deposit
Agreement (other than this Section 2.12) and (b) the terms of (i) this Section
2.12 or (ii) the applicable Restricted ADR, the terms and conditions set forth
in this Section 2.12 and of the Restricted ADR shall be controlling and shall
govern the rights and obligations of the parties to the Deposit Agreement
pertaining to the deposited Restricted Shares, the Restricted ADSs and
Restricted ADRs.
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If the Restricted ADRs, the Restricted
ADSs and the Restricted Shares cease to be Restricted Securities, the
Depositary, upon receipt of (x) an opinion of counsel satisfactory to the
Depositary setting forth, inter alia, that the
Restricted ADRs, the Restricted ADSs and the Restricted Shares are not as of
such time Restricted Securities, and (y) instructions from the Company to remove
the restrictions applicable to the Restricted ADRs, the Restricted ADSs and the
Restricted Shares, shall (i) eliminate the distinctions and separations
that may have been established between the applicable Restricted Shares held on
deposit under this Section 2.12 and the other Shares held on deposit under the
terms of the Deposit Agreement that are not Restricted Shares, (ii) treat
the newly unrestricted ADRs and ADSs on the same terms as, and fully fungible
with, the other ADRs and ADSs issued and outstanding under the terms of the
Deposit Agreement that are not Restricted ADRs or Restricted ADSs,
(iii) take all actions necessary to remove any distinctions, limitations
and restrictions previously existing under this Section 2.12 between the
applicable Restricted ADRs and Restricted ADSs, respectively, on the one hand,
and the other ADRs and ADSs that are not Restricted ADRs or Restricted ADSs,
respectively, on the other hand, including, without limitation, by making the
newly-unrestricted ADSs eligible for Pre-Release Transactions and for inclusion
in the applicable book-entry settlement systems.
ARTICLE
III
CERTAIN
OBLIGATIONS OF HOLDERS AND BENEFICIAL OWNERS OF ADSs
Section
3.1 Filing
Proofs, Certificates and Other Information. Any person
presenting Shares for deposit and any Holder and Beneficial Owner may be
required from time to time to file such proof of citizenship or residence,
exchange control approval, payment of all applicable Chilean taxes or other
governmental charges, legal or beneficial ownership, or such information
relating to the registration on the books of the Company or the Registrar, if
applicable, of the Shares presented for deposit or other information, to execute
and deliver such certificates and to make such representations and warranties,
as the Depositary may deem necessary or proper or as the Company reasonably may
require by written request to the Depositary and the Custodian. The Depositary
may withhold the delivery or registration of transfer of any ADR or ADS or the
distribution or sale of any dividend or other distribution of rights or the
proceeds thereof or the delivery of any Deposited Securities until such proof or
other information is filed, or such certificates are executed or such
representations and warranties are made. The Depositary shall provide the
Company, in a timely manner, with copies of any such proofs of citizenship or
residence, exchange control approval, legal or beneficial ownership or other
information referred to above which it receives.
Section
3.2 Liability
for Taxes and Other Charges. The Company, the
Custodian and/or the Depositary may withhold or deduct from any distributions
made in respect of Deposited Securities, and may sell for the account of a
Holder and/or Beneficial Owner any or all of the Deposited Securities and apply
such distribution and sale proceeds in payment of, any taxes (including
applicable interest and penalties) or other governmental charges that are or may
be payable in respect of the ADSs, Deposited Securities and ADRs, the Holder and
the Beneficial Owner remaining liable for any deficiency. If any tax
or other governmental charge shall or may become payable by the Custodian or the
Depositary (or their respective nominees) with respect to any Deposited
Securities represented by ADSs, such tax or other governmental charge shall be
payable by the Holders and Beneficial Owners of ADSs to the Depositary as set
forth below in this Section 3.2. The Depositary may refuse to effect
any transfer of ADSs, or split-up or combination of any Receipt(s), or any
withdrawal of Deposited Securities represented by ADSs until such payment is
made. Every Holder and Beneficial Owner agrees to indemnify the
Depositary, the Company, the Custodian, and any of their agents, officers,
employees and Affiliates for, and to hold each of them harmless from, any claims
with respect to taxes (including applicable interest and penalties thereon)
arising from any tax benefit obtained for such Holder and/or Beneficial
Owner.
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(b) In
the event the definitive amount of any taxes or other governmental charges that
may be payable in respect of the Deposited Securities is known by the Company at
the time any distribution is made in respect of such Deposited Securities, the
Company shall (i) withhold, and pay over to the appropriate governmental
authority, such definitive amount, or (ii) instruct the Depositary (with a copy
to the Custodian) as to such withholding, including such known definitive
amount, and the Depositary shall cause the Custodian to withhold, and pay over
to such governmental authority, such definitive amount.
(c) In
the event the definitive amount of any taxes or other governmental charges that
may be payable in respect of the Deposited Securities is not known by the
Company at the time any distribution is made in respect of such Deposited
Securities (e.g., in the event of a provisional withholding tax), the Company
shall (i) calculate (A) the maximum amount of taxes or other governmental
charges that may be payable in respect of such distribution (the “Maximum Tax Amount”),
and (B) the amount of the tax or other governmental charge that is then known
and required to be paid in respect of such distribution (the “Provisional Tax
Amount”), and (ii) either (A) withhold from such distribution the Maximum
Tax Amount, or (ii) instruct the Depositary (with a copy to the Custodian) as to
such withholding, including the calculated Maximum Tax Amount and Provisional
Tax Amount, and the Depositary shall cause the Custodian to withhold from such
distribution the Maximum Tax Amount. Notwithstanding anything herein
to the contrary, if the Company fails to specify the Maximum Tax Amount in its
instruction to the Depositary pursuant to the preceding sentence, the Depositary
may calculate the Maximum Tax Amount in consultation with Chilean counsel and
cause the Custodian to withhold the Maximum Tax Amount so
calculated. After withholding the Maximum Tax Amount, the Company or
the Custodian (at the instruction of the Depositary), as applicable, shall (x)
pay over to the appropriate governmental authority the Provisional Tax Amount
and (y) hold in escrow in a non-interest bearing account the remaining portion
of the Maximum Tax Amount not paid over to the governmental authorities (the
“Escrow
Amount”) pending final determination by the Company of the definitive
amount of the taxes or other governmental charges that are payable in respect of
that distribution (the “Final Tax
Amount”).
(d) If,
upon the final determination by the Company of the Final Tax Amount in respect
of a distribution, additional taxes or governmental charges are payable
(including, without limitation, any interest and penalties that may be levied)
in respect of such distribution in excess of the Provisional Tax Payment (such
excess, the “Additional Tax
Amount”), the Company shall, as applicable, (i) remit from the Escrow
Amount (A) to the applicable tax authorities the Additional Tax Amount, and (B)
to the Custodian, for distribution to the ADS Holders as of the applicable ADS
Record Date for that distribution, the balance of the Escrow Amount, if any, or
(ii) inform the Depositary (with a copy to the Custodian) of the Additional Tax
Amount and the Depositary shall cause the Custodian to remit from the Escrow
Amount (A) to the applicable tax authorities, the Additional Tax Amount, and (B)
to the ADS Holders as of the applicable ADS Record Date for that distribution,
the balance of the Escrow Amount. Any distribution of the Escrow
Amount to ADS Holders pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be made in
accordance with the terms, and subject to the conditions, of the Deposit
Agreement.
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(e) If,
upon the final determination by the Company of the Final Tax Amount in respect
of a distribution, the Provisional Tax Amount exceeds the Final Tax Amount, the
Company or the Custodian (at the instruction of the Depositary), as applicable,
shall (i) use reasonable efforts to reclaim from the applicable tax authorities
the excess of the Provisional Tax Payment over the Final Tax Amount, and (ii)
remit the amount of such excess and the balance of the Escrow Amount (if any) to
(A) the Depositary for distribution the ADS Holders as of the applicable ADS
Record Date for that distribution (if the Escrow Amount is being held by the
Custodian), or (B) the Custodian for remittance to the Depositary for
distribution to such ADS Holders as of the applicable ADR Record Date (if the
Escrow Amount is being held by the Company), in each case, in accordance with
the terms, and subject to the conditions, of the Deposit Agreement.
(f) If,
upon the final determination of the Final Tax Amount in respect of a
distribution, the Final Tax Amount exceeds the Maximum Tax Amount, the amount of
such tax deficiency shall be payable by the Holders and Beneficial Owners of
ADSs (as of the applicable ADS Record Date for that distribution) to the
Depositary for payment of the applicable tax deficiency. The
Depositary may refuse to effect any transfer of ADSs, or split-up or combination
of any Receipt(s) or any withdrawal of Deposited Securities represented by ADSs
until such payment is made, and may withhold any dividends or other
distributions, and may sell for the account of the Holders and Beneficial Owners
any part or all of the Deposited Securities represented by ADSs, and may apply
such dividends or other distributions and the proceeds of any such sale in
payment of the balance of such tax or other governmental charge that is due, the
Holders and Beneficial Owners of ADSs remaining liable for any
deficiency.
(g) The
Depositary shall cause the Custodian to take all actions required or necessary
in order for the Depositary to fulfill its obligations under this Section
3.2. No interest shall be payable in respect of any amounts held by
the Company, the Depositary or the Custodian under the terms of this Section
3.2. None of the Company, the Depositary or the Custodian shall incur
any liability in respect of any funds payable, held or remitted pursuant to this
Section 3.2 for losses that may be incurred as a result of currency
fluctuations.
Section
3.3 Representations
and Warranties on Deposit of Shares. Each person
depositing Shares under the Deposit Agreement shall be deemed thereby to
represent and warrant that (i) such Shares and the certificates therefor are
duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable and legally obtained
by such person, (ii) all preemptive (and similar) rights, if any, with respect
to such Shares have been validly waived or exercised, (iii) the person making
such deposit is duly authorized so to do, (iv) the Shares presented for deposit
are free and clear of any lien, encumbrance, security interest, charge, mortgage
or adverse claim, and (v) the Shares presented for deposit are not, and the ADSs
issuable upon such deposit will not be, Restricted Securities (except as
contemplated in Section 2.12), and (vi) the Shares presented for deposit
have not been stripped of any rights or entitlements. Such
representations and warranties shall survive the deposit and withdrawal of
Shares, the issuance and cancellation of ADSs in respect thereof and the
transfer of such ADSs. If any such representations or warranties are
false in any way, the Company and the Depositary shall be authorized, at the
cost and expense of the person depositing Shares, to take any and all actions
necessary to correct the consequences thereof.
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Section
3.4 Disclosure
of Interests. To the extent
that provisions of or governing any Deposited Securities may require the
disclosure of beneficial or other ownership of Deposited Securities, other
Shares and other securities to the Company and may provide for blocking transfer
and voting or other rights to enforce such disclosure or limit such ownership,
the Depositary shall use its reasonable efforts to comply with Company
instructions as to ADSs in respect of any such enforcement or limitation and
Holders shall comply with all such disclosure requirements and ownership
limitations and shall cooperate with the Depositary's compliance with such
Company instructions.
Section
3.5 Compliance
with Chilean Law. Pursuant to
Circular Letter N° 1.375 of the SVS dated February 12, 1998, Holders are deemed,
for certain purposes of Chilean law, to be treated as holders of Deposited
Securities. Accordingly, Holders shall, as a matter of Chilean law, be obligated
to comply with the requirements of Articles 12 and 54 and Title XV of Law 18,045
of Chile and applicable SVS regulations.
Article 12 requires, among other things, that Holders and Beneficial Owners who
directly or indirectly own 10% or more of the total share capital of the Company
(or who may attain such percentage ownership through an acquisition of shares),
or the directors, liquidators, principal executives or managers of such Holders
or Beneficial Owners, must report to the SVS and the stock exchanges in Chile on
which the Shares are listed:
(a) any
direct or indirect acquisition or sale of Receipts; and
(b) any
direct or indirect acquisition or sale of any contract or security whose price
or results depend on or are conditioned in whole or in part on the price of the
Company’s shares.
The
information must be provided not later than the day following the effectiveness
of the acquisition or sale.
Article
54 requires, among other things, that any Holder or Beneficial Owner intending
to acquire control, directly or indirectly (as defined in Title XV of Law
18,045) of the Company (a) send a written notice of such intention to the
Company, to the Company’s controllers, to companies controlled by the
Company, to the SVS and to the stock exchanges in Chile on which the
Shares are listed, and, (b) publish a notice of such intention in two newspapers
in Chile and on the Company’s website. Such written communications and
publications must be made at least ten business days prior to the date of
intended acquisition of control or as soon as negotiations pursuing control have
been formalized or confidential documentation of the Company has been provided.
Within two business days following the acquisition of control, the Holder must
publish a notice in the same newspapers in which the intention of control was
published and send written communications to the same entities listed in clause
(a) above.
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ARTICLE
IV
THE
DEPOSITED SECURITIES
Section
4.1 Power of
Attorney. Each Holder and
each Beneficial Owner, upon acceptance of any ADSs (or any
interest therein) issued in accordance with the terms and conditions of the
Deposit Agreement or by continuing to hold, from and after the date hereof any
American depositary shares issued and outstanding under the Original Agreement,
shall be deemed for all purposes to (a) be a party to and bound by the
terms of the Deposit Agreement and the applicable ADR(s), and (b) appoint
the Depositary its attorney-in-fact, with full power to delegate, to act on its
behalf and to take any and all actions contemplated in the Deposit Agreement and
the applicable ADR(s), to adopt any and all procedures necessary to comply with
applicable law and to take such action as the Depositary in its sole discretion
may deem necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of the Deposit
Agreement and the applicable ADR(s), the taking of such actions to be the
conclusive determinant of the necessity and appropriateness
thereof.
Section
4.2 Cash
Distributions; Withholding. Whenever the
Custodian or Depositary shall receive any cash dividend or other cash
distribution by the Company on any Deposited Securities, the Depositary shall,
subject to the provisions of Section 4.6, convert or cause to be converted such
dividend or distribution into dollars and shall distribute the amount thus
received to the Holders entitled thereto, in proportion to the number of ADSs
representing such Deposited Securities held by them respectively; provided, however, that in the
event that the Company or its agent, the Depositary or a Custodian shall be
required to withhold and does withhold from any cash dividend or other cash
distribution in respect of any Deposited Securities an amount on account of
taxes, the amount distributed to the Holders for ADSs representing such
Deposited Securities shall be reduced accordingly provided, however, that the
Depositary shall make appropriate adjustments in the amounts so distributed in
respect of (a) any such Deposited Securities being not entitled, by reason of
date of issuance or otherwise, to receive all or any portion of such
distribution or (b) any amounts (i) withheld or required to be withheld by the
Company, the Custodian or the Depositary from any such distribution pursuant to
Section 3.2 or otherwise on account of taxes or other governmental charges, or
(ii) charged by the Depositary in the conversion of foreign currency into
Dollars pursuant to Section 4.6. The Depositary shall distribute only such
amount, however, as can be distributed without attributing to any Holder a
fraction of one cent, and any balance not so distributable shall be held by the
Depositary (without liability for interest thereon) and shall be added to and
become part of the next sum received by the Depositary for distribution to the
Holders of ADSs then outstanding. The company or its agent will remit to the
appropriate governmental authority or agency in Chile all amounts required to be
withheld and owing to such authority or agency by the Company. The Depositary or
its agent will remit to the appropriate government authority or agency in Chile
all amounts required to be withheld by the Depositary. The Depositary will
forward to the Company such information from its records as the Company may
reasonably request to enable the Company to file necessary reports with
governmental authorities or agencies, and either the Depositary, a Custodian or
the Company or its agent, as appropriate, may file any such reports necessary to
obtain benefits under the applicable tax treaties for the Holders of
ADSs.
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Section
4.3 Distributions
Other Than Cash or Shares. Whenever the
Custodian or Depositary shall receive any distribution other than cash, rights
or Shares upon any Deposited Securities, the Depositary shall, after
consultation with the Company to the extent practicable, and provided that the
Depositary shall have received satisfactory documentation within the terms of
Section 5.7, cause the securities or property received by such Custodian to be
distributed to the Holders entitled thereto after deduction or upon payment of
the expenses of the Depositary, in proportion to the number of ADSs representing
such Deposited Securities held by them respectively, in any manner that the
Depositary, with the consent of the Company, deems equitable and practicable for
accomplishing such distribution; provided, however, that if in
the opinion of the Depositary such distribution cannot be made proportionately
among the Holders entitled thereto, or if for any other reason (including but
not limited to any requirement that the Company or the Depositary withhold an
amount on account of taxes or other governmental charges or that such securities
must be registered under the Securities Act in order to be distributed to the
Holders) the Depositary deems such distribution not to be reasonably
practicable, the Depositary may, with the approval of the Company, adopt such
method as it deems equitable and practicable for the purpose of effecting such
distribution, including the sale (at public or private sale, at such place or
places and upon such terms as it may deem proper) of the securities or property
thus received, or any part thereof, and, in such case, the net proceeds of any
such sale shall be distributed by the Depositary to the Holders entitled thereto
as in the case of a distribution received in cash.
Section
4.4 Distributions
in Shares. Subject to the
last sentence of this Section 4.4, if any distribution upon any Deposited
Securities consists of a dividend in, or free distribution of, Shares, the
Depositary may, and shall, if the Company so requests, distribute to the Holders
of outstanding ADSs entitled thereto, in proportion to the number of ADSs
representing such Deposited Securities held by them respectively, additional
ADSs representing the number of Shares received as such dividend or free
distribution subject to the terms and conditions of the Deposit Agreement with
respect to the deposit of Shares and the issuance of ADSs, including the
withholding of any tax or other governmental charge as provided in Section 4.13.
The Depositary will not issue fractional ADSs. In lieu of issuing fractional
ADSs in any such case, the Depositary will sell the number of Shares or ADSs, as
the case may be, represented by the aggregate of such fractions and distribute
the net proceeds to Holders, all in the manner and subject to the conditions
described in Section 4.2. If additional ADSs are not so distributed (except as
pursuant to the preceding sentence), each ADS shall thenceforth also represent
the additional Shares distributed upon the Deposited Securities represented
thereby. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the Company in the
fulfillment of its obligation under Section 5.7 has furnished an opinion of U.S.
counsel determining that Shares must be registered under the Securities Act or
other laws in order to be distributed to Holders (and no such registration has
been declared effective), the Depositary may sell such Shares and remit the
proceeds thereof to the Holders entitled thereto as in the case of a
distribution in cash.
Section
4.5 Rights. In the event that
the Company shall offer or cause to be offered to the holders of any Deposited
Securities any rights to subscribe for additional Shares or any rights of any
other nature, the Depositary, after consultation with the Company, shall have
discretion as to the procedure to be followed in making such rights available to
the Holders of ADSs or in disposing of such rights on behalf of such Holders and
making the net proceeds available in dollars to such Holders; provided, however, that the
Depositary will, if requested by the Company, take action as
follows:
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(1) if
at the time of the offering of any rights the Depositary determines that it is
lawful and reasonably practicable to make such rights available to Holders of
ADSs by means of warrants or otherwise and if the Depositary shall have received
satisfactory documentation within the terms of Section 5.7, the Depositary
shall, after payment of all fees and expenses of the Depositary, distribute
warrants or other instruments therefor in such form as it may determine to the
Holders entitled thereto, in proportion to the number of ADSs representing such
Deposited Securities, or employ such other method as it may deem practicable in
order to facilitate the exercise, sale or transfer of rights by such Holders;
or
(2) if
at the time of the offering of any rights the Depositary determines that it is
not lawful or not reasonably practicable to make such rights available to
Holders of ADSs by means of warrants or otherwise, or if the rights represented
by such warrants or such other instruments are not exercised and appear to be
about to lapse, the Depositary in its discretion may sell such rights or such
warrants or other instruments at public or private sale, at such place or places
and upon such terms as it may deem proper, and may allocate the proceeds (net of
all fees and expenses of the Depositary) of any such sale for the accounts of
the Holders otherwise entitled to such rights, warrants or other instruments,
upon an averaged or other practicable basis without regard to any distinctions
among such Holders because of the application of exchange restrictions with
regard to a particular Holder, or the date of delivery of any ADSs, or otherwise
or, if by the terms of such rights offering or for any other reason, the
Depositary may not either make such rights available to any Holders or dispose
of such rights and make the net proceeds available to such Holders, then the
Depositary shall allow the rights to lapse.
If the
Depositary has distributed warrants or other instruments for rights to all or
certain Holders, then upon instruction pursuant to such warrants or other
instruments to the Depositary from such Holder to exercise such rights, upon
payment by such Holder to the Depositary for the account of such Holder of any
amount equal to the purchase price of the Shares to be received upon the
exercise of the rights, and upon payment of the fees of the Depositary and any
other charges as set forth in such warrants or other instruments or as may be
requested by the Company to the Depositary in writing, the Depositary shall, on
behalf of such Holder, exercise the rights and purchase the Shares, and the
Company shall, upon receipt of payment of any charges requested as above, cause
the Shares so purchased to be delivered to the Depositary on behalf of such
Holder. The Depositary will cause the Shares so purchased to be deposited
pursuant to Section 2.2 of the Deposit Agreement, and shall, pursuant to Section
2.3 of the Deposit Agreement, issue ADSs to such owner. In the case of a
distribution pursuant to this section, any ADRs evidencing such ADSs shall be
legended in accordance with applicable U.S. laws, and shall be subject to the
appropriate restrictions on sale, deposit, cancellation, and transfer under such
laws.
The
Depositary and the Company shall not be responsible for any failure to determine
that it may be lawful or practicable to make such rights available to Holders in
general or any Holders in particular. Additionally, the Depositary
shall not be responsible for (i) any foreign exchange exposure or loss incurred
in connection with such sale, or exercise, or (ii) the content of any materials
forwarded to the Holders on behalf of the Company in connection with the rights
distribution.
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Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Section 4.5, if registration (under the
Securities Act or any other applicable law) of the rights or the securities to
which any rights relate may be required in order for the Company to offer such
rights or such securities to Holders and to sell the securities represented by
such rights, the Depositary will not distribute such rights to the Holders
(i) unless and until a registration statement under the Securities Act (or
other applicable law) covering such offering is in effect or (ii) unless
the Company furnishes the Depositary opinion(s) of counsel for the Company in
the United States and counsel to the Company in any other applicable country in
which rights would be distributed, in each case satisfactory to the Depositary,
to the effect that the offering and sale of such securities to Holders and
Beneficial Owners are exempt from, or do not require registration under, the
provisions of the Securities Act or any other applicable laws.
In the
event that the Company, the Depositary or the Custodian shall be required to
withhold and does withhold from any distribution of property (including rights)
an amount on account of taxes or other governmental charges, the amount
distributed to the Holders of ADSs representing such Deposited Securities shall
be reduced accordingly. In the event that the Depositary determines
that any distribution in property (including Shares and rights to subscribe
therefor) is subject to any tax or other governmental charges which the
Depositary is obligated to withhold, the Depositary may dispose of all or a
portion of such property (including Shares and rights to subscribe therefor) in
such amounts and in such manner, including by public or private sale, as the
Depositary deems necessary and practicable to pay any such taxes or
charges.
There can
be no assurance that Holders generally, or any Holder in particular, will be
given the opportunity to receive or exercise rights on the same terms and
conditions as the holders of Shares or be able to exercise such
rights. Nothing herein shall obligate the Company to file any
registration statement in respect of any rights or Shares or other securities to
be acquired upon the exercise of such rights.
Section
4.6 Conversion of Foreign
Currency.
Whenever the Depositary or the
Custodian shall receive foreign currency by way of dividends or other
distributions or the net proceeds from the sale of securities, property or
rights, and if at the time of the receipt thereof such currency so received can
in the judgment of the Depositary be converted on a practicable basis into
dollars and the resulting dollars transferred to the United States, the
Depositary shall, subject to the Foreign Exchange Contract and any requirements
of Chilean law or regulations in effect from time to time, convert or cause to
be converted, by sale or in any other manner that it may determine, such
currency into dollars, and such dollars shall be distributed to the Holders
entitled thereto (net of the expenses of the Depositary in respect of such
conversion) or, if the Depositary shall have distributed any warrants or other
instruments which entitle the holders thereof to such dollars, then to the
holders of such warrants and/or instruments upon surrender thereof for
cancellation. Such distribution to the Holders may be made upon an averaged or
other practicable basis without regard to any distinctions among such Holders
because of the application of exchange restrictions with regard to a particular
Holder or otherwise or the date of delivery and without liability for
interest.
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The
Depositary shall exercise its rights under the Foreign Exchange Contract as and
to the extent appropriate in order to effect such conversions and distributions,
and is authorized to give such certifications, and enter into such agreements
and arrangements as may be necessary or convenient thereunder or in connection
therewith, provided, however, that the Depositary shall not be obligated to
incur any material expense in connection therewith or to take any action that
would subject it to any expense, liability or civil or criminal penalty or
sanction or civil or criminal preceding, unless satisfactory indemnity is
furnished with respect thereto.
If such
conversion or distribution to the Holders can be effected only with the approval
or license of any government or agency thereof, the Depositary shall file such
application for approval or license, if any, as it may deem
desirable.
If at any
time the Depositary shall determine that, in its judgment, any currency other
than dollars received by the Depositary or the Custodian is not convertible on a
practicable basis into dollars transferable to the United States, or if the
Foreign Exchange Contract shall cease to be in effect or the rights of the
Depositary thereunder shall be restricted or suspended, or if any approval or
license of any governmental authority or agency thereof which is required for
such conversion is denied or, in the opinion of the Depositary, is not
obtainable, or if any such approval or license is not obtained within a
reasonable period as determined by the Depositary, the Depositary may distribute
such currency (or an appropriate document evidencing the right to receive such
currency) received by the Depositary to, or, in its discretion, may hold such
currency (without liability for interest) for the respective accounts of, the
Holders entitled to receive the same.
If any
such conversion of foreign currency, in whole or in part, cannot be effected for
distribution in dollars to some Holders entitled thereto, the Depositary may in
its discretion make such conversion and distribution in dollars to the extent
permissible to the Holders for whom such conversion and distribution is
practicable and may distribute the balance of such currency received by the
Depositary to, or hold such balance for the account of (without liability for
interest), the Holders for whom such conversion and distribution is not
practicable.
Section
4.7 Fixing of
ADS Record Date. Whenever any cash
dividend or other cash distribution shall become payable or any distribution
other than cash shall be made, or rights shall be issued with respect to Shares,
or whenever for any reason the Depositary causes a change in the number of
Shares that are represented by ADSs, or whenever the Depositary shall receive
notice of any meeting of holders of Shares or other Deposited Securities, the
Company shall promptly notify the Depositary of the recorded date in respect
thereof and the Depositary shall fix a record date (the “ADS Record Date”)
(which to the extent practicable shall be the same record date set by the
Company) for the determination of the Holders of ADS(s) who shall be entitled to
receive such dividend, distribution or rights, or the net proceeds of the sale
thereof or to exercise any voting rights at such meeting. Subject to the
provisions of Sections 4.1 through 4.6 and to the other terms and conditions of
the Deposit Agreement, the Holders of ADSs as of the close of business in New
York on such ADS Record Date shall be entitled to receive the amount
distributable by the Depositary with respect to such dividend, distribution or
rights or the net proceeds of sale thereof in proportion to the number of ADSs
held by them respectively and to give voting instructions and to act in respect
of any other such matter.
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Section
4.8 Voting of
Deposited Securities. As soon as
practicable after receipt of notice of any meeting at which the holders of
Deposited Securities are entitled to vote, or of solicitation of consents or
proxies from holders of Deposited Securities, the Depositary shall fix the ADS
Record Date in respect of such meeting or solicitation of consent or proxy in
accordance with Section 4.7. The Depositary shall, if requested by
the Company in writing in a timely manner (the Depositary having no obligation
to take any further action if the request shall not have been received by the
Depositary at least thirty (30) days prior to the date of such vote or meeting),
at the Company’s expense and provided no U.S. legal prohibitions exist,
distribute to Holders as of the ADS Record Date: (a) such notice of meeting or
solicitation of consent or proxy, (b) a statement that the Holders at the close
of business on the ADS Record Date will be entitled, subject to any applicable
law, the provisions of the Deposit Agreement, the Estatutos of the Company and
the provisions of or governing the Deposited Securities (which provisions, if
any, shall be summarized in pertinent part by the Company), to instruct the
Depositary as to the exercise of the voting rights, if any, pertaining to the
Deposited Securities represented by such Holder’s ADSs, and (c) a brief
statement as to the manner in which such voting instructions may be given or in
which voting instructions may be deemed to have been given in accordance with
this Section 4.8 if no instructions are received prior to the deadline set for
such purposes to the Depositary to give a discretionary proxy to a person
designated by the Company.
Notwithstanding
anything contained in the Deposit Agreement or any ADR, the Depositary may, to
the extent not prohibited by law or regulations, or by the requirements of the
stock exchange on which the ADSs are listed, in lieu of distribution of the
materials provided to the Depositary in connection with any meeting of, or
solicitation of consents or proxies from, holders of Deposited Securities,
distribute to the Holders a notice that provides Holders with, or otherwise
publicize to Holders, instructions on how to retrieve such materials or receive
such materials upon request (i.e., by reference to a
website containing the materials for retrieval or a contact for requesting
copies of the materials).
Voting
instructions may be given only in respect of a number of ADSs representing an
integral number of Deposited Securities. Upon the timely receipt from
a Holder of ADSs as of the ADS Record Date of voting instructions in the manner
specified by the Depositary, the Depositary shall endeavor, insofar as
practicable and permitted under applicable law, the provisions of the Deposit
Agreement, Estatutos of the Company and the provisions of the Deposited
Securities, to vote, or cause the Custodian to vote, the Deposited Securities
(in person or by proxy) represented by such Holder’s ADSs in accordance with
such voting instructions.
If no
voting instructions are received by the Depositary from a Holder as of the ADS
Record Date on or before the date established by the Depositary for such
purpose, such Holder shall be deemed, and the Depositary shall deem such Holder,
to have instructed the Depositary to give a discretionary proxy with full power
of substitution, to the Chairman of the Board or to a person designated by him,
to vote the Deposited Securities, and the Depositary shall give a discretionary
proxy with full power of substitution to the Chairman of the Board or to a
person designated by him to vote the Deposited Securities on any such matters,
except that no such instruction shall be deemed and no such discretionary proxy
shall be given with respect to any matter as to which (i) the Chairman of the
Board directs the Depositary that he does not wish such proxy to be given, (ii)
substantial opposition exists by Holders (it being understood that an election
of directors at an annual or extraordinary meeting of shareholders is not a
matter involving substantial opposition by Holders), or (iii) such matter
materially and adversely affects the rights of Holders. No such proxy shall
continue in effect beyond 5 P.M., Xxxxxxxx Time, on the penultimate day of any
calendar month.
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Neither
the Depositary nor the Custodian shall under any circumstances exercise any
discretion as to voting and neither the Depositary nor the Custodian shall vote,
attempt to exercise the right to vote, or in any way make use of for purposes of
establishing a quorum or otherwise, the Deposited Securities represented by
ADSs, except pursuant to and in accordance with the voting instructions timely
received from Holders or as otherwise contemplated herein. If the
Depositary timely receives voting instructions from a Holder which fail to
specify the manner in which the Depositary is to vote the Deposited Securities
represented by such Holder’s ADSs, the Depositary will deem such Holder (unless
otherwise specified in the notice distributed to Holders) to have instructed the
Depositary to vote in favor of the items set forth in such voting
instructions. Deposited Securities represented by ADSs for which no
timely voting instructions are received by the Depositary from the Holder shall
not be voted (except as contemplated in this Section
4.8). Notwithstanding anything else contained herein, the Depositary
shall, if so requested in writing by the Company, represent all Deposited
Securities (whether or not voting instructions have been received in respect of
such Deposited Securities from Holders as of the ADS Record Date) for the sole
purpose of establishing quorum at a meeting of shareholders.
Notwithstanding
anything else contained in the Deposit Agreement or any ADR, the Depositary
shall not have any obligation to take any action with respect to any meeting, or
solicitation of consents or proxies, of holders of Deposited Securities if the
taking of such action would violate U.S. laws. The Company agrees to
take any and all actions reasonably necessary to enable Holders and Beneficial
Owners to exercise the voting rights accruing to the Deposited Securities,
including requesting its U.S. counsel to deliver an opinion addressing any such
actions requested to be taken if so requested by the Depositary.
There can
be no assurance that Holders generally or any Holder in particular will receive
the notice described above with sufficient time to enable the Holder to return
voting instructions to the Depositary in a timely manner.
Section
4.9 Changes
Affecting Deposited Securities. Upon any change
in nominal or par value, split-up, cancellation, consolidation or any other
reclassification of Deposited Securities, or upon any recapitalization,
reorganization, merger, consolidation or sale of assets affecting the Company or
to which it is a party, any securities which shall be received by the Depositary
or the Custodian in exchange for, or in conversion of or replacement of or
otherwise in respect of, such Deposited Securities shall, to the extent
permitted by law, be treated as new Deposited Securities under the Deposit
Agreement, and the ADRs shall, subject to the provisions of the Deposit
Agreement and applicable law, evidence ADSs representing the right to receive
such additional or replacement securities. In giving effect to such
change, split-up, cancellation, consolidation or other reclassification of
Deposited Securities, recapitalization, reorganization, merger, consolidation or
sale of assets, the Depositary may, with the Company’s approval, and shall, if
the Company shall so request, subject to the terms of the Deposit Agreement and
receipt of an opinion of counsel to the Company satisfactory to the Depositary
that such actions are not in violation of any applicable laws or regulations,
(i) issue and deliver additional ADSs as in the case of a stock dividend on
the Shares, (ii) amend the Deposit Agreement and the applicable ADRs,
(iii) amend the applicable Registration Statement(s) on Form F-6 as filed
with the Commission in respect of the ADSs, (iv) call for the surrender of
outstanding ADRs to be exchanged for new ADRs, and (v) take such other
actions as are appropriate to reflect the transaction with respect to the
ADSs. The Company agrees to, jointly with the Depositary, amend the
Registration Statement on Form F-6 as filed with the Commission to permit the
issuance of such new form of ADRs. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in
the event that any security so received may not be lawfully distributed to some
or all Holders, the Depositary may, with the Company’s approval, and shall, if
the Company requests, subject to receipt of an opinion of Company’s counsel
satisfactory to the Depositary that such action is not in violation of any
applicable laws or regulations, sell such securities at public or private sale,
at such place or places and upon such terms as it may deem proper and may
allocate the net proceeds of such sales (net of (a) fees and charges of, and
expenses incurred by, the Depositary and (b) taxes) for the account of the
Holders otherwise entitled to such securities upon an averaged or other
practicable basis without regard to any distinctions among such Holders and
distribute the net proceeds so allocated to the extent practicable as in the
case of a distribution received in cash pursuant to Section 4.2. The
Depositary shall not be responsible for (i) any failure to determine that it may
be lawful or practicable to make such securities available to Holders in general
or to any Holder in particular, (ii) any foreign exchange exposure or loss
incurred in connection with such sale, or (iii) any liability to the purchaser
of such securities.
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Section
4.10 Available
Information.
The
Company is subject to the periodic reporting requirements of the Exchange Act
and, accordingly, is required to file or submit certain reports with the
Commission. These reports can be retrieved from the Commission's
website (xxx.xxx.xxx) and can be inspected and copied at the public reference
facilities maintained by the Commission located (as of the date of the Deposit
Agreement) at 000 X Xxxxxx, X.X., Xxxxxxxxxx X.X. 00000.
Section
4.11 Reports. The Depositary
shall make available for inspection by the Holders at its Principal Office any
reports and communications received from the Company which are both (a) received
by the Depositary, the Custodian or nominee of either of them as the holder of
the Deposited Securities and (b) made generally available to the holders of such
Deposited Securities by the Company. The Depositary shall also send to Holders
of Receipts copies of such reports when furnished by the Company pursuant to
Section 5.6.
Section
4.12 List of
Holders. Promptly upon
request by the Company, the Depositary shall furnish to it a list, as of a
recent date, of the names, addresses and holdings of ADSs of all
Holders.
Section
4.13 Taxation. The
Depositary will, and will instruct the Custodian to, forward to the Company or
its agents such information from its records as the Company may reasonably
request to enable the Company or its agents to file the necessary tax reports
with governmental authorities or agencies. The Depositary, the
Custodian or the Company and its agents may file such reports as are necessary
to reduce or eliminate applicable taxes on dividends and on other distributions
in respect of Deposited Securities under applicable tax treaties or laws for the
Holders and Beneficial Owners. In accordance with instructions from
the Company and to the extent practicable, the Depositary or the Custodian will
take reasonable administrative actions to obtain tax refunds, reduced
withholding of tax at source on dividends and other benefits under applicable
tax treaties or laws with respect to dividends and other distributions on the
Deposited Securities. As a condition to receiving such benefits,
Holders and Beneficial Owners of ADSs may be required from time to time, and in
a timely manner, to file such proof of taxpayer status, residence and beneficial
ownership (as applicable), to execute such certificates and to make such
representations and warranties, or to provide any other information or
documents, as the Depositary or the Custodian may deem necessary or proper to
fulfill the Depositary’s or the Custodian’s obligations under applicable
law. The Holders and Beneficial Owners shall indemnify the
Depositary, the Company, the Custodian and any of their respective directors,
employees, agents and Affiliates against, and hold each of them harmless from,
any claims by any governmental authority with respect to taxes, additions to
tax, penalties or interest arising out of any refund of taxes, reduced rate of
withholding at source or other tax benefit obtained.
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If the
Company (or any of its agents) withholds from any distribution any amount on
account of taxes or governmental charges, or pays any other tax in respect of
such distribution (i.e., stamp duty tax, capital
gains or other similar tax), the Company shall (and shall cause such agent to)
remit promptly to the Depositary information about such taxes or governmental
charges withheld or paid, and, if so requested, the tax receipt (or other proof
of payment to the applicable governmental authority) therefor, in each
case, in a form satisfactory to the Depositary. The
Depositary shall, to the extent required by U.S. law, report to Holders any
taxes withheld by it or the Custodian, and, if such information is provided to
it by the Company, any taxes withheld by the Company. The Depositary
and the Custodian shall not be required to provide the Holders with any evidence
of the remittance by the Company (or its agents) of any taxes withheld, or of
the payment of taxes by the Company, except to the extent the evidence is
provided by the Company to the Depositary or the Custodian, as
applicable. Neither the Depositary nor the Custodian shall be liable
for the failure by any Holder or Beneficial Owner to obtain the benefits of
credits on the basis of non-U.S. tax paid against such Holder’s or Beneficial
Owner’s income tax liability.
The
Depositary is under no obligation to provide the Holders and Beneficial Owners
with any information about the tax status of the Company. The
Depositary shall not incur any liability for any tax consequences that may be
incurred by Holders and Beneficial Owners on account of their ownership of the
ADSs, including without limitation, tax consequences resulting from the Company
(or any of its subsidiaries) being treated as a “Passive Foreign Investment
Company” (in each case as defined in the U.S. Internal Revenue Code and the
regulations issued thereunder) or otherwise.
Section
4.14 Elective
Distributions in Cash or Shares. Whenever the
Company intends to make a distribution payable at the election of the holders of
Shares in cash or in additional Shares, the Company shall give notice thereof to
the Depositary at least sixty (60) days prior to the proposed distribution specifying, inter alia,
the record date applicable to holders of Deposited Securities entitled to
receive such elective distribution and whether or not it wishes such elective
distribution to be made available to Holders of ADSs. Upon the timely
receipt of a notice indicating that the Company wishes such elective
distribution to be made available to Holders of ADSs, the Depositary shall
consult with the Company to determine, and the Company shall assist the
Depositary in its determination, whether it is lawful and reasonably practicable
to make such elective distribution available to the Holders of
ADSs. The Depositary shall make such elective distribution available
to Holders only if (i) the Company shall have timely requested that the elective
distribution be made available to Holders, (ii) the Depositary shall have
determined that such distribution is reasonably practicable and (iii) the
Depositary shall have received satisfactory documentation within the terms of
Section 5.7. If the above conditions are not satisfied, the
Depositary shall establish an ADS Record Date on the terms described in Section
4.7 and, to the extent permitted by law, distribute to the Holders, on the basis
of the same determination as is made in Chile in respect of the Shares for which
no election is made, either (X) cash upon the terms described in Section 4.2 or
(Y) additional ADSs representing such additional Shares upon the terms described
in Section 4.4. If the above conditions are satisfied, the Depositary
shall establish an ADS Record Date on the terms described in Section 4.7 and
establish procedures to enable Holders to elect the receipt of the proposed
distribution in cash or in additional ADSs. The Company shall assist
the Depositary in establishing such procedures to the extent
necessary. If a Holder elects to receive the proposed distribution
(X) in cash, the distribution shall be made upon the terms described in Section
4.2, or (Y) in ADSs, the distribution shall be made upon the terms
described in Section 4.4. Nothing herein shall obligate the
Depositary to make available to Holders a method to receive the elective
distribution in Shares (rather than ADSs). There can be no assurance
that Holders generally, or any Holder in particular, will be given the
opportunity to receive elective distributions on the same terms and conditions
as the holders of Shares.
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Section
4.15 Redemption. If the Company
intends to exercise any right of redemption in respect of any of the Deposited
Securities, the Company shall give notice thereof to the
Depositary at least sixty (60) days prior to the intended date of redemption
which notice shall set forth the particulars of the proposed
redemption. Upon timely receipt of (i) such notice and
(ii) satisfactory documentation given by the Company to the Depositary
within the terms of Section 5.7, and only if the Depositary shall have
determined that such proposed redemption is practicable, the Depositary shall
provide to each Holder a notice setting forth the intended exercise by the
Company of the redemption rights and any other particulars set forth in the
Company’s notice to the Depositary. The Depositary shall instruct the
Custodian to present to the Company the Deposited Securities in respect of which
redemption rights are being exercised against payment of the applicable
redemption price. Upon receipt of confirmation from the Custodian
that the redemption has taken place and that funds representing the redemption
price have been received, the Depositary shall convert, transfer, and distribute
the proceeds (net of applicable (a) fees and charges of, and the expenses
incurred by, the Depositary, and (b) taxes), retire ADSs and cancel ADRs, if
applicable, upon delivery of such ADSs by Holders thereof and the terms set
forth in Sections 4.2 and 6.2. If less than all outstanding Deposited
Securities are redeemed, the ADSs to be retired will be selected by lot or on a
pro rata basis, as may be determined by the Depositary. The
redemption price per ADS shall be the dollar equivalent of the per share amount
received by the Depositary (adjusted to reflect the ADS(s)-to-Share(s) ratio)
upon the redemption of the Deposited Securities represented by ADSs (subject to
the terms of Section 4.6 and the applicable fees and charges of, and expenses
incurred by, the Depositary, and taxes) multiplied by the number of Deposited
Securities represented by each ADS redeemed.
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ARTICLE
V
THE
DEPOSITARY, THE CUSTODIAN AND THE COMPANY
Section
5.1 Maintenance
of Office and Transfer Books by the Registrar. Until termination
of the Deposit Agreement in accordance with its terms, the Registrar shall
maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, an office and
facilities for the issuance and delivery of ADSs, the acceptance for surrender
of ADS(s) for the purpose of withdrawal of Deposited Securities, the
registration of issuances, cancellations, transfers, combinations and split-ups
of ADS(s) and, if applicable, to countersign ADRs evidencing the ADSs so issued,
transferred, combined or split-up, in each case in accordance with the
provisions of the Deposit Agreement.
The
Registrar shall keep books for the registration of ADSs which at all reasonable
times shall be open for inspection by the Company and by the Holders of such
ADSs, provided that such inspection shall not be, to the Registrar’s knowledge,
for the purpose of communicating with Holders of such ADSs in the interest of a
business or object other than the business of the Company or other than a matter
related to the Deposit Agreement or the ADSs. The Depositary shall
deliver or cause to be delivered to the Company at the address specified in
section 7.5 a copy of such register at the end of each calendar quarter in such
manner as shall permit the Company to present such copy to the SVS in accordance
with applicable Chilean law. At the written request of the Company, the Company
shall have the right to (i) inspect transfer and registration records of the
Depositary or its agent and take copies thereof and (ii) require the Depositary
or its agent, the Registrar and any co-transfer agents or co-registrars to
supply promptly copies of such portions of such records as the Company may
reasonably request. The Depositary shall also deliver or cause to be delivered
to the Company at the address specified in Section 7.5 within 10 business days
after the end of each month a record of the transfers of ADSs during such month,
including the number of ADSs transferred, the names of the Transferors and
transferees and the domiciles of the transferees.
The
Registrar, after consultation with the Company, may close the transfer books
with respect to the ADSs, at any time or from time to time, when deemed
necessary or advisable by it in good faith in connection with the performance of
its duties hereunder, or at the reasonable written request of the Company
subject, in all cases, to Section 7.8.
If any
ADSs are listed on one or more stock exchanges or automated quotation systems in
the United States, the Depositary shall act as Registrar or appoint a Registrar
or one or more co-registrars for registration of issuances, cancellations,
transfers, combinations and split-ups of ADSs and, if applicable, to countersign
ADRs evidencing the ADSs so issued, transferred, combined or split-up, in
accordance with any requirements of such exchanges or systems. Such
Registrar or co-registrars may be removed and a substitute or substitutes
appointed by the Depositary.
Section
5.2 Exoneration. Neither the
Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, employees,
agents or affiliates shall be obligated to do or perform any act which is
inconsistent with the provisions of the Deposit Agreement or incur any liability
(i) if the Depositary or the Company or any of their respective directors,
employees, agents or affiliates shall be prevented or forbidden from, or delayed
in, doing or performing any act or thing required by the terms of the Deposit
Agreement or the Foreign Exchange Contract, by reason of any provision of any
present or future law, regulation, order, decree, moratorium or fiat of the
United States, Chile or any other country, or of any other governmental
authority (including any action by the Central Bank under the Foreign Exchange
Contract) or regulatory authority or stock exchange, or on account of the
possible criminal or civil penalties or restraint, or by reason of any
provision, present or future, of the Foreign Exchange Contract or of the
Estatutos of the Company or any provision of or governing any Deposited
Securities, or by reason of any act of God, war or terrorism or other
circumstances beyond its control (including, without limitation,
nationalization, expropriation, currency restrictions, work stoppage, strikes,
civil unrest, acts of terrorism, revolutions, rebellions, explosions and
computer failure), (ii) by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise,
any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement or in the Estatutos of the
Company or provisions of or governing Deposited Securities, (iii) for any action
or inaction in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel,
accountants, any governmental authority, any person presenting Shares for
deposit, any Holder, any Beneficial Owner or authorized representative thereof,
or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such
advice or information, (iv) for the inability by a Holder or Beneficial Owner to
benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made
available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the
Deposit Agreement, made available to Holders of ADSs, or (v) for any
consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit
Agreement.
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The
Depositary, its controlling persons, its agents, any Custodian and the Company,
its controlling persons and its agents may rely and shall be protected in acting
upon any written notice, request or other document believed by it to be genuine
and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or
parties.
No
disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act is intended by any provision of
the Deposit Agreement.
Section
5.3 Standard
of Care. The Company and
the Depositary assume no obligation and shall not be subject to any liability
under the Deposit Agreement or any ADRs to any Holder(s) or Beneficial Owner(s),
except that the Company and the Depositary agree to perform their respective
obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement or the applicable
ADRs without negligence or bad faith.
Without
limitation of the foregoing, neither the Depositary, nor the Company, nor any of
their respective controlling persons, or agents, shall be under any obligation
to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit or other proceeding in
respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the ADSs, which in its
opinion may involve it in expense or liability, unless indemnity satisfactory to
it against all expense (including fees and disbursements of counsel) and
liability be furnished as often as may be required (and no Custodian shall be
under any obligation whatsoever with respect to such proceedings, the
responsibility of the Custodian being solely to the Depositary).
The
Depositary and its agents shall not be liable for any failure to carry out any
instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities, or for the manner in which
any vote is cast or the effect of any vote, provided that any such action or
omission is in good faith and in accordance with the terms of the Deposit
Agreement. The Depositary shall not incur any liability for any
failure to determine that any distribution or action may be lawful or reasonably
practicable, for the content of any information submitted to it by the Company
for distribution to the Holders or for any inaccuracy of any translation
thereof, for any investment risk associated with acquiring an interest in the
Deposited Securities, for the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities or
for any tax consequences that may result from the ownership of ADSs, Shares or
Deposited Securities, for the credit-worthiness of any third party, for allowing
any rights to lapse upon the terms of the Deposit Agreement, for the failure or
timeliness of any notice from the Company, or for any action of or failure to
act by, or any information provided or not provided by, DTC or any DTC
Participant.
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The
Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor
depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the
Depositary or in connection with any matter arising wholly after the removal or
resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of
which such potential liability arises the Depositary performed its obligations
without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary.
Section
5.4 Resignation
and Removal of the Depositary; Appointment of Successor Depositary. The Depositary
may at any time resign as Depositary hereunder upon 90 days written notice of
its election so to do delivered to the Company, such resignation to take effect
upon the appointment of a successor depositary and its acceptance of such
appointment as hereinafter provided.
The
Depositary may at any time be removed by the Company upon 90 days written notice
of such removal effective upon the appointment of a successor depositary and its
acceptance of such appointment as hereinafter provided.
In case
at any time the Depositary acting hereunder shall resign or be removed, the
Company shall use its best efforts to appoint a successor depositary, which
shall be a bank or trust company having an office in the Borough of Manhattan,
The City of New York. Every successor depositary shall execute and deliver to
its predecessor and to the Company an instrument in writing accepting its
appointment hereunder and a new foreign exchange agreement among the Central
Bank, the Company and such successor depositary, and thereupon such successor
depositary, without any further act or deed, shall become fully vested with all
the rights, powers, duties and obligations of its predecessor; but such
predecessor, nevertheless, upon payment of all sums due it and on the written
request of the Company shall execute and deliver an instrument transferring to
such successor all rights and powers of such predecessor hereunder, shall duly
assign, transfer and deliver all right, title and interest in the Deposited
Securities to such successor, and shall deliver to such successor a list of the
Holders of all outstanding ADSs and such other books and records maintained by
such predecessor with respect to its function as Depositary hereunder. Any such
successor depositary shall promptly mail notice of its appointment to the
Holders. The Depositary agrees that it will, after the appointment of any
successor depositary, continue to cooperate with the Company and such successor
depositary to arrange for the execution of an amendment to or a replacement of
the Foreign Exchange Contract, and the Depositary shall be reimbursed for its
reasonable out of pocket expenses in connection therewith.
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Any
corporation into or with which the Depositary may be merged or consolidated
shall be the successor of the Depositary without the execution or filing of any
document or any further act.
Section
5.5 The
Custodian. The Depositary
has initially appointed Banco de Chile as custodians and agents of the
Depositary for the purpose of the Deposit Agreement. A Custodian in acting
hereunder shall be subject at all times and in all respects to the directions of
the Depositary and shall be responsible solely to it. Any Custodian may resign
and be discharged from its duties hereunder by notice of such resignation
delivered to the Depositary at least 30 days prior to the date on which such
resignation is to become effective, and the Depositary shall provide the Company
prompt notice of any such resignation. If upon such resignation there shall be
no Custodian acting hereunder, the Depositary shall, promptly after receiving
such notice, appoint a substitute custodian or custodians, which shall
thereafter be the Custodian hereunder. Whenever the Depositary in its discretion
determines that it is in the best interest of the Holders to do so, it may
appoint a substitute custodian, which shall thereafter be the Custodian
hereunder, and upon demand of the Depositary the predecessor custodian shall
deliver the Deposited Securities held by it to such substitute custodian and
such other books and records maintained by such predecessor with respect to its
function as the Custodian hereunder. Each such substitute custodian shall
deliver to the Depositary and the Company, forthwith upon its appointment, an
acceptance of such appointment satisfactory in form and substance to the
Depositary. Immediately upon any such change, the Depositary shall give notice
thereof in writing to the Company and all Holders of ADSs.
Citibank,
N.A. may at any time act as Custodian of the Deposited Securities pursuant to
the Deposit Agreement, in which case any reference to Custodian shall mean
Citibank, N.A. solely in its capacity as Custodian pursuant to the Deposit
Agreement. The Depositary shall give prompt notice to the Company of
its acting as Custodian pursuant to the Deposit Agreement but shall not be
obligated to give notice to any Holders of ADSs or other Custodian.
Upon the
appointment of any successor depositary hereunder, any Custodian then acting
hereunder shall forthwith become, without any further act or writing, the agent
hereunder of such successor depositary and the appointment of such successor
depositary shall in no way impair the authority of any Custodian hereunder; but
the successor depositary so appointed shall, nevertheless, on the written
request of any Custodian, execute and deliver to such Custodian all such
instruments as may be proper to give to such Custodian full and complete power
and authority as agent hereunder of such successor depositary.
Section
5.6 Notices
and Reports. Upon the giving
of notice by the Company, by publication or otherwise, of any meeting of holders
of Shares or other Deposited Securities, or of any adjourned meeting of such
holders, or of the taking of any action in respect of any cash or other
distributions or the offering of any rights in respect of Deposited Securities,
the Company agrees to transmit to the Depositary and to each Custodian a copy of
the notice thereof in the form given to holders of such Shares or other
Deposited Securities. The Company shall, at its expense, also arrange for the
translation into English, if not already in English, to the extent required
pursuant to any regulations of the Commission and for the prompt transmittal to
the Depositary of sufficient copies of such notices and of any other notices,
reports and communications which are generally made available by the Company to
holders of Shares (including, without limitation, the Company's annual report to
shareholders containing audited annual financial statements).
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The
Depositary will, at the Company's expense, arrange for (i) the prompt
transmittal by any Custodian to the Depositary of such notices and any other
reports and communications and (ii) the distribution, at the Company's expense,
of copies thereof to all Holders.
Section
5.7 Issuance
of Additional Shares, ADSs etc. The Company
agrees that in the event it or any of its Affiliates proposes (i) an issuance,
sale or distribution of additional Shares, (ii) an offering of rights to
subscribe for Shares or other Deposited Securities, (iii) an issuance or
assumption of securities convertible into or exchangeable for Shares, (iv) an
issuance of rights to subscribe for securities convertible into or exchangeable
for Shares, (v) an elective dividend of cash or Shares, (vi) a redemption of
Deposited Securities, (vii) a meeting of holders of Deposited Securities, or
solicitation of consents or proxies, relating to any reclassification of
securities, merger or consolidation or transfer of assets, (viii) any
assumption, reclassification, recapitalization, reorganization, merger,
consolidation or sale of assets which affects the Deposited Securities, or (ix)
a distribution of securities other than Shares, it will obtain U.S. legal advice
and take all steps necessary to ensure that the proposed transaction does not
violate the registration provisions of the Securities Act, or any other
applicable laws (including, without limitation, the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended, the Exchange Act and the securities laws of the states of the
U.S.). In support of the foregoing, the Company will furnish to the
Depositary (a) a written opinion of U.S. counsel (reasonably satisfactory to the
Depositary) stating whether such transaction (1) requires a registration
statement under the Securities Act to be in effect or (2) is exempt from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act and (b) an opinion of Chilean
counsel stating that (1) making the transaction available to Holders and
Beneficial Owners does not violate the laws or regulations of Chilean and (2)
all requisite regulatory consents and approvals have been obtained in
Chile. If the filing of a registration statement is required, the
Depositary shall not have any obligation to proceed with the transaction unless
it shall have received evidence reasonably satisfactory to it that such
registration statement has been declared effective. If, being advised
by counsel, the Company determines that a transaction is required to be
registered under the Securities Act, the Company will either (i) register such
transaction to the extent necessary, (ii) alter the terms of the transaction to
avoid the registration requirements of the Securities Act or (iii) direct the
Depositary to take specific measures, in each case as contemplated in the
Deposit Agreement, to prevent such transaction from violating the registration
requirements of the Securities Act. The Company agrees with the
Depositary that neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates will at any time
(i) deposit any Shares or other Deposited Securities, either upon original
issuance or upon a sale of Shares or other Deposited Securities previously
issued and reacquired by the Company or by any such Affiliate, or (ii) issue
additional Shares, rights to subscribe for such Shares, securities convertible
into or exchangeable for Shares or rights to subscribe for such securities or
distribute securities other than Shares, unless such transaction and the
securities issuable in such transaction do not violate the registration
provisions of the Securities Act, or any other applicable laws (including,
without limitation, the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Exchange
Act and the securities laws of the states of the U.S.).
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Notwithstanding
anything else contained in the Deposit Agreement, nothing in the Deposit
Agreement shall be deemed to obligate the Company to file any registration
statement in respect of any proposed transaction.
Section
5.8 Indemnification. The Company
agrees to indemnify the Depositary and any Custodian against, and hold each of
them harmless from, any liability or expense which may arise (a) out of acts
performed or omitted in accordance with the provisions of the Deposit Agreement
and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from
time to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian, except for any
liability or expense arising out of the negligence or bad faith of either of
them or (b) out of or in connection with any offer or sale of ADRs, ADSs or
other Deposited Securities or any prospectus or registration statement under the
Security Act of 1933 in respect thereof, except to the extent that such
liability or expense arises out of information relating to the Depositary or the
Custodian, as applicable, furnished in writing to the Company by the Depositary
or Custodian, as applicable, expressly for use in any registration statement,
proxy statement, prospectus (or placement memorandum) or preliminary Prospectus
(or preliminary placement memorandum) relating to the Shares represented by the
ADSs, or omissions of such information or (ii) by the Company or any of its
agents.
The Depositary agrees to indemnify the
Company and hold it harmless from any liability which may arise out of acts
performed or omitted by the Depositary or Custodian (if the Custodian is a
branch or subsidiary of Citibank, N.A.) due to the negligence or bad faith of
the Depositary or such Custodian. The Depositary shall cause the
Custodian to take all actions required or necessary in order for the Depositary
to fulfill its obligations under this Agreement.
If
any action or claim shall be brought or threatened to be brought against any
party in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to Section 5.8 (the
“indemnified party”), the indemnified party shall, as soon as practicable (or,
in the case of any action or claim which is threatened to be brought, as soon as
practicable after such party becomes aware of the same), notify the party
against whom indemnity may be sought (the “indemnifying party”) in writing of
such action or claim, and the indemnifying party shall be entitled to
participate therein and, to the extent that it wishes, to assume the defense
thereof with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party; provided, however, that the
indemnifying party shall not be entitled to assume such defense if the
indemnified party reasonably objects on the ground that there may be legal
defenses available to it which are different from or in addition to those
available to the indemnifying party; in such circumstances, and also in the
event of any action or claim being brought or threatened to be brought against
any of the parties hereto, the other parties hereto shall provide, to the party
against whom such action or claim is brought or threatened to be brought, such
information and assistance as such party shall reasonably request, subject
always to the provisions of the indemnity contained in Section 5.8. Each party
shall to the extent reasonable and practicable in all circumstances consult with
each of the other parties as and when reasonably requested by such party in
respect of any action or claim referred to in Section 5.8. After notice from the
indemnifying party to the indemnified party of its election to assume the
defense of such claim or action, unless the indemnified objects within a
reasonable period as provided above, the indemnifying party shall not be liable
to the indemnified party for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred
by the indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof other than
reasonable costs of investigation. In no event shall the indemnifying party, in
connection with any one such proceeding or separate but substantially similar or
related actions or proceedings in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same
general allegations or circumstances, be liable for fees and expenses of more
than one counsel for the indemnified party (in addition to one local counsel in
each such jurisdiction). The indemnifying party shall not be liable for any
settlement of any proceeding affected without its written consent, which consent
shall not be unreasonably withheld.
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The
obligations set forth in Section 5.8 shall survive the termination of the
Deposit Agreement and the succession or substitution of any indemnified
person.
Section
5.9 Fees and
Charges of Depositary. The Company, the
Holders, the Beneficial Owners, and persons depositing Shares or surrendering
ADSs for cancellation and withdrawal of Deposited Securities shall be required
to pay to the Depositary the Depositary’s fees and related charges identified as
payable by them respectively in the Fee Schedule attached hereto as Exhibit
B. All fees and charges so payable may, at any time and from
time to time, be changed by agreement between the Depositary and the Company,
but, in the case of fees and charges payable by Holders and Beneficial Owners,
only in the manner contemplated in Section 6.1. The Depositary shall
provide, without charge, a copy of its latest fee schedule to anyone upon
request.
Depositary
Fees payable upon (i) deposit of Shares against issuance of ADSs and
(ii) surrender of ADSs for cancellation and withdrawal of Deposited
Securities will be charged by the Depositary to the person to whom the ADSs so
issued are delivered (in the case of ADS issuances) and to the person who
delivers the ADSs for cancellation to the Depositary (in the case of ADS
cancellations). In the case of ADSs issued by the Depositary into DTC
or presented to the Depositary via DTC, the ADS issuance and cancellation fees
will be payable to the Depositary by the DTC Participant(s) receiving the ADSs
from the Depositary or the DTC Participant(s) surrendering the ADSs to the
Depositary for cancellation, as the case may be, on behalf of the Beneficial
Owner(s) and will be charged by the DTC Participant(s) to the account(s) of the
applicable Beneficial Owner(s) in accordance with the procedures and practices
of the DTC participant(s) as in effect at the time. Depositary fees
in respect of distributions and the Depositary services fee are payable to the
Depositary by Holders as of the applicable ADS Record Date established by the
Depositary. In the case of distributions of cash, the amount of the
applicable Depositary fees is deducted by the Depositary from the funds being
distributed. In the case of distributions other than cash and the
Depositary service fee, the Depositary will invoice the applicable Holders as of
the ADS Record Date established by the Depositary. For ADSs held
through DTC, the Depositary fees for distributions other than cash and the
Depositary service fee are charged by the Depositary to the DTC Participants in
accordance with the procedures and practices prescribed by DTC from time to time
and the DTC Participants in turn charge the amount of such fees to the
Beneficial Owners for whom they hold ADSs.
The
Depositary may reimburse the Company for certain expenses incurred by the
Company in respect of the ADR program established pursuant to the Deposit
Agreement, by making available a portion of the Depositary fees charged in
respect of the ADR program or otherwise, upon such terms and conditions as the
Company and the Depositary agree from time to time. The Company shall
pay to the Depositary such fees and charges and reimburse the Depositary for
such out-of-pocket expenses as the Depositary and the Company may agree from
time to time. Responsibility for payment of such charges and
reimbursements may from time to time be changed by agreement between the Company
and the Depositary. Unless otherwise agreed, the Depositary shall
present its statement for such expenses and fees or charges to the Company once
every three months. The charges and expenses of the Custodian are for
the sole account of the Depositary.
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The right
of the Depositary to receive payment of fees, charges and expenses as provided
above shall survive the termination of the Deposit Agreement. As to
any Depositary, upon the resignation or removal of such Depositary as described
in Section 5.4, such right shall extend for those fees, charges and expenses
incurred prior to the effectiveness of such resignation or removal.
Section
5.10 Certain
Rights of the Depositary; Limitations. Subject to the
further terms and provisions of this Section 5.10, the Depositary and its agents
may own and deal in any class of securities of the Company and its affiliates
and in ADSs. The Depositary may issue ADSs against evidence of rights to receive
Shares from the Company, or any custodian, registrar, transfer agent, clearing
agency or other entity involved in ownership or transaction records in respect
of the Shares. Such evidence of rights shall consist of written blanket or
specific guarantees of ownership of Shares furnished on behalf of the holder
thereof. The Depositary shall not lend Shares or ADSs; provided, however, that the
Depositary reserves the right to (i) issue ADSs prior to the receipt of Shares
pursuant to Section 2.2 and (ii) deliver Shares prior to the receipt and
cancellation of ADSs pursuant to Section 2.5, including ADSs which were issued
under (i) above but for which Shares may not have been received (each such
transaction a “Pre-Release
Transaction”). The Depositary may receive ADSs in lieu of Shares under
(i) above and receive Shares in lieu of ADSs under (ii) above. Each such
transaction shall be (a) accompanied by (x) a written representation by the
person or entity (the “Applicant”) to whom
ADSs are issued or Shares delivered that at the time the Depositary issues such
ADSs or delivers such Shares, the Applicant or its customer owns the Shares or
ADSs to be delivered to the Depositary, or (y) such evidence of ownership of
Shares or ADSs as the Depositary deems appropriate, (b) subject to a written
representation by the Applicant that it will hold such Shares or ADSs in trust
for the Depositary until their delivery to the Depositary or custodian, reflect
on its records the Depositary as owner of such Shares or ADSs and deliver such
Shares upon the Depositary's request, (c) at all times fully collateralized
(marked to market daily) with cash, United States government securities, or
other collateral of comparable safety and liquidity, (d) terminable by the
Depositary on not more than five (5) business days' notice, and (e) subject to
such further indemnities and credit regulations as the Depositary deems
appropriate. The Depositary intends that the number of ADSs issued by it under
(i) above and outstanding at any time, generally will not exceed thirty percent
(30%) of the ADSs issued by the Depositary and with respect to which Shares are
on deposit with the Depositary or custodian; provided, however, that the
Depositary reserves the right to change or disregard such limit from time to
time as the Depositary deems appropriate. The Depositary shall also set limits
with respect to the number of ADSs and Shares involved in Pre-Release
Transactions with any one person on a case by case basis as it deems
appropriate.
Section
5.11 Restricted
Securities Owners. The Company
agrees to advise in writing each of the persons or entities who, to the
knowledge of the Company, holds Restricted Securities that such Restricted
Securities are ineligible for deposit hereunder (except under the circumstances
contemplated in Section 2.12) and, to the extent practicable, shall require each
of such persons to represent in writing that such person will not deposit
Restricted Securities hereunder (except under the circumstances contemplated in
Section 2.12).
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ARTICLE
VI
AMENDMENT
AND TERMINATION
Section
6.1 Amendment/Supplement. Subject to the
terms and conditions of this Section 6.1 and applicable law, the ADRs
outstanding at any time, the provisions of the Deposit Agreement and the form of
ADR attached hereto and to be issued under the terms hereof may at any time and
from time to time be amended or supplemented by written agreement between the
Company and the Depositary in any respect which they may deem necessary or
desirable without the prior written consent of the Holders or Beneficial
Owners. Any amendment or supplement which shall impose or increase
any fees or charges (other than charges in connection with foreign exchange
control regulations, and taxes and other governmental charges, delivery and
other such expenses), or which shall otherwise materially prejudice any
substantial existing right of Holders or Beneficial Owners, shall not, however,
become effective as to outstanding ADSs until the expiration of thirty (30) days
after notice of such amendment or supplement shall have been given to the
Holders of outstanding ADSs. Notice of any amendment to the Deposit
Agreement or any ADR shall not need to describe in detail the specific
amendments effectuated thereby, and failure to describe the specific amendments
in any such notice shall not render such notice invalid, provided, however, that, in
each such case, the notice given to the Holders identifies a means for Holders
and Beneficial Owners to retrieve or receive the text of such amendment (i.e., upon retrieval from the
Commission’s, the Depositary’s or the Company’s website or upon request from the
Depositary). The parties hereto agree that any amendments or
supplements which (i) are reasonably necessary (as agreed by the Company and the
Depositary) in order for (a) the ADSs to be registered on Form F-6 under the
Securities Act or (b) the ADSs to be settled solely in electronic book-entry
form and (ii) do not in either such case impose or increase any fees or charges
to be borne by Holders, shall be deemed not to materially prejudice any
substantial rights of Holders or Beneficial Owners. Every Holder and
Beneficial Owner at the time any amendment or supplement so becomes effective
shall be deemed, by continuing to hold such ADSs, to consent and agree to such
amendment or supplement and to be bound by the Deposit Agreement and the ADR, if
applicable, as amended or supplemented thereby. In no event shall any
amendment or supplement impair the right of the Holder to surrender such ADS and
receive therefor the Deposited Securities represented thereby, except in order
to comply with mandatory provisions of applicable
law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any governmental body should
adopt new laws, rules or regulations which would require an amendment of, or
supplement to, the Deposit Agreement to ensure compliance therewith, the Company
and the Depositary may amend or supplement the Deposit Agreement and any ADRs at
any time in accordance with such changed laws, rules or
regulations. Such amendment or supplement to the Deposit Agreement
and any ADRs in such circumstances may become effective before a notice of such
amendment or supplement is given to Holders or within any other period of time
as required for compliance with such laws, rules or regulations.
Section
6.2 Termination. The Depositary
shall, at any time at the written direction of the Company, terminate the
Deposit Agreement by distributing notice of such termination to the Holders of
all ADSs then outstanding at least thirty (30) days prior to the date fixed in
such notice for such termination. If ninety (90) days shall have
expired after (i) the Depositary shall have delivered to the Company a written
notice of its election to resign, or (ii) the Company shall have delivered to
the Depositary a written notice of the removal of the Depositary, and, in either
case, a successor depositary shall not have been appointed and accepted its
appointment as provided in Section 5.4 of the Deposit Agreement, the Depositary
may terminate the Deposit Agreement by distributing notice of such termination
to the Holders of all ADSs then outstanding at least thirty (30) days prior to
the date fixed in such notice for such termination. The date so fixed
for termination of the Deposit Agreement in any termination notice so
distributed by the Depositary to the Holders of ADSs is referred to as the
“Termination
Date”. Until the Termination Date, the Depositary shall
continue to perform all of its obligations under the Deposit Agreement, and the
Holders and Beneficial Owners will be entitled to all of their rights under the
Deposit Agreement.
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If any
ADSs shall remain outstanding after the Termination Date, the Registrar and the
Depositary shall not, after the Termination Date, have any obligation to perform
any further acts under the Deposit Agreement, except that the Depositary shall,
subject, in each case, to the terms and conditions of the Deposit Agreement,
continue to (i) collect dividends and other distributions pertaining to
Deposited Securities, (ii) sell securities and other property received in
respect of Deposited Securities, (iii) deliver Deposited Securities, together
with any dividends or other distributions received with respect thereto and the
net proceeds of the sale of any securities or other property, in exchange for
ADSs surrendered to the Depositary (after deducting, or charging, as the case
may be, in each case, the fees and charges of, and expenses incurred by, the
Depositary, and all applicable taxes or governmental charges for the account of
the Holders and Beneficial Owners, in each case upon the terms set forth in
Section 5.9 of the Deposit Agreement), and (iv) take such actions as may be
required under applicable law in connection with its role as Depositary under
the Deposit Agreement.
At any
time after the Termination Date, the Depositary may sell the Deposited
Securities then held under the Deposit Agreement and shall after such sale hold
un-invested the net proceeds of such sale, together with any other cash then
held by it under the Deposit Agreement, in an un-segregated account and without
liability for interest, for the pro - rata benefit of the Holders whose ADSs
have not theretofore been surrendered. After making such sale, the
Depositary shall be discharged from all obligations under the Deposit Agreement
except (i) to account for such net proceeds and other cash (after deducting, or
charging, as the case may be, in each case, the fees and charges of, and
expenses incurred by, the Depositary, and all applicable taxes or governmental
charges for the account of the Holders and Beneficial Owners, in each case upon
the terms set forth in Section 5.9 of the Deposit Agreement), and (ii) as may be
required at law in connection with the termination of the Deposit
Agreement. After the Termination Date, the Company shall be
discharged from all obligations under the Deposit Agreement, except for its
obligations to the Depositary under Sections 5.8, 5.9 and 7.6 of the Deposit
Agreement. The obligations under the terms of the Deposit Agreement
of Holders and Beneficial Owners of ADSs outstanding as of the Termination Date
shall survive the Termination Date and shall be discharged only when the
applicable ADSs are presented by their Holders to the Depositary for
cancellation under the terms of the Deposit Agreement.
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ARTICLE
VII
MISCELLANEOUS
Section
7.1 Counterparts. The Deposit
Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be
deemed an original, and all of such counterparts shall constitute one and the
same instrument. Copies of the Deposit Agreement shall be filed with the
Depositary and any Custodian hereunder and shall be open to inspection by any
Holder during business hours.
Section
7.2 No
Third-Party Beneficiaries. The Deposit
Agreement is for the exclusive benefit of the parties hereto (and their
successors) and shall not be deemed to give any legal or equitable right, remedy
or claim whatsoever to any other person, except to the extent specifically set
forth in the Deposit Agreement. Nothing in the Deposit Agreement
shall be deemed to give rise to a partnership or joint venture among the parties
nor establish a fiduciary or similar relationship among the
parties. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that (i) the
Depositary and its Affiliates may at any time have multiple banking
relationships with the Company and its Affiliates, (ii) the Depositary and its
Affiliates may be engaged at any time in transactions in which parties adverse
to the Company or the Holders or Beneficial Owners may have interests and (iii)
nothing contained in the Deposit Agreement shall (a) preclude the Depositary or
any of its Affiliates from engaging in such transactions or establishing or
maintaining such relationships, and (b) obligate the Depositary or any of its
Affiliates to disclose such transactions or relationships or to account for any
profit made or payment received in such transactions or
relationships.
Section
7.3 Severability. In case any one
or more of the provisions contained in the Deposit Agreement or in the ADRs
should be or become invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the
validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained
herein or therein shall in no way be affected, prejudiced or disturbed
thereby.
Section
7.4 Holders
and Beneficial Owners as Parties; Binding Effect. The Holders and
Beneficial Owners from time to time of ADSs issued hereunder shall be parties to
the Deposit Agreement and shall be bound by all of the terms and conditions
hereof and of any ADR evidencing their ADSs by acceptance thereof or any
beneficial interest therein.
Section
7.5 Notices. Any and all
notices to be given to the Company shall be deemed to have been duly given if
personally delivered or sent by mail, air courier or cable, telex or facsimile
transmission, confirmed by letter personally delivered or sent by mail or air
courier, addressed to Xxxxx Xxxx 00, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxx, Attention: Chief Financial
Officer or to any
other address which the Company may specify in writing to the
Depositary.
Any and
all notices to be given to the Depositary shall be deemed to have been duly
given if personally delivered or sent by mail, air courier or cable, telex or
facsimile transmission, confirmed by letter personally delivered or sent by mail
or air courier, addressed to Citibank, N.A., 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx
Xxxx 00000, U.S.A., Attention: Depositary
Receipts Department, or to any other address which the Depositary may specify in
writing to the Company.
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Any and
all notices to be given to any Holder shall be deemed to have been duly given if
(a) personally delivered or sent by mail or cable, telex or facsimile
transmission, confirmed by letter, addressed to such Holder at the address of
such Holder as it appears on the books of the Depositary or, if such Holder
shall have filed with the Depositary a request that notices intended for such
Holder be mailed to some other address, at the address specified in such
request, or (b) if a Holder shall have designated such means of
notification as an acceptable means of notification under the terms of the
Deposit Agreement, by means of electronic messaging addressed for delivery to
the e-mail address designated by the Holder for such purpose. Notice
to Holders shall be deemed to be notice to Beneficial Owners for all purposes of
the Deposit Agreement. Failure to notify a Holder or any defect in
the notification to a Holder shall not affect the sufficiency of notification to
other Holders or to the Beneficial Owners of ADSs held by such other
Holders.
Delivery
of a notice sent by mail, air courier or cable, telex or facsimile transmission
shall be deemed to be effective at the time when a duly addressed letter
containing the same (or a confirmation thereof in the case of a cable, telex or
facsimile transmission) is deposited, postage prepaid, in a post-office letter
box or delivered to an air courier service, without regard for the actual
receipt or time of actual receipt thereof by a Holder. The Depositary
or the Company may, however, act upon any cable, telex or facsimile transmission
received by it from any Holder, the Custodian, the Depositary, or the Company,
notwithstanding that such cable, telex or facsimile transmission shall not be
subsequently confirmed by letter.
Delivery
of a notice by means of electronic messaging shall be deemed to be effective at
the time of the initiation of the transmission by the sender (as shown on the
sender’s records), notwithstanding that the intended recipient retrieves the
message at a later date, fails to retrieve such message, or fails to receive
such notice on account of its failure to maintain the designated e-mail address,
its failure to designate a substitute e-mail address or for any other
reason.
Section
7.6 Governing
Law and Jurisdiction. The Deposit
Agreement and the ADRs shall be interpreted in accordance with, and all rights
hereunder and thereunder and provisions hereof and thereof shall be governed by,
the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts made and to be wholly
performed in that State. Notwithstanding anything contained in the
Deposit Agreement, any ADR or any present or future provisions of the laws of
the State of New York, the rights of holders of Shares and of any other
Deposited Securities and the obligations and duties of the Company in respect of
the holders of Shares and other Deposited Securities, as such, shall be governed
by the laws of Chile (or, if applicable, such other laws as may govern the
Deposited Securities).
Except as
set forth in the following paragraph of this Section 7.6, the Company and the
Depositary agree that the federal or state courts in the City of New York shall
have jurisdiction to hear and determine any suit, action or proceeding and to
settle any dispute between them that may arise out of or in connection with the
Deposit Agreement and, for such purposes, each irrevocably submits to the
non-exclusive jurisdiction of such courts. The Company hereby
irrevocably designates, appoints and empowers Xxxxxxx & Associates (the
“Agent”)
located at 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000 as its
authorized agent to receive and accept for and on its behalf, and on behalf of
its properties, assets and revenues, service by mail of any and all legal
process, summons, notices and documents that may be served in any suit, action
or proceeding brought against the Company in any federal or state court as
described in the preceding sentence or in the next paragraph of this Section
7.6. If for any reason the Agent shall cease to be available to act
as such, the Company agrees to designate a new agent in New York on the terms
and for the purposes of this Section 7.6 reasonably satisfactory to the
Depositary. The Company further hereby irrevocably consents and agrees to the
service of any and all legal process, summons, notices and documents in any
suit, action or proceeding against the Company, by service by mail of a copy
thereof upon the Agent (whether or not the appointment of such Agent shall for
any reason prove to be ineffective or such Agent shall fail to accept or
acknowledge such service), with a copy mailed to the Company by registered or
certified air mail, postage prepaid, to its address provided in Section
7.5. The Company agrees that the failure of the Agent to give any
notice of such service to it shall not impair or affect in any way the validity
of such service or any judgment rendered in any action or proceeding based
thereon.
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Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Depositary and the Company unconditionally agree that in the
event that a Holder or Beneficial Owner brings a suit, action or proceeding
against (a) the Company, (b) the Depositary in its capacity as Depositary under
the Deposit Agreement or (c) against both the Company and the Depositary, in any
such case, in any state or federal court of the United States, and the
Depositary or the Company have any claim, for indemnification or otherwise,
against each other arising out of the subject matter of such suit, action or
proceeding, then the Company and the Depositary may pursue such claim against
each other in the state or federal court in the United States in which such
suit, action, or proceeding is pending and, for such purposes, the Company and
the Depositary irrevocably submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of such
courts. The Company agrees that service of process upon the Agent in
the manner set forth in the preceding paragraph shall be effective service upon
it for any suit, action or proceeding brought against it as described in this
paragraph.
The
Company irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent permitted
by law, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue
of any actions, suits or proceedings brought in any court as provided in this
Section 7.6, and hereby further irrevocably and unconditionally waives and
agrees not to plead or claim in any such court that any such action, suit or
proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient
forum.
The
Company irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent permitted
by law, and agrees not to plead or claim, any right of immunity from legal
action, suit or proceeding, from setoff or counterclaim, from the jurisdiction
of any court, from service of process, from attachment upon or prior to
judgment, from attachment in aid of execution or judgment, from execution of
judgment, or from any other legal process or proceeding for the giving of any
relief or for the enforcement of any judgment, and consents to such relief and
enforcement against it, its assets and its revenues in any jurisdiction, in each
case with respect to any matter arising out of, or in connection with, the
Deposit Agreement, any ADR or the Deposited Securities.
No
disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act is intended by any provision of
the Deposit Agreement. The provisions of this Section 7.6 shall
survive any termination of the Deposit Agreement, in whole or in
part.
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Section
7.7 Assignment. Subject to the
provisions of Section 5.4, the Deposit Agreement may not be assigned by either
the Company or the Depositary.
Section
7.8 Compliance
with U.S. Securities Laws. Notwithstanding
anything in the Deposit Agreement to the contrary, the Company and the
Depositary each agrees that it will not exercise any rights it has under the
Deposit Agreement to prevent the withdrawal or delivery of Deposited Securities
in a manner which would violate the United States securities laws, including,
but not limited to, Section I.A. (1) of the General Instructions to the Form F-6
Registration Statement, as amended from time to time, under the Securities Act
of 1933.
Section
7.9 Chilean
Law References. Any summary of
Chilean laws and regulations and of the terms of the Company’s Estatutos set
forth in the Deposit Agreement have been provided by the Company solely for the
convenience of Holders, Beneficial Owners and the Depositary. While
such summaries are believed by the Company to be accurate as of the date of the
Deposit Agreement, (i) they are summaries and as such may not include all
aspects of the materials summarized applicable to a Holder or Beneficial Owner,
and (ii) these laws and regulations and the Company’s Estatutos may change after
the date of the Deposit Agreement. Neither the Depositary nor the
Company has any obligation under the terms of the Deposit Agreement to update
any such summaries.
Section
7.10 Titles and
References.
(a) Deposit
Agreement. All references in
the Deposit Agreement to exhibits, articles, sections, subsections, and other
subdivisions refer to the exhibits, articles, sections, subsections and other
subdivisions of the Deposit Agreement unless expressly provided
otherwise. The words “the Deposit Agreement”, “herein”, “hereof”,
“hereby”, “hereunder”, and words of similar import refer to the Deposit
Agreement as a whole as in effect at the relevant time between the Company, the
Depositary and the Holders and Beneficial Owners of ADSs and not to any
particular subdivision unless expressly so limited. Pronouns in
masculine, feminine and neuter gender shall be construed to include any other
gender, and words in the singular form shall be construed to include the plural
and vice versa unless
the context otherwise requires. Titles to sections of the Deposit
Agreement are included for convenience only and shall be disregarded in
construing the language contained in the Deposit
Agreement. References to “applicable laws and regulations” shall
refer to laws and regulations applicable to ADRs, ADSs or Deposited Securities
as in effect at the relevant time of determination, unless otherwise required by
law or regulation.
(b) ADRs. All references in
any ADR(s) to paragraphs, exhibits, articles, sections, subsections, and other
subdivisions refer to the paragraphs, exhibits, articles, sections, subsections
and other subdivisions of the ADR(s) in question unless expressly provided
otherwise. The words “the Receipt”, “the ADR”, “herein”, “hereof”,
“hereby”, “hereunder”, and words of similar import used in any ADR refer to the
ADR as a whole and as in effect at the relevant time, and not to any particular
subdivision unless expressly so limited. Pronouns in masculine,
feminine and neuter gender in any ADR shall be construed to include any other
gender, and words in the singular form shall be construed to include the plural
and vice versa unless
the context otherwise requires. Titles to paragraphs of any ADR are
included for convenience only and shall be disregarded in construing the
language contained in the ADR. References to “applicable laws and
regulations” shall refer to laws and regulations applicable to ADRs, ADSs or
Deposited Securities as in effect at the relevant time of determination, unless
otherwise required by law or regulation.
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Section
7.11 Amendment
and Restatement. The Depositary
shall arrange to have new ADRs printed that reflect the form of ADR attached to
the Deposit Agreement. All ADRs issued hereunder after the date
hereof, whether upon the deposit of Shares or other Deposited Securities or upon
the transfer, combination or split-up of existing ADRs, shall be substantially
in the form of the specimen ADR attached as Exhibit A
hereto. However, American depositary receipts issued prior to the
date hereof under the terms of the Original Agreement and outstanding as of the
date hereof, which do not reflect the form of ADR attached hereto as Exhibit A, do not
need to be called in for exchange and may remain outstanding until such time as
the Holders thereof choose to surrender them for any reason under the Deposit
Agreement. The Depositary is authorized and directed to take any and
all actions deemed necessary to effect the foregoing.
The
Company hereby instructs the Depositary to (i) promptly send notice of the
execution of the Deposit Agreement to all holders of American
depositary shares outstanding under the Original Agreement as of the date hereof
and (ii) inform holders of American depositary shares issued as “certificated
American depositary shares” and outstanding under the Original Agreement as of
the date hereof that they have the opportunity, but are not required, to
exchange their American depositary receipts for one or more ADR(s) issued
pursuant to the Deposit Agreement.
Holders
and Beneficial Owners of American depositary shares issued pursuant to the
Original Agreement and outstanding as of the date hereof, shall, from and after
the date hereof, be deemed Holders and Beneficial Owners of ADSs issued pursuant
and be subject to all of the terms and conditions of the Deposit Agreement in
all respects, provided, however, that any term of the Deposit Agreement that
prejudices any substantial existing right of holders or beneficial owners of
American depositary shares issued under the Original Deposit Agreement shall not
become effective as to Holders and Beneficial Owners until thirty (30) days
after notice of the amendments effectuated by the Deposit Agreement shall have
been given to holders of ADSs outstanding as of the date hereof.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, EMPRESA NACIONAL DE ELECTRICIDAD S.A. and CITIBANK, N.A. have
duly executed the Deposit Agreement as of the day and year first above set forth
and all Holders and Beneficial Owners shall become parties hereto upon
acceptance by them of ADSs issued in accordance with the terms hereof, or upon
acquisition of any beneficial interest therein.
EMPRESA
NACIONAL DE ELECTRICIDAD S.A.
By:_______________________________
Name:
Title:
CITIBANK,
N.A.
By:_______________________________
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT
A
[FORM
OF ADR]
Number
_____________
|
CUSIP
NUMBER: _______
|
||
American
Depositary Shares (each representing rights attributable to 30
Shares)
|
AMERICAN
DEPOSITARY RECEIPT
FOR
AMERICAN
DEPOSITARY SHARES
representing
DEPOSITED
SHARES
of
EMPRESA
NACIONAL DE ELECTRICIDAD S.A.
(Organized
under the laws of the Republic of Chile)
The
Holder of this Receipt is advised that the rights to convert into Dollars the
Pesos received in connection with the Deposited Securities and remit abroad
dividends and other payments are contingent upon the satisfaction of the terms
and conditions set forth in the Foreign Exchange Contract referred to herein.
Shares withdrawn from the facility may only be redeposited into the facility
subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions. Further, access to the formal
currency market is not automatic under the Foreign Exchange Contract which
requires the approval of the Central Bank of Chile (the "Central Bank") (which
will be deemed to have been given seven banking days after a request has been
made therefor). In addition, while under current Chilean law the Foreign
Exchange Contract cannot be amended unilaterally by the Chilean Government,
additional restrictions on the benefits of the Foreign Exchange Contract could
be imposed by the Chilean Government. and the Central Bank may revoke approval
of access to the formal currency market if conditions set forth in the Foreign
Exchange Contract are not met. Transferees of withdrawn shares are
not entitled to the rights set forth in the Foreign Exchange
Contract.
A-1
CITIBANK,
N.A., a national banking association organized and existing under the laws of
the United States of America, as Depositary (herein called the "Depositary"),
hereby certifies that ________________ is the owner of ________________ American
Depositary Shares, representing deposited shares, without nominal/par value, or
evidence of rights to receive such shares (herein called the "Shares"), of
Empresa Nacional de Electricidad S.A., a corporation organized under the laws of
the Republic of Chile (herein called the "Company"). At the date of the Deposit
Agreement (as hereinafter defined), each American Depositary Share represents
rights attributable to 30 Shares deposited under the Deposit Agreement with the
Custodian which at the date of execution of the Deposit Agreement is Banco de
Chile. The ADS(s)-to-Share(s) ratio is subject to amendment as
provided in Articles IV and VI of the Deposit Agreement. The
Depositary’s Principal Office is located at 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx
Xxxx 00000, X.X.X.
(1) The Deposit
Agreement. This American Depositary Receipt is one of an issue
(herein called the "Receipts"), all issued and to be issued upon the terms and
conditions set forth in the Amended and Restated Deposit Agreement, dated as of
September 30, 2010 (herein called the "Deposit Agreement"), by and among the
Company, the Depositary and all Holders from time to time of Receipts issued
thereunder, each of whom by accepting a Receipt agrees to become a party thereto
and becomes bound by all the terms and provisions thereof. The Deposit Agreement
sets forth the rights of Holders of the Receipts and the rights and duties of
the Depositary in respect of the Shares deposited thereunder and any and all
other securities, property and cash from time to time received in respect of
such Shares and held thereunder (such Shares, securities, property and cash are
herein called "Deposited Securities"). Copies of the Deposit Agreement are on
file at the principal offices of the Depositary and the Custodians. The
statements made on the face and the reverse of this Receipt are summaries of
certain provisions of the Deposit Agreement and are qualified in their entirety
by and subject to the detailed provisions of the Deposit Agreement, to which
reference is hereby made. Terms defined in the Deposit Agreement and not
otherwise defined herein have the same defined meanings set forth in the Deposit
Agreement.
(2) Surrender of Receipts and
Withdrawal of Deposited Securities.The Holder of ADSs shall be entitled
to Delivery (at the Custodian’s designated office) of the Deposited Securities
at the time represented by the ADSs upon satisfaction of each of the following
conditions: (i) the Holder (or a duly-authorized attorney of the Holder)
has duly Delivered ADSs to the Depositary at its Principal Office (and if
applicable, the ADRs evidencing such ADSs) for the purpose of withdrawal of the
Deposited Securities represented thereby, (ii) if applicable and so
required by the Depositary, the ADRs Delivered to the Depositary for such
purpose have been properly endorsed in blank or are accompanied by proper
instruments of transfer in blank (including signature guarantees in accordance
with standard securities industry practice), (iii) if so required by the
Depositary, the Holder of the ADSs has executed and delivered to the Depositary
a written order directing the Depositary to cause the Deposited Securities being
withdrawn to be Delivered to or upon the written order of the person(s)
designated in such order, and (iv) all applicable fees and charges of, and
expenses incurred by, the Depositary and all applicable taxes and governmental
charges (as are set forth in Section 5.9 and Exhibit B of the
Deposit Agreement) have been paid, subject, however, in each
case, to the terms and conditions of the ADRs evidencing the surrendered
ADSs, of the Deposit Agreement, of the Company’s Estatutos and of any applicable
laws and the rules of the DCV, and to any provisions of or governing the
Deposited Securities , in each case as in effect at the time
thereof.
A-2
Upon
satisfaction of each of the conditions specified above, the Depositary
(i) shall cancel the ADSs Delivered to it (and, if applicable, the ADRs
evidencing the ADSs so Delivered), (ii) shall direct the Registrar to
record the cancellation of the ADSs so Delivered on the books maintained for
such purpose, and (iii) shall direct the Custodian to Deliver, or cause the
Delivery of, in each case, without unreasonable delay, the Deposited Securities
represented by the ADSs so canceled together with any certificate or other
document of title for the Deposited Securities, or evidence of the electronic
transfer thereof (if available), as the case may be, to or upon the written
order of the person(s) designated in the order delivered to the Depositary for
such purpose, subject however,
in each case, to the terms and conditions of the Deposit Agreement, of
the ADRs evidencing the ADSs so cancelled, of the Estatutos of the Company, of
any applicable laws and of the rules of the DCV, and to the terms and conditions
of or governing the Deposited Securities, in each case as in effect at the time
thereof.
The
Depositary shall not accept for surrender ADSs representing less than
one (1) Share. In the case of the Delivery to it of ADSs
representing a number other than a whole number of Shares, the Depositary shall
cause ownership of the appropriate whole number of Shares to be Delivered in
accordance with the terms hereof, and shall, at the discretion of the
Depositary, either (i) return to the person surrendering such ADSs the
number of ADSs representing any remaining fractional Share, or (ii) sell or
cause to be sold the fractional Share represented by the ADSs so surrendered and
remit the proceeds of such sale (net of (a) applicable fees and charges of,
and expenses incurred by, the Depositary and (b) taxes withheld) to the
person surrendering the ADSs. Notwithstanding anything else contained
in any ADR or the Deposit Agreement, the Depositary may make delivery at the
Principal Office of the Depositary of (i) any cash dividends or cash
distributions, or (ii) any proceeds from the sale of any distributions of
shares or rights, which are at the time held by the Depositary in respect of the
Deposited Securities represented by the ADSs surrendered for cancellation and
withdrawal. At the request, risk and expense of any Holder so
surrendering ADSs, and for the account of such Holder, the Depositary shall
direct the Custodian to forward (to the extent permitted by law) any cash or
other property (other than securities) held by the Custodian in respect of the
Deposited Securities represented by such ADSs to the Depositary for delivery at
the Principal Office of the Depositary. Such direction shall be given
by letter or, at the request, risk and expense of such Holder, by cable, telex
or facsimile transmission.
Simultaneously
with the delivery of Deposited Securities to the Holder or its designee, the
Custodian, pursuant to the Foreign Exchange Contract, will issue or cause to be
issued to the Holder or such designee a certificate which states that the
Deposited Securities have been transferred to the Holder or its designee by the
Depositary and that the Depositary waives in favor of the Holder or its designee
the right of access to the formal foreign exchange market relating to such
withdrawn Deposited Securities.
A-3
For
purposes of a tax ruling dated January 29, 1990 issued by the Chilean Internal
Revenue Service regarding certain tax matters relating to American Depositary
Shares and American Depositary Receipts, the acquisition value of any Share or
other Depositary Security upon its withdrawal by a Holder upon surrender of the
corresponding Receipt shall be the highest reported sales price of such Share or
other Deposited Security on the Bolsa de Comercio xx Xxxxxxxx (the "Xxxxxxxx
Stock Exchange") on the day on which the transfer of such Share or other
Deposited Security from the Depositary to such Holder is recorded on the books
of the Foreign Registrar. In the event that the shares or other Deposited
Securities are not then traded on the Xxxxxxxx Stock Exchange, such value shall
be the highest reported sales price on the principal stock exchange or other
organized securities market in Chile on which such Shares or other Deposited
Securities are then traded. In the event that no such sales price is reported on
the day on which such transfer is recorded on the books of the Foreign
Registrar, such value shall be deemed to be the highest sales price reported on
the last day on which such sales price was reported, provided, that if such day
is more than 30 days prior to the date of such transfer, such price shall be
increased by the percentage increase over the corresponding period in the
Chilean consumer price index as reported by the pertinent governmental authority
of Chile.
(3) Transfer, Combination and
Split-ups of ADRs. The Registrar shall register the transfer
of this ADR (and of the ADSs represented hereby) on the books
maintained for such purpose and the Depositary shall (x) cancel this ADR
and execute new ADRs evidencing the same aggregate number of ADSs as those
evidenced by this ADR when canceled by the Depositary, (y) cause the
Registrar to countersign such new ADRs and (z) Deliver such new ADRs to or
upon the order of the person entitled thereto, if each of the following
conditions has been satisfied: (i) this ADR has been duly
Delivered by the Holder (or by a duly authorized attorney of the Holder) to the
Depositary at its Principal Office for the purpose of effecting a transfer
thereof, (ii) this surrendered ADR has been properly endorsed or are
accompanied by proper instruments of transfer (including signature guarantees in
accordance with standard securities industry practice), (iii) this
surrendered ADR has been duly stamped (if required by the laws of the State of
New York or of the United States), and (iv) all applicable fees and charges
of, and expenses incurred by, the Depositary and all applicable taxes and
governmental charges (as are set forth in Section 5.9 of, and Exhibit B to,
the Deposit Agreement) have been paid, subject, however, in each case,
to the terms and conditions of this ADR, of the Deposit Agreement and of
applicable law, in each case as in effect at the time thereof.
The
Registrar shall register the split-up or combination of this ADR (and of the
ADSs represented hereby) on the books maintained for such purpose and the
Depositary shall (x) cancel this ADR and execute new ADRs for the number of
ADSs requested, but in the aggregate not exceeding the number of ADSs evidenced
by this ADR (canceled), (y) cause the Registrar to countersign such new
ADRs, and (z) Deliver such new ADRs to or upon the order of the Holder
thereof, if each of the following conditions has been
satisfied: (i) this ADR has been duly Delivered by the Holder
(or by a duly authorized attorney of the Holder) to the Depositary at its
Principal Office for the purpose of effecting a split-up or combination hereof,
and (ii) all applicable fees and charges of, and expenses incurred by, the
Depositary and all applicable taxes and government charges (as are set forth in
Section 5.9 of, and Exhibit B to, the
Deposit Agreement) have been paid, subject, however, in each
case, to the terms and conditions of this ADR, of the Deposit Agreement
and of applicable law, in each case as in effect at the time
thereof.
A-4
(4) Pre-Conditions to
Registration, Transfer, Etc. As a condition precedent to the
execution and delivery, registration of transfer, split-up, combination or
surrender of any ADSs or transfer or withdrawal of any Deposited Securities, the
Depositary or a Custodian may require payment from the presenter of ADSs, or the
depositor of the Shares, of a sum sufficient to reimburse it for any tax or
other governmental charge (including any such tax or charge and fee with respect
to Shares being deposited or withdrawn) and any stock transfer or registration
fee with respect thereto and payment of any applicable fees as herein provided,
may require the production of proof satisfactory to it as to the identity and
genuineness of any signature and compliance with any regulations the Depositary
and the Company may establish consistent with the provisions of the Deposit
Agreement, including, without limitation, Section 2.6 of the Deposit
Agreement and may also require compliance with any laws or governmental
regulations relating to American depositary receipts or to the withdrawal of
Deposited Securities.
After
consultation with the Company, the issuance of ADSs against deposits of
particular Shares may be withheld, or the issuance of ADSs against deposit of
Shares generally may be suspended, or the registration of transfer of ADSs in
particular instances may be refused, or the registration of transfer of ADSs
generally may be suspended, during any period when the transfer books of the
Depositary or the Company are closed, or if any such action is deemed, in good
faith, necessary or advisable by the Depositary or the Company at any time or
from time to time because of any requirement of law or of any government or
governmental authority, body or commission, or under any provision of the
Deposit Agreement.
The
surrender of outstanding ADSs and withdrawal of Deposited Securities may not be
suspended, except as required in connection with (i) temporary delays caused by
closing the transfer books of the Depositary or the Company (or the appointed
agent for the Company for the transfer and registration of Shares) or the
payment of dividends, (ii) the payment of fees, taxes and similar charges, and
(iii) compliance with any U.S. or foreign laws or governmental regulations
relating to the Receipts or to the withdrawal of the Deposited Securities.
Without limitation of the foregoing, the Depositary will not knowingly accept
for deposit under the Deposit Agreement any Shares required to be registered
under provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 prior to being offered and sold
publicly in the United States, unless a registration statement is in effect as
to such Shares. The Depositary shall comply with written instructions of the
Company not to accept for deposit under the Deposit Agreement any Shares
identified in such instructions at such times and under such circumstances as
may reasonably be specified in such instructions in order to facilitate the
Company's compliance with securities laws in the United States or
Chile.
(5) Liability for Taxes and
Other Charges.
(a) The
Company, the Custodian and/or the Depositary may withhold or deduct from any
distributions made in respect of Deposited Securities, and may sell for the
account of a Holder and/or Beneficial Owner any or all of the Deposited
Securities and apply such distribution and sale proceeds in payment of, any
taxes (including applicable interest and penalties) or other governmental
charges that are or may be payable in respect of the ADSs, Deposited Securities
and ADRs, the Holder and the Beneficial Owner remaining liable for any
deficiency. If any tax or other governmental charge shall or may
become payable by the Custodian or the Depositary (or their respective nominees)
with respect to any Deposited Securities represented by ADSs, such tax or other
governmental charge shall be payable by the Holders and Beneficial Owners of
ADSs to the Depositary as set forth below in Section 3.2 of the Deposit
Agreement. The Depositary may refuse to effect any transfer of ADSs,
or split-up or combination of any Receipt(s), or any withdrawal of Deposited
Securities represented by ADSs until such payment is made. Every
Holder and Beneficial Owner agrees to indemnify the Depositary, the Company, the
Custodian, and any of their agents, officers, employees and Affiliates for, and
to hold each of them harmless from, any claims with respect to taxes (including
applicable interest and penalties thereon) arising from any tax benefit obtained
for such Holder and/or Beneficial Owner.
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(b) In
the event the definitive amount of any taxes or other governmental charges that
may be payable in respect of the Deposited Securities is known by the Company at
the time any distribution is made in respect of such Deposited Securities, the
Company shall (i) withhold, and pay over to the appropriate governmental
authority, such definitive amount, or (ii) instruct the Depositary (with a copy
to the Custodian) as to such withholding, including such known definitive
amount, and the Depositary shall cause the Custodian to withhold, and pay over
to such governmental authority, such definitive amount.
(c) In
the event the definitive amount of any taxes or other governmental charges that
may be payable in respect of the Deposited Securities is not known by the
Company at the time any distribution is made in respect of such Deposited
Securities (e.g., in the event of a provisional withholding tax), the Company
shall (i) calculate (A) the maximum amount of taxes or other governmental
charges that may be payable in respect of such distribution (the “Maximum Tax Amount”),
and (B) the amount of the tax or other governmental charge that is then known
and required to be paid in respect of such distribution (the “Provisional Tax
Amount”), and (ii) either (A) withhold from such distribution the Maximum
Tax Amount, or (ii) instruct the Depositary (with a copy to the Custodian) as to
such withholding, including the calculated Maximum Tax Amount and Provisional
Tax Amount, and the Depositary shall cause the Custodian to withhold from such
distribution the Maximum Tax Amount. Notwithstanding anything herein
to the contrary, if the Company fails to specify the Maximum Tax Amount in its
instruction to the Depositary pursuant to the preceding sentence, the Depositary
may calculate the Maximum Tax Amount in consultation with Chilean counsel and
cause the Custodian to withhold the Maximum Tax Amount so
calculated. After withholding the Maximum Tax Amount, the Company or
the Custodian (at the instruction of the Depositary), as applicable, shall (x)
pay over to the appropriate governmental authority the Provisional Tax Amount
and (y) hold in escrow in a non-interest bearing account the remaining portion
of the Maximum Tax Amount not paid over to the governmental authorities (the
“Escrow
Amount”) pending final determination by the Company of the definitive
amount of the taxes or other governmental charges that are payable in respect of
that distribution (the “Final Tax
Amount”).
(d) If,
upon the final determination by the Company of the Final Tax Amount in respect
of a distribution, additional taxes or governmental charges are payable
(including, without limitation, any interest and penalties that may be levied)
in respect of such distribution in excess of the Provisional Tax Payment (such
excess, the “Additional Tax
Amount”), the Company shall, as applicable, (i) remit from the Escrow
Amount (A) to the applicable tax authorities the Additional Tax Amount, and (B)
to the Custodian, for distribution to the ADS Holders as of the applicable ADS
Record Date for that distribution, the balance of the Escrow Amount, if any, or
(ii) inform the Depositary (with a copy to the Custodian) of the Additional Tax
Amount and the Depositary shall cause the Custodian to remit from the Escrow
Amount (A) to the applicable tax authorities, the Additional Tax Amount, and (B)
to the ADS Holders as of the applicable ADS Record Date for that distribution,
the balance of the Escrow Amount. Any distribution of the Escrow
Amount to ADS Holders pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be made in
accordance with the terms, and subject to the conditions, of the Deposit
Agreement.
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(e) If,
upon the final determination by the Company of the Final Tax Amount in respect
of a distribution, the Provisional Tax Amount exceeds the Final Tax Amount, the
Company or the Custodian (at the instruction of the Depositary), as applicable,
shall (i) use reasonable efforts to reclaim from the applicable tax authorities
the excess of the Provisional Tax Payment over the Final Tax Amount, and (ii)
remit the amount of such excess and the balance of the Escrow Amount (if any) to
(A) the Depositary for distribution the ADS Holders as of the applicable ADS
Record Date for that distribution (if the Escrow Amount is being held by the
Custodian), or (B) the Custodian for remittance to the Depositary for
distribution to such ADS Holders as of the applicable ADR Record Date (if the
Escrow Amount is being held by the Company), in each case, in accordance with
the terms, and subject to the conditions, of the Deposit Agreement.
(f) If,
upon the final determination of the Final Tax Amount in respect of a
distribution, the Final Tax Amount exceeds the Maximum Tax Amount, the amount of
such tax deficiency shall be payable by the Holders and Beneficial Owners of
ADSs (as of the applicable ADS Record Date for that distribution) to the
Depositary for payment of the applicable tax deficiency. The
Depositary may refuse to effect any transfer of ADSs, or split-up or combination
of any Receipt(s) or any withdrawal of Deposited Securities represented by ADSs
until such payment is made, and may withhold any dividends or other
distributions, and may sell for the account of the Holders and Beneficial Owners
any part or all of the Deposited Securities represented by ADSs, and may apply
such dividends or other distributions and the proceeds of any such sale in
payment of the balance of such tax or other governmental charge that is due, the
Holders and Beneficial Owners of ADSs remaining liable for any
deficiency.
(g) The
Depositary shall cause the Custodian to take all actions required or necessary
in order for the Depositary to fulfill its obligations under Section 3.2 of the
Deposit Agreement. No interest shall be payable in respect of any
amounts held by the Company, the Depositary or the Custodian under the terms of
Section 3.2 of the Deposit Agreement. None of the Company, the
Depositary or the Custodian shall incur any liability in respect of any funds
payable, held or remitted pursuant to Section 3.2 of the Deposit Agreement for
losses that may be incurred as a result of currency fluctuations.
(6) Representations and
Warranties on Deposit of Shares. Each person depositing Shares
under the Deposit Agreement shall be deemed thereby to represent and warrant
that (i) such Shares and the certificates therefor are duly authorized, validly
issued, fully paid, non-assessable and legally obtained by such person, (ii) all
preemptive (and similar) rights, if any, with respect to such Shares have been
validly waived or exercised, (iii) the person making such deposit is duly
authorized so to do, (iv) the Shares presented for deposit are free and clear of
any lien, encumbrance, security interest, charge, mortgage or adverse claim, and
(v) the Shares presented for deposit are not, and the ADSs issuable upon such
deposit will not be, Restricted Securities (except as contemplated in Section
2.12 of the Deposit Agreement), and (vi) the Shares presented for deposit
have not been stripped of any rights or entitlements. Such
representations and warranties shall survive the deposit and withdrawal of
Shares, the issuance and cancellation of ADSs in respect thereof and the
transfer of such ADSs. If any such representations or warranties are
false in any way, the Company and the Depositary shall be authorized, at the
cost and expense of the person depositing Shares, to take any and all actions
necessary to correct the consequences thereof.
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(7) Filing Proofs, Certificates
and Other Information. Any person presenting Shares for
deposit and any Holder and Beneficial Owner may be required from time to time to
file such proof of citizenship or residence, exchange control approval, payment
of all applicable Chilean taxes or other governmental charges, legal or
beneficial ownership, or such information relating to the registration on the
books of the Company or the Registrar, if applicable, of the Shares presented
for deposit or other information, to execute and deliver such certificates and
to make such representations and warranties, as the Depositary may deem
necessary or proper or as the Company reasonably may require by written request
to the Depositary and the Custodian. The Depositary may withhold the
delivery or registration of transfer of any ADR or ADS or the distribution or
sale of any dividend or other distribution of rights or the proceeds thereof or
the delivery of any Deposited Securities until such proof or other information
is filed, or such certificates are executed or such representations and
warranties are made. The Depositary shall provide the Company, in a
timely manner, with copies of any such proofs of citizenship or residence,
exchange control approval, legal or beneficial ownership or other information
referred to above which it receives.
(8) Charges of
Depositary. The Depositary shall charge the following
fees:
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Issuance
Fee: to any person depositing Shares or to whom ADSs are
issued upon the deposit of Shares (excluding issuances as a result of
distributions described in paragraph (iv) below), a fee not in excess of
U.S. $5.00 per 100 ADSs (or fraction thereof) so issued under the terms of
the Deposit Agreement;
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Cancellation
Fee: to any person surrendering ADSs for cancellation
and withdrawal of Deposited Securities or to any person to whom Deposited
Securities are delivered, a fee not in excess of U.S. $5.00 per 100 ADSs
(or fraction thereof) surrendered;
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Cash Distribution
Fee: to any Holder of ADSs, a fee not in excess of U.S.
$5.00 per 100 ADSs (or fraction thereof) held for the distribution of cash
dividends or other cash distributions (i.e., sale of rights
and other entitlements);
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Stock Distribution
/Rights Exercise Fee: to any Holder of ADS(s), a fee not
in excess of U.S. $5.00 per 100 ADSs (or fraction thereof) held for
(a) the distribution of stock dividends or other free stock
distributions or (b) the exercise of rights to purchase additional
ADSs;
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Other Distribution
Fee: to any Holder of ADS(s), a fee not in excess of
U.S. $5.00 per 100 ADSs (or fraction thereof) held for the distribution of
securities other than ADSs or rights to purchase additional ADSs;
and
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(vi)
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Depositary Services
Fee: to any Holder of ADS(s), a fee not in excess of
U.S. $5.00 per 100 ADSs (or fraction thereof) held on the applicable
record date(s) established by the
Depositary.
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In
addition, Holders, Beneficial Owners, persons depositing Shares and persons
surrendering ADSs for cancellation and for the purpose of withdrawing Deposited
Securities shall be responsible for the following charges:
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(a)
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taxes
(including applicable interest and penalties) and other governmental
charges;
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(b)
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such
registration fees as may from time to time be in effect for the
registration of Shares or other Deposited Securities on the share register
and applicable to transfers of Shares or other Deposited Securities to or
from the name of the Custodian, the Depositary or any nominees upon the
making of deposits and withdrawals,
respectively;
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such
cable, telex and facsimile transmission and delivery expenses as are
expressly provided in the Deposit Agreement to be at the expense of the
person depositing or withdrawing Shares or Holders and Beneficial Owners
of ADSs;
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(d)
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the
expenses and charges incurred by the Depositary in the conversion of
foreign currency;
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(e)
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such
fees and expenses as are incurred by the Depositary in connection with
compliance with exchange control regulations and other regulatory
requirements applicable to Shares, Deposited Securities, ADSs and ADRs;
and
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(f)
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the
fees and expenses incurred by the Depositary, the Custodian, or any
nominee in connection with the delivery or servicing of Deposited
Securities.
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All fees
and charges may, at any time and from time to time, be changed by agreement
between the Depositary and Company but, in the case of fees and charges payable
by Holders or Beneficial Owners, only in the manner contemplated by paragraph
(22) of this ADR and as contemplated in the Deposit Agreement. The
Depositary will provide, without charge, a copy of its latest fee schedule to
anyone upon request.
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Depositary
Fees payable upon (i) deposit of Shares against issuance of ADSs and
(ii) surrender of ADSs for cancellation and withdrawal of Deposited
Securities will be charged by the Depositary to the person to whom the ADSs so
issued are delivered (in the case of ADS issuances) and to the person who
delivers the ADSs for cancellation to the Depositary (in the case of ADS
cancellations). In the case of ADSs issued by the Depositary into DTC
or presented to the Depositary via DTC, the ADS issuance and cancellation fees
will be payable to the Depositary by the DTC Participant(s) receiving the ADSs
from the Depositary or the DTC Participant(s) surrendering the ADSs to the
Depositary for cancellation, as the case may be, on behalf of the Beneficial
Owner(s) and will be charged by the DTC Participant(s) to the account(s) of the
applicable Beneficial Owner(s) in accordance with the procedures and practices
of the DTC participant(s) as in effect at the time. Depositary fees
in respect of distributions and the Depositary services fee are payable to the
Depositary by Holders as of the applicable ADS Record Date established by the
Depositary. In the case of distributions of cash, the amount of the
applicable Depositary fees is deducted by the Depositary from the funds being
distributed. In the case of distributions other than cash and the
Depositary service fee, the Depositary will invoice the applicable Holders as of
the ADS Record Date established by the Depositary. For ADSs held
through DTC, the Depositary fees for distributions other than cash and the
Depositary service fee are charged by the Depositary to the DTC Participants in
accordance with the procedures and practices prescribed by DTC from time to time
and the DTC Participants in turn charge the amount of such fees to the
Beneficial Owners for whom they hold ADSs.
The
Depositary may reimburse the Company for certain expenses incurred by the
Company in respect of the ADR program established pursuant to the Deposit
Agreement, by making available a portion of the Depositary fees charged in
respect of the ADR program or otherwise, upon such terms and conditions as the
Company and the Depositary agree from time to time. The Company shall
pay to the Depositary such fees and charges and reimburse the Depositary for
such out-of-pocket expenses as the Depositary and the Company may agree from
time to time. Responsibility for payment of such charges and
reimbursements may from time to time be changed by agreement between the Company
and the Depositary. Unless otherwise agreed, the Depositary shall
present its statement for such expenses and fees or charges to the Company once
every three months. The charges and expenses of the Custodian are for
the sole account of the Depositary.
The right
of the Depositary to receive payment of fees, charges and expenses as provided
above shall survive the termination of the Deposit Agreement. As to
any Depositary, upon the resignation or removal of such Depositary as described
in Section 5.4, such right shall extend for those fees, charges and expenses
incurred prior to the effectiveness of such resignation or removal.
(9) Title to
ADRs. It is a condition of this ADR, and every successive
Holder of this ADR by accepting or holding the same consents and agrees, that
title to this ADR (and to each ADS evidenced hereby) shall be transferable upon
the same terms as a certificated security under the laws of the State of New
York, provided that, in the case of Certificated ADSs, such ADR has been
properly endorsed or is accompanied by proper instruments of
transfer. Notwithstanding any notice to the contrary, the Depositary
and the Company may deem and treat the Holder of this ADR (that is, the person
in whose name this ADR is registered on the books of the Depositary) as the
absolute owner thereof for all purposes. Neither the Depositary nor
the Company shall have any obligation nor be subject to any liability under the
Deposit Agreement or this ADR to any holder of this ADR or any Beneficial Owner
unless, in the case of a holder of ADSs, such holder is the Holder of this ADR
registered on the books of the Depositary or, in the case of a Beneficial Owner,
such Beneficial Owner or the Beneficial Owner’s representative is the Holder
registered on the books of the Depositary.
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(10) Validity of
ADR. The Holder(s) of this ADR (and the ADSs represented
hereby) shall not be entitled to any benefits under the Deposit Agreement or be
valid or enforceable for any purpose against the Depositary or the Company
unless this ADR has been (i) dated, (ii) signed by the manual or
facsimile signature of a duly authorized signatory of the Depositary,
(iii) countersigned by the manual or facsimile signature of a duly
authorized signatory of the Registrar, and (iv) registered in the books
maintained by the Registrar for the registration of issuances and transfers of
ADSs. An ADR bearing the facsimile signature of a duly-authorized
signatory of the Depositary or the Registrar, who at the time of signature was a
duly-authorized signatory of the Depositary or the Registrar, as the case may
be, shall bind the Depositary, notwithstanding the fact that such signatory has
ceased to be so authorized prior to the delivery of such ADR by the
Depositary.
(11) Available
Information. The Company is subject to the periodic reporting
requirements of the Exchange Act of 1934 and, accordingly, is required to file
or submit certain reports with the Commission. These public reports can be
retrieved from the Commission’s website (xxx.xxx.xxx) and can be
inspected and copied at public reference facilities maintained by the Commission
located (as of the date of the Deposit Agreement) at 000 X Xxxxxx,
X.X., Xxxxxxxxxx, X.X. 00000. The Depositary shall make available for
inspection by the Holders at its Principal Office any reports and communications
received from the Company which are both (a) received by the Depositary, the
Custodian or nominee of either of them as the holder of the Deposited Securities
and (b) made generally available to the holders of such Deposited Securities by
the Company.
The
Registrar shall keep books for the registration of ADSs which at all reasonable
times shall be open for inspection by the Company and by the Holders of such
ADSs, provided that such inspection shall not be, to the Registrar’s knowledge,
for the purpose of communicating with Holders of such ADSs in the interest of a
business or object other than the business of the Company or other than a matter
related to the Deposit Agreement or the ADSs.
The
Registrar, after consultation with the Company, may close the transfer books
with respect to the ADSs, at any time or from time to time, when deemed
necessary or advisable by it in good faith in connection with the performance of
its duties hereunder, or at the reasonable written request of the Company
subject, in all cases, to paragraph (25).
(12) Disclosure of
Interests. To the extent that provisions of or governing any
Deposited Securities may require the disclosure of beneficial or other ownership
of Deposited Securities, other Shares and other securities to the Company and
may provide for blocking transfer and voting or other rights to enforce such
disclosure or limit such ownership, the Depositary shall use its reasonable
efforts to comply with Company instructions as to Receipts in respect of any
such enforcement or limitation and Holders shall comply with all such disclosure
requirements and ownership limitations and shall cooperate with the Depositary's
compliance with such Company instructions.
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(13) Compliance with Chilean
Law. Pursuant to Circular Letter N° 1.375 of
the SVS dated February 12, 1998, Holders are deemed, for certain purposes of
Chilean law, to be treated as holders of Deposited Securities. Accordingly,
Holders shall, as a matter of Chilean law, be obligated to comply with the
requirements of Articles 12 and 54 and Title XV of Law 18,045 of Chile and SVS
regulations. Article 12 requires, among other things, that Holders
and Beneficial Owners who directly or indirectly own 10% or more of the total
share capital of the Company (or who may attain such percentage ownership
through an acquisition of shares), or the directors, liquidators, principal
executives or managers of such Holders or Beneficial Owners, must report to the
SVS and the stock exchanges in Chile on which the Shares are
listed:
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any
direct or indirect acquisition or sale of Receipts;
and
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(b)
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any
direct or indirect acquisition or sale of any contract or security whose
price or results depend on or are conditioned in whole or in part on the
price of the Company’s shares.
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The
information must be provided not later than the day following the effectiveness
of the acquisition or sale.
Article
54 requires, among other things, that any Holder or Beneficial Owner intending
to acquire control, directly or indirectly (as defined in Title XV of Law
18,045) of the Company (a) send a written notice of such intention to the
Company, to the Company's controllers, to companies controlled by the Company,
to the SVS and to the stock exchanges in Chile on which the Shares are listed,
and, (b) publish a notice of such intention in two newspapers in
Chile and on the Company’s website. Such written communications and publications
must be made with at least ten business days prior to the date of intended
acquisition of control or as soon as negotiations pursuing control have been
formalized or confidential documentation of the Company has been provided.
Within two business days following the acquisition of control, the Holder must
publish a notice in the same newspapers where the intention of control was
published and send written communications to the same entities listed in clause
(a) above.
Dated:
CITIBANK,
N.A., as Depositary
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The
address of the Principal Office of the Depositary is 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, X.X.X.
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(FORM OF
REVERSE OF RECEIPT)
SUMMARY
OF CERTAIN ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS
OF THE
DEPOSIT AGREEMENT
(14) Dividends and Distributions;
Rights. Whenever the Custodian or Depositary shall receive any
cash dividend or other cash distribution by the Company on any Deposited
Securities, the Depositary shall, subject to the provisions of Section 4.6
of the Deposit Agreement, convert or cause to be converted such dividend or
distribution into dollars and shall distribute the amount thus received to the
Holders of Receipts entitled thereto, in proportion to the number of ADSs
representing such Deposited Securities held by them respectively; provided, however, that in the
event that the Company or its agent, the Depositary or a Custodian shall be
required to withhold and does withhold from any cash dividend or other cash
distribution in respect of any Deposited Securities an amount on account of
taxes, the amount distributed to the Holders for ADSs representing such
Deposited Securities shall be reduced accordingly provided, however, that the
Depositary shall make appropriate adjustments in the amounts so distributed in
respect of (a) any such Deposited Securities being not entitled, by reason
of date of issuance or otherwise, to receive all or any portion of such
distribution or (b) any amounts (i) withheld or required to be
withheld by the Company, the Custodian or the Depositary from any such
distribution pursuant to Section 3.2 of the Deposit Agreement or otherwise
on account of taxes or other governmental charges, or (ii) charged by the
Depositary in the conversion of foreign currency into Dollars pursuant to
Section 4.6 of the Deposit Agreement. The Depositary shall distribute only
such amount, however, as can be distributed without attributing to any Holder a
fraction of one cent, and any balance not so distributable shall be held by the
Depositary (without liability for interest thereon) and shall be added to and
become part of the next sum received by the Depositary for distribution to the
Holders of ADSs then outstanding. The company or its agent will remit to the
appropriate governmental authority or agency in Chile all amounts required to be
withheld and owing to such authority or agency by the Company. The Depositary or
its agent will remit to the appropriate government authority or agency in Chile
all amounts required to be withheld by the Depositary. The Depositary will
forward to the Company such information from its records as the Company may
reasonably request to enable the Company to file necessary reports with
governmental authorities or agencies, and either the Depositary, a Custodian or
the Company or its agent, as appropriate, may file any such reports necessary to
obtain benefits under the applicable tax treaties for the Holders of
ADSs.
Whenever
the Custodian or Depositary shall receive any distribution other than cash,
rights or Shares upon any Deposited Securities, the Depositary shall, after
consultation with the Company to the extent practicable, and provided that the
Depositary shall have received satisfactory documentation within the terms of
Section 5.7 of the Deposit Agreement, cause the securities or property
received by such Custodian to be distributed to the Holders entitled thereto
after deduction or upon payment of the expenses of the Depositary, in proportion
to the number of ADSs representing such Deposited Securities held by them
respectively, in any manner that the Depositary, with the consent of the
Company, deems equitable and practicable for accomplishing such distribution;
provided, however, that if in
the opinion of the Depositary such distribution cannot be made proportionately
among the Holders entitled thereto, or if for any other reason (including but
not limited to any requirement that the Company or the Depositary withhold an
amount on account of taxes or other governmental charges or that such securities
must be registered under the Securities Act in order to be distributed to the
Holders) the Depositary deems such distribution not to be reasonably
practicable, the Depositary may, with the approval of the Company, adopt such
method as it deems equitable and practicable for the purpose of effecting such
distribution, including the sale (at public or private sale, at such place or
places and upon such terms as it may deem proper) of the securities or property
thus received, or any part thereof, and, in such case, the net proceeds of any
such sale shall be distributed by the Depositary to the Holders entitled thereto
as in the case of a distribution received in cash.
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Subject
to the last sentence of Section 4.4 of the Deposit Agreement, if any
distribution upon any Deposited Securities consists of a dividend in, or free
distribution of, Shares, the Depositary may, and shall, if the Company so
requests, distribute to the Holders of outstanding ADSs entitled thereto, in
proportion to the number of ADSs representing such Deposited Securities held by
them respectively, additional ADSs representing the number of Shares received as
such dividend or free distribution subject to the terms and conditions of the
Deposit Agreement with respect to the deposit of Shares and the issuance of
ADSs, including the withholding of any tax or other governmental charge as
provided in Section 4.13 of the Deposit Agreement. The Depositary will not
issue fractional ADSs. In lieu of issuing fractional ADSs in any such case, the
Depositary will sell the number of Shares or ADSs, as the case may be,
represented by the aggregate of such fractions and distribute the net proceeds
to Holders, all in the manner and subject to the conditions described in
Section 4.2 of the Deposit Agreement. If additional ADSs are not so
distributed (except as pursuant to the preceding sentence), each ADS shall
thenceforth also represent the additional Shares distributed upon the Deposited
Securities represented thereby. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that
the Company in the fulfillment of its obligation under Section 5.7 of the
Deposit Agreement has furnished an opinion of U.S. counsel determining that
Shares must be registered under the Securities Act or other laws in order to be
distributed to Holders (and no such registration has been declared effective),
the Depositary may sell such Shares and remit the proceeds thereof to the
Holders entitled thereto as in the case of a distribution in cash.
In the
event that the Company shall offer or cause to be offered to the holders of any
Deposited Securities any rights to subscribe for additional Shares or any rights
of any other nature, the Depositary, after consultation with the Company, shall
have discretion as to the procedure to be followed in making such rights
available to the Holders of ADSs or in disposing of such rights on behalf of
such Holders and making the net proceeds available in dollars to such Holders;
provided, however, that the
Depositary will, if requested by the Company, take action as
follows:
(i) if
at the time of the offering of any rights the Depositary determines that it is
lawful and reasonably practicable to make such rights available to Holders of
ADSs by means of warrants or otherwise and if the Depositary shall have received
satisfactory documentation within the terms of Section 5.7 of the Deposit
Agreement, the Depositary shall, after payment of all fees and expenses of the
Depositary, distribute warrants or other instruments therefor in such form as it
may determine to the Holders entitled thereto, in proportion to the number of
ADSs representing such Deposited Securities, or employ such other method as it
may deem practicable in order to facilitate the exercise, sale or transfer of
rights by such Holders; or
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(ii) if
at the time of the offering of any rights the Depositary determines that it is
not lawful or not reasonably practicable to make such rights available to
Holders of ADSs by means of warrants or otherwise, or if the rights represented
by such warrants or such other instruments are not exercised and appear to be
about to lapse, the Depositary in its discretion may sell such rights or such
warrants or other instruments at public or private sale, at such place or places
and upon such terms as it may deem proper, and may allocate the proceeds (net of
all fees and expenses of the Depositary) of any such sale for the accounts of
the Holders otherwise entitled to such rights, warrants or other instruments,
upon an averaged or other practicable basis without regard to any distinctions
among such Holders because of the application of exchange restrictions with
regard to a particular Holder, or the date of delivery of any ADSs, or otherwise
or, if by the terms of such rights offering or for any other reason, the
Depositary may not either make such rights available to any Holders or dispose
of such rights and make the net proceeds available to such Holders, then the
Depositary shall allow the rights to lapse.
If the
Depositary has distributed warrants or other instruments for rights to all or
certain Holders, then upon instruction pursuant to such warrants or other
instruments to the Depositary from such Holder to exercise such rights, upon
payment by such Holder to the Depositary for the account of such Holder of any
amount equal to the purchase price of the Shares to be received upon the
exercise of the rights, and upon payment of the fees of the Depositary and any
other charges as set forth in such warrants or other instruments or as may be
requested by the Company to the Depositary in writing, the Depositary shall, on
behalf of such Holder, exercise the rights and purchase the Shares, and the
Company shall, upon receipt of payment of any charges requested as above, cause
the Shares so purchased to be delivered to the Depositary on behalf of such
Holder. The Depositary will cause the Shares so purchased to be deposited
pursuant to Section 2.2 of the Deposit Agreement, and shall, pursuant to
Section 2.3 of the Deposit Agreement, issue ADSs to such owner. In the case
of a distribution pursuant to this section, any ADRs evidencing such ADSs shall
be legended in accordance with applicable U.S. laws, and shall be subject to the
appropriate restrictions on sale, deposit, cancellation, and transfer under such
laws.
The
Depositary and the Company shall not be responsible for any failure to determine
that it may be lawful or practicable to make such rights available to Holders in
general or any Holders in particular. Additionally, the Depositary
shall not be responsible for (i) any foreign exchange exposure or loss
incurred in connection with such sale, or exercise, or (ii) the content of
any materials forwarded to the Holders on behalf of the Company in connection
with the rights distribution.
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in Section 4.5 of the Deposit Agreement, if
registration (under the Securities Act or any other applicable law) of the
rights or the securities to which any rights relate may be required in order for
the Company to offer such rights or such securities to Holders and to sell the
securities represented by such rights, the Depositary will not distribute such
rights to the Holders (i) unless and until a registration statement under
the Securities Act (or other applicable law) covering such offering is in effect
or (ii) unless the Company furnishes the Depositary opinion(s) of counsel
for the Company in the United States and counsel to the Company in any other
applicable country in which rights would be distributed, in each case
satisfactory to the Depositary, to the effect that the offering and sale of such
securities to Holders and Beneficial Owners are exempt from, or do not require
registration under, the provisions of the Securities Act or any other applicable
laws.
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In the
event that the Company, the Depositary or the Custodian shall be required to
withhold and does withhold from any distribution of property (including rights)
an amount on account of taxes or other governmental charges, the amount
distributed to the Holders of ADSs representing such Deposited Securities shall
be reduced accordingly. In the event that the Depositary determines
that any distribution in property (including Shares and rights to subscribe
therefor) is subject to any tax or other governmental charges which the
Depositary is obligated to withhold, the Depositary may dispose of all or a
portion of such property (including Shares and rights to subscribe therefor) in
such amounts and in such manner, including by public or private sale, as the
Depositary deems necessary and practicable to pay any such taxes or
charges.
There can
be no assurance that Holders generally, or any Holder in particular, will be
given the opportunity to receive or exercise rights on the same terms and
conditions as the holders of Shares or be able to exercise such
rights. Nothing herein shall obligate the Company to file any
registration statement in respect of any rights or Shares or other securities to
be acquired upon the exercise of such rights.
(15) Fixing of ADS Record
Date. Whenever any cash dividend or other cash distribution
shall become payable or any distribution other than cash shall be made, or
rights shall be issued with respect to Shares, or whenever for any reason the
Depositary causes a change in the number of Shares that are represented by ADSS,
or whenever the Depositary shall receive notice of any meeting of holders of
Shares or other Deposited Securities, the Company shall promptly notify the
Depositary of the record date in respect thereof and the Depositary will fix a
record date (the “ADS
Record Date”) (which to the extent practicable shall be the same record
date set by the Company) for the determination of the Holders of Receipts who
shall be entitled to receive such dividend, distribution or rights, or the net
proceeds of the sale thereof or to exercise any voting rights at such
meeting. Subject to the provisions of Sections 4.1 through 4.6 and to
the other terms and conditions of the Deposit Agreement, the Holders of ADSs as
of the close of business in New York on such ADS Record Date shall be entitled
to receive the amount distributable by the Depositary with respect to such
dividend, distribution or rights or the net proceeds of sale thereof in
proportion to the number of ADSs held by them respectively and to give voting
instructions and to act in respect of any other such matter.
(16) Voting of Deposited
Securities. As soon as practicable after receipt of notice of
any meeting at which the holders of Deposited Securities are entitled to vote,
or of solicitation of consents or proxies from holders of Deposited Securities,
the Depositary shall fix the ADS Record Date in respect of such meeting or
solicitation of consent or proxy in accordance with Section 4.7 of the
Deposit Agreement. The Depositary shall, if requested by the Company
in writing in a timely manner (the Depositary having no obligation to take any
further action if the request shall not have been received by the Depositary at
least thirty (30) days prior to the date of such vote or meeting), at the
Company’s expense and provided no U.S. legal prohibitions exist, distribute to
Holders as of the ADS Record Date: (a) such notice of meeting or solicitation of
consent or proxy, (b) a statement that the Holders at the close of business on
the ADS Record Date will be entitled, subject to any applicable law, the
provisions of the Deposit Agreement, the Estatutos of the Company and the
provisions of or governing the Deposited Securities (which provisions, if any,
shall be summarized in pertinent part by the Company), to instruct the
Depositary as to the exercise of the voting rights, if any, pertaining to the
Deposited Securities represented by such Holder’s ADSs, and (c) a brief
statement as to the manner in which such voting instructions may be given or in
which voting instructions may be deemed to have been given in accordance with
Section 4.8 of the Deposit Agreement if no instructions are received prior
to the deadline set for such purposes to the Depositary to give a discretionary
proxy to a person designated by the Company.
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Notwithstanding
anything contained in the Deposit Agreement or any ADR, the Depositary may, to
the extent not prohibited by law or regulations, or by the requirements of the
stock exchange on which the ADSs are listed, in lieu of distribution of the
materials provided to the Depositary in connection with any meeting of, or
solicitation of consents or proxies from, holders of Deposited Securities,
distribute to the Holders a notice that provides Holders with, or otherwise
publicize to Holders, instructions on how to retrieve such materials or receive
such materials upon request (i.e., by reference to a
website containing the materials for retrieval or a contact for requesting
copies of the materials).
Voting
instructions may be given only in respect of a number of ADSs representing an
integral number of Deposited Securities. Upon the timely receipt from
a Holder of ADSs as of the ADS Record Date of voting instructions in the manner
specified by the Depositary, the Depositary shall endeavor, insofar as
practicable and permitted under applicable law, the provisions of the Deposit
Agreement, Estatutos of the Company and the provisions of the Deposited
Securities, to vote, or cause the Custodian to vote, the Deposited Securities
(in person or by proxy) represented by such Holder’s ADSs in accordance with
such voting instructions.
If no
voting instructions are received by the Depositary from a Holder as of the ADS
Record Date on or before the date established by the Depositary for such
purpose, such Holder shall be deemed, and the Depositary shall deem such Holder,
to have instructed the Depositary to give a discretionary proxy with full power
of substitution, to the Chairman of the Board or to a person designated by him,
to vote the Deposited Securities, and the Depositary shall give a discretionary
proxy with full power of substitution to the Chairman of the Board or to a
person designated by him to vote the Deposited Securities on any such matters,
except that no such instruction shall be deemed and no such discretionary proxy
shall be given with respect to any matter as to which (i) the Chairman of the
Board directs the Depositary that he does not wish such proxy to be given, (ii)
substantial opposition exists by Holders (it being understood that an election
of directors at an annual or extraordinary meeting of shareholders is not a
matter involving substantial opposition by Holders), or (iii) such matter
materially and adversely affects the rights of Holders. No such proxy shall
continue in effect beyond 5 P.M., Xxxxxxxx Time, on the penultimate day of any
calendar month.
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Neither
the Depositary nor the Custodian shall under any circumstances exercise any
discretion as to voting and neither the Depositary nor the Custodian shall vote,
attempt to exercise the right to vote, or in any way make use of for purposes of
establishing a quorum or otherwise, the Deposited Securities represented by
ADSs, except pursuant to and in accordance with the voting instructions timely
received from Holders or as otherwise contemplated herein. If the
Depositary timely receives voting instructions from a Holder which fail to
specify the manner in which the Depositary is to vote the Deposited Securities
represented by such Holder’s ADSs, the Depositary will deem such Holder (unless
otherwise specified in the notice distributed to Holders) to have instructed the
Depositary to vote in favor of the items set forth in such voting
instructions. Deposited Securities represented by ADSs for which no
timely voting instructions are received by the Depositary from the Holder shall
not be voted (except as contemplated in Section 4.8 of the Deposit
Agreement). Notwithstanding anything else contained herein, the
Depositary shall, if so requested in writing by the Company, represent all
Deposited Securities (whether or not voting instructions have been received in
respect of such Deposited Securities from Holders as of the ADS Record Date) for
the sole purpose of establishing quorum at a meeting of
shareholders.
Notwithstanding
anything else contained in the Deposit Agreement or any ADR, the Depositary
shall not have any obligation to take any action with respect to any meeting, or
solicitation of consents or proxies, of holders of Deposited Securities if the
taking of such action would violate U.S. laws. The Company agrees to
take any and all actions reasonably necessary to enable Holders and Beneficial
Owners to exercise the voting rights accruing to the Deposited Securities,
including requesting its U.S. counsel to deliver an opinion addressing any such
actions requested to be taken if so requested by the Depositary.
There can
be no assurance that Holders generally or any Holder in particular will receive
the notice described above with sufficient time to enable the Holder to return
voting instructions to the Depositary in a timely manner.
(17) Changes Affecting Deposited
Securities. Upon any change in nominal or par value, split-up,
cancellation, consolidation or any other reclassification of Deposited
Securities, or upon any recapitalization, reorganization, merger, consolidation
or sale of assets affecting the Company or to which it is a party, any
securities which shall be received by the Depositary or the Custodian in
exchange for, or in conversion of or replacement of or otherwise in respect of,
such Deposited Securities shall, to the extent permitted by law, be treated as
new Deposited Securities under the Deposit Agreement, and the ADRs shall,
subject to the provisions of the Deposit Agreement and applicable law, evidence
ADSs representing the right to receive such additional or replacement
securities. In giving effect to such change, split-up, cancellation,
consolidation or other reclassification of Deposited Securities,
recapitalization, reorganization, merger, consolidation or sale of assets, the
Depositary may, with the Company’s approval, and shall, if the Company shall so
request, subject to the terms of the Deposit Agreement and receipt of an opinion
of counsel to the Company satisfactory to the Depositary that such actions are
not in violation of any applicable laws or regulations, (i) issue and
deliver additional ADSs as in the case of a stock dividend on the Shares,
(ii) amend the Deposit Agreement and the applicable ADRs, (iii) amend
the applicable Registration Statement(s) on Form F-6 as filed with the
Commission in respect of the ADSs, (iv) call for the surrender of
outstanding ADRs to be exchanged for new ADRs, and (v) take such other
actions as are appropriate to reflect the transaction with respect to the
ADSs. The Company agrees to, jointly with the Depositary, amend the
Registration Statement on Form F-6 as filed with the Commission to permit the
issuance of such new form of ADRs. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in
the event that any security so received may not be lawfully distributed to some
or all Holders, the Depositary may, with the Company’s approval, and shall, if
the Company requests, subject to receipt of an opinion of Company’s counsel
satisfactory to the Depositary that such action is not in violation of any
applicable laws or regulations, sell such securities at public or private sale,
at such place or places and upon such terms as it may deem proper and may
allocate the net proceeds of such sales (net of (a) fees and charges of, and
expenses incurred by, the Depositary and (b) taxes) for the account of the
Holders otherwise entitled to such securities upon an averaged or other
practicable basis without regard to any distinctions among such Holders and
distribute the net proceeds so allocated to the extent practicable as in the
case of a distribution received in cash pursuant to Section 4.2 of the
Deposit Agreement. The Depositary shall not be responsible for (i)
any failure to determine that it may be lawful or practicable to make such
securities available to Holders in general or to any Holder in particular, (ii)
any foreign exchange exposure or loss incurred in connection with such sale, or
(iii) any liability to the purchaser of such securities.
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(18) Certain Rights of the
Depositary; Limitations. Subject to the further terms and
provisions of this paragraph, the Depositary and its agents may own and deal in
any class of securities of the Company and its affiliates and in ADSs. The
Depositary may issue ADSs against evidence of rights to receive Shares from the
Company, or any custodian, registrar, transfer agent, clearing agency or other
entity involved in ownership or transaction records in respect of the Shares.
Such evidence of rights shall consist of written blanket or specific guarantees
of ownership of Shares furnished on behalf of the holder thereof. The Depositary
shall not lend Shares or ADSs; provided, however, that the
Depositary reserves the right to (i) issue ADSs prior to the receipt of
Shares pursuant to Section 2.2 of the Deposit Agreement and
(ii) deliver Shares prior to the receipt and cancellation of ADSs pursuant
to Section 2.5 of the Deposit Agreement, including ADSs which were issued under
(i) above but for which Shares may not have been received (each such transaction
a “Pre-Release
Transaction”). The Depositary may receive ADSs in lieu of
Shares under (i) above and receive Shares in lieu of ADSs under (ii) above. Each
such transaction shall be (a) accompanied by (x) a written
representation by the person or entity (the "Applicant") to whom
ADSs are issued or Shares delivered that at the time the Depositary issues such
ADSs or delivers such Shares, the Applicant or its customer owns the Shares or
ADSs to be delivered to the Depositary, or (y) such evidence of ownership
of Shares or ADSs as the Depositary deems appropriate, (b) subject to a
written representation by the Applicant that it will hold such Shares or ADSs in
trust for the Depositary until their delivery to the Depositary or custodian,
reflect on its records the Depositary as owner of such Shares or ADSs and
deliver such Shares upon the Depositary's request, (c) at all times fully
collateralized (marked to market daily) with cash, United States government
securities, or other collateral of comparable safety and liquidity,
(d) terminable by the Depositary on not more than five (5) business
days notice, and (e) subject to such further indemnities and credit regulations
as the Depositary deems appropriate. The Depositary intends that the number of
ADSs issued by it under (i) above and outstanding at any time, generally will
not exceed thirty percent (30%) of the ADSs issued by the Depositary and
with respect to which Shares are on deposit with the Depositary or custodian;
provided, however, that the Depositary reserves the right to change or disregard
such limit from time to time as the Depositary deems appropriate. The Depositary
will also set limits with respect to the number of ADSs and Shares involved in
transactions to be effected hereunder with any one person on a case by case
basis as it deems appropriate.
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(19) Exoneration. Neither
the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, employees,
agents or affiliates shall be obligated to do or perform any act which is
inconsistent with the provisions of the Deposit Agreement or incur any liability
(i) if the Depositary or the Company or any of their respective directors,
employees, agents or affiliates shall be prevented or forbidden from, or delayed
in, doing or performing any act or thing required by the terms of the Deposit
Agreement or the Foreign Exchange Contract, by reason of any provision of any
present or future law, regulation, order, decree, moratorium or fiat of the
United States, Chile or any other country, or of any other governmental
authority (including any action by the Central Bank under the Foreign Exchange
Contract) or regulatory authority or stock exchange, or on account of the
possible criminal or civil penalties or restraint, or by reason of any
provision, present or future, of the Foreign Exchange Contract or of the
Estatutos of the Company or any provision of or governing any Deposited
Securities, or by reason of any act of God, war or terrorism or other
circumstances beyond its control (including, without limitation,
nationalization, expropriation, currency restrictions, work stoppage, strikes,
civil unrest, acts of terrorism, revolutions, rebellions, explosions and
computer failure), (ii) by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise,
any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement or in the Estatutos of the
Company or provisions of or governing Deposited Securities, (iii) for any action
or inaction in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel,
accountants, any governmental authority, any person presenting Shares for
deposit, any Holder, any Beneficial Owner or authorized representative thereof,
or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such
advice or information, (iv) for the inability by a Holder or Beneficial Owner to
benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made
available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the
Deposit Agreement, made available to Holders of ADSs, or (v) for any
consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit
Agreement. The Depositary, its controlling persons, its agents, any
Custodian and the Company, its controlling persons and its agents may rely and
shall be protected in acting upon any written notice, request or other document
believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper
party or parties. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act
is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement.
(20) Standard of
Care. The Company and the Depositary assume no obligation and
shall not be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement or this ADR to
any Holder(s) or Beneficial Owner(s), except that the Company and Depositary
agree to perform their respective obligations specifically set forth in the
Deposit Agreement and this ADR without negligence or bad
faith. Without limitation of the foregoing, neither the Depositary,
nor the Company, nor any of their respective controlling persons, or agents,
shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit
or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the
ADSs, which in its opinion may involve it in expense or liability, unless
indemnity satisfactory to it against all expense (including fees and
disbursements of counsel) and liability be furnished as often as may be required
(and no Custodian shall be under any obligation whatsoever with respect to such
proceedings, the responsibility of the Custodian being solely to the
Depositary). The Depositary and its agents shall not be liable for
any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited
Securities, or for the manner in which any vote is cast or the effect of any
vote, provided that any such action or omission is in good faith and in
accordance with the terms of the Deposit Agreement. The Depositary
shall not incur any liability for any failure to determine that any distribution
or action may be lawful or reasonably practicable, for the content of any
information submitted to it by the Company for distribution to the Holders or
for any inaccuracy of any translation thereof, for any investment risk
associated with acquiring an interest in the Deposited Securities, for the
validity or worth of the Deposited Securities or for any tax consequences that
may result from the ownership of ADSs, Shares or Deposited Securities, for the
credit-worthiness of any third party, for allowing any rights to lapse upon the
terms of the Deposit Agreement, for the failure or timeliness of any notice from
the Company, or for any action or failure to act by, or any information provided
or not provided by, DTC or any DTC participant.
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The
Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor
depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the
Depositary or in connection with any matter arising wholly after the removal or
resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of
which such potential liability arises the Depositary performed its obligations
without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary.
(21) Resignation and Removal of
Depositary; Substitution of the Custodian. The Depositary may
at any time resign as Depositary under the Deposit Agreement upon 90 days
written notice of its election so to do delivered to the Company, such
resignation to take effect upon the appointment of a successor depositary and
its acceptance of such appointment as provided in the Deposit
Agreement. The Depositary may at any time be removed by the Company
upon 90 days written notice of such removal effective upon the appointment of a
successor depositary and its acceptance of such appointment as provided in the
Deposit Agreement. In case at any time the Depositary acting
hereunder shall resign or be removed, the Company shall use its best efforts to
appoint a successor depositary, which shall be a bank or trust company having an
office in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York. Every successor
depositary shall execute and deliver to its predecessor and to the Company an
instrument in writing accepting its appointment hereunder and a new foreign
exchange agreement among the Central Bank, the Company and such successor
depositary, and thereupon such successor depositary, without any further act or
deed, shall become fully vested with all the rights, powers, duties and
obligations of its predecessor; but such predecessor, nevertheless, upon payment
of all sums due it and on the written request of the Company shall execute and
deliver an instrument transferring to such successor all rights and powers of
such predecessor hereunder, shall duly assign, transfer and deliver all right,
title and interest in the Deposited Securities to such successor, and shall
deliver to such successor a list of the Holders of all outstanding ADSs and such
other books and records maintained by such predecessor with respect to its
function as Depositary hereunder. Any such successor depositary shall promptly
mail notice of its appointment to the Holders. The Depositary agrees that it
will, after the appointment of any successor depositary, continue to cooperate
with the Company and such successor depositary to arrange for the execution of
an amendment to or a replacement of the Foreign Exchange Contract, and the
Depositary shall be reimbursed for its reasonable out of pocket expenses in
connection therewith.
Any
corporation into or with which the Depositary may be merged or consolidated
shall be the successor of the Depositary without the execution or filing of any
document or any further act.
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(22) Amendment/Supplement. Subject
to the terms and conditions of this paragraph 22, the Deposit Agreement and
applicable law, this ADR and any provisions of the Deposit Agreement may at any
time and from time to time be amended or supplemented by written agreement
between the Company and the Depositary in any respect which they may deem
necessary or desirable without the prior written consent of the Holders or
Beneficial Owners. Any amendment or supplement which shall impose or
increase any fees or charges (other than charges in connection with foreign
exchange control regulations, and taxes and other governmental charges, delivery
and other such expenses), or which shall otherwise materially prejudice any
substantial existing right of Holders or Beneficial Owners, shall not, however,
become effective as to outstanding ADSs until the expiration of thirty (30) days
after notice of such amendment or supplement shall have been given to the
Holders of outstanding ADSs. Notice of any amendment to the Deposit
Agreement or any ADR shall not need to describe in detail the specific
amendments effectuated thereby, and failure to describe the specific amendments
in any such notice shall not render such notice invalid, provided, however, that, in
each such case, the notice given to the Holders identifies a means for Holders
and Beneficial Owners to retrieve or receive the text of such amendment (i.e., upon retrieval from the
Commission’s, the Depositary’s or the Company’s website or upon request from the
Depositary). The parties hereto agree that any amendments or
supplements which (i) are reasonably necessary (as agreed by the Company and the
Depositary) in order for (a) the ADSs to be registered on Form F-6 under the
Securities Act or (b) the ADSs to be settled solely in electronic book-entry
form and (ii) do not in either such case impose or increase any fees or charges
to be borne by Holders, shall be deemed not to materially prejudice any
substantial rights of Holders or Beneficial Owners. Every Holder and
Beneficial Owner at the time any amendment or supplement so becomes effective
shall be deemed, by continuing to hold such ADSs, to consent and agree to such
amendment or supplement and to be bound by the Deposit Agreement and this ADR,
if applicable, as amended or supplemented thereby. In no event shall
any amendment or supplement impair the right of the Holder to surrender such ADS
and receive therefor the Deposited Securities represented thereby, except in
order to comply with mandatory provisions of applicable
law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any governmental body should
adopt new laws, rules or regulations which would require an amendment of, or
supplement to, the Deposit Agreement to ensure compliance therewith, the Company
and the Depositary may amend or supplement the Deposit Agreement and this ADR at
any time in accordance with such changed laws, rules or
regulations. Such amendment or supplement to the Deposit Agreement
and this ADR in such circumstances may become effective before a notice of such
amendment or supplement is given to Holders or within any other period of time
as required for compliance with such laws, rules or regulations.
(23) Termination. The
Depositary shall, at any time at the written direction of the Company, terminate
the Deposit Agreement by distributing notice of such termination to the Holders
of all ADSs then outstanding at least thirty (30) days prior to the date fixed
in such notice for such termination. If ninety (90) days shall have
expired after (i) the Depositary shall have delivered to the Company a written
notice of its election to resign, or (ii) the Company shall have delivered to
the Depositary a written notice of the removal of the Depositary, and, in either
case, a successor depositary shall not have been appointed and accepted its
appointment as provided in Section 5.4 of the Deposit Agreement, the Depositary
may terminate the Deposit Agreement by distributing notice of such termination
to the Holders of all ADSs then outstanding at least thirty (30) days prior to
the date fixed in such notice for such termination. The date so fixed
for termination of the Deposit Agreement in any termination notice so
distributed by the Depositary to the Holders of ADSs is referred to as the
“Termination
Date”. Until the Termination Date, the Depositary shall
continue to perform all of its obligations under the Deposit Agreement, and the
Holders and Beneficial Owners will be entitled to all of their rights under the
Deposit Agreement.
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If any
ADSs shall remain outstanding after the Termination Date, the Registrar and the
Depositary shall not, after the Termination Date, have any obligation to perform
any further acts under the Deposit Agreement, except that the Depositary shall,
subject, in each case, to the terms and conditions of the Deposit Agreement,
continue to (i) collect dividends and other distributions pertaining to
Deposited Securities, (ii) sell securities and other property received in
respect of Deposited Securities, (iii) deliver Deposited Securities, together
with any dividends or other distributions received with respect thereto and the
net proceeds of the sale of any securities or other property, in exchange for
ADSs surrendered to the Depositary (after deducting, or charging, as the case
may be, in each case, the fees and charges of, and expenses incurred by, the
Depositary, and all applicable taxes or governmental charges for the account of
the Holders and Beneficial Owners, in each case upon the terms set forth in
Section 5.9 of the Deposit Agreement), and (iv) take such actions as may be
required under applicable law in connection with its role as Depositary under
the Deposit Agreement.
At any
time after the Termination Date, the Depositary may sell the Deposited
Securities then held under the Deposit Agreement and shall after such sale hold
un-invested the net proceeds of such sale, together with any other cash then
held by it under the Deposit Agreement, in an un-segregated account and without
liability for interest, for the pro - rata benefit of the Holders whose ADSs
have not theretofore been surrendered. After making such sale, the
Depositary shall be discharged from all obligations under the Deposit Agreement
except (i) to account for such net proceeds and other cash (after deducting, or
charging, as the case may be, in each case, the fees and charges of, and
expenses incurred by, the Depositary, and all applicable taxes or governmental
charges for the account of the Holders and Beneficial Owners, in each case upon
the terms set forth in Section 5.9 of the Deposit Agreement), and (ii) as may be
required at law in connection with the termination of the Deposit
Agreement. After the Termination Date, the Company shall be
discharged from all obligations under the Deposit Agreement, except for its
obligations to the Depositary under Sections 5.8, 5.9 and 7.6 of the Deposit
Agreement. The obligations under the terms of the Deposit Agreement
of Holders and Beneficial Owners of ADSs outstanding as of the Termination Date
shall survive the Termination Date and shall be discharged only when the
applicable ADSs are presented by their Holders to the Depositary for
cancellation under the terms of the Deposit Agreement.
(24) Compliance with U.S.
Securities Laws. Notwithstanding anything in the Deposit
Agreement to the contrary, the Company and the Depositary each agrees that it
will not exercise any rights it has under the Deposit Agreement to prevent the
withdrawal or delivery of Deposited Securities in a manner which would violate
the United States securities laws, including, but not limited to, Section I.A.
(1) of the General Instructions to the Form F-6 Registration Statement, as
amended from time to time, under the Securities Act of 1933.
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(ASSIGNMENT
AND TRANSFER SIGNATURE LINES)
FOR VALUE
RECEIVED, the undersigned Holder hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto
______________________________ whose taxpayer identification number is
_______________________ and whose address including postal zip code is
________________, the within ADS and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably
constituting and appointing ________________________ attorney-in-fact to
transfer said ADS on the books of the Depositary with full power of substitution
in the premises.
Dated:
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Name:
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By:
Title:
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NOTICE:
The signature of the Holder to this assignment must correspond with the
name as written upon the face of the within instrument in every
particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change
whatsoever.
If
the endorsement be executed by an attorney, executor, administrator,
trustee or guardian, the person executing the endorsement must give
his/her full title in such capacity and proper evidence of authority to
act in such capacity, if not on file with the Depositary, must be
forwarded with this ADR.
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__________________________
SIGNATURE
GUARANTEED
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All
endorsements or assignments of ADRs must be guaranteed by a member of a
Medallion Signature Program approved by the Securities Transfer
Association, Inc.
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Legends
[The
ADRs issued in respect of Partial Entitlement American Depositary Shares shall
bear the following legend on the face of the ADR: “This ADR evidences
ADSs representing 'partial entitlement' common shares of Empresa
Nacional de Electricidad S.A. and as such do not entitle the holders thereof to
the same per-share entitlement as other common shares (which are 'full
entitlement' common shares) issued and outstanding at such time. The
ADSs represented by this ADR shall entitle holders to distributions and
entitlements identical to other ADSs when the common shares represented by such
ADSs become 'full entitlement' common shares.”]
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EXHIBIT
B
FEE
SCHEDULE
DEPOSITARY
FEES AND RELATED CHARGES
All
capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning
given to such terms in the Deposit Agreement.
I.
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Depositary
Fees
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The
Company, the Holders, the Beneficial Owners and the persons depositing Shares or
surrendering ADSs for cancellation agree to pay the following fees of the
Depositary:
Service
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Rate
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By
Whom Paid
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(1) |
Issuance
of ADSs upon deposit of Shares (excluding issuances as a result of
distributions described in paragraph (4) below).
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Up
to U.S. $5.00 per 100 ADSs (or fraction thereof) issued.
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Person
depositing Shares or person receiving ADSs.
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(2) |
Delivery
of Deposited Securities against surrender of ADSs.
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Up
to U.S. $5.00 per 100 ADSs (or fraction thereof)
surrendered.
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Person
surrendering ADSs for the purpose of withdrawal of Deposited Securities or
person to whom Deposited Securities are delivered.
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(3) |
Distribution
of cash dividends or other cash distributions (i.e., sale of rights
and other entitlements).
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Up
to U.S. $5.00 per 100 ADSs (or fraction thereof) held.
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Person
to whom distribution is made.
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(4) |
Distribution
of ADSs pursuant to (i) stock dividends or other free stock distributions,
or (ii) exercise of rights to purchase additional
ADSs.
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Up
to U.S. $5.00 per 100 ADSs (or fraction thereof) held.
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Person
to whom distribution is made.
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(5) |
Distribution
of securities other than ADSs or rights to purchase additional ADSs (i.e., spin-off
shares).
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Up
to U.S. $5.00 per 100 ADSs (or fraction thereof) held.
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Person
to whom distribution is made.
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(6) |
Depositary
Services.
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Up
to U.S. $5.00 per 100 ADSs (or fraction thereof) held on the applicable
record date(s) established by the Depositary.
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Person
holding ADSs on the applicable record date(s) established by the
Depositary.
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II.
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Charges
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Holders,
Beneficial Owners, persons depositing Shares and persons surrendering ADSs for
cancellation and for the purpose of withdrawing Deposited Securities shall be
responsible for the following charges:
(i)
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taxes
(including applicable interest and penalties) and other governmental
charges;
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(ii)
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such
registration fees as may from time to time be in effect for the
registration of Shares or other Deposited Securities on the share register
and applicable to transfers of Shares or other Deposited Securities to or
from the name of the Custodian, the Depositary or any nominees upon the
making of deposits and withdrawals,
respectively;
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(iii)
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such
cable, telex and facsimile transmission and delivery expenses as are
expressly provided in the Deposit Agreement to be at the expense of the
person depositing or withdrawing Shares or Holders and Beneficial Owners
of ADSs;
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(iv)
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the
expenses and charges incurred by the Depositary in the conversion of
foreign currency;
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(v)
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such
fees and expenses as are incurred by the Depositary in connection with
compliance with exchange control regulations and other regulatory
requirements applicable to Shares, Deposited Securities, ADSs and ADRs;
and
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(vi)
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the
fees and expenses incurred by the Depositary, the Custodian, or any
nominee in connection with the servicing or delivery of Deposited
Securities.
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