Form 6-K - Report of foreign issuer [Rules 13a-16 and 15d-16]

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 6-K

 

REPORT OF FOREIGN ISSUER

PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15b-16 OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

December 2023

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported)

 

Embotelladora Andina S.A.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Andina Bottling Company, Inc.

(Translation of Registrant´s name into English)

 

Avda. Miraflores 9153

Renca

Santiago, Chile

(Address of principal executive office)

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

Form 20-F x    Form 40-F ¨

 

Indicate by check mark if the Registrant is submitting this Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):

Yes ¨    No x

 

Indicate by check mark if the Registrant is submitting this Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):

Yes ¨    No x

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form 6-K is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Yes ¨    No x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MATERIAL EVENT

 

CORPORATE NAME	:	EMBOTELLADORA ANDINA S.A.
TAXPAYER I.D.	:	91.144.000-8

 

 

By virtue of the stipulations in Article 9 and subparagraph 2 of Article 10 of Law 18,045, and the provisions in General Rule No. 30, Section II of the Comisión para el Mercado Financiero, and being duly empowered to this effect, I hereby report the following regarding Embotelladora Andina S.A. (the "Company"), its business, its securities or tender offer, as a material event:

 

INTERIM DIVIDEND

 

As authorized by the Regular Shareholders’ Meeting held on April 20, 2023, the Board of Directors during session held on December 28, 2023, agreed to distribute the following amounts as interim dividend:

 

a)

Ch$32.0 (thirty-two Chilean pesos) per each Series A Shares; and

 

b)

Ch$35.20 (thirty-five point two Chilean pesos) per each Series B Shares.

 

This dividend will be paid on account of income from the 2023 fiscal year and will be available to shareholders beginning January 25, 2024. The Shareholders’ Registry will close on the fifth business day prior to the payment date.

 

Santiago, December 29, 2023.

 

Jaime Cohen Arancibia

Chief Legal Officer

Embotelladora Andina S.A.

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Santiago, Chile.

 

	EMBOTELLADORA ANDINA S.A.
	By:	/s/ Jaime Cohen
	Name: Jaime Cohen
	Title: Chief Legal Officer

 

Santiago, December 29, 2023.

 

 

 

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