Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A. announced that its shareholders at the company's 41st General Ordinary Meeting approved the distribution and payment of a final dividend of USD 0.40496 per share for 2016. Shall pay and distribute as of May 06, 2016.

The shareholders also approved the distribution and payment of a special dividend ("dividendo eventual") of USD 150 million, equivalent to USD 0.56992 per share, to be charged to the Company's retained earnings. This special dividend will also be paid and distributed as of May 06, 2016.

The shareholders appointed Mrs. Joanne L. Boyes and Messrs. Gonzalo Guerrero Y., Robert A. Kirkpatrick, Hans Dieter Linneberg A., Eugenio Ponce L., Arnfinn F. Prugger, Julio Rebolledo D., and Edward J. Waitzer as new Directors of the company and approve the compensation they will receive. It is noted that Messrs. Hans Dieter Linneberg A., Julio Rebolledo D., and Edward J. Waitzer were proposed and appointed as Independent Directors.