Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile (SQM) Announces Interim Dividend Payment

November 17, 2009 4:47 PM EST

Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile S.A. (SQM) (NYSE: SQM) announced the payment of an interim dividend in the amount of US$0.37994 per share (approximately US$100 million or 40% of net income for the first nine months of 2009). At its meeting today the Company's Board of Directors agreed to distribute an interim dividend, as outlined in the 2009 Dividend Policy approved at its Shareholders' Meeting on April 29, 2009.

The interim dividend, which will be charged to 2009 net income, will be paid on December 16, 2009, in favor of those shareholders registered in the Company's Book of Shareholders during the fifth working day prior to the day of such payment. The pertinent amount will be paid in its equivalent in Chilean pesos, based on the "Observed Dollar" rate that should be published by the Official Gazette on December 10, 2009.

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