Form SC 13G CHEMICAL & MINING CO OF Filed by: RS INVESTMENT TRUST

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1	NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
	MacKenzie B. Davis
2	CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
	(a)☐
	(b)☐
3	SEC USE ONLY
4	CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
	United States
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH		5	SOLE VOTING POWER
			0
		6	SHARED VOTING POWER
			24,631,000
		7	SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
			0
		8	SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
			24,631,000
9	AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
	24,631,000
10	CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
	☐
11	PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)
	20.46%
12	TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
	HC; IN

 

1	NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
	RS Global Natural Resources Fund
2	CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
	(a)☐
	(b)☐
3	SEC USE ONLY
4	CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
	Massachusetts
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH		5	SOLE VOTING POWER
			0
		6	SHARED VOTING POWER
			8,742,847
		7	SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
			0
		8	SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
			8,742,847
9	AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
	8,742,847
10	CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
	☐
11	PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)
	7.26%
12	TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
	IV

Item 1.	(a)  Name of Issuer:
	Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile S.A. (the “Issuer”)
	(Also doing business as “Chemical and Mining Company of Chile Inc.”)
	(b)  Address of Issuer’s Principal Executive Offices:
	El Trovador 4285
	6th Floor
	Santiago, Chile

 

Item 2.	(a)  Name of Persons Filing:
	(i)   SailingStone Capital Partners LLC (“SailingStone”)
	(ii)  SalingStone Holdings LLC (“SailingStone Holdings”)
	(iii) MacKenzie B. Davis (“Davis”)
	(iv) Kenneth L. Settles Jr. (“Settles”)
	(v)  RS Global Natural Resources Fund (the “Fund”)

	(b).  Address of Principal Business Office or, if none, Residence:
	SailingStone, SailingStone Holdings, Davis and Settles:
	One California Street, 30th Floor
	San Francisco, California 94111
	The Fund:
	One Bush Street, Suite 900
	San Francisco, California 94104

 

 

	(c).  Citizenship or Place of Organization:
	SailingStone and SailingStone Holdings:  Delaware
	Davis and Settles:  United States
	The Fund: Massachusetts
	(d).  Title of Class of Securities:
	Series B Shares, in the form of American Depositary Shares
	(e).  CUSIP Number:
	833635105

 

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 Provide the following information regarding the aggregate number and percentage of the class of securities of the Issuer identified in Item 1.

 

 

 

 

 

 

		SailingStone Holdings LLC
Date:  May 25, 2016
		By: /s/ MacKenzie B. Davis
		Name: MacKenzie B. Davis
		Title:   Managing Member

 

 

 

		RS Investment Trust, on behalf of     RS Global Natural Resources Fund
Date:  May 25, 2016
		By: /s/ Marianne Clark
		Name: Marianne Clark
		Title:   Chief Compliance Officer

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EXHIBIT 1

 

WHEREAS, in accordance with Rule 13d-1(k)(1) under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Act”), only one joint Statement and any amendments thereto need to be filed whenever one or more persons  are required to file such a Statement or any amendments thereto pursuant to Section 13(d) of the Act with respect to the same securities, provided that said persons agree in writing that such Statement or amendments thereto is filed on behalf of each of them;

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:

SailingStone Capital Partners LLC, SailingStone Holdings LLC, MacKenzie B. Davis, Kenneth L. Settles Jr. and RS Investment Trust, on behalf of RS Global Natural Resources Fund, do hereby agree, in accordance with Rule 13d-1(k)(1) under the Act, to file a Statement on Schedule 13G relating to their ownership of the Series B Shares of the Issuer, and do hereby further agree that said Statement on Schedule 13G shall be filed on behalf of each of them.