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

 

April 2020

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.
SECURITIES REGISTRY : 00124
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 Chilean Superintendence of Securities and Insurance, today Financial Market Commission (Comisión para el Mercado Financiero), and being duly empowered to this effect by the Board of Directors, I hereby report the following regarding Embotelladora Andina S.A. (the "Company"), its business, its securities or tender offer, as a material event:

 

At Board session of the Company held on April 28, 2020, the following was agreed:

 

1.Appoint Mr. Juan Claro González as Chairman of the Board of Directors and Mr. José Antonio Garcés Silva as Vice Chairman of the Board.

 

2.Appoint Mrs. Pilar Lamana Gaete and Mr. Gonzalo Parot Palma, as Independent directors, and Mr. Salvador Said Somavía as members of the Director´s Committee established by article 50 bis of the Chilean Corporate Law.

 

Santiago, April 29, 2020.

 

Jaime Cohen Arancibia

Corporate 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, April 29, 2020