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LATAM Airlines Group announces cancellation of BDR program
April 05, 2016

 

Santiago, Chile, April 5, 2016 LATAM AIRLINES GROUP S.A. ("LATAM" or "The Company"), a public company duly constituted and governed by Chilean laws, in relation to the provisions of the Instrucción da Comissão de Valores Mobiliários ("CVM") nº 358, of January 3rd, 2002, according to its amendments, informs its shareholders of Brazilian Depositary Receipts ("BDRs") of the following material fact:

 

As of this date the Board of Directors of LATAM approved the cancellation of the BDR program ("Cancellation"), with the subsequent termination of its existing foreign issuer registration on the CVM, in accordance with article 48, sole paragraph, of the Instruction CVM nº 480 of December 7th, 2009, according to its amendments ("Instructions CVM 480").

 

The cancellation will take place through the sale of the underlying common stock of the BDRs ("Shares") in the Santiago Stock Exchange, through the procedure named Sale Facility. The BDRs holders that don't want to sell the Shares may remain as shareholders of LATAM in Chile, acknowledging that each BDR represents one Share.

 

The Cancellation procedure was duly approved by the CVM Council in a meeting held on February 2nd, 2016, according to the Resolution n° 70/2016-CVM/SRE/GER-2.

 

The additional information and instructions related to the Cancellation will be informed to the market through a LATAM BDR Holders' Notice   to be published on April 7th, 2016, in the Diário Oficial do Estado de São Paulo, Valor Econômico and on the website of the Company. http://www.latamairlinesgroup.net

 

Finally, the will keep the market informed of relevant facts related to the cancellation of its BDR program.