Company: AKO-B
Filing Date: 2025-03-26
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001410578-25-000473
Chunk: 36

Company: ANDINA BOTTLING CO INC
Filing Date: 2025-03-26
Form: 20-F
Item: Item 4
Chunk 36
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ITEM 4.INFORMATION ON THE COMPANY

A.   HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMPANY
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Overview
Our legal name is Embotelladora Andina S.A., and our commercial name is Coca-Cola Andina. We were incorporated and organized under Chilean law as a sociedad anónima on February 7, 1946. An abstract of our bylaws is registered in the Registro de Comercio del Conservador de Bienes Raíces de Santiago (Public Registry of Commerce of the Real Estate Commission Administrator of the City of Santiago) under No. 581 of the year 1946. Pursuant to our bylaws, our term of duration is indefinite.
Our common shares are listed and traded on the Santiago Stock Exchange and on the Bolsa Electrónica de Chile (the Chilean Electronic Stock Exchange). Our Series A and Series B ADRs representing our Series A and Series B shares, respectively, are listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
Our principal executive offices are located at Avenida Miraflores 9153, Floor 7, Renca, Santiago, Chile. Our telephone number is +562-2338-0520 and our website is www.koandina.com.
Our depositary agent for the ADRs in the United States is The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, located at 240 Greenwich Street, New York, New York 10286. Our depositary agent’s telephone number is +1 888 269 2377 (toll free number for U.S. calls) and +1 201 680 6825 (for international calls). Our authorized representative in the United States is Puglisi & Associates, located at 850 Library Avenue, Suite 204, Newark, Delaware 19711-7144, United States, and its phone number is (302) 738-6680.
History
Chile
In 1941, The Coca-Cola Company licensed a private Chilean company to produce Coca-Cola soft drinks in Chile and production began in 1943. In 1946, the original licensee withdrew from the license arrangement and a group of U.S. and Chilean investors formed Andina, which became The Coca-Cola Company’s sole licensee in Chile.
Between 1946 and the early 1980s, Andina developed the Chilean market for Coca-Cola soft drinks with a system of production and distribution facilities covering the central and southern regions of Chile. In the early 1980s, Andina sold