Company: SQM
Filing Date: 2025-04-03
Form Type: 6-K
Source: 0000909037-25-000010
Chunk: 155

Company: CHEMICAL & MINING CO OF CHILE INC
Filing Date: 2025-04-03
Form: 6-K
Chunk 155
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aweel, a shareholder of Abu Dhabi Fertilizer Industries Company LLC ("Adfert"), filed a claim against SQM Corporation NV, other shareholders and former officers and directors of Adfert appointed by SQM Corporation NV, with the Settlement Center of the Abu Dhabi Commercial Court of First Instance, which alleges a debt of AED 73.5 million. The lawsuit is being heard by the Abu Dhabi. (g) In May 2023, Mr. Luis Guillermo Benítez Peña and 17 other employees filed a lawsuit against a contractor, the Company and six other companies with the Labor Court of San Miguel for indirect dismissal, annulment of dismissal and payment of employment benefits The proceeding is in the ruling stage. On August 28, 2024, a ruling was issued rejecting the claim against the Company. On January 21, 2025, one of the main defendants filed an appeal for unification of jurisprudence, which is currently pending. The amount of the lawsuit is approximately MUS$358.

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements December 31, 2024 131 (h) In January 2024, Mr. José Luis Carreño Soto filed a lawsuit for protection of fundamental rights against a contractor company and the Company before the Labor Court of Antofagasta. On December 3, 2024, the plaintiff and the main defendant signed an agreement, and the plaintiff completely withdrew the lawsuit, thus ending the trial. (i) In February 2024, Mr. Emiliano Malebrán Pallauta, Mr. Rubén Valenzuela González and Mr. José Aguilera Flores filed a lawsuit against the Company through the Labor Court of Iquique for protection of fundamental rights and secondarily for wrongful dismissal and collection of unpaid wages and severance pay. On January 13, 2025, the court ruled partially in favor of the claim and ordered the Company to pay the sum of MUS$263. On January 24, 2025, the Company filed an appeal for annulment, which is still pending. (j) In February 2024, Mr. Manuel Jesús Lobos Cortés filed a lawsuit against the Company through the Labor Court of Iquique for damages caused by occupational illness. The case is awaiting the issuance of a ruling. The lawsuit totals approximately ThUS$279. (k) In September 2024, the subsidiary Sichuan Dixin New Energy Co., Ltd. was