BOARD OF DIRECTORS' CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY. GENERAL ASPECTS.
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In its ongoing commitment to continuous improvement in good Corporate Governance practices, Aguas Andinas S.A. (hereinafter, interchangeably, "Aguas Andinas", the "Company", the "Company" or the "Company"), has been moving towards the implementation of best practices on management of conflicts of interest and transactions with related parties. Thus, in the past, this Board of Directors has approved the Board Code of Conduct (2013), the Manual for Handling Information of Interest to the Market (2010), the General Policy on Habituality (2010) and the Company has also prepared the Compendium of Policies and Procedures on Corporate Governance (2015) and the Compliance Management System documents related to these matters, among which are the Procedure for Gifts, Invitations and Travel and the Procedure for Managing Conflicts of Interest.
In this context, the Company has prepared the following document in order to establish the general criteria for managing conflicts of interest by its members, identify the main situations that could constitute a potential conflict of interest, as well as to determine the mechanisms to declare, address and resolve such conflicts by the Directors, General Manager and Senior Executives (all together hereinafter and indistinctly "the Directors"). Thus, with the "Conflict of Interest Management Procedure" and related documents, which apply to all other members of the Company, all persons related to Aguas Andinas and its subsidiaries have a regulatory framework of reference for handling a conflict of interest.
The OECD Principles of Corporate Governance published in 1999 (the "Principles") have become an international frame of reference for legislators, investors, securities issuers and other stakeholders around the world, identifying the foundations of good corporate governance and providing practical guidance for their application at the national level. In relation to related party transactions, the Principles provide that such transactions shall be approved and conducted in a manner that adequately manages conflicts of interest and protects the interests of the company and its shareholders. The above in consideration of the fact that these operations may involve a potential abuse and the solution is that conflicts are dealt with in an adequate manner, through appropriate measures of supervision and disclosure of data, among others. Status: Approved Name: Conflict of Interest Management Policy Type: Document Version number: 00 Code: GA010066 Effective date: 02/28/2023 Page: 4 of 8 Printing date: 02/28/2023 Integrated Management System Andinas Group In accordance with the provisions of Article 50 bis of the Corporations Law, as amended by Law 21.314, the Directors' Committee is responsible for proposing a general conflict of interest policy. Based on the foregoing, in ordinary meeting No. 538 of February 28, 2023, the Company's Directors' Committee proposed to the Board of Directors the present version of the Conflicts of Interest Management Policy, which was approved by said body in the aforementioned meeting. In the application of the Policy, and in the actions carried out in its application, the current legislation of the Securities Market that affects the specific scope of activity of the Company must be respected, and in particular, Law 18,045 on the Securities Market (hereinafter also the "LMV"), and Law 18. 046 on Corporations (hereinafter also the "LSA"), both dated October 22, 1981, the Corporations Regulations, approved by Supreme Decree 702 of the Ministry of Finance in 2011, as well as the regulations in force issued by the Financial Market Commission (hereinafter the "CMF"), including those issued by its legal predecessor, the Superintendency of Securities and Insurance.