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Item 1. The following is a free English translation of a report filed with the Chilean Superintendencia de Valores y Seguros on July 3, 2006:
Ref.: | IMPORTANT EVENT | |
Masisa S.A. | ||
Listed Company | ||
Chilean Securities Registration No. 825 |
Santiago, July 3, 2006
Mr.
Alberto Etchegaray de la Cerda
Superintendent
Superintendencia de Valores y Seguros
To whom it may concern:
In accordance with article 9 and paragraph two article 10 of Law No. 18,045 of the Securities Market and in General Rule No. 30 of the Superintendency, I, being duly authorized, hereby inform you about the following Important Event:
On June 30, 2006, the Company presented to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) its financial statements under US GAAP as of December 31, 2005. The preparation of these financial statements was based on a financial statement, prepared under Chilean GAAP, which shows a net income US$1,9 million lower than the net income reported in the financial statements (“FECU”) for that year, presented to the Superintendency of Securities and Insurance (SVS) on March 1, 2006.
This reduced result is due to a shortage of inventory affecting the balance of Packaging materials account and occurred as a result of a tariff parameterization error of the tariffs used for valuing the consumption of these materials in the Company’s costs system.
Using materiality criteria to evaluate the impact of this error in the financial statements, it was concluded that the amount of this error is not significant. However, as this error was detected after the issuance of the financial statements under the Chilean regulation (March 1, 2006) but before the issuance of the financial statements of the 20-F under the North American regulation (June 30, 2006), this error was incorporated into the financial statements reported to the SEC, complying with current regulation.
As the error is considered not significant by The Company, and in accordance to the accounting practices and criteria applied in Chile, will record the cumulative effect as of December 31, 2005 of US$1,9 million as a charge to Retained earnings in the Company’s Shareholders’ equity, and the effect during the first quarter of 2006, amounting to US$67 thousand, as a credit to income for this year. Both adjustments will be shown in the financial statements at March 31, 2006 which are the last financial statements reported by the Company, for which the respective financial statements (“FECU”) will be reissued.
Sincerely,
Enrique Cibié Bluth
Chief Executive Officer
Masisa S.A.
c.c. | Bolsa de Comercio de Santiago | |
Bolsa Electrónica de Chile | ||
Bolsa de Corredores de Valparaiso |
Date: July 5, 2006 | |||
Masisa S.A. | |||
By: | |||
/s/ Patricio Reyes | |||
Patricio Reyes | |||
General Counsel |