UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM 6-K
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REPORT OF FOREIGN ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15b-16 OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
March 2007
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported)
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Embotelladora Andina S.A.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Andina Bottling Company, Inc.
(Translation of Registrant´s name into English)
Avenida Andres Bello 2687
Piso 20, Las Condes
Santiago, Chile
(Address of principal executive office)
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports
under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
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permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):
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MATERIAL EVENT
CORPORATE NAME
EMBOTELLADORA ANDINA S.A.
SECURITIES REGISTRY
00124
TAXPAYER I.D.
91.144.000-8
The following material event is reported by virtue of the stipulations in Article 9 and subparagraph 2 of Article 10 of Law 18,045, and the provisions in Section II.1.B.3 of General Rule No. 30 of the Superintendency of Securities and Insurance:
The following was discussed at a special meeting of the Company's Board of Directors held yesterday March 6, 2007:
It was resolved to propose to the Shareholders Meeting the payment of anAdditionalDividendon account of the Retained Earnings Fund, additional to the Final Dividend for the 2006 fiscal year (approved and disclosed last February), for the following amounts:
a)
CH$65.190 (sixty five pesos and 190/100) per Series A share; and
b)
CH$71.709 (seventy-one pesos and 709/100) per Series B share.
If approved by the Shareholders Meeting, this Additional Dividend would be paid starting July 5, 2007 and the Shareholders Registry would be closed June 28, 2007 for the determination of the recipients of payment.
Santiago, March 7, 2007
Pedro Pellegrini Ripamonti Corporate Legal Manager Embotelladora Andina S.A.
0217-2007
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Santiago, Chile.
EMBOTELLADORA ANDINA S.A.
By:/s/ Osvaldo Garay
Name: Osvaldo Garay
Title: Chief Financial Officer
Santiago, March 8, 2007