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
April 20, 2006
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)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual
reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Form 20-F ___X___ Form 40-F _______
Indicate by check mark if the Registrant is submitting this Form 6-K in paper
as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):
Yes _______ No ___X____
Indicate by check mark if the Registrant is submitting this Form 6-K in paper
as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):
Yes _______ No ___X____
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information
contained in this Form 6-K is also thereby
furnishing the information to the
Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 Yes _______ No ___X____
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ANDINA BOTTLING CORPORATION, INC.
REPORT ON FORM 6-K
Attached is an English translation of the letter dated April 20, 2006
filed by Andina Bottling Company, Inc. with the Bolsa de Comercio de Santiago
and the Superintendencia de Valores y Seguros.
By letter dated April 20, 2006, the Company reported that at the Regular
General Shareholders Meeting of Embotelladora Andina S.A., held on
April 19, 2006 (hereinafter the "Meeting"), among other matters, the following
was resolved:
1. The distribution of the following amounts as Final Dividend No. 150,
on account of the fiscal year ending December 31, 2005: (a) Ch$6.48
(six pesos and forty-eight cents) per Series A share; and b) Ch$7.128
(seven pesos and one hundred and twenty eight cents) per Series B share.
This dividend will be available to shareholders beginning April 27, 2006.
Regarding payment of this dividend, the Shareholders Registry will close
on April 21, 2006.
2. The distribution of an additional Dividend No. 151 on account of
retained earnings: (a)Ch$70.00 (seventy pesos) per Series A share; and
(b)Ch$77.00 (seventy seven pesos) per Series B share. This dividend will
be available to shareholders beginning June 1, 2006. Regarding payment of
this dividend, the Shareholders Registry will close on May 26, 2006.
3. The Meeting elected a new company board of directors in separate voting
by each series of shares, as follows :
Regular Alternate
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Juan Claro Gonzalez Ernesto Bertelsen Repetto
Jose Antonio Garces Silva (junior) Patricio Parodi Gil
James Robert Quincey Blakstad Jorge Hurtado Garreton
Arturo Majlis Albala Jose Miguel Barros Van Hovell tot Westerflier
Gonzalo Said Handal Jose Maria Eyzaguirre Baeza
Salvador Said Somavia Jose Domingo Eluchans Urenda
Heriberto Urzua Sanchez Pedro Arturo Vicente Molina
For purposes of Article 50-bis, subparagraph 6 of the Chilean Corporation Law,
is it stipulated that Mr. Heriberto Urzua Sancheza and his alternate, Mr.
Pedro Arturo Vicente Molina, were elected by the Chilean Pension Funds and
thus, fulfill the definition of "independent" from the Controlling Shareholder
of the Company for Chilean legal purposes.
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/ Pedro Pellegrini Ripamonti
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Name: Pedro Pellegrini Ripamonti
Title: Corporate Legal Manager
Santiago, April 20, 2006