{"id":7816,"date":"2017-11-14T14:04:15","date_gmt":"2017-11-14T17:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vivirenchile.cl\/?page_id=7816"},"modified":"2017-11-19T16:30:17","modified_gmt":"2017-11-19T19:30:17","slug":"mergers-and-acquisitions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vivirenchile.cl\/en\/mergers-and-acquisitions\/","title":{"rendered":"Mergers and Acquisitions"},"content":{"rendered":"

The procedure of acquiring a company in Chile has less requirements than other jurisdictions. For example, there are no specific rules for Joint Ventures, there isn\u2019t \u201cstamp taxes\u201d or determined stock exchange filings in connection with the operation, or no previous disclosures required between private companies.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The merger and acquisition operation summary will depend regarding the kind of corporation that will be merged or acquired. Private corporations (Limited Liability Company, Closely Held Corporation, and Simply-held Corporation) have a less regulated procedure. By the other side, Public\/Open corporations (Openly-held Corporations, companies ruled by the SVS or in regulated markets) have specific limitations and procedures. <\/strong><\/p>\n

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\n1) Acquisition of a Private Corporation in Chile.<\/strong><\/a>
\n 2) Mergers.<\/strong><\/a>
\n 3) Regulations regarding Cross-border or International Transactions.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>

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1.\u00a0Acquisition of a Private Corporation in Chile<\/h1>\n<\/div>

Our legislation doesn\u2019t have special or impeding formalities regarding a merge or acquisition done by foreign investors. This applies regardless if the foreign company is acquiring the \u201ceconomic unit\u201d or only a percentage of shares\/participation.<\/p>\n

In both cases, the acquisition will most likely be materialized in the subscription of shares, where there is no specific ruling regarding foreign entities. This agreement is mainly governed by the general civil and commercial laws, even thou specific norms for third-party effectiveness must be observed.<\/p>\n

Also, it\u2019s important to define how the foreign company will act. There is at least three different options:<\/p>\n

1) The Foreign Company will acquire to its name.
\n2) The Foreign Company will incorporate a subsidiary in Chile, company that will acquire to its name.
\n3) The partners of the Foreign Company will acquire the Chilean Corporation to their name (foreign natural person).<\/p>\n

The mechanism to choose will depend on each particular operation, and will have different accountability and tax effects.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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2.\u00a0Mergers<\/h1>\n<\/div>

Like in the purchase of shares, the Chilean Merger regulation doesn\u2019t have a conditioned procedure for Foreign Investors. That being said, it\u2019s important to remark that since June 2017, there is an obligation to elaborate a notification towards the Chilean FNE (Fiscal\u00eda Nacional Econ\u00f3mica) regarding the scheme of operation for those mergers which have an aggregate turnover of $ 70 million USD, between all the parties; or an individual turnover of $ 11.3 million USD, for a minimum of two merging players.<\/p>\n

\u2013 Dissenting share-holders approval or Eventual Appraisal Rights.<\/p>\n

In order to safeguard the shareholders interest, Chilean legislation requires a quorum of 2\/3 of the voting shares to sell more than 50 % of the corporation assets, or dissolve, transform, merge or split up the corporation.<\/p>\n

This approval must be made in an ordinary o extraordinary shareholders meeting. If approved, the dissenting shareholders have the right to withdraw from the company, by selling their shares to the company itself.<\/p>\n

– Internal Revenue Service Inspection<\/p>\n

Finally, a merger may or not have a direct tax consequence towards the Chilean IRS (S.I.I.). It\u2019s understood that it won\u2019t have direct tax consequences (tax neutrality<\/em>) when the merger doesn\u2019t imply a liquidation of the absorbed entity (the Chilean player) and when the absorbing company maintains the Chilean tax cost value registered for the transferred assets. Besides that, the fiscal jurisdiction of the absorbing player must have homologous characteristics.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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3.\u00a0Regulations regarding Cross-border or International Transactions<\/h1>\n<\/div>

In line with applying fewer formalities to these operations, Chile doesn\u2019t have a specific regulatory framework for this kind of transactions. Therefore they are treated in compliance with The Foreign Investment Statute (DL 600) or the chapter XIV of the Compendium of Foreign Exchange Regulations (Central Bank).<\/p>\n<\/div>

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QUESTIONS REGARDING MERGING AND ACQUISITION PROCEDURES?<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>

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\nin merging and acquisition procedures in Chile by clicking here<\/strong>.<\/h3>\n<\/div>
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