COMPLEJO
PORTUARIO MEJILLONES S.A.
December 31st, 2006
Legal Status
Company Name: Complejo Portuario Mejillones SA
private limited company.
RUT: 96.819.040-7
Society registered under repertory number: 18
March 1997
Notary: Hugo Leonardo Pérez Pousa.
Inscription fs.7188 Nº 5679 in Santiago's
commercial registry, 24 March 1997.
Capital subscribed and paid
in
As of December 31st, 2006, the capital subscribed
and paid in by Codelco: US$32,596,000.
Purpose
The purpose of this company is to project, build
and run a port in Mejillones Bay, Second Region
of Antofagasta. The CPM developed the project
and won the building and operation of Terminal
1 through a 30-year concession contract granted
to the Compañía Portuaria Mejillones
SA, a private consortium formed by Ultramar, constructora
Belfi, and Inversiones Portuarias Norte Grande
SA.
Board of Directors
President of the Board of Directors:
Roberto Souper Rodríguez (*)
Vice-president: Jaime Gibson Aldunate
Director: Sergio Jarpa Gibert (*)
Director: Alfonso Dulanto R.
Director: Iván Simunovic Petricio
General Manager
Jorge Taboada Rodríguez
Codelco's share of capital
and changes during the fiscal year
As of 31 December 2006: 99.99%
No change during the 2006 fiscal year
Commercial relations with
Codelco
Codelco provides various services to CPM, which
is charged to its cost centre. These include:
• Transportation (air fares, commuting, etc.)
• Computer equipment, software, Internet access
and email.
For its part, CPM rents Codelco offices in the
Terminal 1 Administration Building and provides
consulting services for specific projects.
Contracts with Codelco
• Codelco guarantee contract: this is a guarantee
signed by Codelco, the Complejo Portuario Mejillones
SA (the port complex) and the Compañía
Portuaria Mejillones SA (the port company), in
which Codelco guarantees the Compañía
Portuaria Mejillones SA payment of any and all
sums that CPM owes the port company as part of
the contract to build port facilities and providing
port services in Terminal 1, Mejillones (a BOT
contract), signed by both, in the event that CPM
fails to do so.
• Contract for providing port services for shipping
copper, dated 15 November 1999 (CTA contract):
This contract governs the provision of port services
(copper shipping and others) that the Compañía
Portuaria Mejillones SA provides to Codelco. CPM
has also signed this contract, in its supervisory
role.
• Contract in which CPM rents offices to Codelco,
in the Terminal 1 Administration building, October
2003.
• Consulting contract to develop the Baquedano
- Mejillones route project.
• Consulting contract with the Projects Vice-Presidency.
Investment as a percentage
of total head office
2006 Investment in subsidiary US$22,699,000.
2005 Investment in subsidiary US$24,113,000.
Total investment as a percentage of head office
assets: 0.177%, 2006.