OREANDA-NEWS. Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A. (SQM) (NYSE: SQM; Santiago Stock Exchange: SQM-A, SQM-B, the “Company”), announced today in accordance with Articles 9 and 10, Chilean Market Securities Law and in the form of essential fact (hecho esencial) that today the Board of Directors unanimously approved the following:

To pay an interim dividend equal to US$0.38432 per share, to be charged against 2017 retained earnings. This amount shall be paid in the equivalent in Chilean pesos according to the value of the "Observed Dollar” or "US Dollar” that appears published in the Official Gazette on August 31, 2017.

This shall be paid to the corresponding shareholders who are registered on the shareholders’ registry of the Company five business days prior to September 14, 2017, in person or through their duly authorized representatives, starting at 9:00am on September 14, 2017.