We promote a

RELIABLE FUTURE


Our management contemplates business development with care for the environment and social and economic value generation for all our stakeholders: employees, customers, shareholders, suppliers, community, government and partners, among others.

We are

EMPRESAS COPEC


Our business strategy is focused on delivering an attractive level of profitability in the long term to our investors, through a sustainable management model.

We are a world-class company, seeking to deliver an attractive level of profitability in the long term to our investors, and contribute to the development of Chile and the different countries where we conduct our productive and commercial activities. To that end, we invest primarily in energy and natural resources and, in general, in business areas where we can create value in a sustainable way. When conducting our activities, we strive to be a good citizen and address and respect the interests of shareholders, employees, partners, suppliers, customers, communities and all parties with whom we are, in one way or another, involved. At Empresas Copec we conduct our productive and commercial activities with excellence and act in all decisions according to the highest ethical and transparency standards.

To build a reliable and sustainable future for everyone.

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STRATEGY


LEADERSHIP


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HISTORY


1934

Compañía de Petróleos de Chile

Compañía de Petróleos de Chile (Copec) is founded with the purpose of marketing and distributing fuel in the country.

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1956

Abastible

Abastible is established with the aim of marketing and distributing liquefied gas in Chile.

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1957

Sonacol

Sonacol, a company responsible for transporting fuels through a network of pipelines, is established. Copec, for its part, took over the representation and distribution of Mobil products.

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1976

Celulosa Arauco and Forestal Arauco

Celulosa Arauco and Forestal Arauco are acquired.

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1979

Celulosa Arauco and Constitución

Celulosa Arauco y Constitución, a forest company that is born out of the merger of Celulosa Constitución and Celulosa Arauco, is established.

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1986

COPEC

The Angelini Group became a shareholder in Copec after acquiring a 41% stake.

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1989

Fundación Educacional Arauco

Fundación Educacional Arauco is established to strengthen teaching in municipal schools in the Maule, Biobío and Los Ríos regions.

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1990

Bioforest

Bioforest, a center of excellence and research aimed at developing and applying state-of-the-art technology in the areas of biotechnology, cellulose, forest heritage and industrial plants, is established.

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1991

Mining Company Can-Can

Mining Company Can-Can (today Alxar Minería) is founded with the purpose of exploring and developing gold, silver and copper deposits.

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1992

Igemar

Igemar is established after the merger of Pesquera Guanaye and Pesquera Iquique.

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1994

Metrogas

Metrogas is established to market natural gas in the country.

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1996

Alto Paraná

ARAUCO acquires Alto Paraná, one of the major pulp mills in Argentina.

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1999

Corpesca

Corpesca is established after integration of the operational assets that the fishing companies Igemar, Eperva and Coloso had in northern Chile.

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2000

COPEC

Angelini Group takes control of Copec, after acquiring an additional 30.05% stake.

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2002

Fundación Copec-Universidad Católica

Fundación Copec-Universidad Católica is founded with the aim of promoting applied scientific research in the field of natural resources.

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2003

Empresas Copec

Compañía de Petróleos de Chile Copec becomes the affiliate in charge of the business of liquid fuels and lubricants, and the parent company turns into a financial holding, changing its business name to Empresas Copec.

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2005

ARAUCO arrives in Brazil

ARAUCO acquires pine plantations, an MDF board mill, a particle board mill and a resin mill in Brazil.

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2006

Elemental

Elemental is established with the aim of developing social housing projects to reduce poverty and improve the quality of life of people.

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2007

Mina Invierno

Mina Invierno is founded with the aim of extracting coal in the Magallanes Region. In addition, ARAUCO and Stora Enso acquire forest land, a sawmill and 20% of a paper mill in Brazil.

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2009

Golden Omega

Golden Omega is established to produce Omega-3 concentrates in the north of the country. On the other hand, ARAUCO and Stora Enso acquire the assets of Ence business group in Uruguay, creating Montes del Plata.

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2010

Terpel and Orizon

Copec bought control of Terpel, Colombia´s largest fuel distributor. In addition, Orizon was established after the merger of fishing companies SPK and San José.

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2011

Inversiones del Nordeste and Moncure

Abastible acquires 51% of the Colombian company Inversiones del Nordeste. ARAUCO purchases the Moncure panel mill, in the United States.

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2012

Flakeboard Company Limited

ARAUCO acquires Flakeboard Company Limited, adding seven panel mills in the United States and Canada.

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2014

Anacleto Angelini UC Innovation Center

Empresas Copec and Universidad Católica de Chile open the Anacleto Angelini UC Innovation Center to promote a pro-innovation and pro-entrepreneurship culture and environment in the country.

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2016

Mapco, Tafisa, Solgas and Duragas

Copec purchases 100% of Mapco Express, owner of a service station network in the United States. ARAUCO acquires 50% of the company Tafisa, adding panel mills in Spain, Portugal, Germany and South Africa. In addition, Abastible acquires the Peruvian company Solgas and the Ecuadorean company Duragas. For its part, Empresas Copec enters the Dow Jones Sustainability Index Chile and the FTSE4Good Emerging Index.

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2017

Masisa do Brasil

ARAUCO acquires Masisa do Brasil, adding an MDF board line and an MDP board line, and agrees the purchase of Masisa assets in Mexico, allowing it to add particleboards, MDF boards, melamine laminates, a chemical plant, and a veneer line, subject to approval of the authority.

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2018

MAPA Project and Mina Justa

ARAUCO starts construction of the MAPA Project (Modernization and Extension of the Arauco Mill) with an investment of US$ 2.35 billion. For its part, Alxar Minería acquires, at US$ 168.5 million, 40% of the Peruvian company Cumbres Andinas, which in turn owns 100% of Marcobre, to carry out the Mina Justa project in Peru.

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2019

Copec Voltex and Grayling Project

Copec launches Voltex, the most extensive network of service stations for electric vehicles in Latin America. ARAUCO inaugurates the Grayling project, the largest Chilean investment in the United States; US$ 450 million. In addition, the subsidiary announces that it will be certified, in 2020, as the world's first carbon-neutral forestry company.

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2020

ARAUCO and Copec

In a complex scenario marked by the pandemic and after an almost US$200 million investment, ARAUCO began dissolving pulp production at its Valdivia Pulp Mill. In addition, the subsidiary certified its carbon neutrality, becoming the world’s first forestry company to achieve this goal. Copec inaugurated South America's largest electro-terminal.

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EMPRESAS COPEC AT A GLANCE


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Chairman’s

Statement

ROBERTO ANGELINI


“Empresas Copec posted record results in 2021 in all its business lines, the best reflection of our companies’ resilience and capacity to adapt. We achieved earnings of US$ 1,781 million, almost 10 times more than in 2020, a particularly difficult year. EBITDA, which is more closely related to the cash generation capacity of our activities, was US$ 3,453 million, up 92% from the previous year”.

Excerpt from Letter to Shareholders published in Empresas Copec 2021 Annual Report

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Chief Executive Officer’s

Statement

EDUARDO NAVARRO


At Empresas Copec we are aware that sustainable management requires governance with a comprehensive vision, which, while knowing and considering the interests and needs of each of our stakeholders, is capable of aligning the different strategies behind a long-term purpose, located at the heart of our business”.

Excerpt from Letter to Shareholders published in Empresas Copec 2021 Sustainability Report

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Empresas Copec's

GLOBAL PRESENCE


THROUGH OUR SUBSIDIARIES, WE ARE PRESENT IN MORE THAN 80 COUNTRIES

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SUBSIDIARIES