Chemical & Mining Co. of Chile Inc. announced that shareholders at the company's General Ordinary Meeting held on April 27, 2015 approved the appointment of Mrs. Joanne L. Boyes and Messrs. Hern n B chi B., Juan Antonio Guzm n M., Robert A. Kirkpatrick, Hans Dieter Linneberg A., Arnfinn F. Prugger, Wolf von Appen B. and Edward J. Waitzer as new Directors of SQM S.A. The new Board of Directors approved to designate Mr. Juan Antonio Guzm n M. as Chairman of the Board of Directors and of the company and Mr. Edward J. Waitzer as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors and of the company, Messrs.

Hern n B chi B., Hans Dieter Linneberg A. and Edward J. Waitzer as members of the Directors' Committee and the Audit Committee of SQM, Mrs. Joanne L. Boyes and Messrs. Arnfinn F. Prugger and Wolf von Appen B. as members of the Health, Safety and Environment Committee of SQM; Messrs. Robert A. Kirkpatrick, Wolf von Appen B. and Edward J. Waitzer as members of the Ad-Hoc Committee of the company, Messrs.

Robert A. Kirkpatrick, Hans Dieter Linneberg A. and Edward J. Waitzer as members of the Corporate Governance Committee of the company.