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LITIGATION AND CONTINGENCIES
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021
LITIGATION AND CONTINGENCIES  
LITIGATION AND CONTINGENCIES

23  LITIGATION AND CONTINGENCIES

23.1        Lawsuits and other legal actions:

In the opinion of the Company’s legal counsel, the Parent Company and its subsidiaries do not face legal or extrajudicial contingencies that might result in material or significant losses or gains, except for the following:

1)Embotelladora del Atlántico S.A. and Andina Empaques Argentina S.A. face labor, tax, civil and trade lawsuits. Accounting provisions have been made for the contingency of a probable loss because of these lawsuits, totaling CLP 1,917,657 thousand (CLP 778,065 thousand in 2020). Management considers it unlikely that non-provisioned contingencies will affect the Company’s income and equity, based on the opinion of its legal counsel. Additionally, Embotelladora del Atlántico S.A. maintains time deposits for an amount of CLP 276,971 thousand to guaranty judicial liabilities.
2)Rio de Janeiro Refrescos Ltda. faces labor, tax, civil and trade lawsuits. Accounting provisions have been made for the contingency of a probable loss because of these lawsuits, totaling CLP 53,965,870 thousand (CLP 47,945,921 thousand in 2020). Management
considers it unlikely that non-provisioned contingencies will affect the Company's income and equity, based on the opinion of its legal counsel. As it is customary in Brazil, Rio de Janeiro Refrescos Ltda. maintains Deposit in courts and assets given in pledge to secure the compliance of certain processes, irrespective of whether these have been classified as a possible, probable or remote. The amounts deposited or pledged as legal guarantees As of December 31, 2021, amounted to CLP 23,502,962 thousand (CLP 21,054,433 thousand as of December 31, 2020).

Part of the assets held under warranty by Rio de Janeiro Refrescos Ltda. as of December 31, 2014, are in the process of being released and others have already been released in exchange for guarantee insurance and bond letters for BRL 1,530,835,558, with different Financial Institutions and Insurance Companies in Brazil, these entities receive an annual commission fee of 0.61%. and become responsible of fulfilling obligations with the Brazilian tax authorities should any trial result against Rio de Janeiro Refrescos Ltda. Additionally, if the warranty and bail letters are executed, Rio de Janeiro Refrescos Ltda. promises to reimburse to the financial institutions and Insurance Companies any amounts disbursed by them to the Brazilian government.

Main contingencies faced by Rio de Janeiro Refrescos are as follows:

a)Tax contingencies resulting from credits on tax on industrialized products (IPI).

Rio de Janeiro Refrescos is a party to a series of proceedings under way, in which the Brazilian federal tax authorities demand payment of value-added tax on industrialized products (Imposto sobre Produtos Industrializados, or IPI) totaling BRL 2,774,605,147 as of the date of these financial statements.

The Company does not share the position of the Brazilian tax authority in these procedures and considers that it was entitled to claim IPI tax credits in connection with purchases of certain exempt raw materials from suppliers located in the Manaus free trade zone.

Based on the opinion of its advisers, and legal outcomes to date, Management estimates that these procedures do not represent probable losses and has not recorded a provision on these matters.

Notwithstanding the above, the IFRS related to business combination in terms of distribution of the purchase price establish that contingencies must be measured one by one according to their probability of occurrence and discounted at fair value from the date on which it is deemed the loss can be generated. As a result of the acquisition of Companhia de Bebidas Ipiranga in 2013 and pursuant to this criterion and although there are contingencies listed only as possible for BRL 708,345,690 (amount includes adjustments for current lawsuits) a start provision has been generated in the accounting of the business combination for BRL 141,639,007.

b)Other tax contingencies.

They refer to ICMS-SP tax administrative processes that challenge the credits derived from the acquisition of tax-exempt products acquired by the Company from a supplier located in the Manaus Free Zone. The total amount is BRL 415,170,501 being assessed by external attorneys as a remote loss, so it has no accounting provision.

The company was challenged by the federal tax authority for tax deductibility of a portion of goodwill in the 2014-2016 period arising from the acquisition of Companhia de Bebidas Ipiranga. The tax authority understands that the entity that acquired Companhia de Bebidas Ipiranga is Embotelladora Andina and not Rio de Janeiro Refrescos Ltda. In the view of external lawyers, such a statement is erroneous, classifying it as a possible loss. The value of this process is BRL 488,331,303, as of the date of these financial statements.

3)Embotelladora Andina S.A. and its Chilean subsidiaries face labor, tax, civil and trade lawsuits. Accounting provisions have been made for the contingency of a probable loss because of these lawsuits, totaling CLP 1,487,509 thousand (CLP 1,300,587 thousand as of December 31, 2020). Management considers it is unlikely that non-provisioned contingencies will affect income and equity of the Company, in the opinion of its legal advisors.
4)Paraguay Refrescos S.A. faces tax, trade, labor and other lawsuits. Accounting provisions have been made for the contingency of any loss because of these lawsuits amounting to CLP 41,370 thousand (CLP 34,747 thousand as of December 31, 2020). Management considers it is unlikely that non-provisioned contingencies will affect income and equity of the Company, in the opinion of its legal advisors.

23.2        Direct guarantees and restricted assets:

Guarantees and restricted assets are detailed as follows:

Guarantees that commit assets recognized in the financial statements:

Committed assets

Accounting value

Guaranty creditor

  

Debtor name

  

Relationship

  

Guaranty

  

Type

  

12.31.2021

  

12.31.2020

ThCh$

ThCh$

Transportes San Martin

Embotelladora Andina S.A.

Parent company

Cash

Trade Accounts and Other Accounts Receivable

2,907

Administradora Plaza Vespucio S.A.

Embotelladora Andina S.A.

Parent company

Cash

Trade Accounts and Other Accounts Receivable

86,416

Cooperativa Agricola Pisquera Elqui Limitada

 

Embotelladora Andina S.A.

 

Parent company

 

Cash

 

Otros activos financieros no corrientes

 

1,216,865

 

1,216,865

Mall Plaza

 

Embotelladora Andina S.A.

 

Parent company

 

Cash

 

Trade Accounts and Other Accounts Receivable

 

290,890

 

Serv. Nacional Aduanas

Embotelladora Andina S.A.

Parent company

Cash

Trade Accounts and Other Accounts Receivable

18,583

Metro S.A.

Embotelladora Andina S.A.

Parent company

Cash

Trade Accounts and Other Accounts Receivable

24,335

Parque Arauco S.A.

Embotelladora Andina S.A.

Parent company

Cash

Trade Accounts and Other Accounts Receivable

126,136

Several Retail

 

Vending

 

Subsidiary

 

Cash

 

Trade Accounts and Other Accounts Receivable

 

63,792

 

Several Retail

Transportes Refrescos

Subsidiary

Cash

Trade Accounts and Other Accounts Receivable

628

Several Retail

Transportes Polar

Subsidiary

Cash

Trade Accounts and Other Accounts Receivable

69,745

15,751

Labor claims

Rio de Janeiro Refrescos Ltda.

Subsidiary

Judicial deposit

Other non-current non-financial assets

6,057,282

5,329,947

Civil and tax claims

Rio de Janeiro Refrescos Ltda.

Subsidiary

Judicial deposit

Other non-current non-financial assets

6,562,747

5,882,379

Governmental entities

Rio de Janeiro Refrescos Ltda.

Subsidiary

Plant and Equipment

Property, Plant and Equipment

10,882,933

9,842,108

Distribuidora Baraldo S.H.

 

Embotelladora del Atlántico S.A.

 

Subsidiary

 

Judicial deposit

 

Other non-current non-financial assets

 

164

 

169

Acuña Gomez

Embotelladora del Atlántico S.A.

Subsidiary

Judicial deposit

Other non-current non-financial assets

247

253

Nicanor López

Embotelladora del Atlántico S.A.

Subsidiary

Judicial deposit

Other non-current non-financial assets

176

181

Labarda

Embotelladora del Atlántico S.A.

Subsidiary

Judicial deposit

Other non-current non-financial assets

3

3

Municipalidad Bariloche

 

Embotelladora del Atlántico S.A.

 

Subsidiary

 

Judicial deposit

 

Other non-current non-financial assets

 

2,230

 

Municipalidad San Antonio Oeste

 

Embotelladora del Atlántico S.A.

 

Subsidiary

 

Judicial deposit

 

Other non-current non-financial assets

 

18,153

 

18,650

Municipalidad Carlos Casares

 

Embotelladora del Atlántico S.A.

 

Subsidiary

 

Judicial deposit

 

Other non-current non-financial assets

 

734

 

754

Municipalidad Chivilcoy

 

Embotelladora del Atlántico S.A.

 

Subsidiary

 

Judicial deposit

 

Other non-current non-financial assets

 

113,530

 

116,641

Others

 

Embotelladora del Atlántico S.A.

 

Subsidiary

 

Judicial deposit

 

Other non-current non-financial assets

 

35

 

36

Granada Maximiliano

 

Embotelladora del Atlántico S.A.

 

Subsidiary

 

Judicial deposit

 

Other non-current non-financial assets

 

1,480

 

1,521

Cicsa

 

Embotelladora del Atlántico S.A.

 

Subsidiary

 

Cash deposit

 

Other current non-financial assets

 

 

2,114

Several stores

 

Embotelladora del Atlántico S.A.

 

Subsidiary

 

Cash deposit

 

Other current non-financial assets

 

 

13,140

Aduana de EZEIZA

 

Embotelladora del Atlántico S.A.

 

Subsidiary

 

Cash deposit

 

Other current non-financial assets

 

 

286

Municipalidad de Junin

 

Embotelladora del Atlántico S.A.

 

Subsidiary

 

Judicial deposit

 

Other non-current non-financial assets

 

237

 

243

Almada Jorge

 

Embotelladora del Atlántico S.A.

 

Subsidiary

 

Judicial deposit

 

Other non-current non-financial assets

 

2,009

 

2,064

Mirgoni Marano

Embotelladora del Atlántico S.A.

Subsidiary

Judicial deposit

Other non-current non-financial assets

50

51

Farias Matias Luis

 

Embotelladora del Atlántico S.A.

 

Subsidiary

 

Judicial deposit

 

Other non-current non-financial assets

 

922

 

947

Temas Industriales SA - Embargo General de Fondos

 

Embotelladora del Atlántico S.A.

 

Subsidiary

 

Judicial deposit

 

Other non-current non-financial assets

 

103,110

 

DBC SA C CERVECERIA ARGENTINA SA ISEMBECK

 

Embotelladora del Atlántico S.A.

 

Subsidiary

 

Judicial deposit

 

Other non-current non-financial assets

 

18,502

 

19,009

Coto Cicsa

 

Embotelladora del Atlántico S.A.

 

Subsidiary

 

Judicial deposit

 

Other non-current non-financial assets

 

3,289

 

3,379

Cencosud

 

Embotelladora del Atlántico S.A.

 

Subsidiary

 

Judicial deposit

 

Other non-current non-financial assets

 

2,056

 

2,112

Mariano Mirgoni

 

Embotelladora del Atlántico S.A.

 

Subsidiary

 

Judicial deposit

 

Other non-current non-financial assets

 

 

105,936

Jose Luis Kreitzer, Alexis Beade Y Cesar Bechetti

 

Embotelladora del Atlántico S.A.

 

Subsidiary

 

Judicial deposit

 

Other non-current non-financial assets

 

8,143

 

Causa Bariloche

 

Embotelladora del Atlántico S.A.

 

Subsidiary

 

Judicial deposit

 

Other non-current non-financial assets

 

1,902

 

Marcus A.Peña

 

Paraguay Refrescos

 

Subsidiary

 

Real estate

 

Property, Plant and Equipment

 

5,692

 

4,011

Mauricio J Cordero C

Paraguay Refrescos

Subsidiary

Real estate

Property, Plant and Equipment

987

814

José Ruoti Maltese

Paraguay Refrescos

Subsidiary

Real estate

Property, Plant and Equipment

712

655

Alejandro Galeano

Paraguay Refrescos

Subsidiary

Real estate

Property, Plant and Equipment

1,365

1,132

Ana Maria Mazó

Paraguay Refrescos

Subsidiary

Real estate

Property, Plant and Equipment

1,300

1,077

Guarantees that do not commit assets recognized in the Financial Statements:

Committed assets

Amounts involved

Guaranty creditor

    

Debtor name

    

Relationship

    

Guaranty

    

Type

    

12.31.2021

    

12.31.2020

ThCh$

ThCh$

Labor procedures

 

Rio de Janeiro Refrescos Ltda.

 

Subsidiary

 

Guaranty receipt

 

Legal proceeding

 

1,593,498

 

1,527,347

Administrative procedures

 

Rio de Janeiro Refrescos Ltda.

 

Subsidiary

 

Guaranty receipt

 

Legal proceeding

 

4,717,824

 

8,860,598

Federal Government

Rio de Janeiro Refrescos Ltda.

Subsidiary

Guaranty receipt

Legal proceeding

153,491,717

147,841,989

State Government

Rio de Janeiro Refrescos Ltda.

Subsidiary

Guaranty receipt

Legal proceeding

64,725,638

46,031,398

Sorocaba Refrescos

Rio de Janeiro Refrescos Ltda.

Subsidiary

Guaranty receipt

Guarantor

3,027,291

2,736,159

Others

Rio de Janeiro Refrescos Ltda.

Subsidiary

Guaranty receipt

Legal proceeding

3,390,177

1,715,099

Aduana de EZEIZA

 

Embotelladora del Atlántico S.A.

 

Subsidiary

 

Surety insurance

 

Faithful compliance of contract

 

 

3,150

Aduana de EZEIZA

 

Andina Empaques Argentina S.A.

 

Subsidiary

 

Surety insurance

 

Faithful compliance of contract

 

637,631

 

143,615