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Contingencies and Commitments
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022
Disclosure of commitments and contingent liabilities [Abstract]  
Disclosure of commitments and contingent liabilities [text block]

 
Services agreements
 
The total amount of the Company’s obligations with third parties relating to services agreements that cannot be terminated is detailed as follows:
 
Services agreements not to be terminated
As of December
31, 2022
As of December
31, 2021
ThCh$
ThCh$
Within 1 year
89,490,342
67,601,086
Between 1 and 5 years
78,625,851
92,254,016
Over 5 years
5,911,139
-
Total
174,027,332
159,855,102
 
 
Purchase and supply agreements
 
The total amount of the Company’s obligations to third parties relating to purchase and supply agreements as of
December 31, 2022 
is detailed as follows:
 
Purchase and supply agreements
Purchase and supply
agreements
Purchase and contract
related to wine and grape
ThCh$
ThCh$
Within 1 year
366,466,791
1,784,784
Between 1 and 5 years
855,808,079
25,405,367
Over 5 years
77,855,384
-
Total
1,300,130,254
27,190,151
 
Capital investment commitments
 
As of
December 31, 2022
the Company had capital investment commitments related to Property, Plant and Equipment and Intangibles (software) for approximately ThCh$
 
56,446,606.
 
Litigation
 
The following are the most significant proceedings faced by the Company and its subsidiaries in Chile and abroad, including
all those
present a possible risk of occurrence and causes whose committed amounts, individually, are more than ThCh$ 25,000 in the case of chilean companies and US$ 15,000 for cases of foreign subsidiaries.
Those losses contingencies for which an estimate cannot be made have been also considered.
 

Trials and
clai
m
 
 
Subsidiary
Court
Description
Status
Estimated
accrued loss
contingency
Cervecera CCU Chile Ltda.
Court of Appeal Invoice collection Appeal of sentence
ThCh$ 35,700
Comercial CCU S.A.
Court of Appeal Collection of labor benefits Appeal of sentence
ThCh$ 59,301
Transportes CCU Ltda.
Court of Appeal Compensation for damages Appeal of sentence
ThCh$ 72,000
Viña San Pedro Tarapacá S.A.
Court of Appeal Compensation for damages Appeal of sentence
ThCh$ 45,000
Compañía Industrial Cervecera S.A. (CICSA)
Administrative Courts Administrative claims of several municipalities for advertising and publicity fees Proceeding in administrative or judicial stage
US$ 75,000
(ThCh$ 64,190)
 
 
 
 
 
 
The Company and its subsidiaries have established provisions to allow for such contingencies for ThCh
$ 496,302 and
 
ThCh$
 
576,587 as
of December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively (See
Note 24 – Other provisions
).
 
Tax processes
 
At the date of issue of these consolidated financial statements, there is no
tax litigation that involves significant
passive
or taxes in claim different to mentioned in
Note 25 – Income Tax
.
 
Guarantees
 
As of
December 31, 2022,
CCU and its subsidiaries have not granted direct guarantees as par
t o
f their usual financing operations.
However
, indirect guarantees have been constituted, in the form of stand-by and general security product of financing. The main terms of the indirect guarantees constituted are detailed below:
 
-
The joint venture Central Cervecera de Colombia S.A.S. (CCC) maintains financial debt with local banks in Colombia, guaranteed by the subsidiary CCU Investments II
 
SpA. through stand-by letters issued by Scotiabank Chile and they are within the financing policy framework approved by Board of Directors, according to the following detail:
 
Institution
Amount
Due date
Banco Colpatria
US$ 27,200,000
June 24, 2023
Banco Colpatria
US$ 4,000,000
July 21, 2023
Banco Colpatria
US$ 13,500,000
August 31, 2023
Banco Colpatria
US$ 4,289,340
September 6, 2023
 
 
 
 
-
The indirect associate Bodega San Isidro S.R.L. maintains financial debt with local bank in Peru, which is endorsed by the subsidiary Compañía
Pisquera
de Chile S.A. through a stand-by letter issued by the Banco del Estado de Chile, this is within the financing policy approved by the Board, and is detailed as follow:
 
Institution
Amount
Due date
Banco Crédito de Perú
US$ 2,600,000
December 21, 2023
 
 
 
 
-
Additionally, the Company presents the following guarantees:
 
a)
Through private instrument dated May 20, 2021, the Company undertakes to maintain a direct or indirect shareholding that allows it to
control
its Uruguayan subsidiary Milotur S.A., until whichever happens first of: (i) a period of 3 years from the date of the aforementioned document or (ii) the fulfillment by Milotur S.A. of all its obligations under the credit agreement or agreements that have been signed by it with Citigroup Inc., or one of its agencies, subsidiaries or related companies, for a total amount of up to UYU 30,000,000 (Uruguayan pesos) and up to US$ 1,000,000 in its equivalent in other currencies.
 
b)
The Company, through a private notarized document dated July 28, 2017, is required to maintain a direct or indirect participation of at least 50.1% of its subsidiary Compañía Pisquera de Chile S.A., allowing the Company to control its subsidiary during the period of validity of the bank loan with Banco del Estado de Chile for a
tot
al of
ThCh $ 16,000,000, maturing on July 27, 2027.