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Enersis S.A.

5/22/2013, 5:51 AM ET
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Sector: Utilities
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Industry: Foreign Utilities
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Country: Chile

Enersis was originally organized as Compañía Chilena Metropolitana de Distribución Eléctrica S.A., as recorded in a public deed on June 19, 1981. The existence of our company was authorized, and its bylaws were approved, pursuant to Resolution 409-S on July 17, 1981, issued by the Chilean SVS. The bylaws have been amended subsequently. The existence of our company under its current name, Enersis S.A., or Enersis, dates back to August 1, 1988. Enersis is a publicly held limited liability stock company domiciled in Santiago, Chile, and operates under Chilean law and regulations.

We are an electric utility company primarily engaged, through our subsidiaries and affiliates, in the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity in Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Peru. We are one of the largest private sector companies in the electricity sector in South America. We trace our origin to Compañía Chilena de Electricidad Ltda., or CCE, which was formed in 1921 as a result of the merger of Chilean Electric Tramway and Light Co., founded in 1889, and Compañía Nacional de Fuerza Eléctrica, with operations dating back to 1919. In 1970, the Chilean government nationalized CCE. In 1981, CCE’s operations were divided into one generation company, the current AES Gener S.A. (“Gener”), and two distribution companies, one with a concession in the Fifth Region, the current Chilquinta S.A., and the other with a concession in the Santiago Metropolitan Region, Compañía Chilena Metropolitana de Distribución Eléctrica S.A. From 1982 to 1987, the Chilean electric utility sector went through a process of re-privatization. On August 1, 1988, Compañía Chilena Metropolitana de Distribución Eléctrica S.A. changed its name to Enersis S.A. and became the new parent company of Distribuidora Chilectra Metropolitana S.A., later renamed Chilectra S.A. In the 1990s, we diversified into electricity generation and transmission through our increasing equity stakes in Endesa Chile. We began our international operations with the 1992 investment in Edesur, an Argentine electricity distribution company. We then expanded primarily into electricity generation, transmission and distribution businesses in four South American countries: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Peru. We remain focused on the electricity sector, although we also have small operations in other businesses.

In 2005, Endesa Brasil was formed as a company to manage all generation, transmission and distribution assets that Endesa Latinoamérica (formerly known as Endesa Internacional), Enersis, Endesa Chile and Chilectra held in Brazil, namely, through Ampla, Endesa Fortaleza, Investluz, CIEN, Cachoeira Dourada and Coelce. Enersis began consolidating Endesa Brasil in October 2005. In 2006, the International Finance Corporation (“IFC”) became a new shareholder in Endesa Brasil, contributing $ 50 million or 2.7% of share of capital of Endesa Brasil. As of December 31, 2008, Enersis directly and indirectly controlled 53.6% of Endesa Brasil’s share capital.

In order to optimize taxes, simplify the organizational structure and diminish corporate costs, on April 2006, Enersis decided to merge Elesur and Chilectra in Chile. As a consequence of this merger, Elesur absorbed Chilectra; the surviving company retained the name of Chilectra.

In order to achieve synergies in Peru, in 2006, we conducted the merger of Edegel and Etevensa (60% owned by Endesa Spain), which had a 457 MW thermoelectric generation company.

In September 2007, we merged our subsidiaries in Colombia, Emgesa and Betania, resulting in a new company which retained the name Emgesa. Following the merger, as of December 31, 2008, Enersis controlled 16.1% of Emgesa’s share capital.

As of December 31, 2008 we had 13,893 MW of installed capacity with 53 power plants in the five countries in which we operate, 12.4 million distribution customers representing 45 million persons, consolidated assets of $ 22.6 billion and our operating revenues were $ 10.4 billion.