| Santiago, Chile, October 28, 2008.- SQM reported today earnings for the first nine months of 2008 of US$381.1 million (US$1.45 per ADR), an increase of 181% with respect to the same period of 2007, when earnings totaled US$135.4 million (US$0.51 per ADR (1)). Operating income reached US$481.4 million (35.0% of revenues), 141% higher than the US$199.4 million (22.6% of revenues) recorded during the first nine months of 2007. Revenues for the first nine months of 2008 totaled US$1,376.2 million, representing growth of 56% over the US$881.3 million reported in the same period of 2007. |