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Merrill Lynch
Latin America-Mining, Agribusiness Coverage
1 June 2008
SQM (SQCAF)
Our target price of US$52/ADR for SQM is DCF-based. It represents target P/Es
of 33.4x for 2008E and 27.3x for 2009E. We discount SQM's (consolidated) cash
flow to equity holders at 9.2% (with 4% perpetuity growth). Our cost of equity,
12.2%, is derived from 5.4% risk-free, equity risk premium of 5.6%, and SQM's 2-
year beta of 1.22. Cost of debt: SQM's after-tax cost of debt is 4.0% (corporate
tax rate of 17%).