Distribucion y Servicio D&S S.A. Clarifies Article Published in El Mercurio
10 Março 2008 - 2:22PM
PR Newswire (US)
SANTIAGO, Chile, March 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Distribucion y
Servicio D&S S.A. issued the following today regarding an
article published in El Mercurio newspaper: Mr. Guillermo Larrain
Rios Superintendent of Securities and Insurance Superintendency of
Securities and Insurance Av. Libertador Bernando O'Higgins 1449
Ref.: Clarifies Press Article Dear Mr. Larrain: Reference is made
to the article published today in the El Mercurio newspaper under
the heading "Wal-Mart resumes contacts with the controllers of
D&S after the fail of the merger with Falabella" (the
"Article"). Distribucion y Servicio D&S S.A. ("D&S") cannot
confirm the truthfulness and source of the information contained in
the Article. D&S has not held or sustained contacts with
Wal-Mart or executives of such company with respect to the matters
referred to in the Article. The Article is not the result of any
official disclosure of information made by D&S or any statement
or interview given by the management of D&S. Even though the
Article quotes statements attributed to Mr. Nicolas Ibanez, it is
not possible to infer from them conclusions like those contained in
the Article and its heading. Yours sincerely, Enrique Ostale
Cambiaso Chief Executive Officer Distribucion y Servicio D&S
S.A. cc. Bolsa de Comercio de Santiago Bolsa Electronica de Chile
Bolsa de Valores de Valparaiso Comision Clasificadora de Riesgo
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Droste, CFO, +56-2-484-7755, . or Miguel Nunez, Finance manager
Retail, +56-2-484-7754, , or Loreto Bradford, IRO, +56-2-484-7757,
all of D&S Web site: http://www.dys.cl/
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