Banco de Chile Announces Proposed Dividend Payment
SANTIAGO, CHILE--(Marketwire - January 29, 2010) - Banco de Chile (NYSE: BCH), a full service
Chilean financial institution, today notified local Chilean regulatory
authorities of the following material event:
The Board of Directors of Banco de Chile, during its session held on
January 29, 2010, has decided to disclose to the general public as a
material event its resolution to call an Ordinary Shareholders' Meeting to
be held on March 25, 2010 with the objective of proposing, among other
matters, the distribution of a dividend per Banco de Chile share of
$3.496813.
In addition, the Board of Directors also resolved to schedule an
Extraordinary Shareholders Meeting to be held on March 25, 2010, before the
Ordinary Shareholders' Meeting, in order to amend Banco de Chile by-laws
for the introduction of a transitory provision defining the "distributable
net income" so as to comply with the agreement dated November 8, 1996,
executed between the Central Bank of Chile (Banco Central de Chile) and SM
Chile S.A., pursuant to Law N° 19.396.
Contact Information: Contact:
Pablo Mejia Ricci
Head of Investor Relations
Banco de Chile
251 Ahumada, 1st floor
Santiago, Chile
+562 653 3554
pmejiar@bancochile.cl