FORM 6-K
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the month of January, 2013
Commission File Number 001-15266
BANK OF CHILE
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
Ahumada 251
Santiago, Chile
(Address of principal executive offices)
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BANCO DE CHILE
REPORT ON FORM 6-K
Attached is an English translation of a letter filed by Banco de Chile with the Chilean Superintendency of Banks, Chilean Superintendency of Securities and Insurance and local Stock Exchanges, informing of the resolutions adopted by Banco de Chile’s Board of Directors in a meeting held on January 24, 2013, where it was resolved to schedule an Ordinary Shareholders Meeting and an Extraordinary Shareholders Meeting, both to be held on March 21, 2013, with the purpose of approving the distribution of dividends and the capitalization of 30% of the distributable net income obtained during the fiscal year ending on December 31, 2012.
Santiago, January 24, 2013
Mr. Raphael Bergoeing Vela
Superintendent of Bank and
Financial Institutions
Present
Ref: Essential Information
Mr. Superintendent:
Pursuant to Articles 9 and 10 of Law No. 18,045 and Chapter 18-10 of the Regulations of the Superintendency of Banks and Financial Institutions, I inform you as an essential information regarding this Institution, that in the Ordinary Meeting No. BCH 2,769 held on the 24th of January, 2013, the Board of Directors of Banco de Chile resolved to call an Ordinary Shareholders Meeting to be held on the 21th of March, 2013 with the objective of proposing, among other matters, the distribution of the Dividend number 201 of $ 3.41625263165 per every of the 88.037.813.511 “Banco de Chile” shares, which will be payable at the expense of the distributable net income obtained during the fiscal year ending the 31st of December, 2012, corresponding to 70% of such income.
Likewise, the Board of Directors resolved to call an Extraordinary Shareholders Meeting to be held on the same date in order to propose, among other things, the capitalization of 30% of the distributable net income obtained during the fiscal year ending the 31st of December, 2012, through the issuance of fully paid-in shares, of no par value, with a value of $71.97 per “Banco de Chile “share which will be distributed among the shareholders in the proportion of 0,02034331347 shares for each “Banco de Chile” share, and to adopt the agreements that are necessary in this regard, subject to the exercise of the options established in article 31 of Law 19,396.
Sincerely,
Arturo Tagle Quiroz
Chief Executive Office
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