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, 2016
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 28, 2016, where it was resolved to schedule an Ordinary Shareholders Meeting and an Extraordinary Shareholders Meeting, both to be held on March 24, 2016, 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, 2015; and to establish provisions for minimum dividends.
Santiago, January 28, 2016
Mr. Eric Parrado Herrera
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 2,832 held on January 28, 2016, the Board of Directors of Banco de Chile resolved to call an Ordinary Shareholders Meeting to be held on March 24, 2016, with the objective of proposing, among other matters, the distribution of the Dividend number 204 of $3.37534954173 per each of the 96,129,146,433 “Banco de Chile” shares, which will be payable at the expense of the distributable net income obtained during the fiscal year ending on December 31st, 2015, corresponding to the 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 the 30% of the distributable net income of the Bank obtained during the fiscal year ending on December 31st, 2015, through the issuance of fully paid-in shares, of no par value, with a value of $64.79 per “Banco de Chile “ share, which will be distributed among the shareholders in the proportion of 0.02232718590 shares for each “Banco de Chile” share and to adopt the necessary agreements subject to the exercise of the options established in article 31 of Law 19,396.
In addition, the Board of Directors, in compliance with the provisions for minimum dividends set forth in paragraph 3.2, Chapter B4 of the Accounting Rules Compendium from the Superintendency of Banks and Financial Institutions, agreed that beginning January, 2016, 60% of the distributable net income generated during each fiscal year will be provisioned for minimum dividends.
Sincerely,
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Arturo Tagle Quiroz |
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Chief Executive Office |