As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 26, 201325, 2014

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 20-F

ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year endedDecember 31, 20122013

Commission file number 001-15266

BANCO DE CHILE

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

BANK OF CHILE

(Translation of Registrant’s name into English)

REPUBLIC OF CHILE

(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

Banco de Chile

Paseo Ahumada 251

Santiago, Chile

(562) 2637-1111

(Address of principal executive offices)

Pedro Samhan E.

Banco de Chile

Paseo Ahumada 251

Santiago, Chile

Telephone: (562) 653-5150

Facsimile: (562) 653-5156

(Name, telephone, e-mail and/or facsimile number and address of company contact person)

Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

None

(Title of Class)

Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act:

None

(Title of Class)

Indicate the number of outstanding shares of each of the issuer’s classes of capital or common stock as of the close of the period covered by the annual report:

Shares of common stock: 91,977,302,95393,175,043,991

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is awell-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.    Yes  x    No  ¨

If this report is an annual or transition report, indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.    Yes  ¨    No  x

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes  x    No  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).    Yes  ¨    No  x¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

Large accelerated filer    x                Accelerated filer  ¨                Non-accelerated filer¨

Indicate by check mark which basis of accounting the registrant has used to prepare the financial statements included in this filing:

If “Other” has been checked in response to the previous question, indicate by check mark which financial statement item the registrant has elected to follow.    ¨  Item 17    ¨  Item 18

If this is an annual report, indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes  ¨    No  x

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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This annual report on Form 20-F contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Although we have based these forward-looking statements on our expectations and projections about future events, it is possible that actual results may differ materially from our expectations. In many cases, we include a discussion of the factors that are most likely to cause forward-looking statements to differ from actual results together with the forward-looking statements themselves. These statements appear throughout this annual report, including, without limitation, under “Item 4. Information on the Company” and “Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects.” Examples of such forward-looking statements include:

Words such as “believe,” “anticipate,” “plan,” “aims,” “seeks,” “expect,” “intend,” “target,” “objective,” “estimate,” “project,” “potential,” “predict,” “forecast,” “guideline,” “could,” “may,” “will,” “should” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements but are not the exclusive means of identifying such statements. These statements may relate to (i) our asset growth and financing plans, (ii) trends affecting our financial condition or results of operations and (iii) the impact of competition and regulations, but are not limited to such topics. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties, and actual results may differ materially from those described in such forward-looking statements included in this annual report as a result of various factors (including, without limitation, the actions of competitors, future global economic conditions, market conditions, foreign exchange rates and operating and financial risks), many of which are beyond our control. The occurrence of any such factors not currently expected by us could significantly alter the results set forth in these statements.

Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially and adversely include, but are not limited to:

You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date that they were made. This cautionary statement should be considered in connection with any written or oral forward-looking statements that we may issue in the future. We do not undertake any obligation to publicly release any revisions to such forward-looking statements after the filing of this annual report to reflect later events or circumstances or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

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THE MERGER

On January 1, 2008, Banco de Chile (the “Bank”) merged with Citibank Chile in a transaction in which Banco de Chile was the surviving corporate entity. As used in this annual report, unless the context otherwise requires, references to “Banco de Chile” relating to any date or period prior to January 1, 2008 (the effective date of the merger) are to Banco de Chile as it existed prior to the consummation of the merger, and such references relating to any date or period on or after January 1, 2008 are to Banco de Chile after the consummation of the merger.

PRESENTATION OF FINANCIAL INFORMATION

We prepare our audited consolidated financial statements in Chilean pesos and in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”)in effect from time to time as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (“IASB”IFRS”). ReferencesUnless otherwise specified, all financial information herein is in this annual report to IFRS mean IFRS as issued by the IASB.IFRS.

Until and including our consolidated financial statements included in our annual report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2008, we prepared our audited consolidated financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in Chile as supplemented by the applicable rules of theSuperintendencia de Bancos e Instituciones Financieras de Chile (the “Superintendency of Banks”“SBIF”) (“Chilean GAAP”), with reconciliations to generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”). As required by IFRS 1—First Time Adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards, our financial position as of December 31, 2008 and our results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2008 were restated in accordance with IFRS 1 for comparative purposes. Reconciliations and a description of the transition to IFRS, and the effects on our assets, liabilities, equity, net income and cash flows are presented in Note 5 to our audited consolidated financial statements included in our annual report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2009 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on June 29, 2010. Unless otherwise indicated, the financial information included in this annual report with respect to 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 20122013 has been derived from financial statements that have been prepared in accordance with IFRS. See Note 2(a) to our audited consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 20122013 appearing elsewhere in this annual report. IFRS differs in certain significant respects from Chilean GAAP. As a result, our financial information presented under IFRS is not directly comparable to any of our financial information presented under Chilean GAAP. Accordingly, readers should avoid such comparison.

Since adopting IFRS, we are no longer required to reconcile our financial statements to U.S. GAAP.

For comparison purposes and as a result of changes in certain accounting policies, some line items in our consolidated statement of income and balance sheet have been reclassified for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2012. For more information, see “Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects—Critical Accounting Policies—New Standards Adopted in 2013”, as well as Notes 2(aj), 3 and 4 to our audited consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2013 appearing elsewhere in this annual report.

In this annual report, references to “$,” “U.S.$,” “U.S. dollars” and “dollars” are to United States dollars, references to “pesos” or “Ch$” are to Chilean pesos (see Note 2(u) to our audited consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 20122013 appearing elsewhere in this annual report), and references to “UF” are to “Unidades de Fomento.” The UF is an inflation indexed Chilean monetary unit of account with a value in Chilean pesos that is linked to and adjusted daily to reflect changes in the Consumer Price Index (“CPI”) of the Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas (the “Chilean National Statistics Institute”). As of December 31, 2012,2013, one UF equaled Ch$22,840.75.23,309.56.

This annual report contains translations of certain Chilean peso amounts into U.S. dollars at specified rates solely for your convenience. These translations should not be construed as representations that the Chilean peso amounts actually represent such U.S. dollar amounts, were converted from U.S. dollars at the rate indicated in preparing our audited consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 20122013 or could be converted into U.S. dollars at the rate indicated. Until November 30, 2011, Banco de Chile applied the observed exchange rate reported by theBanco Central de Chile (the “Central Bank”) in order to translate its financial statements from Chilean pesos to U.S. dollars. However, beginning December 1, 2011, Banco de Chile adopted the

exchange rate of accounting representation, or spot exchange rate, for such matters. This is also described in “Item 3. Key Information—Selected Financial Data—Exchange Rates.” Thus, unless otherwise indicated, the U.S. dollar amounts have been translated from Chilean pesos based on the exchange rate of accounting representation as of December 31, 20122013 as determined by our Treasury and Money Market Operations segment, on a daily basis, based on the average of the daily closing bid and offer rates reported by Bloomberg for the Santiago Stock Exchange. The exchange rate of accounting representation on April 15, 20132014 was Ch$472.10549.66 = U.S.$1.00. $1.00. As of the same date, the observed exchange rate was Ch$469.24549.04 = U.S.$1.00.

The observed exchange rate reported by the Central Bank is based on the rate for the prior business day in Chile and was the exchange rate specified by the Superintendency of Banks to be used by Chilean banks in the preparation of their financial statements until December 31, 2010.

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The Federal Reserve Bank of New York does not report a noon buying rate for Chilean pesos.

Unless otherwise specified, all references in this annual report to total loans are to loans to customers before deducting allowances for loan losses, and they do not include loans to banks or contingent loans. In addition, all market share data and financial indicators for the Chilean banking system as compared to Banco de Chile’s financial information presented in this annual report are based on information releasedpublished periodically by the Superintendency of Banks,SBIF which is published under Chilean GAAP and prepared on a consolidated basis.

In this annual report, “total past-due loans” refers toare the loan installments that are 90 or more days overdue and the remaining outstanding balance of such loan (principal and interest)interests) overdue. See “Item 4. Information on the Company—Selected Statistical Information—Classification of Loan Portfolio Based on the Borrower’s Payment Performance.”

According to Chilean regulations and for the purposes of this annual report, regulatory capital (“Regulatory Capital”) consists of:

Certain figures included in this annual report and in our audited consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 20122013 have been rounded for ease of presentation. Percentage figures included in this annual report have not in all cases been calculated on the basis of such rounded figures but on the basis of such amounts prior to rounding. For this reason, percentage amounts in this annual report may vary slightly from those obtained by performing the same calculations using the figures in our audited consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2012.2013. Certain other amounts that appear in this annual report may similarly not sum due to rounding.

Inflation figures are those reported by the Chilean National Statistics Institute, unless otherwise stated herein or required by the context.

MACRO-ECONOMIC AND MARKET DATA

In this annual report, all macro-economic data relating to the Chilean economy is based on information published by the Central Bank. All market share data, financial indicators and other data relating to the Chilean financial system are based on information published periodically by the Superintendency of Banks,SBIF, which is published under Chilean GAAP and prepared on a consolidated basis.

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PART I

Not Applicable.

Not Applicable.

SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

The following tables present historical financial information about us as of the dates and for each of the periods indicated. The following tables should be read in conjunction with, and are qualified in their entirety by reference to, our audited consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 20122013 appearing elsewhere in this annual report. The financial information for the years ended December 31, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 20122013 is presented under IFRS.

Our audited consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with IFRS for the years ended December 31, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2012.2013.

(See footnotes below)

(See footnotes below)

Exchange Rates

As a general matter, prior to 1989, Chilean law permitted the purchase and sale of foreign currency only in those cases explicitly authorized by the Central Bank. TheLey Orgánica Constitucional del Banco Central de Chile 18,840 (the “Central Bank Act”) liberalized the rules governing the purchase and sale of foreign currency. The Central Bank Act empowers the Central Bank to determine that certain purchases and sales of foreign currency specified by law must be carried out in theMercado Cambiario Formal (the “Formal Exchange Market”). The Formal Exchange Market is composed of banks and other entities so authorized by the Central Bank. The observed exchange rate for any given day equals the average exchange rate of the transactions conducted in the Formal Exchange Market on the immediately preceding banking day, as certified by the Central Bank. Even though the Central Bank is authorized to carry out its transactions at the rates it sets, it generally uses the spot rate for its transactions. Authorized transactions by other banks are generally carried out at the spot rate.

Purchases and sales of foreign exchange are not required to be conducted in the Formal Exchange Market and therefore may be carried out in theMercado Cambiario Informal (the “Informal Exchange Market”). There are no price limits imposed on transactions executed in the Informal Exchange Market. On December 28, 201230, 2013 (the last trading date of the year), the average exchange rate in the Informal Exchange Market was Ch$479.9526.20 per U.S.$1.00, or 0.3%0.5% higher than the observed exchange rate of Ch$478.6523.76 per U.S.$1.00 reported by the Central Bank on the same date. The observed exchange rate for any given day equals the average exchange rate of the transactions conducted in the Formal Exchange Market on the immediately preceding banking day, as certified by the Central Bank.

The following table sets forth the annual low, high, average and period-end observed exchange rate for U.S. dollars for each year beginning in 2008,2009, and the last six complete months, as reported by the Central Bank:

Source: Central Bank.

The observed exchange rate on April 15, 20132014 was Ch$469.24549.04 = U.S.$1.00. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York does not report a noon buying rate for Chilean pesos.

Until November 30, 2011, Banco de Chile applied the observed exchange rate as reported by the Central Bank in order to translate its financial statements from Chilean pesos to U.S. dollars. However, beginning December 1, 2011, Banco de Chile adopted the exchange rate of accounting representation, or spot exchange rate, for such matters. The exchange rate of accounting representation is determined on a daily basis by our Treasury based on the average of the daily closing bid and offer rates reported by Bloomberg for the Santiago Stock Exchange.

RISK FACTORS

The risks and uncertainties described below are not the only ones that we face. Additional risks and uncertainties that we do not know about or that we currently think are immaterial may also impair our business operations. Any of the following risks, if they actually occur, could materially and adversely affect our business, results of operations, prospects and financial condition.

We are also subject to market risks that are presented both in this subsection and in Note 4142 to our audited consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 20122013 appearing elsewhere in this annual report.

Risks Relating to our Operations and the Chilean Banking Industry

The growth of our loan portfolio may expose us to increased loan losses.

During the last five years, our total loan portfolio has shown double-digitgrown at a compounded average growth rates,rate of 8.8%. The expansion in our loan portfolio has been primarily as a result offostered by the expansion in residential mortgage and consumer loans, and, to a lesser extent, due to an increasethe growth posted in commercial loans. The growthenlargement of our loan portfolio is in line with our strategic priorities, although we recognize our focus on the retail marketbanking segment may expose us to higher levels of loan losses and may require us to establish higher levels of allowances for loan losses. For the year ended December 31, 2012,2013, our loan portfolio amounted to Ch$18,771,76120,880,770 million, which represents a 8.0%an 11.2% annual increase as compared to the amount of Ch$17,386,49718,771,761 million that we recorded as of December 31, 2011.2012. Similarly, our allowances for loans losses increased 6.9%13.3% from Ch$362,741 million in 2011 to Ch$387,803 million in 2012. Accordingly,2012 to Ch$439,298 million in 2013. As a result, our ratio of allowances for loan losses to total loans was 2.09% in 2011 andslightly increased over that period, from 2.07% in 2012.2012 to 2.10% in 2013.

Our loan portfolio may not continue to grow at the same or similar rate.

We cannot assure you that our loan portfolio will continue to grow at the same rates as it has in the past. The Chilean financial system’sindustry’s aggregate loan portfolio has grown significantly over the last five years, which growth has been fostered by a general effort of its participants in the financial industry to broaden their value offerings and increase banking penetration inof lower and middle income segments.segments, as well as small and medium-sized companies. These efforts have been also supported by the robustness and growth of the Chilean economy over the last decade. However, a slowdown or negative GDP growth rate of the Chilean economy,rates, as well as a change in the behavior of banking customers, could adversely affect the growth rate of our loan portfolio and our credit quality indicators and, accordingly, causelead us to increase our requiredrequirements of allowances for loan losses. For more information, see “Item 4. Information on the Company—Regulation and Supervision” and “Item 4. Information on the Company—Selected Statistical Information.”

Restrictions imposed by banking regulations may restrict our operations and thereby adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations.

We are subject to regulation by the Superintendency of Banks.SBIF. In addition, we are subject to regulation by the Central Bank with respect to certain matters, including interest rates and foreign exchange transactions. See “Item 4. Information on the Company—Regulation and Supervision.”

Pursuant to theLey General de Bancos (the “General Banking Law”) all Chilean banks may, subject to the approval of the Superintendency of Banks,SBIF, engage in certain non-banking businesses approved by the law. The Superintendency of Banks’SBIF’s approval will depend on the risk of the activity and the strength of the bank. Further, the General Banking Law applies to the Chilean banking system a modified version of the capital adequacy guidelines issued by the Basel Committee on Banking Regulation and Supervisory Practices (the “Basel Committee”) and limits the discretion of the Superintendency of BanksSBIF to deny new banking licenses.

In addition, during 2011in recent years the Chilean Congress debated bills regulating insurance commissions relatedgovernment has focused on consumer protection matters. Accordingly, between 2010 and 2013, a number of legal and administrative regulations have been enacted, amended and revoked in order to mortgage loans and maximum legal interest rates for smallreinforce consumer loans. The bill regulating insurance commissions was published on December 17, 2011, effective as of July 1, 2012. This new law imposed restrictions and obligations on lenders such as a mandatory bid process for insurance related to mortgage loans and a general prohibition on commissions benefiting the lender. Although this law became effective on July 1, 2012, it did not

have any impact on our business activity due to the characteristicsprotection in all relevant aspects of the insurance contracts associated with residential mortgage loans, which consist of collective insurance policies that are renewed every January 1^st. The new law will apply to our results of operations beginning in 2013, although we do not expect any material effects.

Additionally, there is a bill currently under consideration in Congress related to maximum legal interest rates. This bill states that applicable maximum interest rates may not exceed the higher of: (i) 1.5 times the average interest rate for loans applicable at the time of the agreement,financial relationship between consumers and (ii) the average interest rate for loans applicable at the time of the agreement plus two annual percentage points. In addition, the bill states that the interest rate for local currency loans not indexed to inflation with terms longer than 90 days may not exceed the average interest rate applicable to the same type of loans for amounts between 200 and 5.000 UF (approximately U.S.$9,527 and U.S.$238,187) plus: (i) 14 annual percentage points if the loan is higher than 50 UF (approximately U.S.$2,382) or (ii) 21 annual percentage points if the loan is equal or lower than 50 UF. Accordingly, the proposed law—if enacted—will mainly affect consumer loans, namely, installment, credit card and credit line loans, as well as overdue loans.financial institutions. We estimate that under the terms considered in this bill, as of December 31, 2012, no more than 2.5% of our total loans had an interest rate above the proposed new limit or had an overdue portion subject to penalty charges and, therefore, were potentially affected by the new maximum interest rate. We believe that if the bill is enacted, it would affect the volume of installment loans to be granted from the date the law goes into effect, as well as the outstanding and new loans related to credit cards and credit lines, whereas the outstanding balance of installment loans would not be affected. In addition, the proposed law—if enacted—may result in lower net interest income together with a reduction in our loan growth. Since the bill is currently under discussion in Congress we cannot ascertain the final outcome of the law or its actual impact on interest rates. Nevertheless, based on preliminary estimations, we believe the proposed law—if enacted—would not have any material effects on our results of operations for 2013.

It is also important to note that the Chilean regulator has suggested that Basel III guidelines may be implemented in Chile which could impose new requirements for Chilean banks in terms of capital adequacy and liquidity standards. We do not expect the potential implementation of Basel III to affect our profitability and results of operations in 2013 as the Chilean regulator has not given any indication as to when and how these guidelines will be implemented. Nevertheless, we cannot assure that these guidelinesthere will not affect our financial performance inbe new regulations and restrictions on this matter. See “Item 4. Information on the future if adopted.Company—Regulation and Supervision.”

There can be no assurance that regulators will not impose more restrictive limitations in the future on the activities of banks, including us, than those that are currently in effect or proposed.effect. Any such change could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations or financial condition in a fashion that we cannot determine in advance.

Regarding Basel III, it is important to note that the SBIF has suggested that these guidelines may be implemented in Chile in the future, which could impose new requirements for all Chilean banks, including us. Similarly, the Chilean Central Bank has announced that it is working on developing new liquidity standards for local banks. Since neither the SBIF nor the Central Bank has provided any indication as to when and how these guidelines will be implemented or even presented to the market, we do not expect they will affect our profitability or results of operations in 2014. Nevertheless, we cannot assure you that these guidelines will not affect our financial performance in the future, if adopted.

As for credit risk provisioning matters, on December 18, 2013 the SBIF published for comments a set of amendments to the regulations on allowances for loan losses and credit risk matters. These amendments propose a standard model for calculating allowances for loan losses associated with residential mortgage loans only, although the SBIF announced that an approach will be proposed for consumer and commercial loans in the future. As for residential mortgage loans, the amendments are intended to introduce a standard model for determining allowances for loan losses that includes past-due behavior and loan-to-value ratios. Similarly, the proposed amendments establish specific guidelines regarding the treatment of collateral when calculating provisions for loan losses and provisioning factoring loans. In addition, on February 13, 2014 the SBIF published for comments a new regulation that aims to establish minimum requirements to be met by any bank in order to use internal models for calculating allowances for loan losses. These requirements have to do with both banks (capital adequacy, management qualification, and satisfactory evaluation by the SBIF) and their credit risk management system (ad hoc organizational structure, quality assurance, etc.). Even though this proposal is at an initial stage of analysis, we cannot assure you that it will not materially affect our results of operations or financial condition in the future, if adopted.

Increased competition and industry consolidation may adversely affect our operations.

The Chilean market for financial services is highly competitive. We compete with other Chilean and foreign banks, with Banco del Estado de Chile, awhich is government-owned, bank, and with large department stores that grant consumer loans to a large portion of the Chilean population, especially in the low and middle-income segments. In addition, the retail market (which comprisesencompasses individuals and small and medium-sized companies) has become the target market of several banks, andbanks. Accordingly, competition within this market is increasing as banks are continuously incorporating new and tailored products, while they strive to improve service quality. As a result, net interest margins (after provisions for loan losses) in these sub-segments are likely to decline over time.

We also face competition from non-bank competitors with respect toin some of our credit products, such asespecially credit cards and consumer loans. In these markets, competition from non-banking companies like large department stores, private compensation funds, and saving and credit cooperatives has become increasingly significant. In addition, we face competition from other types of competitors, such as leasing, factoring and automobile financing companies (especially in credit products), as well as mutual funds, pension funds and insurance companies within the market for savings products and mortgage loans. Currently, banks continue to be the main suppliers of leasing, factoring and mutual funds, and the insurance sales business is experiencing fast growth, butgrowth. However, we cannot assure you that this trend will continue in the future. See “Item 4. Information on the Company—Business Overview—Competition.”

IncreasingIn the past, increasing competition within the Chilean banking industry has been accompanied by a consolidation trend in the industry in recent years.wave. We expect that both of these trends will continue and result in the creation of larger and stronger financial groups.groups offering a wide range of products and services and targeting most of the segments in the Chilean banking market. These trends may adversely affect us because they may increase the interest rates we pay to attract depositors and decrease the interest rates we charge our customers for loans, resulting in a decrease of the net interest margins we are able to generate.

Our exposure to certain segments of the retail market could lead to higher levels of total past-due loans and subsequent charge-offs.

Although we historically focused on banking for the wholesale market and high-income individuals, an increasing portion of our retail marketbanking segment consists of small and medium-sized companies (approximately 7.6%7.7% of our total loan book as of December 31, 2012,2013, including companies with annual sales of up to Ch$1,600 million) and, to a lesser extent, of lower-income individuals (approximately 4.1%3.8% of our total loan book as of December 31, 2012,2013, including individuals with monthly incomes that rangeranging from Ch$170,000 to Ch$500,000). Our strategy aims to increase lending and banking penetration by providing multiple value propositions to attract additional retail customers. These customers are likely to be more severely affected by adverse developments in the Chilean economy than large corporations and high-income individuals. Consequently, in the future we may experiencebe exposed to higher levels of total past-due loans, which could result in higher allowances for loan losses.

The levels of total past-due loans and subsequent write-offs, may bewhich could result in materially higher in the future, which couldallowances for loan losses and adversely affect us. our results of operations.

As of December 31, 20122013 our total past-due loans (loans overdue 90 days or more) reached Ch$181,863236,730 million, which represented a 1.7%30.2% annual increase as compared to the figure recorded a year earlier. In addition,in 2012. Also, as of December 31, 20122013 our total past-due loans were composed of 77.3%79.1% of retail banking past-due loans (consumer and residential mortgage loans to individuals, as well as commercial loans to small and medium sized companies) and 22.7%20.9% of wholesale banking past-due loans (commercial loans to large companies and corporations). During the prior fiscal year, our past-due portfolio comprised 81.9%encompassed 77.3% of retail banking past-due loans and 18.1%22.7% wholesale banking past-due credits.

The annual increase in the amount of past-due loans had mainly to do with greater balances of past-due loans associated with SMEs and, to a lesser extent individual banking. This trend of higher delinquency was in line with an economic cycle that showed some signs of slowdown in 2013, after three years of sustained growth, with annual GPD expansion rates above 5.0%. Even though we have tightened the whole credit process, from assessment to collection, we cannot assure you this trend will not continue if global or local economic conditions deteriorate in the future.

For more information, see “Item 4. Information on the Company—Business Overview—Principal Business Activities.”

One of our affiliates may be obligated to sell shares of our stock in the public market if we do not pay sufficient dividends.

As of December 31, 2012,2013,Sociedad Administradora de la Obligación Subordinada S.A. (“SAOS”), our affiliate, held 32.5%30.69% of our shares as a consequence of our 1996 reorganization. This reorganization was due in part to the 1989 repurchase by the Central Bank of certain non-performing loans that we had previously sold to the Central Bank and later exchanged for subordinated debt without a fixed term. For more information, see “Item 4. Information on the Company—History and Development of the Bank—History—The 1982-1983 Economic Crisis and the Central Bank Subordinated Debt.”

In exchange for assuming the Central Bank debt, SAOS received from SM-Chile S.A. (“SM-Chile”), the holding company that controls us and SAOS, a stake of 63.6% of our shares as collateral for this debt. Dividends received from us are the sole source of SAOS’s revenues, which—in turn—must be used to repay this debt. However, under SAOS’s agreement with the Central Bank, we have no obligation to distribute dividends to our shareholders. To the extent distributed dividends are not sufficient to pay the amount due on this debt, SAOS is permitted to maintain a cumulative deficit balance with the Central Bank that SAOS commits to pay with future dividends. If this cumulative deficit balance exceeds 20% of our paid-in capital and reserves, the Central Bank may require SAOS to sell a sufficient number of our shares to pay the entire amount of the accumulated deficit. As of March 31, 2013,2014, SAOS maintained a surplus with the Central Bank of Ch$275,702373,556 million, equivalent to a 13.4%16.9% of our paid-in capital and reserves as of the same date.

Furthermore, if our shareholders decide to retain and capitalize all or part of our annual net income in order to finance our future growth and to distribute stock dividends, the Central Bank may require us to pay in cash to SAOS the portion of net income corresponding to its stake in our shares. If we distribute stock dividends and the Central Bank does not require us to pay that portion in cash, the shares received by SAOS must be sold by SAOS within the following 12 months. SM-Chile shareholders will have a right of first refusal with respect to that sale.

If SAOS is required to sell shares of our stock for any of the aforementioned circumstances in the public market, that sale could adversely affect the prevailing market price of our stock.

The results of our operations are affected by inflation and interest rate volatility.

The results of our operations depend to a great extent on our net interest income, which represented 71.8% of our total operating revenues in 2012.2013. Changes in inflation and nominal interest rates could affect the interest rates earned on our interest-earning assets differently from the interest rates paid on our interest-bearing liabilities, resulting in a reduction in our net income. Inflation and interest rates are highly sensitive to several factors beyond our control, including the Central Bank’s monetary policy, deregulation of the Chilean financial sector, domestic and international economic and political conditions, among other factors. Any volatility in interest rates could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations. The inflation rate—measured as the annual variation in the Consumer Price Index (“CPI”) as published by the National Statistics Institute—was 2.96% in 2010, 4.44% in 2011 and 1.49% in 2012.

The average annual short-term nominal interest rate in Chile for 90 to 360 day deposits received by Chilean financial institutions was 2.73% in 2010, 5.61% in 2011, and 5.90% in 2012.2012 and 5.20% in 2013. The average long-term nominal interest rate based on the interest rate of the Central Bank’s five-year bonds was 5.54% in 2010, 5.67% in 2011, and 5.26% in 2012. 2012 and 5.14% in 2013.

Inflation in Chile has been moderate in recent years, especially in comparison with periods of high inflation in the 1980s and 1990s. High levels of inflation in Chile could adversely affect the Chilean economy, the consumers’ purchase power and, indirectly, our results of operations. The annual rate of inflation (as measured by annual changes in the CPI and as reported by the Chilean National Institute of Statistics) during the last five years and the first three months of 2014 was:

Source: Chilean National Institute of Statistics

Although we benefit from a higher than expected inflation rate in Chile due to the structure of our assets and liabilities (we have a significant net asset position indexed to the inflation rate), significant changes in inflation with respect to current levels could adversely affect our results of operations and, therefore, the value of both our shares and ADSs.

For more information, see “Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects—Operating Results—Overview—Inflation” and “Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects—Operating Results—Overview—Interest Rates.”

Operational problems or errors can have a material adverse impact on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

As all large financial institutions, we are exposed to many operational risks, including the risk of fraud by employees and outsiders, failure to obtain proper internal authorizations, failure to properly document transactions, equipment failures, errors made by employees and natural disasters, such as earthquakes or tsunamis. Although we maintain a system of operational controls composed of world-class human and technological resources, as well as comprehensive contingency plans, there can be no assurance that operational problems or errors will not occur and that their occurrence will not have a material adverse impact on us.

Cybersecurity events could negatively affect our reputation or results of operations and may result in litigation.

We have access to large amounts of confidential financial information and control substantial financial assets belonging to our customers as well as to us. In addition, we provide our customers with continuous remote access to their accounts and the possibility of transferring substantial financial assets by electronic means. Accordingly, cybersecurity is a material risk for us.

We depend on a variety of internet-based data processing, communication, and information exchange platforms and networks. Thus, we cannot assure you that all of our systems are entirely free from vulnerability. Additionally, we enter into contracts with several third-parties to provide the business, data and communication services we offer to our customers. If information security is breached, or if one of our employees breaches compliance procedures, information could be lost or misappropriated, which may affect our results of operations, damage others or result in potential litigation. Cybersecurity incidents, such as computer break-ins, phishing, identity theft and other disruptions could negatively affect the security of information stored in and transmitted through our computer systems and network infrastructure, which may result in significant liability to us in excess of insurance coverage, and may cause existing and potential customers to refrain from doing business with us. Although we, with the help of service providers, intend to continue tocontinuously implement security technology devices and establish operational procedures to prevent such damage, we cannot assure you that these security measures will be successful.

Request from Spanish Court to Chilean Judicial Authorities

On April 29, 2010, the Supreme Court of Chile denied the requests contained in a rogatory letter issued on October 26, 2009 by the Central Court of Instruction Number 5 of the National Court of Spain (Juzgado Central de Instrucción No. 5 de la Audiencia Nacional de Madrid) in Madrid, Spain (the “Spanish Court”) to have certain actions taken (as described below) with respect to a lawsuit before the Spanish Court. The Supreme Court of Chile established that the subject matter of the investigation by the Spanish Court was currently pending before a Chilean tribunal that has jurisdiction and competence over these matters.

The rogatory letter referred to above notified the Chilean judicial authorities that a lawsuit pending before the Spanish Court had been amended to add causes of action concerning concealment of assets and money laundering against Mr. Pablo Granifo Lavin (the chairman of our board of directors) and Mr. Hernán Donoso Lira (former manager of our New York branch) and against us, Banchile Corredores de Bolsa S.A. and Banchile Administradora General de Fondos S.A., the latter three of which face only subsidiary civil liability. The rogatory letter, among other items, requested a joint guarantee (fianza solidaria) from the defendants in the amount of U.S.$77,348,374 and, if the aforementioned parties were not to grant such a joint guarantee, requested the attachment of assets of up to U.S.$103,131,165.

On April 30, 2012, the Spanish Court decided the provisional dismissal (sobreseimiento provisional) of the aforementioned lawsuit on the grounds that the Chilean judicial authorities have investigated and prosecuted the same facts as those pending before the courts in Spain, and there is an existing legal proceeding underway in Chile, which should have priority. The complainant filed an appeal (recursos de apelación y reforma), which was dismissed on July 27, 2012 and June 19, 2012 by the Spanish judicial authorities.

In Chile, a judicial investigation is currently underway and at the time of filing of this annual report no indictments for criminal participation of persons affiliated with us have been issued. Consequently, it is not possible to predict the outcome of these proceedings, or what impact, if any, they might have on us.

Exposure to European sovereign debt or related instruments and future turmoil and destabilization related thereto could negatively affect our business.

Although emerging markets were less impacted by the global financial crisis of 2008 and showed a quick recovery, there are still concerns about the possibility of a recession in developed countries cannot be ruled out yet, especially due to the fiscal condition of certain European economies (such as Greece, Italy, Ireland, Portugal and Spain, also called PIIGS economies). The debtDebt levels and fiscal unreliability of these countries have resulted in uncertainty regarding the outlook for the global economy and a potential contagion to other economies linked to these countries. Although developed countries are gradually overcoming the troubles associated with the financial turmoil of 2008 and the subsequent instability of PIIGS countries, we cannot dismiss concerns regarding future volatility.

Similarly,Likewise, we are unable to determine and predict the effects that this situation willcould have on the world’s and our commercial partners’ GDP growth of Chile’s main commercial partners and overall financial stability.the entire world. Also, these factors could translate into a slowdown in the local economy’s slowdowneconomy that wouldcould affect the decision making processprocesses of individuals and companies regarding consumption and investment, which—in turn—investment. All of these factors could adversely affect the demand for credits. Accordingly, wecredits in the Chilean Banking industry. We cannot assure you that these developments will not occur or that they will not affect us.our results of operations or financial condition.

As of December 31, 20122013 we had a total exposure to PIIGS economies of Ch$38,78518,751 million (U.S.$80.935.7 million), which represents 0.17%0.07% of our total assets as of the same date. This exposure was concentrated in only two economies, Italy and Spain, and it was related to contingent credits, such as standby letter of credits in favor of us as well as third parties. As of the same date, we had no additional exposure to PIIGS countries, in any type of instrument, such as financial assets available-for-sale, assets held for trading, derivatives, commercial loans, credit lines, confirming export letters of credits, etc.

Risks Relating to our ADSs

Our principal shareholders may have interests that differ from those of our other shareholders and their significant share ownership may have an adverse effect on the future market price of our ADSs and shares.

As of April 15, 2013,2014, LQ Inversiones Financieras S.A. (“LQIF”), a holding company beneficially owned by Quiñenco S.A. and Citigroup Chile S.A., holds directly and indirectly approximately 58.40%51.22% of the voting rights of our shares. These principal shareholders are in a position to elect a majority of the members of our board of directors, direct our management and control all matters decided by a shareholder vote, including the approval of fundamental corporate transactions.

Actions by our principal shareholders with respect to the disposition of the shares or ADSs they beneficially own, or the perception that such actions may occur, may adversely affect the trading price of our shares on the various stock exchanges on which they are listed and, consequently, the market price of the ADSs.

There may be a lack of liquidity and a limited market for our shares and ADSs.

While our ADSs have been listed on the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) since the first quarter of 2002, there can be no assurance that an active trading market for our ADSs will be sustained. During 2012,2013, a daily average of 22,92416,121 of our American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) waswere traded on the NYSE, according to data provided by Bloomberg. Although our shares are traded on the Santiago Stock Exchange, the Valparaiso Stock Exchange and the Chilean Electronic Stock Exchange, the market for our shares in Chile is small and somewhat illiquid. As of December 31, 2012,April 15, 2014 approximately 15.7%24.80% of our outstanding shares were held by shareholders other than our principal shareholders, including LQIF, SM-Chile, SAOS and Ergas Group.

If an ADS holder withdraws the underlying shares from the ADR facility, the small size of the market, its limited liquidity, as well as our concentrated ownership, may impair the ability of the ADS holder to sell the shares in the Chilean market in the amount and at the price and time such holder desires, and could increase the volatility of the price of our ADSs.

You may be unable to exercise preemptive rights.

TheLey Sobre Sociedades Anónimas No. 18,046 (the “Chilean Corporations Law”) and theReglamento de Sociedades Anónimas (the “Chilean Corporations Regulations”) require that whenever we issue new common stock for cash, we grant preemptive rights to all of our shareholders (including holders of ADSs) to purchase a sufficient number of shares to maintain their existing ownership percentage. Such an offering would not be possible unless a registration statement under the Securities Act were effective with respect to such rights and common stock or an exemption from the registration requirements thereunder were available.

We may elect not to make a registration statement available with respect to the preemptive rights and the common stock, in which case you may not be able to exercise your preemptive rights. If a registration statement is not filed, the depositary will sell such holders’ preemptive rights and distribute the proceeds thereof if a premium can be recognized over the cost of any such sale.

Developments in international financial markets may adversely affect the market price of the ADSs and shares.

The market price of our ADSs and shares may be adversely affected by volatility in international financial markets and adverse worldglobal economic conditions. The market for Chilean securities and the Chilean economy as a whole are, to varying degrees,diverse extents, influenced by economic and market conditions in the United States, Europe and certain emerging market countries, including someespecially Asian countries, and also economic as well as political developments in Latin America and Asia.American countries. Although economic conditions are different in each country, investors’ reactions to developmentsspecific issues in one country can affect the financial markets in other countries,others, including Chile. Therefore, unfavorable developments in other countries countries—especially in developed economies and Chile’s main commercial partners—may adversely affect the market price of our ADSs and shares.

In particular, since August 2007, there has been significant volatility in worldwide financial markets due to consequences from the announcement, by several U.S. banks and financial institutions, of significant write-downs related to their exposure to mortgage-backed securities and other financial instruments. This situation, also known as the subprime crisis, translated into several and significant government bail-outs for important banks worldwide, bankruptcy for some others and an active M&A market in the financial industry.industry intended to maintain the confidence of investors and customers, as well as avoiding bank runs. Although the Chilean economy iswas not directly exposed to the U.S. housing credit market and —historically— we dohave not directly holdheld any assets related to such financial instruments, the subprime crisis impacted the Chilean economic activity towardseconomy by the end of 2008, with additionalincluding banking activity. Currently, the U.S. economy seems to be overcoming the effects onof the banking industrysubprime crisis, as evidenced by recovering mid-term growth rates, employment and our commercial activity. Weconsumption, while the Federal Reserve is tapering the expansionary monetary policy it has used for the past several years. However, we cannot assure you that these past developments will not continue to affect us, norrepeat in the future or that any future developments in international markets could not affect us, including our results of operations and consequently the market price of our ADSs and shares.

Similarly, althoughFinancial deterioration in certain European countries was another indirect effect of the subprime crisis that occurred in the United States. Although our exposure to European sovereign debt is not significant, amounting to U.S.$80.9 million as of December 31, 2012, we cannot assure you that volatility in global financial markets due to the uncertainty regarding the Eurozone fiscal condition will not continue and affect the Chilean economy and consequently our financial condition and results of operations. Accordingly, the price of our ADS could be adversely affected by a new financial turmoil in the Eurozone, political issues, a slower than expected recovery, or a deterioration in healthier economies, such as Germany, and France, that could translate into increasing volatility and uncertainty all over the world.

In the past, Chile has imposed controls on foreign investment and repatriation of investments that affected investments in, and earnings from, our ADSs.

Equity investments held in Chile by persons who are not Chileannon-Chilean residents have historically been subject to various exchange control regulations that restrict the repatriation of the investments and earnings therefrom. In April 2001, the Central Bank eliminated most of the regulations that affectedaffecting foreign investors, although foreign investorsthey still have to provide the Central Bank with information related to equity investments and must conduct such operations within the Formal Exchange Market. Additional Chilean restrictions applicable to holders of our ADSs, the disposition of the shares underlying them, the repatriation of the proceeds from such disposition or the payment of dividends may be imposed in the future, and we cannotcan neither determine in advance nor advise you as to the durationwhen or how those restrictions could impact of such restrictionsyou, if imposed.

If for any reason, including changes in Chilean law, the depositary for our ADSs were unable to convert Chilean pesos to U.S. dollars, investors would receive dividends and other distributions, if any, in Chilean pesos.

We are required to withhold 35% from any dividends we pay to you.

ADSs ownersADS holders are entitled to receive dividends on the underlying shares to the same extent as the holders of shares. Dividends received by ADSs ownersADS holders will be paid net of foreign currency exchange fees and expenses of the depositary and will be subject to Chilean withholding tax of 35% of the dividend, which we will withhold and pay to the Chilean tax authorities. Any dividend distributions made in property (other than common stock) will be subject to the same Chilean tax rules as cash dividends. For more information, see “Item 10. Additional Information—Taxation—Chilean Tax Considerations.”

Risks Relating to Chile

Our growth and profitability depend on the level of economic activity in Chile.

Our core business and transactions are with customers doing business in Chile. Accordingly, our ability to increasegrow our business scalevolumes and results of operations, as well as enhance our financial condition, in general, depends on the dynamism of the Chilean economy and specific macroeconomic variables such as inflation, unemployment, consumption and investment. The global financial crisis of 2008 that significantlydramatically affected the economic growth in developed economiescountries also affected the Chilean economy by the end of 2008 and during the first three quarters of 2009, which immediately2009. This translated into a subsequent slowdown in the local banking industry due to

lower levels of consumption and deteriorated credit quality in loan portfolios prompted by increasing unemployment.unemployment and financial stress experienced by certain economic sectors. Conversely, duringbetween 2010 and 20112012 the local economy and financial system experiencedthe banking industry evidenced a significant upturn, fostered by real GDP growth of around 6%that averaged 5.7% per year, mainly as a result of the recovery in consumption and investment. Toinvestment, as well as higher fiscal spending associated with the reconstruction process after a great extent, this trend continued in 2012 by supporting a GDP expansion of 5.6% for the local economy. Accordingly, over the last three yearssignificant earthquake. In 2013, the Chilean economy entered into a moderate slowdown by recording a 4.1% GDP expansion. The lower dynamism was caused by an important slowdown in investment which posted a slight 0.4% annual growth, principally owing to postponed projects in the mining and energy sectors, as well as companies waiting for better economic signals. On the other hand, consumption remained strong by growing 5.4% in 2013. In line with the economic cycle, banking industry, including us, returnedactivity decreased as compared to historical average2012 in spite of maintaining attractive figures ofin loan growth and profitability. Nevertheless,Although Chilean economic growth continues to be above the average of comparable countries and the world, we cannot assure you that the Chileanlocal economy will continue to growexpanding in the future or developments in, or affecting, the Chilean economy and the local banking industry will not materially and adversely affect us, our business, financial condition or results of operations. For more information, see “Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects—Operating Results—Overview”.

Currency fluctuations could adversely affect the value of our ADSs and any distributions on the ADSs.

The Chilean Government’s economic policies and any future changes in the value of the Chilean peso with respect to the U.S. dollar could affect the dollar value of our common stock and our ADSs. TheGiven the floating exchange rate regime that exists in Chile, the Chilean peso has been subject to large fluctuations in the past and could continue this trend in the future. BetweenAccording to information published by the Chilean Central Bank, between December 31, 20112012 and December 31, 2012,2013, the value of the U.S. dollar relative to the Chilean peso decreasedincreased by approximately 8.2%9.4%, as compared to the increasedecrease of 11.3%8.2% recorded in the period from December 31, 20102011 to December 31, 2011.2012. See “Item 3. Key Information—Exchange rates.”

Chilean trading in the shares underlying our ADSs is conducted in Chilean pesos. Cash distributionsdividends associated with respect to our shares of common stock are received in Chilean pesos by the depositary, which then converts such amounts to U.S. dollars at thethen-prevailing exchange rate for the purpose of making payments in respect of our ADSs. If the value of the U.S. dollar increases relative to the Chilean peso, the dollar value of our ADSs and any distributions to be received from the depositary will decrease. In addition, the depositary will incur customary currency conversion costs (to be borne by the holders of our ADSs) in connection with the conversion and subsequent distribution of dividends or other payments. For more information, see “Item 10. Additional Information—Exchange Controls.”

Our results of operations may be affected by fluctuations in the exchange rates between the Chilean peso and the U.S. dollar despite our policy and Chilean regulations related to the general avoidance of material exchange rate mismatches. In order to reduce the effect of exchange rate mismatches we enter into foreign exchange derivative transactions in order to hedge—partially or totally—that hedge our exposure. As of December 31, 2012,2013, our foreign currency-denominated assets and Chilean peso-denominated assets, which contain repayment terms linked to changes in foreign currency exchange rates, were exceeded by our foreign currency-denominated liabilities and Chileanpeso-denominated liabilities, which contain repayment terms linked to changes in foreign currency exchange rates, by an amount of Ch$1,097.2781 million, or 0.06%0.04% of our paid-in capital and reserves.

We may decide to change our policy regarding exchange rate mismatches. Regulations that limit such mismatches may also be amended or eliminated.eliminated by regulatory institutions. Higher exchange rate mismatches will increase our exposure to the devaluation of the Chilean peso, and any such devaluation may impair our capacity to service foreign-currency obligations and may, therefore, materially and adversely affect us, our financial condition and results of operations. Additionally, the economic policies of the Chilean Government and any future fluctuations of the Chilean peso againstwith respect to the U.S. dollar could adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations.

Inflation could adversely affect the value of our ADSs and financial condition and results of operations.

Inflation has been moderate in recent years, especially in comparison to the periods of high inflation in the 1980s and 1990s. High levels of inflation in Chile could adversely affect the Chilean economy and, indirectly, our results of operations and the value of our ADSs. The annual rate of inflation (as measured by changes in the CPI and as reported by the Chilean National Institute of Statistics) during the last five years and the first three months of 2013 was:

Source: Chilean National Institute of Statistics

Although we benefit from a positive inflation rate in Chile due to the structure of our assets and liabilities (we have a significant net asset position indexed to the inflation rate), our operating results and the value of our ADSs in the future may be adversely affected by changing levels of inflation, and Chilean inflation could change significantly from current levels. For more information, see “Item 5. Operating and Financial review and Prospects—Inflation.”

Chile has corporate disclosure standards different from those you may be familiar with in the United States.

Chilean disclosure requirements for publicly listed companies differ from those in the United States in some significant aspects. In addition, although Chilean law imposes restrictions on insider trading and price manipulation, the Chilean securities markets are not as highly regulated and closely supervised as the U.S. securities markets. Accordingly, the information about us available to you will not be the same as the information available to shareholders of a U.S. company. For more information, see “Item 16G. Corporate Governance.”

Chilean law provides forshareholders with fewer and less well-defined shareholders’ rights.

Our corporate affairs are governed by ourestatutos (bylaws) and the laws of Chile. Under such laws, our shareholders may have fewer or less well-defined rights than they might have as shareholders of a corporation incorporated in a U.S. jurisdiction. For example, our shareholders would not be entitled to appraisal rights in the event of a merger or other business combination undertaken by us.

A Potential Tax Reform in Chile may Increase our Tax Burden

A new administration assumed control of the Chilean government in March 2014. The new president has recently announced and sent to the Chilean congress a tax reform bill intended to finance improvements to the Chilean educational system, among other matters. The bill contemplates a gradual increase in the statutory corporate income tax rate, from the current 20.0% to a maximum of 25.0%, over a four-year period. In addition, the proposed bill includes changes in personal taxation for dividends-related taxes affecting both local and foreign investors, from a basis on cash dividends to a basis on accrued earnings of companies held as an investment. Similarly, the bill proposes a reduction in the tax rate for the upper income bracket, in the case of individuals, from 40.0% to 35.0%. As a result, the announced tax reform could adversely affect our results of operations, costs and profitability in the future. However, since the reform has not been yet passed in the congress, we cannot yet accurately estimate its potential effects on our operations. For more information, see “Item 10. Additional Information—Taxation—Chilean Tax Considerations—Tax Reform Proposal, by Presidential message N°24-362 (April 1, 2014).”

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Information on the Company

History and Development of the BANKBank

Overview

We were founded in 1893, and we have been, for much of our history, among the largest and most profitable Chilean banks in terms of return on assets and equity in Chile. Our core business is commercial banking in Chile, providing traditional banking products and specialized financial services to our diversified customer base of individuals and companies.

Our legal name is Banco de Chile and we are organized as a banking corporation under the laws of Chile and were licensed by the Superintendency of BanksSBIF to operate as a commercial bank on September 17, 1996. Our main executive offices are located at Paseo Ahumada 251, Santiago, Chile, our telephone number is +56 (2) 2637-1111 and our website iswww.bancochile.cl. Our representative in the United States is Puglisi & Associates, with offices at 850 Library Avenue, Suite 204, Newark, Delaware 19711.

We are a full-service financial institution that provides, directly and indirectly through our subsidiaries and affiliates, a wide variety of lending and non-lending products and services to all segments of the Chilean financial market, providing powerful and differentiated value offerings to our customers. Our business is not materially affected by seasonality.

We organize our operations and deliver our services to our customers through the following four principal business segments:

We provide our retail customers with credit cards, residential mortgage loans and consumer loans, as well as traditional deposit services, such as current accounts, demand deposits, savings accounts and time deposits. Our retail customers are composed of micro, small and medium sized companies that we serve by providing them with short and long term loans, as well as diverse deposit solution, in order to satisfy their needs. Our banking services for wholesale customers include commercial loans (which include factoring and leasing), foreign trade, capital markets services, cash management and non-lending services, such as payroll and payment services, as well as a wide range of treasury, financial advisory and risk management products.

In 2008, we supplemented our products and services and enhanced our value offerings by entering into a strategic partnership with Citigroup Inc., as a result of our merger with Citibank Chile.

As of December 31, 2012,2013, we also offered international banking services through our Trade Services subsidiary in Hong Kong, our representative officesoffice in São Paulo and Beijing, and a worldwide network of correspondent banks.

In addition to our traditional banking operations, our subsidiaries and affiliates permit us to offer a variety of non-banking but specialized financial services including securities brokerage, mutual funds management, investment banking, factoring, insurance brokerage, securitization, collection and credit pre-evaluation services.

According to the Superintendency of Banks,SBIF, as of December 31, 20122013 and excluding the operations of subsidiaries abroad, we were the largest bank in terms of net income with a market share of 29.0%, the second largest bank in Chile in terms of total loans with a market share of 19.0%19.1%, the largest provider of commercial loans with a market share of 19.0%, the largest bank in terms of current account balances held by individuals with a market share of 31.0%19.5%, the second largest provider of consumer loans with a market share of 22.0%20.9% and the second largest privately owned bank in terms of residential mortgage loans with a market share of 17.2%

17.4%. Also, as published by the SBIF, we were the largest bank in terms of net income with a market share of 26.8% and the first bank in terms of current account balances held by individuals with a market share of 30.2%, both as of December 31, 2013. Lastly, according to the Chilean Association of Mutual Funds, as of December 31, 20122013 we were the largest provider of mutual funds management with a market share of 23.2%21.3%.

As of December 31, 20122013 we had:

As of December 31, 2012,2013, we had 14,58114,723 employees and delivered financial products and services through a nationwide distribution network of 434430 branches, and 1,9151,804 ATMs that are part of a larger ATM network operated by Redbanc S.A. (a company owned by us and 11 other privately owned banks) that comprises 6,7656,397 ATMs.

History

We were founded in 1893 as a result of the merger of Banco Nacional de Chile, Banco Agrícola and Banco de Valparaíso, which created the largest privately held bank in Chile. We have played an important role in the economic history of Chile. Before the creation of the Central Bank in 1926 and prior to the enactment of the General Banking Law, we were the main stabilization agent of the Chilean banking system, a role that is now performed by the Chilean Central Bank. Beginning in the early 1970s, the Chilean Government assumed control of a majority of Chilean banks, and all but one of the foreign banks that were operating at that time closed their branches and offices within the country. Throughout this era, we remained as a privately-owned bank, with the exception of a portion of our shares owned by the Chilean Government that were sold to private investors in 1975. Throughout our history we have developed a well-recognized brand name in Chile and expanded our operations in foreign markets, where we developed an extensive network of correspondent banks. In the early twentieth century, we established a representative office in London, which we maintained until 1985, when our operations in Europe were moved to Frankfurt. The office in Frankfurt was closed in 2000, when our foreign operations were centralized at the New York branch. In 1987 and 1988, we established four subsidiaries to provide a full range of specialized financial products and services as permitted by the General Banking Law. In 1999, we widened our scope of specialized financial services by creating our insurance brokerage and factoring subsidiaries. According to our estimates, we remained the largest private bank in Chile until 1996. During the early 2000s, the Chilean banking industry witnessed intense merger and acquisition activity. In 2002, we merged with Banco de A. Edwards, which allowed us to expand our business to new customer segments. In 2008, we sold our U.S. branches to Citigroup in connection with our merger with Citibank Chile that was carried out during the same year. As a result of these consolidations, we currently operate a distribution network that is composed of three brand names, namely, “Banco de Chile” (which operates throughout Chile), “Banco Edwards-Citi” (which is primarily oriented to higher income segments) and “Banco CrediChile” (which is focused on consumer loans and sight accounts for lower and middle income segments). In 2012, we became the market leader in net income and the most profitable bank (the highest return on average equity and average capital and reserves) within the Chilean banking industry, according to information released by the Superintendency of Banks.SBIF. Similarly, among our peers we were the bank with the best credit quality indicators in terms of past-due loans, provisions for loan losses over average loans and past-due loans coverage. In terms of business,Also, during 2012 we endorsed

maintained our leadership in mutual funds management and current accounts for individuals, while our investment banking subsidiary maintained the market leading position in corporate bond placements within the local market, according to information available at the Chilean Association of

Mutual Funds, the Superintendency of BanksSBIF and the Superintendency of Securities and Insurance, respectively. In terms of funding diversification, in 2012 we accessed newimproved our access to foreign debt markets by placing senior bonds in Hong Kong and Peru for a total aggregate amount of approximately U.S.$193 million. Similarly, we established a commercial paper program in the U.S. market of U.S.$1,000 million.

In addition, during 20122013 we undertookcontinued to enhance our competitive advantages. As a capital increase of approximately Ch$250 billion (approximately U.S.$521 million) backedresult, we completed a very successful year by ranking first in operating revenues—for the first time in our recent history—and net income, according to information released by the issuanceSBIF. These achievements enabled us to remain the most profitable bank in Chile in terms of approximately 3.9 million new seriesreturn on average equity and average assets. Our leading position in net income was also a consequence of shares, labeled Banco de Chile-T series. This series hasour market-leading performance in expenses, which allowed us to reach the same rights as any Banco de Chile shares, withlowest efficiency ratio in the exception that it will not allow its holderslocal industry, according to receive dividendsinformation published by the SBIF. Also, in order to maintain a convenient and fully paid-in shares, with chargewell diversified liability structure, we have continued to our net distributable earnings,seek alternative financing opportunities, especially overseas. In this regard, during 2013 we carried out four placements in Switzerland for the fiscal year 2012. Nevertheless, once those dividends and fully paid-in shares are distributed and paid, all of the Banco de Chile-T shares will automatically convert into Banco de Chile shares. We have successfully completed this equity offering by placing thea total amount of shares that were initially offered.approximately US$785 million. Also, we established a US$2 billion medium term notes program (the “MTN Program”) in Luxemburg. Under this program we issued medium term notes in Hong Kong and Japan of approximately US$168 million and US$167 million, respectively.

Merger with Banco de A. Edwards

On December 6, 2001, our shareholders approved our merger with Banco de A. Edwards, which became effective on January 1, 2002. Banco de A. Edwards had been listed on the NYSE since 1995, and in January 2002, we were listed on the NYSE under the symbol BCH. Since 2002, our shares have also been traded on the Latin American Stock Exchange of the Madrid Stock Exchange (“Latibex”), and the London Stock Exchange (“LSE”). We concluded the merger process with the consolidation of a new corporate structure and the integration of our technological platforms. As for Latibex, on October 18, 2013, we voluntarily delisted our trading units from that market,

Merger with Citibank Chile

On December 27, 2007, our shareholders approved our merger with Citibank Chile, which became effective on January 1, 2008. During 2008, we integrated Citibank Chile’s technological platforms with ours and established a new organizational structure in order to satisfy the needs of our customers and to achieve important synergies. We concluded the merger process with the integration of Corporación Financiera Atlas S.A. (Citibank Chile’s consumer division) into our consumer division (CrediChile), which allowed us to nearly double our customer base and market share in consumer finance.

Our partnership with Citigroup Inc., an internationally well-known brand name, enabled us to broaden the scope of financial services that we offer to our customers through the addition of global financial services and other benefits. As a result of this partnership, we entered into a global connectivity agreement (the “Global Connectivity Agreement”), which has supported the creation of (i) an international personal banking unit, responsible for optimizing access to financial services outside Chile to our local retail customers, (ii) a global transactional services unit, responsible for executing local and international cash management services, as well as custody and foreign trade assistance, to our wholesale customers, and (iii) an enhanced investment banking unit, responsible for providing financial advisory services and access to global capital markets to our Chilean corporate customers.

Technological Projects

During 2010, our efforts were focused on upgrading internal processes and services, implementing new information technology systems and starting to develop new mid-term strategic IT programs. By December 31, 2010, we had optimized and reduced the response time of different operating processes and achieved important improvements in our internal processes and services, such as: (i) availability of electronic distribution channels; (ii) availability of additional services through the Internet; and (iii) reduction of our operating systems’ starting time. In addition, during 2010 we also implemented several IT projects, including: (i) a new telephone-based service system for our Large Companies and Real Estate Division intended to reduce the rate of unanswered calls; (ii) a system that integrated current accounts from Citibank Chile into our system; and (iii) a number of online systems that allow a credit risk pre-evaluation and online credit simulation through our website. During 2010 we also prioritized the start-up of our data processing center and the upgrade of our contingency site.

In 2011, our technological projects aimed to support the development of new products and services, improve the efficiency and productivity of our internal systems and processes, reinforce our technological infrastructure and minimize our operational risks. Thus, the main projects developed throughout 2011 were: (i) the implementation of new websites and a phone-based sales platform, in addition to the launch of “Banca Móvil”

(mobile (mobile solutions for tablets and smartphones) for our retail banking segment; (ii) the development of operational and technological processes required to release the “Banco de Chile | Entel” credit card; (iii) the release of a new platform for options trading; (iv) a new system of financial evaluation for companies that supports the tasks carried out by our Corporate Risk Management Division; and (v) the setup of a new data center.

Throughout 2012, our IT priorities were focused on improving operating efficiency through diverse projects intended to enhance internal processes in quality and timing, as well as reinforcing security in transactional services. Our main IT projects in 2012 included: (i) the automation of product application forms for small and medium sized companies, (ii) implementation of a new online platform for current accounts, (iii) approval of individuals’ and SMEs’ operations through scanned documentation, (iv) time-improving procedures for foreign exchange operations, (v) new systems for managing and trading derivatives, and (vi) the implementation of a new platform for financial planning. For security matters, we implemented world-class security software that is intended to avoid fraud in electronic money transfers. Similarly, we implemented improved ATMs shield procedures.

During 2013, we focused on ensuring the stability of our IT systems and implementing improvements to key processes in order to provide our customers with better service quality. Accordingly, the main IT projects undertaken in 2013 had to do with: (i) upgrading our internet-based array of services, in order to significantly improve the availability of our internet platforms for personal and corporate banking, (ii) setting up a security device (chip) in credit cards that should enable us to reduce the rate of fraud in this business and maintain our industry-leading position in these matters, (iii) improving the uptime of ATMs, (iv) enhancing product-related platforms for factoring, insurance, time and demand deposits, and (v) strengthening credit-assessment and granting by implementing the final stages of a new system of financial evaluation for companies and optimizing required documentation for lending.

Therefore, we maintain our commitment of anticipating and minimizing cybersecurity risks, as mentioned in “Item 3. Risk Factors—Risks Relating to our Operations and the Chilean Banking Industry” and “Item 3. Risk Factors—Cybersecurity events could negatively affect our reputation or results of operations and may result in litigation.”

The 1982-1983 Economic Crisis and the Central Bank Subordinated Debt

During the 1982-1983 economic crisis, the Chilean banking system experienced significant instability that required the Central Bank and the Chilean Government to provide assistance to most Chilean private sector banks, including us. During this period, we experienced significant financial difficulties. In 1985 and 1986, we increased our capital and sold shares representing 88% of our capital to more than 30,000 new shareholders. As a result, no single shareholder held a controlling stake in the Bank. In 1987, the Superintendency of BanksSBIF returned complete control and administration of the Bank to our shareholders and our Board of Directors by ending our provisional administration based on our successful capital increases as required by Law 18,401.

Subsequent to the crisis, like most major Chilean banks, we sold certain of our non-performing loans to the Central Bank at face value on terms that included a repurchase obligation. The repurchase obligation was later exchanged for subordinated debt of each participating bank issued in favor of the Central Bank. In 1989, pursuant to Law No. 18,818, banks were permitted to repurchase the portfolio of non-performing loans for a price equal to the economic value of such loans, provided that the bank assume a subordinated obligation equal to the difference between the face and economic value of such loans. In November 1989, we repurchased our portfolio of non-performing loans from the Central Bank and assumed the Central Bank’s subordinated debt related to our non-performing loans.

The original repayment terms of our Central Bank subordinated debt, which at December 31, 1989 equaled approximately Ch$1,427,8451,448,654 million (in real terms)terms as of December 31, 2013), required that a certain percentage of our income before provisions for the subordinated debt be applied to repay this obligation. The Central Bank subordinated debt did not have a fixed maturity, and payments were made only to the extent that we earned income before provisions for the subordinated debt. In 1993 we applied 72.9% of our income before provisions to repay the Central Bank subordinated debt. In 1994 we applied 67.6%, and in 1995 we applied 65.8% of our income before provisions to repay the Central Bank subordinated debt.

In November 1996, pursuant to Law No. 19,396, our shareholders approved a reorganization by which we were converted into a holding company named SM-Chile. In turn, SM-Chile organized a new wholly-owned banking subsidiary named Banco de Chile, to which the former contributed all of its assets and liabilities, other than the Central Bank subordinated debt, to the latter. In addition, SM-Chile created SAOS, a second wholly-owned subsidiary that, pursuant to a prior agreement with the Central Bank, assumed a new repayment obligation in favor of the Central Bank that replaced the Central Bank subordinated debt in its entirety.

This Central Bank debt, for which SAOS is solely responsible and for which there is no recourse to us or SM-Chile, was equal to the unpaid principal of the Central Bank subordinated debt that it replaced but had terms that differed in some aspects, such as the rescheduling of the debt for a term of 40 years providing for equal annual installments and a pledge of our shares as collateral for such debt. The Central Bank debt bears interest at a rate of 5.0% per year and is UF-denominated.

In exchange for assuming the Central Bank debt, SAOS received from SM-Chile 63.6% of our shares as collateral. Although shares held by SAOS as collateral have economic rights that belong to the Chilean Central Bank, their voting rights are exercised by SM-Chile’s shareholders. As a result of our merger with Banco de A. Edwards, the percentage of our shares held by SAOS decreased to 42.0%. Subsequently, as of December 31, 2013 the percentage of our shares held by SAOS was 30.7%, as a result of theof: (i) capital increases agreed upon in theto at Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meetings held in May 2007.2007, January 2011 and October 2012, the share(ii) stock dividends paid in May 2006, May 2007, June 2009, MarchApril 2011, MarchJune 2012 and MarchMay 2013, as well as theand (iii) our merger with Citibank Chile in January 2008, the percentage of our shares held by SAOS further decreased to 32.5%. 2008.

Dividends received from us are the sole source of SAOS’s revenues, to be applied by legal mandate to repay its debt to the Central Bank of Chile. SAOS does not have any other material debt, as it is a special purpose legal entity created by Law 19,396 whose only business is to own Banco de Chile shares and repay the obligation to the Central Bank of Chile. However, under SAOS’s agreement with the Central Bank, we have no obligation to distribute dividends to our shareholders. To the extent distributed dividends are not sufficient to pay the amount due on its debt; SAOS is permitted to maintain a cumulative deficit balance with the Central Bank that SAOS commits to pay with future dividends. If the cumulative deficit balance exceeds an amount equal to 20% of our paid-in capital and reserves, the Central Bank may require SAOS to sell a sufficient number of shares of our stock to pay the entire accumulated deficit amount. As of March 31, 2013,2014, SAOS maintained a surplus with the Central Bank of Ch$275,702373,556 million, equivalent to 13.4%16.9% of our paid-in capital and reserves as of the same date. See “Item 3. Key Information—Risk Factors—Risks Relating to our Operations and the Banking Industry—Our affiliate may be obligated to sell shares of our stock in the public market if we do not pay sufficient dividends”.

As of December 31, 2012,2013, the outstanding subordinated debt balance held by SAOS amounted to Ch$754,322649,521 million (including accrued interests)interest). SAOS paid to the Central Bank a total of Ch$97,973 million during 2009, Ch$101,972 million during 2010, Ch$131,530 million during 2011, and Ch$124,342 million in 2012 and Ch$151,560 million in 2013, exceeding in each of thesethose years the required minimum annual payment.

As of December 31, 2012,2013, the major shareholder of SM-Chile was LQ Inversiones Financieras S.A. (a subsidiary of Quiñenco S.A.), which owned, directly and indirectly, 58.2% of SM-Chile’s total shares. As of the same date, our major shareholders were LQ Inversiones Financieras S.A., SAOS and SM-Chile, each having a direct participation of 33.1%32.6%, 31.8%30.7% and 13.5%13.0% in our total common stock, respectively. It is important to mention that on January 31, 2014 LQ Inversiones Financieras S.A. (our major shareholder) closed the sale of 6,700,000,000 shares of Banco de Chile through a public secondary offering (dutch auction), which resulted in a 7.20% decrease of the ownership interest in Banco de Chile. Accordingly, as of April 15, 2014, LQ Inversiones Financieras S.A. owned, directly and indirectly, 51.2% of our shares, with a direct stake of 25.4%. See “Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Pospectus—Recent Developments.”

If from time to time in the future our shareholders decide to retain and capitalize all or part of our annual net income in order to finance our future growth and to distribute stock dividends, the Central Bank may require us to pay the portion of the net income corresponding to shares owned by SAOS in cash to SAOS. If we distribute stock dividends and the Central Bank does not require us to pay that portion in cash, the shares received by SAOS must be sold by SAOS within the following 12 months. The shareholders of SM-Chile will have a right of first refusal with respect to that sale.

Capital Expenditures

The following table sets forth our capital expenditures in each of the three years ended December 31, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2012:2013:

		For the Year Ended December 31,
		2011				2012				2013
		(in millions of Ch$)
BANK’S INTERNAL REPORTING POLICIES:
Computer equipment		Ch$	8,797			Ch$	7,750			Ch$	7,509
Furniture, machinery and installations			9,425				8,949				4,303
Real estate			3,481				337				62
Vehicles			370				945				375
Subtotal			22,073				17,981				12,249
Software			9,597				9,116				5,511
Total		Ch$	31,670			Ch$	27,097			Ch$	17,760

Our budget for capital expenditures for 20132014 is Ch$46,20359,184 million, 64.8%62.9% of which is related to information technology expenditures and 35.2%37.1% of which is associated with infrastructure projects. The budget for capital expenditures is in line with our strategic priorities of improving our efficiency and reinforcing our proximity to our customers, particularly in our retail banking segment, through physical as well as non-physical contact channels. These capital expenditures are principally financed by our capital and long-term debt financing.

Among the budgeted expenditures for information technology, 33.8%45.1% corresponds to new and ongoing IT projects under development intended to provide us with business solutions as well as productivity improvements, 30.8%34.9% is related to maintenancecritical projects involved in our mid-term IT plan, while the remaining 20.1% consists of investment in technological equipment and upgrades to our main infrastructure, 26.7% is for projects related to the expansion and security reinforcementimprovements or renewal of our ATM network, and the remaining amount relates to technological renewal and the development of diverse projects for supporting commercial and back office activities.ATMs nationwide network.

Our 20122014 budget for infrastructure expenditures includes disbursements associated with new branches, as well as the renovation and relocation of some of our existing commercial branches, and general maintenance and renewal investments.

BUSINESS OVERVIEW

Our Competitive Strengths

Building on our knowledge of the Chilean financial market, we have historically been able to develop significant competitive advantages based on our strong brand recognition, our widespread branch network, the diversity and relative size of our customer base, our highly competitive funding structure, the superior asset quality of our loan portfolio as compared to our peers in Chile, an attractive risk-return relationship and our market leadership in a diverse range of financial products and services.

Our main competitive advantagesstrengths are:

Brand Recognition and Strong Corporate Image

We have been operatingoperated in the Chilean financial industry for 119120 years under the “Banco de Chile” brand name. In order to provide our customers with differentiatedspecialized value offerings and a wider range of financial products and services, we have also developed the “Banco Edwards|Citi”, “Banco CrediChile” and “Banchile” brand names. We believe our long-standing history in the Chilean market is recognized by our customers and the general public, who associate us with quality, reliability and social responsibility within the Chilean financial industry, as demonstrated in various polls conducted by well-known market research companies. According to market research conducted by Adimark GFK (part of the GFK Group), during 20122013 we remained the most recognized brand among financial institutions operating in Chile. Also, in 2012,2013, Merco (a corporate reputation monitor headquartered in Spain) ranked Banco de Chile as the market leader in corporate reputation withinfor all companies operating in Chile. In addition, research conducted by Millward Brown Optimor (a marketing consultancy focused on brands, media and communications that is part of Kantar Group) ranked Banco de Chile as the second most valuable brand in Chile and the most valuable in the Chilean banking industry and the third-ranked company in Chile.industry. We believe that our long history in the Chilean banking industry is a key element that differentiates us from our competitors.

Additionally, we believe that our merger with Citibank Chile reinforced our corporate image as a leading financial institution within Chile and allowed us to gain recognition among customers and investors all over the world.

We also believe that our strong corporate image is further strengthened by our commitment to social responsibility, which includes supporting the Teleton Foundation (a non-governmental organization dedicated to assisting and treating Chilean disabled children), our partnership with institutions dedicated to improving the quality of Chilean education, our participation in campaigns intended to improve the quality of life of needy people, our commitment to the development of sports in Chile by supporting the national soccer team and disabled athletes,tennis players and our environmental pledge that has led us to implement policies to conserve energy and forestry resources, saving policies, as well as other initiatives intended to strengthen our role in, and contribution to Chilean society.

Business Scale and Leading Market Position

We are one of the largest financial institutions in Chile and have becomea market leadersleader in a broad range of financial products and services within the Chilean financial system, as depictedlisted in the following table:

Source: Superintendency of BanksSBIF and Chilean Association of Mutual Funds.

We have traditionally been recognized as a financial institution withhad a strong presence in the wholesale segment able to establishwith long-term relationships with the major local and multinational companies that operate in Chile. We have been able to maintain this leading position by continuously improving our products and services and supplementing them with comprehensive and tailored service models that allow us to further successfully serve

our customers’ needs. We have also added value to our service offerings by including treasury products for hedging purposes, which is also supplemented bytogether with investment banking, insurance brokerage and other specialized financial services.services through our subsidiaries.

In addition, in the recent years we have been focused on further penetrating the retail banking segmentbusiness through diverse value offerings intended to cover all of the populations and enterprise segmentsenterprises we target. Therefore, over the last fivein recent years we have prioritized growing our loan growth in residential mortgage loansportfolio and payment channels,expanding our presence in transactional services such as credit cards, current accounts and sight accounts, as we believe they are appropriate vehicleseffective means to build long-term relationships and customer loyalty while increasingand to increase cross-selling opportunities. As a result, through our Commercial Division (Individual and SME Banking), we lead the market in services offered to high-income individuals for whom we have developed an attractive and complete portfolio of financial services, including a full range of wealth management services through someone of our subsidiaries. Also, our Consumer Finance Division (Banco CrediChile) has become one of the largest providers of consumer loans among the Chilean banks’ consumer divisions, based on comprehensive service offerings for low- and middle-income individuals. This has been recently supplemented by the implementation of business solutions for low-scale entrepreneurs and individual customers in periphery districts. This broad variety of services has also enabled us to lead the Chilean market in terms of income from fees and commissions.

We believe our financial strength, prestige and brand recognition among Chilean customers have allowed us to become the market leader in terms of current account balances within the Chilean financial system, especially among individuals, who have demonstrated their preference for our services. Our position was further consolidated in the financial downturn in 2009, when we benefited from a “flight-to-quality” effect as investors were seeking a reliable institution in which to keep their funds.

Robust Customer Base and Nationwide Distribution Network

We believe that we have one of the largest customer bases among financial institutions in Chile. We have prioritized expanding this customer base by implementing attractive and tailored value offerings, based on continuously improving segmentation. As of December 31, 2012, we had approximately 1,807,000 customers, including: approximately 1,121,000 borrowers, nearly 670,000 current accounts customers, approximately 181,000 time deposits, about 409,000 saving accounts and approximately 1,530,000 issued credit cards. Overa result, over the last three years (2010 to 2013), our customer base has expanded at a compound average growth rate (“CAGR”) of 5.9%5.5%. In line with our strategic priorities and the characteristics of the target segmentsmarkets we serve,target, our retail banking customer base (individuals and SMEs) has expanded by 6.0% (3-year CAGR) that compares toat a CAGR of 5.6% over the 3.9% (3-year CAGR) recorded inlast three years and our wholesale banking segment.customer base has grown at a CAGR of 4.4% over the last three years. As of December 31, 2013, we had approximately 1,882,000 customers, including approximately 1,154,000 borrowers, approximately 696,000 current accounts holders, approximately 129,000 time deposit holders, approximately 380,000 saving account holders and approximately 1,463,000 credit card holders.

We believe that our robust customer base is both an essential driver of our business and a valuable asset that enables us to cross-sell our products and services.

In order to better serve our customers, we are present in all regions of Chile and strive to be accessible to every Chilean customer through our broad branch network as well as non-physical contact channels. As of December 31, 2012,2013, we had a nationwide branch network of 434430 branches, one of the second largest within the Chilean banking industry,in Chile among non-governmental banks, according to information published by the Superintendency of Banks.SBIF. This network comprised 239is composed of 244 branches under our “Banco de Chile” brand name, 3941 branches under our “Banco Edwards|Citi” brand name and 156145 branches under our “Banco CrediChile” brand name. We believe that our broad branch network enables us to develop close relationships with our customers and therefore we are constantly assessing new branch locations throughout Chile.

In addition, to improve our customer service, we are constantly reviewing the appearance and layout of our branches. OurWe aim is to turn each of our branches into a business generating unit. As a result, we have revised and redesigned our service models in most of our credit-lending units in order to maximize branch profitability and enable our on-site account executives to focus on serving customers and developing new businesses rather than focusing on administrative tasks, which have been mostly transferred to centralized back-office staff.

We have also supplementedenhanced our branch network with non-physical remote channels, such as ATMs and internet-based online platforms. As of December 31, 20122013, we had 1,9151,804 ATMs throughout Chile and our Mobile Banking application for tablets and smartphones was the highest ranked in our local industry, according to a survey conducted by TBI Unit (a business intelligence company headquartered in Argentina) and was downloaded more than 165,000 times during 2012.Chile.

Diversified Value Offering of Financial Products and Services

In response to the diverse needs of our customers, we have become a full-service financial group that operates under a multi-brand approach, offering a wide range of traditional banking products and services to our customers that are supplemented by the specialized financial services provided by our subsidiaries, including:

In addition, our strategic alliance with Citigroup Inc. and our Global Connectivity Agreement have allowed us to broaden our service offerings by adding a comprehensive portfolio of international financial services that previously we could only partially provide.

All of the above is supplemented by tailored service models that aim to be as tailored as possible, based on continuously improving segmentation methodologies that look for differentiated customersthe needs of consumers across all of our segments and sub-segments.markets.

Competitive Funding Structure

We believe that we have a cost-effective and highly competitive funding structure based on our leading market position in current accounts and demand deposits, especially among individuals. According to the Superintendency of Banks,SBIF, as of December 31, 2012,2013, we held 31.0%30.2% of individuals’ current account balances, which placed us atwas the top of themarket-leading position among Chilean financial industry in this regard.banks. As of that same date and according to information published by the SBIF, the total balance of our non-interest bearing current accounts and demand deposits represented 24.7%23.1% of our total funding structure, as compared to the 16.7%17.8% reported by the Chilean financial system as a whole, (excludingexcluding Banco de Chile).Chile.

Accordingly, weWe believe that our funding structure provides us with a funding cost advantage over our competitors (which use a higher proportion of interest bearing liabilities), as current accounts and demand deposits are the cheapest funding source available in Chile, since they are non-interest bearing liabilities. Also, due to our high international credit rating we have one of the lowest costs of funding from liabilities associated with interest-bearing deposits.

WeFurthermore, we are also constantly striving to diversify our funding.funding in order to maintain a competitive cost of funding and improve our liquidity. In that effort,those efforts, during 20122013 we successfully placed approximately U.S.$1,300completed four long-term debt placements in Switzerland for a total amount of CHF775 million in senior (approximately U.S.$1,250US$785 million) and subordinatedestablished a US$2 billion medium term notes program (the “MTN Program”). Under the MTN Program, we have recently issued medium term notes for HKD 1,399 million (approximately US$168 million) in Hong Kong, and two series of medium terms notes for a total amount of JP¥ 16,900 million (approximately US$167 million) in Japan. In addition, we issued long-term bonds (approximately U.S.$50 million) withinin the local market. We were able to access new foreign debt markets like Peru (U.S.$.29market for a total amount of Ch$505,000 million (approximately US$ 960 million) and Hong Kong (U.S.$164 million). Similarly, we established a commercial paper program in the U.S. market of U.S.$1,000 million.”

Superior Asset Quality

We believe we are one of the Chilean financial institutions with the highest credit quality and the healthiest loan portfolio in Chile. We believe this asset quality is the result of our well-known prudent risk management approach and our accurate credit risk models that are constantly improvingcontinuously being updated and have enabled us to maintain relatively low levels of total past-due loans and high coverage indicators over the last few years.

According to the Superintendency of Banks,SBIF, as of December 31, 2012,2013, we had a delinquency ratio (total past-due loans as a percentage of total loans) of 1.0%1.1%, which is well below the delinquency ratio of 2.4% reported by

the Chilean financial system, (excludingexcluding Banco de Chile, and operations of subsidiaries abroad) as of the same date. Additionally, we maintain the highest coverage ratio (allowances(the ratio of allowances for loan losses to total past-due loans) in the Chilean financial system, which as of December 31, 20122013 was equal to 2.42.0 times, as compared to 0.91.0 times for the Chilean financial system (excludingas a whole, excluding Banco de Chile, and operationsas of subsidiaries abroad)the same date.

Our Business Strategy

Purpose

‘We are a company that contributes to the economic development of the country by offering attractive financial solutions to individuals and enterprises.’

Mission

‘We are a leading and globally-connected corporation with a prestigious business tradition. We provide excellent financial services to each type of customer by offering creative, fast and effective solutions for each segment, and ensuring that we add value for our customers, shareholders, employees and community as a whole.’

To accomplish this mission, we believe it is essential to attain industry leadership in all businesses and financial areas in which we operate, namely, profitability, efficiency, business scale, customer base, human resources development and corporate social responsibility.

This mission also requires initiatives to achieve comprehensive excellence in management, with customer satisfaction as our major goal. We use high industry standards in information technology, business models and quality, all of which is summarized by the value creation cycle below:

Vision

“‘We aspire to be, in all things we do, the best bank for our customers, the best place to work and the best investment for our shareholdersshareholders. In order to accomplish this vision, we are committed to the development of our employees and the bank with the strongest commitment to the community.”community as a whole.’

Throughout our history, we have aspired to be the leading bank in the Chilean financial system. This vision involves and commits us to all of the diverse stakeholders related to our business, namely, customers, employees, investors and the community. Our vision is shared and internalized by all areas across our organization,the corporation, senior management and the board of directors.directors and constitutes the basis for our strategic objectives.

Among the main stakeholders that we strive to satisfy are:

Mission

‘To be a leading financial institution across all segments, providing first-class financial services with innovative solutions that fit our customers’ needs’.

To accomplish this mission, we believe it is essential to attain industry leadership in all businesses and financial areas in which we operate, namely, profitability, efficiency, business scale, customer base, human resources development and corporate social responsibility.

Also, this mission requires initiatives intended to achieve comprehensive excellence in management, with customer satisfaction as our major goal. This requires relying on the best information technology, business models and quality standards within the industry, all of which is summarized by the value creation cycle below:

Strategic FocusesPriorities

Our long-term strategy is to maintain and enhanceprofitable growth enhancing our position as a leading financial institution in Chile by providing a broad range of financial products and services to corporations and individuals nationwide. As part of this strategy, we have developed a multi-brand approach to target different market segments. We intend to leverage our strongly positioned brand names “Banco de Chile”, “Banco Edwards|Citi” and “Banco CrediChile” in traditional banking, which are supplemented by specialized financial services (such as securities brokerage services, mutual funds management, securitization services, factoring services, financial advisory services and insurance brokerage services) provided by our subsidiaries that operate under the “Banchile” brand name.

Since the performance of our business depends on many factors, we cannot assure you that we will be able to implement our strategies successfully or that we will be able to reach our strategic goals. For a discussion of certain risks applicable to our operations, industry and country we operate in, see “Item 3. Key Information—Risk Factors.”

Our long-term strategy is based on the following key goals:

Maintain Profitable Growth“Risk Factors”.

Our business model is focused on those lines of business that add significant economic value to our shareholders, have appropriate levels of risk and allow us to strengthen long-term relationships with our customers. We seek sustained growth, particularly in higher-margin segments and business areas that show strong growth potential. Accordingly, in recent years we have reoriented our business focus towards the retail, large companies and treasury segments, in which we aim to achieve the same prominent position that we have obtained in the corporate segment. Thus, we strive to:

In our retail banking segment, our aim is to lead the market by creating differentiated and comprehensive value offerings based on a deep and continuously improving segmentation that permits us to engage in profitable and high-growth potential business opportunities. Thus, we expect to expand our business and customer base by developing tailored service models, enlarging our branch network, enhancing our presence in the Smallsmall and Medium Companies segmentmedium companies market and reinforcing certain lending products that should enable us to consolidate long-term relationships with our upper and middle-income individual customers, especially through payment channels usage (such as credit cards), installment loans and residential mortgage loans.

To supplementThroughout 2013 we prioritized growth in middle and upper income segments in personal banking as we recognized potential risk for lower income individuals by taking into consideration the slowdown observed in the local economy. For this strategy,reason, we have achieved an accurate segmentation in 2011personal banking, which has enabled us to developed tailored offers to middle and higher income individuals. Thus, among less risky individuals we launched our new “Banca Móvil”, a mobile banking solutionpromoted growth in transactional services, especially credit cards, which enabled us to increase loan-related balances by 17.0% on an annual basis. Similarly, installment loans increased by 9.5% for our retail banking customers available for tabletsmiddle and smartphones. During 2012,upper income individuals while mortgage loans recorded an overall 12.8% increase among these customers.

Notwithstanding the application was downloaded more than 165,000 times and wasabove, we continued to expand the highest ranked in Chile, as reported by TBI unit (a business intelligence monitor company). Also, we continue to reinforce strategic lending products such us our residential mortgage business, where we gained 82 bp market share during 2012, and our credit card business, by increasing the penetration in targeted segments by adding 28 bp market share in credit card purchases.

During 2012 we expanded ourrange of financial services in orderthat we provide to increase banking services in the populationlower-income individuals and enterprisesmicroenterprises, segments that have not been fully penetrated. As part of these efforts, we implemented thepenetrated by banks. In this regard, ‘Caja Chile’ project thatnetwork—which provides lower income customers with a suite of basic financial services through a transactional platform located in local convenience stores that enter into commercial agreementsstores—completed 2013 with us. As of December 31, 2012, we had a network of more than 1,0002,000 convenience stores that were added toparticipating in the project.network. Similarly, in order to offer more specialized solutions to a wide rangeour unit of micro businesses in Chile, we created ‘Microentreprises‘Microenterprises Banking’ that operates within our Consumer Division. As of December 31, 2012 we had implemented 40 platforms of this banking segmentstrengthened during 2013 and had added more than 7,500ended the year with approximately 17,200 customers.

This strategy intendsThese initiatives are intended to take advantage of the retail banking segment’s growth potential. Even though Chile’s per capita GDP has tripled over the last 20 years, banking penetration in the Chilean economy is still below comparable countries, particularly within the low- and middle-income population segments and with respect to certain banking products such as residential mortgage loans. Thus, weWe believe we can grow further growin this segment since, according to the Superintendency of Banks,SBIF, as of December 31, 2012,2013, we had a 22.0% market share in consumer loans and a 17.2%17.4% market share in residential mortgage loans which are 2.2% and 4.4%a 20.9% market share in consumer loans, both below the market leader, respectively. Duestake held by the market leader. As for residential mortgage loans, due to our effective commercial strategies, during 2012 we werehave been able to substantially reducenarrow the gap between us and the market leader in both products. Priorfrom 4.4% as of December 31, 2012 to 2012,3.3% as of December 31, 2013. With respect to consumer

loans, however, the gap was 3.3%between us and the market leader increased from 2.2% as of December 31, 2012 to 3.7% as of December 31, 2013. This increase may be understood in the context of a riskier environment that led us to tighten the entire credit process in this product, from assessment to collection, which also led us to limit lending in consumer loans in order to maintain our commitment to a balanced risk-return equation.

Despite our efforts to increase market penetration of Retail Banking, especially in lending products, we believe that the fierce competition in the banking industry compels us to innovate in terms of new products and 6.9%services to diversify our revenue sources. Accordingly, we have strived to build comprehensive value offerings for our retail segment, prioritizing fee-based income. As a result, our consolidated income from fees and other services has become an important source of revenue for us, reaching Ch$287,272 million (or 21.7% of our total operating revenues) in residential mortgage loans.2012 and Ch287,093 million (or 19.4% of our total operating revenues) in 2013. We aim to generate increasing amounts of fees and commission revenue by developing innovative products and services and reinforcing cross-selling, within a complex regulatory environment.

In our wholesale banking segment (large(which targets companies and corporations)with annual sales over Ch$1,600 million), we aim to maintain our leading market position in terms of loans, and focus on achievingas well as achieve higher profitability in a market that is characterized by improvinglow margins. We intend to accomplish these goals by increasing our value offerings in order to increase cross-sell. Thus, wecross-selling of non-lending products and services through various initiatives. We are focused on:on improving our offering of cash management services, enhancing our internet-based services, increasing the penetration of products designed by our Treasury,treasury and money market operations segment, enhancing our presence in certain lending products such as leasing and factoring and promoting international businesses by taking advantage of the commercial synergies related to both our merger with Citibank Chile (such as the Global Connectivity Agreement with Citigroup) and the specialized financial services offered by our subsidiaries, such as securities brokerage, mutual funds management and financial advisory.

We believe that we have already achieved significant improvementsadvisory in these matters. Accordingorder to our management information system, we have increased our cross-sell indicatorappropriately meet the needs of non-lending revenues to lending revenues from 1.33 times in 2009 to 1.96 times in 2012. As a result of the previously mentioned initiatives, we expect to keep enhancing our cross-sell strategy and the wholesale segment’s profitability.certain niches within this business segment.

In addition to our traditional lending activities, we have developed supplemental financial services in order to diversifyachieve profitable growth by diversifying our revenue sourcessources. Thus, we have increasingly added and continue to grow profitably,developed fee-based and non-lending products and services such as financial advisory, cash management services and foreign exchange derivative transactionstransactions. All of these specialized financial services permit us to cross-sell our large customer base and fee-based products and services.obtain important gains in profitability for a segment that is well-recognized by low margins. As a result, according to our consolidated incomemanagement information system, we increased our cross-selling indicator of non-lending revenues to lending revenues from feesa multiple of 1.34 in 2009 to a multiple of 1.78 as of December 31, 2013. We expect to continue enhancing our cross-sell indicators in order to optimize the profitability of the wholesale banking segment. This achievement joined to the higher penetration that we have attained in our Large Companies and other services has become an important and stable source of revenue, reachingReal Estate Division (annual turnover between Ch$308,773 million (or 24.5% of our total operating revenues) in 20111,600 and Ch$307,257 million (or 22.9%70,000 million) that increased from 25.6% in 2012 to 27.5% in 2013. This has been the result of our total operating revenues) in 2012. an aggressive plan intended to enhance the closeness with the customer through a dual model of service that includes several on-site visits.

We aim to continue increasing our net fees and commissions income by developing new products and services and by reinforcing cross-sell in the retail and wholesale segments.

During 2012 we promotedalso promote diverse services such as leasing, factoring and cash management.management in this segment. As of December 31, 2013, we ranked first in factoring loans within the Chilean banking industry by holding a 21.6% market share and ranked second in leasing contracts in Chile with a 20.2% market share, including operations of subsidiaries abroad. Regarding cash management services, during 2013 we increased volumes related to payment and collection agreements by approximately 28.9% and 29.1%, respectively.

Also, in our effort to offer tailor-made solutions and recognize the needs of different customer segments, during 2013 we defined a new group of customers called “Family Office”. This group includes companies that manage investments and trusts for leasing, baseda single family that we aim to target through a joint model of service that includes the interaction between our Wholesale Banking Segment and our subsidiary Banchile Inversiones.

In our treasury and money market operations segment, we intend to take advantage of our specialized knowledge to increase the penetration of popular products in our current customer base while offering innovative products to potential clients. Also, we continuously seek newer and more convenient funding choices, locally and internationally, in order to support our long-term business strategy by promoting an adequate diversification of our funding structure.

We are convinced that in a highly competitive industry such as the Chilean banking system, a customer-centric focus is critical to generating loyalty and creating long-term, profitable relationships. We believe that our high service quality is a competitive strength that differentiates us from competitors and supports our long term strategy by responding to the preferences of our current and potential customers. We strive to continuously improve our relationships with customers by developing commercial strategies aligned with their needs, as well as improving our response time and customer satisfaction indicators.

Consistent with this view, our strategic priorities are focused on specific commercial initiatives we added 1,200 customers,achieving high service quality standards within the industry, which represented a 13.7% annual increase andhas translated into a year-end balancediverse initiatives that seek to improve the satisfaction of Ch$1,275 billion. Similarly, our factoring services continue to gain market presence by innovating wider value propositions for our customers while we are constantly strengtheningdirectly or indirectly. The most important initiative in this regard is the implementation of a customer-centered service quality model intended to improve the customer experience. We have a dedicated team responsible for assessing and improving the quality of our Global Transactional Services by enhancing our offer of cash management services. This translated into an 8.0% annual rise in collectionteam of employees from different areas of the Bank has set new policies and paymentlead projects to achieve the highest service quality standards within the Chilean banking industry. Recently our attention has been focused on (i) ensuring the operational performance and availability of contact channels, services and approximately 103,000 new sight accounts. systems, (ii) automating operational procedures with a focus on minimizing errors and manual tasks, (iii) redesigning critical processes that have an impact on customer satisfaction by improving availability, training, homogeneity and response time for each segment or contact channel, (iv) redesigning the requirement and complaint attention process by applying a customer-oriented vision (timing and quality), (v) expediting our credit–approval processes and (vi) developing specialized solutions and enhancing the use of remote access platforms for wholesale banking customers.