FORM 6-K
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the month of January, 2023
Commission File Number 001-15266
BANK OF CHILE
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
Ahumada 251
Santiago, Chile
(Address of principal executive offices)
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BANCO DE CHILE
REPORT ON FORM 6-K
Attached is an English translation of a letter filed by Banco de Chile with the Chilean Financial Market Commission and local stock exchanges, informing of the resolutions adopted by Banco de Chile’s Board of Directors, in a meeting held on 26 January 2023, whereby it was resolved to summon to the Ordinary Shareholders Meeting, to be held on 23 March 2023, with the purpose of approving the distribution as dividends of 61.5% of the net income obtained during the fiscal year ending on 31 December 2022.
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Santiago, 26 January 2023
Mrs.
Solange Berstein Jáuregui
President
Financial Market Commission
Present
Ref: ESSENTIAL INFORMATION/
Mrs. President:
Pursuant to Articles 9 and 10 of Law No. 18,045 and Chapter No. 18-10 of the Restated Regulation for Banks, I inform you as Essential Information, that in the Ordinary Meeting No. BCH 2,983 held on 26 January 2023, the Board of Directors of Banco de Chile resolved to summon to an Ordinary Shareholders Meeting to be held on 23 March 2023, to propose, among other matters, the following net income distribution for the fiscal year ended on 31 December 2022:
a) | Deducting and retaining from the net income obtained during fiscal year 2022, an amount equal to the correction of the value of the paid capital and reserves according to the Consumer Price Index variation occurred between November 2021 and November 2022, for an amount of CLP 542,504,045,836, which will be added to the account of net incomes retained from previous fiscal years. |
b) | Distributing as dividend the resulting net income balance, corresponding a dividend of CLP 8.58200773490 per each one of the 101,017,081,114 Bank shares. |
Thus, it will be proposed the distribution as divided of the 61.5% of the net income of the fiscal year ended on 31 December 2022.
Sincerely,
Eduardo Ebensperger Orrego
CEO
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Date: 26 January 2023
Banco de Chile | ||
/s/ Eduardo Ebensperger Orrego | ||
By: | Eduardo Ebensperger Orrego | |
CEO |
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