6-K

FORM 6-K 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

Report of Foreign Issuer

Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Commission File Number: 001-14554

Banco Santander Chile

Santander Chile Bank

(Translation of Registrant’s Name into English)

Bandera 140

Santiago, Chile

(Address of principal executive office)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:

  Form 20-F x   Form 40-F ¨

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):

Yes ¨ No x

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):

Yes ¨ No x

Indicate by check mark whether by furnishing the information contained in this Form, the Registrant is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934:

Yes ¨ No x

If “Yes” is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): N/A

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.

BANCO SANTANDER-CHILE
By:	/s/ Cristian Florence
Name:	Cristian Florence
Title:	General Counsel

Date: March 29, 2016

EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

  

 

CONTENT

Consolidated Financial Statements
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL POSITION	5
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME	6
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME	7
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN EQUITY	8
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOW	9
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
NOTE 01  SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES	11
NOTE 02  SIGNIFICANT EVENTS	40
NOTE 03  REPORTING SEGMENTS	42
NOTE 04  CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS	44
NOTE 05  TRADING INVESTMENTS	46
NOTE 06  INVESTMENTS UNDER RESALE AGREEMENTS AND OBLIGATIONS UNDER REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS	47
NOTE 07  DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND HEDGE ACCOUNTING	50
NOTE 08  INTERBANK LOANS	57
NOTE 09  LOANS AND ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE FROM CUSTOMERS	58
NOTE 10  AVAILABLE FOR SALE INVESTMENTS	65
NOTE 11  INVESTMENTS IN ASSOCIATES AND OTHER COMPANIES	69
NOTE 12  INTANGIBLE ASSETS	71
NOTE 13  PROPERTY, PLANT, AND EQUIPMENT	73
NOTE 14  CURRENT AND DEFERRED TAXES	76
NOTE 15  OTHER ASSETS	81
NOTE 16  TIME DEPOSITS AND OTHER TIME LIABILITIES	82
NOTE 17  INTERBANK BORROWINGS	83
NOTE 18  ISSUED DEBT INSTRUMENTS AND OTHER FINANCIAL LIABILITIES	85
NOTE 19  MATURITY OF FINANCIAL ASSETS AND LIABILITIES	93
NOTE 20  PROVISIONS	95
NOTE 21  OTHER LIABILITIES	97
NOTE 22  CONTINGENCIES AND COMMITMENTS	98
NOTE 23  EQUITY	100
NOTE 24  CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS (BASEL)	103
NOTE 25  NON-CONTROLLING INTEREST	105
NOTE 26  INTEREST INCOME AND INFLATION-INDEXATION ADJUSTMENTS	108
NOTE 27  FEES AND COMMISSIONS	110
NOTE 28  NET INCOME (EXPENSE) FROM FINANCIAL OPERATIONS	111
NOTE 29  NET FOREIGN EXCHANGE GAIN (LOSS)	112
NOTE 30  PROVISION FOR LOAN LOSSES	113
NOTE 31  PERSONNEL SALARIES AND EXPENSES	114
NOTE 32  ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES	115
NOTE 33  DEPRECIATION, AMORTIZATION, AND IMPAIRMENT	116
NOTE 34  OTHER OPERATING INCOME AND EXPENSES	117
NOTE 35  TRANSACTIONS WITH RELATED PARTIES	118
NOTE 36  PENSION PLANS	122
NOTE 37  FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL ASSETS AND LIABILITIES	125
NOTE 38  RISK MANAGEMENT	131
NOTE 39  SUBSEQUENT EVENTS	144

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Deloitte
Auditores y Consultores Limitada
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Las Condes, Santiago
Chile
Fono: (56) 227 297 000
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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS’ REPORT

To the Shareholders of Banco Santander Chile

We have audited the accompanying consolidated financial statements of Banco Santander Chile and its subsidiaries (the "Bank"), which comprise the consolidated statements of financial position as of December 31, 2015 and 2014, and the related consolidated statements of income, statements of comprehensive income, statements of changes in equity, and statements of cash flows for the years then ended, and the related notes to the consolidated financial statements.

Management's Responsibility for the Consolidated Financial Statements

Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of these consolidated financial statements in accordance with the accounting standards and instructions issued by the Superintendency of Banks and Financial Institutions; this includes the design, implementation, and maintenance of internal control relevant to the preparation and fair presentation of consolidated financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

Auditors' Responsibility

Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in Chile. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free from material misstatement.

An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditor's judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal control relevant to the Bank’s preparation and fair presentation of the consolidated financial statements in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Bank’s internal control. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of significant accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements.

We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.

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Opinion

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Banco Santander Chile and its subsidiaries as of December 31, 2015 and 2014, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for the years then ended in accordance with accounting standards and instructions issued by the Superintendency of Banks and Financial Institutions.

Emphasis of matter

As indicated in Note 20 to the consolidated financial statements and in accordance with the provisions of Chapter B-1 Compendium of Accounting Standards of the Superintendency of Banks and Financial Institutions, the Bank has recorded additional provisions for loan losses of MM $ 35,000 charged to results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2015.

Other matters

The accompanying financial statements have been translated into English for the convenience of readers outside Chile.

January 18, 2016

Santiago, Chile

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Banco Santander Chile and Subsidiaries

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL POSITION

		As of December 31,
		2015			2014
	NOTE	MCh$			MCh$
ASSETS
Cash and deposits in banks	4		2,064,806			1,608,888
Cash items in process of collection	4		724,521			531,373
Trading investments	5		324,271			774,815
Investments under resale agreements	6		2,463			-
Financial derivative contracts	7		3,205,926			2,727,563
Interbank loans, net	8		10,861			11,918
Loans and accounts receivables from customers, net	9		24,535,201			22,179,938
Available for sale investments	10		2,044,411			1,651,598
Held to maturity investments			-			-
Investments in associates and other companies	11		20,309			17,914
Intangible assets	12		51,137			40,983
Property, plant, and equipment	13		240,659			211,561
Current taxes	14		-			2,241
Deferred taxes	14		331,714			282,211
Other assets	15		1,097,826			493,173
TOTAL ASSETS			34,654,105			30,534,176
LIABILITIES
Deposits and other demand liabilities	16		7,356,121			6,480,497
Cash items in process of being cleared	4		462,157			281,259
Obligations under repurchase agreements	6		143,689			392,126
Time deposits and other time liabilities	16		12,182,767			10,413,940
Financial derivative contracts	7		2,862,606			2,561,384
Interbank borrowing	17		1,307,574			1,231,601
Issued debt instruments	18		5,957,095			5,785,112
Other financial liabilities	18		220,527			205,125
Current taxes	14		17,796			1,077
Deferred taxes	14		3,906			7,631
Provisions	20		329,118			310,592
Other liabilities	21		1,045,869			220,853
TOTAL LIABILITIES			31,889,225			27,891,197
EQUITY
Attributable to the Bank’s shareholders:			2,734,699			2,609,896
Capital	23		891,303			891,303
Reserves	23		1,527,893			1,307,761
Valuation adjustments	23		1,288			25,600
Retained earnings			314,215			385,232
Retained earnings from prior years			-			-
Income for the period			448,878			550,331
Minus:  Provision for mandatory dividends	23		(134,663	)		(165,099	)
Non-controlling interest	25		30,181			33,083
TOTAL EQUITY			2,764,880			2,642,979
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY			34,654,105			30,534,176

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

For the years ended

		For the years ended December 31,
		2015			2014
	NOTE	MCh$			MCh$
OPERATING INCOME
Interest income	26		2,085,988			2,227,018
Interest expense	26		(830,782	)		(909,914	)
Net interest income			1,255,206			1,317,104
Fee and commission income	27		402,900			366,729
Fee and commission expense	27		(165,273	)		(139,446	)
Net fee and commission income			237,627			227,283
Net profit (loss)  from financial operations (net trading profit/ loss)	28		(457,897	)		(151,323	)
Net foreign exchange gain (loss)	29		603,396			272,212
Other operating income	34		15,642			14,834
Net operating profit before provision for loan losses			1,653,974			1,680,110
Provision for loan losses	30		(413,694	)		(374,431	)
NET OPERATING PROFIT			1,240,280			1,305,679
Personnel salaries and expenses	31		(387,063	)		(338,888	)
Administrative expenses	32		(220,531	)		(205,149	)
Depreciation and amortization	33		(53,614	)		(44,172	)
Impairment of property, plant, and equipment	33		(21	)		(36,664	)
Other operating expenses	34		(54,197	)		(81,108	)
Total operating expenses			(715,426	)		(705,981	)
OPERATING INCOME			524,854			599,698
Income from investments in associates and other companies	11		2,588			2,165
Income before tax			527,442			601,863
Income tax expense	14		(75,301	)		(45,552	)
NET INCOME FOR THE YEAR			452,141			556,311
Attributable to:
Equity holders of the Bank			448,878			550,331
Non-controlling interest	25		3,263			5,980
Earnings per share attributable to equity holders of the Bank :
(expressed in Chilean pesos)
Basic earnings	23		2.382			2.920
Diluted earnings	23		2.382			2.920

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

For the years ended

		December 31,
		2015			2014
	NOTE	MCh$			MCh$
NET INCOME FOR THE YEAR			452,141			556,311
OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME  - ITEMS WHICH MAY  BE RECLASSIFIED SUBSEQUENTLY TO PROFIT OR LOSS
Available for sale investments	10		(28,777	)		20,844
Cash flow hedge	23		(2,099	)		18,982
Other comprehensive income which may be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss, before tax taxes			(30,876	)		39,826
Income tax related to items which may be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss	14		6,462			(8,289	)
Other comprehensive income for the year which may be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss, net of tax			(24,414	)		31,537
OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME THAT WILL NOT BE RECLASSIFIED SUBSEQUENTLY TO PROFIT OR LOSS			-			-
TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEAR			427,727			587,848
Attributable to:
Equity holders of the Bank			424,566			581,895
Non-controlling interests	25		3,161			5,953

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN EQUITY

For the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014

			RESERVES					VALUATION ADJUSTMENTS									RETAINED EARNINGS
	Capital		Reserves and other retained earnings		Effects of merger of companies under common control			Available for sale investments			Cash flow hedge			Income tax effects			Retained earnings of prior years			Income for the year			Provision for mandatory dividends			Total attributable to shareholders			Non- controlling interest			Total Equity
	MCh$		MCh$		MCh$			MCh$			MCh$			MCh$			MCh$			MCh$			MCh$			MCh$			MCh$			MCh$
Equity as of December 31, 2013		891,303		1,133,215		(2,224	)		802			(8,257	)		1,491			-			441,926			(132,578	)		2,325,678			28,504			2,354,182
Distribution of income from previous period		-		-		-			-			-			-			411,926			(411,926	)		-			-			-			-
Equity as of January 1, 2014		891,303		1,133,215		(2,224	)		802			(8,257	)		1,491			411,926			-			(132,578	)		2,325,678			28,504			2,354,182
Increase or decrease of capital and reserves		-		-		-			-			-			-			-			-			-			-			(1,374	)		(1,374	)
Dividends distributions/ withdrawals made		-		-		-			-			-			-			(265,156	)		-			132,578			(132,578	)		-			(132,578	)
Own shares transactions		-		-		-			-			-			-			-			-			-			-			-			-
Transfer of retained earnings to reserves		-		176,770		-			-			-			-			(176,770	)		-			-			-			-			-
Provision for mandatory dividends		-		-		-			-			-			-			-			-			(165,099	)		(165,099	)		-			(165,099	)
Subtotal		-		176,770		-			-			-			-			(441,926	)		-			(32,521	)		(297,677	)		(1,374	)		(299,051	)
Other comprehensive income		-		-		-			20,878			18,982			(8,296	)		-			-			-			31,564			(27	)		31,537
Income for the year		-		-		-			-			-			-			-			550,331			-			550,331			5,980			556,311
Subtotal		-		-		-			20,878			18,982			(8,296	)		-			550,331			-			581,895			5,953			587,848
Equity as of December 31, 2014		891,303		1,309,985		(2,224	)		21,680			10,725			(6,805	)		-			550,331			(165,099	)		2,609,896			33,083			2,642,979
Equity as of December 31, 2014		891,303		1,309,985		(2,224	)		21,680			10,725			(6,805	)		-			550,331			(165,099	)		2,609,896			33,083			2,642,979
Distribution of income from previous period		-		-		-			-			-			-			550,331			(550,331	)		-			-			-			-
Equity as of January 1, 2015		891,303		1,309,985		(2,224	)		21,680			10,725			(6,805	)		550,331			-			(165,099	)		2,609,896			33,083			2,642,979
Increase or decrease of capital and reserves		-		-		-			-			-			-			-			-			-			-			-			-
Dividends distributions/ withdrawals made		-		-		-			-			-			-			-			-			-			-			-			-
Own shares transactions		-		-		-			-			-			-			(330,199	)		-			165,099			(165,100	)		-			(165,100	)
Transfer of retained earnings to reserves		-		220,132		-			-			-			-			(220,132	)		-			-			-			(6,063	)		(6,063	)
Provision for mandatory dividends		-		-		-			-			-			-			-			-			(134,663	)		(134,663	)		-			(134,663	)
Subtotal		-		220,132		-			-			-			-			(550,331	)		-			30,436			(299,763	)		(6,063	)		(305,826	)
Other comprehensive income		-		-		-			(28,645	)		(2,099	)		6,432			-			-			-			(24,312	)		(102	)		(24,414	)
Income for the year		-		-		-			-			-			-			-			448,878			-			448,878			3,263			452,141
Subtotal		-		-		-			(28,645	)		(2,099	)		6,432			-			448,878			-			424,566			3,161			427,727
Equity as of December 31, 2014		891,303		1,530,117		(2,224	)		(6,965	)		8,626			(373	)		-			448,878			(134,663	)		2,734,699			30,181			2,764,880

	Total attributable to Bank shareholders		Allocated to  reserves		Allocated to dividends		Percentage   distributed		Number of shares		Dividend per share (in pesos)
Period	MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		%
Year 2014 (Shareholders Meeting April 2015)		550,331		220,132		330,199		60		188,446,126,794		1.752
Year 2013 (Shareholders Meeting April 2014)		441,926		176,770		265,156		60		188,446,126,794		1.407

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

For the years ended

		As of December 31,
		2015			2014
	NOTE	MCh$			MCh$
A – CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
CONSOLIDATED INCOME BEFORE TAX			527,442			601,863
Debits (credits) to income that do not represent cash flows			(959,238	)		(1,009,143	)
Depreciation and amortization	33		53,614			44,172
Impairment of property, plant, and equipment	33		21			36,664
Provision for loan losses	30		481,834			433,408
Mark to market of trading investments			(3,001	)		(11,285	)
Income from investments in associates and other companies	11		(2,588	)		(2,165	)
Net gain on sale of assets received in lieu of payment	34		(11,658	)		(11,100	)
Provision on assets received in lieu of payment	34		7,803			4,045
Net gain on sale of controlled companies	11		-			-
Net gain on sale of property, plant, and equipment	34		(397	)		(687	)
Charge off of assets received in lieu of payment	34		9,327			4,694
Net interest income	26		(1,255,206	)		(1,317,104	)
Net fee and commission income	27		(237,627	)		(227,283	)
Debits (credits) to income that do not represent cash flows			45,406			115,240
Changes in deferred taxes	14		(46,766	)		(77,742	)
Increase/decrease in operating assets and liabilities			1,129,989			698,589
(Increase) of loans and accounts receivables from customers, net			(2,083,854	)		(1,674,156	)
(Increase) decrease of financial investments			(57,731	)		(437,853	)
Decrease due to resale agreements (assets)			2,463			17,469
(Increase) decrease of interbank loans			(1,057	)		113,477
Decrease (increase)  of assets received or awarded in lieu of payments			4,157			(3,346	)
Increase of debits in customers checking accounts			744,863			727,604
Increase  of time deposits and other time liabilities			1,768,827			738,668
(Decrease) increase  of obligations with domestic banks			(66,006	)		65,506
Increase  of other demand liabilities or time obligations			130,763			132,130
Increase (decrease) of obligations with foreign banks			142,069			(516,156	)
(Decrease) of obligations with Central Bank of Chile			(90	)		(126	)
(Decrease) increase of obligations under repurchase agreements			(248,437	)		183,154
Increase in other financial liabilities			15,402			15,344
Net increase of other assets and liabilities			(1,254,822	)		(791,457	)
Redemption of letters of credit			(26,720	)		(29,668	)
Issuance under mortgage bonds program			-			36,941
Senior bond issuances			878,389			1,196,273
Redemption of mortgage bonds and payments of interest			(5,343	)		(4,195	)
Redemption of senior bonds and payments of interest			(231,972	)		(574,507	)
Interest received			2,093,028			2,235,437
Interest paid			(836,544	)		(913,800	)
Dividends received from investments in other companies	11		278			119
Fees and commissions received	27		402,900			366,729
Fees and commissions paid	27		(165,273	)		(139,446	)
Income tax paid	14		(75,301	)		(45,552	)
Total cash flow provided by operating activities			698,193			291,309

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

For the years ended

		For the years ended December 31,
		2015			2014
	NOTE	MCh$			MCh$
B – CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTMENT ACTIVITIES:
Purchases of property, plant, and equipment	13		(65,111	)		(59,088	)
Sales of property, plant, and equipment	13		121			172
Purchases of investments in associates and other companies	11		(302	)		(6,313	)
Sales of investments in associates and other companies			-			-
Purchases of intangible assets	12		(27,573	)		(27,437	)
Total cash flow (used in) provided by  investment activities			(92,865	)		(92,666	)
C – CASH FLOW FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
From shareholder´s financing activities			(340,596	)		(274,042	)
Issuance of subordinate bonds			-			-
Redemption of subordinated bonds and payments of interest			(10,397	)		(8,886	)
Dividends paid			(330,199	)		(265,156	)
From non-controlling interest financing activities			-			-
Dividends and/or withdrawals paid			-			-
Total cash flow (used in) financing activities			(340,596	)		(274,042	)
D – NET INCREASE  (DECREASE) IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS DURING THE PERIOD			264,732			(75,399	)
E – EFFECTS OF FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATE FLUCTUATIONS			203,436			34,893
F – INITIAL BALANCE OF CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS			1,859,002			1,899,508
FINAL BALANCE OF CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS	5		2,327,170			1,859,002

	For the years ended December 31,
Reconciliation of provisions for the Consolidated Statements	2015			2013
of Cash Flows for the years ended	MCh$			MCh$
Provision for loan losses for cash flow purposes		481,834			433,408
Recovery of loans previously charged off		(68,140	)		(58,977	)
Provision for loan losses - net		413,694			374,431

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Banco Santander Chile and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

AS OF AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED  DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014

NOTE 01

SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

CORPORATE INFORMATION

Banco Santander Chile is a banking corporation (limited company) operating under the laws of the Republic of Chile, headquartered at Bandera N°140, Santiago. The corporation provides a broad range of general banking services to its customers, ranging from individuals to major corporations. Banco Santander Chile and its subsidiaries (collectively referred to herein as the “Bank” or “Banco Santander Chile”) offers commercial and consumer banking services, including (but not limited to) factoring, collection, leasing, securities and insurance brokering, mutual and investment fund management, and investment banking.

Banco Santander Spain controls Banco Santander-Chile through its holdings in Teatinos Siglo XXI Inversiones Ltda. and Santander-Chile Holding S.A., which are controlled subsidiaries of Banco Santander Spain. As of December 31, 2015 Banco Santander Spain owns or controls directly and indirectly 99.5% of Santander-Chile Holding S.A. and 100% of Teatinos Siglo XXI Inversiones Ltda. This gives Banco Santander Spain control over 67.18% of the Bank’s shares.

a)     Basis of preparation

These Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with the Compendium of Accounting Standards issued by the Superintendency of Banks and Financial Institutions (SBIF), the Chilean regulatory agency. The General Banking Law set out in article 15 states that, the banks must apply accounting standards established by SBIF. For those issues not covered by the SBIF, the Bank must apply generally accepted standards issued by the Colegio de Contadores de Chile A.G (Association of Chilean Accountants), which conform with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). In the event of discrepancies between the IFRS and accounting standards issued by the SBIF (Compendium of Accounting Standards), the latter shall prevail.

For purposes of these financial statements we use certain terms and conventions. References to “US$” for currencies, “U.S. dollars” and “dollars” are to United States dollars, references to “EUR” are to European Economic Community Euro, references to “CNY” are to Chinese Yuan or renminbi, references to “CHF” are to Swiss franc, references to “Chilean pesos”, “pesos” or “Ch$” are to Chilean pesos, and references to “UF” are to Unidades de Fomento. The UF is an inflation-indexed Chilean monetary unit with a value in Chilean pesos that changes daily to reflect changes in the official Consumer Price Index (“CPI”) of the Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas (the Chilean National Institute of Statistics) for the previous month.

The Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements contain additional information to support the figures submitted in the Consolidated Statement of Financial Position, Consolidated Statement of Income, Consolidated Statement of Other Comprehensive Income, Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity and Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows for the Period.

b)      Basis of preparation for the Consolidated Financial Statements

The Consolidated Financial Statements as of December 31, 2015 and 2014 and for the two years in the period ending December, 2015, incorporate the financial statements of the entities over which the bank has control (including structured entities); and includes the adjustments, reclassifications and eliminations needed to comply with the accounting and valuation criteria established by IFRS, except in those cases where the SBIF regulations prevail as explained above. Control is achieved when the Bank:

I.	has power over the investee;
II.	is exposed, or has rights, to variable returns from its involvement with the investee; and
III.	has the ability to use its power to affect its returns.

The Bank reassesses whether or not it controls an investee if facts and circumstances indicate that there are changes to one or more of the three elements of control listed above.

When the Bank has less than a majority of the voting rights of an investee, it has power over the investee when the voting rights are sufficient to give it the practical ability to direct the relevant activities over the investee unilaterally. The Bank considers all relevant facts and circumstances in assessing whether or not the Bank’s voting rights in an investee are sufficient to give it power, including:

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

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· the size of the Bank’s holding of voting rights relative to the size and dispersion of holdings of the other vote holders;

· potential voting rights held by the Bank, other vote holders or other parties;

· rights arising from other agreements; and

· any additional facts and circumstances that indicate that the Bank has, or does not have, the current ability to direct the relevant activities at the time that decisions need to be made, including voting patterns at previous shareholders' meetings

Consolidation of a subsidiary begins when the Bank obtains control over the subsidiary and ceases when the Bank loses control over the subsidiary. Specifically, income and expenses of a subsidiary acquired or disposed of during the year are included in the Consolidated Statements of Income and in the Consolidated Statements of Other Comprehensive Income from the date the Bank gains control until the date when the Bank ceases to control the subsidiary.

Profit or loss and each component of other comprehensive income are attributed to the owners of the Bank and to the non-controlling interests. Total comprehensive income of subsidiaries is attributed to the owners of the Bank and to the non-controlling interests even if this results in the non-controlling interests having a deficit in certain circumstances.

When necessary, adjustments are made to the financial statements of the subsidiaries to ensure their accounting policies are consistent with the Bank’s accounting policies.

All intragroup assets, liabilities, equity, income, expenses and cash flows relating to transactions between consolidated entities are eliminated in full on consolidation.

Changes in the consolidated entities ownership interests in subsidiaries that do not result in a loss of control over the subsidiaries are accounted for as equity transactions. The carrying values of the Group’s equity and the non-controlling interests’ equity are adjusted to reflect the changes to their relative interests in the subsidiaries. Any difference between the amount by which the non-controlling interests are adjusted and the fair value of the consideration paid or received is recognized directly in equity and attributed to owners of the Bank.

In addition, third parties’ shares in the Consolidated Bank’s equity are presented as “Non-controlling interests” in the Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity. Their share in the income for the year is presented as “Attributable to non-controlling interests” in the Consolidated Statement of Income.

The following companies are considered entities controlled by the Bank and are therefore within the scope of consolidation:

i. Entities controlled by the Bank through participation in equity

			Percent ownership share
		Place of	As of December 31,
		Incorporation	2015						2014
		and	Direct		Indirect		Total		Direct		Indirect		Total
Name of the Subsidiary	Main Activity	operation	%		%		%		%		%		%
Santander Corredora de Seguros Limitada	Insurance brokerage	Santiago, Chile		99.75		0.01		99.76		99.75		0.01		99.76
Santander Corredores de Bolsa Limitada (*)	Financial instruments brokerage	Santiago, Chile		50.59		0.41		51.00		50.59		0.41		51.00
Santander Agente de Valores Limitada	Securities brokerage	Santiago, Chile		99.03		-		99.03		99.03		-		99.03
Santander S.A. Sociedad Securitizadora	Purchase of credits and issuance of debt instruments	Santiago, Chile		99.64		-		99.64		99.64		-		99.64

The details of non-controlling interest in all the can be seen in Note 25 – Non-controlling interest.

(*) On June 19, 2015, Santander Corredores de Bolsa Limitada, our stock broker company has changed its corporate structure to limited liability company. This situation was informed to SVS through an “essential fact” in accordance with the Law 18.045 articles 9° and 10°, and General Regulation (NCG) N°16 and N°30.

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

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ii. Entities controlled by the Bank through other considerations

The following companies have been consolidated based on the determination that the Bank has control as previously defined above and in accordance with IFRS 10, Consolidated Financial Statements:

- Santander Gestión de Recaudación y Cobranza Limitada (collection services)

- Bansa Santander S.A. (management of repossessed assets and leasing of properties)

During 2015 Multinegocios S.A. (management of sales force), Servicios Administrativos y Financieros Limitada (management of sales force) and Multiservicios de Negocios Limitada (call center) have ceased rendering sales services to the Bank and the Bank no longer controls their relevant activities. Therefore as of June 30, 2015 these entities have been excluded from the consolidation perimeter.

As of August 1, 2014, Servicios de Cobranza Fiscalex Limitada was absorbed by Santander Gestión de Recaudación y Cobranza Limitada.

iii. Associates

An associate is an entity over which the Bank has significant influence. Significant influence, in this case, is defined as the power to participate in the financial and operating policy decisions of the investee but is not control or joint control over those policies. An investment in an associate is accounted for using the equity method from the date on which the investee becomes an associate.

The following companies are considered “Associates” in which the Bank accounts for its participation using the equity method:

			Percentage of ownership share
		Place of	As of December 31,
		incorporation	2015		2014
Associates	Main activity	and operation	%		%
Redbanc S.A.	ATM services	Santiago, Chile		33.43		33.43
Transbank S.A.	Debit and credit card services	Santiago, Chile		25.00		25.00
Centro de Compensación Automatizado	Electronic fund transfer and compensation services	Santiago, Chile		33.33		33.33
Sociedad  Interbancaria de Depósito de Valores S.A.	Delivery of securities on public offer	Santiago, Chile		29.29		29.29
Cámara de Compensación de Pagos de Alto Valor S.A.	Payments clearing	Santiago, Chile		14.23		14.14
Administrador Financiero del Transantiago S.A.	Administration of boarding passes to public transportation	Santiago, Chile		20.00		20.00
Sociedad Nexus S.A.	Credit card processor	Santiago, Chile		12.90		12.90
Servicios de Infraestructura de Mercado OTC S.A.	Administration of the infrastructure for the financial market of derivative instruments	Santiago, Chile		11.11		11.11

In the case of Nexus S.A. and Cámara Compensación de Pagos de Alto Valor S.A., Banco Santander Chile has a representative on the Board of Directors. As per the definition of associates, the Bank has concluded that it exerts significant influence over those entities.

Servicios de Infraestructura de Mercado OTC S.A. is considered an associate due to the Bank’s executives being actively involved in the management of the company, including the organization and structuring of this company from the point of incorporation, therefore exercising significant influence over this company.

In the Extraordinary Shareholder meeting held on April 2015, Transbank agreed to increase its capital. Banco Santander Chile signed the contract maintaining its ownership.

In October 2015, HSBC Bank Chile sold its ownership share in Camara de Compensación de Pagos de Alto Valor S.A. to Banco Santander Chile, increasing our participation to 14.23%.

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

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iv. Share or rights in other companies

Such entities represent those over which the Bank has no control or significant influences and are presented in this category. These holdings are shown at acquisition value less impairment, if any.

c) Non-controlling interest

Non-controlling interest represents the portion of net income and net assets which the Bank does not own, either directly or indirectly. It is presented as “Attributable to non-controlling interest” separately in the Consolidated Statement of Income, and separately from shareholders’ equity in the Consolidated Statement of Financial Position.

In the case of entities controlled by the Bank through other considerations, income and equity are presented in full as non-controlling interest, since the Bank controls them, but does not have any ownership expressed as a percentage.

d) Reporting segments

Operating segments with similar economic characteristics often exhibit similar long-term financial performance. Two or more segments can be combined only if aggregation is consistent with International Financial Reporting Standard 8 “Operating Segments” (IFRS 8) and the segments have similar economic characteristics and are similar in each of the following respects:

i. the nature of the products and services;

ii. the nature of the production processes;

iii. the type or class of customers that use their products and services;

iv. the methods used to distribute their products or services; and

v. if applicable, the nature of the regulatory environment, for example, banking, insurance, or public utilities.

The Bank reports separately on each operating segment that exceeds any of the following quantitative thresholds:

i. its reported revenue, from both external customers and intersegment sales or transfers, is 10% or more of the combined internal and external revenue of all the operating segments.

ii. the absolute amount of its reported profit or loss is 10% or more of the greater in absolute amount of: (i) the combined reported profit of all the operating segments that did not report a loss; (ii) the combined reported loss of all the operating segments that reported a loss.

iii. its assets represent 10% or more of the combined assets of all the operating segments.

Operating segments that do not meet any of the quantitative threshold may be treated as segments to be reported, in which case the information must be disclosed separately if management believes it could be useful for the users of the Consolidated Financial Statements.

Information about other business activities of the operating segments not separately reported is combined and disclosed in the “Other segments” category.

According to the information presented, the Bank’s segments were determined under the following definitions: An operating segment is a component of an entity:

i. that engages in business activities from which it may earn revenues and incur expenses (including revenues and expenses from transactions with other components of the same entity);

ii. whose operating results are regularly reviewed by the entity’s chief executive officer, who makes decisions about resources allocated to the segment and assesses its performance; and

iii. for which discrete financial information is available.

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

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e) Functional and presentation currency

According to IAS 21 “The Effects of Changes in Foreign Exchange Rates”, the Chilean peso, which is the currency of the primary economic environment in which the Bank operates and the currency which influences its costs and revenue structure, has been defined as the Bank’s functional and presentation currency.

Accordingly, all balances and transactions denominated in currencies other than the Chilean Peso are treated as “foreign currency.”

f) Foreign currency transactions

The Bank makes transactions in amounts denominated in foreign currencies, mainly the U.S. dollar. Assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies, held by the Bank are translated to Chilean pesos based on the market rate published by Reuters at 1:30 p.m. representative of the month end reported; the rate used was Ch$707.80 per US$1 as of December, 2015 (Ch$608.33 per US$1 as of December, 2014).

The amounts of net foreign exchange gains and losses includes recognition of the effects that exchange rate variations have on assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies and the profits and losses on foreign exchange spot and forward transactions undertaken by the Bank.

g) Definitions and classification of financial instruments

i. Definitions

A “financial instrument” is any contract that gives rise to a financial asset of one entity, and a financial liability or equity instrument of another entity.

An “equity instrument” is a legal transaction that evidences a residual interest in the assets of an entity deducting all of its liabilities.

A “financial derivative” is a financial instrument whose value changes in response to the changes in an observable market variable (such as an interest rate, a foreign exchange rate, a financial instrument’s price, or a market index, including credit ratings), whose initial investment is very small compared with other financial instruments having a similar response to changes in market factors, and which is generally settled at a future date.

“Hybrid financial instruments” are contracts that simultaneously include a non-derivative host contract together with a financial derivative, known as an embedded derivative, which is not separately transferable and has the effect that some of the cash flows of the hybrid contract vary in a way similar to a stand-alone derivative.

ii. Classification of financial assets for measurement purposes

Financial assets are classified into the following specified categories: financial assets trading investments “at fair value through profit or loss (FVTPL), ‘held to maturity' investments, ‘available for sale investments' (AFS) financial assets and ‘loans and accounts receivable from customers'. The classification depends on the nature and purpose of the financial assets and is determined at the time of initial recognition. All regular way purchase or sale are purchase or sale of a financial asset under a contract whose terms require delivery of the asset within the time frame established generally by regulation or convention in the marketplace concerned.

Financial assets are initially recognized at fair value plus, in the case of a financial assets not a fair value through profit or loss, transaction costs that are directly attributable to the acquisition or issue.

Effective interest method

The effective interest method is a method of calculating the amortised cost of a debt instrument and of allocating interest income over the relevant period. The effective interest rate is the rate that exactly discounts estimated future cash receipts (including all fees and points paid or received that form an integral part of the effective interest rate, transaction costs and other premiums or discounts) through the expected life of the debt instrument, or, where appropriate, a shorter period, to the net carrying amount on initial recognition.

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Income is recognised on an effective interest basis for loans and accounts receivables other than those financial assets classified as at fair value through profit or loss.

Financial assets at FVTPL - Trading investments

Financial assets are classified as at FVTPL when the financial asset is either held for trading or it is designated as at fair value through profit or loss.

A financial asset is classified as held for trading if:

· it has been acquired principally for the purpose of selling it in the near term; or

· on initial recognition it is part of a portfolio of identified financial instruments that the Bank manages together and has a recent actual pattern of short-term profit-taking; or

· it is a derivative that is not designated and effective as a hedging instrument.

A financial asset other than a financial asset held for trading may be designated as at FVTPL upon initial recognition if:

· such designation eliminates or significantly reduces a measurement or recognition inconsistency that would otherwise arise; or

· the financial asset forms part of a group of financial assets or financial liabilities or both, which is managed and its performance is evaluated on a fair value basis, in accordance with the Bank's documented risk management or investment strategy, and information about the grouping is provided internally on that basis; or

· it forms part of a contract containing one or more embedded derivatives, and IAS 39 permits the entire combined contract to be designated as at FVTPL.

Financial assets at FVTPL are stated at fair value, with any gains or losses arising on remeasurement recognised in profit or loss. The net gain or loss recognised in profit or loss incorporates any dividend or interest earned on the financial asset and is included in the ‘net profit (loss) from financial operations' line item.

Held to maturity investments

Held-to-maturity investments are non-derivative financial assets with fixed or determinable payments and fixed maturity dates that the Bank has the positive intent and ability to hold to maturity. Subsequent to initial recognition, held-to-maturity investments are measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method less any impairment.

Available for sale investments (AFS investments)

AFS investments are non-derivatives that are either designated as AFS or are not classified as (a) loans and accounts receivable from customers, (b) held-to-maturity investments or (c) financial assets at fair value through profit or loss (trading investments).

Financial instruments held by the Bank that are traded in an active market are classified as AFS and are stated at fair value at the end of each reporting period. The Bank also has investments in financial instruments that are not traded in an active market but that are also classified as AFS investments and stated at fair value at the end of each reporting period (because the directors consider that fair value can be reliably measured). Changes in the carrying amount of AFS monetary financial assets relating to changes in foreign currency rates, interest income calculated using the effective interest method and dividends on AFS equity investments are recognised in profit or loss. Other changes in the carrying amount of available for sale investments are recognised in other comprehensive income and accumulated under the heading of “Valuation Adjustment”. When the investment is disposed of or is determined to be impaired, the cumulative gain or loss previously accumulated in the investments revaluation reserve is reclassified to profit or loss.

Dividends on AFS equity instruments are recognised in profit or loss when the Bank's right to receive the dividends is established.

The fair value of AFS monetary financial assets denominated in a foreign currency is determined in that foreign currency and translated as the described in f) above. The foreign exchange gains and losses that are recognised in profit or loss are determined based on the amortised cost of the monetary asset.

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

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Loans and accounts receivable from customers

Loans and accounts receivable from customers are non-derivative financial assets with fixed or determinable payments that are not quoted in an active market. Loans and accounts receivables from customers (including loans and accounts receivable from customers and interbank loans) are measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method, less any impairment.

Interest income is recognised by applying the effective interest rate, except for short-term receivables when the effect of discounting is immaterial.

iii. Classification of financial assets for presentation purposes

For presentation purposes, the financial assets are classified by their nature into the following line items in the Consolidated Financial Statements:

- Cash and deposits in banks: this line includes cash balances, checking accounts and on-demand deposits with the Central Bank of Chile and other domestic and foreign financial institutions. Amounts invested as overnight deposits are included in this item.

- Cash items in process of collection: this item represents domestic transactions in the process of transfer through a central domestic clearinghouse or international transactions which may be delayed in settlement due to timing differences, etc.

- Trading investments: this item includes financial instruments held-for-trading and investments in mutual funds which must be adjusted to their fair value in the same way as instruments acquired for trading.

- Investments under resale agreements: includes balances of financial instruments purchased under resale agreement.

- Financial derivative contracts: financial derivative contracts with positive fair values are presented in this item. It includes both independent contracts as well as derivatives that should and can be separated from a host contract, whether they are for trading or accounted for as derivatives held for hedging, as shown in Note 7 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

· Trading derivatives: includes the fair value of derivatives which do not qualify for hedge accounting, including embedded derivatives separated from hybrid financial instruments.

· Hedging derivatives: includes the fair value of derivatives designated as being in a hedging relationship, including the embedded derivatives separated from the hybrid financial instruments.

- Interbank loans: this item includes the balances of transactions with domestic and foreign banks, including the Central Bank of Chile, other than those reflected in certain other financial asset classifications listed above.

- Loans and accounts receivables from customers: these loans are non-derivative financial assets with fixed or determinable payments, that are not quoted on an active market and which the Bank does not intend to sell immediately or in the short term. When the Bank is the lessor in a lease, and it substantially transfers the risks and rewards incidental to the leased asset, the transaction is presented in loans and accounts receivable from customers while the leased asset is derecognized in the Bank´s statement of financial position.

- Investment instruments: are classified into two categories: held-to-maturity investments, and available-for-sale investments. The held-to-maturity investment classification includes only those instruments for which the Bank has the ability and intent to hold to maturity. The remaining investments are treated as available for sale.

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

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iv. Classification of financial liabilities for measurement purposes

Financial liabilities are classified as either financial liabilities ‘at FVTPL' or ‘other financial liabilities'.

Financial liabilities at FVTPL

Financial liabilities are classified as at FVTPL when the financial liability is either held for trading or it is designated as at FVTPL.

A financial liability is classified as held for trading if:

· it has been incurred principally for the purpose of repurchasing it in the near term; or

· on initial recognition it is part of a portfolio of identified financial instruments that the Bank manages together and has a recent actual pattern of short-term profit-taking; or

· it is a derivative that is not designated and effective as a hedging instrument.

A financial liability other than a financial liability held for trading may be designated as at FVTPL upon initial recognition if:

· such designation eliminates or significantly reduces a measurement or recognition inconsistency that would otherwise arise; or

· the financial liability forms part of a group of financial assets or financial liabilities or both, which is managed and its performance is evaluated on a fair value basis, in accordance with the Bank's documented risk management or investment strategy, and information about the grouping is provided internally on that basis; or

· it forms part of a contract containing one or more embedded derivatives, and IAS 39 permits the entire combined contract to be designated as at FVTPL.

Financial liabilities at FVTPL are stated at fair value, with any gains or losses arising on remeasurement recognised in profit or loss. The net gain or loss recognised in profit or loss incorporates any interest paid on the financial liability and is included in the ‘net profit (loss) from financial operations' line item.

Other financial liabilities

Other financial liabilities (including borrowings and trade and other payables) are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

The effective interest method is a method of calculating the amortised cost of a financial liability and of allocating interest expense over the relevant period. The effective interest rate is the rate that exactly discounts estimated future cash payments (including all fees and points paid or received that form an integral part of the effective interest rate, transaction costs and other premiums or discounts) through the expected life of the financial liability, or (where appropriate) a shorter period, to the net carrying amount on initial recognition.

v. Classification of financial liabilities for presentation purposes

The financial liabilities are classified by their nature into the following line items in the Consolidated Statements of Financial Position:

- Deposits and other on- demand liabilities: this includes all on-demand obligations except for term savings accounts, which are not considered on-demand instruments in view of their special characteristics. Obligations whose payment may be required during the period are deemed to be on-demand obligations. Operations which become callable the day after the closing date are not treated as on-demand obligations.

- Cash items in process of being cleared: this represents domestic transactions in the process of transfer through a central domestic clearing house or international transactions which may be delayed in settlement due to timing differences, etc.

- Obligations under repurchase agreements: this includes the balances of sales of financial instruments under securities repurchase and loan agreements. In accordance with the applicable regulation, the Bank does not record instruments acquired under repurchase agreements.

- Time deposits and other time liabilities: this shows the balances of deposit transactions in which a term at the end of which they become callable has been stipulated.

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- Financial derivative contracts: this includes financial derivative contracts with negative fair values (i.e. a liability of the Bank), whether they are for trading or for hedge accounting, as set forth in Note 7.

· Trading derivatives: includes the fair value of derivatives which do not qualify for hedge accounting, including embedded derivatives separated from hybrid financial instruments.

· Hedging derivatives: includes the fair value of derivatives designated as being in a hedging relationship, including the embedded derivatives separated from the hybrid financial instruments.

- Interbank borrowings: this includes obligations due to other domestic banks, foreign banks, or the Central Bank of Chile, other than those reflected in certain other financial liability classifications listed above.

- Issued debt instruments: there are three types of instruments issued by the Bank; Obligations under letters of credit, Subordinated bonds and Senior bonds placed in the local and foreign market.

- Other financial liabilities: this item includes credit obligations to persons other than domestic banks, foreign banks, or the Central Bank of Chile, for financing purposes or operations in the normal course of business.

h) Valuation of financial instruments and recognition of fair value changes

In general, financial assets and liabilities are initially recognized at fair value which, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, is deemed to be the transaction price. Financial instruments, other than those measured at fair value through profit or loss, are initially recognized at fair value plus transaction costs. Subsequently, and at the end of each reporting period, financial instruments are measured pursuant to the following criteria:

i. Valuation of financial instruments

Financial assets are measured according to their fair value, gross of any transaction costs that may be incurred in the course of a sale, except for credit investments and held to maturity investments.

According to IFRS 13 Fair Value Measurement (effective date from January 1, 2013), “fair value” is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction in the principal (or most advantageous) market at the measurement date under current market conditions (i.e. an exit price) regardless of whether that price is directly observable or estimated using another valuation technique. A fair value measurement is for a particular asset or liability. Therefore, when measuring fair value an entity shall take into account the characteristics of the asset or liability if market participants would take those characteristics into account when pricing the asset or liability at the measurement date.

The fair value measurement assumes that the transaction to sell the asset or transfer the liability takes place either: (a) in the principal market for the asset or liability, or (b) in the absence of a principal market, the most advantageous market for the asset or liability. Even when there is no observable market to provide pricing information in connection with the sale of an asset or the transfer of a liability at the measurement date, the fair value measurement shall assume that the transaction takes place, considered from the perspective of a potential market participant who intends to maximize value associated with the asset or liability.

When using valuation techniques, the Bank shall maximize the use of relevant observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs as available. If an asset or a liability measured at fair value has a bid price and an ask price, the price within the bid-ask spread that is most representative of fair value in the circumstances shall be used to measure fair value regardless of where the input is categorized within the fair value hierarchy (i.e. Level 1, 2 or 3). IFRS 13 establishes a fair value hierarchy that categorizes into three levels the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The fair value hierarchy gives the highest priority to quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 inputs) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 inputs).

All derivatives are recorded in the Consolidated Statements of Financial Position at the fair value previously described. This value is compared to the valuation as at the trade date. If the fair value is subsequently measured positive, this is recorded as an asset. If the fair value is subsequently measured negative, this is recorded as a liability. The fair value on the trade date is deemed, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, to be the transaction price. The changes in the fair value of derivatives from the trade date are recorded in “Net income (expense) from financial operations” in the Consolidated Statement of Income.

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

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Specifically, the fair value of financial derivatives included in the portfolios of financial assets or liabilities held for trading is deemed to be their daily quoted price. If, for exceptional reasons, the quoted price cannot be determined on a given date, the fair value is determined using similar methods to those used to measure over the counter (OTC) derivatives. The fair value of OTC derivatives is the sum of the future cash flows resulting from the instrument, discounted to present value at the date of valuation (“present value” or “theoretical close”) using valuation techniques commonly used by the financial markets: “net present value” (NPV) and option pricing models, among other methods. Also, within the fair value of derivatives are included Credit Valuation Adjustment (CVA) and Debit Valuation Adjustment (DVA), all with the objective that the fair value of each instrument includes the credit risk of its counterparty and Bank´s own risk.

“Loans and accounts receivable from customers” and “Held-to-maturity instrument portfolio” are measured at amortized cost using the “effective interest method.” “Amortized cost” is the acquisition cost of a financial asset or liability, plus or minus, as appropriate, prepayments of principal and the cumulative amortization (recorded in the consolidated income statement) of the difference between the initial cost and the maturity amount as calculated under the effective interest method. For financial assets, amortized cost also includes any reductions for impairment or uncollectibility. For loans and accounts receivable designated as hedged items in fair value hedges, the changes in their fair value related to the risk or risks being hedged are recorded in “Net income (expense) from financial operations”.

The “effective interest rate” is the discount rate that exactly matches the initial amount of a financial instrument to all its estimated cash flows over its remaining life. For fixed-rate financial instruments, the effective interest rate incorporates the contractual interest rate established on the acquisition date. Where applicable, the fees and transaction costs that are a part of the financial return are included. For floating-rate financial instruments, the effective interest rate matches the current rate of return until the date of the next review of interest rates.

Equity instruments whose fair value cannot be determined in a sufficiently objective manner and financial derivatives, whose underlying is an equity instrument that are settled by delivery of those instruments, are measured at acquisition cost adjusted for any related impairment loss.

The amounts at which the financial assets are recorded represent the Bank’s maximum exposure to credit risk as at the reporting date. The Bank has also received collateral and other credit enhancements to mitigate its exposure to credit risk, which consist mainly of mortgage guarantees, equity instruments and personal securities, assets under leasing agreements, assets acquired under repurchase agreements, securities loans and derivatives.

ii. Valuation techniques

Financial instruments at fair value, determined on the basis of price quotations in active markets, include government debt securities, private sector debt securities, equity shares, short positions, and fixed-income securities issued.

In cases where price quotations cannot be observed in available markets, the Management determines a best estimate of the price that the market would set using its own internal models. In most cases, these models use data based on observable market parameters as significant inputs however for some valuations of financial instruments, significant inputs are unobservable in the market. To determine a value for those instruments, various techniques are employed to make these estimates, including the extrapolation of observable market data.

The most reliable evidence of the fair value of a financial instrument on initial recognition usually is the transaction price, however due to lack of availability of market information, the value of the instrument may be derived from other market transactions performed with the same or similar instruments or may be measured by using a valuation technique in which the variables used include only observable market data, mainly interest rates.

The main techniques used as of December 31, 2015 and 2014 by the Bank’s internal models to determine the fair value of the financial instruments are as follows:

i. In the valuation of financial instruments permitting static hedging (mainly “forwards” and “swaps”), the “present value” method is used. Estimated future cash flows are discounted using the interest rate curves of the related currencies. The interest rate curves are generally observable market data.

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ii. In the valuation of financial instruments requiring dynamic hedging (mainly structured options and other structured instruments), the Black-Scholes model is normally used. Where appropriate, observable market inputs are used to obtain factors such as the bid-offer spread, exchange rates, volatility, correlation indexes and market liquidity.

iii. In the valuation of certain financial instruments exposed to interest rate risk, such as interest rate futures, caps and floors, the present value method (futures) and the Black-Scholes model (plain vanilla options) are used. The main inputs used in these models are observable market data, including the related interest rate curves, volatilities, correlations and exchange rates.

The fair value of the financial instruments calculated by the aforementioned internal models considers contractual terms and observable market data, which include interest rates, credit risk, exchange rates, quoted market price of shares, volatility and prepayments, among others. The Bank’s management considers that its valuation models are not significantly subjective, since these methodologies can be adjusted and evaluated, as appropriate, through the internal calculation of fair value and the subsequent comparison with the related actively traded price.

iii. Hedging transactions

The Bank uses financial derivatives for the following purposes:

i. to sell to customers who request these instruments in the management of their market and credit risks,

ii. to use these derivatives in the management of the risks of the Bank entities’ own positions and assets and liabilities (“hedging derivatives”), and

iii. to obtain profits from changes in the price of these derivatives (“trading derivatives”).

All financial derivatives that are not held for hedging purposes are accounted for as “trading derivatives.”

A derivative qualifies for hedge accounting if all the following conditions are met:

1. The derivative hedges one of the following three types of exposure:

a. Changes in the value of assets and liabilities due to fluctuations, among others, in the interest rate and/or exchange rate to which the position or balance to be hedged is subject (“fair value hedge”);

b. Changes in the estimated cash flows arising from financial assets and liabilities, and highly probable forecasted transactions (“cash flow hedge”);

c. The net investment in a foreign operation (“hedge of a net investment in a foreign operation”).

2. It is effective in offsetting exposure inherent in the hedged item or position throughout the expected term of the hedge, which means that:

a. At the date of arrangement the hedge is expected, under normal conditions, to be highly effective (“prospective effectiveness”).

b. There is sufficient evidence that the hedge was actually effective during the life of the hedged item or position (“retrospective effectiveness”).

3. There must be adequate documentation evidencing the specific designation of the financial derivative to hedge certain balances or transactions and how this effective hedge was expected to be achieved and measured, provided that this is consistent with the Bank’s management of own risks.

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

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The changes in the value of financial instruments qualifying for hedge accounting are recorded as follows:

a. For fair value hedges, the gains or losses arising on both hedging instruments and the hedged items (attributable to the type of risk being hedged) are included as “Net income (expense) from financial operations” in the Consolidated Statement of Income

b. For fair value hedges of interest rate risk on a portfolio of financial instruments, gains or losses that arise in measuring hedging instruments and other gains or losses due to changes in fair value of the underlying hedged item (attributable to the hedged risk) are recorded in the Consolidated Statement of Income under “Net income (expense) from financial operations”.

c. For cash flow hedges, the change in fair value of the hedging instrument is included as “Cash flow hedge” in “Other comprehensive income”, until the hedged transaction occurs, thereafter being reclassified to the Consolidated Statement of Income, unless the hedged transaction results in the recognition of non–financial assets or liabilities, in which case it is included in the cost of the non-financial asset or liability.

d. The differences in valuation of the hedging instrument corresponding to the ineffective portion of the cash flow hedging transactions are recorded directly in the Consolidated Statement of Income under “Net income (expense) from financial operations”.

If a derivative designated as a hedging instrument no longer meets the requirements described above due to expiration, ineffectiveness or for any other reason, hedge accounting treatment is discontinued. When “fair value hedging” is discontinued, the fair value adjustments to the carrying amount of the hedged item arising from the hedged risk are amortized to gain or loss from that date, where applicable.

When cash flow hedges are discontinued, any cumulative gain or loss of the hedging instrument recognized under “Other comprehensive income” (from the period when the hedge was effective) remains recorded in equity until the hedged transaction occurs, at which time it is recorded in the Consolidated Statement of Income, unless the transaction is no longer expected to occur, in which case any cumulative gain or loss is recorded immediately in the Consolidated Statement of Income.

iv. Derivatives embedded in hybrid financial instruments

Derivatives embedded in other financial instruments or in other host contracts are accounted for separately as derivatives if 1) their risks and characteristics are not closely related to the host contracts, 2) a separate instrument with the same terms as the embedded derivative would meet the definition of a derivative, and 3) provided that the hybrid contracts are not classified as “Other financial assets (liabilities) at fair value through profit or loss” or as “Trading investments portfolio”.

v. Offsetting of financial instruments

Financial asset and liability balances are offset, i.e., reported in the Consolidated Statements of Financial Position at their net amount, only if there is a legally enforceable right to offset the recorded amounts and the Bank intends either to settle them on a net basis or to realize the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.

vi. Derecognition of financial assets and liabilities

The accounting treatment of transfers of financial assets is determined by the extent and the manner in which the risks and rewards associated with the transferred assets are transferred to third parties:

i. If the Bank transfers substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to third parties, as in the case of unconditional sales of financial assets, sales under repurchase agreements at fair value at the date of repurchase, sales of financial assets with a purchased call option or written put option deeply out of the money, utilization of assets in which the transferor does not retain subordinated debt nor grants any credit enhancement to the new holders, and other similar cases, the transferred financial asset is derecognized from the Consolidated Statements of Financial Position and any rights or obligations retained or created in the transfer are simultaneously recorded.

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ii. If the Bank retains substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership associated with the transferred financial asset, as in the case of sales of financial assets under repurchase agreements at a fixed price or at the sale price plus interest, securities lending agreements under which the borrower undertakes to return the same or similar assets, and other similar cases, the transferred financial asset is not derecognized from the Consolidated Statements of Financial Position and continues to be measured by the same criteria as those used before the transfer. However, the following items are recorded:

- An associated financial liability for an amount equal to the consideration received; this liability is subsequently measured at amortized cost.

- Both the income from the transferred (but not removed) financial asset as well as any expenses incurred due to the new financial liability.

iii. If the Bank neither transfers nor substantially retains all the risks and rewards of ownership associated with the transferred financial asset—as in the case of sales of financial assets with a purchased call option or written put option that is not deeply in or out of the money, securitization of assets in which the transferor retains a subordinated debt or other type of credit enhancement for a portion of the transferred asset, and other similar cases—the following distinction is made:

a. If the transferor does not retain control of the transferred financial asset: the asset is derecognized from the Consolidated Statements of Financial Position and any rights or obligations retained or created in the transfer are recognized.

b. If the transferor retains control of the transferred financial asset: it continues to be recognized in the Consolidated Statements of Financial Position for an amount equal to its exposure to changes in value and a financial liability associated with the transferred financial asset is recorded. The net carrying amount of the transferred asset and the associated liability is the amortized cost of the rights and obligations retained, if the transferred asset is measured at amortized cost, or the fair value of the rights and obligations retained, if the transferred asset is measured at fair value.

Accordingly, financial assets are only derecognized from the Consolidated Statements of Financial Position when the rights over the cash flows they generate have terminated or when all the inherent risks and rewards of ownership have been substantially transferred to third parties. Similarly, financial liabilities are only derecognized from the Consolidated Statements of Financial Position when the obligations specified in the contract are discharged or cancelled or the contract has matured.

i) Recognizing income and expenses

The most significant criteria used by the Bank to recognize its revenues and expenses are summarized as follows:

i. Interest revenue, interest expense, and similar items

Interest revenue and expense are recorded on an accrual basis using the effective interest method.

However, when a given operation or transaction is past due by 90 days or more, when it originated from a refinancing or renegotiation, or when the Bank believes that the debtor poses a high risk of default, the interest and adjustments pertaining to these transactions are not recorded directly in the Consolidated Statement of Income unless they have been actually received.

This interest and these adjustments are generally referred to as “suspended” and are recorded in suspense accounts which are not part of the Consolidated Statements of Income. Instead, they are reported as part of the complementary information thereto and as memorandum accounts (Note 26). This interest is recognized as income, when collected.

The resumption of interest income recognition of previously impaired loans only occurs when such loans become current (i.e., payments were received such that the loans are contractually past-due for less than 90 days) or they are no longer classified under the C3, C4, C5, or C6 categories (for loans individually evaluated for impairment).

ii. Commissions, fees, and similar items

Fee and commission income and expenses are recognized in the Consolidated Statement of Income using criteria that vary according to their nature. The main criteria are:

- Fee and commission income and expenses on financial assets and liabilities are recognized when they are earned.

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- Those arising from transactions or services that are performed over a period of time are recognized over the life of these transactions or services.

- Those relating to services provided in a single transaction are recognized when the single transaction is performed.

iii. Non-financial income and expenses

Non-financial income and expenses are recognized for accounting purposes on an accrual basis.

iv. Loan arrangement fees

Fees that arise as a result of the origination of a loan, mainly application and analysis-related fees, are deferred and charged to the Consolidated Statement of Income over the term of the loan.

j) Impairment

i. Financial assets:

A financial asset, other than that at fair value through profit and loss, is evaluated on each financial statement filing date to determine whether objective evidence of impairment exists.

A financial asset or group of financial assets will be impaired if, and only if, objective evidence of impairment exists as a result of one or more events that occurred after initial recognition of the asset (“event causing the loss”), and this event or events causing the loss have an impact on the estimated future cash flows of a financial asset or group of financial assets.

An impairment loss relating to financial assets recorded at amortized cost is calculated as the difference between the recorded amount of the asset and the present value of estimated future cash flows, discounted at the financial asset’s original effective interest rate.

Individually significant financial assets are individually tested to determine their impairment. The remaining financial assets are evaluated collectively in groups that share similar credit risk characteristics.

All impairment losses are recorded in income. Any impairment loss relating to a financial asset available for sale previously recorded in equity is transferred to profit or loss.

The reversal of an impairment loss occurs only if it can be objectively related to an event occurring after the initial impairment loss was recorded. The reversal of an impairment loss shall not exceed the carrying amount that would have been determined if no impairment loss has been recognized for the asset in prior years. The reversal is recorded in income with the exception of available for sale equity financial assets, in which case it is recorded in other comprehensive income.

ii. Non-financial assets:

The Bank’s non-financial assets, excluding investment properties, are reviewed at the reporting date to determine whether they show signs of impairment (i.e. its carrying amount exceeds its recoverable amount). If any such evidence exists, the recoverable amount of the asset is estimated, in order to determine the extent of the impairment loss.

Recoverable amount is the higher of fair value less costs to sell and value in use. In assessing value in use, the estimated future cash flows are discounted to their present value using a pre-tax discount rate that reflects current market assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to the asset for which the estimates of future cash flows have not been adjusted.

If the recoverable amount of an asset is estimated to be less than its carrying amount, the carrying amount of the asset is reduced to its recoverable amount. An impairment loss is recognized immediately in profit or loss.

In connection with other assets, impairment losses recorded in prior periods are assessed at each reporting date to determine whether the loss has decreased and should be reversed. The increased carrying amount of an asset other than goodwill attributable to a reversal of an impairment loss shall not exceed the carrying amount that would have been determined (net of amortization or depreciation) had no impairment loss been recognized for the asset in prior years. Goodwill impairment is not reversed.

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k) Property, plant, and equipment

This category includes the amount of buildings, land, furniture, vehicles, computer hardware and other fixtures owned by the consolidated entities or acquired under finance leases. Assets are classified according to their use as follows:

i. Property, plant and equipment for own use

Property, plant and equipment for own use includes but is not limited to tangible assets received by the consolidated entities in full or partial satisfaction of financial assets representing accounts receivable from third parties which are intended to be held for continuing own use and tangible assets acquired under finance leases. These assets are presented at acquisition cost less the related accumulated depreciation and, if applicable, any impairment losses (when net carrying amount was higher than recoverable amount).

Depreciation is calculated using the straight line method over the acquisition cost of assets less their residual value, assuming that the land on which buildings and other structures stand has an indefinite life and, therefore, is not subject to depreciation.

The Bank must apply the following useful lives for the tangible assets that comprise its assets:

ITEM	Useful life (Months)
Land		-
Paintings and works of art		-
Carpets and curtains		36
Computers and hardware		36
Vehicles		36
IT systems and software		36
ATMs		60
Other machines and equipment		60
Office furniture		60
Telephone and communication systems		60
Security systems		60
Rights over telephone lines		60
Air conditioning systems		84
Other installations		120
Buildings		1,200

The consolidated entities assess at each reporting date whether there is any indication that the carrying amount of any of their tangible assets exceeds its recoverable amount. If this is the case, the carrying amount of the asset is reduced to its recoverable amount and future depreciation charges are adjusted in accordance with the revised carrying amount and to the new remaining useful life, if the useful life needs to be revised.

Similarly, if there is an indication of a recovery in the value of a tangible asset, the consolidated entities record the reversal of the impairment loss recorded in prior periods and adjust the future depreciation charges accordingly. In no circumstance may the reversal of an impairment loss on an asset increase its carrying value above the one it would have had if no impairment losses had been recorded in prior years.

The estimated useful lives of the items of property, plant and equipment held for own use are reviewed at the end of each reporting period to detect significant changes. If changes are detected, the useful lives of the assets are adjusted by correcting the depreciation charge to be recorded in the Consolidated Statement of Income in future years on the basis of the new useful lives.

Maintenance expenses relating to tangible assets held for own use are recorded as an expense in the period in which they are incurred.

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ii. Assets leased out under operating leases

The criteria used to record the acquisition cost of assets leased out under operating leases, to calculate their depreciation and their respective estimated useful lives, and to record the impairment losses thereof, are consistent with those described in relation to property, plant and equipment held for own use.

l) Leasing

i. Finance leases

Finance leases are leases that substantially transfer all the risks and rewards incidental to ownership of the leased asset to the lessee.

When the consolidated entities act as the lessor of an asset, the sum of the present value of the lease payments receivable from the lessee, including the exercise price of the lessee’s purchase option at the end of the lease term, which is equivalent to one additional lease payment and so is reasonably certain to be exercised, is recognized as lending to third parties and is therefore included under “Loans and accounts receivables from customers” in the Consolidated Statements of Financial Position.

When the consolidated entities act as lessees, they show the cost of the leased assets in the Consolidated Statements of Financial Position based on the nature of the leased asset, and simultaneously record a liability for the same amount (which is the lower of the fair value of the leased asset and the sum of the present value of the lease payments payable to the lessor plus, if appropriate, the exercise of the purchase option). The depreciation policy for these assets is consistent with that for property, plant and equipment for own use.

In both cases, the finance income and finance expenses arising from these contracts are credited and debited, respectively, to “Interest income” and “Interest expense” in the Consolidated Statement of Income so as to achieve a constant rate of return over the lease term.

ii. Operating leases

In operating leases, ownership of the leased asset and substantially all the risks and rewards incidental thereto remain with the lessor.

When the consolidated entities act as the lessor, they present the acquisition cost of the leased assets under "Property, plant and equipment”. The depreciation policy for these assets is consistent with that for similar items of property, plant and equipment held for own use and revenues from operating leases is recorded on a straight line basis under “Other operating income” in the Consolidated Statement of Income.

When the consolidated entities act as the lessees, the lease expenses, including any incentives granted by the lessor, are charged on a straight line basis to “Administrative and other expenses” in the Consolidated Statement of Income.

iii. Sale and leaseback transactions

For sale at fair value and operating leasebacks, the profit or loss generated is recorded at the time of sale except in the case of excess of proceeds over fair value, which difference is amortized over the period of use of the asset. In the case of finance leasebacks, the profit or loss generated is amortized over the lease term.

m) Factored receivables

Factored receivables are valued at the amount disbursed by the Bank in exchange of invoices or other commercial instruments representing the credit which the transferor assigns to the Bank. The price difference between the amounts disbursed and the actual face value of the credits is recorded as interest income in the Consolidated Statement of Income through the effective interest method over the financing period.

When the assignment of these instruments involves no liability on the part of the assignee, the Bank assumes the risks of insolvency of the parties responsible for payment.

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

AS OF AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED  DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014

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n) Intangible assets

Intangible assets are identified as non-monetary assets (separately identifiable from other assets) without physical substance which arise as a result of legal or contractual rights or are separable. The Bank recognizes an intangible asset, whether purchased or self-created (at cost), when the cost of the asset can be measured reliably and it is probable that the future economic benefits that are attributable to the asset will flow to the Bank.

Intangible assets are recorded initially at acquisition or production cost and are subsequently measured at cost less any accumulated amortization and any accumulated impairment losses.

Internally developed computer software is recorded as an intangible asset if, among other requirements (basically the Bank’s ability to use or sell it), it can be identified and its ability to generate future economic benefits can be demonstrated. The estimated useful life for software is 3 years.

Intangible assets are amortized on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful life; which has been defined as 36 months.

Expenditure on research activities is recorded as an expense in the year in which it is incurred and cannot be subsequently capitalized.

o) Cash and cash equivalents

For the preparation of the cash flow statement, the indirect method was used, starting with the Bank’s consolidated pre-tax income and incorporating non-cash transactions, as well as income and expenses associated with cash flows, which are classified as operating, investment or financing activities.

For the preparation of the cash flow statement, the following items are considered:

i. Cash flows: Inflows and outflows of cash and cash equivalents, such as deposits with the Central Bank of Chile, deposits in domestic banks, and deposits in foreign banks.

ii. Operating activities: Principal revenue-producing activities performed by banks and other activities that cannot be classified as investing or financing activities.

iii. Investing activities: The acquisition and disposal of long-term assets and other investments not included in cash and cash equivalents.

iv. Financing Activities: Activities that result in changes in the size and composition of the equity and liabilities that are not operating activities.

p) Allowances for loan losses

The Bank has established allowances to cover probable losses on loans and account receivables in accordance with instructions issued by Superintendency of Banks and Financial Institutions (SBIF) and models and risk assessment approved by the Board of Directors.

The Bank performs an assessment of the risk associated with loans and accounts receivable from customers to determine their allowance for loan losses as described below:

- Individual assessment - represents the case where the Bank assesses a debtor as individually significant, or when he/she cannot be classified within a group of financial assets with similar credit risk characteristics, due to their size, complexity or level of exposure.

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- Group assessment - a group assessment is relevant for analyzing a large number of operations with small individual balances from individuals or small companies. The Bank groups debtors with similar credit risk characteristics giving to each group a default probability and recovery rate based on a historical analysis. The Bank models determine allowances and provisions for loan losses according to the type of portfolio or operations. Loans and accounts receivables from customers are divided into three categories:

i. Commercial loans,

ii. Mortgage loans, and

iii. Consumer loans.

The models used to determine credit risk allowances are described as follows:

I. Allowances for individual assessment

An individual assessment of commercial debtors is necessary in accordance with the SBIF, in the case of companies which, due to their size, complexity or level of exposure, must be known and analyzed in detail.

The Bank assigns a risk category to each debtor, their contingent loans and loans. These are assigned to one of the following portfolio categories: Normal, Substandard and Impaired. The risk factors considered are: industry or economic sector, owners or managers, financial situation and payment capacity, and payment behavior.

The portfolio categories and their definitions are as follows:

i. Normal Portfolio includes debtors with a payment capacity that allows them to meet their obligations and commitments. Evaluations of the current economic and financial environment do not indicate that this will change. The classifications assigned to this portfolio are categories from A1 to A6.

ii. Substandard Portfolio includes debtors with financial difficulties or a significant deterioration of their payment capacity. There exists reasonable doubt concerning the future reimbursement of the capital and interest within the contractual terms, with limited capacity to settle short-term financial obligations. The classifications assigned to this portfolio are categories from B1 to B4.

iii. Impaired Portfolio includes debtors and their loans from which repayment is considered remote. This portfolio consists of debtors that demonstrate a reduced or null payment capacity with signs of a possible bankruptcy, debtors who required a forced debt restructuring or any debtor who has been in default for over 90 days in his payment of interest or capital. The classifications assigned to this portfolio are categories from C1 to C6.

Normal and Substandard Compliance Portfolio

As part of individual assessment, the Bank classifies debtors into the following categories, assigning them a probability of non-performance (PNP) and severity (SEV), which result in the expected loss percentages.

Type of Portfolio	Debtor’s Category	Probability of Non-Performance (%)		Severity (%)		Expected Loss (%)
	A1		0.04		90.0		0.03600
	A2		0.10		82.5		0.08250
Normal portfolio	A3		0.25		87.5		0.21875
	A4		2.00		87.5		1.75000
	A5		4.75		90.0		4.27500
	A6		10.00		90.0		9.00000
	B1		15.00		92.5		13.87500
Substandard portfolio	B2		22.00		92.5		20.35000
	B3		33.00		97.5		32.17500
	B4		45.00		97.5		43.87500

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

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The Bank first determines all credit exposures, which includes the accounting balances of loans and accounts receivable from customers plus contingent loans, less any amount recovered through executing the guarantees. The exposure of each category is determined by calculating the total balance in each portfolio (A1 to B4) and applying the expected loss rate.

Impaired Portfolio

A provision for an impaired portfolio is calculated by determining the expected loss rate, adjusting for amounts recoverable through guarantees and the present value of recoveries made through collection services after the related expenses.

Once the expected loss range is determined, the debtor can be classified into categories C1 to C6. Using this classification system the related allowance percentage is applied over the exposure amount, which includes loans and contingent loans related to the debtor.

The allowance rates applied over the calculated exposure are as follows:

Classification	Estimated range of loss	Allowance
C1	Up to 3%		2	%
C2	Greater than 3% and less than 20%		10	%
C3	Greater than 20% and less than 30%		25	%
C4	Greater than 30% and less than 50%		40	%
C5	Greater than 50% and less than 80%		65	%
C6	Greater than 80%		90	%

II. Allowances for group assessments

Group evaluations are used to approximate allowances required for loans with low balances related to individuals and small companies.

Levels of required allowances have been established by the Bank, in accordance with loan losses methodology by classifying and grouping the loan portfolio based on similar credit risk characteristic indicating the debtor’s ability to pay all amounts due according to the contractual terms. The Bank uses models based on debtors’ characteristics, payment history, loans due and defaulted loans, in addition to other parameters.

The Bank uses methodologies to establish credit risk, based on internal models to estimate the allowances for the group-evaluated portfolio. This portfolio includes individually non-significant commercial loans, mortgage and consumer loans (including installment loans, credit cards and overdraft lines). These methods allow the Bank to independently identify the portfolio behavior and establish the provision required to cover losses arising during the year.

The customers are classified according to their internal and external characteristics, using customer-portfolio model to differentiate each portfolio’s risk in an appropriate manner. This is known as the allocation profile method.

The allocation profile method is based on a statistical construction model that establishes a relationship through logistic regression between variables (for example default, payment behavior outside the Bank, socio-demographic data) and a response variable which determines the client’s risk which in this case is a default of 90 or more. Hence, common profiles are established and assigned a Probability of Non-Performance (PNP) and a recovery rate based on a historical analysis known as Severity (SEV).

Therefore, once the customers have been profiled and assigned a PNP and a SEV relating to the loan’s profile, the exposure at default (EXP) is calculated. This exposure includes the book value of the loans and accounts receivable from the customer, plus contingent loans, less any amount that can be recovered by executing guarantees (for credits other than consumer loans).

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

AS OF AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED  DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014

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SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES, continued

During the second semester of 2014, and as a response to the ongoing improvement of the allowances models for loans, the Bank updated its allowances model for consumer loans and commercial loans. The models were calibrated with the aim of improving the prediction of client behavior and maintaining statistical and management standards. Part of these improvements consisted of the advancement of the models’ governance allowing technical and decisional approvals at different points of the approval process, better techniques of statistical processes and of the extent of historical information, allowing more refined parameters of the Probability of Non-Performance (PNP) and the Severity (SEV) involved in the provision calculation.

III. Additional provisions

According to SBIF regulation, banks are allowed to establish provisions over the limits described below so as to protect themselves from the risk of non-predictable economical fluctuations that could affect the macro-economic environment or the situation of a specific economical sector.

According to No. 10 of Chapter B-1 from the SBIF Compendium of Accounting Standards, these provisions will be recorded in liabilities, similar to provisions for contingent loans.

As of December 31, 2015 the Bank recorded additional loan provisions for an amount of $35,000 million in the income statement for the year, presented in Note 20 Provisions.

The Bank has not recorded provisions for this concept as of December 31, 2014.

IV. Charge-offs

As a general rule, charge-offs should be done when the contract rights over cash flow expire. In the case of loans and accounts receivable from customers, even if the above does not happen, the Bank will charge-off these amounts in accordance with Title II of Chapter B-2 of the Compendium of Accounting Standards (SBIF).

These charge-offs refer to the derecognition from the Consolidated Statements of Financial Position of the respective loan operations, including any future payments due in the case of installments loans or leasing operations (for which partial charge-offs do not exist).

Charge-offs are always recorded with a charge to credit risk allowances according to Chapter B-1 of the Compendium of Accounting Regulations, no matter the reason of the charge-off. Any payment received related to a loan previously charged-off will be recognized as recovery of loan previously charged-off within Provision for loan losses at the Consolidated Statement of Income.

Loan and accounts receivable charge-offs are recorded for overdue, past due, and current installments based on the time periods expired since reaching overdue status, as described below:

Type of loan	Term
Consumer loans with or without collateral	6 months
Other transactions without collateral	24 months
Commercial loans with collateral	36 months
Mortgage loans	48 months
Consumer leasing	6 months
Other non-mortgage leasing transactions	12 months
Mortgage leasing (household and business)	36 months

V. Recovery of loans previously charged off and accounts receivable from customers

Any receipt of payment for “Loans and accounts receivable from customers” previously charged-off will be recognized as a recovery within “Provision for loan losses” in the Consolidated Statement of Income.

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

AS OF AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED  DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014

NOTE 01

SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES, continued

Any payment agreement of an already charged-off loan will not give rise to income—as long as the operation is still in an impaired status—and the effective payments received are accounted for as a recovery from loans previously charged-off. Upon recovery of previously charged-off balances, the renegotiated loans will be recognized as an asset and the associated income as a recovery of loan loss within the “Provision for loan losses”.

q) Provisions, contingent assets, and contingent liabilities

Provisions are liabilities of uncertain timing or amount. Provisions are recognized in the Consolidated Statements of Financial Position when the Bank:

i. has a present obligation (legal or constructive) as a result of past events, and

ii. it is probable that an outflow of resources will be required to settle these obligations and the amount of these resources can be reliably measured.

Contingent assets or contingent liabilities are any potential rights or obligations arising from past events whose existence will be confirmed only by the occurrence or non-occurrence if one or more uncertain future events that are not wholly within control of the Bank.

The Consolidated Statements of Financial Position and annual accounts reflect all significant provisions for which it is estimated that it is probable an outflow of resources will be required to meet the obligation the probability of having to meet the obligation is more likely than not. Provisions are quantified using the best available information on the consequences of the event giving rise to them and are reviewed and adjusted at the end of each year. Provisions must specify the liabilities for which they were originally recognized. Partial or total reversals are recognized when such liabilities cease to exist or are reduced.

Provisions are classified according to the obligation covered as follows:

- Provision for employee salaries and expenses

- Provision for mandatory dividends

- Provision for contingent credit risks

- Provisions for contingencies

r) Deferred income taxes and other deferred taxes

The Bank records, when appropriate, deferred tax assets and liabilities for the estimated future tax effects attributable to differences between the carrying amount of assets and liabilities and their tax bases. The measurement of deferred tax assets and liabilities is based on the tax rate, in accordance with the applicable tax laws, using the tax rate that applies to the period when the deferred asset and liability will be settled. The future effects of changes in tax legislation or tax rates are recorded in deferred taxes beginning on the date on which the law is enacted or substantially enacted.

s) Use of estimates

The preparation of the financial statements requires Management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the application of the accounting policies and the reported balances of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

In certain cases, generally accepted accounting policies require that assets or liabilities be recorded or disclosed at their fair values. The fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. When available, quoted market prices in active markets have been used as the basis for measurement. When quoted market prices in active markets are not available, the Bank has estimated such values based on the best information available, including the use of modeling and other valuation techniques.

The Bank has established allowances to cover probable losses, to estimate allowances. These allowances must be regularly reviewed taking into consideration factors such as changes in the nature and volume of the loan portfolio, trends in forecasted portfolio quality, credit quality and economic conditions that may adversely affect the borrowers’ ability to pay. Increases in the allowances for loan losses are reflected as “Provision for loan losses” in the Consolidated Statement of Income.

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

AS OF AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED  DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014

NOTE 01

SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES, continued

Loans are charged-off when the contract rights over cash flow expire, however, in the case of loans and account receivables from customers the Bank will charge-off these amounts in accordance with Title II of Chapter B-2 of the SBIF Compendium of Accounting Regulations. Charge-offs are recorded as a reduction of the provision for loan losses. The relevant estimates and assumptions made to calculate provisions are regularly reviewed by the Bank’s Management to quantify certain assets, liabilities, revenues, expenses, and commitments. Revised accounting estimates are recorded in the period in which the estimate is revised and in any affected future period.

These estimates, made on the basis of the best available information, mainly refer to:

- Allowances for loan losses (Notes 9 and 30)

- Impairment losses of certain assets (Notes 7, 8, 9, 10, and 33)

- The useful lives of tangible and intangible assets (Notes 12, 13 and 33)

- The fair value of assets and liabilities (Notes 5, 6, 7, 10 and 37)

- Commitments and contingencies (Note 22)

- Current and deferred taxes (Note 14)

t) Non-current assets held for sale

Non-current assets (or a group holding assets and liabilities for disposal) expected to be recovered mainly through the sale of these items rather than through the continued use, are classified as held for sale. Immediately prior to this classification, assets (or elements of a disposable group) are re-measured in accordance with the Bank’s policies. The assets (or disposal group) are measured at the lower of carrying amount and fair value less cost to sell.

As of December 31, 2015 and 2014 the Bank has not classified any non-current assets as held for sale.

Assets received or awarded in lieu of payment

Assets received or awarded in lieu of payment of loans and accounts receivable from clients are recognized at their fair value (as determined by an independent appraisal). A price is agreed upon by the parties through negotiation or, when the parties do not reach an agreement, at the amount at which the Bank is awarded those assets at a judicial auction. In both cases, an independent appraisal is performed.

The excess of the outstanding loan balance over the fair value is charged to income for the period, under “Provision for loan losses”.

These assets are subsequently measured at the lower between the initial carrying amount and net realizable value less cost to sell (assuming a forced sale), which correspond to fair value (liquidity value determined through independent appraisal) less cost to sell. The difference is charged to income for the period, under “Other operating expenses”.

At least once a year, the Bank performs an analysis to review the “cost to sell” of assets received or awarded in lieu of payments. As December 31, 2015 the average cost to sell has been determined at 5.0% over appraisal value (4.8% as of December 31, 2014).

Independent appraisals are obtained at least every 18 months and fair values are adjusted accordingly.

u) Earnings per share

Basic earnings per share are determined by dividing the net income attributable to the equity holders of the Bank for the reported period by the weighted average number of shares outstanding during the reported period.

Diluted earnings per share are determined in the same way as basic earnings, but the weighted average number of outstanding shares is adjusted to take into consideration the potential diluting effect of stock options, warrants, and convertible debt.

As of December 31, 2015 and 2014 the Bank did not have any instruments that generated dilution.

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

AS OF AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED  DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014

NOTE 01

SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES, continued

v) Temporary acquisition (assignment) of assets and liabilities

Purchases or sales of financial assets under non-optional repurchase agreements at a fixed price are recorded in the Consolidated Statements of Financial Position based on the nature of the debtor (creditor) under “Deposits in the Central Bank of Chile,” “Deposits in financial institutions” or “Loans and accounts receivable from customers”, “Central Bank of Chile deposits,” “Deposits from financial institutions” or “Customer deposits”.

Differences between the purchase and sale prices are recorded as financial interest over the term of the contract.

w) Assets under management and investment funds managed by the Bank

Assets owned by third parties and managed by certain companies that are within the Bank’s scope of consolidation (Santander S.A. Sociedad Securitizadora), are not included in the Consolidated of Financial Position. Management fees are included in “Fee and commission income” in the Consolidated Statement of Income.

x) Provision for mandatory dividends

As of December 31, 2015 and 2014 the Bank recorded a provision for mandatory dividends. This provision is made pursuant to Article 79 of the Corporations Act, which is in accordance with the Bank’s internal policy, pursuant to which at least 30% of net income for the period is distributed, except in the case of a contrary resolution adopted at the respective shareholders’ meeting by unanimous vote of the outstanding shares. This provision is recorded, as a deducting item, under the “Retained earnings – provisions for mandatory dividends” line of the Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity with offset to Provisions.

y) Employee benefits

i. Post-employment benefits – Defined Benefit Plan:

According to current collective labor agreements and other agreements, the Bank has an additional benefit available to its principal executives, consisting of a pension plan whose purpose is to endow them with funds for a better supplementary pension upon their retirement.

Features of the Plan:

The main features of the Post-Employment Benefits Plan promoted by the Banco Santander Chile are:

a. Aimed at the Bank’s management

b. The general requirement to apply for this benefit is that the employee must be carrying out his/her duties when turning 60 years old.

c. The Bank will create a pension fund, with life insurance, for each beneficiary in the plan. Periodic contributions into this fund are made by the manager and matched by the Bank.

d. The Bank will be responsible for granting the benefits directly.

To determine the present value of the defined benefit obligation and the current service cost, the method of projected unit credit is used.

Components of defined benefit cost include:

- current service cost and any past service cost, which are recognized in profit or loss for the period;

- net interest on the liability (asset) for net defined benefit, which is recognized in profit or loss for the period;

- liability (asset) remeasurements for net defined benefit include:

(a) actuarial gains and losses;

(b) the difference between the actual return on plan assets and the interest on plan assets included in the net interest component and;

(c) changes in the effect of the asset ceiling.

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

AS OF AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED  DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014

NOTE 01

SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES, continued

The liability (asset) for net defined benefit is the deficit or surplus, determined as the difference between the present value of the defined benefit obligation less the fair value of plan assets.

Plan assets comprise insurance policies taken out by the Group with a third party that is not a related party. These assets are held by an entity legally separated from the Bank and exist solely to pay benefits to employees.

The Bank recognizes the service cost and the net interest in the Personnel wages and expenses on the Consolidated Statement of Income. In accordance with plan’s structure, it does not generate actuarial gains and losses, its performance is known and fixed during the period, so there is no change in the asset ceiling; given the above, no amount is recognized in other comprehensive income.

The post-employment benefits liability, recognized in the Consolidated Statement of Financial Position represents the deficit or surplus in the defined benefit plans of the Bank. Any surplus resulting from the calculation is limited to the present value of any economic benefits available in the form of refunds from the plan or reductions in future contributions.

When employees leave the plan before meeting the requirements to be eligible for the benefit, contributions made ​​by the Bank are reduced.

ii. Severance provision:

Severance provision for years of employment are recorded only when they actually occur or upon the availability of a formal and detailed plan in which the fundamental modifications to be made are identified, provided that such plan has already started to be implemented or its principal features have been publicly announced, or objective facts about its execution are known.

iii. Cash-settled share based compensation

The Bank allocates cash-settled share based compensation to executives of the Bank and its Subsidiaries in accordance with IFRS. The Bank measures the services received and the obligation incurred at fair value. Until the obligation is settled, the Bank determines the fair value at the end of each reporting period, as well as at the date of settlement, recognizing any change in fair value in the income statement of the period.

z) Application of new and revised International Financial Reporting Standards

i. New and revised standards affecting amounts reported and/or disclosures in the financial statements

As of the date of issuance of these Consolidated Financial Statements, the following accounting pronouncements have been issued by the both the SBIF and the IASB, which have been fully incorporated by the Bank and are detailed as follows:

1. Accounting Regulations Issued by the SBIF, effective in current year

Circular N° 3.588, issued on September 25, 2015 by the SBIF, contains amendments to Chapters A-1, B-1, B-3 and C-3 of the Compendium of Accounting Standards. It modifies phrasing to Chapters A-1, B-1 and B-3. The modifications to Chapter C-3 consist in the creation of a new account for payment cards with available funds provision (2100.2.07) and eliminates lines and items from the consolidated and individual complementary information.

The modifications referring to Chapters A-1, B-1 and B-3 are immediately effective, while the modifications to Chapter C-3 apply from October 31, 2015. The implementation of this amendment did not have material impact on the consolidated financial statements of the Bank.

2. New and revised IFRS standards, effective in current year

Amendment to IAS 19 (2011), Employee Benefits – On November 21, 2013, the IASB amended IAS 19 (2011) Employee Benefits to clarify the requirements that relate to how contributions from employees or third parties that are linked to service should be attributed to periods of service. The amendments permit contributions that are independent of the number of years of service to be recognized as a reduction in the service cost in the period in which the service is rendered, instead of allocating the contributions to periods of service. Other contributions by employees or third parties are required to be attributed to periods of service either using the plan’s contribution formula or on a straight-line basis.

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

AS OF AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED  DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014

NOTE 01

SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES, continued

The amendments are effective for periods beginning on or after July 1, 2014, with earlier application permitted. The implementation of this amendment did not have material impact on the consolidated financial statements of the Bank.

Annual Improvements 2010 – 2012 Cycle

IFRS 2 Share based payments, Definition of vesting condition - Appendix A ‘Defined terms’ to IFRS 2 was amended to (i) change the definitions of ‘vesting condition’ and ‘market condition’, and (ii) add definitions for ‘performance condition’ and ‘service condition’ which were previously included within the definition of ‘vesting condition’. The amendments clarify that: (a) a performance target can be based on the operations of the entity or another entity in the same group (i.e. a non-market condition) or on the market price of the equity instruments of the entity or another entity in the same group (i.e. a market condition); (b) a performance target can relate either to the performance of the entity as a whole or to some part of it (e.g. a division or an individual employee); (c) a share market index target is a non-vesting condition because it not only reflects the performance of the entity, but also of other entities outside the group; (d) the period for achieving a performance condition must not extend beyond the end of the related service period; (e) a condition need to have an explicit or implicit service requirement in order to constitute a performance condition (rather than being a non-vesting condition); (f) a market condition is a type of performance condition, rather than a non-vesting condition; and (g) if the counterparty ceases to provide services during the vesting period, this means it has failed to satisfy the service condition, regardless of the reason for ceasing to provide services. The amendments apply prospectively to share-based payment transactions with a grant date on or after July 1, 2014, with earlier application permitted.

IFRS 3 Business Combinations, Accounting for contingent consideration in a business combination - The amendments clarify that a contingent consideration that is classified as an asset or a liability should be measured at fair value at each reporting date, irrespective of whether the contingent consideration is a financial instrument within the scope of IFRS 9 or IAS 39 or a non-financial asset or liability. Changes in fair value (other than measurement period adjustments) should be recognized in profit or loss. Consequential amendments were also made to IFRS 9, IAS 39 and IAS 37. The amendments apply prospectively to business combination for which the acquisition date is on or after July 1, 2014. Earlier application is permitted.

IFRS 8 Operating Segments, Aggregation of Operating Segments – The amendments require an entity to disclose the judgments made by management in applying the aggregation criteria to operating segments, including a description of the operating segments aggregated and the economic indicators assessed in determining whether the operating segments have ‘similar economic characteristics’. It clarifies that a reconciliation of the total of the reportable segments’ assets to the entity’s assets should only be provided if the segment assets are regularly provided to the chief operating decision-maker. The amendments apply for annual periods beginning on or after July 1, 2014, with earlier application permitted.

IFRS 13 Fair Value Measurement, Short-term receivables and payables – The Basis for Conclusions was amended to clarify that the issuance of IFRS 13 and consequential amendments to IAS 39 and IFRS 9 did not remove the ability to measure short-term receivables and payables with no stated interest rate at their invoice amounts without discounting, if the effect of not discounting is immaterial.

IAS 16 Property, Plant and Equipment and IAS 38 Intangible Assets, Revaluation method: proportionate restatement of accumulated depreciation/amortization – The amended requirements clarify that the gross carrying amount is adjusted in a manner consistent with the revaluation of the carrying amount of the asset and that accumulated depreciation/amortization is the difference between the gross carrying amount and the carrying amount after taking into account accumulated impairment losses. The amendments apply for annual periods beginning on or after July 1, 2014, with earlier application permitted. An entity is required to apply to amendments to all revaluations recognized in the annual period in which the amendments are first applied and in the immediately preceding annual period. An entity is permitted, but not required, to restate any earlier periods presented.

IAS 24 Related Party Disclosures, Key management personnel – The amendments clarify that a management entity providing key management personnel services to a reporting entity is a related party of the reporting entity. The amendments apply for annual periods beginning on or after July 1, 2014, with earlier application permitted.

The implementation of those modifications did not have material impact on the consolidated financial statements of the Bank.

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

AS OF AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED  DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014

NOTE 01

SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES, continued

Annual Improvements 2011 – 2013 Cycle

IFRS 1 First-time Adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards, Meaning of “effective IFRS” -The amendment clarifies that a first-time adopter is allowed, but not required, to apply a new IFRS that is not yet mandatory if that IFRS permits early application. If an entity chooses to early apply a new IFRS, it must apply that new IFRS retrospectively throughout all periods presented unless IFRS 1 provides an exemption or an exception that permits or requires otherwise. Consequently, any transitional requirements of that new IFRS do not apply to a first-time adopter that chooses to apply that new IFRS early. The amendments apply for annual periods beginning on or after July 1, 2014, with earlier application permitted.

IFRS 3 Business Combinations, Scope exception for joint ventures - The scope section was amended to clarify that IFRS 3 does not apply to the accounting for the formation of all types of joint arrangement in the financial statements of the joint arrangement itself. The amendments apply for annual periods beginning on or after July 1, 2014, with earlier application permitted.

IFRS 13 Fair Value Measurement, Scope of portfolio exception (paragraph 52) - The scope of the portfolio exception for measuring the fair value of a group of financial assets and financial liabilities on a net basis was amended to clarify that it includes all contracts that are within the scope of, an accounted for in accordance with, IAS 39 or IFRS 9, even if those contracts do not meet the definitions of financial assets or financial liabilities within IAS 32. Consistent with the prospective initial application of IFRS 13, the amendment must be applied prospectively from the beginning of the annual period in which IFRS was initially applied. The amendments apply for annual periods beginning on or after July 1, 2014, with earlier application permitted.

IAS 40 Investment Property, Interrelationship between IFRS 3 and IAS 40 - IAS 40 was amended to clarify that this standard and IFRS 3 Business Combinations are not mutually exclusive and application of both standards may be required. Consequently, an entity acquiring investment property must determine whether (a) the property meets the definition of investment property in IAS 40, and (b) the transaction meets the definition of a business combination under IFRS 3. The amendment applies prospectively for acquisitions of investment property in periods commencing on or after July 1, 2014. An entity is only permitted to adopt the amendments early and/or restate prior periods if the information to do so is available. The amendments apply for annual periods beginning on or after July 1, 2014, with earlier application permitted.

The implementation of those modifications did not have material impact on the consolidated financial statements of the Bank.

ii. New accounting regulations and instructions issued by the SBIF as well as by the IASB not enforced as of December 31, 2015

At the end date of these financial statements new IFRS had been published as well as interpretations of these regulations by the SBIF that were not mandatory as of December 31, 2015. Though in some cases the IASB has allowed for their in advance adoption, the Bank has not done so up to said date.

1. Accounting regulations issued by the SBIF

Circular N°3.573, issued on December 30, 2014 by the SBIF, contains amendments to Chapters B-1, B-2 and E of the Compendium of Accounting Standards. The amendments establish a standardized method for measuring residential mortgage loans that will apply from 2016. Also it provides complementary information for loans and provisions that are in the impaired portfolio. The use of this standard model is obligatory as of January 1, 2016. Additionally on June 22, 2015, the SBIF issued Circular 3.584, specifying instructions for Chapter B-1 of the Compendium of Accounting Standards. The Bank’s management is assessing the potential impact of the adoption of these modifications.

Circular N°3.583, issued on May 25, 2015 by the SBIF, modifies Chapter 3 of the Compendium of Accounting Standards. The amendments establish a new classification of loans for higher education, within Commercial Loans. This new classification will include:

- Loans for higher education according to Law 20.027

- Loans with CORFO guarantees (CORFO is the Chilean Economic Development Agency)

- Other higher education loans

These modifications are obligatory as of January 1, 2016. The Bank’s Management has considered that the implementation of these modifications will not have material impact on the consolidated financial statements of the Bank.

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

AS OF AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED  DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014

NOTE 01

SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES, continued

2. New and revised IFRS issued but not effective

IFRS 9 Financial Instruments (2014) (IFRS 9) - IFRS 9 (2014) contains accounting requirements for financial instruments, replacing IAS 39 Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement. The standard contains requirements in the following areas:

Classification and measurement. Financial assets are classified by reference to the business model within which they are held and their contractual cash flow characteristics. The 2014 version of IFRS 9 introduces a 'fair value through other comprehensive income' category for certain debt instruments. Financial liabilities are classified in a similar manner to under IAS 39, however there are differences in the requirements applying to the measurement of an entity's own credit risk.

Impairment. The 2014 version of IFRS 9 introduces an 'expected credit loss' model for the measurement of the impairment of financial assets, so it is no longer necessary for a credit event to have occurred before a credit loss is recognized.

Hedge accounting. Introduces a new hedge accounting model that is designed to be more closely aligned with how entities undertake risk management activities when hedging financial and non-financial risk exposures.

Derecognition. The requirements for the derecognition of financial assets and liabilities are carried forward from IAS 39.

IFRS 9 is effective for annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2018. IFRS 9 will not apply to the Financial Statements of the Bank as expressly stated by the SBIF until it states that this standard is obligatory for all banks. The Bank’s management is assessing the potential impact of the adoption of this standard on the consolidated financial statements of the Bank.

IFRS 15, Revenue from Contracts with Customers - issued on May 28, 2014, the IASB has published its new standard, IFRS 15 Revenue from contracts with customers. At the same time, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has published its equivalent revenue standard, ASU 2014-09.The new standard provides a single, principles based five-step model to be applied to all contracts with customers, i) identify the contract with the customer, ii) identify the performance obligations in the contract, iii) determine the transaction price, iv) allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contracts, v) recognize revenue when (or as) the entity satisfies a performance obligation.

IFRS 15 must be applied in an entity’s first annual IFRS financial statements for periods beginning on or after 1 January 2018. Application of the Standard is mandatory and early adoption is permitted. An entity that chooses to apply IFRS 15 earlier than 1 January 2018 must disclose this fact. The Bank’s management is assessing the potential impact of the adoption of this standard on the consolidated financial statements of the Bank.

Accounting for Acquisitions of interests in Joint Operations (Amendments to IFRS 11) - issued on May 6, 2014 the IASB has issued “Accounting for Acquisitions of Interests in Joint Operations (amendments to IFRS 11)”, the amendments clarify the accounting for acquisitions of an interest in a joint operation when the operation constitutes a business.

Amends IFRS 11 Joint Arrangements to require an acquirer of an interest in a joint operation in which the activity constitutes a business (as defined in IFRS 3 Business Combinations) to:

· apply all of the business combinations accounting principles in IFRS 3 and other IFRSs, except for those principles that conflict with the guidance in IFRS 11;

· disclose the information required by IFRS 3 and other IFRSs for business combinations.

The amendments are effective for annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2016. Earlier application is permitted but corresponding disclosures are required. The amendments apply prospectively. The Bank’s management has considered that these amendments will not have material impact on the consolidated financial statements of the Bank.

Clarification of Acceptable Methods of Depreciation and Amortization (Amendments to IAS 16 and IAS 38) - issued on May 12, 2014 the IASB has published “Clarification of Acceptable Methods of depreciation and amortization (amendments to IAS 16 and IAS 38)”.The amendments provide additional guidance on how the depreciation or amortization of property, plant and equipment and intangible assets should be calculated. They are effective for annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2016, with earlier application being permitted. The Bank’s management has considered that amendment will not impact the consolidated financial statements.

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

AS OF AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED  DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014

NOTE 01

SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES, continued

Equity Method in Separate Financial Statements (Amendments to IAS 27) - issued on August 12, 2014, the IASB has published “Equity Method in Separate Financial Statements (Amendments to IAS 27)”. The amendments reinstate the equity method as an accounting option for investments in subsidiaries, joint ventures and associates in an entity's separate financial statements. The amendments allow an entity to account for investments in subsidiaries, joint ventures and associates in its separate financial statements:

· at cost,

· in accordance with IFRS 9 Financial Instruments (or IAS 39 Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement for entities that have not yet adopted IFRS 9), or

· using the equity method as described in IAS 28 Investments in Associates and Joint Ventures.

The accounting option must be applied by category of investments. In addition to the amendments to IAS 27, there are consequential amendments to IAS 28 to avoid a potential conflict with IFRS 10 Consolidated Financial Statements and to IFRS 1 First-time Adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards. The accounting option must be applied by category of investments. In addition to the amendments to IAS 27, there are consequential amendments to IAS 28 to avoid a potential conflict with IFRS 10 Consolidated Financial Statements and to IFRS 1 First-time Adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards.

The amendments are effective for annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2016. Earlier application is permitted.

The amendments are to be applied retrospectively in accordance with IAS 8 Accounting Policies, Changes in Accounting Estimates and Errors. The Bank’s management has considered that these amendments will not have material impact on the consolidated financial statements of the Bank.

Sale or Contribution of Assets between an Investor and its Associate or Joint Venture (Amendments to IFRS 10 and IAS 28) - issued on 11, 2014, the IASB has published 'Sale or Contribution of Assets between an Investor and its Associate or Joint Venture (Amendments to IFRS 10 and IAS 28)'. The amendments address a conflict between the requirements of IAS 28 'Investments in Associates and Joint Ventures' and IFRS 10 'Consolidated Financial Statements' and clarify the treatment of the sale or contribution of assets from an investor to its associate or joint venture, as follows:

· require full recognition in the investor's financial statements of gains and losses arising on the sale or contribution of assets that constitute a business (as defined in IFRS 3 Business Combinations);

· require the partial recognition of gains and losses where the assets do not constitute a business, i.e. a gain or loss is recognized only to the extent of the unrelated investors’ interests in that associate or joint venture.

On December 17, 2015 the IASB has published final amendments to “Sale or Contribution of Assets between an Investor and its Associate or Joint Venture”. The amendments defer the effective date of the September 2014 amendments to these standards indefinitely until the research project on the equity method has been concluded. The Bank’s management has considered that these amendments will not have material impact on the consolidated financial statements of the Bank.

Disclosure initiative (Amendments to IAS 1) - issued on December 18, 2014 the IASB added an initiative on disclosure to its work program in 2013 to complement the work being done in the Conceptual Framework project. The initiative is made up of a number of smaller projects that aim at exploring opportunities to see how presentation and disclosure principles and requirements in existing Standards can be improved. They are effective for annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2016, with earlier application being permitted. The Bank’s management has considered that these amendments will not have material impact on the consolidated financial statements of the Bank.

Investment Entities: Applying the Consolidation Exception (Amendments to IFRS 10, IFRS 12 and IAS 28) - issued on December 18, 2014 the IASB has published 'Investment Entities: Applying the Consolidation Exception, Amendments to IFRS 10 Consolidated Financial Statements, IFRS 12 Disclosure of Interests in Other Entities and IAS 28 Investments in Associates and Joint Ventures (2011) to address issues that have arisen in the context of applying the consolidation exception for investment entities. They are effective for annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2016, with earlier application being permitted.

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

AS OF AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED  DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014

NOTE 01

SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES, continued

The Bank’s management has considered that these amendments will not have material impact on the consolidated financial statements of the Bank.

Annual Improvements 2012-2014 Cycle

IFRS 5 Non-current Assets Held for Sale and Discontinued Operations, Changes in methods of disposal - Adds specific guidance in IFRS 5 for cases in which an entity reclassify an asset from held for sale to held for distribution or vice versa and cases in which held-for-distribution accounting is discontinued.

IFRS 7 Financial Instruments: Disclosures (with consequential amendments to IFRS 1), Servicing contracts - Adds additional guidance to clarify whether a servicing contract is continuing involvement in a transferred asset for the purpose of determining the disclosures required.

IAS 19 Employee Benefits, Discount rate – Clarifies that the high quality corporate bonds used in estimating the discount rate for post-employment benefits should be denominated in the same currency as the benefits to be paid (thus, the depth of the market for high quality corporate bonds should be assessed at currency level).

IAS 34 Interim Financial Reporting, Disclosure of information “elsewhere in the interim financial report” - Clarifies the meaning of 'elsewhere in the interim report' and requires a cross-reference

The improvements are effective for annual periods beginning on or after 1 July 2016, with earlier application being permitted.

The Bank’s management has considered that these improvements will not have material impact on the consolidated financial statements of the Bank.

IFRS 16 Leases – issued on January 13, 2016, the IASB has published its new standard for leases, which replaces IAS 17 Leases, IFRIC 4 Determining whether an arrangement contains a lease, SIC15 Operating leases and SIC27 Evaluating the substance of transactions involving the legal form of a lease. IFRS 16 introduces a single lessee accounting model and requires a lessee to recognise assets and liabilities for all leases with a term of more than 12 months, unless the underlying asset is of low value. A lessee is required to recognise a right-of-use asset representing its right to use the underlying leased asset and a lease liability representing its obligation to make lease payment. Lessor accounting however remains largely unchanged and the distinction between operating and finance leases is retained.

IFRS 16 is effective for periods beginning on or after January 1, 2019, with earlier adoption permitted if IFRS 15 “Revenue from Contracts with Customer” has also been applied. The Bank’s management is assessing the potential impact of the adoption of this standard on the consolidated financial statements of the Bank.

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

AS OF AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED  DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014

NOTE 02

SIGNIFICANT EVENTS

As of December 31, 2015, the following significant events have occurred and affected the Bank`s operations and Consolidated Financial Statements.

a) The Board

In the Ordinary Board Meeting of Banco Santander Chile held on April 28, 2015, Orlando Poblete Iturrate was confirmed as a Director, having been previously appointed Alternate Director in the Ordinary Board Meeting on April 22, 2014 and replacing Carlos Olivos Marchant as Director since September 23, 2014. Also, Blanca Bustamante Bravo was appointed as Alternate Director.

In the Ordinary Board Meeting dated November 17, 2015 the Board appointed the director Orlando Poblete Iturrate as a member of the Audit Committee of Directors, replacing Lisandro Serrano Spoerer who had resigned in the Ordinary Board Meeting held on October 20, 2015.

b) Use of Profits and Distribution of Dividends

The Shareholders’ Meeting of Banco Santander Chile held on April 28, 2015, was chaired by Mr. Vittorio Corbo Lioi (Chairman), and attended by Roberto Méndez Torres (Second Vice President), the Directors: Marco Colodro Hadjes, Lucía Santa Cruz Sutil, Juan Pedro Santa María Pérez, Lisandro Serrano Spoerer, Roberto Zahler Mayanz and Orlando Poblete Iturrate. Also, the CEO Claudio Melandri Hinojosa and CAO Felipe Contreras Fajardo attended the meeting.

According to the information presented in aforementioned meeting, 2014 net income (designated in the financial statements as “Income attributable to equity holders of the Bank”) amounted to Ch$ 550,331 million. The Board approved the distribution of 60% of such net income, yielding a Ch$1.752 dividend per share, payable starting on April 29, 2015. Also, it was approved that the remaining 40% of the profits will be retained in the Bank’s reserves.

c) Issuance of bonds - at December 31, 2015

In the year ended December 31, 2015 the Bank has issued senior bonds in the amount of CLP 500,000,000,000 UF 14,000,000 CHF 150,000,000, and JPY 1,200,000,000. Debt issuance information is included in Note 18.

c.1) Senior bonds

Series	Currency		Amount		Term		Issuance rate	Issuance date	Maturity date
P1		CLP		50,000,000,000		10 years	5.80% per annum simple	01-01-2015	01-01-2025
P2		CLP		100,000,000,000		5 years	5.20% per annum simple	01-01-2015	01-01-2020
P3		CLP		50,000,000,000		7 years	5.50% per annum simple	01-01-2015	01-01-2022
P4		CLP		150,000,000,000		5 years	4.80% per annum simple	03-01-2015	03-01-2020
P5		CLP		150,000,000,000		6 years	5.30% per annum simple	03-01-2015	03-01-2022
Total		CLP		500,000,000,000
P6		UF		3,000,000		5 years	2.25% per annum simple	03-01-2015	03-01-2020
P7		UF		3,000,000		8 years	2.40% per annum simple	03-01-2015	09-01-2022
P8		UF		3,000,000		6 years	2.25% per annum simple	03-01-2015	09-01-2020
P9		UF		5,000,000		10 years	2.60% per annum simple	03-01-2015	09-01-2025
Total		UF		14,000,000
CHF fixed bond		CHF		150,000,000		7 years	0.38% quarterly	04-19-2015	10-19-2022
Total		CHF		150,000,000
JPY current bond		JPY		1,200,000,000		5 years	0.42% biannually	12-17-2015	12-17-2020
Total		JPY		1,200,000,000

c.2) Subordinated bonds

As at December 31, 2015 the Bank had not issued subordinated bonds in this financial year.

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

AS OF AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED  DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014

NOTE 02

SIGNIFICANT EVENTS, continued

c.3) Repurchase of bonds

The Bank has conducted the following repurchase of bonds as of December 31, 2015:

Date	Series	Amount
12-01-2015	Senior bond	USD	19,000,000

c.4) Mortgage bonds at December 31, 2015

As of December 31, 2015 the Bank has issued the following bonds:

Series	Currency	Amount	Term	Issuance rate	Issuance date	Maturity date
AC	CLP 100,000,000,000		10 years	5,50% per annum simple	01-01-2015	01-01-2025
Total	CLP 100,000,000,000

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

AS OF AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED  DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014

NOTE 03

REPORTING SEGMENTS

The Bank manages and measures the performance of its operations by business segments. The information disclosed in this note is not necessarily comparable to that of other financial institutions, since it is based on management’s internal information system by segment.

Inter-segment transactions are conducted under normal arm’s length commercial terms and conditions. Each segment’s assets, liabilities, and income include items directly attributable to the segment to which they can be allocated on a reasonable basis.

Due to changes aimed at improving relations with its customers and streamlining processes, the Bank has modified its internal structure: these changes consist in internal components (the aggregation of subsegments) but do not modify the existing segments or their managers. For this reason, the disclosure has been adapted (simplified) to reflect how the Bank is currently managed.

Under IFRS 8, the Bank has aggregated operating segments with similar economic characteristics according to the aggregation criteria specified in the standard. A reporting segment consists of clients that are offered differentiated but, considering how their performance is measured, are homogenous, thus they form part of the same reporting segment. Overall, this aggregation has no significant impact on the understanding of the nature and effects of the Bank’s business activities and the economic environment.

The information relating to 2014 has been prepared using the current criteria so that the figures presented are comparable.

The Bank has the reportable segments noted below:

Retail Banking

Consists of individuals and small to middle-sized entities (SMEs) with annual income less than Ch$1,200 million. This segment gives customers a variety of services, including consumer loans, credit cards, auto loans, commercial loans, foreign exchange, mortgage loans, debit cards, checking accounts, savings products, mutual funds, stockbrokerage, and insurance brokerage. Additionally the SME clients are offered government-guaranteed loans, leasing and factoring.

Middle-market

This segment is made up of companies and large corporations with annual sales exceeding Ch$1,200 million. It serves institutions such as universities, government entities, local and regional governments and companies engaged in the real estate industry who carry out projects to sell properties to third parties and annual sales exceeding Ch$800 million with no upper limit. The companies within this segment have access to many products including commercial loans, leasing, factoring, foreign trade, credit cards, mortgage loans, checking accounts, transactional services, treasury services, financial consulting, savings products, mutual funds, and insurance brokerage. Also companies in the real estate industry are offered specialized services to finance projects, chiefly residential, with the aim of expanding sales of mortgage loans.

Global Corporate Banking

This segment consists of foreign and domestic multinational companies with sales over Ch$10,000 million. The companies within this segment have access to many products including commercial loans, leasing, factoring, foreign trade, credit cards, mortgage loans, checking accounts, transactional services, treasury services, financial consulting, investments, savings products, mutual funds and insurance brokerage.

This segment also consists of a Treasury Division which provides sophisticated financial products, mainly to companies in the Middle-market and Global Corporate Banking segments. These include products such as short-term financing and fund raising, brokerage services, derivatives, securitization, and other tailor-made products. The Treasury area may act as brokers to transactions and also manages the Bank’s investment portfolio.

Corporate Activities (“Other”)

This segment mainly includes the results of our Financial Management Division, which develops global management functions, including managing inflation rate risk, foreign currency gaps, interest rate risk and liquidity risk. Liquidity risk is managed mainly through wholesale deposits, debt issuances and the Bank’s available for sale portfolio. This segment also manages capital allocation by unit. These activities usually result in a negative contribution to income.

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

AS OF AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED  DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014

NOTE 03

REPORTING SEGMENTS, continued

In addition, this segment encompasses all the intra-segment income and all the activities not assigned to a given segment or product with customers.

The segments’ accounting policies are those described in the summary of accounting policies. The Bank earns most of its income in the form of interest income, fee and commission income and income from financial operations. To evaluate a segment’s financial performance and make decisions regarding the resources to be assigned to segments, the Chief Operating Decision Maker (CODM) bases his assessment on the segment's interest income, fee and commission income, and expenses.

Below are the tables showing the Bank’s results by reporting segment for the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014 in addition to the corresponding balances of loans and accounts receivable from customers:

	As of December 31, 2015
	Loans and accounts receivable from customers (1)		Net interest income		Net fee and commission income		Financial transactions, net (2)		Provision for loan losses			Support expenses (3)			Segment`s net contribution
	MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$			MCh$			MCh$
Retail Banking		17,034,707		873,026		190,380		16,245		(307,085	)		(533,086	)		239,480
Middle-market		6,006,282		229,812		28,537		17,897		(32,644	)		(77,261	)		166,341
Commercial Banking		23,040,989		1,102,838		218,917		34,142		(339,729	)		(610,347	)		405,821
Global Corporate Banking		2,178,643		85,553		15,231		50,327		(26,963	)		(49,533	)		74,615
Other		81,125		66,815		3,479		61,030		(47,002	)		(1,328	)		82,994
Total		25,300,757		1,255,206		237,627		145,499		(413,694	)		(661,208	)		563,430
Other operating income																15,642
Other operating expenses and impairment																(54,218	)
Income from investments in associates and other companies																2,588
Income tax expense																(75,301	)
Net income for the year																452,141

(1) Corresponds to loans and accounts receivable from customers, without deducting their allowances for loan losses.

(2) Corresponds to the sum of the net income from financial operations and the foreign exchange profit or loss.

(3) Corresponds to the sum of personnel salaries and expenses, administrative expenses, depreciation and amortization.

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

AS OF AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED  DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014

NOTE 03

REPORTING SEGMENTS, continued

	As of December 31, 2014
	Loans and accounts receivable from customers (1)		Net interest income		Net fee and commission income		Financial transactions, net (2)		Provision for loan losses			Support expenses (3)			Segment`s net contribution
	MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$			MCh$			MCh$
Retail Banking		15,191,808		833,139		175,007		18,458		(327,774	)		(479,954	)		218,876
Middle-market		5,443,983		200,675		27,055		16,342		(37,025	)		(66,321	)		140,726
Commercial Banking		20,635,791		1,033,814		202,062		34,800		(364,799	)		(546,275	)		359,602
Global Corporate Banking		2,201,913		71,992		22,338		50,510		(460	)		(44,195	)		100,185
Other		54,945		211,298		2,883		35,579		(9,172	)		2,261			242,849
Total		22,892,649		1,317,104		227,283		120,889		(374,431	)		(588,209	)		702,636
Other operating income																14,834
Other operating expenses and impairment																(117,772	)
Income from investments in associates and other companies																2,165
Income tax expense																(45,552	)
Net income for the year																556,311

(1) Corresponds to loans and accounts receivable from customers, without deducting their allowances for loan losses.

(2) Corresponds to the sum of the net income from financial operations and the foreign exchange profit or loss.

(3) Corresponds to the sum of personnel salaries and expenses, administrative expenses, depreciation and amortization.

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

AS OF AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED  DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014

NOTE 04

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

a) The detail of the balances included under cash and cash equivalents is as follows:

	As of December 31,
	2015		2014
	MCh$		MCh$
Cash and deposits in banks
Cash		632,435		594,979
Deposits in the Central Bank of Chile		184,510		167,444
Deposits in domestic banks		192		50
Deposits in foreign banks		1,247,669		846,415
Subtotals – Cash and deposits in banks		2,064,806		1,608,888
Cash in process of collection, net		262,364		250,114
Cash and cash equivalents		2,327,170		1,859,002

The balance of funds held in cash and at the Central Bank of Chile reflects the reserves that the Bank must maintain on average each month in accordance with the regulations governing minimum reserves.

b) Cash in process of collection and in process of being cleared:

Cash items in process of collection and in process of being cleared represent domestic transactions which have not been processed through the central domestic clearinghouse or international transactions which may be delayed in settlement due to timing differences. These transactions were as follows:

	As of December 31,
	2015		2014
	MCh$		MCh$
Assets
Documents held by other banks (documents to be cleared)		296,634		261,758
Funds receivable		427,887		269,615
Subtotal		724,521		531,373
Liabilities
Funds payable		462,157		281,259
Subtotal		462,157		281,259
Cash in process of collection, net		262,364		250,114

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

AS OF AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED  DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014

NOTE 05

TRADING INVESTMENTS

The detail of instruments deemed as financial trading investments is as follows:

	As of December 31,
	2015		2014
	MCh$		MCh$
Chilean Central Bank and Government securities
Chilean Central Bank Bonds		159,767		270,004
Chilean Central Bank Notes		-		-
Other Chilean Central Bank and Government securities		123,468		461,340
Subtotal		283,235		731,344
Other Chilean securities
Time deposits in Chilean financial institutions		-		-
Mortgage finance bonds of Chilean financial institutions		-		-
Chilean financial institution bonds		-		-
Chilean corporate bonds		37,630		36,339
Other Chilean securities		-		-
Subtotal		37,630		36,339
Foreign financial securities
Foreign Central Banks and Government securities		-		-
Other foreign financial instruments		-		-
Subtotal		-		-
Investments in mutual funds
Funds managed by related entities		3,406		7,132
Funds managed by others		-		-
Subtotal		3,406		7,132
Total		324,271		774,815

As of December 31, 2015 and 2014, there were no trading investments sold under contracts to resell to clients and financial institutions.

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

AS OF AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED  DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014

NOTE 06

INVESTMENTS UNDER RESALE AGREEMENTS AND OBLIGATIONS UNDER REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS

a) Rights arising from resale agreements

The Bank purchases financial instruments agreeing to resell them at a future date. As of December 31, 2015 and 2014, rights associated with instruments acquired under contracts to resell are as follows:

	As of December 31,
	2015								2014
	From 1 day and less than 3 months		More than 3 months and less than  1 year		More than 1 year		Total		From 1 day and less than 3 months		More than 3 months and  less than 1 year		More than 1 year		Total
	MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$
Securities from the Chilean Government and the Chilean Central Bank
Chilean Central Bank Bonds		1,978		-		-		1,978		-		-		-		-
Chilean Central Bank Notes		2		-		-		2		-		-		-		-
Other securities from the Government and  the Chilean Central Bank		483		-		-		483		-		-		-		-
Subtotal		2,463		-		-		2,463		-		-		-		-
Instruments from other domestic institutions:
Time deposits in Chilean financial institutions		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-
Mortgage finance bonds of Chilean financial institutions		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-
Chilean financial institution bonds		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-
Chilean corporate bonds		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-
Other Chilean securities		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-
Subtotal		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-
Foreign financial securities:
Foreign government or central banks securities		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-
Other foreign financial instruments		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-
Subtotal		-		-		-		--		-		-		-		--
Investments in mutual funds:
Funds managed by related entities		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-
Funds managed by others		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-
Subtotal		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-
Total		2,463		-		-		2,463		-		-		-		-

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AS OF AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED  DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014

NOTE 06

INVESTMENTS UNDER RESALE AGREEMENTS AND OBLIGATIONS UNDER REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS, continued

b) Obligations arising from repurchase agreements

The Bank raises funds by selling financial instruments and committing itself to buy them back at future dates, plus interest at a predetermined rate. As of December 31, 2015 and 2014, obligations related to instruments sold under repurchase agreements are as follows:

	As of December 31,
	2015								2014
	From 1 day to less than 3 months		More than 3 months and less than 1 year		More than 1 year		Total		From 1 day  to less than  3 months		More than 3 months and less than 1 year		More than 1 year		Total
	MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$
Securities from Chilean Government and the Chilean Central Bank
Chilean Central Bank Bonds		64,337		-		-		64,337		105,702		-		-		105,702
Chilean Central Bank Notes		22		-		-		22		153		-		-		153
Other securities from the Government and the Chilean Central Bank		11,006		-		-		11,006		10,644		-		-		10,644
Subtotal		75,365		-		-		75,365		116,499		-		-		116,499
Instruments from other domestic institutions:
Time deposits in Chilean financial institutions		68,324		-		-		68,324		275,285		342		-		275,627
Mortgage finance bonds of Chilean financial institutions		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-
Chilean financial institution bonds		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-
Chilean corporate bonds		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-
Other Chilean securities		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-
Subtotal		68,324		-		-		68,324		275,285		342		-		275,627
Foreign financial securities:
Foreign government or central banks securities		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-
Other foreign financial instruments		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-
Subtotal		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-
Investments in mutual funds:
Funds managed by related entities		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-
Funds managed by others		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-
Subtotal		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-
Total		143,689		-		-		143,689		391,784		342		-		392,126

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

AS OF AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED  DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014

NOTE 06

INVESTMENTS UNDER RESALE AGREEMENTS AND OBLIGATIONS UNDER REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS, continued

c) Below is the detail by portfolio of collateral associated with repurchase agreements as of December 31, 2015 and 2014, valued at fair value:

	As of December 31,
	2015						2014
	Available  for sale portfolio		Trading portfolio		Total		Available for sale portfolio		Trading portfolio		Total
	MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$
Chilean Central Bank and Government securities:
Chilean Central Bank Bonds		62,350		-		62,350		105,680		-		105,680
Chilean Central Bank Notes		20		-		20		153		-		153
Other securities from the Government and the Chilean Central Bank		10,531		-		10,531		10,642		-		10,642
Subtotal		72,901		-		72,901		116,475		-		116,475
Other Chilean securities:
Time deposits in Chilean financial institutions		68,321		-		68,321		275,675		-		275,675
Mortgage finance bonds of Chilean financial institutions		-		-		-		-		-		-
Chilean financial institution bonds		-		-		-		-		-		-
Chilean corporate bonds		-		-		-		-		-		-
Other Chilean securities		-		-		-		-		-		-
Subtotal		68,321		-		68,321		275,675		-		275,675
Foreign financial securities:
Foreign Central Banks and Government securities		-		-		-		-		-		-
Other foreign financial instruments		-		-		-		-		-		-
Subtotal		-		-		-		-		-		-
Investments in mutual funds:
Funds managed by related entities		-		-		-		-		-		-
Funds managed by others		-		-		-		-		-		-
Subtotal		-		-		-		-		-		-
Total		141,222		-		141,222		392,150		-		392,150

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AS OF AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED  DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014

NOTE 07

DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND HEDGE ACCOUNTING

a) As of December 31, 2015 and 2014 the Bank holds the following portfolio of derivative instruments:

	As of December 31, 2015
	Notional amount								Fair value
	Up to 3 Months		More than 3 months to 1 year		More than 1 year		Total		Assets		Liabilities
	MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$
Fair value hedge derivatives
Currency forwards		-		-		-		-		-		-
Interest rate swaps		327,955		1,184,795		630,970		2,143,720		5,480		6,364
Cross currency swaps		9,441		30,040		1,842,421		1,881,902		181,557		1,483
Call currency options		-		-		-		-		-		-
Call interest rate options		-		-		-		-		-		-
Put currency options		-		-		-		-		-		-
Put interest rate options		-		-		-		-		-		-
Interest rate futures		-		-		-		-		-		-
Other derivatives		-		-		-		-		-		-
Subtotal		337,396		1,214,835		2,473,391		4,025,622		187,037		7,847
Cash flow hedge derivatives
Currency forwards		-		-		-		-		-		-
Interest rate swaps		-		-		-		-		-		-
Cross currency swaps		7,281,184		4,445,006		2,720,520		14,446,710		273,291		69,716
Call currency options		-		-		-		-		-		-
Call interest rate options		-		-		-		-		-		-
Put currency options		-		-		-		-		-		-
Put interest rate options		-		-		-		-		-		-
Interest rate futures		-		-		-		-		-		-
Other derivatives		-		-		-		-		-		-
Subtotal		7,281,184		4,445,006		2,720,520		14,446,710		273,291		69,716
Trading derivatives
Currency forwards		18,731,575		13,328,727		3,459,386		35,519,688		341,236		318,416
Interest rate swaps		7,272,523		15,677,393		56,140,894		79,090,810		533,416		540,011
Cross currency swaps		5,881,627		5,898,094		44,921,355		56,701,076		1,826,977		1,883,185
Call currency options		49,067		60,380		477,057		586,504		42,325		41,451
Call interest rate options		-		-		264,473		264,473		1,148		1,253
Put currency options		48,958		52,682		-		101,640		422		684
Put interest rate options		-		-		-		-		-		-
Interest rate futures		-		-		-		-		-		-
Other derivatives		125,258		-		-		125,258		74		43
Subtotal		32,109,008		35,017,276		105,263,165		172,389,449		2,745,598		2,785,043
Total		39,727,588		40,677,117		110,457,076		190,861,781		3,205,926		2,862,606

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

AS OF AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED  DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014

NOTE 07

DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND HEDGE ACCOUNTING, continued

	As of December 31, 2014
	Notional amount								Fair value
	Up to 3 months		More than 3 months to 1 year		More than 1 year		Total		Assets		Liabilities
	MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$
Fair value hedge derivatives
Currency forwards		-		-		-		-		-		-
Interest rate swaps		97,812		846,168		668,166		1,612,146		9,821		2,540
Cross currency swaps		-		193,704		694,852		888,556		110,448		7,997
Call currency options		-		-		-		-		-		-
Call interest rate options		-		-		-		-		-		-
Put currency options		-		-		-		-		-		-
Put interest rate options		-		-		-		-		-		-
Interest rate futures		-		-		-		-		-		-
Other derivatives		-		-		-		-		-		-
Subtotal		97,812		1,039,872		1,363,018		2,500,702		120,269		10,537
Cash flow hedge derivatives
Currency forwards		-		-		-		-		-		-
Interest rate swaps		-		-		-		-		-		-
Cross currency swaps		11,329		850,555		1,727,283		2,589,167		131,880		21,996
Call currency options		-		-		-		-		-		-
Call interest rate options		-		-		-		-		-		-
Put currency options		-		-		-		-		-		-
Put interest rate options		-		-		-		-		-		-
Interest rate futures		-		-		-		-		-		-
Other derivatives		-		-		-		-		-		-
Subtotal		11,329		850,555		1,727,283		2,589,167		131,880		21,996
Trading derivatives
Currency forwards		8,740,802		20,156,612		2,155,381		31,052,795		342,726		277,789
Interest rate swaps		1,675,560		16,147,587		37,838,280		55,661,427		518,392		485,798
Cross currency swaps		524,274		4,395,731		19,028,968		23,948,973		1,609,197		1,761,196
Call currency options		160,560		89,701		-		250,261		1,587		2,597
Call interest rate options		-		-		103,474		103,474		795		633
Put currency options		153,999		157,757		34,491		346,247		2,575		485
Put interest rate options		-		-		-		-		-		-
Interest rate futures		-		-		-		-		-		-
Other derivatives		258,425		-		-		258,425		142		353
Subtotal		11,513,620		40,947,388		59,160,594		111,621,602		2,475,414		2,528,851
Total		11,622,761		42,837,815		62,250,895		116,711,471		2,727,563		2,561,384

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

AS OF AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED  DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014

NOTE 07

DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND HEDGE ACCOUNTING, continued

b) Hedge accounting

Fair value hedges:

The Bank uses cross-currency swaps, interest rate swaps, and call money swaps to hedge its exposure to changes in fair value of hedged items attributable to interest rates. The aforementioned hedging instruments change the effective cost of long-term issuances from a fixed interest rate to a variable interest rate.

Below is a detail of the hedged elements and hedge instruments under fair value hedges as of December 31, 2015 and 2014, classified by term to maturity:

	As of December 31, 2015
	Within 1 year		Between 1 and 3 years		Between 3 and 6 years		Over 6 years		Total
	MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$
Hedged item
Available for sale investments
Yankee bonds		-		-		-		92,106		92,106
Mortgage financing bonds		-		-		-		6,460		6,460
Time deposits		1,542,789		65,000		-		-		1,607,789
Issued debt instruments
Senior bonds		9,442		573,960		867,865		868,000		2,319,267
Total		1,552,231		638,960		867,865		966,566		4,025,622
Hedging instrument
Cross currency swaps		39,481		548,960		567,865		725,596		1,881,902
Interest rate swaps		1,512,750		90,000		300,000		240,970		2,143,720
Total		1,552,231		638,960		867,865		966,566		4,025,622

	As of December 31, 2014
	Within 1 year		Between 1 and 3 years		Between 3 and 6 years		Over 6 years		Total
	MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$
Hedged item
Available for sale investments
Mortgage financing bonds		-		-		-		3,291		3,291
Treasury bonds (BTP)		-		20,000		135,000		20,000		175,000
Central bank bonds (BCP)		-		28,000		13,000		147,500		188,500
Time deposits		761,481		33,000		-		-		794,481
Issued debt instruments
Senior bonds		376,203		261,437		286,792		414,998		1,339,430
Total		1,137,684		342,437		434,792		585,789		2,500,702
Hedging instrument
Cross currency swaps		955,185		342,437		434,792		464,123		2,196,537
Interest rate swaps		182,499		-		-		121,666		304,165
Total		1,137,684		342,437		434,792		585,789		2,500,702

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

AS OF AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED  DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014

NOTE 07

DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND HEDGE ACCOUNTING, continued

Cash flow hedges:

The Bank uses cross currency swaps to hedge the risk from variability of cash flows attributable to changes in the interest rates of bonds and interbank loans at a variable rate. To cover the inflation risk in some items, both forwards as well as currency swaps are used.

Below is the nominal amount of the hedged items as of December 31, 2015 and 2014, and the period when the cash flows will be generated:

	As of December 31, 2015
	Within 1 year		Between 1 and 3  years		Between 3 and 6 years		Over 6 years		Total
	MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$
Hedged item
Loans and accounts receivables from customers
Mortgage loans		8,098,639		157,462		158,649		-		8,414,750
Commercial loans		564,800		-		-		-		564,800
Available for sale investments
Yankee bond		-		-		80,078		585,386		665,464
Chilean Central Bank bonds		123,962		20,467		-		-		144,429
Time deposits		50,023		-		-		-		50,023
Issued debt instruments
Senior bonds (variable rate)		963,829		1,176,383		-		-		2,140,212
Senior bonds (fixed rate)		-		-		14,036		202,562		216,598
Interbank borrowings
Interbank loans		1,924,937		325,497		-		-		2,250,434
Total		11,726,190		1,679,809		252,763		787,948		14,446,710
Hedging instrument
Cross currency swaps		11,726,190		1,679,809		252,763		787,948		14,446,710
Total		11,726,190		1,679,809		252,763		787,948		14,446,710

	As of December 31, 2014
	Within 1 year		Between 1 and 3  years		Between 3 and 6 years		Over 6  years		Total
	MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$
Hedged item
Loans and accounts receivables from customers
Mortgage loan		10,078		78,927		-		-		89,005
Available for sale investments
Yankee bond		-		-		-		287,078		287,078
Chilean Central Bank bonds		11,448		11,509		-		-		22,957
Time deposits		289,819		-		-		-		289,819
Issued debt instruments
Senior bonds (variable rate)		-		882,875		152,083		-		1,034,958
Senior bonds (fixed rate)		-		-		-		-		-
Interbank borrowings
Interbank loans		550,539		314,811		-		-		865,350
Total		861,884		1,288,122		152,083		287,078		2,589,167
Hedging instrument
Cross currency swaps		861,884		1,288,122		152,083		287,078		2,589,167
Total		861,884		1,288,122		152,083		287,078		2,589,167

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

AS OF AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED  DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014

NOTE 07

DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND HEDGE ACCOUNTING, continued

Below is an estimate of the periods in which flows are expected to be produced:

b.1) Forecasted cash flows for interest rate risk:

	As of December 31, 2015
	Within 1 year			Between 1 and 3 years			Between 3 and 6 years			Over 6 years			Total
	MCh$			MCh$			MCh$			MCh$			MCh$
Hedged item
Inflows		69,477			23,003			9,466			4,661			106,607
Outflows		(40,521	)		(25,018	)		(6,216	)		(650	)		(72,405	)
Net flows		28,956			(2,015	)		3,250			4,011			34,202
Hedging instrument
Inflows		40,521			25,018			6,216			650			72,405
Outflows (*)		(69,477	)		(23,003	)		(9,466	)		(4,661	)		(106,607	)
Net flows		(28,956	)		2,015			(3,250	)		(4,011	)		(34,202	)

(*) Only includes cash flow forecast portion of the hedge instruments used to cover interest rate risk.

	As of December 31, 2014
	Within 1 year			Between 1 and 3 years			Between 3 and 6 years			Over 6 years			Total
	MCh$			MCh$			MCh$			MCh$			MCh$
Hedged item
Inflows		22,834			26,763			10,039			5,449			65,085
Outflows		(27,361	)		(19,007	)		(2,186	)		-			(48,554	)
Net flows		(4,527	)		7,756			7,853			5,449			16,531
Hedging instrument
Inflows		27,361			19,007			2,186			-			48,554
Outflows (*)		(22,834	)		(26,763	)		(10,039	)		(5,449	)		(65,085	)
Net flows		4,527			(7,756	)		(7,853	)		(5,449	)		(16,531	)

(*) Only includes cash flow forecast portion of the hedge instruments used to cover interest rate risk.

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

AS OF AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED  DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014

NOTE 07

DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND HEDGE ACCOUNTING, continued

b.2) Forecasted cash flows for inflation risk:

	As of December 31, 2015
	Within 1 year			Between 1 and 3 years			Between 3 and 6 years		Over 6 years		Total
	MCh$			MCh$			MCh$		MCh$		MCh$
Hedged item
Inflows		147,374			10,554			-		-		157,928
Outflows		-			-			-		-		-
Net flows		147,374			10,554			-		-		157,928
Hedging instrument
Inflows		-			-			-		-		-
Outflows		(147,374	)		(10,554	)		-		-		(157,928	)
Net flows		(147,374	)		(10,554	)		-		-		(157,928	)

	As of December 31, 2014
	Within 1 year			Between 1 and 3 years			Between 3 and 6 years		Over 6 years		Total
	MCh$			MCh$			MCh$		MCh$		MCh$
Hedged item
Inflows		62,551			39,579			-		-		102,130
Outflows		-			-			-		-		-
Net flows		62,551			39,579			-		-		102,130
Hedging instrument
Inflows		-			-			-		-		-
Outflows		(62,551	)		(39,579	)		-		-		(102,130	)
Net flows		(62,551	)		(39,579	)		-		-		(102,130	)

b.3) Forecasted cash flows for exchange rate risk:

As of December 31, 2015 and 2014 the Bank has no forecasted cash flows for exchange rate risk.

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AS OF AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED  DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014

NOTE 07

DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND HEDGE ACCOUNTING, continued

c) The accumulated effect of the mark to market adjustment of cash flow hedges produced by hedge instruments used in hedged cash flow was recorded in the Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity, specifically within Other comprehensive income, as of December 31, 2015 and 2014, and is as follows:

	As of December 31,
Hedged item	2015		2014
	MCh$		MCh$
Interbank loans		2,700		4,208
Issued debt instruments		2,462		5,981
Available for sale investments		573		(726	)
Loans and accounts receivable from customers		2,891		1,262
Net flows		8,626		10,725

Since the inflows and outflows for both the hedged element and the hedging instrument mirror each other, the hedges are nearly 100% effective, which means that the fluctuations of fair value attributable to risk components are almost completely offset. As of December 31, 2015 and 2014, Ch$ 1,640 million and Ch$2,348 million respectively, were recognized in income.

During the year, the Bank did not have any cash flow hedges of forecast transactions.

d) Below is a presentation of income generated by cash flow hedges amount that were reclassified from other comprehensive income to income for the year:

	For the years ended December 31,
	2015		2014
	MCh$		MCh$
Bond hedging derivatives		6		(16	)
Interbank loans hedging derivatives		-		446
Cash flow hedge net income (*)		6		430

(*) See Note 23 - Equity, letter d)

e) Net investment hedges in foreign operations:

As of December 31, 2015 and 2014, the Bank does not have any foreign net investment hedges in its hedge accounting portfolio.

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

AS OF AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED  DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014

NOTE 08

INTERBANK LOANS

a) As of December 31, 2014 and 2013, balances of “Interbank loans” are as follows:

	As of December 31,
	2015			2014
	MCh$			MCh$
Domestic banks
Loans and advances to banks		-			-
Deposits in the Central Bank of Chile		-			-
Non-transferable Chilean Central Bank Bonds		-			-
Other Central Bank of Chile loans		-			-
Interbank loans		14			44
Overdrafts in checking accounts		-			-
Non-transferable domestic bank loans		-			-
Other domestic bank loans		36			-
Allowances and impairment for domestic bank loans		-			-
Foreign Interbank Loans
Interbank loans - Foreign		10,827			11,899
Overdrafts in checking accounts		-			-
Non-transferable foreign bank deposits		-			-
Other foreign bank loans		-			-
Provisions and impairment for foreign bank loans		(16	)		(25	)
Total		10,861			11,918

b) The amount in each period for provisions and impairment of interbank loans is shown below:

	As of December 31,
	2015									2014
	Domestic banks			Foreign banks			Total			Domestic banks		Foreign banks			Total
	MCh$			MCh$			MCh$			MCh$		MCh$			MCh$
Balance as of January 1		-			25			25			-		54			54
Charge-offs		-			-			-			-		-			-
Provisions established		141			42			183			-		60			60
Provisions released		(141	)		(51	)		(192	)		-		(89	)		(89	)
Total		-			16			16			-		25			25

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AS OF AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED  DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014

NOTE 09

LOANS AND ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE FROM CUSTOMERS

a) Loans and accounts receivable from customers

As of December 31, 2015 and 2014, the composition of the loan portfolio is as follows:

As of December 31, 2015	Assets before allowances								Allowances established
	Normal portfolio		Substandard portfolio		Impaired portfolio		Total		Individual allowances		Group allowances		Total		Assets net balance
	MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$
Commercial loans
Commercial loans		8,112,912		275,528		597,012		8,985,452		172,452		140,700		313,152		8,672,300
Foreign trade loans		1,929,145		157,359		66,066		2,152,570		70,900		1,421		72,321		2,080,249
Checking accounts debtors		216,751		5,902		12,070		234,723		2,879		6,951		9,830		224,893
Factoring transactions		269,773		869		5,005		275,647		5,611		734		6,345		269,302
Leasing transactions		1,393,851		64,550		75,791		1,534,192		20,320		6,394		26,714		1,507,478
Other loans and account receivable		121,040		729		22,006		143,775		4,937		12,351		17,288		126,487
Subtotal		12,043,472		504,937		777,950		13,326,359		277,099		168,551		445,650		12,880,709
Mortgage loans
Loans with mortgage finance bonds		42,263		-		1,765		44,028		-		275		275		43,753
Mortgage mutual loans		131,118		-		2,987		134,105		-		695		695		133,410
Other mortgage mutual loans		7,243,322		-		391,395		7,634,717		-		50,190		50,190		7,584,527
Subtotal		7,416,703		-		396,147		7,812,850		-		51,160		51,160		7,761,690
Consumer loans
Installment consumer loans		2,167,378		-		302,268		2,469,646		-		208,135		208,135		2,261,511
Credit card balances		1,410,036		-		24,573		1,434,609		-		41,604		41,604		1,393,005
Leasing transactions		5,383		-		77		5,460		-		76		76		5,384
Other consumer loans		236,564		-		4,392		240,956		-		8,054		8,054		232,902
Subtotal		3,819,361		-		331,310		4,150,671		-		257,869		257,869		3,892,802
Total		23,279,536		504,937		1,505,407		25,289,880		277,099		477,580		754,679		24,535,201

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

AS OF AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED  DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014

NOTE 09

LOANS AND ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLES FROM CUSTOMERS, continued

As of December 31, 2014	Assets before allowances								Allowances established
	Normal portfolio		Substandard portfolio		Impaired portfolio		Total		Individual allowances		Group allowances		Total		Assets net balance
	MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$
Commercial loans
Commercial loans		7,523,582		234,524		566,843		8,324,949		139,628		139,446		279,074		8,045,875
Foreign trade loans		1,644,096		72,213		69,923		1,786,232		59,754		1,278		61,032		1,725,200
Checking accounts debtors		248,471		6,376		11,384		266,231		3,823		6,457		10,280		255,951
Factoring transactions		322,337		2,482		3,022		327,841		4,459		725		5,184		322,657
Leasing transactions		1,346,867		82,299		60,218		1,489,384		18,264		6,763		25,027		1,464,357
Other loans and account receivable		113,156		717		21,790		135,663		6,376		11,028		17,404		118,259
Subtotal		11,198,509		398,611		733,180		12,330,300		232,304		165,697		398,001		11,932,299
Mortgage loans
Loans with mortgage finance bonds		55,040		-		2,316		57,356		-		353		353		57,003
Mortgage mutual loans		113,741		-		2,409		116,150		-		552		552		115,598
Other mortgage mutual loans		6,092,647		-		365,878		6,458,525		-		47,839		47,839		6,410,686
Subtotal		6,261,428		-		370,603		6,632,031		-		48,744		48,744		6,583,287
Consumer loans
Installment consumer loans		1,989,755		-		331,020		2,320,775		-		201,931		201,931		2,118,844
Credit card balances		1,335,268		-		27,319		1,362,587		-		44,050		44,050		1,318,537
Leasing transactions		5,187		-		83		5,270		-		80		80		5,190
Other consumer loans		224,681		-		5,062		229,743		-		7,962		7,962		221,781
Subtotal		3,554,891		-		363,484		3,918,375		-		254,023		254,023		3,664,352
Total		21,014,828		398,611		1,467,267		22,880,706		232,304		468,464		700,768		22,179,938

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b) Portfolio characteristics:

As of December 31, 2015 and 2014 the portfolio before allowances is as follows, by customer’s economic activity:

	Domestic loans (*)				Foreign interbank loans (**)				Total loans				Distribution percentage
	As of December 31				As of December 31,				As of December 31,				As of December 31,
	2015		2014		2015		2014		2015		2014		2015		2014
	MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		%		%
Commercial loans
Manufacturing		1,171,830		1,126,268		-		-		1,171,830		1,126,268		4.63		4.92
Mining		510,467		428,847		-		-		510,467		428,847		2.02		1.87
Electricity, gas, and water		454,456		567,548		-		-		454,456		567,548		1.80		2.48
Agriculture and livestock		1,019,922		871,247		-		-		1,019,922		871,247		4.03		3.81
Forest		96,069		98,039		-		-		96,069		98,039		0.38		0.43
Fishing		344,496		256,818		-		-		344,496		256,818		1.36		1.12
Transport		876,329		758,339		-		-		876,329		758,339		3.46		3.31
Communications		160,135		167,004		-		-		160,135		167,004		0.63		0.73
Construction		1,462,535		1,365,841		-		-		1,462,535		1,365,841		5.78		5.97
Commerce		3,050,663		2,773,410		10,827		11,899		3,061,490		2,785,309		12.10		12.17
Services		483,516		469,141		-		-		483,516		469,141		1.91		2.05
Other		3,695,991		3,447,842		-		-		3,695,991		3,447,842		14.61		15.06
Subtotal		13,326,409		12,330,344		10,827		11,899		13,337,236		12,342,243		52.71		53.92
Mortgage loans		7,812,850		6,632,031		-		-		7,812,850		6,632,031		30.88		28.97
Consumer loans		4,150,671		3,918,375		-		-		4,150,671		3,918,375		16.41		17.11
Total		25,289,930		22,880,750		10,827		11,899		25,300,757		22,892,649		100.00		100.00

(*) Includes domestic interbank loans for Ch$ 50 million as of December 31, 2015 (Ch$44 million as of December 31, 2014), see Note 8.

(**) Includes foreign interbank loans for Ch$ 10,827 million as of December 31, 2015 (Ch$11,899 million as of December 31, 2014), see Note 8.

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NOTE 09

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c) Impaired Portfolio

i) As of December 31, 2015 and 2014, the impaired portfolio is as follows:

	As of December 31,
	2015								2014
	Commercial		Mortgage		Consumer		Total		Commercial		Mortgage		Consumer		Total
	MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$
Individually impaired portfolio		486,685		-		-		486,685		420,038		-		-		420,038
Non-performing loans (collectively evaluated)		346,868		183,133		113,467		643,468		367,791		179,417		97,119		644,327
Other impaired portfolio		108,330		213,014		217,843		539,187		95,335		191,186		266,365		552,886
Total		941,883		396,147		331,310		1,669,340		883,164		370,603		363,484		1,617,251

ii) The impaired portfolio with or without guarantee as of December 31, 2015 and 2014 is as follows:

	As of December 31,
	2015								2014
	Commercial		Mortgage		Consumer		Total		Commercial		Mortgage		Consumer		Total
	MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$
Secured debt		410,700		362,326		42,244		815,270		408,759		341,860		48,133		798,752
Unsecured debt		531,183		33,821		289,066		854,070		474,405		28,743		315,351		818,499
Total		941,883		396,147		331,310		1,669,340		883,164		370,603		363,484		1,617,251

iii) The portfolio of non-performing loans as of December 31, 2015 and 2014 is as follows:

	As of December 31,
	2015								2014
	Commercial		Mortgage		Consumer		Total		Commercial		Mortgage		Consumer		Total
	MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$
Secured debt		115,733		158,854		9,144		283,731		130,999		157,608		8,292		296,899
Unsecured debt		231,135		24,279		104,323		359,737		236,792		21,809		88,827		347,428
Total		346,868		183,133		113,467		643,468		367,791		179,417		97,119		644,327

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d) Allowances

The changes in allowance balances during 2015 and 2014 are as follows:

Activity during 2015	Commercial loans						Mortgage loans			Consumer loans
	Individual			Group			Group			Group			Total
	MCh$			MCh$			MCh$			MCh$			MCh$
Balance as of January 1, 2015		232,304			165,697			48,744			254,023			700,768
Allowances established		124,968			71,578			12,149			135,744			344,439
Allowances released		(42,472	)		(17,885	)		(7,205	)		(18,126	)		(85,688	)
Allowances released due to charge-off		(37,701	)		(50,839	)		(2,528	)		(113,772	)		(204,840	)
Balances as of December 31, 2015		277,099			168,551			51,160			257,869			754,679

Activity during 2014	Commercial loans						Mortgage loans			Consumer loans
	Individual			Group			Group			Group			Total
	MCh$			MCh$			MCh$			MCh$			MCh$
Balance as of January 1, 2014		200,230			100,170			43,306			264,585			608,291
Allowances established		74,839			99,648			14,959			129,410			318,856
Allowances released		(15,903	)		(7,127	)		(6,561	)		(38,275	)		(67,866	)
Allowances released due to charge-off		(26,862	)		(26,994	)		(2,960	)		(101,697	)		(158,513	)
Balances as of December 31, 2014		232,304			165,697			48,744			254,023			700,768

In addition to credit risk allowances, there are allowances held for:

ii) Country risk to cover the risk taken when holding or committing resources with any foreign country. These allowances are established according to country risk classifications as set by Chapter 7-13 of the Updated Compilation of Rules, issued by the SBIF. The balances of allowances as of December 31, 2015 and 2014 are Ch$385 million and Ch$155 million, respectively. These are presented in Note 20 "Provisions" in the liabilities of the Consolidated Statement of Financial Position.

iii) According to SBIF’s regulations (compendium of Accounting Standards), the Bank has established allowances related to the undrawn available credit lines and contingent loans. The balances of allowances as of December 31, 2015 and 2014 are Ch$ 17,321 million and Ch$16,036 million, respectively and are presented in Note 20 "Provisions" in the liabilities of the Consolidated Statement of Financial Position.

i. Allowances established on customer and interbank loans

The following chart shows the balance of allowances established, associated with credits granted to customers and banks:

	As of December 31,
	2015		2014
	MCh$		MCh$
Customers loans		344,439		318,856
Interbank loans		183		60
Total		344,622		318,916

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ii. Portfolio by its Impaired and non-impaired status.

	As of December 31, 2015
	Non-impaired												Impaired												Portfolio total
	Commercial			Mortgage			Consumer			Total non impaired			Commercial			Mortgage			Consumer			Total impaired			Commercial			Mortgage			Consumer			Total portfolio
	MCh$			MCh$			MCh$			MCh$			MCh$			MCh$			MCh$			MCh$			MCh$			MCh$			MCh$			MCh$
Current portfolio		12,207,967			7,125,404			3,617,676			22,951,047			441,308			146,909			134,700			722,917			12,649,275			7,272,313			3,752,376			23,673,964
Overdue for 1-29 days		98,692			80,621			120,912			300,225			61,626			11,990			45,280			118,896			160,318			92,611			166,192			419,121
Overdue for 30-89 days		77,817			210,678			80,773			369,268			108,743			61,962			59,754			230,459			186,560			272,640			140,527			599,727
Overdue for 90 days or more		-			-			-			-			330,206			175,286			91,576			597,068			330,206			175,286			91,576			597,068
Total portfolio before allowances		12,384,476			7,416,703			3,819,361			23,620,540			941,883			396,147			331,310			1,669,340			13,326,359			7,812,850			4,150,671			25,289,880
Overdue loans (less than 90 days) presented as portfolio percentage		1.43	%		3.93	%		5.28	%		2.83	%		18.09	%		18.67	%		31.70	%		20.93	%		2.60	%		4.68	%		7.39	%		4.03	%
Overdue loans (90 days or more) presented as portfolio percentage.		-			-			-			-			35.06	%		44.25	%		27.64	%		35.77	%		2.48	%		2.24	%		2.21	%		2.36	%

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iii. Portfolio by its Impaired and non-impaired status, continued.

	As of December 31, 2014
	Non-impaired												Impaired												Portfolio total
	Commercial			Mortgage			Consumer			Total non impaired			Commercial			Mortgage			Consumer			Total impaired			Commercial			Mortgage			Consumer			Total portfolio
	MCh$			MCh$			MCh$			MCh$			MCh$			MCh$			MCh$			MCh$			MCh$			MCh$			MCh$			MCh$
Current portfolio		11,225,561			5,959,902			3,361,922			20,547,385			374,317			129,185			160,292			663,794			11,599,878			6,089,087			3,522,214			21,211,179
Overdue for 1-29 days		136,012			94,212			116,315			346,539			38,909			18,164			53,921			110,994			174,921			112,376			170,236			457,533
Overdue for 30-89 days		85,562			207,314			76,654			369,530			107,093			51,435			60,676			219,204			192,655			258,749			137,330			588,734
Overdue for 90 days or more		-			-			-			-			362,846			171,819			88,595			623,260			362,846			171,819			88,595			623,260
Total portfolio before allowances		11,447,135			6,261,428			3,554,891			21,263,454			883,165			370,603			363,484			1,617,252			12,330,300			6,632,031			3,918,375			22,880,706
Overdue loans (less than 90 days) presented as portfolio percentage		1.94	%		4.82	%		5.43	%		3.37	%		16.53	%		18.78	%		31.53	%		20.42	%		2.98	%		5.60	%		7.85	%		4.57	%
Overdue loans (90 days or more) presented as portfolio percentage.		-			-			-			-			41.08	%		46.36	%		24.37	%		38.54	%		2.94	%		2.59	%		2.26	%		2.72	%

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AS OF AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED  DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014

NOTE 10

AVAILABLE FOR SALE INVESTMENTS

As of December 31, 2015 and 2014, detail of instruments deemed as available for sale investments is as follows:

	As of December 31,
	2015		2014
	MCh$		MCh$
Chilean Central Bank and Government securities
Chilean Central Bank Bonds		687,292		381,117
Chilean Central Bank Notes		-		384
Other Chilean Central Bank and Government securities		145,603		353,419
Subtotal		832,895		734,920
Other Chilean securities
Time deposits in Chilean financial institutions		712,859		590,382
Mortgage finance bonds of Chilean financial institutions		29,025		31,693
Chilean financial institution bonds		-		-
Chilean corporate bonds		-		-
Other Chilean securities		-		-
Subtotal		741,884		622,075
Foreign financial securities
Foreign Central Banks and Government securities		-		-
Other foreign financial securities		469,632		294,603
Subtotal		469,632		294,603
Total		2,044,411		1,651,598

As of December 31, 2015 and 2014, the line item Chilean Central Bank and Government securities item includes securities sold under repurchase agreements to clients and financial institutions for Ch$72,901 million and Ch$116,475 million, respectively.

As of December 31, 2015 and 2014, the line item Other National Institutions Securities includes securities sold to customers and financial institutions under repurchase agreements totaling Ch$68,321 million and Ch$275,675 million, respectively.

As of December 31, 2015 available for sale investments included a net unrealized loss of Ch$7,093 million, recorded as a “Valuation adjustment” in Equity, distributed between Ch$6,965 million attributable to Bank shareholders and Ch$128 million attributable to non-controlling interest.

As of December 31, 2014 available for sale investments included a net unrealized profit of Ch$21,684 million, recorded as a “Valuation adjustment” in Equity, distributed between a profit of Ch$21,680 million attributable to Bank shareholders and a profit of Ch$4 million attributable to non-controlling interest.

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AS OF AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED  DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014

NOTE 10

AVAILABLE FOR SALE INVESTMENTS, continued

Gross profits and losses realized on the sale of available for sale investments as of December 31, 2015 and 2014 are as follows:

	For the years ended December 31,
	2015		2014
	MCh$		MCh$
Sale of available for sale investments generating realized profits		2,627,490		2,064,836
Realized profits		22,473		6,079
Sale of available for sale investments generating realized losses		346,450		92,620
Realized losses		72		64

The Bank evaluated those instruments with unrealized losses as of December 31, 2015 and 2014 and concluded they were not impaired. This review consisted of evaluating the economic reasons for any declines, the credit ratings of the securities’ issuers, and the Bank’s intention and ability to hold the securities until the unrealized loss is recovered. Based on this analysis, the Bank believes that there were no significant or prolonged decline in its investment portfolio, since most of the decline in fair value of these instruments was caused by market conditions which the Bank considers to be temporary. All of the instruments that have unrealized losses as of December 31, 2015 and 2014, were not in a continuous unrealized loss position for more than one year.

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NOTE 10

AVAILABLE FOR SALE INVESTMENTS, continued

The following charts show the available for sale investments unrealized profit and loss, as of December 31, 2015 and 2014.

As of December 31, 2015:

	Less than 12 months									More than 12 months								Total
	Amortized cost		Fair value		Unrealized profit		Unrealized loss			Amortized cost		Fair value		Unrealized profit		Unrealized loss		Amortized cost		Fair value		Unrealized Profit		Unrealized loss
	MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$			MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$
Chilean Central Bank and Government securities
Chilean Central Bank Bonds		692,559		687,292		280		(5,547	)		-		-		-		-		692,559		687,292		280		(5,547	)
Chilean Central Bank Notes		-		-		-		-			-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-
Other Chilean Central Bank and Government securities		145,778		145,603		541		(716	)		-		-		-		-		145,778		145,603		541		(716	)
Subtotal		838,337		832,895		821		(6,263	)		-		-		-		-		838,337		832,895		821		(6,263	)
Other Chilean securities
Time deposits in Chilean financial institutions		713,172		712,859		44		(357	)		-		-		-		-		713,172		712,859		44		(357	)
Mortgage finance bonds of Chilean financial institutions		28,726		29,025		325		(26	)		-		-		-		-		28,726		29,025		325		(26	)
Chilean financial institution bonds		-		-		-		-			-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-
Chilean corporate bonds		-		-		-		-			-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-
Other Chilean securities		-		-		-		-			-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-
Subtotal		741,898		741,884		369		(383	)		-		-		-		-		741,898		741,884		369		(383	)
Foreign financial securities
Foreign Central Banks and Government securities		-		-		-		-			-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-
Other foreign financial securities		471,269		469,632		1,577		(3,214	)		-		-		-		-		471,269		469,632		1,577		(3,214	)
Subtotal		471,269		469,632		1,577		(3,214	)		-		-		-		-		471,269		469,632		1,577		(3,214	)
Total		2,051,504		2,044,411		2,767		(9,860	)		-		-		-		-		2,051,504		2,044,411		2,767		(9,860	)

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NOTE 10

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As of December 31, 2014:

	Less than 12 months									More than 12 months								Total
	Amortized cost		Fair value		Unrealized profit		Unrealized loss			Amortized cost		Fair value		Unrealized profit		Unrealized loss		Amortized cost		Fair value		Unrealized Profit		Unrealized loss
	MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$			MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$
Chilean Central Bank and Government securities
Chilean Central Bank Bonds		370,858		381,117		10,297		(38	)		-		-		-		-		370,858		381,117		10,297		(38	)
Chilean Central Bank Notes		385		384		-		(1	)		-		-		-		-		385		384		-		(1	)
Other Chilean Central Bank and Government securities		343,847		353,419		9,572		-			-		-		-		-		343,847		353,419		9,572		-
Subtotal		715,090		734,920		19,869		(39	)		-		-		-		-		715,090		734,920		19,869		(39	)
Other Chilean securities
Time deposits in Chilean financial institutions		592,398		590,382		600		(2,616	)		-		-		-		-		592,398		590,382		600		(2,616	)
Mortgage finance bonds of Chilean financial institutions		31,693		31,693		218		(218	)		-		-		-		-		31,693		31,693		218		(218	)
Chilean financial institution bonds		-		-		-		-			-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-
Chilean corporate bonds		-		-		-		-			-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-
Other Chilean securities		-		-		-		-			-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-
Subtotal		624,091		622,075		818		(2,834	)		-		-		-		-		624,091		622,075		818		(2,834	)
Foreign financial securities
Foreign Central Banks and Government securities		-		-		-		-			-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-
Other foreign financial securities		290,733		294,603		3,870		-			-		-		-		-		290,733		294,603		3,870		-
Subtotal		290,733		294,603		3,870		-			-		-		-		-		290,733		294,603		3,870		-
Total		1,629,914		1,651,598		24,557		(2,873	)		-		-		-		-		1,629,914		1,651,598		24,557		(2,873	)

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NOTE 11

INVESTMENTS IN ASSOCIATES AND OTHER COMPANIES

a) The Consolidated Statements of Financial Position reflect investments in associates and other companies amounting to Ch$ 20,309 million as of December 31, 2015, and Ch$17,914 million, as of December 31, 2014, as shown in the following table:

					Investment
	Ownership interest				Investment value				Profit and loss for the years
	As of December 31,				As of December 31,				ended December 31,
	2015		2014		2015		2014		2015			2014
	%		%		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$			MCh$
Company
Redbanc S.A.		33.43		33.43		1,876		1,725		215			211
Transbank S.A. (1)		25.00		25.00		10,201		8,646		1,256			1,022
Centro de Compensación Automatizado		33.33		33.33		1,105		894		212			220
Sociedad Interbancaria de Depósito de Valores S.A.		29.29		29.29		794		745		213			170
Cámara de Compensación de Pagos de Alto Valor S.A. (2)		14.23		14.14		768		709		127			107
Administrador Financiero del Transantiago S.A.		20.00		20.00		2,552		2,229		323			282
Sociedad Nexus S.A.		12.90		12.90		1,290		1,123		225			195
Servicios de Infraestructura de Mercado OTC S.A.		11.11		11.11		1,138		1,258		(115	)		(172	)
Subtotal						19,724		17,329		2,456			2,035
Shares or rights in other companies (*)
Bladex						136		136		25			20
Stock exchanges						417		425		107			110
Others						32		24		-			-
Subtotal						20,309		17,914		2,588			2,165
Total						20,309		17,914		2,588			2,165

(*) The investments in other companies do not have a market price.

(1) A capital increase was agreed in the Transbank’s Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting held in April 2015. Banco Santander participated in proportion to its ownership share (25%).

(2) In October 2015, HSBC Bank Chile sold its participation in Sociedad Operadora de la Cámara de Compensación de Pagos de Alto Valor S.A to Banco Santander. This transaction increased the Bank’s participation to 14.23%. See Note 1.

b) Summary of financial information of associates as of and for the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014:

	As of December 31
	2015									2014
	Assets		Liabilities		Equity		Net income			Assets		Liabilities		Equity		Net income
	MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$			MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$
Centro de Compensación Automatizado		5,148		1,897		2,616		635			3,731		1,117		1,953		661
Redbanc S.A.		20,296		14,877		4,777		642			19,215		14,246		4,336		633
Transbank S.A.		601,627		561,325		35,278		5,024			535,507		501,330		30,088		4,089
Sociedad Interbancaria de Depósito de Valores S.A.		2,714		58		2,093		563			2,715		314		1,863		538
Sociedad Nexus S.A.		23,153		13,682		7,730		1,741			14,438		6,185		6,745		1,508
Servicios de Infraestructura de Mercado OTC S.A.		17,631		7,800		10,869		(1,038	)		12,001		1,094		12,603		(1,696	)
Administrador Financiero del Transantiago S.A.		42,518		29,760		11,145		1,613			70,302		59,157		9,737		1,408
Cámara de Compensación de Pagos de  Alto Valor S.A.		5,730		775		4,066		889			5,278		636		3,901		741
Total		718,817		630,174		78,574		10,069			663,187		584,079		71,226		7,882

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AS OF AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED  DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014

NOTE 11

INVESTMENTS IN ASSOCIATES AND OTHER COMPANIES, continued

c) Restrictions over the ability of associated companies to transfer funds to investors.

There are no significant restrictions regarding the capacity of associates to transfer funds, whether in cash dividends, refund of loans, or advance payments to the Bank.

d) Activity with respect to investments in other companies during 2015 and 2014 is as follows:

	As of December 31,
	2015			2014
	MCh$			MCh$
Opening balance as of January 1,		17,914			9,681
Acquisition of investments (1)		302			6,313
Sale of investments		-			-
Participation in income		2,588			2,165
Dividends received		(278	)		(119	)
Other equity adjustments		(217	)		(126	)
Total		20,309			17,914

(1) See reference (1) of part a) of this note.

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AS OF AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014

NOTE 12

INTANGIBLE ASSETS

a) As of December 31, 2015 and 2014, the composition of intangible assets is as follows:

							As of December 31, 2015
	Years of useful		Average remaining		Net opening balance as of January 1, 2015		Gross balance		Accumulated amortization			Net balance
	life		useful life		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$			MCh$
Licenses		3		2		2,006		10,932		(8,872	)		2,060
Software development (acquired)		3		2		38,977		259,500		(210,423	)		49,077
Total						40,983		270,432		(219,295	)		51,137

							As of December 31, 2014
	Years of useful		Average remaining		Net opening balance as of January 1, 2014		Gross balance		Accumulated amortization			Net balance
	life		useful life		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$			MCh$
Licenses		3		2		2,197		10,441		(8,435	)		2,006
Software development (acquired)		3		2		64,506		232,418		(193,441	)		38,977
Total						66,703		242,859		(201,876	)		40,983

b) The changes in the value of intangible assets during the periods ended December 31, 2015 and December 2014 is as follows:

b.1) Gross balance

	Licenses		Software development			Total
Gross balances	MCh$		MCh$			MCh$
Balances as of January 1, 2015		10,441		232,418			242,859
Acquisitions		491		27,082			27,573
Disposals and Impairment		-		-			-
Other		-		-			-
Balances as of December 31, 2015		10,932		259,500			270,432
Balances as of January 1, 2014		9,955		242,023			251,978
Acquisitions		486		26,951			27,437
Disposals and Impairment		-		(36,556	)		(36,556	)
Other		-		-			-
Balances as of December 31, 2014		10,441		232,418			242,859

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NOTE 12

INTANGIBLE ASSETS, continued

b.2) Accumulated amortization

	Licenses			Software development			Total
Accumulated amortization	MCh$			MCh$			MCh$
Balances as of January 1, 2015		(8,435	)		(193,441	)		(201,876	)
Year’s amortization		(437	)		(16,982	)		(17,419	)
Other changes		-			-			-
Balances as of December 31, 2015		(8,872	)		(210,423	)		(219,295	)
Balances as of January 1, 2014		(7,758	)		(177,517	)		(185,275	)
Year’s amortization		(677	)		(15,924	)		(16,601	)
Other changes		-			-			-
Balances as of December 31, 2014		(8,435	)		(193,441	)		(201,876	)

c) The Bank has no restriction on intangible assets as of December 31, 2015 and 2014. Additionally, the intangibles assets have not been pledged as guarantee for fulfillment of financial liabilities. Also, the Bank has no debt related to intangible assets as of those dates.

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AS OF AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014

NOTE 13

PROPERTY, PLANT, AND EQUIPMENT

a) As of December 31, 2015 and 2014, the composition of property, plant, and equipment balances are composed as follows:

			As of December 31, 2015
	Net opening balance as of January 1, 2015		Gross  balance		Accumulated depreciation			Net  balance
	MCh$		MCh$		MCh$			MCh$
Land and buildings		142,596		237,449		(79,015	)		158,434
Equipment		49,100		137,621		(77,713	)		59,908
Ceded under operating leases		4,250		4,888		(650	)		4,238
Other		15,615		51,482		(33,403	)		18,079
Total		211,561		431,440		(190,781	)		240,659

			As of December 31, 2014
	Net opening balance as of January 1, 2014		Gross  balance		Accumulated depreciation			Net  balance
	MCh$		MCh$		MCh$			MCh$
Land and buildings		128,119		209,668		(67,072	)		142,596
Equipment		38,841		108,416		(59,316	)		49,100
Ceded under operating leases		4,329		4,888		(638	)		4,250
Other		8,926		43,499		(27,884	)		15,615
Total		180,215		366,471		(154,910	)		211,561

b) The activity in property, plant, and equipment as of December 31, 2015 and 2014 is as follows:

b.1) Gross balance

	Land and buildings		Equipment			Operating leases		Other			Total
2015	MCh$		MCh$			MCh$		MCh$			MCh$
Balances as of January 1, 2015		209,668		108,416			4,888		43,499			366,471
Additions		27,781		29,282			-		8,048			65,111
Disposals		-		(56	)		-		(65	)		(121	)
Impairment due to damage		-		(21	)		-		-			(21	)
Other		-		-			-		-			-
Balances as of December 31, 2015		237,449		137,621			4,888		51,482			431,440

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AS OF AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014

NOTE 13

PROPERTY, PLANT, AND EQUIPMENT, continued

	Land and buildings		Equipment			Operating leases		Other			Total
2014	MCh$		MCh$			MCh$		MCh$			MCh$
Balances as of January 1, 2014		184,711		85,857			4,888		32,207			307,663
Additions		24,957		22,785			-		11,346			59,088
Disposals		-		(118	)		-		(54	)		(172	)
Impairment due to damage		-		(108	)		-		-			(108	)
Other		-		-			-		-			-
Balances as of December 31, 2014		209,668		108,416			4,888		43,499			366,471

b.2) Accumulated depreciation

	Land and buildings			Equipment			Operating leases			Other			Total
2015	MCh$			MCh$			MCh$			MCh$			MCh$
Balances as of January 1, 2015		(67,073	)		(59,316	)		(638	)		(27,883	)		(154,910	)
Depreciation charges in the period		(11,966	)		(18,417	)		(12	)		(5,800	)		(36,195	)
Sales and disposals in the period		24			20			-			280			324
Transfers		-			-			-			-			-
Other		-			-			-			-			-
Balances as of December 31, 2015		(79,015	)		(77,713	)		(650	)		(33,403	)		(190,781	)

	Land and buildings			Equipment			Operating leases			Other			Total
2014	MCh$			MCh$			MCh$			MCh$			MCh$
Balances as of January 1, 2014		(56,592	)		(47,016	)		(559	)		(23,281	)		(127,448	)
Depreciation charges in the period		(10,483	)		(12,331	)		(79	)		(4,678	)		(27,571	)
Sales and disposals in the period		2			31			-			76			109
Transfers		-			-			-			-			-
Other		-			-			-			-			-
Balances as of December 31, 2014		(67,073	)		(59,316	)		(638	)		(27,883	)		(154,910	)

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AS OF AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014

NOTE 13

PROPERTY, PLANT, AND EQUIPMENT, continued

c) Operational leases – Lessor

As of December 31, 2015 and 2014, the future minimum lease cash inflows under non-cancellable operating leases are as follows:

	As of December 31,
	2015		2014
	MCh$		MCh$
Due within 1 year		465		453
Due after 1 year but within 2 years		1,057		1,140
Due after 2 years but within 3 years		465		278
Due after 3 years but within 4 years		462		278
Due after 4 years but within 5 years		440		276
Due after 5 years		2,322		1,755
Total		5,211		4,180

d) Operational leases – Lessee

Certain Bank’s premises and equipment are leased under various operating leases. Future minimum rental payments under non-cancellable leases are as follows:

	As of December 31,
	2015		2014
	MCh$		MCh$
Due within 1 year		22,303		19,225
Due after 1 year but within 2 years		20,862		17,509
Due after 2 year but within 3 years		19,499		16,416
Due after 3 years but within 4 years		17,215		15,206
Due after 4 years but within 5 years		14,154		13,012
Due after 5 years		55,561		58,213
Total		149,594		139,581

e) As of December 31, 2015 and 2014, the Bank has no financial leases which cannot be unilaterally rescinded.

f) The Bank has no restriction on property, plant and equipment as of December 31, 2015 and 2014. Additionally, the property, plant, and equipment have not been provided as guarantees of financial liabilities. The Bank has no debt in connection with property, plant and equipment.

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

AS OF AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014

NOTE 14

CURRENT AND DEFERRED TAXES

a) Current taxes

As of December 31, 2015 and 2014, the Bank recognizes Taxes payable (recoverable) , which is determined based on the currently applicable tax legislation. This amount is recorded net of recoverable taxes, and is as shown as follows:

	As of December 31,
	2015			2014
	MCh$			MCh$
Summary of current tax liabilities (assets)
Current tax (assets)		-			(2,241	)
Current tax liabilities		17,796			1,077
Total tax payable (recoverable)		17,796			(1,164	)
(Assets) liabilities current taxes detail (net)
Income tax, tax rate (*)		121,775			122,150
Minus:
Provisional monthly payments		(96,319	)		(115,743	)
Credit for training expenses		(1,851	)		(1,764	)
Land taxes leasing		(3,853	)		(3,357	)
Grant credits		(1,326	)		(1,587	)
Other		(630	)		(863	)
Total tax payable (recoverable)		17,796			(1,164	)

(*)The tax rate is 22.5% for 2015 and 21% for 2014.

b) Effect on income

The effect of tax expense on income for the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014 is comprised of the following items:

	As of December 31,
	2015			2014
	MCh$			MCh$
Income tax expense
Current tax		121,775			122,150
Credits (debits) for deferred taxes
Origination and reversal of temporary differences		(46,766	)		(77,742	)
Subtotals		75,009			44,408
Tax for rejected expenses (Article No.21)		340			746
Other		(48	)		398
Net charges for income tax expense		75,301			45,552

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NOTE 14

CURRENT AND DEFERRED TAXES, continued:

c) Effective tax rate reconciliation

The reconciliation between the income tax rate and the effective rate applied in determining tax expenses as of December 31, 2015 and 2014 is as follows:

	As of December 31,
	2015						2014
	Tax						Tax
	rate			Amount			rate			Amount
	%			MCh$			%			MCh$
Tax calculated over profit before tax		22.50			118,674			21.00			126,391
Permanent differences		(5.61	)		(29,570	)		(6.47	)		(38,956	)
Single penalty tax (rejected expenses)		0.06			340			0.12			746
Effect of tax reform changes on deferred tax		(2.01	)		(10,600	)		(6.52	)		(39,262	)
Real estate taxes		(0.73	)		(3,853	)		(0.56	)		(3,357	)
Other		0.06			310			-			(10	)
Effective rates and expenses for income tax		14.27			75,301			7.57			45,552

d) Effect of deferred taxes on comprehensive income

Below is a summary of the separate effect of deferred tax on other comprehensive income, showing the asset and liability balances, for the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014:

	As of December 31,
	2015			2014
	MCh$			MCh$
Deferred tax assets
Available for sale investments		1,751			24
Cash flow hedges		(155	)		(2,252	)
Total deferred tax assets recognized through other comprehensive income		1,596			2,228
Deferred tax liabilities
Available for sale investments		(155	)		(4,578	)
Cash flow hedges		(1,785	)		-
Total deferred tax liabilities recognized through other comprehensive income		(1,940	)		(4,578	)
Net deferred tax balances in equity		(344	)		(6,806	)
Deferred taxes in equity attributable to equity holders of the bank		(373	)		(6,805	)
Deferred tax in equity attributable to non-controlling interests		29			(1	)

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AS OF AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014

NOTE 14

CURRENT AND DEFERRED TAXES, continued

e) Effect of deferred taxes on income

As of December 31, 2015 and 2014, the Bank has recorded effects for deferred taxes in the financial statements.

Below are the effects of deferred taxes on assets, liabilities and income:

	As of December 31,
	2015			2014
	MCh$			MCh$
Deferred tax assets
Interests and adjustments		10,962			10,999
Non-recurring charge-offs		7,839			7,988
Assets received in lieu of payment		2,214			1,209
Property, plant and equipment		5,408			5,154
Allowance for loan losses		150,436			125,195
Provision for expenses		47,218			28,902
Derivatives		7,481			9,939
Leased assets		69,244			73,886
Subsidiaries tax losses		7,705			7,887
Valuation of investments		9,800			4,895
Other		11,811			8,385
Total deferred tax assets		330,118			284,439
Deferred tax liabilities
Depreciation		(355	)		(395	)
Other		(1,611	)		(2,658	)
Total deferred tax liabilities		(1,966	)		(3,053	)

f) Summary of deferred tax assets and liabilities

Below is a summary of the deferred taxes impact on equity and income.

	As of December 31,
	2015			2014
	MCh$			MCh$
Deferred tax assets
Recognized through other comprehensive income		1,596			(2,228	)
Recognized through profit or loss		330,118			284,439
Total deferred tax assets		331,714			282,211
Deferred tax liabilities
Recognized through other comprehensive income		(1,940	)		(4,578	)
Recognized through profit or loss		(1,966	)		(3,053	)
Total deferred tax liabilities		(3,906	)		(7,631	)

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NOTE 14

CURRENT AND DEFERRED TAXES, continued

g) Complementary information related to the circular issued by the local Tax Service (SII) and the SBIF

g.1) Loans and accounts receivable from customers, net

	As of December 31,
	2015								2014
			Tax value of assets								Tax value of assets
	Financial				Impaired Portfolio				Financial				Impaired Portfolio
	value of assets		Total		With Guarantees		Without Guarantees		value of assets		Total		With Guarantees		Without Guarantees
	MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$
Interbank loans		10,877		10,877		-		-		11,943		11,943		-		-
Commercial loans		11,516,520		11,543,677		76,980		189,170		10,513,400		10,541,375		116,155		167,153
Consumer loans		4,145,211		4,174,763		1,667		24,004		3,913,105		3,945,458		1,747		24,865
Mortgage loans		7,812,850		7,827,755		87,639		9,412		6,632,029		6,646,305		90,693		8,697
Total		23,485,458		23,557,072		166,286		222,586		21,070,477		21,145,081		208,595		200,715

g.2) Allowances for the impaired portfolio without guarantees

	Balance as of 01.01.2015		Allowance charge-off			Allowance established		Allowance release			Balance as of 31.12.2015
	MCh$		MCh$			MCh$		MCh$			MCh$
Commercial loans		167,153		(92,538	)		225,110		(110,555	)		189,170
Consumer loans		24,865		(201,637	)		249,724		(48,948	)		24,004
Mortgage loans		8,697		(4,166	)		50,221		(45,340	)		9,412
Total		200,715		(298,341	)		525,055		(204,843	)		222,586

	Balance as of 01.01.2014		Allowance charge-off			Allowance established		Allowance release			Balance as of 31.12.2014
	MCh$		MCh$			MCh$		MCh$			MCh$
Commercial loans		134,807		(87,403	)		266,434		(146,685	)		167,153
Consumer loans		14,995		(110,094	)		143,741		(23,777	)		24,865
Mortgage loans		1,154		(2,108	)		22,181		(12,530	)		8,697
Total		150,956		(199,605	)		432,356		(182,992	)		200,715

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AS OF AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014

NOTE 14

CURRENT AND DEFERRED TAXES, continued

g.3) Direct charge-offs and recoveries

	As of December 31,
	2015			2014
	MCh$			MCh$
Direct charge-offs according to Art. 31 N°4 (paragraph II)		(38,690	)		33,519
Cancellations that generated the release of allowances		-			-
Recoveries or renegotiations of charged-off loans		22,073			50,420
Total		(16,617	)		83,939

g.4) Application of article 31 N°4 (paragraph I and II)

	As of December 31,
	2015		2014
	MCh$		MCh$
Charge-offs according to paragraph I		-		-
Cancellations according to paragraph III		28,928		38,229
Total		28,928		38,229

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NOTE 15

OTHER ASSETS

Other assets item includes the following:

	As of December 31,
	2015			2014
	MCh$			MCh$
Assets for leasing (1)		35,519			66,656
Assets received or awarded in lieu of payment (2)
Assets received in lieu of payment		13,544			12,270
Assets awarded at judicial sale		14,938			12,055
Provision on assets received in lieu of payment or awarded		(5,873	)		(3,561	)
Subtotal		22,609			20,764
Other assets
Guarantee deposits (margin accounts)		649,325			3,013
Gold investments		443			422
VAT credit		9,468			11,579
Income tax recoverable		35,925			38,674
Prepaid expenses		192,894			204,626
Assets recovered from leasing for sale		2,214			1,042
Pension plan assets		1,875			1,857
Accounts and notes receivable		36,566			47,153
Notes receivable through brokerage and simultaneous transactions		52,798			53,142
Other receivable assets		11,379			10,251
Other assets		46,811			33,994
Subtotal		1,039,698			405,753
Total		1,097,826			493,173

(1) Assets available to be granted under the financial leasing agreements.

(2) The Assets received in lieu of payment correspond to assets received as payment of debts due from customers. The total of these assets acquired in this way should not at any time exceed 20% of regulatory capital of the Bank. These assets now account for 0.38% (0.37% as of December 31, 2014) of the Bank’s effective equity.

Assets awarded in judicial sale correspond to those acquired in judicial auction as payment of debts previously subscribed with the Bank. The assets awarded through a judicial sale are not subject to the aforementioned requirement. These properties are assets available for sale. The Bank is expected to complete the sale within one year from the date on which the asset is received or acquired. When they are not sold within that period of time, the Bank must charge-off those assets.

Additionally, a provision is recorded for the difference between the initial value rewarded plus any additions and the estimated realizable value (appraisal) when the former is greater.

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

AS OF AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014

NOTE 16

TIME DEPOSITS AND OTHER TIME LIABILITIES

As of December 31, 2015 and 2014, the composition of the line item Time deposits and other liabilities is as follows:

	As of December 31,
	2015		2014
	MCh$		MCh$
Deposits and other demand liabilities
Checking accounts		5,875,992		5,131,130
Other deposits and demand accounts		577,077		554,785
Other demand liabilities		903,052		794,582
Total		7,356,121		6,480,497
Time deposits and other time liabilities
Time deposits		12,065,697		10,303,167
Time savings account		113,562		107,599
Other time liabilities		3,508		3,174
Total		12,182,767		10,413,940

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

AS OF AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014

NOTE 17

INTERBANK BORROWINGS

As of December 31, 2015 and 2014 the line item Interbank borrowings is as follows:

	As of December 31,
	2015		2014
	MCh$		MCh$
Loans from financial institutions and the Central Bank of Chile		4		94
Subtotal		4		94
Loans from domestic financial institutions		-		66,006
Loans from foreign financial institutions
Citibank N.A. - New York		272,572		177,246
Mizuho Corporate Bank		260,042		192,522
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation		169,906		-
Standard Chartered Bank - New York		141,738		206,471
Wells Fargo Bank N.A. – New York		106,328		140,060
Bank of America		70,890		15,331
The Bank of Nova Scotia		60,206		-
The Bank of New York Mellon		52,393		12,184
Barclays Bank PLC London		35,391		-
NTT Docomo Inc.		35,133		-
Wachovia Bank N.A.- Miami		26,668		299
Zurcher Kantonal Bank		21,257		-
European Investment Bank		14,808		12,702
Corporación Andina de Fomento		14,162		-
Banco Santander – Brasil S.A.		7,619		2,459
Banco Santander – Hong Kong		5,106		1,959
Standard Chartered Bank		1,464		-
Bank of China		1,174		737
Unicrédito Italiano - New York		863		225
China Construcción Bank		585		-
Deutsche Bank A.G.- New York		573		269
Banco do Brasil S.A. – London		496		249
Bank of Tokio Mitsubishi		474		-
BNP Paribas S.A.		435		-
ING Bank N.V. - Vienna		303		267
First Union National Bank		290		276
Banca Commerciale Italiana S. P.		280		47
Caixa D’Estalvis i Pensions		243		-
Taipei Bank		214		-
Shinhan Bank		200		-
Banco Bradesco S.A.		177		93
Commerzbank A.G. – Frankfurt		175		425
Commerzbank A.G. – Miami		-		6,097
Shanghai Pudong Development		167		-
Banco de Occidente		162		123
Banco de Sabadell S.A.		147		17
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria		144		-
Banco Espirito Santo S.A.		142		-
Banco Itaú – Paraguay S.A.		135		1,156
Hua Nan Commercial Bank Ltd.		130		-
Banco del Pichincha		124		-
Fifth Third Bank		123		-
Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena		123		-
Danske Bank		113		-
Banco Santander – Madrid		112		369
China Guangfa Bank Co. Ltd.		103		-
Finans Bank S.A.		101		-
Banco Surinvest S.A.		96		-
Casa di Risparmo de Padova ER		85		-
Korea Exchange Bank		83		-
J.P. Morgan Chase Bank N.A. - New York		80		385
Kasikom Bank Public Co. Ltd.		79		-
Woori Bank		75		-
Citic Industrial Bank		71		-
Banca Popolare d Vicenza SCPa		68		174
Banco de Crédito del Perú		67		-
Taiwan Business Bank		64		-
Hanvit Bank		61		-

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

AS OF AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014

NOTE 17

INTERBANK BORROWINGS, continued

	As of December 31,
	2015		2014
	MCh$		MCh$
Loans from foreign financial institutions
Bank Mandiri (Persero)		60		-
Banco Popular Español S.A.		59		-
Citibank El Cairo		57		-
Habib Bank		37		-
U.S. Bank		37		1,193
Nordea Bank Danmark		34		-
Banca Nazionale del Lavoro S.P.		30		26
Turk Ekonomi Bank A.S.		29		-
Chang Hwa Commercial Bank Ltd.		28		-
Bank of Taiwan		28		-
Punjab National Bank		26		-
Hang Seng Bank Ltd.		26		-
State Bank of India		25		-
The Toronto Dominion Bank – Toronto		21		73,110
Banco Interamericano de Finanzas		21		-
BBVA Banco Francés S.A.		21		210
Turkiye Halk Bankasi		-		22
Banque Generale Du Luxembourg		-		237
National Westminster Bank PLC		-		145
Yapi Ve KrediI Bankasi A.S.		-		363
Banco Sudameris Paraguay s.A.		-		308
Banco Interamericano del Desarrollo		-		121,575
Bank of Montreal – Toronto		-		103,439
HSBC Bank of New York		-		30,430
Canadian Imperial Bank of Comm		-		24,341
National Bank of Abu Dhabi		-		18,235
KFW IPEX Bank GMBH		-		12,184
Standard Chartered Bank - Hong Kong		-		4,851
Standard Chartered Bank		-		228
HSBC Bank USA		-		391
Others		2,211		2,071
Subtotal		1,307,570		1,165,501
Total		1,307,574		1,231,601

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

AS OF AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014

NOTE 17

INTERBANK BORROWINGS, continued

a) Obligations with Central Bank of Chile

Debts to the Central Bank of Chile include credit lines for renegotiation of loans and other borrowings. These credit lines were provided by the Central Bank of Chile for renegotiation of loans due to the need to refinance debt as a result of the economic recession and crisis of the banking system in the early 1980s.

The outstanding amounts owed to the Central Bank of Chile under these credit lines are as follows:

	As of December 31,
	2015		2014
	MCh$		MCh$
Total Line of credit for renegotiation with Central Bank of Chile		4		94

b) Loans from domestic financial institutions

These obligations’ maturities are as follows:

	As of December 31,
	2015		2014
	MCh$		MCh$
Due within 1 year		-		66,006
Due within 1 and 2 year		-		-
Due within 2 and 3 year		-		-
Due within 3 and 4 year		-		-
Due after 5 years		-		-
Total loans from domestic financial institutions		-		66,006

c) Foreign obligations

	As of December 31,
	2015		2014
	MCh$		MCh$
Due within 1 year		868,593		717,416
Due within 1 and 2 year		352,345		242,863
Due within 2 and 3 year		35,390		192,522
Due within 3 and 4 year		35,133		-
Due after 5 years		16,109		12,700
Total loans from foreign financial institutions		1,307,570		1,165,501

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

AS OF AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014

NOTE 18

ISSUED DEBT INSTRUMENTS AND OTHER FINANCIAL LIABILITIES

As of December 31, 2015 and 2014, composition of this item is as follows:

	As of December 31,
	2015		2014
	MCh$		MCh$
Other financial liabilities
Obligations to public sector		63,921		65,843
Other domestic obligations		152,247		136,021
Foreign obligations		4,359		3,261
Subtotal		220,527		205,125
Issued debt instruments
Mortgage finance bonds		62,858		81,509
Senior bonds		5,041,636		4,868,487
Mortgage bond		107,582		109,200
Subordinated bonds		745,019		725,916
Subtotal		5,957,095		5,785,112
Total		6,177,622		5,990,237

Debts classified as current are either demand obligations or will mature in one year or less. All other debts are classified as non-current. The Bank’s debts, both current and non-current, are summarized below:

	As of December 31, 2015
	Current		Non-current		Total
	MCh$		MCh$		MCh$
Mortgage finance bonds		5,544		57,314		62,858
Senior bonds		796,012		4,245,624		5,041,636
Mortgage bond		4,063		103,519		107,582
Subordinated bonds		6,583		738,436		745,019
Issued debt instruments		812,202		5,144,893		5,957,095
Other financial liabilities		136,172		84,355		220,527
Total		948,374		5,229,248		6,177,622

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AS OF AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014

NOTE 18

ISSUED DEBT INSTRUMENTS AND OTHER FINANCIAL LIABILITIES, continued

	As of December 31, 2014
	Current		Non-current		Total
	MCh$		MCh$		MCh$
Mortgage finance bonds		6,561		74,948		81,509
Senior bonds		1,166,602		3,701,885		4,868,487
Mortgage bond		3,778		105,422		109,200
Subordinated bonds		10,451		715,465		725,916
Issued debt instruments		1,187,392		4,597,720		5,785,112
Other financial liabilities		120,549		84,576		205,125
Total		1,307,941		4,682,296		5,990,237

a) Mortgage finance bonds

These bonds are used to finance mortgage loans. Their principal amounts are amortized on a quarterly basis. The range of maturities of these bonds is between five and twenty years. Loans are indexed to UF and create a yearly interest yield of 5.95% as of December 31, 2015 (5.83% as of December 31, 2014).

	As of December 31,
	2015		2014
	MCh$		MCh$
Due within 1 year		5,544		6,561
Due after 1 year but within 2 years		6,237		6,971
Due after 2 year but within 3 years		8,000		8,282
Due after 3 year but within 4 years		5,211		10,366
Due after 4 year but within 5 years		5,005		6,198
Due after 5 years		32,861		43,131
Total mortgage finance bonds		62,858		81,509

b) Senior bonds

The following table shows senior bonds by currency:

	As of December 31,
	2015		2014
	MCh$		MCh$
Santander bonds in UF		5,027,297		1,797,438
Santander bonds in US$		8,659		2,191,347
Santander bonds in CHF		2,396		443,186
Santander bonds in Ch$		1,951		236,025
Santander bonds in CNY		-		-
Current bonds in  AUD		358		62,472
Santander bonds in JPY		975		138,019
Total senior bonds		5,041,636		4,868,487

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AS OF AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014

NOTE 18

ISSUED DEBT INSTRUMENTS AND OTHER FINANCIAL LIABILITIES, continued

i. Placement of senior bonds:

In 2015, the Bank issued bonds for UF22,000,000; CLP 200,000,000,000; CHF 150,000,000; and JPY 1,200,000,000 detailed as follows:

Series	Currency		Amount		Term		Issuance rate	Issuance date	Series issued amount	Maturity date
SG Series Series		UF		3,000,000		12 years	3.30% per annum simple	11-01-2014	UF 3,000,000	11-01-2025
SF Series Series		UF		3,000,000		5 years	3.00% per annum simple	11-01-2014	UF 3,000,000	04-01-2020
SB Series Series		UF		2,000,000		5 years	2.65% per annum simple	07-01-2014	UF 2,000,000	07-01-2019
BSTDP6 Series		UF		3,000,000		5 years	2.25% per annum simple	03-01-2015	UF 3,000,000	03-01-2020
BSTDP7 Series		UF		3,000,000		8 years	2.40% per annum simple	03-01-2015	UF 3,000,000	09-01-2022
BSTDP8 Series		UF		3,000,000		6 years	2.25% per annum simple	03-01-2015	UF 3,000,000	09-01-2021
BSTDP9 Series		UF		2,000,000		6 years	2.60% per annum simple	03-01-2015	UF 5,000,000	09-01-2025
BSTDSA0714 Series		UF		3,000,000		10 years	3.00% per annum simple	07-01-2014	UF 5,000,000	07-01-2024
UF Total		UF		22,000,000
BSTDP2 Series		CLP		100,000,000,000		5 years	5.20% per annum simple	01-01-2015	CLP 100,000,000,000	03-01-2020
BSTDP4 Series		CLP		100,000,000,000		5 years	4.80% per annum simple	03-01-2015	CLP 150,000,000,000	03-01-2020
CLP Total		CLP		200,000,000,000
CHF fixed rate bond		CHF		150,000,000		7 years	0.38%  quarterly	05-19-2015	CHF 150,000,000	05-19-2022
CHF Total		CHF		150,000,000
JPY Current Bond		JPY		1,200,000,000		5 years	0.42% biannually	12-17-2015	JPY 1,200,000,000	12-17-2020
JPY Total		JPY		1,200,000,000

During 2015, the Bank performed a partial repurchase of of the following bond:

Date	Type	Amount
12-01-2015	Senior	USD     19,000,000

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NOTE 18

ISSUED DEBT INSTRUMENTS AND OTHER FINANCIAL LIABILITIES, continued

In 2014, the Bank issued bonds for UF11,400,000; CLP 75,000,000,000; CHF 300,000,000; USD 750,000,000, AUD 125,000,000, and JPY 27,300,000,000 detailed as follows:

Series	Currency		Amount		Term		Issuance rate	Issuance date	Series issued amount	Maturity date
EB Series		UF		2,000,000		5 years	3.5% per annum simple	02-21-2014	UF 2,000,000	10-01-2018
ED Series		UF		2,000,000		7 years	3.5% per annum simple	08-28-2014	UF 2,000,000	01-01-2021
EF Series		UF		2,400,000		10 years	3.40% biannually	10-29-2014	UF 2,400,000	01-01-2024
SB Series		UF		3,000,000		5 years	2.65% biannually	12-11-2014	UF 3,000,000	07-01-2019
SA Series		UF		2,000,000		10 years	3.00% biannually	12-16-2014	UF 2,000,000	07-01-2024
UF Total		UF		11,400,000
EA Series		CLP		25,000,000,000		5 years	6.2% per annum simple	02-22-2014	CLP 25,000,000,000	09-01-2018
SE Series		CLP		50,000,000,000		5 years	5.50% biannually	11-21-2014	CLP 50,000,000,000	07-01-2019
CLP Total		CLP		75,000,000,000
CHF Bond		CHF		300,000,000		3 years	1% per annum simple	01-31-2014	CHF 300,000,000	07-31-2017
CHF Total		CHF		300,000,000
DN Current Bond		USD		250,000,000		5 years	Libor (3 months) + 75 bp	02-19-2014	USD 250,000,000	02-19-2019
Floating Bond		USD		500,000,000		5 years	Libor (3 months) + 90 bp	04-15-2014	USD 500,000,000	04-11-2017
USD Total		USD		750,000,000
AUD Bond		AUD		125,000,000		3 years	4.5% per annum simple	03-13-2014	AUD 125,000,000	03-13-2017
AUD Total		AUD		125,000,000
JPY Floating Bond		JPY		6,600,000,000		3 years	Libor (3 months) + 65 bp	04-24-2014	JPY 6,600,000,000	04-24-2017
JPY Current Bond		JPY		2,000,000,000		3 years	0.72% per annum simple	04-24-2014	JPY 2,000,000,000	04-24-2017
JPY Current Bond		JPY		18,700,000,000		5 years	0.97% per annum simple	04-24-2014	JPY 18,700,000,000	04-24-2019
JPY Total		JPY		27,300,000,000

During 2014, the Bank repurchased bonds for CLP 118,409,000,000 and UF 6,000,000.

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AS OF AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014

NOTE 18

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ii. The maturities of senior bonds are as follows:

	As of December 31,
	2015		2014
	MCh$		MCh$
Due within 1 year		796,012		1,166,602
Due after 1 year but within 2 years		1,147,138		646,380
Due after 2 year but within 3 years		415,914		1,037,521
Due after 3 year but within 4 years		682,494		381,263
Due after 4 year but within 5 years		466,700		566,430
Due after 5 years		1,533,378		1,070,291
Total senior bonds		5,041,636		4,868,487

c) Mortgage bonds

Detail of mortgage bonds per currency is as follows:

	As of December 31,
	2015		2014
	MCh$		MCh$
Mortgage bonds in UF		107,582		109,200
Total mortgage bonds		107,582		109,200

i. Allocation of mortgage bonds

During 2015, the Bank has not placed any mortgage bonds.

During 2014, the Bank placed bonds for UF 1,500,000, detailed as follows:

Series	Amount	Term	Issuance rate	Issuance date	Series issued amount	Maturity date
AB Series	UF     1,500,000	18 years	3.2% biannually	09-01-2014	UF    1,500,000	04-01-2032
Total UF	UF     1,500,000

The maturities of Mortgage bonds are as follows:

	As of December 31,
	2015		2014
	MCh$		MCh$
Due within 1 year		4,063		3,778
Due after 1 year but within 2 years		6,522		6,065
Due after 2 year but within 3 years		6,733		6,261
Due after 3 year but within 4 years		6,951		6,463
Due after 4 year but within 5 years		7,175		6,671
Due after 5 years		76,138		79,962
Total Mortgage bonds		107,582		109,200

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AS OF AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED  DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014

NOTE 18

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d) Subordinated bonds

Detail of the subordinated bonds per currency is as follows:

	As of December 31,
	2015		2014
	MCh$		MCh$
Subordinated bonds denominated in CLP		6		-
Subordinated bonds denominated in USD		-		3
Subordinated bonds denominated in UF		745,013		725,913
Total subordinated bonds		745,019		725,916

i. Allocation of subordinated bonds

During 2015 and 2014, the Bank has not placed any subordinated bonds.

The maturities of subordinated bonds, are as follows:

	As of December 31,
	2015		2014
	MCh$		MCh$
Due within 1 year		6,583		10,451
Due after 1 year but within 2 years		-		6,311
Due after 2 year but within 3 years		-		-
Due after 3 year but within 4 years		-		-
Due after 4 year but within 5 years		-		-
Due after 5 years		738,436		709,154
Total subordinated bonds		745,019		725,916

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AS OF AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED  DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014

NOTE 18

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e) Other financial liabilities

The composition of other financial obligations, by maturity, is detailed below:

	As of December 31,
	2015		2014
	MCh$		MCh$
Non-current portion:
Due after 1 year but within 2 years		3,497		3,380
Due after 2 year but within 3 years		20,240		2,248
Due after 3 year but within 4 years		16,063		20,988
Due after 4 year but within 5 years		28,227		15,116
Due after 5 years		16,328		42,844
Non-current portion subtotal		84,355		84,576
Current portion:
Amounts due to credit card operators		129,358		112,530
Acceptance of letters of credit		3,176		2,496
Other long-term financial obligations, short-term portion		3,638		5,523
Current portion subtotal		136,172		120,549
Total other financial liabilities		220,527		205,125

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AS OF AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED  DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014

NOTE 19

MATURITY OF FINANCIAL ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

As of December 31, 2015 and 2014, the detail of the maturities of financial assets and liabilities is as follows:

	Demand		Up to 1 month		Between 1 and 3 months		Between 3 and 12 months		Subtotal up to 1 year		Between 1 and 5 years		More than 5 years		Subtotal More than 1 year		Total
As of December 31, 2015	MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$
Assets
Cash and deposits in banks		1,677,076		387,730		-		-		2,064,806		-		-		-		2,064,806
Cash items in process of collection		724,521		-		-		-		724,521		-		-		-		724,521
Trading investments		-		126,248		21,364		264		147,876		87,735		88,660		176,395		324,271
Investments under resale agreements		-		2,463		-		-		2,463		-		-		-		2,463
Financial derivative contracts		-		158,843		213,335		407,854		780,032		1,191,866		1,234,028		2,425,894		3,205,926
Interbank loans (1)		9,371		-		1,506		-		10,877		-		-		-		10,877
Loans and accounts receivables from customers (2)		664,164		2,401,995		2,178,424		4,027,990		9,272,573		7,498,802		8,518,505		16,017,307		25,289,880
Available for sale investments		-		480,801		72,217		243,241		796,259		517,655		730,497		1,248,152		2,044,411
Guarantee deposits (margin accounts)		649,325		-		-		-		649,325		-		-		-		649,325
Total assets		3,724,457		3,558,080		2,486,846		4,679,349		14,448,732		9,296,058		10,571,690		19,867,748		34,316,480
Liabilities
Deposits and other demand liabilities		7,356,121		-		-		-		7,356,121		-		-		-		7,356,121
Cash items in process of being cleared		462,157		-		-		-		462,157		-		-		-		462,157
Obligations under repurchase agreements		-		143,689		-		-		143,689		-		-		-		143,689
Time deposits and other time liabilities		114,341		5,707,940		3,210,947		2,853,761		11,886,989		238,933		56,845		295,778		12,182,767
Financial derivative contracts		-		126,643		190,409		380,158		697,210		1,016,731		1,148,665		2,165,396		2,862,606
Interbank borrowings		27,323		7,946		148,509		684,819		868,597		438,977		-		438,977		1,307,574
Issued debt instruments		1,953		440,500		155,821		213,928		812,202		2,764,082		2,380,811		5,144,893		5,957,095
Other financial liabilities		129,358		3,142		558		3,114		136,172		68,027		16,328		84,355		220,527
Guarantees received (margin accounts)		819,331		-		-		-		819,331		-		-		-		819,331
Total liabilities		8,910,584		6,429,860		3,706,244		4,135,780		23,182,468		4,526,750		3,602,649		8,129,399		31,311,867

(1) Interbank loans are presented on a gross basis. The amount of allowance is Ch$16 million.

(2) Loans and accounts receivables from customers are presented on a gross basis. Provisions amounts according to type of loan are detailed as follows: Commercial loans Ch$445,650 million, Mortgage loans Ch$51,160 million and Consumer loans Ch$257,869 million.

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

AS OF AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED  DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014

NOTE 19

MATURITY OF FINANCIAL ASSETS AND LIABILITIES, continued

	Demand		Up to 1 month		Between 1 and 3 months		Between 3 and 12 months		Subtotal up to 1 year		Between 1 and 5 years		More than 5 years		Subtotal More than 1 year		Total
As of December 31, 2014	MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$
Assets
Cash and deposits in banks		1,538,888		70,000		-		-		1,608,888		-		-		-		1,608,888
Cash items in process of collection		531,373		-		-		-		531,373		-		-		-		531,373
Trading investments		-		263,034		-		164,823		427,857		171,620		175,338		346,958		774,815
Investments under resale agreements		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-
Financial derivative contracts		-		131,675		152,441		350,432		634,548		1,078,925		1,014,090		2,093,015		2,727,563
Interbank loans (1)		2,872		-		9,071		-		11,943		-		-		-		11,943
Loans and accounts receivables from customers (2)		814,557		2,168,019		1,774,873		3,773,848		8,531,297		7,084,202		7,265,207		14,349,409		22,880,706
Available for sale investments		-		22,652		158,014		526,410		707,076		184,376		760,146		944,522		1,651,598
Guarantee deposits (margin accounts)		3,013		-		-		-		3,013		-		-		-		3,013
Total assets		2,890,703		2,655,380		2,094,399		4,815,513		12,455,995		8,519,123		9,214,781		17,733,904		30,189,899
Liabilities
Deposits and other demand liabilities		6,480,497		-		-		-		6,480,497		-		-		-		6,480,497
Cash items in process of being cleared		281,259		-		-		-		281,259		-		-		-		281,259
Obligations under repurchase agreements		-		390,331		1,453		342		392,126		-		-		-		392,126
Time deposits and other time liabilities		112,025		5,343,226		2,480,158		2,289,405		10,224,814		130,427		58,699		189,126		10,413,940
Financial derivative contracts		-		125,884		176,048		319,488		621,420		1,028,017		911,947		1,939,964		2,561,384
Interbank borrowings		4,133		137,921		227,898		413,564		783,516		435,309		12,776		448,085		1,231,601
Issued debt instruments		-		176,649		319,516		691,227		1,187,392		2,693,946		1,903,774		4,597,720		5,785,112
Other financial liabilities		114,564		1,934		746		3,305		120,549		41,733		42,843		84,576		205,125
Guarantees received (margin accounts)		39,639		-		-		-		39,639		-		-		-		39,639
Total liabilities		7,032,117		6,175,945		3,205,819		3,717,331		20,131,212		4,329,432		2,930,039		7,259,471		27,390,683

(1) Interbank loans are presented on a gross basis. The amount of allowance is Ch$25 million.

(2) Loans and accounts receivables from customers are presented on a gross basis. Provisions amounts according to type of loan are detailed as follows: Commercial loans Ch$398,001 million, Mortgage loans Ch$48,744 million and Consumer loans Ch$254,023 million.

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

AS OF AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED  DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014

NOTE 20

PROVISIONS

a) As of December 31, 2015 and 2014, the composition is as follows:

	As of December 31,
	2015		2014
	MCh$		MCh$
Provisions for personnel salaries and expenses.		64,861		46,759
Provisions for mandatory dividends		134,663		165,099
Provisions for contingent loan risk:
Provisions for available on demand credit lines		17,321		16,036
Other provisions for contingent credit risk		12,425		12,139
Provisions for contingencies		64,463		70,404
Additional loan provisions		35,000		-
Provisions for country risk		385		155
Total		329,118		310,592

b) Below is the activity regarding provisions during the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014:

	Provisions
	Personnel salaries and expenses			Contingent loans risk			Contingencies			Additional loan		Mandatory dividends			Country risk			Total
	MCh$			MCh$			MCh$			MCh$		MCh$			MCh$			MCh$
Balances as of January 1, 2015		46,759			28,175			70,404			-		165,099			155			310,592
Provisions established		75,491			8,909			147,320			35,000		134,663			373			401,756
Application of provisions		(56,878	)		-			(150,681	)		-		(165,099	)		-			(372,658	)
Provisions released		-			(7,338	)		(2,580	)		-		-			(143	)		(10,061	)
Reclassifications		-			-			-			-		-			-			-
Other movements		(511	)		-			-			-		-			-			(511	)
Balances as of December 31, 2015		64,861			29,746			64,463			35,000		134,663			385			329,118
Balances as of January 1, 2014		39,501			30,614			33,069					132,578			470			236,232
Provisions established		57,071			8,410			57,032					165,099			438			288,050
Application of provisions		(46,777	)		-			(9,664	)				(132,578	)		-			(189,019	)
Provisions released		-			(10,849	)		(10,033	)				-			(753	)		(21,635	)
Reclassifications		(3,036	)		-			-					-			-			(3,036	)
Balances as of December 31, 2014		46,759			28,175			70,404					165,099			155			310,592

c) Provisions for personnel salaries and expenses:

	As of December 31,
	2015		2014
	MCh$		MCh$
Provision for seniority compensation		11,550		1,917
Provision for stock-based personnel benefits		-		-
Provision for performance bonds		31,528		24,540
Provision for vacations		21,053		19,746
Provision for other personnel benefits		730		556
Total		64,861		46,759

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

AS OF AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED  DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014

NOTE 20

PROVISIONS, continued

d) Provision for seniority compensation:

	As of December 31,
	2015			2014
	MCh$			MCh$
Balances as of January 1,		1,917			691
Provisions established		17,523			3,377
Payments		(7,364	)		(2,151	)
Prepayments		-			-
Provisions released		-			-
Other movements		(526	)		-
Total		11,550			1,917

e) Movement of provision for performance bonds:

	As of December 31,
	2015			2014
	MCh$			MCh$
Balances as of January 1,		24,540			18,218
Provisions established		47,752			40,395
Application of provisions		(40,764	)		(32,335	)
Provisions released		-			(1,738	)
Total		31,528			24,540

f) Movement of provision for personnel vacations:

	As of December 31,
	2015			2014
	MCh$			MCh$
Balances as of January 1,		19,746			18,741
Provisions established		9,542			11,161
Application of provisions		(8,249	)		(9,204	)
Provisions released		-			(952	)
Other movements		14			-
Total		21,053			19,746

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

AS OF AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED  DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014

NOTE 21

OTHER LIABILITIES

The other liabilities line item is as follows:

	As of December 31,
	2015		2014
	MCh$		MCh$
Accounts and notes payable		129,547		90,261
Unearned income		514		478
Margin accounts		819,331		39,639
Notes payable through brokerage and simultaneous transactions		20,764		27,751
Other payable obligations		40,828		43,550
Withheld VAT		1,656		1,698
Other liabilities		33,229		17,476
Total		1,045,869		220,853

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

AS OF AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED  DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014

NOTE 22

CONTINGENCIES AND COMMITMENTS

a) Lawsuits and legal procedures

As of the issuance date of these financial statements, the Bank and its affiliates were subject to certain legal actions in the normal course of their business. As of December 31, 2015, the Banks and its subsidiaries have provisions for this item of Ch$1,803 million and Ch$118 million, respectively (Ch$1,437 million and as Ch$738 million of December 31, 2014) which is included in “Provisions” in the Consolidated Statements of Financial Position as provisions for contingencies.

b) Contingent loans

The following table shows the Bank’s contractual obligations to issue loans:

	As of December 31,
	2015		2014
	MCh$		MCh$
Letters of credit issued		179,042		205,920
Foreign letters of credit confirmed		70,434		75,813
Guarantees		1,684,847		1,481,154
Personal guarantees		163,955		262,169
Subtotal		2,098,278		2,025,056
Available on demand credit lines		6,806,745		5,699,573
Other irrevocable credit commitments		82,328		109,520
Total		8,987,351		7,834,149

c) Held securities

The Bank holds securities in the normal course of its business as follows:

	As of December 31,
	2015		2014
	MCh$		MCh$
Third party operations
Collections		162,619		172,070
Assets from third parties managed by the Bank and its affiliates		1,507,359		1,247,923
Subtotals		1,669,978		1,419,993
Custody of securities
Securities held in custody		321,741		238,264
Securities held in custody deposited in other entity		561,612		552,741
Issued securities held in custody		18,246,385		16,383,501
Subtotals		19,129,738		17,174,506
Total		20,799,716		18,594,499

During 2015, the Bank classified the portfolios managed by private banking in “Assets from third parties managed by the Bank and its affiliates”. At the end of December 2015, the balance for this was Ch$ 1,507,305 million (Ch$ 1,247,888 million at December 31, 2014).

d) Guarantees

Banco Santander Chile has comprehensive officer fidelity insurance policy, No. 4223658, with the Chilena Consolidada de Seguros insurance company, for USD 5,000,000, which jointly covers both the Bank and its affiliates for the period from July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2016

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

AS OF AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED  DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014

NOTE 22

CONTINGENCIES AND COMMITMENTS, continued

e) Contingent loans and liabilities

To satisfy its clients’ needs, the Bank took on several contingent loans and liabilities that are not be recognized in the Consolidated Financial Statement of Financial Position; these contain loan risks and they are, therefore, part of the Bank`s global risk.

Santander Agente de Valores Limitada

In accordance with the provisions of Article No. 30 and onward of Law No. 18,045 on the Securities Market, the Company provided a guarantee in the amount of UF4,000 through Insurance Policy No. 216100453, underwritten by the Compañía de Seguros de Crédito Continental S.A., which matures on December 19, 2016.

Santander S.A. Corredores de Bolsa

i) The Company has given guarantees to the Bolsa de Comercio de Santiago for a current value of Ch$32,380 million to cover default risk on transactions entered into instantaneously or within short timeframes.

ii) In addition, the Company has issued a guarantee to CCLV Contraparte Central S.A. (formerly known as Cámara de Compensación) in cash, for a total Ch$3,000 million and additional guarantees entered at the Electronical Stock Market for Ch$1,009 million as of December 31, 2015.

iii) As of December 31, 2015, the following legal situations are in process:

- Case of “Bilbao vs. Santander Investment S.A. Corredores de Bolsa”, predecessor to Santander S.A. Corredores de Bolsa, followed in Santiago 20^th Civil Court, File No. 15549-2012. The period to provide evidence has expired and evidentiary proceedings are pending.

- Case of “Echeverria con Santander Corredora”, followed in Santiago 21st Civil Court File No. c21-366-2014: a claim for indemnity damages for the failure of acquiring shares. Value: Ch$ 59,594,764. It is pending the Company’s procedural defense.

Santander Corredora de Seguros Limitada

i) In accordance with Circular No. 1,160 of the Chilean Securities and Insurance Supervisor, the Company has an insurance policy relating to its obligations as an intermediary for insurance contracts. The company purchased a guarantee policy No, 10029139, covering UF500 and professional liability policy No. 10029140 for its insurance brokers, covering UF 60,000 from the Seguros Generales Consorcio Nacional de Seguros S.A. Policies valid from April 15, 2015 to April 14, 2016.

ii) There are lawsuits for UF 4,604.14 that are related to goods given in leasing. Internal counsel has estimated, according to the criteria defined in IAS 37, a loss of Ch$106.3 million. The estimated loss amount was recorded as provisions.

iii) There are performance guarantees with Banco Santander Chile to guarantee full compliance with public bidding of payment protection insurance and payment protection plus 2/3 permanent disability insurance for the mortgage loan portfolio of Banco Santander Chile. The amount is up to UF 5,000 and UF 2,500 respectively, both valid till July 31, 2017. For the same reason, the Company also has a performance guarantee for compliance with public bidding of fire insurance which amounts to UF 3,200 with the Bank, valid till December 31, 2016.

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

AS OF AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED  DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014

NOTE 23

EQUITY

a) Capital

As of December 31, 2015 and 2014 the Bank had 188,446,126,794 shares outstanding, all of which are subscribed for and paid in full, amounting to Ch$891,303 million. All shares have the same rights, and have no preferences or restrictions.

The activity with respect to shares during 2015 and 2014 was as follows:

	Shares as of December 31,
	2015		2014
Issued as of January 1		188,446,126,794		188,446,126,794
Issuance of paid shares		-		-
Issuance of outstanding shares		-		-
Stock options exercised		-		-
Issued as of December 31,		188,446,126,794		188,446,126,794

As of December 31, 2015 and 2014 the Bank does not have any of its own shares in treasury, nor do any of the consolidated companies.

As of December 31, 2015 the shareholder composition was as follows:

Corporate Name or Shareholder's Name	Shares		ADRs (*)		Total		% of equity holding
Santander Chile Holding S.A.		66,822,519,695		-		66,822,519,695		35.46
Teatinos Siglo XXI Inversiones Limitada		59,770,481,573		-		59,770,481,573		31.72
The Bank of New York Mellon (1)		-		32,516,063,671		32,516,063,671		17.25
Banks on behalf of third parties		11,878,070,560		-		11,878,070,560		6.30
Pension funds (AFP)		8,887,560,424		-		8,887,560,424		4.72
Stock brokers on behalf of third parties		3,460,285,074		-		3,460,285,074		1.84
Other minority holders		5,111,145,797		-		5,111,145,797		2.71
Total		155,930,063,123		32,516,063,671		188,446,126,794		100.00

(*) American Depository Receipts (ADR) are certificates issued by a U.S. commercial bank to be traded on the U.S. securities markets.

(1) As of August 4, 2015, Banco Santander Chile signed a contract which appoints The Bank of New York Mellon as the commercial bank authorized to trade ADRs, replacing J.P.Morgan Chase Bank NA.

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

AS OF AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED  DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014

NOTE 23

EQUITY, continued

As of December 31, 2014 the shareholder composition was as follows:

Corporate Name or Shareholder's Name	Shares		ADRs (*)		Total		% of equity holding
Santander Chile Holding S.A.		66,822,519,695		-		66,822,519,695		35.46
Teatinos Siglo XXI Inversiones Limitada		59,770,481,573		-		59,770,481,573		31.72
J,P, Morgan Chase Bank		-		31,370,004,471		31,370,004,471		16.65
Banks on behalf of third parties		10,949,884,423		-		10,949,884,423		5.81
Pension fund (AFP) on behalf of third parties		10,082,508,540		-		10,082,508,540		5.35
Stock brokers on behalf of third parties		3,623,967,964		-		3,623,967,964		1.92
Other minority holders		5,826,760,128		-		5,826,760,128		3.09
Total		157,076,122,323		31,370,004,471		188,446,126,794		100.00

(*) American Depository Receipts (ADR) are certificates issued by a U.S. commercial bank to be traded on the U.S. securities markets.

b) Dividends

Dividends have been distributed as per the Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity.

c) As of December 31, diluted earnings and basic earnings were as follows:

	As of December 31,
	2015		2014
	MCh$		MCh$
a) Basic earnings per share
Total attributable to equity holders of the Bank		448,878		550,331
Weighted average number of outstanding shares		188,446,126,794		188,446,126,794
Basic earnings per share (in Ch$)		2,382		2.920
b) Diluted earnings per share
Total attributable to equity holders of the Bank		448,878		550,331
Weighted average number of outstanding shares		188,446,126,794		188,446,126,794
Adjusted number of shares		188,446,126,794		188,446,126,794
Diluted earnings per share (in Ch$)		2.382		2.920

As of December 31, 2015 and 2014 the Bank does not own instruments with dilutive effects.

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

AS OF AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED  DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014

NOTE 23

EQUITY, continued

d) Other comprehensive income from available for sale investments and cash flow hedges:

	For the years ended December 31,
	2015			2014
	MCh$			MCh$
Available for sale investments
As of January 1,		21,684			840
Gain (loss) on the fair value adjustment of available for sale investments, before tax		(51,178	)		14.829
Reclassification from other comprehensive income to income for the year		22,401			6.015
Subtotal		(28,777	)		20.844
Total		(7,093	)		21,684
Cash flow hedges
As of January 1,		10,725			(8,257	)
Gains (losses) on the re-measurement of cash flow hedges, before tax		(2,105	)		18,552
Reclassification adjustments on cash flow hedges, before tax		6			430
Amounts removed from equity and included in carrying amount of non-financial asset (liability) which acquisition or incurrence was hedged as a highly probable transaction		-			-
Subtotal		(2,099	)		18,982
Total		8,626			10,725
Other comprehensive income, before taxes		1,533			32,409
Income tax related to other comprehensive income components
Income tax relating to available for sale investments		1,596			(4,554	)
Income tax relating to cash flow hedges		(1,940	)		(2,252	)
Total		(344	)		(6,806	)
Other comprehensive income, net of tax		1,189			25,603
Attributable to:
Equity holders of the Bank		1,288			25,600
Non-controlling interest		(99	)		3

The Bank expects that the results included in "Other comprehensive income" will be reclassified to profit or loss when the specific conditions have been met.

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

AS OF AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED  DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014

NOTE 24

CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS (BASEL)

In accordance with Chilean General Banking Law, the Bank must maintain a minimum ratio of effective equity to risk-weighted consolidated assets of 8% net of required allowances, and a minimum ratio of basic equity to consolidated total assets of 3%, net of required allowances. However, as a result of the Bank’s merger in 2002, the SBIF has determined that the Bank’s combined effective equity cannot be lower than 11% of its risk-weighted assets. Effective net equity is defined for these purposes as basic equity (capital and reserves) plus subordinated bonds, up to a maximum of 50% of basic equity.

Assets are allocated to different risk categories, each of which is assigned a weighting percentage according to the amount of capital required to be held for each type of asset. For example, cash, deposits in banks and financial instruments issued by the Central Bank of Chile have a 0% risk weighting, meaning that it is not necessary to hold equity to back these assets according to current regulations. Property, plant and equipment have a 100% risk weighting, meaning that a minimum capital equivalent to 11% of these assets must be held. All derivatives traded off the exchanges are also assigned a risk weighting, using a conversion factor applied to their notional values, to determine the amount of their exposure to credit risk. Off-balance-sheet contingent credits are also included for weighting purposes, as “Credit equivalents.”

According to Chapter 12-1 of the SBIF’s Recopilación Actualizada de Normas [Updated Compilation of Rules] effective January 2010, the SBIF changed existing regulation with the enforcement of Chapter B-3 from the Compendium of Accounting Standards, which changed the risk exposure of contingent allocations from 100% exposure to the following:

Type of contingent loan	Exposure
a) Pledges and other commercial commitments		100	%
b) Foreign letters of credit confirmed		20	%
c) Letters of credit issued		20	%
d) Guarantees		50	%
e) Interbank guarantee letters		100	%
f) Available lines of credit		50	%
g) Other loan commitments:
- Higher education loans Law No. 20,027		15	%
- Other		100	%
h) Other contingent loans		100	%

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AS OF AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED  DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014

NOTE 24

CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS (BASEL), continued

The levels of basic capital and effective net equity as of December 31, 2015 and 2014, are as follows:

	Consolidated assets				Risk-weighted assets
	As of December 31,				As of December 31
	2015		2014		2015		2014
	MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$
Balance-sheet assets (net of allowances)
Cash and deposits in banks		2,064,806		1,608,888		-		-
Cash in process of collection		724,521		531,373		80,447		90,203
Trading investments		324,271		774,815		57,796		89,605
Investments under resale agreements		2,463		-		493		-
Financial derivative contracts (*)		1,425,450		1,154,471		1,158,218		996,334
Interbank loans, net		10,861		11,918		1,505		2,384
Loans and accounts receivables from customers, net		24,535,201		22,179,938		21,480,044		19,519,483
Available for sale investments		2,044,411		1,651,598		222,784		190,137
Investments in associates and other companies		20,309		17,914		20,309		17,914
Intangible assets		51,137		40,983		51,137		40,983
Property, plant, and equipment		240,659		211,561		240,659		211,561
Current taxes		-		2,241		-		224
Deferred taxes		331,714		282,211		33,171		28,221
Other assets		1,097,826		493,173		603,503		493,173
Off-balance-sheet assets
Contingent loans		4,516,319		3,976,465		2,507,530		2,265,904
Total		37,389,948		32,937,549		26,457,596		23,946,126

(*) “Financial derivative contracts” are presented at their “Credit Equivalent Risk” value as established in Chapter 12-1 of the Updated Compilation of Rules issued by the SBIF.

The levels of basic capital and effective net equity at the close of each period are as follows:

					Ratio
	As of December 31,				As of December 31,
	2015		2014		2015		2014
	MCh$		MCh$		%		%
Basic capital		2,734,699		2,609,896		7.31		7.92
Effective net equity		3,538,216		3,354,702		13.37		14.00

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NOTE 25

NON-CONTROLLING INTEREST

a) The non-controlling interest included in the equity and the income from the subsidiaries is summarized as follows:

								Other comprehensive income
	Non- controlling		Equity		Income			Available for sale investments			Deferred tax		Total other comprehensive income			Comprehensive income
As of December 31, 2015	%		MCh$		MCh$			MCh$			MCh$		MCh$			MCh$
Subsidiaries:
Santander Agente de Valores Limitada		0.97		652		98			(4	)		1		(3	)		95
Santander S.A. Sociedad Securitizadora		0.36		2		-			-			-		-			-
Santander Corredores de Bolsa Limitada (1)		49.00		21,765		816			(128	)		29		(99	)		717
Santander Corredora de Seguros Limitada		0.25		156		(5	)		-			-		-			(5	)
Subtotal				22,575		909			(132	)		30		(102	)		807
Entities controlled through other considerations:
Bansa Santander S.A.		100		6,004		334			-			-		-			334
Santander Gestión de Recaudación y Cobranzas Limitada		100		1,602		564			-			-		-			564
Multinegocios S.A. (2)		100		-		310			-			-		-			310
Servicios Administrativos y Financieros Limitada. (2)		100		-		550			-			-		-			550
Multiservicios de Negocios Limitada. (2)		100		-		596			-			-		-			596
Subtotal				7,606		2,354			-			-		-			2,354
Total				30,181		3,263			(132	)		30		(102	)		3,161

(1) Ex Santander S.A. Corredores de Bolsa, See Note1.

(2) As of June 30, 2015, these entities have stopped rendering sales services for the Bank and therefore they have been excluded from the consolidation perimeter. See Note 1.

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NOTE 25

NON-CONTROLLING INTEREST, continued

								Other comprehensive income
	Non- controlling		Equity		Income			Available for sale investments			Deferred tax		Total other comprehensive income			Comprehensive income
As of December 31, 2014	%		MCh$		MCh$			MCh$			MCh$		MCh$			MCh$
Subsidiaries:
Santander Agente de Valores Limitada		0.97		558		87			-			-		-			87
Santander S.A. Sociedad Securitizadora		0.36		2		-			-			-		-			-
Santander S.A. Corredores de Bolsa		49.00		20,928		1,239			(34	)		7		(27	)		1,212
Santander Asset Management S.A. Administradora General de Fondos		-		-		-			-			-		-			-
Santander Corredora de Seguros Limitada		0.25		154		(4	)		-			-		-			(4	)
Subtotal				21,642		1,322			(34	)		7		(27	)		1,295
Entities controlled through other considerations:
Bansa Santander S.A.		100.00		5,671		2,236			-			-		-			2,236
Santander Gestión de Recaudación y Cobranzas Limitada		100.00		1,037		1,531			-			-		-			1,531
Multinegocios S.A.		100.00		730		253			-			-		-			252
Servicios Administrativos y Financieros Limitada.		100.00		2,001		315			-			-		-			315
Multiservicios de Negocios Limitada.		100.00		2,002		323			-			-		-			324
Subtotal				11,441		4,658			-			-		-			4,658
Total				33,083		5,980			(34	)		7		(27	)		5,953

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NOTE 25

NON-CONTROLLING INTEREST, continued

b) The overview of the financial information of the subsidiaries included in the consolidation of the Bank that possess non-controlling interests is as follows, which does not include consolidating or conforming accounting policy adjustments:

	As of December 31,
	2015									2014
							Net									Net
	Assets		Liabilities		Capital		income			Assets		Liabilities		Capital		income
	MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$			MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$
Santander Corredora de Seguros Limitada		72,860		10,588		60,765		1,507			70,602		9,068		63,078		(1,544	)
Santander Corredores de Bolsa Limitada		71,118		26,763		42,618		1,737			74,408		31,790		40,171		2,447
Santander Agente de Valores Limitada		131,305		64,049		57,554		9,702			339,787		282,233		48,556		8,998
Santander S.A. Sociedad Securitizadora		566		53		561		(48	)		622		61		640		(79	)
Santander Gestión de Recaudación y Cobranzas Ltda.		6,194		4,592		1,038		564			4,917		3,880		458		579
Multinegocios S.A. (management of sales force) (1)		-		-		-		-			1,959		1,229		477		253
Servicios Administrativos y Financieros Ltda. (management of sales force). (1)		-		-		-		-			2,956		955		1,686		315
Multiservicios de Negocios Ltda. (call center).(1)		-		-		-		-			3,401		1,399		1,679		323
Bansa Santander S.A.		31,631		25,627		5,670		334			31,062		25,391		3,435		2,236
Total		313,674		131,672		168,206		13,796			529,714		356,006		160,180		13,528

(1) As of June 30, 2015, these entities have stopped rendering sales services for the Bank and therefore they have been excluded from the consolidation perimeter. See Note 1.

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NOTE 26

INTEREST INCOME AND INFLATION-INDEXATION ADJUSTMENTS

This item refers to interest earned in the period from the financial assets whose return, whether implicitly or explicitly, is determined by applying the effective interest method, regardless of the fair value, as well as the reclassifications as a consequence of hedge accounting,

a) For the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, the income from interest and inflation-indexation adjustments, not including income from hedge accounting, was attributable to the following items:

	For the years ended December 31,
	2015								2014
	Interest		Inflation- indexation adjustments		Prepaid fees		Total		Interest		Inflation- indexation adjustments		Prepaid fees		Total
Items	MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$
Resale agreements		1,075		-		-		1,075		1,223		-		-		1,223
Interbank loans		375		-		-		375		139		-		-		139
Commercial loans		687,464		168,752		8,494		864,710		706,190		208,427		7,883		922,500
Mortgage loans		259,941		286,437		23,191		569,569		245,980		328,212		18,230		592,422
Consumer loans		586,385		3,418		3,706		593,509		603,804		5,108		3,205		612,117
Investment instruments		60,004		7,616		-		67,620		61,774		25,461		-		87,235
Other interest income		10,111		5,831		-		15,942		10,584		3,218		-		13,802
Interest income not including income from hedge accounting		1,605,355		472,054		35,391		2,112,800		1,629,694		570,426		29,318		2,229,438

b) As indicated in section i) of Note 01, suspended interest relates to loans with late payments of 90 days or more, are recorded in off-balance sheet accounts until they are effectively received.

For the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, the suspended interest and adjustments income consists of the following:

	For the years ended December 31,
	2015						2014
	Interest		Inflation- indexation adjustments		Total		Interest		Inflation- indexation adjustments		Total
Items	MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$
Commercial loans		13,999		9,311		23,310		16,337		8,416		24,753
Mortgage loans		3,831		9,437		13,268		3,925		8,529		12,454
Consumer loans		5,546		678		6,224		5,529		807		6,336
Total		23,376		19,426		42,802		25,791		17,752		43,543

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NOTE 26

INTEREST INCOME AND INFLATION-INDEXATION ADJUSTMENTS, continued

c) For the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, the expenses from interest and inflation-indexation adjustments, excluding expense from hedge accounting, is as follows:

	For the years ended December 31,
	2015									2014
	Interest			Inflation- indexation adjustments			Total			Interest			Inflation- indexation adjustments			Total
Items	MCh$			MCh$			MCh$			MCh$			MCh$			MCh$
Demand deposits		(13,875	)		(1,343	)		(15,218	)		(6,189	)		(1,909	)		(8,098	)
Repurchase agreements		(6,893	)		-			(6,893	)		(7,052	)		-			(7,052	)
Time deposits and liabilities		(346,174	)		(47,370	)		(393,544	)		(334,841	)		(74,384	)		(409,225	)
Interbank borrowings		(14,998	)		(2	)		(15,000	)		(19,015	)		(9	)		(19,024	)
Issued debt instruments		(183,561	)		(113,029	)		(296,590	)		(175,886	)		(137,460	)		(313,346	)
Other financial liabilities		(3,070	)		(1,180	)		(4,250	)		(3,131	)		(1,729	)		(4,860	)
Other interest expense		(3,456	)		(14,776	)		(18,232	)		(2,636	)		(17,839	)		(20,475	)
Interest expense not including expenses from hedge accounting		(572,027	)		(177,700	)		(749,727	)		(548,750	)		(233,330	)		(782,080	)

d) For the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, the income from interest and inflation-indexation adjustments is as follows:

	For the years ended December 31,
	2015			2014
Items	MCh$			MCh$
Interest income less income from hedge accounting		2,112,800			2,229,438
Interest expense less expense from hedge accounting		(749,727	)		(782,080	)
Net Interest income less net (expense) income from hedge accounting		1,363,073			1,447,358
Income from hedge accounting (net)		(107,867	)		(130,254	)
Total net interest income		1,255,206			1,317,104

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NOTE 27

FEES AND COMMISSIONS

This item includes the amount of fees earned and paid during the year, except for those which are an integral part of the financial instrument’s effective interest rate:

	For the years ended December 31,
	2015		2014
	MCh$		MCh$
Fee and commission income
Fees and commissions for lines of credits and overdrafts		6,597		7,015
Fees and commissions for guarantees and letters of credit		35,276		32,403
Fees and commissions for card services		175,262		147,256
Fees and commissions for management of accounts		30,291		29,031
Fees and commissions for collections and payments		30,399		35,355
Fees and commissions for intermediation and management of securities		10,000		9,286
Insurance brokerage fees		39,252		34,695
Office banking		15,224		17,602
Fees for other services rendered		35,978		30,798
Other fees earned		24,621		23,288
Total		402,900		366,729

	For the years ended December 31,
	2015			2014
	MCh$			MCh$
Fee and commission expense
Compensation for card operation		(129,196	)		(104,095	)
Fees and commissions for securities transactions		(1,315	)		(979	)
Office banking		(15,320	)		(16,602	)
Other fees		(19,442	)		(17,770	)
Total		(165,273	)		(139,446	)
Net fees and commissions income		237,627			227,283

The fees earned in transactions with letters of credit are presented in the Consolidated Statements of Income in the line item “Interest income”.

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NOTE 28

NET INCOME (EXPENSE) FROM FINANCIAL OPERATIONS

For the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, the detail of income from financial operations is as follows:

	For the years ended December 31,
	2015			2014
	MCh$			MCh$
Profit and loss from financial operations
Trading derivatives		(503,981	)		(215,691	)
Trading investments		21,505			45,952
Sale of loans and accounts receivables from customers
Current portfolio		921			1,261
Charged-off portfolio		(58	)		4,809
Available for sale investments		23,655			6,934
Repurchase of issued bonds		(14	)		5,198
Other profit and loss from financial operations		75			214
Total		(457,897	)		(151,323	)

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NOTE 29

NET FOREIGN EXCHANGE GAIN (LOSS)

Net foreign exchange income includes the income earned from foreign currency trading, differences arising from converting monetary items in a foreign currency to the functional currency, and those generated by non-monetary assets in a foreign currency at the time of their sale.

For the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, net foreign exchange income is as follows:

	For the years ended December 31,
	2015			2014
	MCh$			MCh$
Net foreign exchange gain (loss)
Net profit (loss) from currency exchange differences		(197,875	)		(370,282	)
Hedging derivatives:		777,254			621,767
Income from inflation-indexed assets in foreign currency		25,421			22,404
Loss on inflation-indexed liabilities in foreign currency		(1,404	)		(1,677	)
Total		603,396			272,212

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NOTE 30

PROVISIONS FOR LOAN LOSSES

a) For the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, activity within income for provisions for loan losses is as follows:

				Loans and accounts receivable from customers
	Interbank loans			Commercial loans						Mortgage loans			Consumer loans			Contingent loans						Additional loan
For the year ended	Individual			Individual			Group			Group			Group			Individual			Group			provisions			Total
December 31, 2015	MCh$			MCh$			MCh$			MCh$			MCh$			MCh$			MCh$			MCh$			MCh$
Charged-off loans		-			(12,955	)		(59,055	)		(10,957	)		(103,555	)		-			-			-			(186,522	)
Provisions established		(183	)		(124,968	)		(71,578	)		(12,149	)		(135,744	)		(4,879	)		(2,601	)		(35,000	)		(387,102	)
Total provisions and charge-offs		(183	)		(137,923	)		(130,633	)		(23,106	)		(239,299	)		(4,879	)		(2,601	)		(35,000	)		(573,624	)
Provisions released		192			42,472			17,885			7,205			18,126			3,614			2,296			-			91,790
Recovery of loans previously charged-off		-			8,978			17,054			6,543			35,565			-			-			-			68,140
Net charge to income		9			(86,473	)		(95,694	)		(9,358	)		(185,608	)		(1,265	)		(305	)		(35,000	)		(413,694	)

				Loans and accounts receivable from customers
	Interbank loans			Commercial loans						Mortgage loans			Consumer loans			Contingent loans						Additional loan
For the year ended	Individual			Individual			Group			Group			Group			Individual			Group			provisions		Total
December 31, 2014	MCh$			MCh$			MCh$			MCh$			MCh$			MCh$			MCh$			MCh$		MCh$
Charged-off loans		-			(10,811	)		(74,596	)		(9,948	)		(89,531	)		-			-			-		(184,886	)
Provisions established		(60	)		(74,839	)		(99,648	)		(14,959	)		(129,410	)		(4,769	)		(3,641	)		-		(327,326	)
Total provisions and charge-offs		(60	)		(85,650	)		(174,244	)		(24,907	)		(218,941	)		(4,769	)		(3,641	)		-		(512,212	)
Provisions released		89			15,903			7,127			6,561			38,275			4,431			6,418			-		78,804
Recovery of loans previously charged-off		-			5,302			11,645			5,122			36,908			-			-			-		58,977
Net charge to income		29			(64,445	)		(155,472	)		(13,224	)		(143,758	)		(338	)		2,777			-		(374,431	)

b) The detail of Charge-off net of provisions is as follows:

	Loans and accounts receivable from customers
	Commercial loans						Mortgage loans			Consumer loans
	Individual			Group			Group			Group			Total
As of December 31, 2015	MCh$			MCh$			MCh$			MCh$			MCh$
Charged-off of loans		50,656			109,894			13,485			217,327			391,362
Provision applied		(37,701	)		(50,839	)		(2,528	)		(113,772	)		(204,840	)
Charged-off loans, net of provisions		12,955			59,055			10,957			103,555			186,522

	Loans and accounts receivable from customers
	Commercial loans						Mortgage loans			Consumer loans
	Individual			Group			Group			Group			Total
As of December 31, 2014	MCh$			MCh$			MCh$			MCh$			MCh$
Charged-off of loans		37,673			101,590			12,908			191,228			343,399
Provision applied		(26,862	)		(26,994	)		(2,960	)		(101,697	)		(158,513	)
Charged-off loans, net of provisions		10,811			74,596			9,948			89,531			184,886

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NOTE 31

PERSONNEL SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, the composition of personnel salaries and expenses is as follows:

	For the years ended December 31,
	2015		2014
	MCh$		MCh$
Personnel compensation		233,707		213,364
Bonuses		78,260		77,145
Stock-based benefits		66		329
Senior compensation		34,012		10,551
Pension plans		431		1,395
Training expenses		3,186		2,477
Day care and kindergarten		2,992		2,485
Health funds		5,228		4,615
Other personnel expenses		29,181		26,527
Total		387,063		338,888

Share-based compensation (settled in cash)

In accordance with IFRS 2, equity instruments settled in cash are allocated to executives of the Bank and its Subsidiaries as a form of compensation for their services. The Bank measures the services received and the cash obligation at fair value at the end of each reporting period and on the settlement date, recognizing any change in fair value in the income statement for the period.

For the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, share-based compensation amounted to Ch$66 million and Ch$329 million.

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NOTE 32

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

For the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, the composition of the item is as follows:

	For the years ended December 31,
	2015		2014
	MCh$		MCh$
General administrative expenses		127,826		125,271
Maintenance and repair of property, plant and equipment		20,002		17,498
Office lease		27,472		28,348
Equipment lease		134		94
Insurance payments		3,656		3,302
Office supplies		6,232		4,567
IT and communication expenses		28,420		29,379
Lighting, heating, and other utilities		4,764		4,131
Security and valuables transport services		15,393		17,089
Representation and personnel travel expenses		4,590		4,173
Judicial and notarial expenses		2,103		2,192
Fees for technical reports and auditing		7,301		6,891
Other general administrative expenses		7,759		7,607
Outsourced services		60,913		51,504
Data processing		39,286		32,253
Products sale		226		1,502
Archive service		1,047		3,305
Valuation service		2,969		2,119
Outsourcing		7,275		5,608
Other		10,110		6,717
Board expenses		1,465		1,314
Marketing expenses		18,483		16,419
Taxes, payroll taxes, and contributions		11,844		10,641
Real estate taxes		1,813		1,415
Patents		1,589		1,525
Other taxes		3		15
Contributions to SBIF		8,439		7,686
Total		220,531		205,149

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

AS OF AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED  DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014

NOTE 33

DEPRECIATION, AMORTIZATION AND IMPAIRMENT

a) Depreciation, amortization and impairment charges for the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, are detailed below:

	For the years ended December 31,
	2015			2014
	MCh$			MCh$
Depreciation and amortization
Depreciation of property, plant, and equipment		(36,195	)		(27,571	)
Amortization of Intangible assets		(17,419	)		(16,601	)
Total depreciation and amortization		(53,614	)		(44,172	)
Impairment
Impairment of property, plant, and equipment		(21	)		(108	)
Impairment of intangibles		-			(36,556	)
Total impairment		(21	)		(36,664	)
Total		(53,635	)		(80,836	)

As of December 31, 2015, the costs for Property, plant, and equipment impairment totaled Ch$21 million, mainly due to damages to ATMs and Ch$435 million for insurance compensation (Ch$108 million as of December 31, 2014, respectively).

b) The changes in book value of depreciation and amortization from January 1, 2014 and 2015 through December 31, 2014 and 2015 are as follows:

	Depreciation and amortization
	2015
	Property, plant, and equipment			Intangible assets			Total
	MCh$			MCh$			MCh$
Balances as of January 1, 2015		(154,910	)		(201,876	)		(356,786	)
Depreciation and amortization charges in the period		(36,195	)		(17,419	)		(53,614	)
Sales and disposals in the period		324			-			324
Other		-			-			-
Balances as of December 31, 2015		(190,781	)		(219,295	)		(410,076	)

	Depreciation and amortization
	2014
	Property, plant, and equipment			Intangible assets			Total
	MCh$			MCh$			MCh$
Balances as of January 1, 2014		(127,448	)		(185,275	)		(312,723	)
Depreciation and amortization charges in the period		(27,571	)		(16,601	)		(44,172	)
Sales and disposals in the period		109			-			109
Other		-			-			-
Balances as of December 31, 2014		(154,910	)		(201,876	)		(356,786	)

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

AS OF AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED  DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014

NOTE 34

OTHER OPERATING INCOME AND EXPENSES

a) Other operating income is comprised of the following components:

	For the years ended December 31,
	2015		2014
	MCh$		MCh$
Income from assets received in lieu of payment
Income from sale of assets received in lieu of payment		2,455		2,811
Recovery of charge-offs and income from assets received in lieu of payment		5,860		8,289
Other income from assets received in lieu of payment		3,343		-
Subtotal		11,658		11,100
Recovery of provisions for contingencies		617		315
Subtotal		617		315
Other income
Leases		708		805
Income from sale of property, plant and equipment		381		687
Compensation from insurance companies due to damages		435		661
Other		1,843		1,266
Subtotal		3,367		3,419
Total		15,642		14,834

b) Other operating expenses are detailed as follows:

	For the years ended December 31,
	2015		2014
	MCh$		MCh$
Provisions and expenses for assets received in lieu of payment
Charge-offs of assets received in lieu of payment		9,327		4,694
Provision on assets received in lieu of payment		7,803		4,045
Expenses for maintenance of assets received in lieu of payment		2,397		2,489
Subtotal		19,527		11,228
Credit card expenses		4,624		2,638
Customer services		3,919		9,940
Other expenses
Operating charge-offs		5,359		6,153
Life insurance and general product insurance policies		11,224		8,919
Additional tax on expenses paid overseas		2,651		3,055
Provisions for contingencies		230		29,004
Payment of Retail Association		1,018		1,021
Expense for adopting chip technology on cards		-		1,476
Other		5,645		7,674
Subtotal		26,127		57,302
Total		54,197		81,108

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

AS OF AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED  DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014

NOTE 35

TRANSACTIONS WITH RELATED PARTIES

In addition to Affiliates and associated entities, the Bank’s “related parties” include its “key personnel” from the executive staff (members of the Bank’s Board and the Managers of Banco Santander Chile and its Affiliates, together with their close relatives), as well as the entities over which the key personnel could exercise significant influence or control.

The Bank also considers the companies that are part of the Santander Group worldwide as related parties, given that all of them have a common parent, i.e., Banco Santander S.A. (located in Spain).

Article 89 of the Ley de Sociedades Anónimas (Public Companies Act), which is also applicable to banks, states that any transaction with a related party must be made under equitable conditions similar to those that customarily prevail in the market.

Article 84 of the Ley General de Bancos (General Banking Act) establishes limits for loans that can be granted to related parties and prohibits lending to the Bank’s directors, General Manager, or representatives.

Transactions between the Bank and its related parties are specified below and have been divided into four categories:

Santander Group Companies

This category includes all the companies that are controlled by the Santander Group around the world, and hence, including the companies over which the Bank exercises any degree of control (affiliates and special-purpose entities).

Associated companies

This category includes the entities over which the Bank, in accordance with section b) of Note 1 to these Financial Statements, exercises a significant degree of influence and which generally belong to the group of entities known as “business support companies.”

Key personnel

This category includes members of the Bank’s Board and the managers of Banco Santander Chile and its Affiliates, together with their close relatives.

Other

This category encompasses the related parties that are not included in the groups identified above and which are, in general, entities over which the key personnel could exercise significant influence or control.

The terms for transactions with related parties are equivalent to those which prevail in transactions made under market conditions or under which corresponding considerations in kind have been attributed.

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

AS OF AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED  DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014

NOTE 35

TRANSACTIONS WITH RELATED PARTIES, continued

a) Loans to related parties:

Below are loans and receivables as well as contingent loans that correspond to related entities:

	As of December 31,
	2015												2014
	Companies of the Group			Associated companies			Key personnel			Other			Companies of the Group			Associated companies			Key personnel			Other
	MCh$			MCh$			MCh$			MCh$			MCh$			MCh$			MCh$			MCh$
Loans and accounts receivables:
Commercial loans		77,388			565			5,841			1,963			51,647			9,614			4,348			8,743
Mortgage loans		-			-			20,559			-			-			-			19,941			-
Consumer loans		-			-			2,274			-			-			-			2,798			-
Loans and account receivables:		77,388			565			28,674			1,963			51,647			9,614			27,087			8,743
Allowance for loan losses		(213	)		(190	)		(62	)		(20	)		(139	)		(10	)		(46	)		(18	)
Net loans		77,175			375			28,612			1,943			51,508			9,604			27,041			8,725
Guarantees		499,803			-			25,493			1,632			409,339			-			23,896			1,289
Contingent loans
Personal guarantees		-			-			-			-			-			-			-
Letters of credit		29,275			-			-			-			16,000			-			-			11
Guarantees		510,309			-			-			2			432,802			-			-			762
Contingent loans		539,584			-			-			2			448,802			-			-			773
Allowance for contingent loans		(11	)		-			-			-			(12	)		-			-			-
Net contingent loans		539,573			-			-			2			448,790			-			-			773

Loan activity to related parties during 2015 and 2014, is shown below:

	As of December 31,
	2015												2014
	Companies of the Group			Associated companies			Key personnel			Others			Companies of the Group			Associated companies			Key personnel			Others
	MCh$			MCh$			MCh$			MCh$			MCh$			MCh$			MCh$			MCh$
Balances as of January 1,		500,449			9,614			27,087			9,516			250,293			618			21,644			61,130
Loans granted		276,383			7			8,991			4,113			338,784			9,108			11,651			17,585
Loans payments		(159,864	)		(9,056	)		(7,403	)		(11,663	)		(88,628	)		(112	)		(6,208	)		(69,199	)
Total		616,968			565			28,675			1,966			500,449			9,614			27,087			9,516

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

AS OF AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED  DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014

NOTE 35

TRANSACTIONS WITH RELATED PARTIES, continued

b) Assets and liabilities with related parties

	As of December 31,
	2015								2014
	Companies of the Group		Associated companies		Key personnel		Other		Companies of the Group		Associated companies		Key personnel		Other
	MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$
Assets
Cash and deposits in banks		23,578		-		-		-		193,377		-		-		-
Trading investments		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-
Investments under resale agreements		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-
Financial derivative contracts		771,774		-		-		-		995,468		-		-		-
Available for sale investments		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-
Other assets		3,218		-		-		-		2,776		-		-		-
Liabilities
Deposits and other demand liabilities		9,987		8,535		2,454		1,373		5,061		1,168		2,403		4,602
Obligations under repurchase agreements		12,006		-		-		-		47,010		-		-		-
Time deposits and other time liabilities		1,360,572		234		2,728		898		269,381		2,320		81,079		81,079
Financial derivative contracts		1,323,996		-		-		-		1,395,507		-		-		-
Issued debts instruments		398,565		-		-		-		336,323		-		-		-
Other financial liabilities		2,409		-		-		-		846		-		-		-
Other liabilities		376		-		-		-		771		-		-		-

c) Income (expenses) recorded due to transactions with related parties

	As of December 31,
	2015											2014
	Companies of the Group			Associated companies			Key personnel			Other		Companies of the Group			Associated companies			Key personnel			Other
	MCh$			MCh$			MCh$			MCh$		MCh$			MCh$			MCh$			MCh$
Income (expense) recorded
Income and expenses from interest and inflation- indexation adjustments		(10,986	)		-			1,664			116		(11,130	)		25			1,963			(2,509	)
Income and expenses from fees and services		35,955			77			208			39		30,591			84			230			167
Net income from financial operations and foreign exchange transactions (*)		(321,985	)		-			15			6		(315,918	)		-			20			(10,051	)
Other operating income and expenses		955			-			-			-		1,158			-			-			-
Key personnel compensation and expenses		-			-			(39,323	)		-		-			-			(31,361	)		-
Administrative and other expenses		(30,591	)		(41,691	)		-			-		(30,342	)		(33,961	)		-			-
Total		(326,652	)		(41,614	)		(37,436	)		161		(325,641	)		(33,852	)		(29,148	)		(12,393	)

(*) Primarily relates to derivative contracts used to financially cover exchange risk of assets and liabilities that cover positions of the Bank and its subsidiaries.

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

AS OF AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014

NOTE 35

TRANSACTIONS WITH RELATED PARTIES, continued

d) Payments to Board members and key management personnel

The compensation received by key management personnel, including Board members and all the executives holding manager positions shown in the “Personnel salaries and expenses” and/or “Administrative expenses” items of the Consolidated Statements of Income, corresponds to the following categories:

	For the years ended December 31,
	2015		2014
	MCh$		MCh$
Personnel compensation		18,605		17,410
Board member’s salaries and expenses		1,374		1,235
Bonuses or gratifications		12,861		12,358
Compensation in stock		66		310
Training expenses		122		78
Seniority compensation		4,154		234
Health funds		314		288
Other personnel expenses		1,396		504
Pension plans (*)		431		1,395
Total		39,323		33,812

(*) Some of the executives that qualified for this benefit left the Group for different reasons, without complying with the requirements to use the benefit, therefore the obligation amount decreased, which generated the reversal of provisions.

e) Composition of key personnel

As of December 31, 2015 and 2014, the composition of the Bank’s key personnel is as follows:

Position	No. of executives
	As of December 31
	2015		2014
Director		12		13
Division manager		16		18
Department manager		79		90
Manager		53		54
Total key personnel		160		175

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

AS OF AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014

NOTE 36

PENSION PLANS

The Bank has an additional benefit available to its principal executives, consisting of a pension plan. The purpose of the pension plan is to endow the executives with funds for a better supplementary pension upon their retirement.

For this purpose, the Bank will match the voluntary contributions made by the beneficiaries for their future pensions with an equivalent contribution. The executives will be entitled to receive this benefit only when they fulfill the following conditions:

a. Aimed at the Bank’s management

b. The general requisite to apply for this benefit is that the employee must be carrying out his/her duties when turning 60 years old.

c. The Bank will create a pension fund, with life insurance, for each beneficiary in the plan. Periodic contributions into this fund are made by the manager and matched by the Bank.

d. The Bank will be responsible for granting the benefits directly.

If the working relationship between the manager and the respective company ends, before s/he fulfills the abovementioned requirements, s/he will have no rights under this benefit plan.

In the event of the executive’s death or total or partial disability, s/he will be entitled to receive this benefit.

The Bank will make contributions to this benefit plan on the basis of mixed collective insurance policies whose beneficiary is the Bank. The life insurance company with whom such policies are executed is not an entity linked or related to the Bank or any other Santander Group company.

Plan Assets owned by the Bank at the end of 2015 totaled Ch$6,945 million (Ch$6,495 million in 2014).

The amount of the defined benefit plans has been quantified by the Bank, based on the following criteria:

Calculation method:

Use of the projected unit credit method which considers each working year as generating an additional amount of rights over benefits and values each unit separately. It is calculated based primarily on fund contributions, as well as other factors such as the legal annual pension limit, seniority, age and yearly income for each unit valued individually.

Assets related to the pension fund contributed by the Bank into the Seguros Euroamérica insurance company with respect to defined benefit plans are presented as net of associated commitments.

Actuarial hypothesis assumptions:

Actuarial assumptions with respect to demographic and financial variables are non-biased and mutually compatible with each other. The most significant actuarial hypotheses considered in the calculations were:

	Plans  post- employment		Plans  post- employment
	2014		2013
Mortality chart		RV-2009		RV-2009
Termination of contract rates		5.0%		5.0%
Impairment chart		PDT 1985		PDT 1985

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

AS OF AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014

NOTE 36

PENSION PLANS, continued

Activity for post-employment benefits is as follows:

	As of December 31,
	2015			2014
	MCh$			MCh$
Plan assets		6,945			6,495
Commitments for defined-benefit plans
For active personnel		(5,070	)		(4,639	)
Incurred by inactive personnel		-			-
Minus:
Unrealized actuarial (gain) losses		-			-
Balances at year end		1,875			1,856

Year’s cash flow for post-employment benefits is as follows:

	For the years ended December 31,
	2015			2014
	MCh$			MCh$
a) Fair value of plan assets
Opening balance		6,495			5,171
Expected yield of insurance contracts		432			446
Employer contributions		18			878
Actuarial (gain) losses		-			-
Premiums paid		-			-
Benefits paid		-			-
Fair value of plan assets at year end		6,945			6,495
b) Present value of obligations
Present value of obligations opening balance		(4,639	)		(3,244	)
Net incorporation of Group companies		-			-
Service cost		(431	)		(1,395	)
Interest cost		-			-
Curtailment/settlement effect		-			-
Benefits paid		-			-
Past service cost		-			-
Actuarial (gain) losses		-			-
Other		-			-
Present value of obligations at year end		(5,070	)		(4,639	)
Net balance at year end		1,875			1,856

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

AS OF AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014

NOTE 36

PENSION PLANS, continued

Plan expected profit:

	As of December 31,
	2015	2014
Type of expected yield from the plan’s assets	UF + 2,50% annual	UF + 2,50% annual
Type of yield expected from the reimbursement rights	UF + 2,50% annual	UF + 2,50% annual

Plan associated expenses:

	As of December 31,
	2015			2014
	MCh$			MCh$
Current period service expenses		431			1,395
Interest cost		-			-
Expected yield from plan’s assets		(432	)		(446	)
Expected yield of insurance contracts linked to the Plan:		-
Extraordinary allocations		-			-
Actuarial (gain)/ losses recorded in the period		-			-
Past service cost		-			-
Other		-			-
Total		(1	)		949

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

AS OF AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014

NOTE 37

FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The measurement of fair value assumes the sale transaction of an asset or the transference of the liability happens within the main asset or liability market, or the most advantageous market for the asset or liability.

For financial instruments with no available market prices, fair values have been estimated by using recent transactions in analogous instruments, and in the absence thereof, the present values or other valuation techniques based on mathematical valuation models sufficiently accepted by the international financial community. In the use of these models, consideration is given to the specific particularities of the asset or liability to be valued, and especially to the different kinds of risks associated with the asset or liability.

These techniques are significantly influenced by the assumptions used, including the discount rate, the estimates of future cash flows and prepayment expectations. Hence, the fair value estimated for an asset or liability may not coincide exactly with the price at which that asset or liability could be delivered or settled on the date of its valuation, and may not be justified in comparison with independent markets.

Except as detailed in the following table, the management consider that the carrying amounts of financial assets and financial liabilities recognised in the consolidated financial statements approximate their fair values.

Determination of fair value of financial instruments

Below is a comparison between the value at which the Bank’s financial assets and liabilities are recorded and their fair value as of December 31, 2015 and 2014:

	As of December 31,
	2015				2014
	Book value		Fair value		Book value		Fair value
	MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$
Assets
Trading investments		324,271		324,271		774,815		774,815
Financial derivative contracts		3,205,926		3,205,926		2,727,563		2,727,563
Loans and accounts receivable from customers and interbank loans, net		24,546,062		26,676,836		22,191,856		24,187,545
Available for sale investments		2,044,411		2,044,411		1,651,598		1,651,598
Guarantee deposits (margin accounts)		649,325		649,325		3,013		3,013
Liabilities
Investments under repurchase agreements		20,846,462		21,167,077		18,126,038		18,470,479
Financial derivative contracts		2,862,606		2,862,606		2,561,384		2,561,384
Issued debt instruments and other financial liabilities		6,177,622		6,556,120		5,990,237		6,456,142
Guarantees received (margin accounts)		819,331		819,331		39,639		39,639

The fair value approximates the carrying amount of the following line items due to their short-term nature: cash and deposits in banks, cash items in process of collection and investments under resale or repurchase agreements.

In addition, the fair value estimates presented above do not attempt to estimate the value of the Bank’s profits generated by its business activity, nor its future activities, and accordingly, they do not represent the Bank’s value as a going concern. Below is a detail of the methods used to estimate the financial instruments’ fair value.

a) Trading investments and available for sale investment instruments

The estimated fair value of these financial instruments was established using market values or estimates from an available dealer, or quoted market prices of similar financial instruments. Investments with maturity of less than one year are evaluated at recorded value since, due to their short maturity term, they are considered as having a fair value not significantly different from their recorded value. To estimate the fair value of debt investments or representative values in these lines of businesses, we take into consideration additional variables and elements, as long as they apply, including the estimate of prepayment rates and credit risk of issuers.

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

AS OF AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014

NOTE 37

FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL ASSETS AND LIABILITIES, continued

b) Loans and accounts receivable from customers and interbank loans

Fair value of commercial, mortgage and consumer loans and credit cards is measured through a discounted cash flow (DCF) analysis. To do so, we use current market interest rates considering product, term, amount and similar loan quality. Fair value of loans with 90 days or more of delinquency are measured by means of the market value of the associated guarantee, minus the rate and term of expected payment. For variable rate loans whose interest rates change frequently (monthly or quarterly) and that are not subjected to any significant credit risk change, the estimated fair value is based on their book value.

c) Deposits

Disclosed fair value of deposits that do not bear interest and saving accounts is the amount payable at the reporting date and, therefore, equals the recorded amount. Fair value of time deposits is calculated through a discounted cash flow calculation that applies current interest rates from a monthly calendar of scheduled maturities in the market.

e) Short and long term issued debt instruments

The fair value of these financial instruments is calculated by using a discounted cash flow analysis based on the current incremental lending rates for similar types of loans having similar maturities.

f) Financial derivative contracts

The estimated fair value of financial derivative contracts is calculated using the prices quoted on the market for financial instruments having similar characteristics.

The fair value of interest rate swaps represents the estimated amount that the Bank determines as exit price in accordance with IFRS 13.

If there are no quoted prices from the market (either direct or indirect) for any derivative instrument, the respective fair value estimates have been calculated by using models and valuation techniques such as Black-Scholes, Hull, and Monte Carlo simulations, taking into consideration the relevant inputs/outputs such as volatility of options, observable correlations between underlying assets, counterparty credit risk, implicit price volatility, the velocity with which the volatility reverts to its average value, and the straight-line relationship (correlation) between the value of a market variable and its volatility, among others.

Measurement of fair value and hierarchy

IFRS 13 - Fair Value Measurement, provides a hierarchy of reasonable values which separates the inputs and/or valuation technique assumptions used to measure the fair value of financial instruments. The hierarchy reflects the significance of the inputs used in making the measurement. The three levels of the hierarchy of fair values are the following:

• Level 1: the inputs are quoted prices (unadjusted) on active markets for identical assets and liabilities that the Bank can access on the measurement date.

• Level 2: inputs other than the quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly.

• Level 3: inputs are unobservable inputs for the asset or liability i.e. they are not based on observable market data.

The hierarchy level within which the fair value measurement is categorized in its entirety is determined based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety.

The best evidence of a financial instrument’s fair value at the initial time is the transaction price (Level 1).

In cases where quoted market prices cannot be observed, Management makes its best estimate of the price that the market would set using its own internal models which in most cases use data based on observable market parameters as a significant input (Level 2) and, in very specific cases, significant inputs not observable in market data (Level 3). Various techniques are employed to make these estimates, including the extrapolation of observable market data.

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

AS OF AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014

NOTE 37

FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL ASSETS AND LIABILITIES, continued

Financial instruments at fair value and determined by quotations published in active markets (Level 1) include:

- Chilean Government and Department of Treasury bonds

Instruments which cannot be 100% observable in the market are valued according to other inputs observable in the market (Level 2).

The following financial instruments are classified under Level 2:

Type of financial instrument	Model used in valuation	Description
ž  Mortgage and private bonds	Present Value of Cash Flows Model	Internal Rates of Return (“IRRs”) are provided by RiskAmerica, according to the following criterion: If, at the valuation day, there are one or more valid transactions at the Santiago Stock Exchange for a given mnemonic, the reported rate is the weighted average amount of the observed rates. In the case there are no valid transactions for a given mnemonic on the valuation day, the reported rate is the IRR base from a reference structure, plus a spread model based on historical spread for the same item or similar ones.
ž  Time deposits	Present Value of Cash Flows Model	IRRs are provided by RiskAmerica, according to the following criterion: If, at the valuation day, there are one or more valid transactions at the Santiago Stock Exchange for a given mnemonic, the reported rate is the weighted average amount of the observed rates. In the case there are no valid transactions for a given mnemonic on the valuation day, the reported rate is the IRR base from a reference structure, plus a spread model based on issuer curves.
ž  Constant Maturity Swaps (CMS), FX and Inflation Forward (Fwd) , Cross Currency Swaps (CCS), Interest Rate Swap (IRS)	Present Value of Cash Flows Model	IRRs are provided by ICAP, GFI, Tradition, and Bloomberg according to this criterion: With published market prices, a valuation curve is created by the bootstrapping method and is then used to value different derivative instruments.
ž  FX Options	Black-Scholes	Formula adjusted by the volatility smile (implicit volatility). Prices (volatility) are provided by BGC Partners, according to this criterion: With published market prices, a volatility surface is created by interpolation and then these volatilities are used to value options.

In limited occasions significant inputs not observable in market data are used (Level 3). To carry out this estimate, several techniques are used, including extrapolation of observable market data or a mix of observable data.

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The following financial instruments are classified under Level 3:

Type of  financial instrument	Model used in valuation	Description
ž  Caps/ Floors/ Swaptions	Black Normal Model for Cap/Floors and Swaptions	There is no observable input of implicit volatility.
ž  UF options	Black – Scholes	There is no observable input of implicit volatility.
ž  Cross currency swap with window	Hull-White	Hybrid HW model for rates and Brownian motion for FX There is no observable input of implicit volatility.
ž  CCS (special contracts)	Implicit Forward Rate Agreement (FRA)	Start Fwd unsupported by MUREX (platform) due to the UF forward estimate.
ž  Cross currency swap, Interest rate swap, Call money swap in Tasa Activa Bancaria (Active Bank Rate) TAB,	Present Value of Cash Flows Model	Valuation obtained by using the interest curve and interpolating at flow maturities, but TAB is not a directly observable variable and is not correlated to any market input.
ž  Bonds (in our case, low liquidity bonds)	Present Value of Cash Flows Model	Valued by using similar instrument prices plus a charge/off rate by liquidity.

The Bank does not believe that any change in unobservable inputs with respect to level 3 instruments would result in a significantly different fair value measurement.

The following table presents the assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurrent basis, as of December 31, 2015 and 2014:

	Fair value measurement
	2015		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
As of December 31,	MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$
Assets
Trading investments		324,271		283,236		41,035		-
Available for sale investments		2,044,411		1,287,589		756,056		766
Derivatives		3,205,926		-		3,166,779		39,147
Margin accounts		649,325		649,325		-		-
Total		6,223,933		2,220,150		3,963,870		39,913
Liabilities
Derivatives		2,862,606		-		2,862,606		-
Margin accounts		819,331		819,331		-		-
Total		3,681,937		819,331		2,862,606		-

	Fair value measurement
	2014		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
As of December 31,	MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$
Assets
Trading investments		774,815		731,344		43,471		-
Available for sale investments		1,651,598		1,028,639		622,075		884
Derivatives		2,727,563		-		2,684,782		42,781
Margin accounts		3,013		3,013		-		-
Total		5,156,989		1,762,996		3,350,328		43,665
Liabilities
Derivatives		2,561,384		-		2,561,384		-
Margin accounts		39,639		39,639		-		-
Total		2,601,023		39,639		2,561,384		-

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AS OF AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014

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The following table presents assets or liabilities which are not measured at fair value in the statement of financial position but for which the fair value is disclosed, as of December 31, 2015 and 2014:

	Fair value measurement
	2015		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
As of December 31,	MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$
Assets
Loans and accounts receivable from customers and interbank loans, net		26,676,836		-		26,676,836		-
Total		26,676,836		-		26,676,836		-
Liabilities
Deposits and interbank borrowings		21,167,077		-		21,167,077		-
Issued debt instruments and other financial liabilities		6,556,120		-		6,556,120		-
Total		27,723,197		-		27,723,197		-

	Fair value measurement
	2014		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
As of December 31,	MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$
Assets
Loans and accounts receivable from customers and interbank loans, net		24,187,545		-		24,187,545		-
Total		24,187,545		-		24,187,545		-
Liabilities
Deposits and interbank borrowings		18,470,479		-		18,470,479		-
Issued debt instruments and other financial liabilities		6,456,142		-		6,456,142		-
Total		24,926,621		-		24,926,621		-

There were no transfer between levels 1 and 2 for the year ended December 31, 2015 and 2014.

The following table presents the Bank’s activity for assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurrent basis using unobserved significant entries (Level 3) as of December 31, 2015 and 2014:

	Assets			Liabilities
	MCh$			MCh$
As of January 1, 2015		43,665			-
Total realized and unrealized profits (losses)
Included in statement of income		(3,634	)		-
Included in other comprehensive income		(118	)		-
Purchases, issuances, and loans (net)		-			-
As of December 31, 2015		39,913			-
Total profits or losses included in comprehensive income for 2014 that are attributable to change in unrealized profit (losses) related to assets or liabilities as of December 31, 2015		(3,752	)		-

	Assets			Liabilities
	MCh$			MCh$
As of January 1, 2014		52,104			(1,419	)
Total realized and unrealized profits (losses)
Included in statement of income		(8,485	)		1,419
Included in other comprehensive income		46			-
Purchases, issuances, and loans (net)		-			-
As of December 31, 2014		43,665			-
Total profits or losses included in comprehensive income for 2014 that are attributable to change in unrealized profit (losses) related to assets or liabilities as of December 31, 2013		(8,439	)		1,419

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The realized and unrealized profits (losses) included in comprehensive income for 2015 and 2014, in the assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurrent basis through unobservable market data (Level 3) are recorded in the Statement of Comprehensive Income in the associate line item.

The potential effect as of December 31, 2015 and 2014 on the valuation of assets and liabilities valued at fair value on a recurrent basis through unobservable significant entries (level 3), generated by changes in the principal assumptions if other reasonably possible assumptions that are less or more favorable were used, is not considered by the Bank to be significant.

The following sheet shows the financial instruments subject to offsetting according to IAS 32:

	As of December 31, 2015
	Linked financial instruments subject to offsetting						Linked financial instruments not subject to offsetting						Other financial instruments
	Gross value of financial assets		Gross value of financial liabilities compensated on the balance sheet		Net amount ("+" or "-") of financial assets presented on the balance sheet		Financial instruments- Assets		Financial instruments- Liabilities		Net amount		Assets		Liabilities		Net amount
Financial instrument	MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$		MCh$
Financial derivative contracts		-		-		-		3,011,322		2,718,401		292,921		194,604		144,205		50,399
Repurchase agreements		-		-		-		-		-		-		2,463		143,689		(141,226	)
Total		-		-		-		3,011,322		2,718,401		292,921		197,067		287,894		(90,827	)

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

AS OF AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014

NOTE 38

RISK MANAGEMENT

Introduction and general description

The Bank, due to its activities with financial instruments is exposed to several types of risks. The main risks related to financial instruments that apply to the Bank are as follows:

- Market risk: rises from holding financial instruments whose value may be affected by fluctuations in market conditions, generally including the following types of risk:

a. Foreign exchange risk: this arises as a consequence of exchange rate fluctuations among currencies.

b. Interest rate risk: this arises as a consequence of fluctuations in market interest rates.

c. Price risk: this arises as a consequence of changes in market prices, either due to factors specific to the instrument itself or due to factors that affect all the instruments negotiated in the market.

d. Inflation risk: this arises as a consequence of changes in Chile’s inflation rate, whose effect would be mainly applicable to financial instruments denominated in UFs.

- Credit risk: this is the risk that one of the parties to a financial instrument fails to meet its contractual obligations for reasons of insolvency or inability of the individuals or legal entities in question to continue as a going concern, causing a financial loss to the other party.

- Liquidity risk: is the possibility that an entity may be unable to meet its payment commitments, or that in order to meet them, it may have to raise funds with onerous terms or risk damage to its image and reputation.

- Operating risk: this is a risk arising from human errors, system errors, fraud or external events which may damage the Bank’s reputation, may have legal or regulatory implications, or cause financial losses.

This note includes information on the Bank’s exposure to these risks and on its objectives, policies, and processes involved in their measurement and management.

Risk management structure

The Board is responsible for the establishment and monitoring of the Bank’s risk management structure, for which purpose it has an on-line corporate governance system which incorporates international recommendations and trends, adapted to Chilean regulatory conditions and given it the ability to apply the most advanced practices in the markets in which the Bank operates. To optimize the performance of this function, the Board of Directors has established the Asset and Liability Committee (“ALCO”), whose principal task is to assist in carrying out its functions relating to oversight and management of the Bank’s risks. To complement the ALCO in the risk management function, the Board also has three key committees: the Markets Committee (“CDM,” the acronym in Spanish) the Executive Credit Committee (“CEC,” the acronym in Spanish) and the Audit Committee (“CDA,” the acronym in Spanish). Each of these committees is composed of directors and executive members of the Bank’s management.

The ALCO is responsible for developing risk handling policies of the Bank following the Board and Santander Spain Global Risk Department guidelines, as well as the requirements of the Chilean SBIF. Said policies have been created mainly to identify and analyze the risks the Bank faces, establishing risk limits and adequate control monitoring risks, and the abiding by of limits. Risk handling policies and systems are revised regularly to reflect changes in market conditions and products or services offered. The Bank, through the creation and management of regulations and procedures, aims at developing a disciplined and constructive control environment in which all employees understand their role and duties.

To carry out its duties, the ALCO works directly with the Bank’s control and risk departments, whose joint objectives include the following:

- evaluate risks whose magnitude might threaten the Bank’s solvency or which might potentially pose significant risks to its operations or reputation;

- ensure that the Bank is equipped with the means, systems, structures, and resources, consistent with best practices, which enable the implementation of the risk management strategy;

- ensure the integration, control, and management of all the Bank’s risks;

- apply homogeneous risk principles, policies, and metrics throughout the Bank and its businesses;

- develop and implement a risk management model at the bank, in order for risk exposure to be adequately integrated into the different decision making processes;

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- identify risk concentrations and mitigation alternatives, monitor the macroeconomic and competitive environment, quantifying sensitivities and the foreseeable impact of different scenarios on risk positioning; and

- carry out the management of structural liquidity, interest rate, and exchange rate risks, as well as those arising from the Bank’s own resource base.

To achieve the aforementioned objectives, the Bank (its management and the ALCO) performs a variety of activities relating to risk management, including the following: calculate exposures to risk from different portfolios and/or investments, taking into consideration mitigating factors (guarantees, netting, collateral, etc.); calculate the probabilities of expected loss for each portfolio and/or investment; assign loss factors to new transactions (rating and scoring); measure the risk values of the portfolios and/or investments based on different scenarios by means of historical simulations; specify limits for potential losses based on the different risks incurred; determine the potential impact of the structural risks on the Bank’s Consolidated Statements of Income; set limits and alerts which guarantee the Bank’s liquidity; and identify and quantify the operating risks by line of business, so as to facilitate their mitigation through corrective actions.

The CDA is mainly responsible for supervising compliance with the Bank’s risk management policies and procedures, and for reviewing the adaptation of the risk management framework to the risks faced by the Bank.

Credit risk

Credit risk is the risk that one of the parties to a financial instrument fails to meet its contractual obligations for reasons of insolvency or inability of the individuals or legal entities in question to continue as a going concern, causing a financial loss to the other party. To manage credit risk, the Bank consolidates all elements and components of credit risk exposure (e.g. individual delinquency risk, innate risk of a business line or segment, and/or geographical risk).

Mitigation of credit risk for loans and accounts receivable

The Board has delegated the duty of credit risk management to the ALCO and CEC, as well as to the Bank’s risk departments, whose roles are summarized below:

- Formulation of credit policies, by consulting with the business units, meeting requirements of guarantees, credit evaluation, risk rating and submission of reports, documentation and legal procedures in compliance with the regulatory, legal and internal requirements of the Bank.

- Establish the structure to approve and renew credit requests. The Bank structures credit risks by assigning limits to the concentration of that risk in terms of individual debtors, debtor groups, industry segment and country. Approval levels are assigned to the correspondent officials of the business unit (commercial, consumer, SMEs) to be exercised by that level of management. In addition, those limits are revised constantly. Teams in charge of risk evaluation at the branch level interact on a regular basis with customers; however, for larger credit requests, the risk team from the head office and even the CEC work directly with customers to assess credit risks and prepare risk requests. Moreover, Banco Santander España participates in the process to approve larger credits; for example, to customers or economic groups with debts over USD 40 million.

- Limit concentrations of exposure to customers or counterparties in geographic areas or industries (for accounts receivable or loans), and by issuer, credit rating, and liquidity (for investments).

- Develop and maintain the Bank’s credit risk classifications for the purpose of classifying risks according to the degree of exposure to financial loss that is exhibited by the respective financial instruments, with the aim of focusing risk management specifically on the associated risks.

- Revise and evaluate credit risk. Review and evaluate credit risk. Management’s risk divisions are largely independent of the Bank’s commercial division and evaluate all credit risks in excess of the specified limits prior to loan approvals for customers or prior to the acquisition of specific investments. Credit renewal and revisions are subject to similar processes.

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When preparing a credit request for a corporate customer, the Bank verifies several parameters such as debt service capacity (generally including future cash flows), the customer's financial records and/or projections for their economic sector. The risk division is closely involved in this process. All applications include an analysis of the customer’s strengths and weaknesses, as well as a risk classification and a recommendation. Credit limits are not established over customers’ outstanding balances but on the direct and indirect credit risk of the financial group. For example, a corporation would be evaluated together with subsidiaries and affiliates.

Consumer loans are evaluated and approved by their respective risk divisions (individual, SME), and the evaluation process is based on an evaluation system known as Garra (Banco Santander) and Syseva (Santander Banefe). Both of these processes are decentralized, automated, and based on a scoring system that includes the credit risk policies adopted by the Bank’s Board. The loan application process is based on a collection of information to determine the customer’s financial condition and payment capacity. The parameters used to assess the credit risk of the applicant include different variables such as income levels, duration of current job, indebtedness, reports from credit reporting agencies, etc.

- Provide advice, training, and specialized knowledge to the business units in order to promote the Bank’s best practices in credit risk management.

Mitigation of credit risk of other financial assets (investments, derivatives, commitments)

As a part of the acquisition process of financial investments and financial instruments, the Bank examines the probability of uncollectability from issuers or counterparties, using internal and external evaluations, such as risk evaluators that are independent from the Bank. The Bank is also governed by a strict and conservative policy which ensures that the issuers of its investments and the counterparties in derivative transactions are highly reputable.

In addition, the Bank holds a variety of instruments which imply credit risk, but are not reflected in the Consolidated Statement of Financial Position, such as: personal guarantees, documentary letters of credit, performance bonds, and commitments to grant loans.

Personal guarantees represent an irrevocable payment obligation. If a guaranteed customer fails to meet their obligations to third parties secured by the Bank, the Bank will make the relevant payments; hence, these transactions imply the same credit risk exposure as an ordinary loan.

Documentary letters of credit are commitments documented by the Bank on behalf of customers, which are secured by the shipped merchandise to which they relate, and hence, have a lower risk than direct indebtedness. Performance bonds are contingent commitments which become enforceable only if the customer fails to carry out the work agreed upon with a third party who is secured by such performance bonds.

In the case of loan commitments, the Bank is potentially exposed to losses for an amount equivalent to the unused amount of the commitment. However, the expected loss amount is lower than the commitment’s unused amount. The Bank controls the maturity term of credit lines since generally, long-term obligations have a larger credit risk than short-term ones.

Maximum credit risk exposure

For financial assets recognised in the Consolidated Statements of Financial Position, maximium credit risk exposure equals their carrying value. For financial guarantees granted, the maximum exposure to credit risk equals the maximum amount the Banks would have to pay if the financial guaranty was executed.

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Below is the distribution by financial asset of the Bank’s maximum exposure to credit risk as of December 31, 2015 and 2014, without deduction of collateral security interests or credit improvements received:

			As of December 31,
			2015		2014
			Amount of exposure		Amount of exposure
	Note		MCh$		MCh$
Cash and deposits in banks		4		1,432,371		1,013,909
Cash items in process of collection		4		724,521		531,373
Trading investments		5		324,271		774,815
Investments under resale agreements		6		2,463		-
Financial derivative contracts		7		3,205,926		2,727,563
Loans and accounts receivable from customers and interbank loans, net		8 and 9		24,546,062		22,191,856
Available for sale investments		10		2,044,411		1,651,598
Off-balance commitments:
Letters of credit issued				178,461		204,932
Foreign letters of credit confirmed				70,417		75,798
Guarantees				1,673,580		1,470,604
Available credit lines				6,789,591		5,683,828
Personal guarantees				163,395		261,582
Other irrevocable credit commitments				82,161		109,229
Total				41,237,630		36,697,087

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AS OF AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014

NOTE 38

RISK MANAGEMENT, continued

The following table shows loan portfolio information as set forth in our internal scoring policy, described in Note 01 o) “Allowance for loans losses” as of December 31, 2015 and 2014:

	As of December 31,
Category	2014										2013
Commercial	Individual		Percentage			Allowance		Percentage			Individual		Percentage			Allowance		Percentage
Portfolio	MCh$		%			MCh$		%			MCh$		%			MCh$		%
A1		16,636		0,07	%		4		0.00	%		120,646		0.53	%		42		0.01	%
A2		2,057,156		8,13	%		1,496		0.20	%		1,790,389		7.82	%		1,202		0.17	%
A3		3,064,806		12,12	%		3,500		0.46	%		3,029,274		13.23	%		3,340		0.48	%
A4		2,833,259		11,20	%		18,026		2.39	%		2,535,098		11.07	%		17,062		2.43	%
A5		1,013,907		4,01	%		15,792		2.09	%		858,830		3.75	%		13,114		1.87	%
A6		585,327		2,31	%		15,399		2.04	%		475,212		2.08	%		11,406		1.63	%
B1		256,507		1,01	%		11,191		1.48	%		183,932		0.80	%		9,172		1.31	%
B2		84,497		0,33	%		5,822		0.77	%		64,695		0.28	%		5,910		0.84	%
B3		106,128		0,42	%		21,043		2.79	%		75,074		0.33	%		10,351		1.48	%
B4		57,805		0,23	%		8,036		1.06	%		74,910		0.33	%		11,028		1.57	%
C1		81,767		0,32	%		1,635		0.22	%		79,148		0.35	%		1,583		0.23	%
C2		48,569		0,19	%		4,857		0.64	%		66,267		0.29	%		6,627		0.95	%
C3		37,663		0,15	%		9,416		1.25	%		16,742		0.07	%		4,185		0.60	%
C4		69,952		0,28	%		27,981		3.71	%		33,074		0.14	%		13,229		1.89	%
C5		76,157		0,30	%		49,503		6.56	%		59,585		0.26	%		38,730		5.53	%
C6		92,682		0,37	%		83,414		11.06	%		94,832		0.41	%		85,348		12.18	%
Subtotal		10,482,818		41,44	%		277,115		36.72	%		9,557,708		41.74	%		232,329		33.17	%
	Group		Percentage			Allowance		Percentage			Group		Percentage			Allowance		Percentage
	MCh$		%			MCh$		%			MCh$		%			MCh$		%
Commercial
Normal portfolio		2,483,258		9,81	%		50,559		6.70	%		2,401,003		10.49	%		51,027		7.28	%
Impaired portfolio		371,160		1,47	%		117,992		15.63	%		383,532		1.68	%		114,670		16.36	%
Subtotal		2,854,418		11,28	%		168,551		22.33	%		2,784,535		12.17	%		165,697		23.64	%
Mortgage
Normal portfolio		7,416,703		29,31	%		19,133		2.54	%		6,261,428		27.35	%		17,574		2.50	%
Impaired portfolio		396,147		1,57	%		32,027		4.24	%		370,603		1.62	%		31,170		4.45	%
Subtotal		7,812,850		30,88	%		51,160		6.78	%		6,632,031		28.97	%		48,744		6.95	%
Consumer
Normal portfolio		3,819,361		15,10	%		118,006		15.64	%		3,554,891		15.53	%		116,865		16.67	%
Impaired portfolio		331,310		1,31	%		139,863		18.53	%		363,484		1.59	%		137,158		19.57	%
Subtotal		4,150,671		16,41	%		257,869		34.17	%		3,918,375		17.12	%		254,023		36.24	%
Total		25,300,757		100,00	%		754,695		100.00	%		22,892,649		100.00	%		700,793		100.00	%

As December 31, 2015 and 2014, the Bank does not believe that the credit quality of its other financial assets or liabilities is of sufficient significance to warrant future disclosure.

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NOTE 38

RISK MANAGEMENT, continued

Regarding the individually evaluated portfolio, the different categories and levels within each category correspond to:

- Category A or Normal Portfolio. Consists of debtors with a payment capacity that allows them to fulfill their financial obligations and commitments and who, according to their financial situation, are not likely to experience a change in this condition in the short term.

- Category B or Substandard Portfolio. Includes debtors with financial difficulties or whose payment capacity has been diminished and about whom the Bank has considerable doubts about the total reimbursement of the capital and interest according to the agreed terms, showing they have a lesser likelihood of meeting their financial obligations in the short term.

- Categories C and D or Default Portfolio.  Consists of those debtors where the Bank considers the ability of reimbursement remote since they have an impaired or null payment capacity.

Regarding the portfolios evaluated on a group basis, all of the associated operations are evaluated together.

See Note 30 for the detail of the Bank’s impaired loans and the associated allowances. Also, see Note 19 for a detail of the maturity of the Bank’s financial assets.

Exposure to credit risk in foreign derivative contracts

As of December 31, 2015, the Bank’s foreign exposure -including counterparty risk in the derivative instruments’ portfolio- was USD 2,090 million or 4.27% of assets. In the table below, exposure to derivative instruments is calculated by using the equivalent credit risk; which equals the replacement carrying amount plus the maximum potential value, considering the cash collateral that minimizes exposure.

Below, there are additional details regarding our exposure to Colombia and Italy, since they are classified above 1 and where the below represents our majority of exposure to categories other than 1. Below we detail exposure to Italy and Colombia as of December 31, 2015, considering fair value of derivative instruments.

Country	Classification (1)		Derivative Instruments (adjusted to market) USD MCh$		Deposits USD MCh$		Loans USD MCh$		Financial investments USD MCh$		Total Exposure USD MCh$
Colombia		2		1.20		-		-		-		1.20
Italy		2		46.40		0.65		-		-		47.05
Other		3		1.32		-		-		-		1.32
Total				48.92		0.65		-		-		49.57

(1) Corresponds to country’s classification established in Chapter B-6 of the Compendium of Accounting Standards issued by the SBIF.

The total amount of this exposure to derivative instruments must be compensated daily with collateral and, therefore, the net credit exposure is USD 0.

Our exposure to Spain within the group is as follows:

Counterpart

Country

Classification

Derivative instruments (market adjusted) USD MM

Deposits USD MM

Loans USD MM

Financial Investments USD MM

Exposure Exposure USD MM

Banco Santander España (*)

Spain

1

20.11

357.53

-

-

377.64

The total amount of this exposure to derivative instruments must be compensated daily with collateral and, therefore, the net credit exposure is USD 0.28

* We have included our exposure to Santander branches in New York and Hong Kong as exposure to Spain.

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AS OF AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014

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Impairment of other financial instruments

As of December 31, 2014 and 2013, the Bank had no significant impairments of its financial assets other than loans and accounts receivable.

Security interests and credit improvements

The maximum exposure to credit risk is reduced in some cases by security interests, credit improvements, and other actions which mitigate the Bank’s exposure. Based on the foregoing, the creation of security interests are a necessary but not a sufficient condition for granting a loan; accordingly, the Bank’s acceptance of risks requires the verification of other variables and parameters, such as the ability to pay or generate funds in order to mitigate the risk being taken on.

Procedures for management and valuation of securities are described in the internal policies of risk management. Said policies set the basic principles for credit risk management, including the management of securities received in customers’ operations. In this sense, the risk management model includes assessing the existence of adequate and sufficient guarantees that allow recovering the credit when the debtor’s circumstances prevent them from fulfilling their obligations.

The procedures used for the valuation of security interests utilize the prevailing market practices, which provide for the use of appraisals for mortgage securities, market prices for stock securities, fair value of the participating interest for investment funds, etc. All security interests received must be instrumented properly and registered on the relevant register, as well as have the approval of legal divisions of the Bank.

In addition, the Bank has classification tools that allow it to group the credit quality of transactions or customers. To study how this probability varies, the Bank has historical databases that keep this internally generated information. Classification tools vary according to the analyzed customer (commercial, consumer, SMEs, etc.).

Below is the detail of security interests, collateral, or credit improvements provided to the Bank as of December 31, 2015 and 2014.

	As of December 31,
	2015		2014
	MCh$		MCh$
Non-impaired financial assets:
Properties/mortgages		16,849,296		14,643,933
Investments and others		2,287,128		2,005,276
Impaired financial assets:
Properties/ mortgages		265,052		420,033
Investments and others		4,268		12,314
Total		19,405,744		17,081,556

Liquidity risk

Liquidity risk is the risk that the Bank may have difficulty meeting the obligations associated with its financial obligations.

Liquidity risk management

The Bank is exposed on a daily basis to requirements for cash funds from various banking activities, such as wires from checking accounts, fixed-term deposit payments, guarantee payments, disbursements on derivatives transactions, etc. As typical in the banking industry, the Bank does not hold cash funds to cover the balance of all the positions, as experience shows that only a minimum level of these funds will be withdrawn, which can be accurately predicted with a high degree of certainty.

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AS OF AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014

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The Bank’s approach to liquidity management is to ensure— whenever possible—to have enough liquidity on hand to fulfill its obligations at maturity, in both normal and stressed conditions, without entering into unacceptable debts or risking the Bank’s reputation. The Board establishes limits on the minimal part of available funds close to maturity to fulfill said payments as well as over a minimum level of interbank operations and other loan facilities that should be available to cover transfers at unexpected demand levels. This is constantly reviewed. Additionally, the Bank must comply with the regulation limits established by the SBIF for maturity mismatches.

These limits affect the mismatches of future flows of income and expenditures of the Bank on an individual basis. They are:

i. mismatches of up to 30 days for all currencies, up to the amount of basic capital;

ii. mismatches of up to 30 days for foreign currencies, up to the amount of basic capital; and

iii. mismatches of up to 90 days for all currencies, twice the basic capital.

The Bank’s treasury department (“Treasury”) receives information from all business units about the liquidity profile of its financial assets and liabilities in addition to details from other future cash flows that arise from future business transactions. Based on this information, Treasury keeps a short-term liquid assets portfolio, mainly composed of liquid investments, interbank loans, and advanced payments, to guarantee that the Bank has enough liquidity. Liquidity needs of business units are fulfilled through short-term transfers from Treasury to cover any short-term variation and long-term financing to address all structural liquidity requirements.

The Bank monitors its liquidity position daily to establish future flows of inflow and outflow. At each month's closing, stress tests are carried out in which a variety of scenarios are used, from normal market conditions to those that contain significant fluctuations. Liquidity policy and procedures are subjected to review and approval of the Bank’s Board. There are periodic reports which detail the Bank’s, and its subsidiaries’, liquidity position, including any exceptions and adopted correcting measures, which are also reviewed periodically by the ALCO.

The Bank relies on customer (retail) and institutional deposits, obligations to banks, debt instruments, and time deposits as its main sources of funding. Although most obligations to banks, debt instruments and time deposits have maturities of more than one year, customer (retail) and institutional deposits tend to have shorter maturities and a large proportion of them are payable within 90 days. The short-term nature of these deposits increases the Bank’s liquidity risk, and hence, the Bank actively manages this risk through continual supervision of the market trends and price management.

Exposure to liquidity risk

A similar, yet not identical, measure is the calculation used to measure the Bank´s liquidity limit as established by the SBIF. The Bank determines a mismatch percentage for purposes of calculating such liquidity limit which is calculated by dividing its benefits (assets) by its obligations (liabilities) according to maturity based on estimated repricing. The mismatch amount permitted for the 30 day and under period is 1 times [regulatory] capital and for the 90 day and under period – 2 times [regulatory] capital.

The following table displays the actual derived percentages as calculated per above:

	As of December 31,
	2015		2014
	%		%
30 days		38		32
30 days foreign currency		-		-
90 days		44		15

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Below, is the breakdown by maturity, of the asset and liability balances of the Bank as of December 31, 2015 and 2014, which also includes off-balance sheet commitments:

	Demand			Up to 1 month			Between 1 and 3 months			Between 3 and 12 months			Between 1 and 5 years			More than 5 years			Total
As of December 31, 2015	MCh$			MCh$			MCh$			MCh$			MCh$			MCh$			MCh$
Maturity of assets (Note 19)		3,724,457			3,558,080			2,486,846			4,679,349			9,296,058			10,571,690			34,316,480
Maturity of liabilities (Note 19)		(8,910,584	)		(6,429,860	)		(3,706,244	)		(4,135,780	)		(4,526,750	)		(3,602,649	)		(31,311,867	)
Net maturity		(5,186,127	)		(2,871,780	)		(1,219,398	)		543,569			4,769,308			6,969,041			3,004,613
Off-balance commitments:
Personal guarantees		-			(11,935	)		(11,179	)		(58,629	)		(82,212	)		-			(163,955	)
Foreign letters of credit confirmed		-			(16,522	)		(12,504	)		(6,535	)		(34,873	)		-			(70,434	)
Letters of credit issued		-			(39,552	)		(100,407	)		(37,753	)		(1,330	)		-			(179,042	)
Guarantees		-			(89,430	)		(142,285	)		(714,747	)		(709,844	)		(28,541	)		(1,684,847	)
Net maturity, including commitments		(5,186,127	)		(3,029,219	)		(1,485,773	)		(274,095	)		3,941,049			6,940,500			906,335

	Demand			Up to 1 month			Between 1 and 3 months			Between 3 and 12 months			Between 1 and 5 years			More than 5 years			Total
As of December 31, 2014	MCh$			MCh$			MCh$			MCh$			MCh$			MCh$			MCh$
Maturity of assets (Note 19)		2,890,703			2,655,380			2,094,399			4,815,513			8,519,123			9,214,781			30,189,899
Maturity of liabilities (Note 19)		(7,032,117	)		(6,175,945	)		(3,205,819	)		(3,717,331	)		(4,329,432	)		(2,930,039	)		(27,390,683	)
Net maturity		(4,141,414	)		(3,520,565	)		(1,111,420	)		1,098,182			4,189,691			6,284,742			2,799,216
Off-balance commitments:
Personal guarantees		-			(17,626	)		(6,858	)		(169,875	)		(54,126	)		(13,684	)		(262,169	)
Foreign letters of credit confirmed		-			(2,426	)		(26,807	)		(4,085	)		(42,495	)		-			(75,813	)
Letters of credit issued		-			(54,701	)		(108,218	)		(43,001	)		-			-			(205,920	)
Guarantees		-			(122,176	)		(188,378	)		(620,143	)		(522,233	)		(28,224	)		(1,481,154	)
Net maturity, including commitments		(4,141,414	)		(3,717,494	)		(1,441,681	)		261,078			3,570,837			6,242,834			774,160

The tables above show cash flows without deducting financial assets and liabilities over the estimated maturity base. Future cash flows from these instruments might vary significantly compared to this analysis. For example, we expect that demand deposits remain stable or grow steadily and we do not expect to execute all unrecognized loan obligations. In addition, the above detail excludes available credit lines since they do not have contractually defined maturities.

Market risk

Market risk arises as a consequence of the market activity, by means of financial instruments whose value can be affected by market variations, reflected in different assets and financial risk factors. The risk can be diminished by means of hedging through other products (assets/liabilities or derivative instruments) or terminating the open transaction/position. The objective of market risk management is to manage and control market risk exposure within acceptable parameters.

There are four major risk factors that affect the market prices: type of interest, type of exchange, price, and inflation. In addition and for certain positions, it is necessary to consider other risks as well, such as spread risk, base risk, commodity risk, volatility or correlation risk.

Market risk management

The Bank’s internal management measure market risk based mainly on the procedures and standards of Santander Spain, which are in turn based on analysis of management in three principal components:

- trading portfolio;

- domestic financial management portfolio;

- foreign financial management portfolio.

The trading portfolio is comprised mainly of investments, valued at fair value, and free of any restriction on their immediate sale, which are often bought and sold by the Bank with the intent of selling them in the short term in order to benefit from short-term price fluctuations. The financial management portfolios include all the financial investments not considered a part of trading portfolio.

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AS OF AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014

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The ALCO has the general responsibility for the market risk. The Bank’s risk/finance department is responsible for formulating detailed management policies and applying them to the Bank’s operations, in conformity with the guidelines adopted by the ALCO and the Global Risk Department of Banco Santander – Spain.

The department’s functions in connection with trading portfolio include the following:

i. apply the “Value at Risk” (VaR) techniques to measure interest rate risk,

ii. adjust the trading portfolios to market and measure the daily income and loss from commercial activities,

iii. compare the real VaR with the established limits,

iv. establish procedures to prevent losses in excess of predetermined limits, and

v. furnish information on the trading activities to the ALCO, other members of the Bank’s management, and the Global Risk Department of Santander – Spain.

The department’s functions in connection with financial management portfolios include the following:

i. perform sensitivity simulations (as explained below) to measure interest rate risk for activities denominated in local currency and the potential losses forecasted by these simulations, and

ii. provide daily reports thereon to the ALCO, other members of the Bank’s management, and the Global Risk Department of Santander - Spain.

Market risk - trading portfolio

The Bank applies VaR methods to measure the market risk of its trading portfolio. The Bank has a consolidated commercial position that is made up of fixed income investments, foreign exchange trading, and a minimum position of investments in equity shares. This portfolio is mostly made of Chilean Central Bank bonds, mortgage bonds and corporate bonds issued locally at low risk. At the closing date, the trading portfolio did not show investments in another portfolio.

For the Bank, the VaR estimate is done through the historical simulation method which consists of observing the behavior of profit and loss that might have taken place with the current portfolio if the market conditions at a given time had been present and, based on that information, infer maximum losses with a determined confidence level. This method has the advantage of reflecting precisely the historical distribution of market values and not requiring any distribution assumption for a specific probability. All VaR measures are designed to establish the distribution function for the value change in a given portfolio and, once this distribution is known, to calculate the percentile related to the necessary confidence level, which will match the risk value in virtue of those parameters. As calculated by the Bank, the VaR is an estimate of the maximum expected loss of market value of a given portfolio in one day, with 99.00% confidence. It is the maximum loss in one day the Bank could expect in a given portfolio with a confidence level of 99.00%. In other words, it is the loss the Bank would have to deal only 1.0% of the time. VaR provides a single estimation of the market risk that cannot be compared with other market risks. Returns are calculated using a time window of 2 years or, at least, 520 data points gathered since the reference date in the past to calculate VaR.

The Bank does not calculate three separate VaRs. Only one VaR is calculated for the entire trading portfolio which, in addition, is separated into risk types. The VaR program carries out a historical simulation and calculates a profit (ganancia or “G”) and loss (pérdida or “P”) G&P Statement for 520 data points (days) for each risk factor (fixed income, currency, and variable income). Each risk factor’s G&P is added and a consolidated VaR is calculated with 520 data points or days. In addition, the VaR is calculated for each risk factor based on the individual G&P calculated for each. Additionally, a weighted VaR is calculated following the above mentioned method but giving a larger weight to the 30 most recent data points. The highest VaR is reported. In 2014 and 2013, we were still using the same VaR model and the methodology has not changed.

The Bank uses VaR estimates to issue a warning in case the statistically estimated losses for the trading portfolio exceed the cautionary levels.

Limitations of the VaR model

When applying a calculation methodology, no assumptions are made regarding the probability distribution of the changes in the risk factors; the historically observed changes are used for the risk factors on which each position in the portfolio will be valued.

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It is necessary to define a valuation function fj(xi) for each instrument j, preferably the same one used to calculate the market value and income of the daily position. This valuation function will be applied in each scenario to generate simulated prices for all the instruments in each scenario.

In addition, the VaR methodology should be interpreted taking into consideration the following limitations:

- Changes in market rates and prices may not be independent and identically distributed random variables, and may not have a normal distribution. In particular, the assumption of normal distribution may underestimate the probability of extreme market movements;

- The historical data used by the Bank may not provide the best estimate of the joint distribution of changes in the risk factors in the future, and any modification of the data may be inadequate. In particular, the use of historical data may fail to capture the risk of potential extreme and adverse market fluctuations, regardless of the time period used;

- A 1-day time horizon may not fully capture the market risk positions which cannot be liquidated or covered in a single day. It would not be possible to liquidate or cover all the positions in a single day;

- The VaR is calculated at the close of business, but trading positions may change substantially in the course of the trading day;

- The use of a 99% level of confidence does not take account of, or make any statement about, the losses that could occur outside of that degree of confidence; and

- A model such as the VaR does not capture all the complex effects of the risk factors over the value of the positions or portfolios, and accordingly, it could underestimate potential losses.

At no time in 2015 and 2014 did the Bank exceed the VaR limits in connection with the three components which comprise the trading portfolio: fixed-income investments, variable-income investments and foreign currency investments.

The Bank carries out back-testings on a daily basis and, generally, discovers that trading losses exceed the estimated VaR approximately one out of hundred business days. Also, a maximum VaR limit was established that can be applied over the trading portfolio. Both in 2014 and 2013, the Bank has kept within the maximum limit it established for the VaR; even when the real VaR exceeded estimations.

High, low and average levels for each component and year were as follows:

VaR	2015 USDMM		2014 USDMM
Consolidated:
High		3.61		3.77
Low		0.62		1.06
Average		1.38		1.91
Fixed-income investments:
High		3.13		3.99
Low		0.61		1.06
Average		1.23		1.78
Variable-income investments
High		0.19		0.15
Low		0.00		0.00
Average		0.00		0.00
Foreign currency investments
High		3.43		2.39
Low		0.04		0.06
Average		0.64		0.58

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Market risk - local and foreign financial management

The Bank’s financial management portfolio includes most of the Bank’s non-trading assets and liabilities, including the credit/loan portfolio. For these portfolios, investment and financing decisions are strongly influenced by the Bank’s commercial strategies.

The Bank uses a sensitivity analysis to measure market risk for domestic and foreign currencies (not included in the trading portfolio). The Bank carries out a simulation of scenarios that will be calculated as the difference between current flows in the chosen scenario (curve with a parallel movement of 100 basis points (“bp”) in all its sections) and its value in the base scenario (current market). All positions in domestic currency indexed to inflation (UF) are adjusted by a sensitivity factor of 0.57 which represents a change in the curve of 57bp in all real rates and 100 bp in nominal rates. The same scenario is carried out for net positions in foreign currency and interest rates in USD. In addition, the Bank has established limits regarding maximum loss this kind of movement in interest rates can have over capital and net financial income budgeted for the year.

To establish the consolidated limit, we add the foreign currency limit to the domestic currency limit and multiple by 2 the sum of the multiplication of them together both for net financial loss limit as well as for the capital and reserves loss limit, using the following formula:

Consolidated limit = square root of a2 + b2 + 2ab

a: domestic currency limit

b: foreign currency limit

Since we assume the correlation is 0; 2ab = 0. 2ab = 0.

Limitations of the sensitivity models

The most important assumption is using an exchange rate of 100 bp based on yield curve (57 bp for real rates). The Bank uses a 100 bp exchange since sudden changes of this magnitude are considered realistic. Santander Spain Global Risk Department has also established comparable limits by country, so as to compare, control and consolidate market risk by country in a realistic and orderly fashion.

In addition, the sensitivity simulation methodology should be interpreted taking into consideration the following limitations:

- The simulation of scenarios assumes that the volumes remain consistent in the Bank’s Consolidated Statements of Financial Position and are always renewed at maturity, thereby omitting the fact that certain credit risk and prepayment considerations may affect the maturity of certain positions.

- This model assumes an identical change along the entire length of the yield curve and does not take into account the different movements for different maturities.

- The model does not take into account the volume sensitivity which results from interest rate changes.

- The limits to losses of budgeted financial income are calculated based on the financial income foreseen for the year, which may not be actually earned, meaning that the real percentage of financial income at risk may be higher than the expected one.

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Market risk – Financial management portfolio – December 31, 2015 and 2014

	2015				2014
	Effect on financial income		Effect on capital		Effect on financial income		Effect on capital
Financial management portfolio – local currency (MCh$)
Loss limit		32,500		150,000		38,150		192,660
High		29,721		103,091		27,707		112,133
Low		13,882		72,104		16,904		77,231
Average		22,695		88,394		21,077		92,809
Financial management portfolio – foreign currency (in millions of $US)
Loss limit		30		70		40		70
High		9		15		16		39
Low		-		5		-		10
Average		2		12		10		28
Financial management portfolio – consolidated (in MCh$)
Loss limit		34,500		150,000		40,650		172,390
High		29,232		102,002		27,949		112,364
Low		14,129		70,741		17,441		77,848
Average		22,390		87,095		21,404		93,245

Operating risk

Operating risk is the risk of direct or indirect losses stemming from a wide variety of causes related to the Bank’s processes, personnel, technology, and infrastructure, as well as external factors other than credit, market, or liquidity, such as those related to legal or regulatory requirements. Operating risks arise from all the Bank’s operations.

The Bank’s objective is to manage operating risk in order to mitigate economic losses and damage to the Bank’s reputation through a flexible internal control structure.

The Bank’s management has the main responsibility to develop and apply controls to mitigate operating risks. This responsibility is supported by the global development of the Bank’s standards for operating risk management in the following areas:

- Requirements for adequate segregation of duties, including independent authorization of transactions

- Requirements for reconciliation and supervision of transactions

- Compliance with the applicable legal and regulatory requirements

- Documentation of controls and procedures

- Requirements for periodic evaluation of applicable operating risks and improvement of the controls and procedures to address the risks that are identified

- Requirements for disclosure of operating losses and the proposed corrective measures

- Development of contingency plans

- Training and professional development

- Adoption of ethical business standards

- Reduction or mitigation of risks, including acquisition of insurance policies if they are effective

Compliance with the Bank’s standards is supported by a program of periodic reviews conducted by the Bank’s internal audit unit, whose results are internally submitted to the management of the business unit that was examined and to the CDA.

Risk Concentration

The Bank operates mainly in Chile, thus most of its financial instruments are concentrated in that country. See Note 9 of the financial statements for a detail of the concentration of the Bank’s loans and accounts receivable by industry.

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AS OF AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014

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SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

Between January 1, 2016 and the date on which these Consolidated Financial Statements were issued (January 18, 2016), no other events have occurred which could significantly affect their interpretation.

FELIPE CONTRERAS FAJARDO Chief Accounting Officer CLAUDIO MELANDRI HINOJOSA Chief Executive Officer

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