0001104659-21-027499.txt : 20210224 0001104659-21-027499.hdr.sgml : 20210224 20210224162939 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-21-027499 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 6-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20210224 FILED AS OF DATE: 20210224 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20210224 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BANK OF CHILE CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001161125 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: COMMERCIAL BANKS, NEC [6029] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 6-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-15266 FILM NUMBER: 21673727 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: PASEO AHUMADA 251 CITY: SANTIAGO STATE: F3 ZIP: 00000 BUSINESS PHONE: 562-637-2044 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: PASEO AHUMADA 251 CITY: SANTIAGO STATE: F3 ZIP: 00000 6-K 1 tm217877d1_6k.htm FORM 6-K

 

 

FORM 6-K 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

Report of Foreign Private Issuer

 

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

 

For the month of February, 2021

 

Commission File Number 001-15266

 

BANK OF CHILE

 (Translation of registrant’s name into English)

 

Ahumada 251
Santiago, Chile
 (Address of principal executive offices)

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover 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): ¨

 

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): ¨

 

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): 82-

 

 

  

BANCO DE CHILE

REPORT ON FORM 6-K

 

Attached there is an English translation of a letter distributed by Banco de Chile to the Chilean Financial Market Commission and local Stock Exchanges, informing them the date and matters to be addressed by the next Ordinary Shareholders Meeting to be held on March 25, 2021. The same information contained in this letter shall also be published in the Chilean newspaper “El Mercurio”, on the 8, 15 and 22 March, 2021.

 

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Santiago, February 24, 2021.

 

Mr.

Joaquín Cortez Huerta

President

Financial Market Commission

Present

 

 Mr. President:

 

I inform you that the Board of Directors of Banco de Chile agreed to summon to an Ordinary Shareholders Meeting to be held on March 25, 2021, at 10:00 o’clock, at the Bank’s Auditorium located at 930 Huérfanos Street, Santiago, in order to address the following matters:

 

a)Approval of Annual Report, Balance Sheet, Financial Statement and External Auditors Report of Banco de Chile, for the year 2020.

 

b)Deduct and retain from the net income of the fiscal year ended on December 31, 2020, an amount equal to the correction of the paid capital value and reserves according to the Consumer Price Index variation occurred between November 2019 and November 2020, for an amount of CLP 95,989,016,547, which will be added to the account of retained earnings from previous fiscal years.

 

From the resulting balance, distribute, as a dividend, 60% of the remaining net income, corresponding to a dividend of CLP 2.18053623438 per each one of the 101,017,081,114 Bank shares, retaining the remaining 40% thereof.

 

Thus, a distribution of 47.6% of the income for the fiscal year ended on December 31, 2020, will be proposed as a dividend.

 

Such dividend will be distributed among those shareholders who own shares registered in their names, as of midnight of the fifth working day prior to the date of payment.

 

The dividend, should this be approved by the Ordinary Shareholders Meeting, will be paid once the latter has ended, at the offices of the Bank. For those shareholders who have instructed to be payed the amount of dividends in their bank accounts, the respective deposit will be made according to their mandate.

 

c)Board of Directors’ remuneration.

 

d)Final appointment of a director.

 

e)Directors and Audit Committee’s remuneration and approval of their operational expenses budget.

 

f)External Auditors’ Appointment.

 

g)Ratification of Private Risk Assessors

 

h)Directors and Audit Committee’s Report

 

i)Information on transactions with related parties pursuant to Chilean Corporations Act (Ley sobre Sociedades Anónimas), and

 

j)Other matters pertinent to Ordinary Shareholders Meetings according to the Law and to the Bank’s bylaws.

 

Sincerely,

 

Eduardo Ebensperger Orrego

Chief Executive Officer

 

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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: February 24, 2021.

 

  Banco de Chile
   
  /s/ Eduardo Ebensperger
  By:  Eduardo Ebensperger
    CEO