BCH Banco de Chile

Banco de Chile (NYSE:BCH), a full-service financial institution and largest Chilean-Capital bank, will hold its quarterly conference call to discuss second quarter results on Friday, August 8, 2008, at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time. This call is being webcast by Thomson Financial and can be accessed at Banco de Chile�s Web site at www.bancochile.com. The webcast is also being distributed through the Thomson StreetEvents Network. Individual investors can listen to the call at www.earnings.com, Thomson�s individual investor portal, powered by StreetEvents. Institutional investors can access the call via Thomson StreetEvents (www.streetevents.com), a password-protected event management site. About Banco de Chile Banco de Chile is the largest Chilean-capital bank providing, directly and indirectly through its subsidiaries and affiliates, a variety of credit and non-credit products and services to all segments of the Chilean financial market. Its operations are organized in six principal business areas: large corporations; middle market companies; international banking; retail banking; treasury and money market operations, and operations through its subsidiaries. The brands of the Company include Banco de Chile, Banco de A. Edwards | Citi, Banco CrediChile, Banco Atlas and Banchile.