Bank Banco De Chile Completes Capital Increase, Raises $450 Million
19 Luglio 2011 - 11:13PM
Dow Jones News
Banco de Chile (BCH, CHILE.SN), the Andean nation's
second-largest bank in terms of loans, completed its capital
increase, raising nearly $450 million, the company said
Tuesday.
The Chilean bank will use the proceeds to finance investments
and to leverage loan growth over the next three years.
Banco de Chile, which sold 3.39 billion shares, equivalent to a
3.9% equity stake in the company, aims to gain 100,000 new retail
clients and 20,000 new corporate clients.
Chilean holding company LQ Inversiones Financieras SA, owned in
equal parts by the local Luksic family and Citigroup Inc. (C),
controls Banco de Chile.
In addition to Banco de Chile, the Luksic family controls
copper-mining company Antofagasta PLC (ANFGY, ANTO.LN) and beverage
concern Compania Cervecerias Unidas SA (CCU, CCU.SN), among other
assets.
-By Anthony Esposito, Dow Jones Newswires; 56-2-715-8929;
anthony.esposito@dowjones.com
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