SANTIAGO, Chile, Jan. 14, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Banco de
Chile (NYSE: BCH) announced today
that it has filed a prospectus supplement for a registered public
secondary offering of 6,700,000,000 shares of its common
stock. The shares will be sold by LQ Inversiones Financieras
S.A. (the "Selling Shareholder") in the
United States and elsewhere outside of Chile in the form of American Depositary
Shares (the "International Offering") and in Chile in the form of shares (the "Chilean
Offering"), subject to market and other conditions. Citigroup
Global Markets Inc. is acting as sole global coordinator and joint
bookrunner and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Incorporated, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Banco BTG Pactual
S.A. – Cayman Branch are acting as joint bookrunners in the
International Offering, while Banchile Corredores de Bolsa S.A. and
Larrain Vial S.A. Corredora de Bolsa are acting as placement agents
in the Chilean Offering.
Banco de Chile will not receive
any of the proceeds from the sale by the Selling Shareholder of the
shares of common stock in this offering.
The shares of common stock are being offered pursuant to an
effective shelf registration statement that was filed with the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on March 10, 2011. The preliminary prospectus
supplement related to the offering is available on the SEC's
website at http://www.sec.gov. Alternatively, copies of the
prospectus and prospectus supplement may be obtained by contacting
Citigroup, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island
Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717 (Tel:
800-831-9146).
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the
solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of
these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer,
solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or
qualification under the securities laws of any such state or
jurisdiction. Any offer, solicitation or sale will be made only by
means of the prospectus and prospectus supplement.
Pablo Mejia
Head of Investor Relations - Banco de Chile
Phone: 56+2+26533554
Email: pmejiar@bancochile.cl