2009-05-07 18:09:05 -

Banco de Chile (NYSE:BCH), a full-service financial institution and largest Chilean-Capital bank, will hold its quarterly conference call to discuss third quarter results on Friday, May 8, 2009, at 12:00 noon (Eastern Time and Chilean 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.



Banco de Chile´sJacqueline Barrio, Director of Investor Relations,

562-653-2938 jbarrio@bancochile.cl : mailto:jbarrio@bancochile.cl