SANTIAGO, Chile - Banco Santander Chile’s (NYSE: SAN) Board yesterday decided to summon an
Annual Ordinary Shareholder’s Meeting on April 28, 2009 at the Bank’s
headquarters. Among other issues, the Board will propose to shareholders the
payment of an annual dividend of Ch$1.13185985 per share. If approved, this
dividend will represent 65% of 2008 net income attributable to shareholders
and equal to last year’s payout ratio. This would also represent a 6.3%
increase in the gross dividend paid compared to last year.
Institutional Background
As per the latest public records published by the Superintendency of
Banks of Chile for December 2008, Banco Santander Chile was the largest bank
in terms of loans and deposits. The Bank has the highest credit ratings among
all Latin American companies, with an A+ rating from Standard and Poor’s, A+
by Fitch and A2 by Moody’s, which are the same ratings assigned to the
Republic of Chile. The stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE:
SAN) and the Santiago Stock Exchange (SSE: Bsantander). The Bank’s main
shareholder is Santander, which controls 76.91% of Banco Santander Chile.
Banco Santander, S.A., (SAN.MC, STD.N), headquartered in Madrid, engages
primarily in commercial banking with complementary activities in global
wholesale banking, cards, asset management and insurance. Santander had over
EUR 1.168 trillion in funds under management at the close of 2008 from more
than 80 million customers served through 13,390 offices — more branches than
any other international bank. Founded in 1857, Santander is the largest
financial group in Spain and Latin America and has a significant presence in
Western Europe and in the United Kingdom. In 2008, Santander registered EUR
8.9 billion in attributable net profit, an increase of 9% from 2007,
excluding capital gains.
In Latin America, Santander manages over US$200 billion in business
volumes (loans, deposits, mutual funds, pension funds and managed funds)
through 6,089 branches. In 2008, Santander reported EUR 2.9 billion in net
attributable income in Latin America, up 10% from the previous year.
For more information, see www.santander.com.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Robert Moreno
Manager, Investor Relations Department
Banco Santander Chile
Bandera 140 Piso 19,
Santiago, Chile
Tel: +562-320-8284
Fax: +562-671-6554
Email: rmorenoh@santander.cl
Website: www.santander.cl
Source: Banco Santander Chile
Robert Moreno, Manager, Banco Santander Investor Relations Department, +562-320-8284, Fax, +562-671-6554, rmorenoh at santander.cl
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