Banco de Chile
GENERAL MANAGEMENT
Santiago, September 30, 2022
0025960
Mrs. Solange Berstein Jáuregui
President
Financial Market Commission
Present
Madam President:
In accordance with the provisions of Articles 9 and 10 of Law No. 18,045 and Chapter No. 18-10 of the Updated Collection of Standards for Banks of the Commission for the Financial Market (CMF), I report as an Essential Fact with respect to this institution the following:
As reported by essential fact dated November 30, 2021, Banco de Chile together with the rest of the shareholder banks of the bank transfer support company “Operadora de Tarjetas de Crédito Nexus S.A.” (hereinafter, “Nexus”) reached an agreement with Minsait Payments Systems Chile S.A. (a subsidiary of the Spanish company Indra Sistemas S.A.) for the sale of 100% of the shares held in Nexus, subject to compliance or waiver of various suspensive conditions, among which were the authorization of the CMF for the sale of 100% of the shares of Nexus and that the transaction was approved by the Prosecutor’s Office. Nacional Económica (hereinafter, the “Transaction”).
Having fulfilled the conditions for the closing of the Transaction, with this same date the closing of the same has been made and, consequently, Minsait Payments Systems Chile S.A. has acquired 100% of the shares of Nexus. As of this date, the price of the Transaction amounts to Ch$8,900,682,219, without prejudice to the price adjustments and additional payments provided for in the Nexus share purchase agreement, in the event that the milestones and conditions established therein are met.
As a result of the above, Minsait Payments Systems Chile S.A. has taken control of Nexus and Banco de Chile together with the rest of the shareholder banks have ceased to be shareholders of Nexus.
Yours faithfully,
Eduardo Ebensperger Orrego
General Manager
Link to file in CMFChile: https://www.cmfchile.cl/sitio/aplic/serdoc/ver_sgd.php?s567=44887f13558bc73931b07294f6dfbef0VFdwQmVVMXFRVFZOUkUwelQxUlZNazVuUFQwPQ==&secuencia=-1&t=1682376108
