Banco de Chile: Fourth Quarter 2002 Earnings Conference Call.

Business Editors

SANTIAGO DE CHILE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 31, 2003

Banco de Chile(NYSE: BCH), will hold its quarterly conference call to discuss fourth quarter and year end results on Friday, January 31, at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time. -0-

U.S.Participants: 1-800-915-4836
International Dialing Number : 1-973-317-5319
Password: Banco de Chile

A replay of the call will also be available until midnight EST February 7, 2003.To access the replay, please call 1-800-428-6051 or 1-973-709-2089, Password: 283466

This call is being webcast by CCBN and can be accessed at BCH's web site at www.bancochile.cl.

The webcast is also being distributed over CCBN's Investor Distribution Network to both institutional and individual investors. Individual investors can listen to the call through CCBN's individual investor center at www.companyboardroom.com or by visiting any of the investor sites in CCBN's Individual Investor Network. Institutional investors can access the call via CCBN's password-protected event management site, StreetEvents (www.streetevents.com).

Founded in 1893, Banco de Chile has since been one of the largest and most profitable Chilean banks in terms of return on assets and shareholders' equity. As of January 1st, 2002, Banco de Chile merged with Banco de A. Edwards - respectively, the second and fourth largest private banks in terms of loans and, the third and fifth in terms of equity - thus creating the largest chilean bank as regards to both those measures.