BANK OF CHILE

At the date of issuance of these Consolidated Financial Statements, there are legal actions filed against the Bank related with the ordinary course operations. As of December 31, 2023, the Bank maintain provisions for judicial contingencies amounting to Ch$1,173 million (Ch$1,790 million as of December 2022), which are part of the item “Provisions for contingencies” in the Statement of Financial Position.

The estimated end dates of the respective legal contingencies are as follows:

As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, there are not significant lawsuits in court that affect or may affect these Consolidated Financial Statements.

In compliance with Article No, 12 of Law No. 20,712, Banchile Administradora General de Fondos S.A., has designated Banco de Chile as the representative of the beneficiaries of the guarantees it has established, and in such role the Bank has issued bank guarantees totaling UF 3,284,000 maturing January 5, 2024 (UF 4,153,500, maturing on January 6, 2023). The subsidiary took a policy with Mapfre Seguros Generales S.A. for the Real State Funds by a guaranteed amount of UF 915,300.

As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, the Bank has not guaranteed mutual funds.

For the purposes of ensuring correct and complete compliance with all of its obligations as broker-dealer entity, in conformity with the provisions from Article 30 and subsequent of Law No. 18,045 on Securities Markets, the subsidiary established a guarantee in an insurance policy for UF 20,000, insured by Mapfre Seguros Generales S.A., that matures April 22, 2024, whereby the Securities Exchange of the Santiago Stock Exchange was appointed as the subsidiary’s creditor representative.

In conformity with the internal regulation of the stock exchanges in which it participates, and for the purpose of ensuring its proper performance, the Company maintains in favor of the Santiago Stock Exchange a guarantee in fixed income financial instruments equivalent to Ch$2,142 million. It also maintains a pledge in favor of the Electronic Stock Exchange for three hundred thousand shares of said institution.

Banchile Corredores de Bolsa S.A. keeps an insurance policy current with Chubb Seguros Chile S.A. that expires June 30, 2024, this considers matters of employee fidelity, physical losses, falsification or adulteration, and currency fraud with a coverage amount equivalent to US$20,000,000.

It also provided a bank guarantee in the amount of UF 311,400 for the benefits of investors in portfolio management contracts. This bank guarantee is revaluated in UF to fixed term, non-endorsable and has a maturity date of January 8, 2024.

It also provided a cash guarantee in the amount of US$122,494.32 for the purpose of complying with the obligations to Pershing, for any operations conducted through that broker, additionally, there are US$1,202,005.26 for short sale operations.

A guarantee corresponding to UF 10,000 has been constituted, to guarantee compliance with the fund's investment portfolio management service contract. Said guarantee corresponds to a non-endorsable fixed-term readjustable bond in UF issued by Banco de Chile with validity until January 27, 2026.

According to established in article 58, letter D of D.F.L. 251, as of December 31, 2023 the entity maintains two insurance policies with effect from April 15, 2023 to April 14, 2024 which protect it against of potential damages caused by infractions of the law, regulations and complementary rules that regulate insurance brokers, especially when the non-compliance comes from acts, errors or omissions of the broker, its representatives, agents or dependents that participate in the intermediation.

The policies contracted are:

The company has not made provisions considering that the Bank’s legal advisors in charge of the procedure estimate that there are solid grounds that the claim filed by Banchile Corredores de Bolsa S.A. can be accepted.