FORM
6-K
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
Report
of Foreign Issuer
Pursuant
to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Commission
File Number: 001-14554
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Banco
Santander Chile
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Santander
Chile Bank
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(Translation
of Registrant’s Name into English)
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Bandera
140
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Santiago,
Chile
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(Address
of principal executive office)
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Table
of Contents
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Item
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1.
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Press
Release announcing Senior Note
Offering
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to
be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized.
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BANCO
SANTANDER-CHILE
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By:
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/s/
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Name:
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Juan
Pedro Santa María
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Title:
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General
Counsel
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Date:
April 15, 2010
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Santander
Chile Announces Proposed Offering of Floating Rate Senior Notes
Santiago, Chile, April 15, 2010
— Banco Santander Chile (“Santander Chile”) (NYSE:SAN) today announced it
intends to offer, subject to market and other conditions, Floating Rate Senior
Notes due 2012 (the “notes”) in a private placement to qualified institutional
buyers in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the “Securities Act”) and outside the United States to non-U.S. persons in
accordance with Regulation S under the Securities Act. The notes will be
Santander Chile’s unsecured unsubordinated general obligations and, subject to
limited exceptions, will rank equally with all its existing and future unsecured
and unsubordinated indebtedness.
Interest
on the notes will accrue at a floating rate per annum, reset quarterly, equal to
three-month LIBOR plus a spread to be determined at pricing and will be payable
quarterly in arrears.
Santander
Chile expects to apply the net proceeds from the offering of the notes to
general corporate purposes, mainly to fund its lending activities.
This
press release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer
to buy these securities, nor will there be any sale of these securities, in any
state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be
unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any
state or jurisdiction. The notes have not been registered under the Securities
Act, or any applicable state securities laws, and will be offered only to
qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A promulgated under the
Securities Act and outside the United States to non-U.S. persons in accordance
with Regulation S under the Securities Act. Unless so registered, the notes may
not be offered or sold in the United States except pursuant to an exemption from
the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state
securities laws.
Forward-Looking
Statements
This
press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements
often are proceeded by words such as “believes,” “expects,” “may,”
“anticipates,” “plans,” “intends,” “assumes,” “will” or similar expressions.
Forward-looking statements reflect management’s current expectations, as of the
date of this presentation, and involve certain risks and uncertainties.
Santander Chile’s actual results could differ materially from those anticipated
in these forward-looking statements as a result of various factors. Some of the
factors that could cause future results to materially differ from the recent
results or those projected in forward-looking statements include the “Risk
Factors” described in Santander Chile’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year
ended December 31, 2008, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
June 29, 2009.
Santander
Chile does not intend, and does not assume any obligation, to update or revise
the forward-looking statements in this document after the date it is issued. In
light of the risks and uncertainties described above, and the potential for
variation of actual results from the assumptions on which certain of such
forward-looking statements are based, investors should keep in mind that the
results, events or developments disclosed in any forward-looking statement made
in this document may not occur, and that actual results may vary materially from
those described herein, including those described as anticipated, expected,
targeted, projected or otherwise.
About
Santander Chile
Santander
Chile is the largest bank in Chile in terms of total assets, loans and
shareholders’ equity. Santander Chile provides a broad range of
commercial and retail banking services to our customers, including Chilean peso
and foreign currency denominated loans to finance a variety of commercial
transactions, trade, foreign currency forward contracts and credit lines and a
variety of retail banking services, including mortgage financing.
Investor
Relations Contact
Robert
Moreno
Tel. +
(1) 562 320 8284
Email:
rmorenoh@santander.cl