EX-99.1 2 dex991.htm PRESS RELEASE Press release

EXHIBIT 99.1

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CorpBanca Announces Second Quarter 2010 Financial

Results and Conference Call on Monday, August 30th, 2010

Santiago, Chile, August 27, 2010 CORPBANCA (NYSE: BCA), a Chilean financial institution offering a wide variety of corporate and retail financial products and services, today announced its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2010. This report is based on unaudited consolidated financial statements and prepared in accordance with Chilean generally accepted accounting principles. Solely for the convenience of the reader, U.S. dollar amounts in this report have been translated from Chilean nominal pesos at our June 31, 2010 exchange rate of Ch$547.10 per U.S. dollar.

 

Financial Highlights

 

Net income for the second quarter 2010 reached Ch$30 billion, an increase of 14% when compared to the prior
quarter and 63% when compared to 2Q 2009.

 

Total Loans (excluding interbank and contingent loans) reached Ch$5,332 billion as of Jun, 2010, leaving CorpBanca with a market share of 7.42%, 13 bps higher than last quarter.

 

The improvement in the risk index* allowed CorpBanca to
not increase its provision for loan losses despite the increase in total loans.

 

Total operating expenses increased 18% when compared to the prior quarter due to an increase in administrative and other expenses.

 

  

Mario Chamorro, CEO

 

“We are proud to say that the second quarter of 2010 has been one of the best quarters in the past years for Corpbanca, with earnings of Ch$30 billion. We reached a return on equity of 23.8%, one of the highest rates of the industry. We also increased our total loans, ending June 2010 with a market share 7.42%; the highest market share in our history. These results come from designing and implementing strategies that we consider consistent with future growth and earnings, so we expect to continue with positive results for the following periods, as we have done so far”.

 

* Risk Index: Provision for loan losses/Total loans

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Management’s Discussion and Analysis

I) Financial Performance Review

Net income for the second quarter of 2010 was Ch$29.8 billion, as compared to Ch$26 billion for the first quarter of 2010. Total operating revenues reached Ch$87 billion, a 13.5% increase as compared to last quarter, while provisions for loan losses remained almost the same as last quarter.

Our condensed income statement for the three-month periods ending March 31 and June 30, 2010 expressed in millions of Chilean nominal pesos is as follows:

 

     For three-month period ended  
     Mar-10     Jun-10     Change  

Net interest revenue

    53,884      61,609      7,725   

Fees and income from services, net

    15,121      14,112      (1,009 ) 

Treasury business

    6,363      10,906      4,543   

Other revenue

    1,547      644      (903 ) 

Total operating revenue

    76,915      87,271      10,356   

Provision for loan losses

    (15,341 )    (15,592 )    (251 ) 

Operating expenses

    (30,573 )    (35,942 )    (5,369 ) 

Income attributable to investments in other companies

    23      261      238   

Net Income before taxes

    31,024      35,999      4,975   

Income taxes

    (5,008 )    (6,224 )    (1,216 ) 

Net Income

    26,016      29,775      3,759   

Net interest revenues

Net interest revenues increased by Ch$7.7 billion or 14% as compared to the prior quarter. This is mainly a result of a higher increase in the UF (an inflation indexed unit of accounts) during the second quarter of 2010 of 1%, compared with an increase in the first quarter of 2010 of 0.27%. This highest interest revenue is explained by benefits from a long position in UF-denominated assets funded with peso-denominated liabilities. Other important issues that explain these results are the increase in 5% of total loans and an improved funding mix with lower funding cost related to the increase in non-interest bearing demand deposits as a percentage of our total liabilities that increased from 7.3% in March to 8.6% in June. This was offset by an increase of 100 bps in the Central Bank interest rate during the second quarter.

Our return on equity (ROE) for the first half of the year 2010 was 23.8%. This has been our highest ROE in the past years. The ROE of 2010 is as follows:

 

     Jan     Feb     Mar     Apr     May     Jun  

Net Income (in millions of Chilean pesos)

    7,447      15,995      26,016      35,648      45,256      56,310   

ROE

    19.0 %    20.3 %    21.8 %    22.6 %    22.9 %    23.8 % 

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Fees and income from services

Net fees and income from services for the second quarter of 2010 totalled Ch$14.1 billion, a Ch$1 billion decrease compared to the prior quarter. The following table is a summary of our fees and income from services for the three-month periods ended March 31 and June 30, 2010 expressed in millions of Chilean pesos:

 

     For three-month period ended  
     Mar - 10    Jun - 10    Change  

Bank(*)

    7,957    7,035    (922 ) 

Mutual Fund Management and Securities Brokerage Services

    2,964    2,707    (257 ) 

Insurance Brokerage

    1,737    2,335    599   

Financial Advisory Services

    2,104    1,687    (417 ) 

Legal Advisory Services

    359    349    (10 ) 

Total

    15,120    14,113    (1,007 ) 

 

(*) includes consolidation adjustments

The decrease of Ch$0.9 billion in fee revenues from banking operations during the second quarter of 2010 was concentrated in the corporate segment, mainly because a decrease in up-front fees. Our retail segment increased its total fees in 10%, mainly explain by credit cards, ATM and consumer loans.

Insurance brokerage fees increased by 34% during the quarter. Our products and strategies helped the bank to capture the higher demand of insurances, which is explained by the recent earthquake and better economic outlook.

Our financial advisory services fees decreased by Ch$417 million during the second quarter of 2010 due the conclusion of large operations, some of them over USD$ 200 million, during the last quarter. Besides this decrease, our strategy of focusing on clients in a global way through our wholesale structure and analyzing the potential industries where our Financial Advisory Service team could add value continues in the same path. This explains why the fees from financial services are 6 times bigger than the same period a year ago.

Our legal advisory services area was created in January 2007 and its principal purpose is to provide legal advisory services related to our businesses. Legal advisory fees almost remained the same during the second quarter of 2010 as compared to the previous quarter.

Trading and investment income – Net Foreign exchange gains and losses

Trading and investment income primarily includes the results from our trading portfolio financial assets (interest, marked-to-market adjustments, gains and losses from sales), gains and losses from our derivative trading portfolio, and gains and losses from financial investments available-for-sale.

Net foreign exchange gains and losses include both the results of foreign exchange transactions as well as the recognition of the effect of exchange rate fluctuations on assets and liabilities stated in foreign currencies and loans and deposits in Chilean pesos indexed to foreign currencies.

Derivatives and financial securities that may provide effective economic hedges for managing risk positions are treated and reported as trading.

The following table is a summary of our trading and investment income and net foreign exchange gains and losses for the three-month periods ending March 31 and June 30, 2010, expressed in million of Chilean pesos:

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     For three-month period ended  
     Mar - 10     Jun - 10     Change  

Trading and investment income:

       

Trading securities

    3,849      190      (3,659 ) 

Derivatives held-for-trading

    5,606      18,091      12,485   

Available-for-sale investments and other

    1,854      (3,322 )    (5,176 ) 

Total trading and investment income

    11,309      14,959      3,650   

Net foreign exchange transactions

    (4,947 )    (4,053 )    893   

Net gains (losses) from treasury business

    6,363      10,906      4,543   

Total income from our treasury business during the second quarter of 2010 increased by Ch$4.5 billion as compared to the prior quarter. This increase is explained by higher income from our trading instruments, which was partially offset by a decrease in our trading instruments and available for sale investments. The negative number in net foreign exchange transactions is mainly as a result of the change in the Chilean/USD exchange rate from Ch$523.86 to Ch$547.40. It is important to mention that CorpBanca covers through derivatives all its positions in foreign currency to avoid any currency risk, so the negative number of foreign exchange transactions if offset by a positive number explained by derivatives.

However, the previous chart does not reflect the entire result of our trading investments, which impacts other parts of the financial statements. For example our income from interest of the portfolio of available for sale investments doesn’t appear in the chart.

Provision for loan losses

The following table provides information relating to the composition of our provisions for loan losses for the three-month periods ending March 31 and June 30, 2010, expressed in million of Chilean nominal pesos:

 

     For three-month period ended  
     Mar - 10     Jun - 10     Change  

Commercial, net

    (4,997 )    (7,598 )    (2,601 ) 

Mortgage, net

    (1,233 )    (657 )    577   

Consumer, net

    (8,650 )    (6,720 )    1,930   

Net charge to income

    (14,888 )    (14,980 )    (92 ) 

Our provision for loan losses during the second quarter of 2010 was Ch$15 billion, almost the same when compared to the prior quarter.

The increase in provision for loan losses in commercial loans and the decrease in consumer loans is explained as a consequence of the increase/decrease of our loan portfolio structure during the second quarter. The improvement in asset quality explains why total provision for loan losses remained the same besides the increase in total loans. Also, but in a lesser extent, the increase in the exchange rate also explains the increase in the commercial loans.

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Operating expenses

The following table provides comparative information relating to our operating expenses for the three-month periods ending March 31 and June 30, 2010, expressed in million Chilean nominal pesos:

 

     For three-month period ended  
     Mar - 10    Jun - 10    Change  

Personnel salaries expenses

    16,601    17,454    853   

Administrative and other expenses

    10,374    12,709    2,335   

Depreciation, amortization and impairment

    1,735    1,721    (14 ) 

Other operating expenses

    1,863    4,058    2,195   

Total operating expenses

    30,573    35,942    5,369   

Total operating expenses increased by 18% during the second quarter when compared to the last quarter. Personnel salaries expenses increased by Ch$853 million. This is explained by an increase in our number of employees of 4.5% during the second quarter and an increase in compensation payments. This was offset by a decrease in bonuses paid during this quarter.

Administrative and other expenses also increased by Ch$2.3 billion, mainly as a result of an increase in advertisement.

The increase of other operating expenses is because of an increase in additional provisions for loan losses.

As part of our strategy, we continue to maintain our efficiency leadership through our cost control culture. Our consolidated efficiency ratio (operating expenses / operating revenues) for the second quarter of 2010 was 36.8%, the same as previous quarter.

II) Assets and liabilities

Loan portfolio

Our total loan portfolio (excluding loans and receivables to banks) totalled Ch$5,322 billion as of June 30, 2010, representing an increase of 5% when compared to the prior quarter.

The following table provides comparative information related to our loan portfolio for March 31 and June 30, 2010, expressed in millions of Chilean nominal pesos:

 

     Mar-10    Jun - 10    Change  

Wholesale

    3,822,183    4.056.251    234.068   

Commercial

    3,240,901    3,429,845    188,944   

Foreign trade

    234,967    281,004    46,037   

Leasing and factoring

    346,315    345,402    (913 ) 

Retail

    1,230,947    1,266,636    35,689   

Consumer

    414,081    406,599    (7,482 ) 

Mortgage loans

    816,866    860,037    43,171   

Total loans

    5,053,130    5,322,887    269,757   

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Over a quarter-on-quarter basis our wholesale portfolio increased by 6%. This increase is primarily a result of commercial operations, which increased Ch$189 billion.

Our market share increased 13 bps during the quarter, from 7.29% in March to 7.42% in June. For corporate and commercial loans, our market share at the end of June 2010 was 9.15%, 20 bps higher than our market share at the end of March 2010.

This quarter’s increase in retail loans was due to mortgages loans that increased 5%, besides the consumer loan decrease of Ch$7 billion. The decrease in consumer loans is related to Banco Condell, our low income retail bank, and is consistent with our strategy of increasing our profits in a reduced controlled portfolio. This strategy is the reason why we experienced an increase in profits despite a decrease in consumer loans. Net income before taxes of Banco Condell during the second quarter was 44% higher than the first quarter.

Our market share in consumer loans decreased from 4.72% in March 2010 to 4.54% in June 2010, as we explained before, this is explained by Banco Condell. On the other hand our market share in mortgage loans increased 9bps during the quarter, ending the second quarter of 2010 at 4.67%.

Securities Portfolio

Our financial investments totalled Ch$975 billion as of June 30, 2010, almost the same amount as last quarter.

The following table provides comparative summary of our investment portfolio for the periods ended March 31 and June 30, 2010, expressed in millions of Chilean nominal pesos:

 

     Mar - 10    Jun - 10    Change  

Trading portfolio financial assets

    91,153    111.714    20.561   

Financial investments available-for-sale

    880,956    863.443    (17.513 ) 

Financial investments held-to-maturity

    —      —      —     

Total financial investments

    972,109    975.157    3.048   

Our investment portfolio consists of trading and available-for-sale securities. Trading instruments correspond to financial instruments acquired to generate gains from short-term price fluctuations, brokerage margins, or that are included in a portfolio with a pattern of gaining profit in the short-term. Trading instruments are stated at fair value.

Investment instruments are classified in two categories: held-to-maturity investments and instruments available-for-sale. Held-to-maturity investments include only those instruments which the Bank has the capacity and intent to hold until maturity. We currently do not have held-to-maturity investment. All other investment instruments are considered available-for-sale. Investment instruments are initially recognized at cost, which includes transaction costs. Instruments available-for-sale at each subsequent period-end are valued at their fair value according to market prices or based on valuation models. Unrealized gains or losses arising from changes in the fair value are charged or credited to equity accounts.

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Funding strategy

The International and Treasury Division is responsible for providing liquidity, determining the funding gaps, managing the investment portfolio and foreign currency positions.

The following table summarizes our funding structure as of March 31 and June 30, 2010, in million Chilean nominal pesos:

 

     Mar-10    Jun - 10    Change  

Checking accounts

    327,037    368.363    41.326   

Other non-interest bearing deposits

    147,651    199.431    51.780   

Time deposits and savings accounts

    3,590,544    3.609.853    19.309   

Repurchase agreements

    736,041    622.908    (113.133 ) 

Mortgages bonds

    261,231    251.278    (9.953 ) 

Banking bonds

    415,909    449.822    33.913   

Subordinated bonds

    252,213    254.320    2.107   

Domestic borrowings

    43,401    30.889    (12.512 ) 

Foreign borrowings

    352,548    385.401    32.853   

Our current funding strategy is to continue to utilize all sources of funding in accordance with their costs, their availability and our general asset and liability management strategy. During the fourth quarter of 2009 we increased our amount of subordinated bonds. During the second quarter of 2010 our funding strategy was mainly driven by increasing our checking accounts and other non-interest bearing deposits, decreasing our funding cost. The increase in these two items relies on our strategy focused on in increasing our non interest bearing funding through cash management services in order to straighten our economic capital position and higher income client’s checking accounts in the retail world.

Shareholders’ Equity

We are the 4th largest private bank in Chile, based on our shareholders’ equity of Ch$ 501 billion and our loans of Ch$ 5,322 billion as of June 30, 2010. We have 226,909,291 thousand shares outstanding and a market capitalization of Ch$1,203 billion (based on a share price of Ch$5.3 pesos per share) as of June 30, 2010.

III) Other Related Information

Senior Unsecured Term Loan Facility

In July 2010, CorpBanca entered into a Senior Unsecured Term Loan Facility that amounted USD$ 167 million. This loan has an ending date of two years and it was coordinated by BNP Paribas. Citibank, Commerzbank , Standard Chartered and Wells Fargo participated among others. This transaction has re-opened this market to Chilean banking institutions.

Ratings

In June 2010, Feller-Rate published CorpBanca’s local rating, increasing its classification from AA- to AA. On the other hand, Fitch-Ratings improved CorpBanca’s outlook from negative to stable.

If you are interested in more information you may find the final reports in our web page.

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CorpBanca’s Conference Call on Second quarter 2010 Results on Monday, August 30th, 2010

You are invited to participate in CorpBanca’s (NYSE: BCA, Santiago: CORPBANCA) conference call to discuss the Second quarter 2010 Results and respond to investor questions.

 

Time:

    11:00 am (Santiago, Chile)
   11:00 am EDT (US)
   16:00 pm (UK)

Call Numbers:

    U.S.A. participants please dial        1866 819 7111
   Outside the US please dial        +44 1452 542 301
   UK participants please dial              0800 953 0329

Chairperson:      Mr. Eugenio Gigogne, Chief Financial Officer

You should dial in 10 minutes prior to the commencement of the call.

For your convenience, a 24 hour instant replay facility will be available, following the completion of the conference call, until Monday, September 6th, 2010.

Slides and audio webcast:

There will also be a live -and then archived- webcast of the conference call with PowerPoint slides through the internet accessible through the website of Capital Link at www.capitallink.com. Please click on the button “SECOND QUARTER 2010 FINANCIAL RESULTS WEBCAST”. The webcast will also be available on the company’s website at www.corpbanca.cl. Participants to the live webcast should register on the website approximately 10 minutes prior to the start of the webcast.

To listen to the replay, please call:

Instant Replay Number        U.S.A.:                 1866 247 4222                     Access Code:          2339939#

Instant Replay Number        OTHER:            +44 1452 550 000                 Access Code:         2339939#

Instant Replay Number        U.K.:                    0800 953 1533                    Access Code:         2339939#

 

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Consolidated Statements of Income (unaudited)

 

 

     For the three months ended  
(Expressed in millions of Chilean pesos)    Mar-10     Jun-10  

OPERATING INCOME

     

Interest revenue

    83,368      102,874   

Interest expense

    (29,484 )    (41,265 ) 

Net interest revenue

    53,884      61,609   

Fees and income from services, net

    15,121      14,112   

Trading and investment income, net

    11,310      14,959   

Foreign exchange gains (losses), net

    (4,947 )    (4,053 ) 

Other operating revenue

    1,547      644   

Operating revenues

    76,915      87,271   

Provisions for loan losses

    (15,341 )    (15,592 ) 

Net operating revenues

    61,574      71,679   

Personnel salaries and expenses

    (16,601 )    (17,454 ) 

Administration expenses

    (10,374 )    (12,709 ) 

Depreciation, amortization and impairment

    (1,735 )    (1,721 ) 

Other operating expenses

    (1,863 )    (4,058 ) 

Net operating income

    31,001      35,737   

Income attributable to investments in other companies

    23      261   

Net loss from price-level restatement

    0      —     

Income before income taxes

    31,024      35,998   

Income taxes

    (5,008 )    (6,224 ) 

Income for the period

    26,016      29,774   

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Consolidated Balance Sheets (unaudited)

 

 

(Expressed in millions of Chilean pesos)    Mar-10     Jun-10  

Assets

     

Cash and due from banks

    149,179      166,772   

Items in course of collection

    171,188      213,171   

Trading portfolio financial assets

    91,153      111,714   

Financial investments available-for-sale

    880,956      863,443   

Financial investments held-to-maturity

    —        —     

Investments purchased under agreements to resell

    107,277      38,286   

Derivative financial instruments

    129,014      160,856   

Loans and receivables to banks

    289,559      126,266   

Loans and receivables to customers

    5,053,129      5,322,886   

Allowance for loan losses

    (97,400 )    (99,582 ) 
            

Loans and receivables to customers, net

    4,955,729      5,223,304   

Investments in other companies

    3,583      3,583   

Intangibles

    12,858      12,149   

Premises and equipment, net

    54,898      53,812   

Income tax provision—current

    —        458   

Deferred income taxes

    17,760      18,835   

Other assets

    87,415      93,285   

Total Assets

    6,950,569      7,085,934   

Liabilities:

     

Deposits and other sight liabilities

    474,688      567,794   

Items in course of collection

    144,101      191,769   

Securities sold under agreements to resell

    736,041      622,908   

Deposits and other term liabilities

    3,590,544      3,609,853   

Derivative financial instruments

    112,971      120,298   

Borrowings from financial institutions

    368,163      390,434   

Debt instruments

    929,353      955,420   

Other financial obligations

    27,786      25,856   

Income tax provision—current

    9,898      8,785   

Deferred income taxes

    16,087      16,309   

Provisions

    35,118      54,330   

Other liabilities

    16,008      21,131   

Total Liabilities

     

Shareholders’ equity:

    6,460,758      6,584,887   

Capital

     

Reserves

    342,371      342,379   

Valuation gains (losses)

    14,865      14,868   

Retained earnings:

    1,123      (3,220 ) 

Retained earnings from prior years

    116,445      116,445   

Profit for the period

    26,016      56,310   

Less: Accrual for mandatory dividends

    (13,008 )    (28,155 ) 

Minority Interest

    1,999      2,420   

Total Shareholders’ Equity

    489.811      501,047   

Total equity and liabilities

    6.950.569      7,085,934   

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Selected Performance Ratios (unaudited)

 

 

     As of or for the three month
period ended		  
     Mar-10     Jun-10  

Solvency indicators

     

Basle index(5)

    13.28 %    12,68 % 

Shareholders’ equity / total assets

    7.02 %    7,07 % 

Shareholders’ equity / total liabilities

    7.55 %    7,61 % 

Credit quality ratios

     

Risk index (Allowances / total loans )

    1.93 %    1,87 % 

Provisions for loan losses / Total loans(1)

    1.21 %    1,17 % 

Provisions for loan losses / Total assets(1)

    0.88 %    0,88 % 

Provisions for loan losses / Gross operating income

    19.9 %    17,9 % 

Provisions for loan losses / Net income

    59.0 %    52,4 % 

Profitability ratios

     

Net interest revenue / Interest-earning assets(1)(2)

    3.40 %    3,88 % 

Gross operating income / Total assets(1)

    4.43 %    4,93 % 

Gross operating income / Interest-earning assets(1)(2)

    4.86 %    5,50 % 

ROA (before taxes), over total assets(1)

    1.79 %    2,03 % 

ROA (before taxes), over interest-earning assets(1)(2)

    1.96 %    2,27 % 

ROE (before taxes)(1)

    25.4 %    28,7 % 

ROA, over total assets(1)

    1.50 %    1,68 % 

ROA, over interest-earning assets(1)(2)

    1.64 %    1,88 % 

ROE(1)

   21,92 %    25,18 % 

Efficiency ratios

     

Operating expenses / Total assets(1)

    1.76 %    2,03 % 

Operating expenses/ Total loans(1)

    2.42 %    2,70 % 

Operating expenses / Operating revenues

    39.7 %    36,5 % 

Earnings

     

Diluted Earnings per share before taxes (Chilean pesos per share)

    0.1367      0,1586   

Diluted Earnings per ADR before taxes (U.S. dollars per ADR)

    1.3052      1,4499   

Diluted Earnings per share (Chilean pesos per share)

    0.1147      0,1312   

Diluted Earnings per ADR (U.S. dollars per ADR)

    1.0945      1,1992   

Total Shares Outstanding (Thousands)(4)

    226,906,772.0      226.909.290,6   

Peso exchange rate for US$1

    523.86      547,10   

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CAUTION REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

This press release contains forward-looking statements, Forward-looking information is often, but not always, identified by the use of words such as “anticipate”, “believe”, “expect”, “plan”, “intend”, “forecast”, “target”, “project”, “may”, “will”, “should”, “could”, “estimate”, “predict” or similar words suggesting future outcomes or language suggesting an outlook. Forward-looking statements and information are based on current beliefs as well as assumptions made by and information currently available to Corpbanca concerning anticipated financial performance, business prospects, strategies and regulatory developments. Although management considers these assumptions to be reasonable based on information currently available to it, they may prove to be incorrect. By their very nature, forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties, both general and specific, and risks that predictions, forecasts, projections and other forward-looking statements will not be achieved. We caution readers not to place undue reliance on these statements as a number of important factors could cause the actual results to differ materially from the beliefs, plans, objectives, expectations and anticipations, estimates and intentions expressed in such forward-looking statements. Furthermore, the forward-looking statements contained in this press release are made as of the date of this press release and Corp Banca does not undertake any obligation to update publicly or to revise any of the included forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. The forward-looking statements contained in this press release are expressly qualified by this cautionary statement.

CONTACTS:

Eugenio Gigogne

CFO, Corpbanca

Santiago, Chile

Phone: (562) 660-2559

investorrelations@corpbanca.cl

John Paul Fischer

Investor Relations, CorpBanca

Santiago, Chile

Phone: (562) 660-2141

john.fischer@corpbanca.cl

Nicolas Bornozis

President, Capital Link

New York, USA

Phone: (212) 661-7566

nbornozis@capitallink.com