CURRENT REPORT UNDER SECTION 17 OF THE SECURITIES REGULATION CODE AND SRC RULE 17.2(c) THEREUNDER
1. Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
May 18, 2017
2. SEC Identification Number
184044
3. BIR Tax Identification No.
350000775860
4. Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter
JG Summit Holdings, Inc.
5. Province, country or other jurisdiction of incorporation
Metro Manila, Philippines
6. Industry Classification Code(SEC Use Only)
7. Address of principal office
43/ F Robinsons Equitable Tower ADB Ave. cor. Poveda St. Ortigas Center, Pasig CityPostal Code1600
8. Issuer's telephone number, including area code
(632) 633 7631 to 40
9. Former name or former address, if changed since last report
N/A
10. Securities registered pursuant to Sections 8 and 12 of the SRC or Sections 4 and 8 of the RSA
Title of Each Class
Number of Shares of Common Stock Outstanding and Amount of Debt Outstanding
Common
7,162,841,657
11. Indicate the item numbers reported herein
Others
The Exchange does not warrant and holds no responsibility for the veracity of the facts and representations contained in all corporate disclosures, including financial reports. All data contained herein are prepared and submitted by the disclosing party to the Exchange, and are disseminated solely for purposes of information. Any questions on the data contained herein should be addressed directly to the Corporate Information Officer of the disclosing party.
JG Summit Holdings, Inc.JGS
PSE Disclosure Form 4-13 - Clarification of News Reports References: SRC Rule 17 (SEC Form 17-C) and Section 4.4 of the Revised Disclosure Rules
Subject of the Disclosure
Clarification of News Reports
Source
manilastandard.net
Subject of News Report
“JG Summit spending P48.2b for expansion”
Date of Publication
May 17, 2017
Clarification of News Report
We refer to your letter dated May 18, 2017 requesting JG Summit Holdings, Inc. to clarify and/or confirm a news article entitled “JG Summit spending P48.2b for expansion” posted in manilastandard.net on May 17, 2017. The article reported in part that:
“JG Summit Holdings Inc., the investment company of tycoon John Gokongwei, earmarked P48.2 billion for 2017 capital expenditures, higher than P41.9 billion it spent in 2016, to expand operations of core businesses.
A presentation to investors uploaded on the company’s website showed JG Summit’s core subsidiaries, Universal Robina Corp., Robinsons Land Corp. and Cebu Air Inc., would raise their own funds for this year’s capex.
URC, the group’s food manufacturing unit, budgeted P7.2 billion to expand the capacities of existing facilities both here and abroad.
Property unit RLC allocated P16 billion to construct new malls, offices, hotels and land banking activities.
The balance will be used for fleet expansion of Cebu Air, operator of Cebu Pacific and Cebgo; operating and maintenance capex of the petrochemicals group; and the expansion and maintenance projects of Robinsons Bank Corp.
. . . .”
We confirm the information contained in the news article as quoted above.