As previously announced in Company Announcement No. C09426-2022 dated December 21, 2022, the Corporation disclosed that:
“On 5 October 2022, San Miguel Equity Investments Inc. (‘SMEII’), as buyer, and Far East Holdings, Inc., Ramon S. Ang, John Paul L. Ang, and Monica L. Ang-Mercado, as sellers, entered into a Share Purchase Agreement for the purchase and sale of a total of 4,425,123,001 Common Shares (the ‘Sale Shares’), at a purchase price of PhP22.02 per Sale Share (the ‘Transaction’). The Sale Shares constituted approximately 88.50% of the total issued and outstanding shares of the Company.
In compliance with the Securities Regulation Code and its Implementing Rules and Regulations (‘SRC Rules’), SMEII conducted a mandatory tender offer (the ‘Tender Offer’) to acquire a total of 574,877,004 Common Shares (the ‘Minority Shares’) held by other shareholders of the Company, at the tender offer price of PhP22.02 per Common Share. The Minority Shares represented approximately 11.50% of the total issued and outstanding shares of the Company. During the Tender Offer Period, a total of 572,780,677 common shares or approximately 11.4556% of the total issued and outstanding common shares of the Company were tendered and accepted by SMEII. The Tender Offer commenced on 7 November 2022 and ended on 5 December 2022.
On 14 December 2022, the cross-sale for the Sale Shares and the Minority Shares that were tendered in the Tender Offer was completed. Following the completion of the Transaction and the cross-sale of the Minority Shares that were tendered in the Tender Offer, SMEII now owns a total of 4,997,903,678 Common Shares which comprise 99.9581% of the total issued and outstanding shares of the Company.” |