Please be informed that our Board of Directors (“Board”), at its regular meeting held today, approved the following:
1. The declaration of regular cash dividend of Php0.55 per common share
This dividend is for the third quarter of 2023. The record date is December 1, 2023, and the payment date is December 15, 2023.
2. The setting of the 2024 Annual Stockholders’ Meeting (ASM)
The 2024 Annual Stockholders’ Meeting is set for April 24, 2024 at 11:00 o’clock in the morning. The record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice and to vote at the meeting is March 22, 2024. The deadline (i) for the nomination of directors is March 8, 2024, and (ii) for the submission of proxies is April 15, 2024.
3. Property-for-share swap transaction with Buendia Christiana Holdings Corp.
The subscription by Buendia Christiana Holdings, Corp. (BCHC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of ACEN Corporation, to 199,109,438 primary common shares, in exchange for 276 hectares of industrial land in Palauig, Zambales with an aggregate value of Php6,769,720,892.00, under a property-for-share swap, as validated by a third-party fairness opinion. The proposed property-for-share swap is subject to the approval of AREIT shareholders at their special meeting on February 12, 2024 and pertinent regulatory bodies.
The details of the transaction will be included in the relevant Definitive Information Statement for the Special Stockholders’ Meeting.
4. Conduct of a Special Stockholders’ Meeting
Pursuant to the approval on the infusion of assets, our Board approved the conduct of a Special Stockholders’ Meeting for February 12, 2024 at 10:00 o’clock in the morning in compliance with the requirements of the Philippine Stock Exchange . The record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice and to vote at the meeting is January 15, 2024. The deadline for the submission of proxies is February 1, 2024.
Our Board further delegated to the Chairman the authority to approve the venue of, or manner of conducting, the SSM and ASM, or the postponement of the SSM and ASM to another date and/or time, or any other arrangements relating to the said meetings. |