CIRTEK HOLDINGS PHILIPPINES CORPORATION (the “Corporation”) hereby respectfully gives notice on the adjustment of the dividend rate in relation to the subsequent declaration of dividends of the Preferred B-2 Subseries C Shares of the Corporation. The initial dividend rate of Preferred B-2 Subseries C Shares is 6.5864%. The Dividend Rate shall be adjusted thereafter to the higher of:
(a) the sum of (i) the Initial Dividend Rate for the relevant Series, plus, (ii) 5.00%; or (b) the sum of (i) the applicable Step-Up Benchmark Rate, plus (ii) the Initial Spread for the relevant Series, plus (iii) 5.00%
“Step Up Benchmark Rate” shall be equivalent to the simple average of the yield designated as “Final BVAL YTM” (or its successor designation) for the 7-year Republic of the Philippines Peso-denominated domestic government bonds, as published on the relevant page of Bloomberg at approximately 5:00 p.m. (Philippine Standard Time), for the three (3) banking days immediately preceding and exclusive of the applicable Step Up Date.
The adjustment in the dividend rate of the 16,936,400 Preferred B2 Subseries C shares is expected on the three (3) years anniversary of the issue date, or the Step-Up Date on 14 December 2024, as approved by the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Board”) during its meeting held on 16 December 2024. The adjusted dividend rate of 14.1425% will take effect on the first Quarterly Dividend Payment for the year 2025. Based on the Features, Terms and Conditions of the Preferred Class B-2 Subseries C Shares (“Features, Terms and Conditions”), as and if approved by the Board of Directors, the Corporation may redeem the Preferred Class B2 Shares on the relevant Step Up Date or on any Dividend Payment Date thereafter (each an “Optional Redemption Date”), in whole but not in part, at a redemption price equal to the relevant Offer Price of the Preferred Class B-2 Shares plus all dividends due on such Optional Redemption Date as well as all Dividends in Arrears (the “Redemption Price”). The Corporation may also redeem the Preferred Class B-2 Shares, in whole but not in part, at any time prior to any Optional Redemption Date if an Accounting Event or a Tax Event has occurred and is continuing, having given not more than sixty (60) nor less than thirty (30) calendar days’ notice prior to the intended redemption date. Such notice shall be irrevocable and binding upon the Corporation to effect such redemption of the Preferred Class B-2 Shares at the redemption date stated in such notice. The redemption due to any Change of Control Event, Indebtedness Default Event, Accounting Event, or Tax Event (the “Events”) shall be made by the Corporation at the Redemption Price which shall be paid within five (5) banking days of the exercise of the right to redeem the Preferred Class B-2 Shares. However, due to the absence of any of the Events and the Corporation’s decision not to exercise its option to redeem the Preferred B-2 Subseries C Shares by the Early Redemption Date or Optional Redemption Date, the Corporation’s management have decided to adjust the dividend rate of Preferred B-2 Subseries C Shares to Step Up Rate in accordance with the Features, Terms and Conditions, which will take effect on the first Quarterly Dividend Payment for the year 2025. |