On 26 October 2017, the Board approved the following amendments to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation: (a) Amendment of the Title and First Article to change the name of the Company from Pacifica, Inc. to Pacifica Holdings, Inc. (b) Amendment of the Second Article to: (i) change the primary purpose of the Company to reflect that of a holding company, (ii) to include the power to guarantee as among the Company’s secondary purposes, and (iii) to align such secondary purposes to the business of the Company as a holding company (c) Amendment of the Third Article to change the principal address of the Company from Manila to China Bank Corporate Center, Lot 2, Samar Loop corner Road 5, Cebu Business Park, Brgy. Mabolo, Cebu City (d) Amendment to the Seventh Article increasing the par value from Php0.005 per share to Php1.00 per share, without any resulting increase in the authorized capital stock of the company but with a decrease in the number of issued and outstanding shares of the Company (e) Amendment to the Seventh Article increasing of the Authorized Capital Stock of the Company from Php200 million to up to Php5 billion, such increase to be implemented in one or more tranches (f) Introduction of a new Eleventh Article to provide that no transfer of stock or interest which would reduce the ownership of Filipino citizens to less than the required percentage of the capital stock, as provided by existing laws, shall be allowed or permitted to be recorded in the proper books of the Company
In view thereof, the Board of Directors, in its meeting held on 18 September 2018, resolved to approve the implementation the first tranche of the increase in the authorized capital stock of the Company from Php200 million divided in to 40 billion common shares with par value of Php0.005 per share to up to Php700 million divided into 140 billion shares with par value of Php0.005 per share.
The first tranche of the increase in the authorized capital stock shall be implemented together with the following amendments which were also approved on October 26, 2017 by the Board of Directors and at least two-thirds of stockholders of the Corporation:
i. Amendment of the Title and First Article to change the name of the Corporation from Pacifica, Inc. to Pacifica Holdings, Inc.; ii. Amendment of the Second Article to: (a) change the primary purpose of the Corporation to reflect that of a holding company, (b) to include the power to guarantee as among the Corporation’s secondary purposes, and (c) to align such secondary purposes to the business of the Corporation as a holding company; and iii. Amendment of the Third Article to change the principal address of the Corporation from Manila to China Bank Corporate Center, Lot 2, Samar Loop corner Road 5, Cebu Business Park, Brgy. Mabolo, Cebu City.
Considering that the provisions of the proposed new Eleventh Article are currently reflected in the Seventh Article of the Company's Articles of Incorporation, the amendment to the Articles of Incorporation to reflect said provision as the new eleventh article will be carried out together with the implementation of subsequent tranche(s) of increase in the authorized capital stock at a later date, as may be determined by the Board.
The Board of Directors likewise resolved to direct the proper officers of the Corporation to execute such documents and do and perform such further acts and deeds as may be necessary or appropriate to have the aforesaid amendments to the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission. |