First Philippine Holdings Corporation (“FPH” or ”Bidder”) filed on December 4, 2020 its Tender Offer Report in connection with its tender offer (“Tender Offer”) for a minimum of 908,459,782 issued and outstanding common shares, representing approximately 20% of the total issued and outstanding common shares of Lopez Holdings Corporation (“LPZ” or “Company”), and up to a maximum of 2,069,273,361 issued and outstanding common shares, representing approximately 45.56% of the total issued and outstanding common shares of LPZ, from all the shareholders of the Company. The Tender Offer shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the tender offer provided in the Tender Offer Report, and the fulfillment of the Tender Offer Prerequisites as provided therein.
As of 30 November 2020, Lopez, Inc. (“Ultimate Parent”) owns 54.44% of the listed and outstanding common shares of the Company, while the remaining 45.56% is owned by the remaining shareholders of LPZ. Upon completion of Tender Offer, the minimum public ownership of the Company may fall below the prescribed minimum public float of 10% and at least 95% of the total listed and outstanding Common Shares of the Company may be collectively owned by the Bidder and the Ultimate Parent.
Based on the foregoing, LPZ is filing a petition for voluntary delisting of its Four Billion Six Hundred Twenty Nine Million Five Hundred Thirty Two Thousand and Six Hundred Eleven (4,629,532,611) common shares from the Main Board of the Philippine Stock Exchange, conditioned on the Tender Offer Prerequisites having been fulfilled. |