Please be informed that during the regular board meeting held on 18 March 2021, the Board of Directors of the Company (1) re-confirmed its approval of the increase of its authorized capital stock to P48,400,000,000.00, and (2) approved a further amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of the Company to increase the number of shares exempt from the pre-emptive right of shareholders for issuance of shares in exchange for property needed for corporate purposes or in payment of previously contracted debt from 16 billion shares to 24 billion shares.
The Board of Directors previously approved the increase of its authorized capital stock to P48,400,000,000.00 in its meeting held on 18 March 2020, as disclosed under report nos. C02102-2020, C02885-2020, C00123-2021.
The (1) amendment to increase the number of shares exempt from the pre-emptive right of shareholders for issuance of shares in exchange for property needed for corporate purposes or in payment of previously contracted debt, from 16 billion shares to 24 billion shares, and (2) increase of the Company’s authorized capital stock to P48,400,000,000.00 will be presented for approval of the stockholders’ during the Company’s Annual Stockholders’ Meeting on 19 April 2021.
In support of the increase in authorized capital stock, AC Energy and Infrastructure Corporation (“ACEIC”) subscribed to 16,685,800,533 shares (the “Shares”) at a subscription price of Php 5.15 per share, or an aggregate subscription price of Php 85,931,872,744.95 in exchange for ACEIC assigning to the Company its 1,650,166,347 common shares and 15,035,347,600 redeemable preferred shares in AC Energy International, Inc., which holds ACEIC’s international renewable assets.
On 10 June 2021, the Company received the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) approval of the Company’s amended Articles of Incorporation, and the Certificate of Approval of Increase in Authorized Capital Stock, both dated 07 June 2021.
Please note that the SEC's approval of the increase in the Company's authorized capital stock is subject to the conditions set forth in the Guidelines Covering the Use of Properties that Require Ownership as Paid-Up capital of Corporations adopted by the SEC on 15 November 1994, and as amended on 8 August 2013, per SEC Memorandum Circular No. 14, series of 2013.
This disclosure is amended today to reflect the date of SEC approval of the increase and the receipt thereof by the Company. |