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The SEC exempted  the sale of securities from the registration requirements, thus fasttracking the bond issuance.


In documents filed with the SEC, the AMA group said the five-year, zero-coupon bonds will be sold to no more than 19 investors, qualifying the issuance for exemption from registration.  


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The bond issue is equivalent to 2.4 million academic units under STI’s Gift of Knowledge education certificates, which will be covered by policies that will be issued by pre-need company, CAP Philippines Inc. The Sobrepeña-led pre-need company has tapped Bank of Commerce (BOC) as its trustee bank.


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The rights offer is the third major deal undertaken by First Metro Investment in the first four months of the year. In the pipeline are major financial undertakings such as the P10-billion retail Treasury bonds, and a still-undisclosed fund-raising activity by the Home Guarantee Corp. (HGC).


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                    [Summary] => First Metro Investment Corp. (First Metro Investment) has several underwriting assignments in the pipeline amounting to a combined P30 billion.


Roberto Juanchito T. Dispo, First Metro senior vice president added that they have been working on several with the hope of surpassing their performance last year despite the poor economic conditions prevailing.


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"It will also be our first underwriting job this year," Roberto Juanchito T. Dispo, First Metro senior vice president told The STAR.


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The SEC exempted  the sale of securities from the registration requirements, thus fasttracking the bond issuance.


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SEC okays AMA’s P1.5-B IT ed bonds

By Zinnia B. Dela Peña | June 14, 2003 - 12:00am

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has cleared the proposed issuance by AMA Computer University Inc. and AMA Education Corp. of P1.5-billion worth of IT education bonds. The SEC exempted the sale of securities...

Business

STI to issue P1-B educational, bond-like instrument

By Ted P. Torres | May 22, 2003 - 12:00am

The Systems Technology Institute Inc. (STI) is issuing P1 billion worth of educational, bond-like financial instrument, with Delphi Group under former banker Octavio Espiritu as financial adviser. The bond issue...

Business

First Metro to underwrite P1-B Philtread rights offer

May 5, 2003 - 12:00am

First Metro Investment Corp., the investment banking arm of the Metrobank Group, will participate in underwriting the P1-billion rights offering of publicly-listed Philtread Holdings Corp. (Philtread). The rights...

Business

First Metro handles P7.4-B

April 22, 2003 - 12:00am

First Metro Investment Corp. (First Metro) is the country’s investment banking industry’s leader with a P7.4-billion capital base. First Metro is the investment arm of the Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co....

Banking

First Metro Investment eyes P30-B bond issues

March 18, 2003 - 12:00am

First Metro Investment Corp. (First Metro Investment) has several underwriting assignments in the pipeline amounting to a combined P30 billion. Roberto Juanchito T. Dispo, First Metro senior vice president added...

Banking

First Metro underwrites AMA bond offer

By Ted P. Torres | March 13, 2003 - 12:00am

First Metro Investment Corp. (First Metro) will underwriter a P1.5-billion bond offer by the AMA Education Corp. and AMA Computer University Inc. It will be the first information technology (IT)-related bond issuance...

Business