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In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, FFI said the Gaisano’s Cebu-based retailing firm Vicsal Development Corp. has offered to purchase 16.1 million shares or 67 percent of FFI’s outstanding capital stock at P5.70 per share or a total of P91.77 million.  FFI is majority owned by the Ayala Group.


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From a capital base of P850 million, FFI trimmed it down to P78.95 million, both from the same number of shares at P1 par value. 


"The amendment will result to a reduction of 970 shares for every 1,000 shares currently held," FFI said in its notice to shareholders. 


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FATCA Registration and the Responsible Officer’s Big Responsibility under FATCA

By Kathleen L. Saga | July 2, 2013 - 12:00am

Since the passage of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) in 2010, rumors have been swirling around financial institutions regarding its implementation.

Business

US-Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act 2009

By Ronny Eggert | June 15, 2010 - 12:00am

On 18 March 2010, the Hiring Incentive to Restore Employment Act (the Act), which includes provisions similar to those in the proposed Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) – introduced in the US House...

Business

Asia urged to cut malnutrition with vitamin foods

August 22, 2007 - 2:33pm

Nation

RP tilapia going global

By Rocel Felix | September 19, 2004 - 12:00am

Fisher Farms Inc. (FFI) is poised to become a major global player in the processed tilapia (St. Peter’s fish) export business with the opening this December of the country’s first word-class, state-of-the-art...

Agriculture

Gaisano to embark on backdoor listing

By Zinnia B. Dela Peña | July 27, 2003 - 12:00am

The Gaisano Group, the dominant retail chain in the southern Philippines, will do a backdoor listing on the Philippine Stock Exchange through listed mutual fund firm Filipino Fund Inc. (FFI). In a disclosure to...

Business

FFI gets SEC nod for cut in capital stock

By Christina Mendez | March 16, 2003 - 12:00am

Publicly-listed mutual fund Filipino Fund Inc. (FFI) has secured the approval of the Securities and Exchange Commission for the reduction of its capital stock ahead of a corporate reorganization to spin off a new...

Business

Filipino Fund to restructure

By Christina Mendez | November 3, 2002 - 12:00am

Filipino Fund Inc., the only publicly-listed mutual fund at the Philippine Stock Exchange, is on its way to a corporate reorganization that would pave the way for the spin-offs of its listed stock holdings into an...

Business