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The controversy involving the planned takeover of medium-sized Philippine Bank of Communications (PBCom) by Chinese-Filipino businessman Emilio Yap’s Philtrust Bank is far from over.


The Luy family, the single biggest shareholder of PBCom owning 37 percent or approximately 72 million shares, has asked the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to impose sanctions on Philtrust for misrepresentations made in its tender offer report.
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In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE), Philtrust corporate secretary Martin B. Isidro said the bank will extend its tender offer for the balance of PBCom until Jan. 31. An earlier offer started last Jan. 2 and expired on Jan. 17.
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At P30 per share offer price, the sale of the entire PBCom outstanding common and preferred shares will cost Philtrust over P5 billion.

In a letter to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE), Philtrust said the tender offer period started yesterday and will end on Jan. 17.
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In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE), the bank said the directors who own two thirds of the institution has approved the amendment of the articles of incorporation to effect the conversion. The change into a universal bank is subject to the approval of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP).
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The controversy involving the planned takeover of medium-sized Philippine Bank of Communications (PBCom) by Chinese-Filipino businessman Emilio Yap’s Philtrust Bank is far from over.


The Luy family, the single biggest shareholder of PBCom owning 37 percent or approximately 72 million shares, has asked the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to impose sanctions on Philtrust for misrepresentations made in its tender offer report.
[DatePublished] => 2007-01-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804021 [AuthorName] => Zinnia B. Dela Peña [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 380655 [Title] => Philtrust extends offer for PBCom to end-Jan [Summary] => Philtrust Bank of newspaper magnate Emilio Yap has extended its offer to acquire the remaining 41.74-percent stake in Philippine Bank of Communications (PBCom) until the end of the month.

In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE), Philtrust corporate secretary Martin B. Isidro said the bank will extend its tender offer for the balance of PBCom until Jan. 31. An earlier offer started last Jan. 2 and expired on Jan. 17.
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At P30 per share offer price, the sale of the entire PBCom outstanding common and preferred shares will cost Philtrust over P5 billion.

In a letter to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE), Philtrust said the tender offer period started yesterday and will end on Jan. 17.
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In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE), the bank said the directors who own two thirds of the institution has approved the amendment of the articles of incorporation to effect the conversion. The change into a universal bank is subject to the approval of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP).
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By FIRST PERSON | By Alex Magno | July 28, 2007 - 12:00am
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