PSE Circular for Brokers No. 199-00

January 28, 2000 PSE CIRCULAR FOR BROKERS NO. 199-00 SECURITIES & EXCHANGE COMMISSION SEC FORM 11-C CURRENT REPORT UNDER SECTION 11 OF THE REVISED SECURITIES ACT (RSA) AND RSA RULE 11(a)-1(b)(3) THEREUNDER 1. January 27, 2000 Date of Report (Date of earliest event Reported) 2. SEC Identification Number CE02536 3. BIR TIN 003-828-269-V 4. ABOITIZ EQUITY VENTURES, INC. Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter 5. Cebu City,. Philippines 6. Tuesday Province, country or other jurisdiction Industry Classification Code of incorporation 7. Archbishop Reyes Ave., Banilad, Cebu City 6000 Address of principal office Postal Code 8. (032) 2312-580 Registrant's telephone number, including area code 9. N.A. Former name or former address, if changed since last report 10. Securities registered pursuant to Sections 4 and 8 of the RSA Title of Each Class Number of Shares of Common Stock Outstanding and Amount of Debt Outstanding Common Stock P1 Par Value 5,374,416,911 'Total Liabilities 3,849,670,000 11. Indicate the item numbers reported herein: 9(a)(1)(J). Item 9 (a)(1)(J). Purchase of stock In pursuance of the AEV shares buy-back program approved by the Board of Directors, the Corporation has purchased the following additional shares of AEV: Date # of Shares U. Price Total Value January 26, 2000 300,000 P2.22 P666,000.00 Additional Information The Board approved a program to buy-back shares. The amount and timing of the buyback program was left to management, specifically the CEO and COO. The rationale for the buyback, which was that market prices did not reflect the true value of the shares, and therefore remaining shareholders would benefit from a buyback into treasury that reduced the number of outstanding shares, also provides the guidelines for the actual share purchases. The principal criteria is that it benefits remaining shareholders Under that guideline, the company would only buyback shares when it believed the share price was unvalued, and that the cash expenditure for the buyback did not jeopardize prospective projects of the company. prcd SIGNATURE(S) Pursuant to the requirements of the Revised Securities Act, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. ABOITIZ EQUITY VENTURES, INC. By: (SGD.) SYLVA A. PADERANGA Asst. Corporate Secretary