Registration of Securities - First Philippine Holdings Corporation

2008 IN THE MATTER OF THE FIRST PHILIPPINE HOLDINGS CORPORATION REGISTRATION OF SECURITIES N O T I C E Notice is hereby given that on January 18, 2008 , a sworn registration statement was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on behalf of FIRST PHILIPPINE HOLDINGS CORPORATION for the registration of up to FIFTY MILLION (50,000,000) Series B unissued Preferred Shares at an offer price of P100.00 per share, broken down as follows: 1. Up to 30,000,000 unissued Series B Preferred shares to be offered and sold by way of a primary offering; and 2. Up to 20,000,000 unissued Series B Preferred shares to be offered in case the over allotment option is exercised. According to the papers presented, the following persons are the officers and directors of the corporation: Name Position Oscar M. Lopez Chief Executive Officer/Director Elpidio L. Ibanez President, Chief Operating Officer/Director Augusto Almeda-Lopez Director Thelmo Y. Cunanan Director Jose P. de Jesus Director Peter D. Garrucho Director Oscar J. Hilado Independent Director Eugenio Lopez III Director Federico R. Lopez SVP & Director Manuel M. Lopez Director Vicente T. Paterno Independent Director Ernesto B. Rufino, Jr. Director Washington Z. Sycip Independent Director Cesar B. Bautista Independent Director Artemio V. Panganiban Independent Director Arthur A. de Guia Managing Director for MPIG Fiorello R. Estuar Head, Infrastructure Business Development Benjamin K. Liboro SVP Danilo C. Lachica SVP Richard B. Tantoco SVP Francis Giles B. Puno SVP & Chief Finance Officer/Treasurer Perla R. Catahan VP & Comptroller Anthony M. Mabasa VP Leonides U. Garde VP Ricardo B. Yatco VP Hector Y. Dimacali VP Victor Emmanuel B. Santos VP Oscar R. Lopez VP Robert C. Chan VP Rodrigo F. Franco VP Benjamin R. Lopez VP Ramon T. Pagdanganan VP Ariel C. Ong VP Elizabeth M. Canlas VP Enrique I. Quiason Corporate Secretary Rodolfo R. Waga, Jr. VP & Assistant Corporate Secretary Said registration statement and other papers/documents attached thereto are open to inspection by interested parties during business hours, and copies thereof, photostatic or otherwise, shall be furnished upon request at such reasonable fees as the Commission may prescribe. (SGD.) JUSTINA F. CALLANGAN Director Published in The Manila Times on January 30 and February 4, 2008 .