Cari Bon Store

August 11, 2022 ENFORCEMENT AND INVESTOR PROTECTION DEPARTMENT SEC ADVISORY The Commission has received a report regarding a Facebook page named CARI BON STORE containing an announcement/post of a purported investment solicitation apparently advertised by Mr. RAMON S. MONZON , President and CEO of the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE). As published in the said Facebook page, CARI BON STORE offers the public the opportunity to earn up to 30% to 70% of capital through day trading for an initial investment offering of PhP1,000.00. The page promotes day trading as expressed in the said Facebook page "spending only 10-15 minutes to stock exchange with us, you can make income 5000-50000 pesos per day . . ." The public is hereby informed that CARI BON STORE is not registered with the Commission either as a corporation or partnership . Further, it is not authorized to solicit investments from the public or to engage in the buying and selling of securities as a salesman or broker in securities as it has not secured the necessary license or permit from the Commission as required under Section 28 of the Securities Regulation Code (SRC). The public is hereby ADVISED to exercise caution in investing as such activity is subject to the regulatory authority of this Commission. Those who act as salesmen, brokers, dealers, agents or those who are convincing people to invest in the investment scheme being offered by CARI BON STORE including solicitations and recruitment through the internet may likewise be prosecuted and held criminally liable under Section 28 of the Securities Regulation Code and penalized with a maximum fine of Five Million pesos (P5,000,000.00) or penalty of twenty-one (21) years of imprisonment or both pursuant to Section 73 of the SRC . Should you have any information regarding the operation of CARI BON STORE Facebook page or its representatives, please send your report through email at [emailprotected] . A press release via ABS-CBN News and public announcement regarding the same subject matter was released by the PSE at https://news.abscbn.com/business/07/29/22/pse-warns-public-vs-unauthorized-solicitation-ads and https://documents.pse.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2022/07/CN_2022-0029.pdf , respectively. For the information and guidance of the public. Makati City, August 11, 2022.