Apollo Drugstore and Diagnostic Center, Inc.

September 23, 2021 ENFORCEMENT AND INVESTOR PROTECTION DEPARTMENT SEC ADVISORY The Commission has received information that an individuals or group of persons representing an entity named APOLLO DRUGSTORE AND DIAGNOSTIC CENTER, INC. (APOLLO DRUGSTORE) are enticing the public to invest their money in the said entity with the promise of high monetary rewards or profits. APOLLO DRUGSTORE claims to be engaged in a drugstore business. Based on reports and the information gathered and verified by the Commission, APOLLO DRUGSTORE entices the public to invest by offering a "CO-FRANCHISING PROGRAM" starting from Php100,000.00 up to Php5,000,000.00 that guarantees a passive income of up to Php12,800,000.00 for five (5) years. As the above described scheme involves the sale of securities to the public in the form of investment contracts, the Securities Regulation Code (SRC) requires that these securities are duly registered with the Commission and that the concerned entities and/or its agents have appropriate registration and/or license to sell such securities to the public pursuant to Sections 8 and 28 of the SRC. The public is hereby informed that while APOLLO DRUGSTORE AND DIAGNOSTIC CENTER, INC. has been registered with the Commission as a corporation on 03 October 2020 under Company Registration CS202009100, however, it is NOT AUTHORIZED to offer, solicit, sell or distribute any investment/securities to the public. Such activities require a Secondary License from the Commission and the securities or investment product should likewise be registered with the SEC before they can be offered or sold to the public under Sections 8 and 12 of the Securities Regulation Code (SRC). Consequently, those who act as salesmen, brokers, dealers or agents of APOLLO DRUGSTORE in selling or convincing people to invest in its investment schemes including solicitations or recruitment through the internet may likewise be prosecuted and held criminally liable under Section 28 of the SRC and penalized with a maximum fine of Five Million Pesos (Php5,000,000.00) or maximum penalty of Twenty-One (21) years imprisonment or both pursuant to Section 73 of the SRC. Also, those who invite or recruit others to join or invest in such venture or offer investment contracts or securities to the public may incur criminal liability, or otherwise be sanctioned or penalized accordingly as held by the Supreme Court in the case of Securities and Exchange Commission vs. Oudine Santos (G.R. No. 195542, 19 March 2014). In view thereof, the public is hereby advised to NOT TO INVEST or STOP INVESTING in the investment schemes being offered by APOLLO DRUGSTORE or its representatives . Should you have any information regarding the operation of the subject entities, you can send your report to the EIPD at [emailprotected]. For guidance of the public. Pasay City, September 23, 2021.