Amended Rules Governing Pre-emptive and other Subscription Rights and Declaration of Stock and Cash Dividends

April 17, 2009 SEC MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 02-09 TO : All Concerned SUBJECT : Amended Rules Governing Pre-emptive and other Subscription Rights and Declaration of Stock and Cash Dividends of Corporations whose Securities are Registered under the Revised Securities Act 1 or Listed in the Stock Exchange The Commission En Banc, in its meeting on April 2, 2009 approved the amendment of Section 3 of the subject Rules so that the said Section shall now read as follows: "SEC. 3. All cash dividends declared by corporations shall have a record date which shall not be less than ten (10) nor more than thirty (30) days from said declaration. In case no record date is specified, then the same shall ipso facto be deemed fixed at fifteen (15) days from such declaration. Provided, however, that companies that are obliged to pay dividends may have a single declaration for several cash dividends within a year subject to the condition that their record and payment dates are also explicitly provided. " (emphasis supplied) Effectivity This amendment shall take effect fifteen (15) days after publication in two (2) newspapers of general circulation in the Philippines. Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila, April 17, 2009. (SGD.) FE B. BARIN Chairman Footnotes 1. Now Securities Regulation Code (SRC) R.A. 8799. Published in The Philippine Daily Inquirer and Manila Standard Today on April 30, 2009.