Please be informed that on June 6, 2023, the Board of Directors approved the following material matters:
1. The resignation of Mr. Earl J. Torres as independent director was accepted with immediate effect. 2. The change of stock symbol of the Company from “VUL” to “ECVC”. 3. The holding of the Annual Stockholders’ Meeting for the year 2023 on September 11, 2023, with the record date on August 11, 2023. The agenda has not yet been finalized and will be disclosed as soon as it is approved by Management. 4. The consent by the Corporation to the assignment to third-parties by Mr. Hilario G. Pagauitan and Ms. Sofia G. Pagauitan of their 486,055,662 partially-paid shares (the “Partially Paid Shares”) acquired from National Book Store under the Deed of Assignment dated July 1, 2021. The Board likewise authorized the Treasurer, Ms. Hilarnie Mercurie P. Parada to sign, execute, and deliver for and on behalf of the company, the necessary documents to implement the assignment of shares. The BIR certificate authorizing registration (“BIR CAR”) of the transfer of the Partially Paid Shares to the Pagauitan spouses is currently pending. However, such Partially Paid Shares have been treated as non-public shares since its acquisition by the Pagauitan spouses on July 1, 2021. The same Partially Paid Shares may be further assigned after the BIR CAR has been issued. Assignees for such shares have not yet been identified to date.
5. The offer and issuance of 550,000,000 new private placement shares at the subscription price of One Peso (Php 1.00) per share for the purpose of complying with the 20% public float requirement. At least 10% of the total subscription price shall be payable in cash upon subscription, and the balance shall be payable within one (1) year from the date of the subscription in cash and/or property acceptable to the Corporation. The subscription and issuance of the 550,000,000 new shares shall result in the increase of the subscribed and issued capital stock from 6,630,000,000 shares to 7,180,000,000 shares. The subscription proceeds shall be used for the operations of the Company, business development, repayment of advances and/or acquisition of mining rights. “ |