C05783-2023

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSIONSEC FORM 17-C

CURRENT REPORT UNDER SECTION 17
OF THE SECURITIES REGULATION CODE
AND SRC RULE 17.2(c) THEREUNDER

1. Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
Jul 28, 2023
2. SEC Identification Number
30354
3. BIR Tax Identification No.
287191423000
4. Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter
DoubleDragon Corporation
5. Province, country or other jurisdiction of incorporation
Republic of the Philippines
6. Industry Classification Code(SEC Use Only)
7. Address of principal office
DD Meridian Park Bay Area Brgy 76 Zone10, San Rafael, Pasay City, Metro Manila, Philippines Postal Code 1302
8. Issuer's telephone number, including area code
+63288567111
9. Former name or former address, if changed since last report
N/A
10. Securities registered pursuant to Sections 8 and 12 of the SRC or Sections 4 and 8 of the RSA
Title of Each Class Number of Shares of Common Stock Outstanding and Amount of Debt Outstanding
Common 2,345,028,600
Preferred 100,000,000
Total Debt (In Millions of Pesos) 56,047.60
11. Indicate the item numbers reported herein
Item 9

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DoubleDragon CorporationDD

PSE Disclosure Form 4-30 - Material Information/Transactions References: SRC Rule 17 (SEC Form 17-C) and
Sections 4.1 and 4.4 of the Revised Disclosure Rules

Subject of the Disclosure

Today, July 28, 2023, DoubleDragon Corporation to open CityMall-Surigao in Surigao City, Surigao del Norte in the Mindanao region -- its 45th operational mall nationwide, officially making it the No.4 largest mall developer and landlord in terms of number of operational malls and specifically in the community mall segment, is currently the No.1 largest community mall developer and landlord in terms of number of operating community malls in the Philippines.
Background/Description of the Disclosure

The current CityMall’s GFA forms part of the 1.28 million square meters of fully built and completed GFA in DoubleDragon's diversified portfolio exceeding its 1 million square meters total GFA target by 2020 set and announced during its IPO listing in the PSE last April 2014, at which point it had practically Zero leasable space.

CityMall-Surigao has a total GFA of 8,608 square meters that sits in a 1.05-hectare of prime commercial land. The then-vacant land right beside the Surigao City Integrated Land Transport Terminal was purchased for land banking way back 2015 and forms part of the string of over 100 prime land spread out across Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao that DoubleDragon acquired mostly from 2014 to 2016, when prime land prices was still mostly less than one-fourth of the land prices today.

CityMall-Surigao's locator/tenant mix includes a full-size MerryMart Grocery, Jollibee, Chowking, Mang Inasal, Greenwich, Highlands Coffee, MerryMart Pharmacy powered by Carlos Superdrug, ALLWin Department Store, Fun Nation, PrimeHub, Vazcon Salon, Potato Corner, JM Shawarma, Party Toppers by Surigao Toopers, Keisha’s Jewelry, Master Siomai, Tori’s Buco, Redd’s Mango, RRJ, Petrol, Mr. Lee, Bobson, FreeLife, RELX and Elixir Store, Car-San Auto, Anchiko Cakes & Pastry Shop, DTI Go Negosyo, Chef Mike Japanese Cuisine booth, JYG Food Enterprises, Yesha’s Kwek Streetfood Cart, DO Marketing, Lemon District, Samantha’s Steamboat and Mister Donut.

After the opening of CityMall-Surigao today, 3 more CityMalls are slated to be completed in the fourth quarter this year 2023 namely CityMall-Bay Laguna, CityMall-Palo Leyte, and CityMall-Antique. For next year 2024, a total of 4 more CityMalls are set to open namely CityMall-Gen Trias Cavite, CityMall-Guiwan Zamboanga, CityMall-Ormoc and CityMall-Ozamiz that would make DoubleDragon increase its operational mall portfolio to 52 by the end of 2024.

DoubleDragon's current 45-mall network which are now all operational to date was constructed and opened from the first CityMall in 2015 to the 45th operating mall in a span of only 8 years as of July 28, 2023. The 45 mall openings in 8 years include the over two years of Covid19 pandemic.

The CityMalls that were opened before the Covid19 pandemic are now in batches, undergoing refresh makeover since early this year and to be completed by the end of this year in line with the goal of making the CityMalls in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao reach maturity level and attain the optimal above-industry rental yields by 2025.

CityMall’s occupancy level post-Covid19 pandemic has steadily increased and is expected to reach 100% by end of 2024, driven by the continued transition from traditional retail to modern retail in the countryside.

“Within the first three years of DoubleDragon’s IPO in the Philippine Stock Exchange last April 2014, we purposely and rapidly acquired majority of the Company’s landbank for CityMall when land prices in city centers of prime provincial cities were still low. Today, we have seen exponential value appreciation across the string of prime commercial properties which our DD team are thankful to have acquired a string of hundreds of prime assets across the country early on,” said DoubleDragon chairman Edgar “Injap” Sia II.

"We see building structures for the recurring revenue business like fruit-bearing trees, where the buildings are like the tree, and the recurring income that eventually follows are like the fruits that keep coming for many decades. And while they produce the fruits year on year, the property like the bark of the tree also becomes more and more valuable," added Mr. Sia.
Other Relevant Information

About DoubleDragon Corporation:

DoubleDragon Corporation is one of a handful of companies in the Philippines that has accumulated a completed recurring income portfolio of 1.2 million square meters in diversified hard assets in office leasing with its Jollibee Tower, DD Meridian Park complex, its string of CityMall community centers, its string of CentralHub industrial warehouse complexes, its string of Hotel101 projects in the Philippines and overseas. As of March 31, 2023, DoubleDragon’s Total Equity stands at P81.96 Billion and Total Cash Position stands at P9.03 Billion. DoubleDragon has recently been upgraded to the highest PhilRatings PRS Triple A Credit Rating.
Filed on behalf by:
Name Jose Roelph Desales
Designation Investor Relations Head