05 May 2023
DISCLOSURE DEPARTMENT The Philippine Stock Exchange, Inc. Philippine Stock Exchange Plaza, PSE Tower, 5th Avenue cor. 28th Street, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City
Attention: MS. ALEXANDRA D. TOM WONG Head, Disclosure Department
Re: Grant of Request for Exemptive Relief from the requirement under Rule 68 of the Revised Securities Regulation Code
We write to inform the Exchange that PAL Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) received today, 05 May 2023, a letter from the Securities and Exchange Commission, Markets and Securities Regulation Department (“SEC MSRD”) dated 04 May 2023 (“Letter”), directing the Company to disclose the approval of its request for exemptive relief. In accordance with the Letter, the SEC MSRD has granted the request of the Company for exemptive relief from the requirement under Rule 68 of the Revised Securities Regulation Code (“Revised SRC Rule 68”) that the consolidated financial statements be included in the filing of the Company’s Definitive Information Statement (“DIS”).
The SEC MSRD found merit in the Company’s justification that the 2023 Q1 reports will not be available by the time of the filing of the DIS and the mandated dissemination of the DIS by 27 April 2023, since the 2023 Q1 Report has not yet been presented to the Audit Committee and the Board of Directors. They also recognized that the deadline for the filing of the 2023 Q1 Reports is on 15 May 2023, and that the Company was obliged to apply for an extension to avoid any violation of the applicable laws and regulations, and ensure that the Company will be able to distribute the DIS within the period required by the by-laws, the 2015 SRC IRR, and the Manual of Corporate Governance. Moreover, the SEC MSRD took note of the Company’s undertaking to post and make available on its website, a copy of the Company’s 2023 Q1 Reports, no later than five (5) days before the 2023 Annual Stockholders Meeting, or on or before 20 May 2023.
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