On December 21, 2023, the BSP approved the application of BPI for the amendment to Article Seventh of its Amended Articles of Incorporation to:
a. Increase BPI’s Authorized Capital Stock in the amount of Four Billion Pesos (Php4,000,000,000.00) or from Fifty Billion Six Hundred Million Pesos (Php50,600,000,000.00) to Fifty Four Billion Six Hundred Million Pesos (Php54,600,000,000.00) divided into Common Stock consisting of Five Billion Four Hundred Million (5,400,000,000) shares with a par value of Ten Pesos (Php10.00) per share and Preferred Stock consisting of Sixty Million (60,000,000) Preferred “A” shares with a par value of Ten Pesos (P10.00) per share; b. Combine the allocation of authorized common shares for Executive Stock Option Plan and Stock Purchase Plan into a three percent (3%) allocation for all employee stock incentive plans; and c. Deny the pre-emptive rights over the Four Hundred Six Million One Hundred Seventy-Nine Thousand Two Hundred Seventy-Six (406,179,276) treasury shares which shall be disposed of by BPI in accordance with Republic Act No. 8791, otherwise known as the General Banking Law of 2000.
The amendment is subject to the approval of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
The following approvals of the amendment were likewise secured: By the Board of Directors on September 30, 2022 By stockholders representing at least 2/3 of the outstanding common shares on January 17, 2023. |