Republic of the Philippines
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
SEC Building, EDSA, Greenhills, Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila
IRPORATION FINANCE DEPARTMENT
SEC Memorandum Circular No.
Series of 2009
TO : All Concemed
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! 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:
“SECTION 3. All cash dividends declared by corporations shall
have a record date which shal! 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.
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Chairman
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