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TENDER OFFER

 Means publicly announced intention by a Exemptions from the Mandatory Tender Offer
person acting alone or in concert with other Requirement
persons to acquire the outstanding equity 19.3.1. Unless the acquisition of equity securities is
securities of a PUBLIC company or of an intended to circumvent or defeat the objectives of the
associate or related company of such public tender offer rules, the mandatory tender offer
company which controls said public company requirement shall not apply to the following:
 Applies to acquisition of shares of stock in a
public company and not any other kind of 19.3.1.1. Any purchase of securities from the unissued
securities. capital stock; Provided, the acquisition will not result to a
fifty percent (50%) or more ownership of securities by
MANDATORY TENDER OFFER: the
1. 15% of equity securities in a public company purchaser or such percentage that is sufficient to gain
within a period of 12 months; control of the board;
2. 35% of the outstanding voting shares or such 19.3.1.2. Any purchase of securities from an increase in
outstanding voting shares that is sufficient to authorized capital stock;
gain control of the board in a public company 19.3.1.3. Purchase in connection with foreclosure
within 12 months; and proceedings involving a duly constituted pledge or
3. Acquisition would result in ownership of over security arrangement where the acquisition is made by
50% of the total outstanding equity securities the debtor or creditor;
of a public company, regardless of the time 19.3.1.4. Purchases in connection with a privatization
when said shares were acquired. undertaken by the government of the Philippines;
19.3.1.5. Purchases in connection with corporate
* NOTE: the tender offer rule covers not only direct rehabilitation under court supervision;
acquisition but also indirect acquisition or any type of 19.3.1 .6. Purchases in the open market at the prevailing
acquisition. market price; and
* CHECK THE DIAGRAMS ON PP. 49-50 (IMPORTANT!!!) 19.3.1.7. Merger or consolidation.

Note that if equity securities of a public company are


purchased at threshold amounts without complying with
Prescriptive Period: the tender offer requirements, the SEC may, upon
complaint, nullify such purchase and order the conduct
Actions under Sections 56 (false registration statement) of a tender offer, without prejudice to the imposition of
and 57 (sale of unregistered security and liabilities other sanctions under the SRC.
arising in connection with prospectus, communication
and other reports)
 2 years after the discovery of the untrue statement or
omission or after the violation upon which it is based,
but not more than 5 years after the security was bona
fide offered to the public or more than five years after
the sale, respectively.

Enforcement of CRIMINAL liability for violations of SRC


 SRC does not provide so follow Act 3326.
 Under SRC, violation of its provisions is punishable by
imprisonment of not less 7 years nor more than 21 years.
 Hence, prescriptive period is 12 years.

Action under Subsection 23.2 to recover profits in a short


swing transaction
 2 years from the time profits were realized
Jurisdiction on proxy solicitation:

SEC: if proxies are obtained to vote on matters unrelated


to intra-corporate controversies.

RTC: if related to intra-corporate controversies or


election related.

Therefore: if the corporate secretary accepts or rejects


proxies in violation of the law or the bylaws of the corp
on matters that are NOT intra-corporate in nature, the
aggrieved party may file a petition with SEC to nullify the
reso.

SEC RTC
Approval of various Election and removal of
corporate acts directors

Determination of the
existence of quorum for
election of directors

Election contest
Criminal cases under SRC Civil suits falling under SRC
(primary jurisdiction)

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