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The following terms of the offer should be read as an introduction to, and is qualified in its entirety by
reference to, the more detailed information appearing elsewhere in this Offer Supplement and in the
Prospectus. These terms of the offer may not contain all of the information that prospective investors should
consider before deciding to invest in the Offer Shares. Accordingly, any decision by a prospective investor
to invest in the Offer Shares should be based on a consideration of the Prospectus and this Offer
Supplement as a whole. Should there be any inconsistency between the summary below and the final
documentation, the final documentation shall prevail.
The following terms are still subject to finalization and coordination with The Philippine Stock Exchange,
Inc.
Par Value : The Preferred Shares have a par value of ₱1.00 per share.
Oversubscription Option : In the event of oversubscription, the Sole Issue Manager, Lead
Underwriter, and Sole Bookrunner, in consultation with the
Issuer, reserves the right, without any obligation, to increase the
Base Offer by up to 5,000,000 Preferred Shares.
Offer Price : The Offer Shares shall be offered at a price of ₱100.00 per share.
LISTING APPLICATION
A BROWN COMPANY, INC.
Registration and Listing : The Offer Shares are registered with the SEC under a shelf
registration pursuant to MSRD Order No. 76 Series of 2021 with
a shelf period from November 12, 2021 until November 12, 2024.
Offer Period : The Offer Period shall commence at 9:00 a.m. on [February 12,
2024] and end at 12:00 noon on [February 16, 2024]. The Issuer,
the Sole Issue Manager, Lead Underwriter, and Sole Bookrunner
reserve the right to extend or terminate the Offer Period with the
approval of the SEC and the PSE, as applicable.
Issue Date and Listing Date : [February 23, 2024] or such other date when the Series B and
Series C Preferred Shares are listed on the PSE.
The net proceeds from the Base Offer, after deducting from the
gross proceeds the total issue management, underwriting and
selling fees, listing fees, taxes and other related fees and out-of-
pocket expenses, is estimated to be ₱971,491,530.00.
The Company will use the net proceeds for the development of
pipeline real estate projects, landbanking, and for other general
corporate purposes. See “Use of Proceeds” in this Offer
Supplement.
Dividend Rate : As and if cash dividends are declared by the Board of Directors,
cash dividends on the Series B and Series C Preferred Shares
shall be at the fixed rates of:
Dividend Payment Dates : Cash dividends will be payable starting on May 23, 2024, and
thereafter every August 23, November 23, and February 23 of
each year (each a “Dividend Payment Date”), being the last day
of each 3-month period (a “Dividend Period”), as and if declared
by the Board of Directors in accordance with the terms and
conditions of the Preferred Shares.
The first Dividend Payment Date on May 23, 2024 will be on the
1st quarter after the Issue Date and the succeeding dates will be
the following 3-month periods after it.
Dividend Rate Step-Up : Unless the Offer Shares are redeemed by the Issuer, in respect
of the Series B Preferred Shares, three (3) years and six (6)
months from the Issue Date (the “Series B Step-Up Date”), and
in respect of the Series C Preferred Shares, five (5) years from
the Issue Date (the “Series C Step-Up Date”), or on the next
Banking Day in case the relevant Step-Up Date falls on a non-
Banking Day, the dividends on each subseries will be adjusted
as follows:
(a) for the Series B Preferred Shares, the higher of (a) the
simple average of the closing per annum rate of 10-year
BVAL (or successor benchmark) for the three (3)
consecutive Banking Days preceding and inclusive of the
rate setting date, plus [5.00%]; or (b) the floor rate of
[9.75%]. (the “Series B Step-Up Dividend Rate”); and
(b) for the Series C Preferred Shares, the higher of (a) the
simple average of the closing per annum rate of 15-year
BVAL (or successor benchmark) for the three (3)
consecutive Banking Days preceding and inclusive of the
rate setting date, plus [5.00%]; or (b) the floor rate of
[11.50%] (the “Series C Step-Up Dividend Rate”).
Conditions on Declaration : The declaration and payment of cash dividends on each Dividend
and Payment of Cash Payment Date will be subject to the sole discretion of the Board
Dividends of Directors, the covenants (financial or otherwise) in the loans
and credit agreements to which the Issuer is a party and the
requirements under applicable laws and regulations.
The profits available for distribution are, in general and with some
adjustments pursuant to applicable laws and regulations, equal
to the accumulated, realized profits of the Issuer less
accumulated, realized loss.
Optional Redemption and : As and if declared by the Board of Directors of the Issuer and
Purchase subject to the requirements of applicable laws and regulations,
the Issuer may, at its sole option, redeem in whole, but not in part,
any series of the Offer Shares as follows:
The Issuer shall give not less than thirty (30) nor more than sixty
(60) days prior written notice of its intention to redeem the
Preferred Shares (the “Notice of Redemption”), which notice
shall be irrevocable and binding upon the Issuer to effect such
early redemption of the Preferred Shares at the Optional
Redemption Date stated in such notice. For the avoidance of
doubt, the Redemption Price will not be subject to, and
independent from, the prevailing share price of the Preferred
Shares at the time of redemption. Such notice to redeem shall be
deemed irrevocable upon issuance thereof. The Notice of
Redemption shall likewise indicate the Record Date for the
Optional Redemption of the relevant Redeemed Shares, the
payment mode of the Redemption Price to the relevant
shareholders, and the general terms, among others. Moreover,
the Company shall request for voluntary trading suspension of
the relevant Redeemed Shares effective on Ex-Date until the
Optional Redemption Date.
The Issuer may also redeem the Preferred Shares, in whole, but
not in part, at any time if an Accounting Event or a Tax Event has
occurred and is continuing, having given not less than thirty (30)
nor more than sixty (60) days‘ written notice prior to the intended
date of redemption, which notice shall be irrevocable and binding
upon the Issuer to effect such redemption of the Preferred Shares
at the redemption date stated in such notice. The redemption due
to an Accounting Event or a Tax Event shall be made by the
Issuer at the Redemption Price, which shall be paid within five (5)
Banking Days of the exercise of the right to redeem the Preferred
Shares on the date of redemption set out in the notice.
No Sinking Fund : The Issuer has not established, and currently has no plans to
establish, a sinking fund for the redemption of the Offer Shares.
Redemption by reason of : If in the opinion of the Issuer, with due consultation with its
an Accounting Event external auditor authorized to perform auditing services in the
Republic of the Philippines, there is more than an insubstantial
risk that the Preferred Shares may no longer be recorded as
equity in the audited consolidated financial statements of the
Issuer prepared in accordance with PFRS, or such other
accounting standards which succeed PFRS as adopted by the
Issuer for the preparation of its audited consolidated financial
statements for the relevant financial year, and such event cannot
be avoided by use of reasonable measures available to the
Issuer, the Issuer having given not more than 60 nor less than 30
days’ notice, may redeem the Preferred Shares in whole, but not
in part at the Redemption Price.
Redemption by reason of a : In the event payments in respect of the Preferred Shares become
Tax Event subject to additional withholding or any new tax (including a
higher rate of an existing tax) as a result of certain changes in
law, rule or regulation, or in the interpretation thereof, and such
tax cannot be avoided by use of reasonable measures available
to the Issuer, the Issuer having given not more than sixty (60) nor
LISTING APPLICATION
A BROWN COMPANY, INC.
less than thirty (30) days’ notice, may redeem the Preferred
Shares at any time in whole, but not in part, at the Redemption
Price.
Purchase of the Offer : Upon listing on the PSE, the Issuer may purchase the Preferred
Shares Shares at any time in the open market or by public tender or by
private contract at any price through the PSE. The Preferred
Shares so purchased may either be redeemed (pursuant to their
terms and conditions as set out in the Prospectus) and cancelled,
or kept as treasury shares, as applicable.
Documentary stamp tax and all other costs and expenses for the
issuance of the Preferred Shares and the documentation, if any,
shall be for the account of the Issuer.
Form, Title and : The Preferred Shares will be issued in scripless form through the
Registration of the electronic book-entry system of Professional Stock Transfer, Inc.
Preferred Shares as Registrar for the Offer (“Registrar”), and lodged with PDTC
as Depository Agent on Issue Date through PSE Trading
Participants respectively nominated by the applicants. For this
purpose, applicants shall indicate in the proper space provided
for in the Application Form the name of a PSE Trading Participant
under whose name their shares will be registered.
Selling and Transfer : Initial placement and subsequent transfers of interests in the
Restrictions Preferred Shares shall be subject to normal selling restrictions for
listed securities as may prevail in the Philippines from time to
time.
LISTING APPLICATION
A BROWN COMPANY, INC.
Governing Law : The Preferred Shares will be issued pursuant to the laws of the
Philippines.
Status : The Preferred Shares will constitute the direct and unsecured
subordinated obligations of the Company ranking at least pari
passu in all respects and ratably without preference or priority
among themselves.
Dividend Cumulative : Dividends on the Preferred Shares will be cumulative. If for any
reason the Board of Directors of the Company does not declare
a dividend on the Preferred Shares for a Dividend Period, the
Company will not pay a dividend on the Dividend Payment Date
for that Dividend Period. However, on any future Dividend
Payment Date on which dividends are declared, holders of the
Preferred Shares must receive the dividends due them on such
Dividend Payment Date as well as any dividends in which the
declaration and/or payment have been deferred, in respect of
prior Dividend Periods (the “Arrears of Dividends”).
No Voting Rights : Holders of the Preferred Shares shall not be entitled to vote at
the Company’s stockholders’ meetings, except as otherwise
provided by law.
Non-Convertible : Holders of the Preferred Shares shall have no right to convert the
Preferred Shares to any other preferred shares or common
shares of the Company.
LISTING APPLICATION
A BROWN COMPANY, INC.
No Pre-emptive Rights : Holders of the Preferred Shares shall have no pre-emptive rights
to subscribe to any shares (including, without limitation, treasury
shares) that will be issued or sold by the Company.
Procedure for Application : Applications to Purchase the Offer Shares may be obtained from
the Sole Issue Manager, Lead Underwriter, and Sole Bookrunner
or the Selling Agents. All Applications shall be evidenced by the
Application to Purchase, duly executed in each case by an
authorized signatory of the applicant and accompanied by two (2)
completed signature cards, the corresponding proof of full
payment for the Offer Shares covered by the Application and all
other required documents including documents required for
registry with the registrar and depository agent. The duly
executed Application to Purchase and required documents
should be submitted to the Sole Issue Manager, Lead
Underwriter, and Sole Bookrunner or Selling Agents by the end
of the Offer Period. If the applicant is a corporation, partnership,
or trust account, the Application must be accompanied by the
following documents:
Payment for the Preferred : The proof of full payment for the Offer Shares covered by the
Shares Application must be submitted together with the Application to
Purchase and all other required documents.
Acceptance/Rejection of : The actual number of the Offer Shares that an applicant will be
Applications allowed to subscribe to is subject to the confirmation of the Sole
LISTING APPLICATION
A BROWN COMPANY, INC.
Refunds for Rejected : In the event that the number of the Offer Shares to be allotted to
Applications an applicant, as confirmed by the Sole Issue Manager, Lead
Underwriter, and Sole Bookrunner or Selling Agent, is less than
the number covered by its Application, or if an Application is
wholly or partially rejected by the Company, then the Company
shall refund, without interest, starting on the fifth (5th) Banking
Day following the end of the Offer Period, all, or a portion of the
payment corresponding to the number of the Offer Shares wholly
or partially rejected, as applicable. All refunds shall be made
through the Sole Issue Manager, Lead Underwriter, and Sole
Bookrunner or Selling Agent with whom the applicant has filed
the Application at the risk of the applicant.
Withdrawal of the Offer : [The Company reserves the right to withdraw the offer and sale
of the Offer Shares at any time before the commencement of the
Offer Period, in which event the Company shall make the
necessary disclosures to the SEC and PSE.
The Company may also withdraw the offer and sale of the Offer
Shares at any time on or after the commencement of the Offer
Period and prior to the Listing Date, if any of the following events
occurs, in which case the Underwriting Agreement shall be
deemed terminated, namely:
k. Any event occurs which makes it impossible for the Sole Issue
Manager, Lead Underwriter, and Sole Bookrunner to perform its
underwriting obligations due to conditions beyond its control,
such as issuance by any court, arbitral tribunal, or government
agency which has jurisdiction on the matter of an order
restraining or prohibiting the Sole Issue Manager, Lead
Underwriter, and Sole Bookrunner, or directing the Sole Issue
Manager, Lead Underwriter, and Sole Bookrunner to cease, from
performing its underwriting obligations;
LISTING APPLICATION
A BROWN COMPANY, INC.
Firm Commitment to : The Sole Issue Manager, Lead Underwriters and Sole
Purchase Bookrunner will fully underwrite, on a firm commitment basis, the
Offer Shares.
After the commencement of the Offer Period, the Offer shall not
be withdrawn, cancelled, suspended or terminated solely by
reason of the (i) inability of the Company or the Underwriter to
sell or market the Offer Shares or (ii) the refusal or failure by the
Company, the Underwriter, or any other entity or person to
comply with any undertaking or commitment to take up any
shares remaining after the Offer Period.
Local Small Investors : The Company will not allocate any Offer Shares for the Local
Small Investors Program of the PSE.