Willy N. Ocier is the chairman of the 11-man board of Belle Corp. (BEL). On Nov. 24, 2020, he bought a total of 105,000 BEL common shares on Nov. 24, 2020 as follows: 5,000 at P1.59 each; 50,000 at P1.60 each; and 50,000 at P1.61 each. The three additional acquisitions increased his ownership to 67,290,702 common shares, or from 67,185,702 common shares.
As of Sept. 30, 2020, BEL had 9,763,126,297 outstanding common shares of 10,560,999,857 issued common shares having reported 797,873,560 treasury common shares or 8.172 percent, according to the company’s public ownership report (POR). Of the outstanding, Ocier directly owned 65,589,702 common shares or 0.672 percent. Aside from him, his fellow directors and their direct ownerships were Jacinto C. Ng Jr., 135,860,666 common shares or 1.392 percent; Manuel A. Gana, 51,000 common shares; Emilio S. de Quiroz, 50,001 common shares; Virginia A. Yap, 110,000 directly owned common shares and indirectly held 50,000 common shares; Jose T. Sio, Amando M. Tetangco Jr. and Elizabeth Anne C. Uychaco, 1,000 common shares each; and Gregorio U. Kilayko, Ricardo L. Moldez and Cesar E.A. Virata, one nominal common share each. The 11 directors’ ownerships totaled 201,714,372 common shares or 2.066 percent.