December 29, 2020 | 12:02 am
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THE LOCAL bourse on Monday suspended the trading of securities of Manila Electric Co. (Meralco), which earlier announced its unit Meralco PowerGen Corp.âs (MGen) intention to acquire 100% ownership of Global Business Power Corp. (GBP) as the distribution utility has yet to submit the requirements for the substantial acquisition.
In a regulatory filing, open-end investment company First Metro Philippine Equity Exchange Traded Fund, Inc. (FMETF) said that the suspension took effect on Monday morning.
âThe Exchange deems that the foregoing transaction (of acquiring full ownership of GBP) is covered by the Rule on Disclosure for Substantial Acquisitions and Reverse Takeovers, under Section 5, Article VII of the Consolidated Listing and Disclosure Rules of the Exchange (the âSubstantial Acquisition Ruleâ),â the FMETF reported.