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                    [Title] => Lopezes ready to sell BayanTel, MNTC
                    [Summary] => Except for its interests in the power and media businesses, Benpres Holdings Corp. is prepared to completely let go of its non-core assets such as BayanTel and Manila North Tollways Corp. (MNTC) to raise more capital for its balance sheet rebuilding, company officials said yesterday. 

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Benpres corporate secretary Enrique Quiason told the Philippine Stock Exchange that the motion was in lieu of the civil suit filed last Dec. 19, 2002 by AIF before a federal trial court in New York.
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Benpres corporate secretary Enrique Quiason told the Philippine Stock Exchange that the suit was filed last Dec. 19 before a US federal trial court in New York, alleging violations of the US federal securities law and the New York state law.
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Benpres corporate secretary Enrique Quiason told the Philippine Stock Exchange that JP Morgan Partners (BHCA), L.P. and Chase Manhattan International Finance Ltd. had informed the company that they are also exercising the option to require Benpres to acquire class A shares in BayanTel.
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Benpres corporate secretary Enrique Quiason told the Philippine Stock Exchange that the company has received notice last Oct. 25 from AIF, informing them that it is exercising the option to require Benpres to acquire or buy back class A shares held by AIF in BayanTel, which is 47.32-percent owned by Benpres.
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BayanTel chief finance officer Gary Olivar said in an interview yesterday that although it is too early to firm up plans for its impending mobile phone service, the company is "more or less keeping its options open. The ideal situation would be is to set up a subsidiary," Olivar said.
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                    [Summary] => Except for its interests in the power and media businesses, Benpres Holdings Corp. is prepared to completely let go of its non-core assets such as BayanTel and Manila North Tollways Corp. (MNTC) to raise more capital for its balance sheet rebuilding, company officials said yesterday. 

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Benpres corporate secretary Enrique Quiason told the Philippine Stock Exchange that the motion was in lieu of the civil suit filed last Dec. 19, 2002 by AIF before a federal trial court in New York.
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Benpres corporate secretary Enrique Quiason told the Philippine Stock Exchange that the suit was filed last Dec. 19 before a US federal trial court in New York, alleging violations of the US federal securities law and the New York state law.
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Benpres corporate secretary Enrique Quiason told the Philippine Stock Exchange that JP Morgan Partners (BHCA), L.P. and Chase Manhattan International Finance Ltd. had informed the company that they are also exercising the option to require Benpres to acquire class A shares in BayanTel.
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Benpres corporate secretary Enrique Quiason told the Philippine Stock Exchange that the company has received notice last Oct. 25 from AIF, informing them that it is exercising the option to require Benpres to acquire or buy back class A shares held by AIF in BayanTel, which is 47.32-percent owned by Benpres.
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BayanTel chief finance officer Gary Olivar said in an interview yesterday that although it is too early to firm up plans for its impending mobile phone service, the company is "more or less keeping its options open. The ideal situation would be is to set up a subsidiary," Olivar said.
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