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MPIC issues P2.016 billion in shares to MPHI as payment for advances

By Zinnia B. Dela Peña | November 1, 2009 - 12:00am

Metro Pacific Investments Corp. (MPIC) has issued P2.016 billion worth of shares to Metro Pacific Holdings Inc. (MPHI) as payment for the latter’s advances.

Business

Hong Kong firm acquires 6% of Metro Pacific

By Zinnia B. Dela Peña | October 16, 2009 - 12:00am

Foreign investment firm Invesco Hong Kong Ltd. has acquired a six-percent stake in Metro Pacific Investments Corp., (MPIC) the local flagship of the Hong Kong-based conglomerate First Pacific Co. Ltd.

Business

Metro Pacific raises $300 million in largest share offer since 2007

By Zinnia B. Dela Peña | October 9, 2009 - 12:00am

Metro Pacific Investments Corp. (MPIC), the local flagship of Hong Kong-based industrial conglomerate First Pacific Co. Ltd., successfully raised $300 million through a share offering touted as the largest equity...

Business

P19-billion Meralco shares crossed at PSE to facilitate MPIC entry

By Zinnia B. Dela Peña | October 7, 2009 - 12:00am

Manila Electric Co. accounted for more than four-fifths of total trades at the local stock market yesterday, with around P19.11 billion worth of shares crossed through a series of special block sales to facilitate...

Business

MPIC eyes P14.3 billion from share offering to fund acquisitions

By Zinnia B. Dela Peña | September 23, 2009 - 12:00am

Metro Pacific Investments Corp. (MPIC), the local flagship of Hong Kong-based conglomerate First Pacific Co. Ltd., said it expects to raise up to P14.31 billion in a share sale to partly fund its equity investment...

Business

Metro Pacific to secure P4.5-billion bridge financing

August 4, 2009 - 12:00am

Metro Pacific Investments Corp. (MPIC) is securing P4.5 billion in bridge financing from local banks using some of its recently acquired shares in the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) as security.

Business