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                    [Title] => Paxys to lease Phinma bldg for call center operations
                    [Summary] => Paxys Inc., formerly Fil-Hispano Holdings Corp., has inked a deal with the Phinma Group to lease nearly half of the latter’s five-storey building in Makati for the call center operations of its wholly-owned unit Advanced Contact Solutions (ACS).


Paxys chairman Tarcisio M. Medalla said Phinma has agreed to lease out to ACS 3,200 square meters of office space in the former AsianBank headquarters along Gil Puyat Ave. in Makati. The new call center site, which is expected to begin operations next month, will add up to 600 seats to ACS’s existing capacity of 2,800 seats.

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                    [Title] => Fil-Hispano sets record date for P300-M stock rights offer
                    [Summary] => Fil-Hispano Holdings Corp.  has set Aug. 29 as the record date  of shareholders qualified to subscribe to its stock  rights offering, estimated to raise P300 million to  bankroll its expansion program.


In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, Fil-Hispano said qualified shareholders are entitled  to buy one new share for every two shares held at P1, a deep discount to the P7.80 closing price of  its shares yesterday.


Fil-Hispano said the offering, which will be  underwritten by Asian Alliance Investment Corp., will  start on Sept. 8 and run until Sept. 16.


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                    [Title] => Advanced Contact Solutions completes call center expansion
                    [Summary] => Advanced Contact Solutions Inc. (ACS), a wholly—owned call center of publicly-listed Fil-Hispano Holdings Corp. (FHC), has completed the first phase of its expansion program, giving it an additional 1,800 seats or more than 50 percent of its full year target.


ACS president Victor Endaya said the additional seats bring to 2,700 the company’s total seat capacity.  "It’s a great leap for the company having set the target at 1,800 seats only in November 2004,’’ Endaya said.


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                    [Title] => Fil-Hispano eyes P252M from secondary sale of shares
                    [Summary] => All Asia Customer Service Holdings Ltd. (AACSHL), the Hong Kong-based majority shareholder of listed firm Fil-Hispano Holdings Corp. (FHC), intends to raise as much as P252 million from the secondary sale of its shares at the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE).


AACSHL, which owns 91.5 percent of FHC, plans to offer to the public a minimum of 60 million FHC shares priced between P3.80 and P4.20 per share.  The offer price is equivalent to a price-earnings (P/E) multiple of about 10 times its forecast 2005 net income of P250 million.


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                    [Title] => Fil-Hispano prepares to enter contact center business
                    [Summary] => Fil-Hispano Holdings Corp. will raise its authorized  capital stock from P60 million to P600 million to pave  the way for the entry of Hong Kong-basedAll Asia Customer Service  Holdings Ltd. (ACSH).


With the expanded capital, Fil-Hispano will issue new shares to ACSH in  exchange for the acquisition of ACSH’s call center  subsidiary  All Asia Customer Service Inc. (ACSI).


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                    [Title] => Fil-Hispano joins call service center bandwagon
                    [Summary] => Fil-Hispano Holdings Corp. is hitching on the call center bandwagon as part of efforts to improve its revenue base. 


In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, Fil-Hispano said it has entered into a memorandum of agreement with All Asia Customer Service Holdings Ltd. (ACSH) for a due diligence study on  All Asia Customer Services Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of ACSH.


Similarly, the agreement allows ACSH to conduct a due diligence study on Fil-Hispano. 


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                    [Title] => Fil-Hispano sells Valenzuela lot to Ellimac for P148-M
                    [Summary] => In line with its asset disposal program, the publicly-listed Fil-Hispano Holdings Corp. sold a 3.2-hectare lot in Valenzuela City to a local property holding firm for about P148 million.


FHHC corporate information officer Roberto San Jose told the Philippine Stock Exchange a memorandum of agreement for the sale has been signed with buying party Ellimac Prime Holdings Inc., with the execution of the deed of sale scheduled on March 4.


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FIL-HISPANO HOLDINGS CORP

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Paxys chairman Tarcisio M. Medalla said Phinma has agreed to lease out to ACS 3,200 square meters of office space in the former AsianBank headquarters along Gil Puyat Ave. in Makati. The new call center site, which is expected to begin operations next month, will add up to 600 seats to ACS’s existing capacity of 2,800 seats.

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                    [Title] => Fil-Hispano sets record date for P300-M stock rights offer
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In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, Fil-Hispano said qualified shareholders are entitled  to buy one new share for every two shares held at P1, a deep discount to the P7.80 closing price of  its shares yesterday.


Fil-Hispano said the offering, which will be  underwritten by Asian Alliance Investment Corp., will  start on Sept. 8 and run until Sept. 16.


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ACS president Victor Endaya said the additional seats bring to 2,700 the company’s total seat capacity.  "It’s a great leap for the company having set the target at 1,800 seats only in November 2004,’’ Endaya said.


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                    [Title] => Fil-Hispano prepares to enter contact center business
                    [Summary] => Fil-Hispano Holdings Corp. will raise its authorized  capital stock from P60 million to P600 million to pave  the way for the entry of Hong Kong-basedAll Asia Customer Service  Holdings Ltd. (ACSH).


With the expanded capital, Fil-Hispano will issue new shares to ACSH in  exchange for the acquisition of ACSH’s call center  subsidiary  All Asia Customer Service Inc. (ACSI).


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In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, Fil-Hispano said it has entered into a memorandum of agreement with All Asia Customer Service Holdings Ltd. (ACSH) for a due diligence study on  All Asia Customer Services Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of ACSH.


Similarly, the agreement allows ACSH to conduct a due diligence study on Fil-Hispano. 


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                    [Title] => Fil-Hispano sells Valenzuela lot to Ellimac for P148-M
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FHHC corporate information officer Roberto San Jose told the Philippine Stock Exchange a memorandum of agreement for the sale has been signed with buying party Ellimac Prime Holdings Inc., with the execution of the deed of sale scheduled on March 4.


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