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LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS NO. 1134 |
The Chairman, Securities and Exchange Commission
The President, Government Service Insurance System
The Administrator, Social Security System
The President, Philippine National Bank
The Chairman, Development Bank of the Philippines
The President, Land Bank of the Philippines
The Minister of the Budget and the Minister of
National Defense
All Others Concerned.
WHEREAS, the development of capital markets is an important component of national progress;
WHEREAS, it is necessary to strengthen stock exchanges in order that they may better fulfill their function in liquifying investments in stocks and other securities;
WHEREAS, the infusion of credit and investment funds into well-managed companies' shares will assist in the strengthening of investor confidence in the securities market;
WHEREAS, government financial institutions have funds available for purposes of investment in conservative companies with an established earnings and dividend record;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby Order and Instruct:
1.
The Central Bank of the Philippines shall establish a Special Financing
Program intended to provide liquidity for secondary trading in
non-speculative common and preferred shares. The Program shall be
implemented through Special Time Deposits in qualified banks, intended
for relending on security of non-speculative shares under such
guidelines and conditions as may be determined by the Monetary Board.
The earnings and cash dividend record of companies shall be the primary
criteria for participation of companies' shares in the Program.
2. The
Chairman, Securities and Exchange Commission, shall assist the Central
Bank in the evaluation of company shares, which shall be limited to
those listed in the stock exchanges.
3. The Special
Financing Program shall be funded from contributions from the National
Budget and from government financial institutions. The Minister of the
Budget shall release the sum of thirty million pesos (P30,000,000) from
the Special Activities Fund for the purpose. The Government Service
Insurance System, the Social Security System, the Development Bank of
the Philippines, and the Philippine National Bank shall each invest ten
million pesos (P10,000,000) in the Program, so as to constitute a total
initial fund of seventy million pesos (P70,000,000). The funding shall
be augmented through normal rediscount processes and the Central Bank
shall determine such terms and conditions under which rediscounting can
be undertaken.
4. The Special
Financing Program funds may also be used to support part of the
investment portfolio of "unibanks" which are in listed shares meeting
the criteria established under no. 1 hereof.
5. Government
financial instructions shall include in their investment portfolio,
shares of stock which fulfill the guidelines and criteria directed
under number 1 and 2 hereof and which are approved by the President.
They shall create a stock investment fund in such amount as may be
likewise approved by the President.
6. Funds of
government owned or controlled corporations and of local government
units which are held in trust by authorized government financial
institutions may be invested in shares of stock under such guidelines
and limits as may be determined by the Monetary Board and approved by
the President.
7. The
Minister of National Defense and the Armed Forces of the Philippines
Chief of Staff shall study and recommend to the President a program of
investment in listed common shares, of the AFP retirement funds.
8. The
Governor of the Central Bank and the Chairman of the Securities and
Exchange Commission shall consider (a) the possibility of listing
government securities including Central Bank Certificates of
Indebtedness and private commercial paper issues on the stock exchange,
as a means of secondary trading in such issues, and (b) the
desirability of allowing stock brokers to pool investor funds for
purposes of investments in commercial paper which are allowed to be
issued in relatively large denominations.
9. The
Governor of the Central Bank shall coordinate with all concerned,
including the stock exchanges, in the implementation of this Letter and
shall report periodically to the President on compliance with same.
Done in the City of Manila, this 21st day of May in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-one.
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