2026-03-26

CL-2026-015: Lost Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Registration Documents

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas issued a circular letter to all authorized agent banks and subsidiary foreign exchange corporations regarding the loss of specific BSP registration documents. These documents, originally issued to Van Melle International Trust B.V. for its foreign direct investment in Perfetti Van Melle Phils. Inc., cover a total of 2,416,000 shares registered between 1988 and 1989. The regulator instructed financial institutions not to honor these lost documents if found and presented for capital repatriation or earnings remittance, in accordance with Section 38 of the Manual of Regulations on Foreign Exchange Transactions.

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OFFICE OF THE MANAGING DIRECTOR International Monetary Affairs and Surveillance Sub-Sector CIRCULAR LETTER NO. CL-2026-___ To : ALL AUTHORIZED AGENT BANKS (AABs) and SUBSIDIARY/AFFILIATE FOREIGN EXCHANGE CORPORATIONS OF AABs (AAB-forex corps) Subject : Lost Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Registration Documents Please be advised that the following BSP registration documents covering the foreign direct investments of VAN MELLE INTERNATIONAL TRUST B.V., Netherlands in PERFETTI VAN MELLE PHILS, INC.1 , have been reported lost: BSP Registration Document No. Date of Registration No. of Shares Registered CB-FEOID (FI) 88-00363 12-Oct-1988 210,000 CB-FEOID (FI) 89-00005 09-Jan-1989 984,000 CB-FEOID (FI) 89-00131 06-Jun-1989 1,222,000 TOTAL 2,416,000 Said registration documents havs been applied for replacement and should not be honored if found and presented for purchase of foreign exchange for capital repatriation or remittance of earnings, pursuant to Section 38 of the Manual of Regulations on Foreign Exchange Transactions, as amended. For information and compliance. THOMAS BENJAMIN B. MARCELO Managing Director ___ March 2026 1 Formerly VAN MELLE PHILIPPINES, INC.; Change of name approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Certificate of Filing of Amended Articles of Incorporation dated 01 October 2001. 26