PSE has until 2025 to spend money it raised in 2018
The PSE [PSE 190.50, up 1.4%] [link] disclosed that its board of directors voted to approve an extension of the timeline for its disbursement of the P2.8 billion in net proceeds that it raised through a 2018 stock rights offering (SRO). Over 56% of the proceeds were supposed to have been used to acquire the PDS Group (PDS), but the SEC didn’t allow the PSE to acquire 100% of PDS until December of 2023. The PSE’s acquisition of PDS is scheduled for “2024 - 2025” under the new timeline of disbursement for the P1.58 billion earmarked for this purchase.