Friday, December 14, 2012

Cocobank; Cojuangco's shares declared public funds - sc.judiciary.gov.ph/jurisprudence/2012/november2012/180705.pdf

sc.judiciary.gov.ph/jurisprudence/2012/november2012/180705.pdf

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3. The transfer by PCA to defendant Eduardo M. Cojuangco, Jr. of 14,400 shares of stock of FUB (later UCPB) from the “Option Shares” and the additional FUB shares subscribed and paid by PCA, consisting of

a. Fifteen Thousand Eight Hundred Eighty-Four (15,884) shares out of the authorized but unissued shares of the bank, subscribed and paid by PCA;
b. Sixty Four Thousand Nine Hundred Eighty (64,980) shares of the increased capital stock subscribed and paid by PCA; and
                                             
c.  Stock  dividends  declared  pursuant  to  paragraph  5  and paragraph 11  (iv) (d) of the PCA-Cojuangco Agreement dated May 25,  1975. or the so-called "Cojuangco-UCPB shares"

is declared unconstitutional, hence null and void.

4.  The  above-mentioned  shares  of  stock  of  the  FUB/UCPB transferred  to  defendant  Cojuangco  are  hereby  declared conclusively  owned  by  the Republic of the  Philippines  to  be  used only for the benefit of all  coconut farmers  and for the development of  the  coconut  industry,  and  ordered  reconveyed  to  the Government.

5.  The  UCPB  shares  of stock  of  the  alleged  fronts,  nominees  and
dummies of defendant Eduardo M. Cojuangco, Jr. which form part
of the  72.2% shares  of the  FUB/UCPB paid for  by  the  PCA with
public funds  later  charged  to  the  coconut  levy  funds,  particularly
the  CCSF,  belong  to  the  plaintiff Republic  of the  Philippines  as
their true and beneficial owner.

Accordingly, the instant petition is hereby DENIED.

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