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BSP Circular Letter (24 July 1997)

BSP Circular Letter · July 24, 1997

(NAR) VOL.8 NO. 3 / JULY - SEPTEMBER 1997

[ BSP CIRCULAR LETTER, July 24, 1997 ]

REGISTRATION OF STOCK DIVIDENDS ACCRUING TO BSP- REGISTERED FOREIGN INVESTMENT

Effective immediately, all stock dividends accruing to Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP)-registered inward foreign investment shall no longer be issued a new Bangko Sentral Registration Document (BSRD). Such stock dividends shall be deemed registered provided that:

1. The stock dividends are duly annotated in the BSRDs covering the mother shares to which the dividends accrue, upon submission of a copy of the stock dividend notice or stock dividend certificates;

2. The stock dividends so annotated shall be reported monthly to the BSP Foreign Exchange Department by the custodian bank concerned in accordance with the attached form*; and 3. Whenever the stock dividends are sold and the proceeds are outwardly remitted thru a remitting bank other than the custodian bank, the BSRD of the mother shares, to which the stock dividends accrued, shall be the BSRD quoted in the BSRD letter-advice required to be issued under existing rules. The foregoing rules shall likewise apply to stock splits. Adopted: 24 July 1997

(SGD.) EDGARDO P. ZIALCITA Deputy Governor Text Available at Office of the National Administrative Register, U.P. Law Complex, Diliman, Quezon City.

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