Emperador Inc. Bidik Pertumbuhan Internasional Setelah Mencatatkan Saham di Bursa Efek Singapura

MANILA, Filipina dan SINGAPURA, 18 Juli 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Emperador Inc.  Emperador Inc. ("Emperador" atau "Perusahaan") – produsen minuman keras yang terkemuka di dunia — sukses mencatat sahamnya pada Papan Perdagangan Utama Bursa Efek Singapura (Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited/"SGX-ST") dengan kode saham "EMI". Pencatatan saham sekunder ini menjadi langkah terbaru dari rencana ambisius Emperador untuk mewujudkan pertumbuhan internasional pada masa mendatang.

Bryan Donaghey, Head, Whisky Business, Emperador Inc. dan CEO, Whyte & Mackay, berkata, "Pencatatan saham sekunder yang dilakukan Emperador di SGX-ST merupakan awal dari babak pertumbuhan kami yang berikutnya. Kami bangga membangun perusahaan terkemuka di dunia yang memproduksi minuman keras, dan berkomitmen sebagai penggerak di segmen minuman brandy dan whisky.

"Bisnis global kami terus mengalami pertumbuhan berkelanjutan dan kami ingin menghasilkan 50% dari omzet perusahaan di luar Filipina pada 2025.

Pencatatan saham sekunder ini memanfaatkan posisi Singapura sebagai pusat keuangan global, dan menjamin bahwa kami berada di posisi yang baik untuk memperluas akses terhadap komunitas investasi internasional pada masa mendatang." 

Sebagai produsen minuman keras yang terkemuka di dunia, Emperador Inc. telah mengembangkan bisnis sebagai produsen, pengemas minuman dalam botol (bottler), dan distributor dengan jangkauan luas di Inggris, Spanyol, Meksiko, dan Filipina. Emperador Inc. juga memiliki rekam jejak yang teruji, momentum positif, dan jangkauan yang berkembang baik di lebih dari 100 negara.

Portofolio luas Emperador Inc. mempertahankan warisan selama lebih dari 300 tahun dari brandy terlaris asal Spanyol, termasuk Fundador, Terry Centenario, Presidente, dan Emperador, serta beberapa merek single malt whisky yang paling ikonis, termasuk The Dalmore, Jura, Fettercairn, dan Tamnavulin. Bisnis internasional Emperador Inc. yang berkembang pesat digerakkan oleh segmen Scotch whisky setelah terintegrasi secara sukses dengan Whyte & Mackay sejak aksi akuisisi pada 2014.

Emperador Inc. adalah perusahaan pertama yang terdaftar di Bursa Efek Filipina (PSE) yang menggelar pencatatan saham sekunder di SGX-ST. Emperador Inc. akan terus mempertahankan pencatatan saham primernya di Bursa Efek Singapura (Philippine Stock Exchange/"PSE") dengan kode saham yang sama, "EMI".

Pol de Win, Senior Managing Director, Head, Global Sales & Origination, SGX Group, berkata, "Kami gembira menyambut Emperador Inc.—pencatatan saham sekunder kami yang pertama dari Filipina—pada papan perdagangan utama. Investasi strategis Emperador Inc. dalam membangun portofolio global semakin mengembangkan strategi pertumbuhannya, baik di pasar yang telah berkembang baik dan pasar baru. Platform internasional SGX Group menjadi batu loncatan bagi Emperador untuk meningkatkan profilnya, dan menangkap peluang pertumbuhan baru."

This announcement is for information purposes only and is not to be construed as investment or financial advice, or advice to purchase any securities of the Company.

This document is not an offer of securities for sale in the United States, the Philippines, Singapore or elsewhere. The securities of the Company are not being registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") and may not be offered or sold in the United States unless registered under the Securities Act or pursuant to an exemption from such registration.

There will be no public offering of the securities of the Company in the United States, the Philippines, Singapore or elsewhere. No money, securities or other consideration is being solicited by this communication or the information contained herein and, if sent in response to this communication or the information contained herein, will not be accepted.

The foregoing disclosure contain forward looking statements that are based on certain assumptions of Management and are subject to risks and opportunities or unforeseen events.

Actual results could differ materially from those contemplated in the relevant forward looking statement and EMI gives no assurance that such forward-looking statements will prove to be correct or that such intentions will not change. This Press Release discloses important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from EMI's expectations. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to EMI or persons acting on behalf of EMI are expressly qualified in their entirety by the above cautionary statements.

Tentang Emperador Inc.

Emperador Inc. (EMI) adalah konglomerasi global yang bergerak di segmen whisky dan brandy. Emperador Inc. berkantor pusat di Filipina dan memiliki portofolio merek whisky dan brandy yang ternama di dunia, serta menjadi pemimpin pasar. Merek-merek ini didistribusikan di lebih dari 100+ negara.

Sejak berdiri pada 1979 hingga 2013, Emperador tak hanya menjadi produsen minuman keras terbesar di Filipina, namun, lebih penting lagi, produsen brandy terbesar di dunia. Dari 2014 hingga saat ini, Emperador tetap bertekad membangun portofolio global dengan strategi merek yang jelas. Momen tersebut menjadi tahun-tahun transformatif, sejalan dengan langkah Emperador untuk melakukan sejumlah aksi akuisisi internasional, seperti mengambil alih produsen Scotch whisky terbesar kelima di dunia berdasarkan kapasitas produksi, Whyte & Mackay, serta produsen brandy terbesar dan tertua di Spanyol, Bodegas Fundador. Pada periode ini, portofolio luas Emperador juga tampil sebagai pembuat terobosan yang berkembang pesat di pasar minuman keras global di lebih dari 100 negara.

Whyte and Mackay memiliki sejarah lebih dari 175 tahun dan lima penyulingan minuman keras di Inggris, negara asal merek single malt mewah dan premium, termasuk The Dalmore, Jura, Fettercairn, dan Tamnavulin. Dengan fokus strategis untuk menjangkau pasar internasional, Whyte and Mackay telah menjadi pemimpin pasar dan salah satu merek single malt dengan perkembangan terpesat di dunia.

Bodegas Fundador adalah produsen brandy terbesar dan tertua asal Spanyol. Bodegas Fundador memiliki portofolio merek yang dianggap sebagai standar platinum di segmen brandy de Jerez, seperti Fundador, merek brandy terbesar di Spanyol, Terry Centenario, serta sherry wine terbesar di dunia, Harveys Bristol Cream. Lini produk Fundador Supremo baru saja terpilih sebagai Brandy Terbaik di Dunia, dan terus meraih penghargaan di ajang kompetisi spirit berskala internasional.

Emperador Inc. adalah perusahaan publik yang terdaftar di Bursa Efek Filipina, serta memiliki anak usaha yang bergerak dalam bisnis terintegrasi yang memproduksi, membotolkan, dan mendistribusi minuman keras dan minuman beralkohol lain dari Filipina, Skotlandia, Spanyol, dan Meksiko. Emperador Inc. merupakan anak usaha Alliance Global Group, Inc., sebuah konglomerasi yang sahamnya tercatat di bursa efek Filipina, yang memiliki beragam investasi di sektor pengembangan real estat, makanan dan minuman, restoran cepat saji, serta bisnis pariwisata-hiburan dan kasino.

Collection and payment of stock transaction tax ("STT") on the sale of shares of Emperador Inc. ("EMI") traded on the SGX-ST to the Philippines Bureau of Internal Revenue ("BIR")

The trading of EMI's shares on the SGX-ST is subject to a STT of 0.6% of the gross selling price or gross value in money of the shares sold. The term gross selling price or gross value in money refers to the total amount of money or its equivalent which the purchaser pays the seller as consideration for the shares. STT is a final tax due on and payable by the seller of the shares, and is required to be collected by and paid to the Philippine tax authorities by the selling stockbroker on behalf of the seller. Failure by shareholders or Singapore brokers to pay or to remit STT payable to the BIR may result in a breach of law and/or contract.

The STT payable by a selling shareholder of EMI's shares traded on the SGX-ST will be collected and withheld by his Singapore broker on his behalf at the date of settlement of the trade. Singapore brokers may remit the collected STT to the BIR via BDO Securities Corporation ("BDO"), which has been appointed by EMI as the receiving and remitting agent (the "Receiving Agent"), or may choose to remit the collected STT to the BIR via other avenues, such as through their Philippines affiliated brokers.

As of the date of this announcement, the following Singapore brokers have been onboarded with BDO as the Receiving Agent:

• CGS-CIMB Securities (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.;
• CLSA Singapore Pte Ltd;
• Daiwa Capital Markets Singapore Limited^[1];
• DBS Vickers Securities (Singapore) Pte Ltd;
• Lim & Tan Securities Pte Ltd;
• Macquarie Capital Securities (Singapore) Pte. Limited;
• Maybank Securities Pte. Ltd;
• Philip Securities Pte Ltd;
• Tiger Brokers (Singapore) Pte Ltd;
• UBS Securities Pte Ltd; and
• UOB Kay Hian Private Limited.

In the event that a Singapore broker has arranged to remit the collected STT to the BIR via the Receiving Agent and such arrangement is terminated by either the Singapore broker or the Receiving Agent, or in the event that the Receiving Agent no longer acts as the receiving and remitting agent for any reason, the Singapore broker will need to provide alternative modes of STT payment to comply with the applicable regulations (including ensuring that they have in place the necessary procedures and controls in the collection, withholding, remittance and reporting of the STT for the sale of EMI's shares on the SGX-ST in order to continue offering services to facilitate the trading of EMI's shares on the SGX-ST). Until such Singapore broker is able to provide an alternative payment method, selling shareholders trading through such Singapore broker may be unable to trade EMI's shares on the SGX-ST.

Please refer to https://www.emperadorbrandy.com/payment-of-stock-transaction-tax.html as well as EMI's introductory document dated 20 June 2022 (the "Introductory Document") for further details regarding the collection and payment of STT on the sale of shares of EMI traded on the SGX-ST to the BIR. The information in the Introductory Document is provided strictly for information only and should be read as of its date. The information is not and does not constitute or form part of, and is not made in connection with, any offer, invitation or recommendation to sell or issue, or any solicitation of any offer to purchase or subscribe for, any securities of any entity.

Prospective purchasers and holders of EMI's shares on the SGX-ST are advised to consult their own advisers concerning the tax, legal and other consequences of their purchasing, holding, disposing of or dealing in EMI's shares and to consult with their respective Singapore brokers in respect of the payment of STT and additional fees and charges (if any) that may apply in respect of the payment of STT to the BIR.