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SEC Opinion No. 14-04
SEC Opinion No. 14-04
SEC Opinion No. 14-04
Gentlemen :
This refers to your letter dated January 27, 2004 inquiring on whether or not a
domestic corporation which is 100% owned by a Foreign Holding Company with a
60% Filipino equity may be considered as a Philippine National under the Foreign
Investments Act.
If at all, the only exception to the place of incorporation test provided under
the Foreign Investments Act is "a corporation organized abroad and registered as
doing business in the Philippines under the Corporation Code of which one hundred
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percent (100%) of the capital stock outstanding and entitled to vote is wholly owned
by Filipinos." However, such conditions are unavailing in the particular case
presented.
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