Article: San Miguel completes acquisition of PIDC stake

SOUTHEAST Asia's largest food and beverage conglomerate said it has completed the acquisition of shares in the consortium that will build the Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Toll Expressway (TPLEx) that would make it the biggest single shareholder of the company.

In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, San Miguel Corp. (SMC) said that through its subsidiary, Rapid Thoroughfares Inc., it has completed the purchase of about 35-percent stake, or 1.575 million common shares in Private Infra Development Corp. (PIDC) for P1.575 billion.

PIDC is composed of Lopez-led First Balfour, D.M. Consunji Inc. (DMCI), EEI Corp., C.M. Pancho Construction, R.D. Policarpio & Co. Inc., D.M. Wenceslao ...

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