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Araneta divests from PhilWeb

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October 10, 2025

In a management takeover, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.'s brotherin-law, Gregorio Araneta III, is divesting his entire 57-percent stake in the publicly listed gaming firm PhilWeb Corp. for ₱1.8 billion in favor of two firms, one of which is headed by PhilWeb's president, Edgar Brian K. Ng.

- By JAMES A. LOYOLA

PhilWeb disclosed to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) that its principal shareholder, Gregorio Araneta Inc. (GAINC), has entered into a share purchase agreement with Nexora Holdings Inc. and Velora Holdings Inc. for the sale of GAINC's 57-percent interest in PhilWeb.

This translates to 829.57 million PhilWeb shares sold at ₱2.17 per share. After a onehour trading halt imposed by the PSE for investors to digest the disclosure, the market sold down PhilWeb's stock on news, trading at down 1.77 percent, or at ₱5 per share, as of this writing on Thursday, Oct. 9, from ₱5.09 on Wednesday, Oct. 8.

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