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Megaworld trims MREIT stake
Manila Bulletin
|September 19, 2025
Top town- ship developer slashes stake to lighten up on assets for fourth wave of asset infusion
Top township developer Megaworld Corp. continues to lighten up on its stake in MREIT Inc., this time selling ₱2.24 billion worth of the real estate investment trust's (REIT) shares, in preparation for its fourth wave of asset infusion.
In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE), Megaworld said it sold 168.63 million common MREIT shares at an offer price of ₱13.28 per share under a block sale transaction.
The shares sold are equivalent to 4.53 percent of MREIT's outstanding capital, and the sale raises its free float level to 40 percent, above the minimum public ownership requirement of 33 percent for REITs.
Abacus Securities Corp. noted that the shares, sold at a discount of five percent from Tuesday's close, "is very likely in preparation for what has been telegraphed as the latest round of asset injection."
"With float shares now totaling 1.58 billion, MREIT can issue up to ₱13.78 billion (about 27 percent of the current market cap) worth of new shares without breaching the minimum public ownership requirement," it added.
This story is from the September 19, 2025 edition of Manila Bulletin.
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