Procedures and Requirements for Voting and Participation in the 2024 Annual Stockholders’ Meeting

Pursuant to the Amended By-Laws of Emperador Inc. (the “Company”), notice is hereby given that the 2024 Annual Stockholders’ Meeting (ASM) of the Company will be held on 24 June 2024 at 9:00 in the morning, in a fully virtual format via https://www.emperadorinc.com/asm2024. Hence, stockholders may only attend the meeting by remote communication, and cast their votes by electronic voting in absentia.

Only stockholders of record as of 22 May 2024 are entitled to participate and vote in the 2024 ASM.

The Company has adopted the following procedures and requirements to enable its stockholders to participate and vote in the 2024 ASM.

  1. ONLINE REGISTRATION STEPS AND REQUIREMENTS
    1. Stockholders may register from 9:00 AM of 03 June 2024 until 5:00 PM of 14 June 2024 to signify his/her/its intention to participate in the 2024 ASM by remote communication.
    2. To register, stockholders shall submit the following requirements to the Office of the Corporate Secretary via email at corporatesecretary@emperadorinc.com.
      B.1 For Individual Stockholders

      1. Scanned copy of stock certificate issued in the name of the individual stockholder;
      2. Valid email address and active contact number;
      3. Duly signed Consent to Process Personal Information form by the Individual Stockholder; and
      4. Scanned copy of valid government-issued identification card showing photo, personal details and signature

      B.2 For Stockholders with Joint Accounts

      1. Authorization letter signed by all stockholders indicating the name of the person authorized to cast the votes;
      2. Scanned copy of stock certificate issued in the name of the joint stockholders;
      3. Valid email address and active contact number of the authorized stockholder;
      4. Duly signed Consent to Process Personal Information form by the authorized stockholder; and
      5. Recent photo of the authorized stockholder.

      B.3 For Stockholders under PCD Participant/Brokers Account or holding ‘Scripless Shares’

      1. Stockholders should coordinate with their broker and request for the full account name and reference number or account number they provided the Company;
      2. Broker’s Certification on the stockholder’s number of shareholdings;
      3. Duly signed Consent to Process Personal Information form by the authorized stockholder;
      4. Valid email address and active contact number of the stockholder; and
      5. Scanned copy of valid government-issued identification card of stockholder showing photo, personal details and signature.

      B.4 For Corporate Stockholders

      1. Secretary’s Certificate attesting to the authority of the representative to vote the shares on behalf of the corporate stockholder;
      2. Scanned copy of stock certificate issued in the name of the corporate stockholder;
      3. Duly signed Consent to Process Personal Information form by the authorized representative;
      4. Valid email address and active contact number of authorized representative; and
      5. Valid government-issued identification card of authorized representative showing photo, personal details and signature.
    3. The documents submitted will then be verified by the Office of the Corporate Secretary. The validation process will be completed by the Company no later than three (3) business days from the stockholder’s receipt of an email from the Company acknowledging receipt of the stockholder’s registration documents. Once validated, the stockholder will receive an email that his/her/its account has been verified and shall provide instructions for the stockholder’s access to the Company’s electronic voting and to access the ASM livestreaming link
  2. ELECTRONIC VOTING IN ABSENTIA
    1. Duly registered stockholders have the option to vote for the matters contained in the agenda for the 2024 ASM through electronic voting in absentia. The deadline for registration is 5:00 PM of 14 June 2024. Beyond this date, stockholders may no longer avail of the option to electronically vote in absentia.
    2. After verification, the Company shall send a ballot to the registered stockholder through his/her/its e-mail address which shall contain all the agenda items for approval as indicated in the Notice of Meeting and the registered stockholder may vote as follows:
      1. For items other than Election of Directors, the registered stockholder has the option to vote: In Favor of, Against, or Abstain. The vote is considered cast for all the registered stockholder’s shares.
      2. For the Election of Directors, the registered stockholder may vote for all nominees, not vote for any of the nominees, or vote for some nominees only, in such number of shares as preferred by the stockholder, provided that the total number of votes cast shall not exceed the number of shares owned, multiplied by the number of directors to be elected. The total number of votes the stockholder is allowed to cast shall be based on the number of shares he/she or it owns.
      3. Once voting on the agenda items is finished, the stockholder can proceed to submit the accomplished ballot via email to corporatesecretary@emperadorinc.com.
      4. After the ballot has been submitted, the stockholder may no longer change his/her vote. The stockholder will receive a confirmation email that his/her/its vote has been recorded
    3. Thereafter, the Office of the Corporate Secretary, through election inspectors appointed for the meeting, shall tabulate all valid and confirmed votes cast through electronic voting, together with the votes through proxies, subject to validation by representatives of the Company’s external auditors.
    4. Registered stockholders shall have until 5:00 PM of 14 June 2024 to cast their votes in absentia. Stockholders will not be allowed to cast votes during the livestream of the 2024 ASM.
  3. VOTING BY PROXY
    1. For individual stockholders holding certificated shares of the Company – Download the proxy form
    2. For stockholders holding ‘scripless’ shares, or shares held under a PCD Participant/Broker – Download the proxy form. Stockholders are advised to coordinate with their brokers first for the execution of this type of proxy.
    3. For corporate stockholders – Download the proxy form. A copy of the duly signed and notarized Secretary’s Certificate must be submitted together with the proxy form. For reference, a sample Secretary’s Certificate is also available here.
    4. General Instructions on Voting by Proxy:
      1. Download and fill up the appropriate proxy form. Follow the instructions on how to cumulate or allocate votes in the election of directors
      2. Send the scanned copy of the duly executed proxy form via email to corporatesecretary@emperadorinc.com or submit the original proxy form to the Office of the Corporate Secretary at the 7th Floor, 1880 Eastwood Ave., Eastwood City CyberPark, E. Rodriguez Jr. Ave., Bagumbayan, Quezon City.
      3. Deadline for the submission of proxies is at 5:00 PM of 14 June 2024.
      4. Validation of proxies will be on 18 June 2024.
      5. If a stockholder avails of the option to cast his/her vote electronically in absentia and also issues proxy votes with differing instructions, the duly accomplished ballots sent through e-mail shall replace the proxy votes issued by the stockholder.
  4. PARTICIPATION BY REMOTE COMMUNICATION
    1. Only duly registered stockholders will be included in determining the existence of a quorum.
    2. Duly registered stockholders may send their questions and/or comments prior to the ASM through email at corporatesecretary@emperadorinc.com. The deadline for submitting questions shall be at 5:00 PM of 14 June 2024.
    3. The proceedings during the 2024 ASM will be recorded.

For any clarifications, please contact the Office of the Corporate Secretary via email at corporatesecretary@emperadorinc.com.

V. DATA PRIVACY

Stockholder’s data will be collected, stored, processed and used exclusively for the purposes of processing and verifying the stockholders’ electronic registration and votes for the 2024 Annual Stockholders’ Meeting. In order to meet privacy obligations under the Data Privacy Act of 2012, Stockholder’s registrations and votes will be stored in accordance with the statutory retention periods. Please visit https://emperadorinc.com/privacy-policy to know more about the Company’s Privacy Policy