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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Metro Manita, phitippines

FORM 23.A

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICTAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Reminder: Report on a seoarate (print or Type Responses)

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for each class of equity securities beneficially owned direcfly or indirecuy.

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(2) A person will be deemed to trave an inairect Oeneflciat in-t equitv securitv which is: (A) held bv t"to"r. oi ,"r*;;. ;;;; ll'-"l"tt 'n.unv

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Table ll - Derivative securities Beneficially owned (e.g., warrants, optjons, convertible securrties) Undertyrng the

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Beneficial Ownership

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Security and lssuer

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state the titie of the class of equity securjties to which this Form relates and the name and address of the principar executive offices of the issuer of such securities.

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ldentity and Background rf the person firing this Form is a corporation, partnership, syndicate or orner group of persons, siate its name' its principal business, the address or its principat nan the province, country or other ptace orrice anJi;; ;;;r;;;;;:.";fi::'i:::1t:rts or its orsanization, (e) or this rtem lr the person nrrg provide the inrormation speciried in jJJ:1J:' tni. is a naturar person, 1uy tnougi; (1 oiti ;

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occupation or employment and the name, principal business and address of any corporation or other organization in which such emproyment is d. Whether or not, during the last five years, such person has been convic trariic viorations or simirar misdemeanors) sive the dates, name and rocaron or court, and, ir so, e. whether or not' during the last five y^ears' such person *"t a p"'iy'to, ot rrlri"l fore'gn' and as a result of such proceeding was or body of competent jurisdrctjon, domestic or is subject to any order,"i-yiljy3-"."oino judgment or decree, " not sJsequenfly "'. "or'"istrative temporarily enjoining' barring, suspending or otherwise reversed, suspended or vacareo, permanenry or rimltrng in uny typ" ot c_

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commodrties or banking: and

Purpose of Transaction purposes of the acquisition of securities of the issuer' Describe anyplans or proposars which the reporting persons may havewhich rerate to or a. The acquisition by any person of additional securities of th€

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b. An extraordinary corptrate transaction, such as c A sale or transfer of a materiar amount ot assets "

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or its subsidiaries, of the-issuer or of any of its subsidiaries: or directols or manasement of the issuer, incruding uny prun= or proposars to chanse the number or term or directors or to e. Any material change in the present capitalization or dividend poticy ofthe issuer; Any other material change in the lssueas business or corporate structure; In the issuer's charter' bylaws or instruments

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corresponding thereto or other aciions which may impede the acquisitjon of contror oi the jssuer by any h. Causing a class of securities of the issuer to be delisted from a securrtres exchangej i. Any action similar to any of those enumerated above.

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Interest in Securities ofthe lssuer state the aggregate numb-er and percentage of the class of securities identified pursuant to rtem b€neficia|ly owned (identifying those to acquire within thirtv (30) days from the date of shares which there is a right this repod).by p"r.on' nur"J'i^ ,i"r rn" respect to persons who, together with any ;;;J;'"i;"" "u".Z, *rnpri." shourd arso be furnished with of the persons named in ltem "o"ri"r""t",i"o u Sroup., in respons€ to paragraph laf inoilate the number ot.tur"."". tJ *nich there is sore power to vote or to drrect rhe vote, shared power to ,"*,,-"]o o, rtem 2 with respect io each

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Describe any transaction in the class of securities reported on that

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or the power to direct the receipt ot oiviieJs trom, or the proceeds from the sale of such securities, that etfect should be included in response to this ltem and, a if such interest rerates to moreinan five (solo) percent of the crass, sucn person shourd be

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during the past sixty (60) days by the persons named in response to paragraph (a).

has ceased to be the benericiar owner or more than rive (5olo) percent or the crass or

contracts, Arrangements, understandings or Rerationships with Respect to securities of the rssuer Describe any contract' arrangement' understanding or relationship

among the person named in rtem 2 oetween.su"h persons and any person wth SecuritiesoftheisSue,includingbutnot|imitedtotransferorvotingofanyoftheSecurities,rinoer;"t"es]1olm "nJ

respect to any guarantees of profits' division of profits or loss' or the giving or with;holding of.proxies, naming the purroi'*,tn whom such contracts, arrangemenrs, understandings or relationships have been entered into lnclude such information for any ofthe se-curifies ttr-at aie'itJJgeo or otrenvise subject to a contingency the occurrence of power or investment power over sucir securities except thut oi."ri.r," or.t"ndard default and simirar provrsrons contained in

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Material to be Fited as Exhibits copies of a[ written agreements, contracts, arrangements, understandings, prans or proposars rerating to: the acquisition of issuer control, liquidation, b.

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sale of assets, merger, or change in business or'corporate structure or any other matter as disclosed In rtem 3, and

":'*' After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this Report is rrue, comprete and accurate This report is sisned in the citv on ....................... .......,20..........

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RAUL M. LEOPANDO (Name/Tifle) By:

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