2.0 Ramon vs. Villareal
2.0 Ramon vs. Villareal
2.0 Ramon vs. Villareal
Vs.
COURT OF APPEALS
FACTS:
In 1981, petitioner was a preferred stockholder' and a member of the Board of Directors
of Bicol Savings and Loan Association, Inc. (BSLA).
On September 18, 1981, a special stockholders' meeting was held at the main office of
the BSLA for the purpose of approving, among others, the decrease and increase of the
capital stock of BSLA and the change of the corporate name to United Bicol Savings Bank
Inc. (UBSB)
At said meeting, stockholders owning more than 2/3 of the outstanding capital stock as
well as the majority of the directors approved
1. decrease of the authorized capital of BSLA from P2,500,000 to P1,000,000
2. increase of the authorized capital stock of BSLA from P1,000,000 to
P14,285,000
3. change of corporate name from Bicol Savings and Loans Association, Inc. to
United Bicol Savings Bank
4. subscription of United Coconut Planters Bank to the capital stock of BSLA.
Central Bank issued a Certificate of Authority embodying the aforementioned and SEC
issued Certificates of Decrease of Capital and Increase of Capital Stock
petitioner filed a letter-complaint with respondent SEC, alleging anomalous and
fraudulent manipulations committed on the approved applications for decrease and
increase of capital stock of BSLA — dismissed by SEC.
Petitioner appealed the Order of respondent SEC by way of a petition for review on
certiorari — SC referred the petition to CA and the latter subsequently dismissed it. MFR
also denied.
ISSUE: W/N there was no substantial compliance by the UBSB with the legal formalities
prescribed by the Corporation Code for the increase or decrease in the capital stock of the
corporation under Section 38.
Sec. 38 of the Corporation Code states: “No corporation shall increase or decrease its capital
stock or incur, create or increase any bonded indebtedness unless
1. approved by a majority vote of the board of directors and,
2. at a stockholders' meeting duly called for the purpose,
3. two-thirds (2/3) of the outstanding capital stock shall favor the increase or diminution of
the capital stock or of the incurring, creating, or increasing of any bonded indebtedness.
Written notice of the proposed increase or diminution of the capital stock, or of the incurring,
creating or increasing of any bonded indebtedness and of the time and place of the
stockholders' meeting at which the proposed increase or diminution of the capital stock or the
incurring or increasing of any bonded indebtedness is to be considered, must be addressed to
each stockholder at his place of residence as shown on the books of the corporation and
deposited to the addressee in the post office with postage prepaid, or served personally.
In the case at bar, private respondent substantially complied with these requirements as
embodied in the exhibits they presented:
(a) Notice of Special Stockholders' Meeting;
(b) Minutes of the Special Stockholders' Meeting of the BSLA, Inc.;
(c) Directors' Certificate of Decrease of Authorized Capital Stock;
(d) Directors' Certificate of Increase of Authorized Capital Stock;
(e) Treasurer's Certificate