SM, Subsidiaries Receive Honors from Corporate Governance Asia Magazine

(Left photo) SM Investments Corp. (SM) Vice Chairperson Teresita Sy-Coson (middle) receives the corporate award for SM from Corporate Governance Asia magazine among other awards for the SM Group. Receiving the Best Investor Relations Professional award is SM SVP for Investor Relations Corazon Guidote (left). Presenting the awards was Corporate Governance Asia magazine Publisher and Managing Director Aldrin Monsod (right). (Right photo) SM Co-Vice Chairman and SM Development Corporation Vice Chairman and CEO Henry T. Sy, Jr. receives the Asia’s Best CEO Award.

(02 April 2013. Pasay City, Philippines.) SM Investments Corporation (SM) and its subsidiaries recently received honors from Corporate Governance Asia, a Hong Kong-based magazine specializing in corporate governance issues in the region. The 3rdAsian Excellence Recognition Awards by Corporate Governance Asia highlight excellence in investor communications, business ethics, corporate social responsibility (CSR), environmental practices, and financial performance. The recognition is based on scores from the data submitted by the publication’s readers and from interviews conducted with investors.

The publication cited SM and its subsidiaries, namely BDO Unibank, Inc., SM Development Corp., and SM Prime Holdings during an awards dinner held on March 27, 2013 at the Renaissance Harbour View Hotel in Hong Kong.

The multiple awards received by the SM Group are as follows:

Asia’s Best CEO

·         Teresita T. Sy-Coson, Co-Vice Chairperson, SM Investments Corp.; Chairperson, BDO Unibank

·         Henry T. Sy, Jr., Co-Vice Chairman, SM Investments Corp.; Vice Chairman & CEO,

SM Development Corp.

Asia’s Best CFO

·         Jose T. Sio, Executive Vice President & Chief Finance Officer, SM Investments Corp.

·         Pedro M. Florescio III, EVP & Treasurer, BDO Unibank, Inc.

SM Investments Corporation  

·         Best Investor Relations Company

·         Best Investor Relations Professional- Corazon Guidote

·         Best Investor Relations Website/Promotion

·         Best CSR

SM Development Corporation

·         Best Investor Relations Website/Promotion

SM Prime Holdings

·         Best Environmental Responsibility

·         Best Investor Relations Company

BDO Unibank, Inc.

·         Best Investor Relations Company

·         Best Investor Relations Professional- Luis Reyes, Jr.

Corporate Governance Asia said the awards were given in recognition of SM’s continuing commitment to the development of Corporate Governance in Investor Relations, CSR, Business Ethics, Environmental Responsibility, and Financial Performance in the region.

In just over five decades, SM, as a company, has grown from a mere shoe store to become one of the Philippines’ largest conglomerates with operations in retail, malls, banking, property and hotels & conventions.

For further information, please contact:

Ms. Corazon P. Guidote
Senior Vice President for Investor Relations
SM Investments Corporation
Email: cora.guidote@sminvestments.com
Tel. 857-0117

Date: Monday, April 8, 2013