P-H-O-E-N-I-X Petroleum Philippines, Inc. (PSE:PNX) entered into a memorandum of agreement to acquire Philippine FamilyMart CVS, Inc. from ITOCHU Corporation (TSE:8001), FamilyMart Co., Ltd. and Sial Cvs Retailers Inc. on October 30, 2017. Under the terms, P-H-O-E-N-I-X Petroleum shall pay and remit the cash purchase price to the sellers on the closing date and the payment shall be deemed to have completed once remittance is completed. P-H-O-E-N-I-X Petroleum will acquire the common and preferred shares both. The transaction is subject to the approval of the Philippine Competition Commission and has been approved by the board of P-H-O-E-N-I-X Petroleum Philippines. On January 3, 2018, the transaction is approved by Philippine Competition Commission. UBS AG Hong Kong Branch acted as financial advisor to the sellers.

P-H-O-E-N-I-X Petroleum Philippines, Inc. (PSE:PNX) completed the acquisition of Philippine FamilyMart CVS, Inc. from ITOCHU Corporation (TSE:8001), FamilyMart Co., Ltd. and Sial Cvs Retailers Inc. for approximately PHP 350 million on January 11, 2018. P-H-O-E-N-I-X Petroleum Philippines signed a deed of absolute sale and concluded the acquisition on January 11, 2018.