ASEAN CORPORATE GOVERNANCE SCORECARD SELF-ASSESSMENT
(2021-2022)
BONUS
ACMF ASEAN CORPORATE GOVERNANCE SCORECARD
LEVEL 2: BONUS ITEMS
PART A. RIGHTS OF SHAREHOLDERS | |||
SCORECARD ITEM | GUIDING REFERENCE | RESPONSE (Yes/No) | COMPANY REMARKS |
(B)A.1 Right to participate effectively in and vote in general shareholders meeting and should be informed of the rules, including voting procedures that govern generalshareholders meeting.
(B)A.1.1
Does the company practice secure electronic voting in absentia at the general meetings of shareholders?
OECD Principle II (C)
- The objective of facilitating shareholder participation suggests that jurisdictions and/or companies promote the enlarged use of information technology in voting, including secure electronic voting in all listed companies. The principles recommend that voting by proxy be generally accepted. Indeed, it is important to the promotion and protection of shareholders rights that investors can place reliance upon directed proxy voting.
YES | While shareholders of the Company can exercise their right to vote in person |
or by proxy, the Company's By-Laws currently do not provide for voting in | |
absentia. Hence, the Company established the appropriate requirements and | |
procedures for voting in absentia, in accordance with the Revised Corporation | |
Code. | |
In response to the current pandemic, the Company conducted the voting via | |
online using the voting system designed by Azeus Convene duly audited by the | |
external auditor of the Company and validated by the Board of Canvassers for | |
the 2021 Annual Stockholders' Meeting on July 2, 2021. | |
SEC-approved 2020 NOMELEC Rules | |
Pages 11-12, Rule X on Proxy Rules | |
Annex B - Proxy Guidelines | |
Annex C - Voting Guidelines | |
SEC-approved 2022 NOMELEC Rules | |
Pages 10-12, Rule X on Proxy Rules | |
Annex B - Proxy Guidelines | |
Annex C - Voting Guidelines | |
PSE's 2021 Definitive Information Statement | |
Annex "E-1" - Rules for Voting in Absentia and Participation in Meeting | |
PSE's 2021 SEC Form I-ACGR | |
Page 72, Optional Principle 13 (2) | |
Pages 15-16, Recommendation 2.6 | |
Pages 66-68, Supplement to Recommendation 13.1 (1) (3) (4) | |
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PART B. EQUITABLE TREATMENT OF SHAREHOLDERS
SCORECARD ITEMGUIDING REFERENCE RESPONSE (Yes/No)COMPANY REMARKS(B)B.1 Notice of AGM
(B)B.1.1
Does the company release its notice of AGM (with detailed agendas and explanatory circulars), as announced to the Exchange, at least 28 days before the date of the meeting?
OECD Principle II (C)
- Shareholders should be furnished with sufficient and timely information concerning the date, location and agenda of general meetings, as well as full and timely information regarding the issues to be decided at the meeting.
- Effective shareholder participation in key corporate governance decisions, such as the nomination and election of board members, should be facilitated.
OECD Principle III (A)
ICGN 8.3.2 Shareholder participation in governance
Shareholders should have the right to participate in key corporate governance decisions, such as the right to nominate, appoint and remove directors on an individual basis and also the right to appoint external auditors.
ICGN 8.4.1 Shareholder ownership rights
The exercise of ownership rights by all shareholders should be facilitated, including giving shareholders timely and adequate notice of all matters proposed for shareholder vote.
CLSA-ACGA (2010) CG Watch 2010 - Appendix 2.
(I) CG rules and practices
- Do company release their AGM notices (with detailed agendas and explanatory circulars) at least 28 days before the date of the meeting?
YES | The PSE's 2021 ASM Minutesdisclosed that the Corporate Secretary of the |
Company certified that notices, including the required Information Statement, | |
were sent on June 10, 2021 to all stockholders of record while the 2021 | |
Information Statementwas disclosed on May 6, 2021. | |
PSE's 2021 SEC Form I-ACGR | |
Pages 60-61, Supplemental to Principle 11 | |
Page 69, Recommendation 13.2 | |
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PART C. ROLE OF STAKEHOLDERS | |||
SCORECARD ITEM | GUIDING REFERENCE | RESPONSE (Yes/No) | COMPANY REMARKS |
(B)C.1 | |||
(B)C.1.1 | OECD - IV. The role of | YES | The Company's Sustainability Report is written in accordance to the SEC |
Does the company adopt an internationally | Stakeholders | Reporting Guidelines, which is aligned with globally recognized standards such | |
recognized reporting framework for sustainability | as Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), Task-Force for Climate Related Financial | ||
(i.e. GRI, Integrated Reporting, SASB)? | Risk (TCFD) and other standards. | ||
PSE's 2021 Sustainability Report (SEC Form)is attached as Annex "F" to the | |||
2021 Annual Report. | |||
PSE's 2021 SEC Form I-ACGR | |||
Page 59, Recommendation 10.1 (2) | |||
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PART D. DISCLOSURE AND TRANSPARENCY | ||||||||||||
SCORECARD ITEM | GUIDING REFERENCE | RESPONSE (Yes/No) | COMPANY REMARKS | |||||||||
(B)D.1 | ||||||||||||
(B)D.1.1 | OECD Principle V (A) | NO | The Company's audited financial statements for year ended 31 December 2021 | |||||||||
(1) The financial and operating results | ||||||||||||
Are the audited annual financial report /statement | were first published on 27 April 2022. | |||||||||||
released within 60 days from the financial year end? | of the company. Audited financial | |||||||||||
statements | showing | the | financial | |||||||||
performance and the financial situation | ||||||||||||
of the company (most typically | ||||||||||||
including the balance sheet, the profit | ||||||||||||
and loss statement, the cash flow | ||||||||||||
statement and notes to the financial | ||||||||||||
statements) are the most widely used | ||||||||||||
source of information on companies. | ||||||||||||
OECD Principle V (E) | ||||||||||||
ICGN 7.2 Timely disclosure | ||||||||||||
ICGN 7.3 Affirmation of financial | ||||||||||||
statements | ||||||||||||
The board of directors and the | ||||||||||||
corporate officers of the company | ||||||||||||
should affirm at least annually the | ||||||||||||
accuracy of the company's financial | ||||||||||||
statements or financial accounts. | ||||||||||||
(B)D.1.2 | OECD Principle V (A) | NO | Due to data privacy concerns, the Company discloses the aggregate salary of | |||||||||
Does the company disclose details of remuneration | (4) Disclosure on an individual basis | its Top 5 executives. The remuneration of the Company's President and CEO | ||||||||||
of the CEO? | (including | termination | and | and four (4) highly compensated officers is disclosed on pages 38-43 of PSE's | ||||||||
retirement provisions) is increasingly | ||||||||||||
2021 SEC Form17-A(Annual Report). | ||||||||||||
regarded as good practice and is now | ||||||||||||
mandated in many countries. In | ||||||||||||
these cases, some jurisdictions call | PSE's 2021 SEC Form I-ACGR | |||||||||||
for remuneration | of a | certain | Page 48, Recommendation 8.4 (3) | |||||||||
number of the highest paid | ||||||||||||
executives to be disclosed, while in | ||||||||||||
others it is confined to specified | ||||||||||||
positions. | ||||||||||||
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