Dito CME Holdings Corporation

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Dito CME Holdings Corporation
(DITO CME)
Type Public
PSE:  DITO
Industry Conglomerate (investment)
Predecessor
  • Itogon-Suyoc Mines, Inc. (1925–2002)
  • ISM Communications Corporation (2002–2020)
FoundedJanuary 1925;98 years ago (1925-01) (as Itogon-Suyoc Mines, Inc.)
March 2020;3 years ago (2020-03) (as Dito CME Holdings Corporation)
Headquarters21/F Udenna Tower, Rizal Drive corner 4th Avenue, Bonifacio Global City,
Taguig, Metro Manila
,
Philippines
Key people
  • Dennis Uy (Chairman)
  • Ernesto R. Alberto [1] (President)
  • Donald Patrick Lim (Chief Operating Officer)
Services
RevenueIncrease2.svg₱7.28 billion (2022)
Decrease2.svg₱−25.63 billion (2022)
Decrease2.svg₱−25.63 billion (2022)
Total assets Increase2.svg₱192.88 billion (2022)
Total equity Decrease2.svg₱−27.89 billion (2022)
Parent Udenna Corporation [2]
Subsidiaries
Website ditocmeholdings.ph OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

Dito CME Holdings Corporation (formerly known as ISM Communications Corporation) is a Filipino conglomerate holding firm. Formed in 1925, the company primarily engages in telecommunications and information technology infrastructure.

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History

The early years

Itogon-Suyoc Mines, Inc. was founded in January 1925 as a mining company. [3] [4] During the 2000s, the company (which subsequently renamed as ISM Communications Corporation in April 2002 [4] ) began diversified with the investments in different industry sectors [3] such as telecommunications (a stake in Eastern Telecommunications Philippines, later divested in 2011), [5] gaming and hospitality (a 65% stake in Acentic GmbH), [6] and banking (a 97% stake in Philippine Bank of Communications, sold to Lucio Co), [7] before it became a holding company in 2016. [3]

Dennis Uy era

In August 2018, businessman Dennis Uy bought a 45% controlling stake in ISM, [3] and in March 2020, the firm was renamed as Dito CME Holdings Corporation. [4] [8]

In November 2020, Dito CME announced its share swap deal with Uy's Udenna Corporation to indirect owning its stake in telecommunications company and its namesake, Dito Telecommunity. As part of a deal, Dito CME will own a 100% stake in Udenna's subsidiary, Udenna CME Holdings Corporation which co-owns (along with another Udenna subsidiary, Chelsea Logistics) one of Dito's parent companies, Dito Holdings Corporation (the other is the Chinese state-owned China Telecommunications Corporation). The deal made Udenna Corporation became as a parent company of Dito CME. [2]

In June 2021, Dito CME (through its subsidiary, ISM Equities Corporation (now DITO CME Ventures, Inc.)) signed a sales-and-supply agreement with Samsung Electronics Philippines. [9]

In July 2021, Dito CME announced its partnership with Alibaba Cloud to provide cloud computing and storage products for its digital educational platform, Luna Academy. [10]

In January 2022, Dito CME dropped the Rights offering of US$156 million for the expansion in Philippines citing the reason of "less than ideal market conditions." [11]

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References

  1. ↑ Abadilla, Emmie (14 August 2020). "Former PLDT top executive Alberto assumes DITO presidency". Manila Bulletin .
  2. 1 2 "DITO CME Approves UDENNA CME Share Swap". Udenna Group. November 9, 2020. Retrieved June 26, 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Dumlao-Abadilla, Doris (17 August 2018). "Dennis Uy acquires 45.13% of ISM". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
  4. 1 2 3 "Our Company" . Retrieved July 5, 2021.
  5. ↑ Montecillo, Paolo (21 October 2011). "SMC buying Ongpin group's ETPI shares". Philippine Daily Inquirer .
  6. ↑ Austria, Jenniffer (28 September 2018). "ISM selling stake in Acentic, eyes new investments". Manila Standard .
  7. ↑ Abad, Roderick (30 September 2014). "ISM raises P1.95 billion from share-sale deal in PBCom". BusinessMirror .
  8. ↑ "ISM changes name to DITO". BusinessWorld . 26 March 2020.
  9. ↑ "Dito CME signs landmark distribution deal with Samsung PH". The Manila Times. June 28, 2021. Retrieved June 28, 2021.
  10. ↑ Rey, Aika (July 1, 2021). "Dito Telecommunity expands to 17 more areas". Rappler. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
  11. ↑ "China Telecom's Philippine partner Dito CME drops rights offering". Nikkei Asia. Retrieved 2022-01-31.
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