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The Commission has receivedand verifiedinformationthat HYBRID GAMEFOWL HOLDINGS, INC.is engaged in soliciting investments from the public. Part of the scheme being employed by the said entity is enticing the public to invest by paying for a minimum of two (2) texas chicken worth Nine Hundred Ninety-Eight Pesos (Php998.00) in order to earnThree Thousand Pesos (Php3,000.00) after ninety (90) days. Said texas chicken are not actually delivered to the purchaser, but instead, the entity undertakes to pay the purchaser or investor the agreed amount within a specified date.Such invitation to invest which is publicly made through social mediaamounts to public offering of securities as defined under the 2015 Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of the Securities Regulation Code (SRC), to wit: Rule 3.1.17 -“Public Offeringis any offeringof securities to the public or to anyone who will buy, whether solicited or unsolicited. Any solicitation or presentation of securities for sale through any of the following modes shall be presumed to be a public offering:i.Publication in a newspaper, magazine or printed reading material which is distributed within the Philippines or any part thereof;ii.Presentation in any public or commercial place;iii.Advertisement or announcement in any radio, telephone, electronic communications, information communication technology or any other forms of communication;oriv.Distribution and/or making available flyers, brochures or any offering material in a public or commercial place, or to prospective purchasers through the postal system, information communication technologyand other means of information distribution.” (Emphasis supplied.)Further, said IRR defines solicitationas the act of seeking or asking for business or information which includes the act of providing information about a security or investment product being offered for sale with the view of making another person a client or closing or bringing in a sale or purchase of security or investment product. The solicitor need not be a signatory to any contract relative to such offer or sale of the security.The investment scheme being publicly offered by HYBRID GAMEFOWL HOLDINGS, INC.isconsidered as securitiesas definedin Section 3, paragraph 3.1 of the SRC, as follows:“SEC.3Definition of Terms. –3.1. “Securities”are shares, participation or interest in a corporation or in a commercial enterprise or profit-making venture and evidenced by a certificate, contract, instrument, whether written or electronic in character. It includes:xxx(b). Investment contracts,certificates of interest or participation in a profit sharing agreement, certificates of deposit for a future subscription; xxx.” (Emphasis supplied)
Based on the records of the Commission, HYBRID GAMEFOWL HOLDINGS, INC. was registered with the Commission on 23 July 2019 under Company Registration No. CS201954093.However, ithasnot been issued a license or permit to publicly offer or sell securities by the SEC. Section 8 of the SRC specifically provides thatsecurities shall not be publicly offered for sale or distribution in the Philippines without a registration statement filed with and approved by the Commission.Those who act as salesmen, brokers, dealers or agents in selling or convincing people to invest in HYBRID GAMEFOWL HOLDINGS, INC.including soliciting investments or recruiting investorsthrough the internet maybe held criminally liable under Section 28 of the SRCand penalized with a maximum fine of Five Million Pesos (Php5,000,000.00) or imprisonment of Twenty-One (21) years or both pursuant to Section 73 of the SRC (SEC vs. Oudine Santos, G.R. No. 195542, 19 March 2014).Further,the Commission also found thatHYBRID GAMEFOWL HOLDINGS, INC.appears to be managed by the same person or group of persons operating the BRIX GAMEFOWL BREEDING/BRIX VENTURES INCORPORATED/AB EUGENIO TRADING, against which an Advisory hasbeen issued by the Commission on 28 August 2019. In view thereof, the public is hereby advised toSTOP INVESTINGin the investment scheme being offered by HYBRID GAMEFOWL HOLDINGS, INC.and BRIX GAMEFOWL BREEDING/BRIX VENTURES INCORPORATED/AB EUGENIO TRADING.Should you have any information regarding the solicitationofthe abovementioned entities, please contactthe Enforcement and Investor ProtectionDepartment(EIPD)at telephone number8818-6047or at email address epd@sec.gov.phor visit EIPD at its office located at the Ground Floor, North Wing Hall, Secretariat Building, PICC Complex, Pasay City. For the guidance of the public