Please take notice that the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of TOP LINE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CORP. (the “Corporation”) shall be held on July 18, 2025, Friday at 8:30 am via hybrid of remote
communication through teleconferencing and/or videoconferencing, and in-person attendance at the Salon de España, Casino Español de Cebu, 107-109 V. Ranudo Street, Cebu City, in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, with the following program:
8:30 – 9:30 am Registration
9:30 -10:30 am Annual Stockholders’ Meeting Proper
The Agenda for the 2025 Annual Stockholders’ Meeting shall be as follows:
1. Call to Order
2. Proof of notice of the meeting and existence of quorum
3. Chairman and President’s Message
4. Reading and approval of the Minutes of the Annual Meeting of the Stockholders held on July 12, 2024
5. Management Presentation and Approval of the Audited Financial Statements for the year ended December 31, 2024
6. Amendment of By Laws – Amendment of date of Annual Stockholders’ Meeting from July 12 of every year to Second Friday of July
7. Appointment of External Auditor
8. General ratification of all acts and resolutions of the Board of Directors and its committees, officers and management since the last annual stockholders’ meeting up to the date of this meeting
9. Election of Board of Directors
10. Other Matters
11. Adjournment
The Board of Directors has fixed the Record Date at the end of trading hours of the Philippine Stock Exchange on June 16, 2025 for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice of and vote at such meeting and any adjournment thereof.
Registration starts at 8:30 a.m. and will close at exactly 9:15 a.m. Kindly bring a government issued identification card with photograph for registration purposes. The Corporation will allow attendance by remote communication and voting in absentia, subject to validation procedures.
Stockholders who will participate in the ASM by remote communication should pre-register at https://tinyurl.com/TOPASM2025 on or before July 7, 2025. Successful registrants will receive an email invitation with a complete guide on how to join the ASM and how to cast votes in absentia. For any registration concerns, please contact andreavargas@topline.ph. Please refer to the Definitive Information Statement on the guidelines for voting at the Corporation’s website at topline.ph. Only stockholders who have successfully registered within the prescribed period, together with the stockholders who voted in absentia and by proxy, will be included in the determination of quorum.
Proxies, in the form provided by the Corporation, must be submitted to the Corporation’s Corporate Secretary, at the Principal Office of the Corporation, or through andreavargas@topline.ph not later than July 7, 2025. The proxies shall be validated on July 11, 2025 at the Principal Office of the Company. The Corporate Secretary’s decision shall be final and binding on the shareholders. WE ARE NOT, HOWEVER, SOLICITING PROXIES.
Stockholders may send their questions about the ASM and the Corporation to its Investor Relations Officer at andreavargas@topline.ph. Pursuant to SEC Notice dated March 12, 2025, the Stockholders may examine the Definitive Information Statement, and Management Report on the Corporation’s website and through the PSE Edge Portal. There shall be an audio and video recording of the ASM. All votes cast shall be validated by the Stock and Transfer Agent, Stock Transfer Service, Inc.
June 5,2025, Cebu City.
For the Board of Directors,
BRIGITTE CARMEL L. MUELLER
Corporate Secretary