(From left) Alex Pomento, Vice President for Investor Relations at SM Prime Holdings; Marvin Fausto, Consultant at COL Financial; April Lee Tan, Head of Research at COL Financial; Cora Guidote, Senior Vice President for Investor Relations at SM Investments Corp.; Richard Tan, First Vice President for Investor Relations and Corporate Planning at BDO Unibank; Tim Daniels, Consultant for Investor Relations at SM

(09 September 2016. Pasay City, Philippines) SM Investments Corporation (SM) reached out to more local investors as it underscored Philippine corporate growth.

SM, with subsidiaries SM Prime Holdings and BDO Unibank, recently concluded retail investor seminar in partnership with CitisecOnline.com in Cebu, Cagayan de Oro, Davao and Manila which drew thousands.

'Investor education is very important to SM and we do our part by going around the country to share the long-term growth plans of the group. Historically, foreign investors dominated our minority investor base who gained immensely from the strong share price performance of SM and its listed subsidiaries. We want to encourage more local investors to likewise gain from the business acumen of the Sy family,' Cora Guidote, SM Senior Vice President for Investor Relations said.

Since listing in the stock market in 2005, SM's share price grew by a compounded annual growth rate of 17.4%. As a result, market capitalization grew to PHP819.1 billion as of end-August from PHP127.2 billion in 2005, reflecting the support of investors, particularly those of foreign institutional funds over the last 11 years.

A PHP10,000 investment, bought during IPO would be PHP46,920.82 if sold as of December 2015, notwithstanding cash dividends declared during those years.

SM has earmarked between PHP70 to PHP80 billion every year in an aggressive expansion bid in the Philippines, fueled by the local economy's strong momentum. Supporting this capital commitment, SM posted an 11% growth in consolidated net income of PHP15 billion in the first six months of the year.

For further information, please contact:

Ms. Corazon P. Guidote

Senior Vice President for Investor Relations

SM Investments Corporation

E-mail: cora.guidote@sminvestments.com

Tel. No. (632) 857-0117

www.sminvestments.com

Tim Daniels, SM Consultant for Investor Relations presents at the SM COL Financial Roadshow held at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Cebu.

From left: Marvin Fausto, Consultant at COL Financial; April Lee Tan, Head of Research at COL Financial; Richard Tan, FVP of Investor Relations and Corporate Planning at BDO Unibank; Teresa Cecilia Reyes-Agsalud, VP for Finance at SM Prime Holdings; Cora Guidote, SVP for Investor Relations at SM; Tim Daniels, Consultant for Investor Relations at SM during the SM COL Financial Seminar held in Cagayan de Oro

Crowd attending the SM COL Financial Seminar at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Cebu

Crowd at the COL Financial Seminar held at the SMX Convention Center in SM Aura in Taguig

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