DOLE PHILIPPINES INC., STANFILCO DIVISION v. THE SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD OF THE CITY OF DAVAO, AND THE HON. SEBASTIAN Z. DUTERTE AND HON. LAWRENCE D. BANTIDING, in their respective capacities as Mayor and Acting Treasurer of the City of Davao

CTA Fonn No.8 (For DCC) 111111111111111111111111111 111111111111111111111111111111 11111 111111111111111111 25-000092-0021 REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES COURT OF TAX APPEALS QUEZON CITY FIRST DIVISION CTA AC NO. 355 DOLE PHILIPPINES INC. -STANFILCO DIVISION, Petitioner, - versus- THE SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD OF THE CITY OF NOTICE OF RESOLUTION DAVAO, and the HON. SEBASTIAN Z. DUTERTE and HON. LAWRENCE D. BANTIDING, in their respective capacities as Mayor and Acting Treasurer of the City of Davao, Respondents. To: PLATON MARTINEZ FLORES SAN PEDRO & LEANO (Counsel for the Petitioner) Dole Philippines, Inc. 6th Floor, Tuscan Building 114 V.A. Rufino Street, Legaspi Village Makati City ATTY. OSMUNDO P. VILLANUEVA, JR. ATTY. ENRIQUE J .A. BONOCAN ATTY. FRANCIS A. FERNANDEZ (Counsel.for the Respondents) Office of the City Legal Officer Rrn. 24, Second Floor, City Hall Building San Pedro Street, Davao City HON. DANTE A. BAGUIO Presiding Judge Thru: BRANCH CLERK OF COURT Regional Trial Court 11th Judicial Region Branch 1.6 Benigno Aquino Hall of Justice Building Candelaria Street, Ecoland comer Maya Street Malina, 8000 Davao City Davao del Sur Page 1 of2

GREETINGS: You are hereby notified by these presents that on November 14, 2025, a Resolution was rendered in the above-entitled case, copy of which is attached hereto. Quezon City, Philippines, November 18, 2025. Atty. Maria J~F. Chan-Te Executive ~Comi III Page 2 of2

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES COURT OF TAX APPEALS QUEZON CITY FIRST DIVISION DOLE PHILIPPINES INC. CTA AC NO. 355 - STANFILCO DIVISION, Civil Case No. R-DV0-23-0 1996-CV Petitioner, Members: -versus- BACORRO-VILLENA, Acting Chairperson, and CUI-DAVID, JJ. THE SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD OF THE CITY OF DAVAO, and the HON. SEBASTIAN Z. DUTERTE and HON. LAWRENCE D. BANTIDING, in their respective capacities as Mayor and Acting Treasurer of the City of Promulgated: Davao, Respondents. .NOV 14..2025 ;9:~5PM }(------------------------~------------ -}( RESOLUTION This resolves petitioner's Motion to Withdraw Petition for Review (Motion}, filed personally and electronically on July 17, 2025. Petitioner avers that on February 13, 2025, it filed a Petition for Review dated February 10, 2025 before the Court. The said Petition prays, among others, that judgment be rendered ordering: 1. The reversal and setting aside of the Regional Tria l Court's Decision dated June 6, 2024, and Order dated January 7, 2025; 2. The cancellation in full of the Environmental Tax Order of Payment issued against it for taxable year 2023; and

RESOLUTION , CTA AC No. 355 Dole Philippines Inc. - Stanfilco Division v. The Sangguniang Panlungsod of the City of Davao, and the Hon. Sebastian Z. Duterte and Hon. Lawrence D. Bantiding, in their respective capacities as Mayor and Acting Treasurer of the City of Davao x--------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------x 3 . Respondents to refund the amount of Php3,324,825.00 to petitioner; or in the alternative, refund the amount of Php2,967,300.00 in excess of the Environmental Tax assessed based on outdated Environmenta l Compliance Certificates. Petitioner now seeks to withdraw the present Petition for Review, stating that, after a thorough review and reassessment of the circumstances, it has decided to focus its efforts and limited resources on pursuing its appeals "to dispute the assessment of Environmental Tax for the years 2017, 2019 and 2020, which are pending before the Court of Tax Appeals En Bane or the Supreme Court in Division." Hence, petitioner filed the instant Motion in accordance with Section 3, Rule 1 of the Revised Rules of the Court of Tax and Section 3 , Rule 50 of the 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure, as amended. In their Comments/ Opposition to the Motion to Withdraw Petition for Review (Filed on Febrnary 10, 2025), filed on September 24 , 2025, and r eceived by the Court on September 30, 2025, respondents interpose no objection to the withdrawal of the Petition for Review. Finding m erit in the Motion to Withdraw Petition for Review , and there being no objection from respondents , the Court resolves to GRANT the same. WHEREFORE, the Petition for Review dated February 10, 2025, is hereby deemed WITHDRAWN. Accordingly, the present case is DECLARED CLOSED and TERMINATED. SO ORDERED. ~~ LANEE S. CUI-DAVID Associate Justice