EX-99.8 5 d318504dex998.htm SUBSIDIARIES Subsidiaries

EXHIBIT 8

PHILIPPINE LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE COMPANY

Subsidiaries as at December 31, 2011

 

     Place of         Percentage of Ownership  

Name of Subsidiary

  

Incorporation

  

Principal Business Activity

   Direct      Indirect  

Wireless

           

Smart:

   Philippines   

Cellular mobile services

     100.0         —     

Smart Broadband, Inc., or SBI, and Subsidiaries, or SBI Group

   Philippines   

Internet broadband distribution services

     —           100.0   

Primeworld Digital Systems, Inc., or PDSI

   Philippines   

Internet broadband distribution services

     —           100.0   

I-Contacts Corporation, or I-Contacts

   Philippines   

Call center services

     —           100.0   

Wolfpac Mobile, Inc., or Wolfpac

   Philippines   

Mobile applications development and services

     —           100.0   

Wireless Card, Inc., or WCI

   Philippines   

Promotion of the sale and/or patronage of debit and/or charge cards

     —           100.0   

Smarthub, Inc., or SHI

   Philippines   

Software development and sale of maintenance and support services

     —           100.0   

Smart Money Holdings Corporation, or SMHC:

   Cayman Islands   

Investment company

     —           100.0   

Smart Money, Inc., or SMI

   Cayman Islands   

Mobile commerce solutions marketing

     —           100.0   

Telecoms Solutions, Inc., or TSI(a)

   Mauritius   

Mobile commerce platforms

     —           —     

Far East Capital Limited, or FECL, and Subsidiary, or FECL Group

   Cayman Islands   

Cost effective offshore financing and risk management activities for Smart

     —           100.0   

PH Communications Holdings Corporation, or PHC

   Philippines   

Investment company

     —           100.0   

Francom Holdings, Inc., or FHI:

   Philippines   

Investment company

     —           100.0   

Connectivity Unlimited Resource Enterprise, or CURE

   Philippines   

Cellular mobile services

     —           100.0   

Chikka Holdings Limited, or Chikka, and Subsidiaries, or Chikka Group

   British Virgin Islands   

Mobile applications development and services; Content provider

     —           100.0   

Smarthub Pte. Ltd. (formerly SmartConnect Holdings Pte. Ltd.), or SHPL:

   Singapore   

Investment company

     —           100.0   

SmartConnect Global Pte. Ltd., or SGP

   Singapore   

International trade of satellites and Global System for Mobile Communication, or GSM, enabled global telecommunications

     —           100.0   

3rd Brand Pte. Ltd., or 3rd Brand

   Singapore   

Solutions and systems integration services

     —           85.0   

Blue Ocean Wireless, or BOW(b)

   Isle of Man   

Delivery of GSM communication capability for the maritime sector

     —           —     

Telesat, Inc., or Telesat(c)

   Philippines   

Satellite communications services

     100.0         —     

ACeS Philippines Cellular Satellite Corporation, or ACeS Philippines

   Philippines   

Satellite information and messaging services

     88.5         11.5   

Mabuhay Satellite Corporation, or Mabuhay Satellite(c)

   Philippines   

Satellite communications services

     67.0         —     

Digitel Mobile Philippines, Inc., or DMPI, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Digitel(g)

   Philippines   

Cellular mobile services

     —           70.2   

Fixed Line

           

ePLDT, Inc., or ePLDT(d):

   Philippines   

Information and communications infrastructure for Internet-based services, e-commerce, customer relationship management and information technology, or IT, related services

     100.0         —     

ABM Global Solutions, Inc. (formerly BayanTrade, Inc.), or AGS, and Subsidiaries, or AGS Group

   Philippines   

Internet-based purchasing, IT consulting and professional services

     —           93.5   

Digital Paradise, Inc., or Digital Paradise(e)

   Philippines   

Internet services

     —           —     

ePDS, Inc., or ePDS

   Philippines   

Bills printing and other related value-added services, or VAS

     —           67.0   

netGames, Inc., or netGames

   Philippines   

Customer relationship management

     —           57.5   

Level Up!, Inc., or Level Up!(f)

   Philippines   

Publisher of online games

     —           —     

PLDT Clark Telecom, Inc., or ClarkTel

   Philippines   

Telecommunications services

     100.0         —     

PLDT Subic Telecom, Inc., or SubicTel

   Philippines   

Telecommunications services

     100.0         —     

PLDT Global Corporation, or PLDT Global, and Subsidiaries, or PLDT Global Group

   British Virgin Islands   

Telecommunications services

     100.0         —     

Smart-NTT Multimedia, Inc., or SNMI(c)

   Philippines   

Data and network services

     100.0         —     

PLDT-Philcom, Inc., or Philcom, and Subsidiaries, or Philcom Group

   Philippines   

Telecommunications services

     100.0         —     

PLDT-Maratel, Inc., or Maratel

   Philippines   

Telecommunications services

     97.8         —     

Bonifacio Communications Corporation, or BCC

   Philippines   

Telecommunications, infrastructure and related VAS

     75.0         —     

Digitel(g):

   Philippines   

Telecommunications services

     70.2         —     

Digitel Capital Philippines Ltd., or DCPL

   British Virgin Islands   

Telecommunications services

     —           70.2   

Digitel Information Technology Services, Inc. or DITSI

   Philippines   

Internet services

     —           70.2   

Pilipinas Global Network Limited, or PGNL

   British Virgin Islands   

International distributor of Filipino channels and content

     60.0         —     


BPO

           

SPi Global Holdings, Inc., or SPi Global(h):

   Philippines   

Investment company

     100.0         —     

SPi Technologies, Inc., or SPi, and Subsidiaries, or SPi Group(d)

   Philippines   

Knowledge processing solutions

     —           100.0   

SPi CRM, Inc., or SPi CRM(d)

   Philippines   

Customer relationship management

     —           100.0   

Infocom Technologies, Inc., or Infocom(d)

   Philippines   

Customer relationship management

     —           99.6   

Others

           

PLDT Communications and Energy Ventures, Inc., or PCEV

   Philippines   

Investment holding company

     —           99.5   

 

(a) 

Dissolved on May 3, 2011.

(b) 

In June 2011, the management and operations of BOW were sold by SHPL to Stratos BV, a third party.

(c) 

Ceased commercial operations.

(d) 

On December 6, 2011, SPi, SPi CRM and Infocom were transferred by ePLDT to SPi Global to support PLDT’s objective to grow the BPO segment.

(e) 

On April 1, 2011, ePLDT sold its entire 75% equity interest in Digital Paradise.

(f) 

On July 11, 2011, ePLDT sold its 57.5% interest in Level Up!.

(g) 

On October 26, 2011, PLDT acquired 51.6% equity interest in Digitel. On December 8, 2011 PLDT exercised the conversion option on convertible and exchangeable bonds issued by Digitel and DCPL, respectively, for an aggregate of 4 billion Digitel common shares, increasing PLDT’s equity interest from 51.6% to 70.2%. At the end of the tender offer period on January 16, 2012, PLDT’s equity interest in Digitel increased from 70.2% to 98%. The acquisition of 51.6% equity interest in Digitel and mandatory tender offer were accounted for as linked transactions, and the acquisition of Digitel was treated as if 100% equity interest were obtained up to end of tender offer period where the actual remaining noncontrolling interest is determined. See Note 13 — Business Combinations — PLDT’s Acquisition of Digitel to the accompanying consolidated financial statements in Item 18 for further discussion.

(h) 

On July 25, 2011, SPi Global was sold by ePLDT to PLDT and reclassified as a holding company for BPO segment. ePLDT and its remaining subsidiaries were folded to the fixed line business of PLDT. See in Note 4 — Operating Segment Information to the accompanying consolidated financial statements in Item 18 for further discussion.