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EXHIBIT 8

 

PLDT Inc.

Subsidiaries as at December 31, 2022

Our consolidated financial statements include the financial statements of PLDT and the following subsidiaries (collectively, the “PLDT Group”) as at December 31, 2022 and 2021:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

 

Place of

 

 

 

Percentage of Ownership

 

Name of Subsidiary

 

Incorporation

 

Principal Business Activity

 

Direct

 

 

Indirect

 

 

Direct

 

 

Indirect

 

Wireless

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Smart:

 

Philippines

 

Cellular mobile services

 

 

100.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

100.0

 

 

 

 

Smart Broadband, Inc., or SBI, and Subsidiary

 

Philippines

 

Internet broadband distribution services

 

 

 

 

 

100.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

100.0

 

Primeworld Digital Systems, Inc., or PDSI

 

Philippines

 

Internet broadband distribution services

 

 

 

 

 

100.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

100.0

 

I-Contacts Corporation

 

Philippines

 

Operations support servicing business

 

 

 

 

 

100.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

100.0

 

Far East Capital Limited, or FECL(a)

 

Cayman Islands

 

Cost effective offshore financing and risk
   management activities for Smart

 

 

 

 

 

100.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

100.0

 

PH Communications Holdings Corporation

 

Philippines

 

Investment company

 

 

 

 

 

100.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

100.0

 

Connectivity Unlimited Resource Enterprise

 

Philippines

 

Cellular mobile services

 

 

 

 

 

100.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

100.0

 

Francom Holdings, Inc.

 

Philippines

 

Investment company

 

 

 

 

 

100.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

100.0

 

Chikka Holdings Limited, or Chikka, and Subsidiaries, or Chikka Group(a)

 

British Virgin Islands

 

Content provider, mobile applications development and services

 

 

 

 

 

100.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

100.0

 

Wifun, Inc.

 

Philippines

 

Software developer and selling of WiFi access equipment

 

 

 

 

 

100.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

100.0

 

PLDT Global, Inc.(b)

 

Philippines

 

Cross-border digital platforms and other allied services

 

 

100.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

100.0

 

 

 

 

ACeS Philippines Cellular Satellite Corporation, or ACeS Philippines

 

Philippines

 

Satellite information and messaging services

 

 

88.5

 

 

 

11.5

 

 

 

88.5

 

 

 

11.5

 

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

 

Philippines

 

Cellular mobile services

 

 

 

 

 

99.6

 

 

 

 

 

 

99.6

 

Fixed Line

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PLDT Clark Telecom, Inc., or ClarkTel

 

Philippines

 

Telecommunications services

 

 

100.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

100.0

 

 

 

 

PLDT Subic Telecom, Inc., or SubicTel

 

Philippines

 

Telecommunications services

 

 

100.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

100.0

 

 

 

 

PLDT Global Corporation, or PLDT Global, and Subsidiaries

 

British Virgin Islands

 

Telecommunications services

 

 

100.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

100.0

 

 

 

 

Smart-NTT Multimedia, Inc.(a)

 

Philippines

 

Data and network services

 

 

100.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

100.0

 

 

 

 

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

 

Philippines

 

Telecommunications services

 

 

100.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

100.0

 

 

 

 

Talas Data Intelligence, Inc.

 

Philippines

 

Business infrastructure and solutions; intelligent data
   processing and implementation services and data
   analytics insight generation

 

 

100.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

100.0

 

 

 

 

Multisys Technologies Corporation, or Multisys(c)

 

Philippines

 

Software development and IT solutions services

 

 

 

 

 

50.7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ePLDT, Inc., or ePLDT:

 

Philippines

 

Information and communications infrastructure for
   internet-based services, e-commerce, customer
   relationship management and IT related services

 

 

100.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

100.0

 

 

 

 

IP Converge Data Services, Inc., or IPCDSI, and Subsidiary, or IPCDSI Group

 

Philippines

 

Information and communications infrastructure for
   internet-based services, e-commerce, customer
   relationship management and IT related services

 

 

 

 

 

100.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

100.0

 

Curo Teknika, Inc., or Curo

 

Philippines

 

Managed IT outsourcing

 

 

 

 

 

100.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

100.0

 

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

 

Philippines

 

Internet-based purchasing, IT consulting and professional services

 

 

 

 

 

100.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

100.0

 

ePDS, Inc., or ePDS(a)

 

Philippines

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

100.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

100.0

 

netGames, Inc.(a)

 

Philippines

 

Gaming support services

 

 

 

 

 

57.5

 

 

 

 

 

 

57.5

 

MVP Rewards Loyalty Solutions, Inc., or MRSI(a)

 

Philippines

 

Full-services customer rewards and loyalty programs

 

 

 

 

 

100.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

100.0

 

VITRO, Inc., or Vitro(d)

 

Philippines

 

Information and communications infrastructure for
   internet-based services, e-commerce, customer
   relationship management and IT related services

 

 

 

 

 

100.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Digitel

 

Philippines

 

Telecommunications services

 

 

99.6

 

 

 

 

 

 

99.6

 

 

 

 

Digitel Information Technology Services, Inc.(a)

 

Philippines

 

Internet services

 

 

 

 

 

99.6

 

 

 

 

 

 

99.6

 

PLDT-Maratel, Inc., or Maratel

 

Philippines

 

Telecommunications services

 

 

98.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

98.0

 

 

 

 

Bonifacio Communications Corporation, or BCC

 

Philippines

 

Telecommunications, infrastructure and related VAS

 

 

75.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

75.0

 

 

 

 

Pacific Global One Aviation Company, Inc., or PG1(e)

 

Philippines

 

Air transportation business

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

65.3

 

 

 

 

Pilipinas Global Network Limited, or PGNL, and Subsidiaries

 

British Virgin Islands

 

International distributor of Filipino channels and content

 

 

64.6

 

 

 

 

 

 

64.6

 

 

 

 

Others

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PGIH

 

Philippines

 

Investment company

 

 

100.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

100.0

 

 

 

 

PLDT Digital Investments Pte. Ltd., or PLDT Digital, and Subsidiaries

 

Singapore

 

Investment company

 

 

100.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

100.0

 

 

 

 

Mabuhay Investments Corporation, or MIC(f)

 

Philippines

 

Investment company

 

 

67.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

67.0

 

 

 

 

PLDT Global Investments Corporation, or PGIC(g)

 

British Virgin Islands

 

Investment company

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

100.0

 

IP Converge Data Services, Inc., or IPCDSI, and Subsidiary, or IPCDSI Group

 

Philippines

 

Information and communications infrastructure for
   internet-based services, e-commerce, customer
   relationship management and IT related services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

100.0

 

PLDT Communications and Energy Ventures, Inc., or PCEV

 

Philippines

 

Investment company

 

 

 

 

 

99.9

 

 

 

 

 

 

99.9

 

 

a)
Ceased commercial operations.
b)
On June 30, 2021, the Philippine SEC approved the amendment of Telesat, Inc.’s Articles of Incorporation, resulting to the adoption of (i) a new corporate name —“PLDT Global Inc.”; and (ii) a revised primary purpose stating that the Company will now be in the business of providing various cross-border digital platforms and other allied services for global customers, especially for overseas/offshore Filipinos.
c)
On July 29, 2022, PLDT Global Investments Holdings, Inc., or PGIH, acquired additional 227 common shares of Multisys, thereby increasing its ownership from 45.73% to 50.72%.

(d) Ceased commercial operations as at December 31, 2022.

(d) On February 2, 2022, the Philippine SEC approved the incorporation of Vitro, a wholly-owned subsidiary of ePLDT.

(e) On February 28, 2022, PLDT signed a of Deed of Assignment and other related agreements, under which other investors acquired a total of Php44.7 million worth of equity interest in PG1 from PLDT. As a result, PLDT’s ownership was diluted from 65.3% to 47.6%. Consequently, PLDT accounted for its remaining interest in PG1 as an investment in associate.

(f) Ceased commercial operations. On August 9, 2022, the Philippine SEC approved MIC's application for amendment of its Articles of Incorporation to shorten its corporate term until September 30, 2023.

(g) PGIC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of PG1 after the execution on March 31, 2022 of Instrument of Transfer between PLDT Global (the former parent company of PGIC) and PG1 of the ordinary shares
in PGIC. As at February 28, 2022, PLDT lost its control over PG1 and accounted for its remaining interest as investment in associate