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EXHIBIT 8

PHILIPPINE LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE COMPANY

Subsidiaries as at December 31, 2013

Our consolidated financial statements include the financial statements of PLDT and the following subsidiaries (collectively, the “PLDT Group”) as at December 31, 2013 and 2012:

 

               Percentage of Ownership  
               December 31,  
     Place of         2013      2012  

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   

Call center services

     —           100.0         —           100.0   

Wolfpac Mobile, Inc.

   Philippines   

Mobile applications development and services

     —           100.0         —           100.0   

Wireless Card, Inc.

   Philippines   

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

     —           100.0         —           100.0   

Smart e-Money, Inc., or SeMI, (formerly Smarthub, Inc.)(a)

   Philippines   

Software development and sale of maintenance and support services

     —           100.0         —           100.0   

Smart Money Holdings Corporation, or SMHC:

   Cayman Islands   

Investment company

     —           100.0         —           100.0   

Smart Money, Inc., or SMI

   Cayman Islands   

Mobile commerce solutions marketing

     —           100.0         —           100.0   

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         —           100.0   

PH Communications Holdings Corporation

   Philippines   

Investment company

     —           100.0         —           100.0   

Francom Holdings, Inc.:

   Philippines   

Investment company

     —           100.0         —           100.0   

Connectivity Unlimited Resource Enterprise, or CURE

   Philippines   

Cellular mobile services

     —           100.0         —           100.0   

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

   British Virgin
Islands
  

Content provider, mobile applications development and services

     —           100.0         —           100.0   

Chikka Communications Consulting (Beijing) Co. Ltd., or CCCBL

   China   

Mobile applications development and services

     —           100.0         —           100.0   

Chikka Pte. Ltd., or CPL

   Singapore   

Managing patent and trademark portfolio

     —           100.0         —           100.0   

Smarthub Pte. Ltd., or SHPL:

   Singapore   

Investment company

     —           100.0         —           100.0   

Takatack Pte. Ltd., or TPL, (formerly SmartConnect Global Pte. Ltd.)(b)

   Singapore   

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

     —           100.0         —           100.0   

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

   Singapore   

Solutions and systems integration services

     —           85.0         —           85.0   

Voyager Innovations, Inc., or Voyager(c)

   Philippines   

Mobile applications development and services

     —           100.0         —           —     

Telesat, Inc.(d)

   Philippines   

Satellite communications 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   

Mabuhay Investments Corporation, or MIC, (formerly Mabuhay Satellite Corporation)(e)

   Philippines   

Investment company

     67.0         —           67.0         —     

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

   Philippines   

Cellular mobile services

     —           99.6         —           99.5   

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.(d)

   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         —     

ePLDT, Inc., or ePLDT(f):

   Philippines   

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

     100.0         —           100.0         —     

IP Converge Data Services, Inc., or IPCDSI(g)

   Philippines   

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

     —           100.0         —           100.0   

iPlus Intelligent Network, Inc.,or iPlus(h)

   Philippines   

Managed IT outsourcing

     —           100.0         —           100.0   

Curo Teknika, Inc., or Curo(h)

   Philippines   

Managed IT outsourcing

     —           100.0         —           —     

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

   Philippines   

Internet-based purchasing, IT consulting and professional services

     —           99.2         —           97.1   

ePDS, Inc., or ePDS

   Philippines   

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

     —           67.0         —           67.0   

netGames, Inc., or netGames(j)

   Philippines   

Gaming support services

     —           57.5         —           57.5   

Digitel

   Philippines   

Telecommunications services

     99.6         —           99.5         —     

Digitel Capital Philippines Ltd., or DCPL(k)

   British Virgin
Islands
  

Telecommunications services

     —           99.6         —           99.5   

Digitel Information Technology Services, Inc.(l)

   Philippines   

Internet services

     —           99.6         —           99.5   

PLDT-Maratel, Inc., or Maratel

   Philippines   

Telecommunications services

     98.0         —           97.8         —     

Bonifacio Communications Corporation, or BCC

   Philippines   

Telecommunications, infrastructure and related VAS

     75.0         —           75.0         —     

Pilipinas Global Network Limited, or PGNL, and Subsidiaries

   British Virgin
Islands
  

International distributor of Filipino channels and content

     60.0         —           60.0         —     

Others

                 

PLDT Global Investments Holdings, Inc., or PGIH, (formerly SPi Global Holdings, Inc.)(m)(n):

   Philippines   

Investment company

     100.0         —           100.0         —     

PLDT Global Investments Corporation, or PGIC

   British Virgin
Islands
  

Investment company

     —           100.0         —           —     

PLDT Communications and Energy Ventures, Inc., or PCEV

   Philippines   

Investment company

     —           99.8         —           99.8   

 

(a) 

On July 12, 2013, the Philippine SEC approved the change in the business name of Smarthub, Inc. to Smart e-Money, Inc.

(b) 

On September 29, 2013, by a special resolution of the Board of Directors of SmartConnect Global Pte. Ltd., resolved to change its registered business name to Takatack Pte. Ltd.

(c) 

On January 7, 2013, Voyager was registered with the Philippine SEC to provide mobile applications development and services.

(d) 

Ceased commercial operations.

(e) 

Ceased commercial operations; however, on January 13, 2012, the Philippine SEC approved the amendment of MIC’s Articles of Incorporation changing its name from Mabuhay Satellite Corporation to Mabuhay Investments Corporation and its primary purpose from satellite communication to holding company.

(f) 

On June 11, 2012, MySecureSign, Inc., or MSSI, and ePLDT were merged, wherein ePLDT became the surviving company.


(g) 

On October 12, 2012, ePLDT acquired 100% equity interest in IPCDSI.

(h) 

On October 30, 2013, Curo was incorporated to take-on the Outsourced IT Services as a result of the spin-off of iPlus.

(i) 

In December 2012 and January 2013, ePLDT acquired an additional 5.7% equity interest in AGS from its minority shareholders, thereby increasing ePLDT’s ownership in AGS from 93.5% to 99.2%.

(j) 

Ceased commercial operations in January 2013.

(k) 

Liquidated in January 2013.

(l) 

Corporate life shortened until June 2013.

(m) 

On December 4, 2012, our Board of Directors authorized the sale of our Business Process Outsourcing, or BPO, segment, which was completed in April 2013. Consequently, as at December 31, 2013, the BPO segment was classified as discontinued operations and a disposal group held-for-sale. See Note 2 Summary of Significant Accounting Policies – Discontinued Operations and Note 3 – Management’s Use of Accounting Judgments, Estimates and Assumptions – Assets Classified as Held-for-Sale and Discontinued Operations.

(n) 

On June 3, 2013, the Philippine SEC approved the change in the business name of SPi Global Holdings, Inc. to PLDT Global Investments Holdings, Inc.