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 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

SEC FORM 17-A

ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17

OF THE SECURITIES REGULATION CODE AND SECTION 177
OF THE REVISED CORPORATION CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES

OF

GMA NETWORK, INC.

1. For the fiscal year ended: December 31, 2019

2. SEC Identification Number: 5213 3. BIR Tax Identification No. 000-917-916-000
4. Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter: GMA NETWORK, INC.
5. PHILIPPINES 6. (SEC Use Only)
Province, Country or other jurisdiction of Industry Classification Code:
Incorporation or organization

7. GMA NETWORK CENTER, EDSA CORNER TIMOG AVENUE, DILIMAN, QUEZON CITY
Address of principal office Postal Code

8. (632) 8982 7777

Issuer’s telephone number, including area code

9. NOT APPLICABLE
Former name, former address, and former fiscal year, if changed since last report.

10. Securities registered pursuant to Sections 8 and 12 of the SRC, or Sec. 4 and 8 of the
RSA

Title of Each Class Number of Shares of Common Stock

Outstanding

Common Stock 3,361,047,000

Preferred Stock 7,499,507,184

11. Are any or all of these securities listed on a Stock Exchange.

Yes [ √ ] No [ ]

If yes, state the name of such stock exchange and the classes of securities listed herein:

PHILIPPINE STOCK EXCHANGE / COMMON STOCK

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12. Check whether the issuer:

(a) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 17 of the SRC and SRC Rule 17.1
thereunder or Section 11 of the RSA and RSA Rule 11(a)-1 thereunder, and Sections 25 and
177 of The Revised Corporation Code of the Philippines during the preceding twelve (12)
months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports);

Yes [√ ] No [ ]

(b) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past ninety (90) days.

Yes [√ ] No [ ]

13. Aggregate market value of the voting stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant

State the aggregate market value of the voting stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant. The
aggregate market value shall be computed by reference to the price at which the stock was
sold, or the average bid and asked prices of such stock, as of a specified date within sixty (60)
days prior to the date of filing. If a determination as to whether a particular person or entity is an
affiliate cannot be made without involving unreasonable effort and expense, the aggregate
market value of the common stock held by non-affiliates may be calculated on the basis of
assumptions reasonable under the circumstances, provided the assumptions are set forth in this
Form. (See definition of "affiliate" in “Annex B”).

Total Market Value = P23.5 billion (as of June 24, 2020)

Aggregate Market Value of Publicly-held Stock = P3.5 billion (as of June 24, 2020)

APPLICABLE ONLY TO ISSUERS INVOLVED IN INSOLVENCY/SUSPENSION OF

PAYMENTS PROCEEDINGS DURING THE PRECEDING FIVE YEARS:

14. Check whether the issuer has filed all documents and reports required to be filed by Section
17 of the SRC subsequent to the distribution of securities under a plan confirmed by a court
or the Commission.

NOT APPLICABLE

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 PART I - BUSINESS AND GENERAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Business

GMA Network, Inc. (“GMA Network” or “Company”) is a free-to-air broadcasting company

principally engaged in television and radio broadcasting, the production of programs for
domestic and international audiences, and other related businesses. The Company derives the
majority of its revenues from advertising related to television broadcasting.

GMA Network has 47 VHF and 41 UHF TV stations throughout the Philippines with its signal
reaching approximately 96% of the country’s total TV households (Source: 2019 Nielsen
Television Establishment Survey; Claimed reception among TV homes).

In 2019, GMA Network, continued to dominate the viewer-rich areas of Urban Luzon and Mega
Manila. The Company posted increases in its revenues and net income for 2019 versus 2018.

GMA Network’s international operations opened new revenue streams from the launch of its
channels on various platforms and territories around the globe.

GMA SUBSIDIARIES, JOINT VENTURE AND AFFILIATES

The Company’s subsidiaries and affiliates are involved in media-related services such as movie
making, sets and props construction, film syndication, music and video recording, new media,
internet gaming, post production services, and marketing, which complement the Company’s
core television and radio broadcasting business.

The following table shows the Company’s holdings in its principal subsidiaries, joint ventures
and affiliates as of December 31, 2019:

COMPANY OWNERSHIP PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES

Subsidiaries

GMA New Media, Inc. (NMI) 100% Converging Technology

Citynet Network Marketing and

100% Television entertainment production
Productions, Inc.

GMA Network Films, Inc. 100% Film production

GMA Worldwide (Philippines), International marketing and syndication of the Parent Company’s
100%
Inc. programs

100% Music recording, publishing and video distribution

RGMA Marketing and

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 Productions, Inc. (GMA Music)

Design, construction, maintenance and storage of sets for TV, stage plays
Scenarios, Inc.* 100%
and concerts; transportation services

Design, construction and maintenance of sets for TV, stage plays and
Script2010, Inc.** 100%
concerts; transportation and manpower services

Alta Productions Group, Inc. 100% Pre- and post-production services

GMA Marketing & Productions, Exclusive marketing and sales arm of GMA's airtime; events
100%
Inc. (GMPI)* management; sales implementation; traffic services and monitoring

Mediamerge Corporation***
Business development and operations for the Company’s online
100%
publishing/advertising initiatives

Digify, Inc. (Digify)***

Crafting, planning and handling advertising and other forms of promotion
100%
including multi-media productions

Joint Ventures

INQ7 Interactive, Inc.* 50% Internet publishing

Philippine Entertainment
50% Internet publishing
Portal, Inc. (PEP)***

Affiliates

Mont-Aire Realty and

49% Real estate
Development Corp.

RGMA Network, Inc. 49% Radio broadcasting and management

Notes:

* Not operational

** Indirectly owned through Citynet Network Marketing and Productions, Inc.

*** Indirectly owned through GMA New Media, Inc.

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PUBLICLY ANNOUNCED NEW PRODUCT OR SERVICE

The Company had no new publicly-announced product or service during the fiscal year covered
by this report.

COMPETITION

The Company currently competes for audiences and advertising revenues directly with other
broadcast stations, radio stations, newspapers, magazines, cable television, and outdoor
advertising within their respective markets.

The following table presents major broadcasting networks in the country:

2019 Ratings & Audience Share

(Total day; 6AM-12MN)

Network Description
Mega Urban Urban
Manila Luzon National

Household
12.9 12.5 11.7
Ratings
GMA
Audience
35.0 34.0 31.9
Share

Radio and TV Household

10.5 11.3 12.8
broadcasting Ratings
network and
multimedia
company.
ABS-CBN Founded in
1953, and is the Audience
28.6 30.9 35.0
first television Share
station in the
Philippines.

GMA News TV is Household

1.0 0.9 0.8
GMA Network's Ratings
GMA sister channel. It
is programmed
NEWS TV by GMA. Audience
2.6 2.4 2.1
Share

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 On June 5, 2019,
GNTV’s analog
signal on
Channel 11 was
transferred to
Channel 27 upon
the expiration of
GMA's blocktime
agreement with
Zoe
Broadcasting
Network which
owns Channel
11.

GMA News TV
(GNTV) was
launched on
February 28,
2011.

Third-oldest TV Household
0.8 0.8 1.0
network in the Ratings
country, with
main broadcast
facilities in
Novaliches,
Quezon City. On
March 2, 2010,
Mediaquest
TV5 acquired 100
percent Audience
2.2 2.2 2.8
ownership of the Share
Associated
Broadcasting
Company and
Primedia Inc.,
the broadcasting
firm’s major
block airtimer.

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 CNN Philippines
is owned and Household
0.1 0.1 0.1
operated by Nine Ratings
Media
Corporation. It
airs news-and-
current affairs
programs that
are mostly in
English [1]

CNN Philippines
airs in what used
to be RPN 9.
CNN RPN or Radio
PHILIPPINES Philippines
Network (RPN 9) Audience
0.2 0.2 0.2
is a Philippine Share
VHF television
network of the
Government
Communications
Group. It was
privatized in
2011 but the
Philippine
government
retained 20-
percent
ownership of the
channel. [2]

ABS-CBN Sports Household

0.6 0.6 0.6
+ Action is a Ratings
sister network to
ABS-CBN the main ABS-
Sports + CBN
Action Broadcasting Audience
1.6 1.6 1.8
Corporation Share
which airs sports.
[3] Prior to its
launch on
7
 January 18,
2014, it used to
be Studio 23
which aired
programs
catering to young
adults, such as
North American
imports and
other English
language
programming.

Official Household
0.1 0.1 0.1
government TV, Ratings
formerly called
Maharlika
Broadcasting
PTV
System, Inc. and Audience
later the People’s 0.2 0.2 0.3
Share
Television
Network, Inc.
(PTV).

IBC-13 is a VHF Household

0.0 0.0 0.0
TV station of the Ratings
Government
Communications
IBC
Group launched Audience
in 1975 by 0.0 0.0 0.0
Share
Roberto
Benedicto.

ETC is a free-to- Household

air ultra high 0.0 0.0 0.0
Ratings
frequency
channel and is
one of the
ETC channels owned
by Solar Audience
0.1 0.1 0.1
Entertainment Share
Corporation
through its
wholly-owned
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 subsidiary
Southern
Broadcasting
Network. [4

RJTV is a UHF Household

free to air 0.0 0.0 0.0
Ratings
television
channel owned
and operated by
Rajah
Broadcasting
Network, Inc.
owned by
Ramon "RJ"
Jacinto. RJTV is
previously in a
blocktime
agreement with
2nd Ave.
Solar
(RJTV)
Entertainment Audience
Corporation's 0.0 0.0 0.0
Share
2nd Avenue.
However, 2nd
Avenue ceased
its broadcast on
June 5, 2018
after a 12-year
run on cable and
free-to-air and a
decade of
blocktime
agreement with
RJTV.

NOTE: Ratings data are based on the Nielsen Television Audience Measurement (TAM).

Reference Links:
[1] https://philippines.mom-rsf.org/en/media/detail/outlet/cnn-philippines/
[2] https://philippines.mom-rsf.org/en/media/detail/outlet/cnn-philippines/
[3] https://sports.abs-cbn.com/SportsAndAction
[4] https://philippines.mom-rsf.org/en/media/detail/outlet/etc/

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RELATIVE SIZE AND FINANCIAL AND MARKET STRENGTH OF COMPETITORS

The Company considers ABS-CBN as its longest and prime competitor, followed by TV5. ABS-
CBN is the largest broadcasting company in the Philippines in terms of product and service
range and financial asset base. Its broadcasting operations contribute close to 51% of its total
revenue generated, followed by its cable and satellite businesses with a share of about 22%. Its
other businesses, which comprise movie production, new media ventures, publishing and other
consumer products and services, make up about 27% of total sales. In comparison, GMA is the
second largest and is the oldest broadcasting company in the region and derives more than
88% of its business from broadcasting. The Company’s international operations provides about
7% of revenues while other businesses which include film production, new media services, and
other services contribute less than 5% of total sales.

A third major player came into the picture in TV5 which was formerly known as ABC 5. It was
re-launched in 2008 as TV5 after reaching a partnership with MPB Primedia, Inc. (MPB), a local
company backed by Media Prima Berhad of Malaysia – with MPB producing and sourcing most
of the entertainments programs of the channel. On October 20, 2009, Media Prima divested its
share in TV5, selling it to Mediaquest Holdings Inc., the broadcasting division owned by the
Beneficial Trust Fund of the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT). In the first
half of 2010, along with dramatic changes in programming, TV 5 branded itself as the “Kapatid”
network parallel to ABS-CBN’s “Kapamilya” and GMA’s “Kapuso” brands. In the same year,
TV5 took over the management of MediaQuest's Nation Broadcasting
Corporation stations; DWFM was re-launched as a TV5-branded news radio station on
November 8, 2010, Radyo5 92.3 News FM, and DWNB-TV was re-launched as AksyonTV on
February 21, 2011, a news channel based on TV5's newscast Aksyon. By December 23, 2013,
the network began broadcasting from its new headquarters, the 6,000-square meter TV5 Media
Center located in Reliance, Mandaluyong. In October 2017, TV5 partnered with international
sports organization ESPN to form ESPN5. Their expanded sports programming aims to
establish and solidify their identity as a sports network.

GMA Network effectively competes with these two main competitors and the rest of the industry
players by enriching the lives of the Filipinos everywhere with superior Entertainment and the
responsible, unbiased, and timely delivery of News and Information. The Company prides itself
in launching the first ever free-to-air news channel GMA News TV in the first quarter of 2011.
The Company has likewise proven its competitiveness by grabbing the number one spot in
nationwide TV ratings since early 2010, posting its biggest lead over competition in 2011 and
maintaining the lead in 2020. Since then, the Company maintained its lead in nationwide
viewership, thus, providing the much needed leverage to generate advertising revenues.

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International Distribution: Optimizing revenue opportunities amid changing TV landscape

The Company’s television programs are distributed outside the Philippines in a number of ways.
Through GMA International, the Network distributes subscription-based international linear
channels – GMA Pinoy TV, GMA Life TV, and GMA News TV International. Meanwhile, GMA
International, GMA Worldwide, Inc. and GMA New Media Inc (a wholly-owned subsidiary of the
Company), also distribute non-linear content through Video On Demand (VOD) service.

GMA International continues to establish global and multi-platform exposure and presence for
the Network that brings the company’s programs to Filipino communities around the world. Live
linear channels and video on demand services are all distributed both through the traditional
(DTH, cable, IPTV) and digital Over The Top platforms, with TV Everywhere distribution where
available. GMA International's distribution footprint covers various territories in North
America(US & Canada), APAC, MENA, Europe, the Caribbean Islands and South Pacific
islands. Meanwhile, through GMA Worldwide, Inc. (GWI), GMA Network’s locally produced
programs are distributed on all platforms through worldwide syndication sales to
broadcasters/companies in China, Southeast Asia, Africa, and Europe.

Under the carriage and licensing agreements with international payTV operators, GMA
International receives license fees from linear channel and VOD subscriptions. It is also
allocated a certain number of advertising minutes where advertising spots are sold through
GMA Sales and Marketing Group (SMG). Aside from these, GMA International’s revenue
stream also includes advertising from digital/social media outlets, pay-per-view, sponsorships
from events and ticket sales.

Positioned primarily as a premium content provider on global multiple-platform distribution

outlets, GMA International contributed 25% of the Company’s net income after tax in 2019.

GMA PINOY TV

Launched in 2005, GMA Pinoy TV delivers to an international audience the Company’s most
popular news and public affairs and general entertainment programs. The Company operates
GMA Pinoy TV through which it offers subscription-based programs internationally.

GMA LIFE TV

GMA Life TV, GMA Network’s second international channel, was launched three years after the
success of GMA Pinoy TV. More than just offering mainstream entertainment, GMA Life TV
engages more viewers with its exciting line-up of heart-warming and innovative programs that
feature the Filipinos' lifestyle and interests. Given the unique features of GMA Life TV and
the availability of English-dubbed and English-subtitled programs, its viewership has expanded
beyond the Filipino market to a wider, non-Filipino speaking audience.

GMA NEWS TV INTERNATIONAL

In September 2011, GMA Network began distributing GMA News TV International in order to
provide overseas Filipinos with the latest, most comprehensive, and most credible news

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coverage from the Philippines. It offers internationally acclaimed and award-winning news and
public affairs programs with 7 to 8 hours of original content daily.

GMA On Demand

A collection of the best of the best, GMA Network’s video on demand products are a mix of top-
rating dramas, blockbuster movies from mainstream and internationally-acclaimed independent
filmmakers, award-winning public affairs programs, and well-loved lifestyle shows. These
products are available as standalone products or as complement to GMA International’s linear
channels.

CONVERGING TECHNOLOGY

GMA New Media, Inc. is GMA Network’s digital media and technology arm in charge of R&D,
Software Design & Development, Systems Integration, and Quality Assurance. Since its
inception in July 2000, it has launched category-breaking projects in web, mobile, digital
television and other new and emerging platforms.

GMA NMI AS GAMECHANGER

Back in the days when traditional and new media had clear boundaries, GMA NMI had the
audacity to blur the borders. It was the first to enable mobile and TV to talk to each other,
ushering in the era of SMS-TV.

Two decades later, NMI continues to be at the top of its game.

As GMA Network’s innovation center and de facto future-proofing agent, GMA NMI spearheads
the design and implementation of the media giant’s grand digital blueprint aimed to ensure the
Company’s leadership in the digital era.

WEB

Online Publishing
In its early years, NMI launched GMA Network’s official entertainment website, iGMA.tv, and its
official news website, GMANews.tv. Both websites won local and international acclaim as well
as loyal patronage among Filipinos here and abroad.

NMI launched www.GMANetwork.com in late 2011 to consolidate all of GMA Network’s web
properties into a single portal. The GMA Network portal won in the Digital Filipino Web Awards
in 2014 for the Television category, an indication that the move was a master stroke in
establishing the GMA Network’s dominant presence online.

As of 2019, GMANetwork.com generated 1.3 billion pageviews and 57 million users. Meanwhile,
GMA News Online ended the year with 633 million pageviews and 101 million users,
approximately 10% higher than the year prior.

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Synergies from the Social Media team and the editorial team to enhance overall user
experience, as well as NMI’s non-stop back-end upgrades, helped sustain improvements in web
metrics.

NMI entered into a joint venture with Summit Media and launched PEP.ph, the leading showbiz
news portal in the Philippines. It also launched SPIN.ph or Sports Interactive Network, currently
the No. 1 sports website based on recent data from Similar Web. NMI provides the technology
back-end of said sites. The joint venture is a way for GMA Network to capture a bigger slice of
the online audience share by targeting readers who are keen on sports and entertainment.

MOBILE

NMI pioneered interactive TV in the Philippines with the launch of SMS-TV services in “Debate”
and Startalk, and Eat Bulaga’s Cool Dudes segment. This laid the foundation for succeeding
SMS-TV initiatives that carried NMI through several years of growth and profit.

NMI also introduced SMS technology to Philippine broadcast TV and was the first to launch an
interactive chat and gaming show called Txtube.

NMI has developed and maintained the iOS and Android apps of GMA News Online and GMA
Network with regular updates and optimizations such as the addition of Dark Mode, Facebook
registration, and interstitial ad support. The mobile apps allow people easy access to GMA
content using their handheld devices. The GMA Network portal mobile app was also launched
and was designed to be the perfect mobile companion to top-rating GMA Network’s shows.

CONVERGENT MEDIA

NMI worked closely with GMA Marketing and Promotions, Incorporated (GMPI, now Sales &
Marketing Group, or SMG when it was absorbed by GMA Network) in the launch of innovative
convergent media campaigns such as Win Mo Kapuso and Win Mo Pamasko. The combination
of TV plus new media has become a valuable strategic offering for clients in terms of ensuring
the widest possible reach for both online and offline audiences.

In collaboration with GMA News and Public Affairs, NMI launched IMReady, a one-stop online
portal for public safety information to aid in traffic and disaster awareness and preparedness.
The project aims to provide the public with timely and relevant information to minimize risks and
better prepare them during emergency situations. It also enables the public to plan their routes
and itineraries through its partnership with Waze.

BROADCAST

Election Coverage

NMI has maintained its track record of providing GMA News and Public Affairs with speedy and
accurate delivery of election results using the latest technologies for the Eleksyon 2013
coverage. NMI spearheaded the count operations in Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible
Voting (PPCRV) by acquiring, extracting, and prioritizing data from the Commission on Elections
(COMELEC) before sending it to GMA News and Public Affairs for processing.
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To achieve multi-screen pervasiveness, NMI provided the most comprehensive election count
data across all platforms—from television to mobile and the Internet. The team deployed its
proprietary search engine that enabled users of GMA News Online and its mobile app (in both
Android and iOS) to retrieve election count data in the Search Results. While all the other
websites and apps were incapable of integrating the count results in their search, NMI’s
proprietary search returned the most relevant results for all candidates during election time.

NMI served the same function of ensuring fast and accurate delivery of election results in the
2016 elections.

NMI launched the Eleksyon 2016 microsite in February. On top of the usual news content, the
microsite also launched the Candidates Section [1] , where visitors can get to know more
about those running for top positions that year, as well as the Campaign Tracker [2] where the
candidates’ daily schedules were plotted on a map with a short description of their itinerary. NMI
also added information that summarized the demographics of the country’s registered
voters.

Using a proprietary technology developed by GMA NMI, GMA News Online also offered “Smart
Search” that made it faster and easier for site visitors to find results by candidate, place or
position. NMI also powered GMA Network’s first ever 360-degree livestream of the PiliPinas
Debates 2016.

For the Eleksyon 2019 website, new features were introduced, such as Heat Maps [3] which
gave users a breakdown of which areas that aspirant fared well, and Vote Graphs, which
showed the voting performance for each candidate over time as election returns were
processed.

[1] Click here to see page: http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/eleksyon2016/candidates

[2] Click here to see page: http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/eleksyon2016/campaign_tracker
[3] Click here to see page: https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/nation/694253/heat-maps-vote-graphs-smart-search-inside-
gma-news-eleksyon-2019-results-site/story/

Digital TV

As its future-proofing agent, NMI spearheads GMA Network’s digital transformation from a
broadcast giant into a dominant multi-platform content provider. On January 9, 2019, GMA
Network, through NMI, and PLDT-Smart Communications Inc., announced a formidable
partnership that is set to revolutionize the experience of TV viewing in the Philippines. The two
companies signed a technology, content, and distribution agreement involving innovations that
will boost GMA Network’s digitization and improve the quality of its digital content. GMA Now,
GMA’s DTT Dongle is set to launch within 2020.

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NMI AS BUSINESS CENTER

NMI created two subsidiaries to fulfill its role as a business center.

The first is MediaMerge, Incorporated, the online publisher of GMA News Online.
MediaMerge takes charge of online advertising sales.

MediaMerge capped off 2019 with a 17% increase in total revenues versus prior year. While
MediaMerge remains a subsidiary of NMI, its operations have been transferred to the Network
as of January 2020.

Designed to specialize in digital marketing, GMA NMI established Digify, Incorporated. Digify
is a digital solutions company that specializes in web and systems applications, mobile app
creation, and VR/AR technology executions. Digify has launched a number of trailblazing
projects that include award-winning apps for major clients and breakthrough solutions for clients
in the technology industry.

NMI AS GMA’S CONDUIT TO INDUSTRY PARTNERS

The Digital Age is marked by constant change and dynamism and favors those who can
manage to be constantly ahead of competition. It is in this context that NMI perceives its
mandate to ensure that GMA Network is always at the leading edge in the digital space.

GMA NMI manages relationships with major telecommunications companies in the Philippines
and abroad, and with leading global brands such as Google, YouTube Facebook, and Waze, to
name some. It likewise serves as a conduit to advertising agencies and digital distribution
partners meant to create new avenues for incremental revenue and expand the reach of GMA
content, both in the local and international markets.

Among all the revenue channels, we see impressive growth in the AVOD (Advertising Video on
Demand) channel. With NMI’s efforts focused on growing video views and subscriber base, we
have seen revenues follow and show exponential growth year-on-year. YouTube continues to
be the major contributor of revenues followed by Facebook Watch which was on an uptrend
from November to December 2019.

Youtube has been a particularly impressive case study given the amount of time in which it has
grown its subscriber base. By the end of 2019, it has seen a 69% increase in revenue and 36%
increase in views compared to the year prior.

Both GMA Network and GMA Public Affairs YouTube channels have been awarded the
Diamond Content Creator Award, for each having hit the 10 million subscribers mark. Its
latest channel, Wowowin, was awarded the Gold Content Creator Award for accumulating 1
million subscribers, which it did so in less than 2 years.

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MOVIE PRODUCTION

GMA Network Films, Inc. (GMA Films) was established in August 1995 to produce movies
that cater to both the local and international markets. Its movie productions have reaped both
critical acclaim and commercial success.

MUSIC AND VIDEO RECORDING

RGMA Marketing and Productions, Inc. (GMA Records) was incorporated in September
1997 and became operational in 2004 after the Company decided to reactivate its musical
recording business through the "GMA Records" label. Since resuming operations, GMA
Records has leveraged the Company's talent and media resources, releasing music albums of
various artists.

It also partnered with sister company GMA Films and other major film production outfits to
release their films on DVD. Likewise, it has introduced the network's top-rating programs and
blockbuster TV series into the home video market worldwide through GWI.

GMA Records works with GMA New Media and other local-based content providers and
aggregators to take advantage of new revenue streams, particularly in the market of digital
music downloading and streaming. The GMA Records also secured non-exclusive mobile, web
and kiosk-based deals with different content providers worldwide to continuously exploit the
potentials of its music and video assets.

GMA Records publishes music and administers copyrights on behalf of composers. GMA
Records is also actively pursuing publishing deals, building on its current catalog of original
compositions. GMA Records serves as a clearing house and a source of music for the
Company's television and film productions. It is also a member of FILSCAP, the Filipino Society
of Composers, Authors and Publishers and SoundsRight.

Last May 2017, GMA Records ventured into concert production since as a record label, it is
much abreast with the live performance circuit and is knowledgeable of the current music scene.
Producing concerts enables GMA Records to exploit album productions and showcase the
musical talents of GMA artists.

GMA Records also started producing an online musical channel in October 2017 via video
performances of various music artists which will be made available online and will generate
additional revenue for the company.

STAGE DESIGN

Script2010, Inc. was formally established in April 2010 as a subsidiary of Citynet Network
Marketing and Productions, Inc. It engages in conceptual design and design execution through
fabrication, construction, set-up and dismantling of sets, and creation of props. It also provides
other related services such as live performances and events management, sales activation and
promotion, and tradeshow exhibits.

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Script2010, Inc. is also engaged in transportation, hauling and trucking services to further fulfill
the needs of its clients. Other business units of Script2010, Inc. are video wall, light and sound
equipment rental and mobile LED and robotics truck rental, and facility support services to
various GMA Network departments.

POST PRODUCTION

Alta Productions Group, Inc. was established in 1988 as a production house primarily to
provide production services for the Network. Until the late 1990s, it operated a satellite studio in
Makati, producing award-winning News and Public Affairs Programs for GMA Channel 7.

Today, Alta Productions Group's core business is audio dubbing and mixing for broadcast. Its
fully digital audio recording and mixing studios is in sync with the Network's production
requirements and broadcast standards. Aside from dubbing foreign content into the local
vernacular for airing on the Network, Alta Productions Group also dubs station-produced
content into English for international consumption. Its audio studio has now also included
closed-captioning as new service.

In addition, Alta Productions Group's shoot and video post-production department produces
TVCs, broadcast content, and documentaries for both local and international clients. It has also
become a prominent player in the conceptualization, design, and staging of corporate events,
conferences, exhibits, and other on-ground activations.

Alta Productions Group is proud to be one of the few production houses capable of servicing the
complete spectrum of production requirements all under one roof. From conceptualization,
creatives, shoot, post-production, all the way to execution. It finds solutions for any kind
corporate event or on-ground activity requirement.

DEPENDENCE UPON CUSTOMERS

The broadcasting business of the Company generates revenues mainly from the sale of
regional and national advertising time to agencies/advertisers and other blocktime producers.
No single customer accounts for twenty (20%) percent or more of the Company’s total
consolidated revenues. The top 20 agencies/advertisers comprise more than 70% of the
Company’s business. The Company is not critically dependent upon a single or few customers
to provide and ensure sustainability of its operations and financial viability. Major existing
contracts include airtime sales with regular agencies and advertisers such as Nestle Group,
Unilever Group, Procter & Gamble Philippines, Inc., Alliance Global Group, San Miguel Group,
URC/Robinson’s Group, Colgate Palmolive Phils., Abbott Lab (Phils), Inc., Mondelez
Philippines, Inc., and Mead Johnson Nutrition (Philippines), Inc.

TRANSACTIONS WITH AND/OR DEPENDENCE ON RELATED PARTIES

Please refer to Item 12 of the report (p.90-91).

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FRANCHISE, LICENSES AND GOVERNMENT APPROVALS

The Company is a grantee of a congressional franchise to construct, install, operate and

maintain radio and television broadcasting stations in the Philippines. Republic Act No. 10925
(An Act Renewing for Another Twenty-Five (25) Years the Franchise Granted to Republic
Broadcasting System, Inc., Presently Known As GMA Network, Inc., Amending For the Purpose
Republic Act No, 7252 Entitled An Act Granting the Republic Broadcasting System Inc. A
Franchise to Construct, Install, Operate and Maintain Radio and Television Broadcasting
Stations in the Philippines) was approved by both chambers of Congress and was subsequently
signed into law on April 21, 2017 by President Rodrigo R. Duterte. The Company also operates
and maintains various radio and TV stations nationwide under licenses/permits issued by the
National Telecommunications Commission.

The Company has also applied for registration of its service marks (visible signs capable of
distinguishing its services) with the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) and has complied with the
provisions of Republic Act No. 8293 on the law on service marks for this purpose. A Certificate
of Registration of Service Marks granted in favour of the Company remains in force for 20
years.

Similarly, the Company has applied for copyright registration with the IPO of its (a) published (b)
unpublished works under Republic Act No. 8294 and Presidential Decree No. 49. A Certificate
of Copyright Registration has a term of protection of fifty (50) years from publication of the work.
The Company has also entered into several license agreements for its business of producing
television programs aired over its local and international channels and producing television
series based on a licensed property. The said license agreements are for periods between three
to five years.

The Company broadcasts its television programs and series with the proper licenses and
permits from the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board.

EFFECT OF GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS ON BUSINESS

The foregoing franchise, licenses or permits, service marks, copyright registration and
government approvals were obtained by the Company in accordance with the requirements of
applicable laws and rules of regulatory agencies.

The Company’s compliance with the above-mentioned government regulations are

indispensable to its businesses, which are primarily, radio and television broadcasting,
recording, film production and other information and entertainment business.

AMOUNT SPENT ON DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES

1) Completed in July 2019 the upgrade of three field production vans from high-definition
(HD) 1080i to 1080p/2K Full HD and up to 4K Ultra HD resolution image capture with an
approved budget of P76.17M
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2) Completed in September 2019 the upgrade of News live remote facilities
(ENG/SNG/DMNG) from standard-definition (SD) to high-definition (HD) video capture
and transmission of the same to the studio with an approved budget of P7.77M

3) Completed the Project “Additional 3 Master Controls Capable of Full Ad-Insertions and
Graphic Intrusions” with approved budget of P23.43M

4) Completed the Project “MAMS’ Upgrade to support Apple ProRes 422HQ Format” with
approved budget of P49.12M

5) Completed the Project “BAS Upgrade to support Apple ProRes 422HQ Format” with
approved budget of P25.92M

6) Completed the Project “NAS Shift to HD” with approved budget of P4.6M

7) Completed the Project “Infrastructure Upgrade to Allow for HD Streaming and Clipping of
non-MAMS Hosted Content – Engineering side” with approved budget of P1.06M

8) Completed the Project “Jungo IP Feed Ingest Requirements” with approved budget of
P3.73M

9) Completed the change of Mega Manila DTTB frequency from Ch.27 to Ch.15 and GMA
NewsTV channel switch to Ch.27 with an approved budget of P25.58M

10) Completed the installation and commissioning of the 5KW Digital Terrestrial Television
Broadcast (DTTB) station in Mt. Banoy, Batangas (P37.73M)

11) Started the construction of a 3KW Digital Terrestrial Television Broadcast (DTTB) Gap
Filler Station at PBCom Tower in Makati with an approved budget of P38.12M.

12) Started the acquisition and installation of equipment for a 5G Broadcast Trial Facility in
Tandang Sora, Quezon City with an approved budget of P17.51M

13) Last September 2019, Top Management approved the following additional regional
Digital Terrestrial Television Broadcast (DTTB) stations and upgrade:

• 10KW Cagayan de Oro City (P68.73M)

• 15KW Guimaras (P63.79M)
• 10KW Bacolod City (P57.21M)
• 5KW Mt. Caniao, Bantay, Ilocos Sur (P49.24M)
• 15KW Davao DTTB Station Upgrade (P7.56M)

14) In December 2019, a budget of P24.58M was approved to replace the IOT transmitter of
GMA News TV Ch.27 in Cebu with a solid-state UHF transmitter that is capable of
broadcasting analog TV (29KW NTSC) or digital TV (15KW ISDB-T)

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COSTS AND EFFECTS OF COMPLIANCE WITH ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS

The Company complies with various environmental laws such as R.A. 8749 (Philippine Clean
Air Act of 1999), R.A 6969 (Toxic Substance and Hazardous Wastes) under DENR, R.A. 9275
(Philippine Clean Water Act) under the Laguna Lake Development Authority and R.A. 9003
(Ecological Solid Waste Management Act) as follows:

1. R.A. 8749 – The Company has a DENR Permit to Operate for the generator sets
installed in the GMA Network Center. The permit was renewed last March 29, 2017 and
received dated May 9, 2017 and costs around P 15,125.00 and is valid for five (5) years or
until April 28, 2022. As a requirement in the permit, the Company submits quarterly self-
monitoring reports on the consumed fuel of the generator sets. In addition, all generator
sets undergo annual emission tests conducted by DENR’s accredited 3rd party group. The
2020 budget for the emission tests cost P96,000.00 for the 5 units.

2. R.A. 6969 – All generated hazardous wastes such as tapes, used engine oils, busted
fluorescent lamp (BFL), empty paint cans, contaminated rags and others are treated,
recycled and appropriately disposed of with the DENR’s accredited 3rd party hazardous
waste treatment group. The 2020 budget for the disposal of hazardous waste is
P32,000.00. HazWaste ID was amended last 2017 as a requirement for the new rules and
transferring to online request for disposal of Hazardous Waste. New Hazardous Waste like
grease, defective LED, used vegetable oil and expired pharmaceutical drugs were also
included in the revision of the updated HazWaste ID.

3. R.A. 9275 – GMA Network has a Discharge Permit from the Laguna Lake
Development Authority (LLDA) to operate its Sewage Treatment Facility (STP) in the GMA
Network Center. The permit, which costs around P22,421.65, is set for renewal in August
2020. Laboratory testing of waste water were also performed as a requirement for SMR and
CMR submission. With the issuance of the new DENR Department Order DAO 2016-08, we
submitted a Compliance Action Plan to LLDA office for the improvement of our STP. The
additional parameters in the new DAO 2016-08 resulted to the increase in our laboratory
testing which is around P109,932.48 per year.

4. R.A. 9003 - GMA Network applied for an Environmental Permit to Operate

(Environmental Clearance) to the Quezon City Environmental Protection and Waste
Management Department pursuant to City Ordinance No. 1729 Series of 2006. The budget
for the annual permit for 2020 is P2,500.00.

In addition, the Company incurred approximately P207,790 in costs for other permits and
licenses required by government regulations such as, but not limited to, special land use
permits, DENR-EMB permits, etc.

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EMPLOYEES

As of December 31, 2019, the Company has 2,568 regular and probationary employees. The
Company also engaged 1,144 talents (on-cam and off-cam) in 2019. GMA Network, Inc.
recognizes one labor union, the GMA Network, Inc. Employees Union. The Collective
Bargaining Agreement (CBA) for the cycle 2019-2024 took effect in July 2019.

The classification of the Company’s employees, including the number of employees it

anticipates to have in the ensuing twelve (12) months, are presented below:

**2020
AS OF DEC. 31,
ESTIMATED TOTAL
2019
ADDITIONAL

Rank & File * 1,083 60 1,143

Non-Rank and
1,406 120 1,526
File & Managers

Officers 79 2 81

Total 2,568 182 2,750

* Covered by Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA)

** Based on approved MRF and hired EEs as of March 2020

LABOR DISPUTES

There were no strikes nor observed strikes and disputes between the labor and management in
the past three (3) years.

Risk Management

Operating in a complex and dynamic business environment compounded by external

disruptions such as the COVID-19 pandemic, GMA Network believes that an effective risk
management is crucial in the attainment of the Company’s operational and financial targets. In
order to protect and enhance shareholder value, a comprehensive and integrated enterprise-
wide risk management program is implemented, guided by internationally accepted standards,
and closely monitored by the Company’s executive management and Board of Directors. As a
result of such program, GMA Network’s risk exposure is managed at an acceptable level—
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effectively reducing threats, creating opportunities for continued growth, and strategically
gaining competitive advantage.

Our commitment to effective risk management

All risk management-related activities within GMA Network are based on the International
Organization for Standardization (ISO) 31000:2018 Risk management guidelines.

As mandated by executive management, it is the policy of the Company to:

• Integrate risk management into the culture and operations of GMA Network

• Incorporate risk management into strategic planning, activity planning, performance

management, and resource allocation decisions

• Manage risk in accordance with the adopted standard

• Periodically revisit and re-asses GMA Network’s risk profile and the effectiveness of risk
treatments

The Head of Corporate Strategic Planning (CSP) Department functions as the Chief Risk Officer
(CRO), and spearheads the risk management process in GMA Network. The CRO is part of the
Audit and Risk Management Committee, which assists the Board in performing its oversight
functions.

Major risks relating to our operations

Among the risks that may impact the sustained profitability and resilience of GMA Network, the
most crucial are:

• Significant impact of the new normal presented as a result of COVID-19 on media and
entertainment industry

• Intense industry competition amplified by globalization and rapid technological advancements

• Changing consumer habits driven primarily by innovations in content distribution platforms

• Failure to sustain lead in audience and market shares

• Decline in advertising revenues and loss of significant advertisers

• Damages and attacks to the GMA Network brand and its representing entities

• On-air and other operational disruptions brought about by equipment failures, natural
disasters, cyberattacks, malicious parties, and other threats

• Loss of key personnel or failure to attract and retain highly qualified personnel
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• Unfavorable political and economic conditions in the Philippines and in territories where GMA
Network and its subsidiaries operate

With the coordinated efforts of the Company’s risk management champions, risk owners,
assurance providers, and support team, a systematic approach is in place to proactively
respond to these risks. Mitigating controls are identified and periodically evaluated to ensure
that they are operating satisfactorily to address the risks.

Item 2. Properties

As of December 31, 2019, the Company’s total property and equipment and real property
amounted to P5,498.4 million. The property and equipment had a book value of P2,693.9
million, while its real property had a fair market value of P2,804.5 million (based on an
Independent appraisal report as of November 19, 2018).

The Company also leases land, building, and studio/office space in various locations around the
Philippines under lease agreements for periods of between three and 25 years. The lease
agreements may be cancelled at the Company’s option. Rental expense of the Company
related to this amounted to P20.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2019

The following are the principal properties of the Company:

• The Channel 7 compound located in Barangay South Triangle, Diliman, Quezon City,
which contains several buildings, including the GMA Network Center building;
• The GMA Network Center Studios, a four-storey building with an area of 4,053 square
meter property adjacent to the GMA Network Center at GMA Network Drive cor. EDSA,
Diliman Quezon City which houses two state-of-the-art studios, technical facilities and
offices;
• The GMA Transmitter complex in Tandang Sora Avenue, Barangay Culiat, Diliman
Quezon City with a total land area of 27,228 sqm , which houses the 777 ft. Tower,
tallest broadcast tower in the Philippines, TV and FM Transmitter building and Sets &
Props storage and construction facility;
• The GMA Fleet Center located on the east corner of Mother Ignacia Avenue and
Sergeant Esguerra Avenue, Barangay South Triangle, Diliman Quezon City; and
• Properties in the key areas across different regions:

Luzon

• Land in Barangay Malued, Dagupan City, where the Company’s radio and television
studios are located;
• A 51,135 square meter property in Panghulo, Obando, Bulacan, where an AM
transmitter site, a two-storey building, a genset house, and an AM tower are situated;
• A 2,000 square meter property in Barangay Concepcion Peque Naga City, where a two-
storey building which houses TV & Radio Studio and Offices, TV & FM transmitter
building are situated.
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 • A 10,000 square meter property in La Trinidad, Benguet where an FM transmitter site
and a one storey building are situated.
• A 2000 square meter property in Bayubay Sur, San Vicente, Ilocos Sur where a TV
studio is located.

Visayas

• Land located in Nivel Hills, Barangay Lahug, Cebu City, containing a multilevel building
which houses radio and television operation facilities;
• Land in Barangay Tamborong, Jordan, Guimaras where an FM radio and television
transmitter is located;
• Land in Alta Tierra, Jaro, Iloilo City where radio and television studios are located;
• Land in Barangay Jibao-an, Pavia, Iloilo where an AM transmitter site and building are
located;
• Land in Barangay Sta. Monica, Puerto Princesa City, Palawan where a television relay
transmitter site is located; and
• Land in Barangay Bulwang, Numancia, Aklan where a television relay transmitter site
and a building are located.

Mindanao

• Land in Bo. Matina Hills, Davao City where an FM and television transmitter building and
studio complex are located;
• Land in Barangay San Isidro, General Santos City where a television relay transmitter
site and a building are located;
• Land in Barangay Cabatangan, Zamboanga City where a television relay transmitter site
and a building are located.

The properties owned by the Company are currently unencumbered and are free from any
existing liens.

The Company also leases land, building and studio/office space in various locations around the
Philippines under lease agreements for periods of between three and 25 years. The lease
agreements may be cancelled at the Company’s option. Rental expense of the Company
related to this amounted to P18.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2017.

Regional Broadcast Stations

GMA Network owns regional broadcast stations in various parts of the country. Originating TV
stations are stand-alone transmitter, studio and production facilities capable of producing and
airing live and/or taped programs as well as plugs and advertising within their (local) service
area/s independent of, or in conjunction with the national feed. Satellite TV stations are similar
to originating TV stations except that they are not equipped with live production capability
outside of news bulletins. Satellite TV stations are also capable of broadcasting local plugs or
advertising within their respective (local) service areas either independent of, or in conjunction
with national program feeds. TV relay stations are limited to transmitter and signal receiving

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 facilities and only re-broadcast programs/content received from originating or satellite TV
stations with which they are associated; either via satellite or other receiving methods.

The following are GMA Network’s television and radio stations throughout the Philippines:

LIST OF GMA’s OPERATING TV STATIONS

NO STATION ADDRESS CONTACT NUMBER

LUZON

Brgy. Culiat, Tandang Sora, Quezon (02) 931-9183 / (02)

TV-7 Metro Manila (GMA)
City 924-2497
1
TV-27 Metro Manila (DTTB Brgy. Culiat, Tandang Sora, Quezon (02) 931-9183 / (02)
GMA/GNTV) City 924-2497

Brgy. San Lorenzo, San Nicolas,

TV-5 Ilocos Norte (GMA) 0916-6715439
Ilocos Norte
2
Brgy. San Lorenzo, San Nicolas,
TV-27 Ilocos Norte (GNTV) 0916-6715439
Ilocos Norte

TV-48 Ilocos Sur (GMA) Mt. Caniao, Bantay, Ilocos Sur 0915-8632841
3
RGMA TV-40 Ilocos Sur
Mt. Caniao, Bantay, Ilocos Sur 0915-8632841
(GNTV)

4 TV-7 Batanes (GMA) Brgy. Kayvaluganan, Basco, Batanes 0915-6127197

TV-13 Aparri, Cagayan Hi-Class Bldg., De Rivera St., Aparri,

0915-6130530
(GMA) Cagayan
5
TV-26 Aparri, Cagayan Hi-Class Bldg., De Rivera St., Aparri,
0915-6130530
(GNTV) Cagayan

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 TV-7 Tuguegarao, Cagayan No. 91 Mabini St., Tuguegarao City,
0915-6127263
(GMA) Cagayan
6
TV-27 Tuguegarao, No. 91 Mabini St., Tuguegarao City,
0915-6127263
Cagayan (GNTV) Cagayan

Heritage Commercial Complex,

7 TV-7 Isabela (GMA) Maharlika Hi-way, Brgy. Malvar, 0915-2700063
Santiago City, Isabela

Purok 3, Brgy. Buhangin, Baler,

8 TV-5 Baler (GMA) 0915-6127194
Aurora

TV-10 Olongapo (GMA) Upper Mabayuhan, Olongapo City 0915-6127265

9
TV-26 Olongapo (GNTV) Upper Mabayuhan, Olongapo City 0915-6127265

Exclusively His Bldg., F. Tanedo St.

10 TV-28 Tarlac City (GNTV) 0915-2700185
corner Espinosa St., Tarlac City

Mt. Banoy, Bo. Talumpok East,

TV-12 Batangas (GMA) 0915-8632860
Batangas City

Mt. Banoy, Bo. Talumpok East,

11 TV-26 Batangas (GNTV) 0915-8632860
Batangas City

TV-32 Batangas (DTTB Mt. Banoy, Bo. Talumpok East,

0915-8632860
GMA/GNTV) Batangas City

12 TV-44 Jalajala, Rizal (GMA) Mt. Landing, Jalajala, Rizal 0915-8632874

TV-13 Occidental Mindoro Bonifacio St., San Jose, Occidental

0915-6127199
(GMA) Mindoro
13
TV-26 Occidental Mindoro Bonifacio St., San Jose, Occidental
0915-6127199
(GNTV) Mindoro

TV-6 Brooke’s Point,

14 Poblacion, Brooke’s Point, Palawan 0915-6127181
Palawan (GMA)

TV-8 Coron, Palawan

15 Tapias Hill, Coron, Palawan 0915-6127178
(GMA)

TV-12 Puerto Princesa, Mitra Rd., Brgy. Sta. Monica, Puerto

16 0915-6127185
Palawan (GMA) Princesa, Palawan

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 TV-27 Puerto Princesa, Mitra Rd., Brgy. Sta. Monica, Puerto
0915-6127185
Palawan (GNTV) Princesa, Palawan

Triple Peak, Sta. Maria, Tablas,

17 TV-7 Romblon (GMA) 0915-6127225
Romblon

TV-12 Legaspi (GMA) Mt. Bariw, Estanza, Legaspi City 0915-8632867

TV-27 Legaspi (GNTV) Mt. Bariw, Estanza, Legaspi City 0915-8632867

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RGMA TV-33 Legaspi
Mt. Bariw, Estanza, Legaspi City 0915-8632867
(GMA)

Purok 2, Brgy. Mancruz, Daet,

19 TV-8 Daet (GMA) 0915-2700056
Camarines Norte

Brgy. Concepcion Pequeña, Naga

TV-7 Naga (GMA) 0915-4417071
City

Brgy. Concepcion Pequeña, Naga

20 TV-28 Naga (GNTV) 0915-4417071
City

Brgy. Concepcion Pequeña, Naga

RGMA TV-44 Naga (GMA) 0915-4417071
City

21 TV-13 Catanduanes (GMA) Brgy. Sto. Niño, Virac, Catanduanes 0915-6127174

Brgy. Pinamurbuhan, Mobo,

TV-7 Masbate (GMA) 0915-6127175
Masbate
22
Brgy. Pinamurbuhan, Mobo,
TV-27 Masbate (GNTV) 0915-6127175
Masbate

Mt. Bintacan, Brgy. Maalo, Juban,

23 TV-2 Sorsogon (GMA) 0915-2700192
Sorsogon

24 TV-7 Abra (GMA) Brgy. Lusuac, Peñarrubia, Abra 0915-6130512

TV-10 Benguet (GMA) Mt. Sto. Tomas, Tuba, Benguet 0915-4417080

TV-38 Benguet (DTTB

25 Mt. Sto. Tomas, Tuba, Benguet 0915-4417080
GMA/GNTV)

TV-22 Benguet (GNTV)) Mt. Sto. Tomas, Tuba, Benguet 0915-4417080

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 TV-5 Mountain Province Mt Amuyao, Barlig, Mountain
26 0915-2700124
(GMA) Province

VISAYAS

TV-2 Kalibo (GMA) New Busuanga, Numancia, Aklan 0915-6127216

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TV-27 Kalibo (GNTV) New Busuanga, Numancia, Aklan 0915-6127216

TV-5 Roxas (GMA) Brgy. Milibili, Roxas City, Capiz 0915-6127217

28
TV-27 Roxas (GNTV) Brgy. Milibili, Roxas City, Capiz 0915-6127217

TV-6 Guimaras (GMA) Bo. Tamburong, Jordan, Guimaras 0915-4417084

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TV-28 Iloilo (GNTV) Alta Tierra Subdivision, Jaro, Iloilo 0915-4417084

Isecure Bldg., Rizal St. cor. Locsin

TV-13 Bacolod (GMA) 0915-8632864
St., Bacolod City
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Isecure Bldg., Rizal St. cor. Locsin
TV-48 Bacolod (GNTV) 0915-8632864
St., Bacolod City

TV-30 Murcia, Negros Mt. Kanlandog, Brgy. Canlandog,

31 0915-2700132
Occidental (GMA) Murcia, Negros Occidental

Sipalay Municipal Building, Sipalay,

32 TV-10 Sipalay (GMA) 0915-6127219
Negros Occidental

Banat-I Hills, Brgy. Bool, Tagbilaran

33 TV-11 Bohol (GMA) 0915-6127214
City

TV-7 Cebu (GMA) Bonbon, Cebu City 0915-4417075

TV-26 Cebu (DTTB

Bonbon, Cebu City 0915-4417075
GMA/GNTV)
34
TV-27 Cebu (GNTV) Bonbon, Cebu City 0915-4417075

RGMA TV-51 Cebu (GMA) Bonbon, Cebu City 0915-4417075

Barrio Looc, Sibulan, Negros

TV-5 Dumaguete (GMA) 0915-6131185
35 Oriental

TV-28 Dumaguete (GNTV) Barrio Looc, Sibulan, Negros 0915-6131185

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 Oriental

36 TV-8 Borongan (GMA) Poblacion, Borongan, Eastern Samar 0915-6127177

37 TV-12 Ormoc (GMA) Brgy. Alta Vista, Ormoc City 0915-6127213

TV-10 Tacloban (GMA) Basper, Tigbao, Tacloban City 0915-6127208

38
TV-26 Tacloban (GNTV) Basper, Tigbao, Tacloban City 0915-6127208

Purok 2 San Mateo St. Brgy.

39 TV-5 Calbayog (GMA) Matobato, Calbayog City, Western 0915-6127176
Samar

MINDANAO

Linabo Peak, Dipolog City,

TV-4 Dipolog (GMA) 0915-6127247
Zamboanga Del Norte
40
Linabo Peak, Dipolog City,
TV-26 Dipolog (GNTV) 0915-6127247
Zamboanga Del Norte

Mt. Palpalan, Pagadian City,

TV-3 Pagadian (GMA) 0915-6127245
Zamboanga del Sur
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Mt. Palpalan, Pagadian City,
TV-26 Pagadian (GNTV) 0915-6127245
Zamboanga del Sur

TV-9 Zamboanga (GMA) Brgy. Cabatangan, Zamboanga City 0915-8632870

TV-21 Zamboanga (GNTV) Brgy. Cabatangan, Zamboanga City 0915-8632870

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RGMA TV-45 Zamboanga
Brgy. Cabatangan, Zamboanga City 0915-8632870
(GMA)

TV-12 Mt. Kitanglad,

43 Mt. Kitanglad, Bukidnon 0915-8632863
Bukidnon (GMA)

TV-5 Ozamis, Misamis Bo. Malaubang, Ozamis City,

0915-6127220
Occidental (GMA) Misamis Occidental
44
TV-22 Ozamis, Misamis Bo. Malaubang, Ozamis City,
0915-6127220
Occidental (GNTV) Misamis Occidental

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 Brgy. Del Carmen, Iligan City, Lanao
45 TV-11 Iligan City (GMA) 0915-6131202
del Norte

TV-35 Cagayan de Oro Malasag Heights, Brgy. Cugman,

0915-8632875
(GMA) Cagayan de Oro City
46
TV-43 Cagayan de Oro Malasag Heights, Brgy. Cugman,
0915-8632875
(GNTV) Cagayan de Oro City

Brgy. Bonbon, Butuan City, Agusan

47 TV-26 Butuan (GMA) 09163178470
del Norte

Shrine Hills, Matina, Davao City

TV-5 Davao (GMA) 0915-4417082

TV-37 Davao (DTTB Shrine Hills, Matina, Davao City

48 0915-4417082
GMA/GNTV)

Shrine Hills, Matina, Davao City

TV-27 Davao (GNTV) 0915-4417082

Regional Government Center,

TV-12 Cotabato (GMA) 0915-6131170
Cotabato City
49
Regional Government Center,
TV-27 Cotabato (GNTV) 0915-6131170
Cotabato City

TV-8 General Santos Nuñez St., Brgy. San Isidro, General

0915-8632871
(GMA) Santos City

TV-26 General Santos Nuñez St., Brgy. San Isidro, General

50 0915-8632871
(GNTV) Santos City

RGMA TV-32 General Nuñez St., Brgy. San Isidro, General

0915-8632871
Santos (GMA) Santos City

Lipata Hills, Surigao City, Surigao

TV-10 Surigao (GMA) 0915-6131227
del Norte

51 Lipata
TV-27 Surigao (GNTV) Hills, Surigao City, Surigao del 0915-6131227
Norte

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 Capitol Hill, Brgy. Telaje, Tandag,
52 TV-2 Tandag (GMA) 0915-6127248
Surigao del Sur

Ynawat Bldg., Hadji Butu St., Jolo,

TV-12 Jolo, Sulu (GMA) 0915-6131182
Sulu
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Ynawat Bldg., Hadji Butu St., Jolo,
TV-26 Jolo, Sulu (GNTV) 0915-6131182
Sulu

GMA’s RADIO STATIONS

AM /
AREA FREQ. CALL SIGN POWER ADDRESS
FM

LUZON

GMA Network Center, EDSA cor. Timog

METRO MANILA 594 kHz DZBB AM 50kW Ave.,

97.1 MHz DWLS FM 25kW Diliman, Quezon City

2/F Baguio Midland Courier Bldg.,

BAGUIO 92.7 MHz DWRA FM 10kW
Kisad Road, Baguio City

1548 kHz DZSD AM 10kW GMA TV 10 Compound, Claveria Road,

DAGUPAN
93.5 MHz DWTL FM 10kW Malued District, Dagupan City

3/L A. Bichara Silverscreen

LEGAZPI 96.3 MHz DWCW FM 10kW Entertainment Center,

Magallanes St., Legazpi City

3/F Ancon Bldg., Merchan St.,

LUCENA 91.1 MHz DWQL FM 10kW
Lucena City

GMA Complex (Beside Mother Seton

NAGA 101.5 MHz DWQW FM 5kW
Hospital),

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 Diversion Road (Roxas Ave.), Naga City

909 kHz DYSP AM 5kW Solid Road, San Manuel,

PALAWAN
97.5 MHz DYHY FM 5kW Puerto Princesa City, Palawan

4/F Villablanca Hotel, Pattaui St. cor,

TUGUEGARAO 89.3 MHz DWWQ FM 10kW Pallua Rd.,

Ugac Norte, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan

VISAYAS

1341 kHz DYSB AM 5KW 3/F Centroplex Mall,

BACOLOD
107.1 MHz DYEN FM 10kW Gonzaga-Locsin St., Bacolod City

999 kHz DYSS AM 10kW GMA Skyview Complex, Nivel Hills,

CEBU
99.5 MHz DYRT FM 25kW Lahug, Cebu City

1323 kHz DYSI AM 5kW GMA Broadcast Complex

ILOILO 93.5 MHz DYMK FM 10kW Phase 5, Alta Tierra Village, Jaro, Iloilo
City

Torres-Olivia Bldg., Roxas Ave. Extension,

KALIBO 92.9 MHz DYRU FM 5kW
Kalibo, Aklan

MINDANAO

CAGAYAN DE 2/F Centro Mariano Bldg.,

100.7 MHz DXLX FM 5kW
ORO Osmena St., Cagayan De Oro City

1125 kHz DXGM AM 10kW GMA Network Complex, Shrine Hills,

DAVAO
103.5 MHz DXRV FM 10kW Matina, Davao City

102.3 MHz DXCJ FM 10kW 3/F PBC Bldg., Cagampang St.,

GENERAL
1107 kHz DXBB AM 5KW General Santos City
SANTOS
(leased)

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 Infinity Suites,
ILIGAN (RGMA) 90.1 MHz DXND FM 1kW
Consunji St., Iligan City

Logoy Duitay, Talon-Talon,

ZAMBOANGA 1287 kHz DXRC AM 5KW
Zamboanga City

PROPERTIES INTENDED FOR ACQUISITION

As of the present, the Company does not intend to acquire any predetermined property within
the next twelve (12) months.

Item 3. Legal Proceedings

The Company and its subsidiaries are involved, from time to time, as plaintiff or defendant in
litigation arising from transactions undertaken in the ordinary course of its business. Described
below are the pending material litigations of which the Company and its subsidiaries or their
properties are involved. The Company believes that a judgment rendered against it in the cases
indicated below will not have a material adverse effect on its operations or financial condition.

The Company’s affiliate, Philippine Entertainment Portal, Inc. is not involved in any material
pending litigation as of December 31, 2019.

By virtue of the complaint filed in the case of Isabel Cojuangco Suntay v. Emilio A.M. Suntay III,
Nenita Sunday Tanedo, Civil Case No. R-QZN-15-06204 which involves a nullification of
affidavits of settlement of the estate of Frederico Suntay, plaintiff Suntay caused the annotation
of notice of lis pendens upon Mont-Aire Realty and Development Corporation’s (Mont-Aire
Realty’s) TCT No. T-29046, whose parent title is subject of the affidavits sought to be nullified.
Mont-Aire Realty then filed a motion to cancel the notice of lis pendens upon its title. The trial
court in its Order dated August 30, 2019 granted Mont-Aire Realty’s motion to cancel the notice
of lis pendens and ordered the Register of Deeds of Tagaytay to cancel and delete such notice.
The plaintiff filed a motion for reconsideration of the Order dated August 30, 2019. Mont-Aire
Realty filed its comment to the motion for reconsideration.

Labor Cases

There is a case for illegal dismissal filed against GMA Marketing and Productions, Inc. (“GMPI”),
then a wholly-owned subsidiary of GMA Network, and its officers, Lizelle Maralag and Leah

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Nuyda initiated by Corazon Guison, a former Sales Director of GMPI. The complainant claimed
that she was unceremoniously terminated from her employment sometime in May 2010 and is
entitled to reinstatement as well as payment of full backwages, unpaid commissions and
salaries, moral and exemplary damages and attorney’s fees. On January 31, 2011, the Labor
Arbiter rendered a decision finding for complainant Guison and ordered the respondents to pay
P807,007.50 as backwages and P1,691,000.00 as separation pay, as well as attorney’s fees.
On appeal, the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) reversed the decision of the
Labor Arbiter and ordered the dismissal of complainant’s complaint. Complainant filed a
Petition with the Court of Appeals (CA) but the latter denied the same. Her motion for
reconsideration was likewise denied.

There is a case for regularization and illegal dismissal (NLRC NCR Case No. 04-05664-13[22])
filed by Henry T. Paragele, Roland Elly C. Jaso, et al. against GMA Network. Complainants are
relievers/pinch hitters whose services were no longer availed of by GMA Network. The Labor
Arbiter rendered a decision dismissing the complaint. Complainants filed an appeal to the
NLRC. The NLRC rendered a decision dismissing the appeal. Complainants filed a motion for
reconsideration which was also denied by the NLRC. Complainants filed a Petition with the CA
where it is pending. GMA Network filed its Comment/Opposition and Memorandum. The CA
rendered the Decision dated March 3, 2017, denying complainants’ Petition for Certiorari.
Complainants filed a motion for reconsideration, which motion was also denied by the CA.
Complainants filed a petition for review with the Supreme Court, to which GMA Network filed its
Comment/Opposition. The Petition is now submitted for resolution.

There is also a case for illegal dismissal filed by Christian Bochee M. Cabaluna et al., against
GMA Network. The Labor Arbiter rendered a decision declaring valid the termination as against
the 15 complainants but held that the rest of the complainants were illegally dismissed and
awarded backwages with reinstatement. GMA Network filed a Notice of Appeal with
Memorandum of Appeal and posted a bond. Subsequently, GMA Network filed a Supplemental
Memorandum of Appeal. The NLRC modified the Labor Arbiter’s decision and dismissed the
complaint for illegal dismissal filed by the 35 complainants. Complainants filed a motion for
reconsideration but the same was denied by the NLRC for lack of merit. Cabaluna et al. filed a
petition for certiorari with the CA and GMA Network already filed its comment. The case is now
pending resolution.

There is another case against GMA Network et al. for regularization filed by Micholl P. Mabinta
whose talent agreement was no longer renewed. The Labor Arbiter rendered a decision
dismissing the complaint on June 8, 2015. Complainant filed an appeal which was dismissed by
the NLRC in the Decision dated January 29, 2016. Complainant filed a Motion for
Reconsideration which was denied by the NLRC in the Resolution dated March 31, 2016.
Complainant filed a petition before the CA and respondents filed their comment/opposition
thereto. The Court of Appeals rendered a Decision denying the Petition for Review.
Complainant filed a motion for reconsideration, but the same which was denied by the CA in a
Resolution dated February 21, 2019.

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There is a case against GMA Network for illegal suspension, moral and exemplary damages
and attorney’s fees filed by Edmalynne Remillano et al.. Remillano et al. filed a Petition for
Certiorari with the CA seeking to review and annul the decision of the NLRC affirming the
decision rendered by the Labor Arbiter dismissing their complaint for illegal suspension,
damages and attorney’s fees. On January 22, 2018 the CA dismissed Remillano’s Petition.

There is a case involving a complaint filed against GMA Network by Alfredo Lubrica Enoce for
alleged illegal dismissal with a prayer for separation pay, backwages, moral and exemplary
damages and attorney’s fees. The parties filed their respective position papers on November
15, 2016 as well as their respective replies. The Labor Arbiter rendered a decision finding illegal
dismissal. However, the decision was reversed on appeal by the NLRC. Enoce’s motion for
reconsideration was likewise denied. Enoce filed a petition with the CA, to which GMA Network
filed its comment and memorandum as well. The petition is now pending resolution.

There is a case for illegal dismissal, underpayment of benefits, damages and attorney’s fees
filed against GMA Network et al. by Jocelyn Bautista Pacleb. The Complaint was set for
conciliation and mediation conference but the parties failed to settle. The Labor Arbiter
rendered a Decision dated December 18, 2018. On appeal by Pacleb and partial appeal by
GMA Network, the NLRC rendered a Decision dated March 28, 2019. GMA Network filed a
Motion for Reconsideration dated April 20, 2019, which was granted by the NLRC in a
Resolution dated May 25, 2019. Pacleb filed a Petition for Certiorari with the Court of Appeals
for which GMA Network filed its Comment. Pacleb replied to the comment. The case is now
submitted for decision.

There is a case for illegal dismissal and money claims against GMA Network filed by Reynaldo
delos Santos Aranas et al., under a talent agreement which was not renewed. In this case, GMA
Network implemented are organization and streamlining of its operations and organizational
structure which resulted in the reduction of personnel. Complainants were awarded backwages
and ordered to be reinstated to their position. On appeal, the NLRC denied GMA Network’s
appeal and affirmed the Labor Arbiter’s decision. GMA Network’s motion for reconsideration
was likewise denied, and hence, it filed a Petition for Certiorari with the CA assailing the NLRC
Decision and Resolution. Respondents filed their comment. The Petition was denied as well as
GMA Network’s motion for reconsideration in a Resolution dated December 12, 2019.

There is a case against GMA Network filed by Junie D. Sioson et al., for regularization of
employment, increase in salary and other monetary benefits. The case was dismissed for lack
of merit by the Labor Arbiter. In reaching its Decision, the Labor Arbiter found overwhelming
evidence supporting GMA Network’s assertion that complainants were regular employees of
RGMA Network Inc, (RGMA) as a legitimate independent contractor. The claim of complainants
for regularization and monetary benefits were also denied for lack of valid legal basis.
Unsatisfied with the Labor Arbiter’s Decision, Complainants filed an appeal to the NLRC which
appeal was subsequently dismissed and their motion for reconsideration denied. Complainants
then filed a Petition with the CA to which GMA Network filed its comment. The Petition is now
submitted for decision.

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There is a case filed by Jose G. Nacionales et al. against GMA Network and RGMA for
regularization with monetary claims before the NLRC Regional Arbitration Branch VIII in
Tacloban City. Since no settlement was reached, the mandatory conference was terminated
and the parties were directed to file their respective position papers. On October 15, 2018,
GMA Network received a copy of the Labor Arbiter’s Decision declaring complainants its regular
employees and granted monetary award in their favor. Upon appeal, the NLRC partially granted
GMA Network’s appeal by deleting the monetary award but affirming the decision insofar as it
found that complainants are regular employees of GMA Network. GMA Network filed a partial
motion for reconsideration. RGMA filed its Motion for Reconsideration. Complainants also filed
their motion for reconsideration with respect to the deletion of the monetary award.

On April 2, 2019, GMA received the Resolution dated March 15, 2019 of the Seventh Division of
the NLRC of Cebu City: 1) denying GMA Network’s Partial Motion for Reconsideration; 2)
denying RGMA’s Motion for Reconsideration; and 3) partially granting complainants’ Motion for
Reconsideration. On June 3, 2019, GMA Network filed a Petition for Certiorari with the Court of
Appeals; and it is now submitted for resolution.

There is a case filed by David et al. against GMA Network and RGMA for regularization with
monetary claims before the NLRC Sub-regional Arbitration Branch VI in Iloilio City. On
September 14, 2018 GMA Network filed its position paper. On December 11, 2019, GMA
Network received the Labor Arbiter’s Decision dated October 8, 2019 declaring complainants as
its regular employees, and directing both GMA Network and RGMA solidarily liable to pay
complainants Php 597,843.89, representing complainants’ backwages, among others. On
December 18, 2019, GMA Network filed its Memorandum of Appeal of the said decision with the
NLRC.

There is a case filed by Ronald C. Avelino for monetary claims with issuance of Certificate of
Employment on August 30, 2018. On January 7, 2020, GMA Network received the Decision
dated December 13, 2019, dismissing the complaint against it for lack of merit.

There is also a case filed by Enrile et al., against GMA and RGMA for regularization. On May
28, 2019, GMA received the Decision dated April 30, 2019 of Labor Arbiter Bunagan-
Cabatingan declaring RGMA as a labor only contractor and complainants as regular employees
of GMA Network. On May 31, 2019, complainants filed their Memorandum of Appeal. On June 7
and June 10, 2019, GMA Network and RGMA filed their separate Memorandum of Appeal. On
September 27, 2019, GMA Network received the Decision of NLRC Cebu dated August 30,
2019 affirming the Decision of Labor Arbiter Bunagan-Cabatingan and further declaring
complainants as automatically covered by and entitled to the benefits in GMA Network’s
Collective Bargaining Agreement. GMA Network and RGMA were solidarily ordered to pay
complainants the total amount of Php 3,664,650.00. GMA Network filed its Motion for
Reconsideration on October 3, 2019 while complainants filed their Motion for Partial
Reconsideration and Manifestation on September 26, 2019. On January 22, 2020, GMA
Network received the NLRC Decision dated December 20, 2019 denying GMA Network’s
Motion for Reconsideration but granting complainants’ Motion for Partial Reconsideration. GMA

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Network and RGMA were ordered to pay complainants the total amount of Php 6,917,344.88.
GMA Network is preparing to file a Petition for Certiorari with the Court of Appeals originally due
to be filed on March 22, 2020. The date will have to adjust in view of the COVID 19-Pandemic

There are cases filed by Mariano et al., Rieta et al., and Panlilio et al. against GMA and RGMA
for regularization availing themselves of the Single-Entry Approach with their respective NLRC
Regional Arbitration Branches. On September 27, 2019, Labor Arbiter Magdaraog-Alba
promulgated a decision: 1) declaring GMA Network and RGMA to be engaged in labor only
contracting; and 2) ordering GMA Network to pay complainants the monetary benefits under its
2009-2014 and 2017-2019 Collective Bargaining Agreements. GMA Network and RGMA filed
their respective Memorandums of Appeal. On March 2, 2020, GMA Network received the
Decision of NLRC Quezon City dated February 12, 2020 reversing the Decision of Labor Arbiter
Magdaraog-Alba and dismissing the complaints for lack of merit. The cases are now considered
closed and terminated.

There are cases filed by Villarin et al., and Abud et al., for regularization against GMA Network
and RGMA availing themselves of the Single-Entry Approach with their respective NLRC
Regional Arbitration Branches. On July 25, 2019, a decision was promulgated declaring
complainants as regular employees of GMA Network and entitled to the salaries and benefits as
such. On September 9, 2019, GMA Network filed its Memorandum of Appeal. The cases are
now submitted for resolution.

There is a case filed by Tubice against GMA Network for illegal dismissal and payment of
money claims. The parties filed their respective position papers and replies on November 15,
2019, respectively. The case is now submitted for resolution.

There was a DOLE investigation on the incident involving the death of Eddie Garcia. In the
Order dated December 2, 2019, GMA Network and some members of its Management were
ordered to pay the administrative fine of Php 890,000.00. A notice of appeal was filed by
respondents on December 13, 2019.

There was a case filed by Carmelo R. Dizon for “Illegal Dismissal-Constructive, Non-payment-
13th Month Pay-Pro rated, Illegal suspension, moral and exemplary damages, attorney’s fees,
and Re-instatement with full backwages.” GMA Network filed its Position Paper last August 6,
2019 and the complainant filed his Reply on August 23, 2019. Under the Order dated
September 4, 2019,the case is now submitted for resolution.

There was a case filed by Ruby Gruezo Bautista who questioned the cessation of her
employment arising from a Project Employment Contract which expired. GMA Network filed its
position paper on November 8, 2019 and complainant Bautista filed her Reply on November 22,
2019. The case is now submitted for resolution.

There is a case filed by Enong et al., against GMA Network for regularization availing
thesmelves of the Single-Entry Approach with NLRC Sub-Regional Arbitration Branch IX in
Dipolog City. Since no settlement was reached, complainants filed their formal complaint and

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the mandatory conference was set on December 13, 2018. Both parties have filed their
respective position papers. On March 20, 2019, a decision was promulgated dismissing the
complaints for lack of merit. Without actually receiving complainants Memorandum of Appeal,
GMA Network received the Decision dated October 23, 2019 granting said appeal and setting
aside the Decision dated March 20, 2019. Complainants were declared regular employees of
GMA. On November 21, 2019, GMA Network filed its Motion for Reconsideration, and the same
is now submitted and awaiting resolution.

There was also a case filed by Dexter Delgado et al. for constructive dismissal, illegal dismissal,
regularization and payment of money claims. This case consolidates 5 complaints by more than
40 complainants who are crew members of respondents CMB and Shoot Digital Video
Company. The parties have submitted their respective position papers. The simultaneous filing
of the reply was made on January 30, 2020. On March 5, 2020, GMA Network received the
Decision dated February 27, 2020 dismissing the complaint. Complainant had ten (10) days
from receipt of the decision to file an appeal to the National Labor Relations Commission.

There was also a case filed by Ely B. Selincio et al. for regularization and payment of money
claims. On July 29, 2019, complainants availed thesmelves of the Single-Entry Approach with
NLRC Regional Arbitration Branch No. V, Legazpi City. Since GMA Network was not willing to
settle, the SENA was terminated and the records have been referred for the filing of the
appropriate complaint with the Labor Arbiter. On August 13, 2019, complainants filed their
formal complaint. The conciliation and mediation failed, and hence, the parties were directed to
file their position papers 15 days after receipt of the Order dated September 12, 2019 of the
Labor Arbiter. GMA Network filed its position paper. The Labor Arbiter has yet to rule on
complainants’ Motion for Production of Documents, which motion was opposed by respondent
GMA.

There is a complaint for regularization with money claims filed by Cuenco et al. against RGMA
and GMA Network. Since no amicable settlement was reached, the parties were directed to file
their position papers. All the parties have filed their respective position papers and replies. The
case now awaits the decision of the labor arbiter.

There is a complaint for regularization filed by Bantonto et al. for regularization with money
claims against GMA Network and RGMA. On October 28, 2019, GMA Network filed its
opposition to complainant’s Motion for Inhibition. On December 5, 2019, respondents received
the Order denying complainants’ Motion for Inhibition and directing parties to file their respective
Position Papers within ten (10) days from receipt of the said order. On December 18, 2019,
GMA Network filed its Position Paper. On January 3, 2020, GMA Network received
complainants’ Position Paper, to which the former’s Reply was filed on February 13, 2020,. The
case is now submitted for resolution.

There were complaints for regularization with money claims filed against GMA Network and
RGMA by Jumawan et al. and Nayon before the NLRC Cotabato City and NLRC Dipolog City,
respectively. Under the Decision dated March 6, 2019 the complaint filed by Jumawan et al.

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was dismissed. Similarly, under the Decision dated March 20, 2019, the complaint of Nayon
was likewise dismissed.

There was also a complaint for regularization filed against GMA Network and RGMA by Gagate
et al.. A decision was promulgated on June 28, 2019 granting complainants’ motion for
correction in the computation of wage increases, longevity pay, among others. GMA Network
and RGMA filed their separate motions for reconsideration. On February 20, 2020 GMA
Network received the decision of NLRC Cebu City denying its and RGMA’s motions for
reconsideration. At present, GMA Network is preparing a Petition for Certiorari to be filed after
the lifting of the enhanced community quarantine.

There is also a complaint for regularization filed by Padillo et al. against GMA Network and
RGMA. On November 25, 2019, GMA Network received the Decision dated October 16, 2019 of
the Labor Arbiter declaring complainants as regular employees of GMA Network and ordering
the latter to pay complainants all salaries and benefits granted to regular employees. On
December 5, 2019, GMA Network filed its Memorandum of Appeal.

There is also a case filed by Atenta et al. against GMA Network and RGMA for regularization.
On November 25, 2019, GMA Network received the Decision dated October 16, 2019 of the
Labor Arbiter declaring complainants as regular employees of GMA Network and ordering the
latter to pay complainants salaries and benefits granted to regular employees. GMA Network
filed its Memorandum of Appeal on December 5, 2019.

There is a consolidated case of the complaints filed by Abud et al., Boniel et al. and Bernados et
al. for regularization before the NLRC Cagayan de Oro City (Regional Arbitration Branch X). A
decision was promulgated on July 25, 2019 declaring complainants as regular employees of
GMA Network entitled to receive salaries and benefits as such. The appeal was filed on
September 9, 2019. The case is awaiting resolution by the NLRC.

There is a complaint for regularization and payment for salaries, overtime pay, rice allowance
and bonuses filed by Calleja et al. against GMA Network and RGMA before NLRC Zamboanga
City. On August 8, 2019, the Labor Arbiter promulgated a Decision dismissing the complaints.

Finally, there is a complaint for illegal suspension by Roland Crisostomo Manipon. The parties
submitted their position paper and reply on February 20 and 27, 2020, respectively. On March
10, 2020, GMA Network received through registered mail complainant’s motion to admit
rejoinder. In turn, GMA Network filed its own motion to admit rejoinder on May 21, 2020.

Infringement Cases

The Company’s officers, Felipe L. Gozon, Gilberto R. Duavit, Jr., Marissa L. Flores, Jessica A.
Soho, Grace dela Peña-Reyes, John Oliver Manalastas, John Does and Jane Does were
named as respondents in a criminal case initiated by ABS CBN in June 2004 for copyright

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infringement before the City Prosecutor’s Office of Quezon City and the Department of Justice
(“DOJ”). The case was subsequently consolidated with the Company’s counter charge for libel.

The respondents were charged in their capacities as corporate officers and employees of the
Company responsible for the alleged unauthorized airing of ABS-CBN’s exclusive live coverage
of the arrival in the Philippines of Angelo dela Cruz, a Filipino overseas worker previously held
hostage in Iraq. Aside from seeking to hold the named respondents criminally liable for
infringement and unfair competition, ABS-CBN sought damages from the respondents jointly
and severally in the aggregate amount of P200 million.

On July 27, 2004, the Company and certain of its officers filed a case for libel against certain
officers of ABS-CBN for statements made in their programs Insider and Magandang Umaga
Bayan relative to the incident involving the Angelo dela Cruz feed. The Company also seeks
damages in the aggregate amount of P100 million.

In the Resolution dated December 3, 2004, the DOJ dismissed the complaint for libel against
the ABS-CBN officers and employees and dropped the charges against the Company’s officers
except for Ms. Dela Peña-Reyes and Mr. Manalastas against whom the DOJ found probable
cause for violation of the Intellectual Property Code. ABS-CBN filed a motion for partial
reconsideration of the resolution on the ground that the other named respondents were
erroneously exonerated. The Company filed a petition for review with the DOJ with respect to
the finding of probable cause against Ms. Dela Peña-Reyes and Mr. Manalastas and the
dismissal of the case for libel which was denied. On August 1, 2005, the DOJ reversed the
fiscal’s resolution finding probable cause against Ms. dela Peña-Reyes and Mr. Manalastas and
directed the fiscal to withdraw the Information. ABS-CBN filed a motion for reconsideration.
Meanwhile, the DOJ issued the Resolution dated September 15, 2005 denying the Company’s
Petition for Review and ruling that ABS-CBN’s officers and employees did not commit libel. The
Company filed a motion for reconsideration.

On June 29, 2010, the DOJ issued a resolution granting both the Company’s and ABS-CBN’s
motions for reconsideration, and directing among others the filing of Information against ABS-
CBN’s officers and employees for libel. ABS-CBN moved for reconsideration, which motion was
denied. ABS-CBN then filed a petition for certiorari with the Court of Appeals. In the meantime,
an Information for libel was filed by the Quezon City Prosecutor with the Regional Trial Court of
Quezon City, Branch 88 which was later re-raffled to Branch 104. The original setting of March
16, 2020 for the prosecution’s presentation of evidence will be rescheduled to a later date due
to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Company elevated the DOJ’s June 29, 2010 Resolution directly to the Court of Appeals via
a petition for certiorari docketed as CA-G.R. SP No. 115751. On November 9, 2010, the Court
of Appeals issued a decision granting the Company’s petition for certiorari and reversing the
DOJ Resolution dated June 29, 2010 and reinstating the DOJ Resolution dated August 1, 2005
which ordered the withdrawal of Information for copyright infringement. ABS-CBN’s petition with
the Supreme Court was partially granted reversing the DOJ Resolution ordering the withdrawal
of the Information for copyright infringement and sustaining the finding of probable cause for
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copyright infringement only as against Ms. Dela Peña-Reyes and Mr. Manalastas. The
Prosecution has completed the presentation of its evidence and was given a period to file its
formal offer of exhibits. The defense will continue with the presentation of evidence on June 25
and August 13, 2020.

There is a complaint filed by Garry Granada against GMA Network and Rosario Unite with the
Intellectual Property Office for copyright infringement and damages. The said complaint
stemmed from an alleged unauthorized use of complainant’s musical work entitled “Tipid
Handog Edukasyon jingle”. The parties have filed their respective memorandum. The case is
now submitted for resolution.

Civil Cases

On June 25, 2008, Mary the Queen Hospital filed a case for damages against the Company,
Mike Enriquez as well as certain other members of the show, Imbestigador. The hospital alleged
that the show damaged its reputation by falsely accusing them of illegally detaining a patient for
failure to settle hospital bills. The hospital claimed a total of P 5.5 million in moral, exemplary
and temperate damages, as well as costs of the suit. The Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Quezon
City, Branch 95, has rendered a favorable decision dismissing plaintiff’s complaint for damages.

Another case involving the Company and members of the show Imbestigador stemmed from a
story involving a police officer allegedly extorting money from arrested drug dependents, which
ultimately led to his arrest. On September 4, 2008, the complainant sought to enjoin the airing of
the story relating to his arrest by filing a case for injunction. However, the plaintiff’s application
for restraining order was denied by the RTC of Quezon City. Plaintiff then filed an amended
complaint to include a claim for damages.. The RTC of Quezon City, Branch 91 dismissed
plaintiff’s complaint for damages. On appeal, the CA denied plaintiff’s appeal and affirmed the
trial court’s decision in favor of the Company.

There is a case for libel filed by Andrea Gorriceta against GMA Iloilo Manager Jonathan
Cabillon and News Anchor Charlene Belvis-Gador arising from the news reports made in GMA
news programs Ratsada and Arangkada on the progress of the criminal cases against Gorriceta
before MCTC of Iloilo City. The GMA officers completed the presentation of its defense
evidence and subsequently filed their formal offer of evidence which offer still pends. The
prosecution filed their Memorandum., The GMA officers are preparing their Memorandum.

Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

There were no matters submitted to a vote of security holders during the fourth quarter of the
fiscal year covered by this report.

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 PART II - OPERATIONAL AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 5. Market Price of and Dividend on Registrant’s Equity and Related Stockholders
Matters

Market Information

Stock Prices GMA7

Period in 2019 Highest Closing Lowest Closing

1Q 5.99 5.41

2Q 5.98 5.10

3Q 5.47 5.20

4Q 5.37 5.15

Stock Prices GMAP

Period in 2018 Highest Closing Lowest Closing

1Q 5.85 5.35

2Q 5.80 4.97

3Q 5.49 5.08

4Q 5.30 5.00

The Company’s common shares and GMA Holdings, Inc.’s Philippine Deposit Receipts (PDRs)
have been listed with the Philippine Stock Exchange since 2007. The price information as of the
close of the latest practicable trading date 24 June 2020 are GMA7’s closing price is P 4.88 for
GMA7 and P4.61 for GMAP (PDRs).

From May 1 to June 24, 2020 the highest closing price of GMA Network common shares was
Php 5.90 (May 6, 2020), and lowest closing price was Php 4.70 (May 26, 2020). From May 1 to
June 24, 2020 the highest closing price of GMAP (PDRs) was P 5.29 (May 6, 2020), and the
lowest closing price was P 4.52 (May 27, 2020).
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Holders

There are 1,665 holders of common equity and 37 holders of preferred equity as of May 31, 2020.

The following are the top 20 holders of the common equity of the Company as of May 31, 2020:

Percentage of
Name of Shareholders No. of Common Shares Ownership of Total
Common Shares

Group Management Development

789,813,389 23.47%
Inc.

GMA Holdings, Inc. 732,925,700 21.52%

FLG Management & Development

697,665,217 20.74%
Corp.

M.A. Jimenez Enterprises, Inc. 453,882,095 13.49%

Television International Corp. 334,378,037 9.94%

PCD Nominee Corp. (for the benefit

of several qualified Philippine
312,070,251 9.27%
national stockholders holding the
scripless shares of the Company )

Gozon Development Corp. 14,033,954 0.42%

Gozon Foundation, Inc. 5,144,361 0.15%

Gilberto R. Duavit, Jr. 4,007,005 0.12%

Ismael Gozon 2,814,900 0.08%

Miguel Enrique Singson Roa 2,566,400 0.08%

Jose Mari L. Chan 2,092,900 0.06%

Luisito C. Cirineo 1,750,500 0.05%

Felipe S. Yalong 1,613,000 0.03%

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 Alberto Tio Ong 1,000,000 0.03%

Judith Duavit Vazquez 588,000 0.02%

Jose P. Marcelo 501,498 0.01%

Jaime Javier Gana and/or Ma. Erlinda 0.01%

444,900
G. Gana

Jose C. Laurel V 346,127 0.01%

Susana Laurel Delgado 346,127 0.01%

The following are the top 20 holders of the Company’s preferred shares as of May 31, 2020:

Percentage of
Name of Shareholders No. of Preferred Shares Ownership of Total
Preferred Shares

Group Management & Development

Inc. 2,625,805,308 35.0130%

FLG Management & Development

Corp. 2,181,898,644 29.0939%

M.A. Jimenez Enterprises 1,508,978,826 20.1210%

Television International Corp. 1,111,661,610 14.8231%

Gozon Development Corp. 46,245,306 0.6166%

Gozon Foundation Inc. 15,020,670 0.2003%

Alegria F. Sibal 2,623,806 0.0350%

Jose P. Marcelo 1,203,594 0.0160%

Sarah L. Lopez 830,706 0.0111%

Nita Laurel Yupangco 830,706 0.0111%

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 Jose C. Laurel V 830,706 0.0111%

Juan Miguel Laurel 830,706 0.0111%

Susana Laurel-Delgado 830,706 0.0111%

Ma. Asuncion Laurel-Uichico 830,706 0.0111%

Horacio P. Borromeo 784,164 0.0105%

Francis F. Obana 105,120 0.0014%

Eduardo Morato 38,028 0.0005%

Antonio Gomez 30,420 0.0004%

Jose N. Morales 30,420 0.0004%

Paul Sim 30,420 0.0004%

The information presented does not relate to an acquisition, business combination or other
reorganization.

Dividend Information

Dividends shall be declared only from the surplus profits of the Company and shall be payable
at such times and in such amounts as the Board of Directors shall determine, either in cash,
shares or property of the Company, or a combination of the three, as said Board of Directors
shall determine. The declaration of stock dividends, however, is subject to the approval of at
least two-thirds of the outstanding capital stock. No dividend which will impair the capital of the
Company shall be declared. The Company has no contractual restrictions which would limit its
ability to declare any dividend.

On June 15, 2020, the Company’s Board of Directors affirmed and ratified the cash dividend
declaration of the Executive Committee on June 8, 2020 amounting to 0.30 per share on all
common and preferred shares issued and outstanding of stockholders of record as of June 24,
2020.

On March 29, 2019, the Company declared cash dividends amounting to 0.45 per share on all
common and preferred shares issued and outstanding stockholders of record as of April 22,
2019.

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On April 5, 2018, the Company declared cash dividends amounting to 0.50 per share on all
common and preferred shares issued and outstanding on stockholders of record as of April 23,
2018.

Dividend History of the Company

Year Amount Date Declared Type of Dividend

2005 P 218,521,204 February 17, 2005 Cash and Property

2005 P 3,000,000,000 October 11, 2005 Stock
2006 P 1,150,000,000 June 13, 2006 Cash and Property
2007 P 1,500,000,000 March 19, 2007 Cash
2007 P 375,000,000 April 26, 2007 Stock
2007 P 1,000,000,000 July 2, 2007 Cash
2008 P 1,214,163,001 May 21, 2008 Cash
2009 P 1,701,069,453 April 2, 2009 Cash
2010 P 2,187,089,297 March 25, 2010 Cash
2010 P 1,215,049,069 October 28, 2010 Cash
2011 P 2,187,089,297 March 11, 2011 Cash
2012 P 1,944,079,375 April 16, 2012 Cash
2012 P 1,264,794,293 August 22, 2012 Cash
2013 P 1,215,049,609 March 21, 2013 Cash
2014 P 1,312,253,578 April 2, 2014 Cash
2015 P 1,215,049,609 March 30, 2015 Cash
2016 P 1,312,253,578 April 8, 2016 Cash
2017 P 3,547,944,859 March 27, 2017 Cash
2018 P 2,430,099,218 April 5, 2018 Cash
2019 P 2,187,089,297 March 29, 2019 Cash
2020 P 1,458,060,000 June 8, 2020 Cash

The Company’s Board of Directors has approved a dividend policy which will entitle holders of
the Common Shares to receive annual cash dividends equivalent to a minimum of 50% of the
prior year’s net income based on the recommendation of the Board of Directors. Such
recommendation will take into consideration factors such as the implementation of business
plans, operating expenses, budgets, funding for new investments, appropriate reserves and
working capital, among others. The cash dividend policy may be changed by the Company’s
Board of Directors at any time.

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Recent Sales of Unregistered or Exempt Securities

No sale of unregistered or exempt securities of the Company has occurred within the past three
years.

Item 6. Management Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of

Operations for the Years Ended December 31, 2019 and 2018

The Management Discussion and Analysis provides a narrative of the Company’s financial
performance and condition that should be read in conjunction with the accompanying financial
statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally
accepted in the Philippines.

As discussed below, the Company’s financial statements do not show any losses from operation
and hence the Company has not taken any measures to address the same.

KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

The Company uses the following measures to assess its performance from period to period.

Ratings

The performance of a program and/or network as a whole with respect to household ratings is
the primary consideration for an advertiser in the Philippines to determine whether to advertise
on a given program and/or network. AGB Nielsen, a media research firm, provides ratings to the
Company on a subscription basis.

Load Factor

Load factor refers to the amount of advertising minutes aired during the breaks in a program as
a percentage of the total minutes available for advertisement. The load factor is an indication of
a program’s or a timeblock’s ability to sell advertising minutes. Load factor statistics are
internally generated, although certain third parties monitor such statistics.

Signal reach/coverage

The ability to reach a greater number of viewers is a part of the Company’s strategy to provide
its advertisers with more value for their advertising expenditures. The Company frequently
assesses its signal strength and coverage by conducting field intensity surveys and tests.

Subscriber count

Subscriber count is the key performance indicator for the Company’s initiatives in the
international arena to diversify its revenue base beyond advertising revenues. The number of
subscribers to the Company’s GMA Pinoy TV, GMA Life TV and GMA News TV International
form the benchmark for measuring the success of this service. The Company makes internal

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assessments to determine the market potential for each new initiative and sets a subscriber
count target accordingly.

Cost control

The Company is continuously searching for ways to control costs and to improve efficiency. The
Company has established systems and procedures to monitor costs and measure efficiency and
has launched various initiatives and activities in relation to these efforts.

FINANCIAL AND OPERATIONAL RESULTS

For the Year Ended December 31, 2019

Buoyed by this year’s extra-ordinary inflow from the mid-term elections held in May, GMA
Network and Subsidiaries (GMA/the Company) sealed twelve-month consolidated revenues
ahead by 8% versus a year ago. In absolute terms, consolidated top line for the full year
reached P= 16,493 million, up by P
= 1,257 million from 2018’s P = 15,236 million. Political advocacies
and advertisements during the year amounted to about three fourths of a billion pesos.
Nonetheless, discounting the impact of aforesaid windfall, recurring sales for 2019 still managed
to overtake last year’s peg by 4% or a little over half a billion pesos.

2019 2018 Inc/(Dec) %

Income Data (in millions PhP) (in millions PhP) (in millions PhP)

Revenues
Advertising revenue 15,173.9 13,834.5 1,339.4 10%
Subscriptions and others 1,319.5 1,401.7 (82.1) -6%
16,493.5 15,236.2 1,257.3 8%
Total operating expenses 12,760.6 11,998.0 762.6 6%
EBITDA 5,392.3 4,823.9 568.4 12%
Net income 2,639.3 2,324.0 315.3 14%
Attributable to Equity Holders of Parent Co. 2,618.5 2,304.8 313.7 14%
Noncontrolling Interest 20.8 19.2 1.6 8%

For the year ended December 31, 2019, consolidated advertising revenues remained the
lifeblood of the Company, wrapping up at P= 15,174 million and posting a double-digit growth
compared to a year ago. Most airtime-revenue generating platforms surpassed prior year’s top-
line performance with the boost from this year’s political advocacies and advertisements.
Advertising revenues from online platforms also contributed to this year’s incremental sales.

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Meanwhile, inflows from subscriptions, non-advertising operations and other businesses of P
=
1,320 million, manifested a reduction of 6% versus a year ago.

Cost-wise, the Company continued to exercise prudent management of its operating costs.
Total consolidated operating expenses (OPEX) for 2019 measured at P = 12,761 million from year
ago’s P= 11,998 million, translating into a single-digit hike of 6% -- or at a rate slower than the
growth in its top line. Production and other direct costs in fact finished off at P = 6,435 million
which was even a tad lower than prior year’s P = 6,484 million by P
= 49 million or 1%. This was
nonetheless negated by the hike in the Company’s general and administrative expenses
(GAEX) by P = 811 million or 15%. Consolidated GAEX for the year 2019 stood at P = 6,325 million
versus P= 5,514 million in the prior year.

With the sterling performance in this year’ consolidated top line coupled with costs held at bay,
consolidated Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) posted an
improvement of more than half a billion ending at P = 5,392 million, or up by 12% from last year.
Finally, consolidated Net Income after tax for the twelve-month period this 2019 settled at P =
2,639 million, P
= 315 million or 14% better than 2018’s bottom-line peg of P
= 2,324 million.

Revenues

Consolidated revenues of the Company in 2019 aggregated to P = 16,493 million, manifesting a

huge increase of P = 1,257 million or 8% from year ago’s P
= 15,236 million. Advertising revenues
comprised the lion’s share in the Company’s consolidated revenue pie at 92%, inching up
against last year’s 91% share. In absolute terms, advertising revenues grew by 10% in between
periods, with incremental sales amounting to P = 1,339 million. Without the non-recurring sales
from political advocacies and advertisements, advertising revenues were still better off by 5%
year-on-year. Airtime revenues from free-to-air platforms as well as online advertising sales
primarily comprised this segment. Meanwhile, subscriptions revenues, sales of subsidiaries
and other business concluded the past twelve months of 2019 at P = 1,320 million, down 6% from
last year.

2019 2018 Inc/(Dec) %

Revenues (in millions PhP) (in millions PhP) (in millions PhP)

Advertising revenues 15,173.9 13,834.5 1,339.4 10%

Subscriptions and others 1,319.5 1,401.7 (82.1) -6%
16,493.5 15,236.2 1,257.3 8%

Further segmenting airtime sales -- GMA-7 revenues for this year contributed more than three-
fourths of consolidated advertising revenues, sealing twelve-month results higher by 9% versus
same period in 2018. Providing the growth impetus for the channel were the incremental
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advertising load from the 2019 mid-term elections. Minus the aforesaid influx, Ch-7 still
managed to outshine last year’s recurring sales by 3% propelled by the increase in effective
rates per minute.

Ratings-wise, GMA recorded 35.5% total day people audience share, in Urban Luzon, which
accounted for 72% of all urban viewers in the country -- outscoring ABS-CBN’s 30.4%. Building
the momentum in the morning slot with 28.1%, GMA won against rival network’s 25.8%. This
continued in the afternoon slot with GMA’s 36.7 % versus ABS’ 30.9%. GMA further toppled its
competitor in the evening block with 37.7 % while ABS-CBN only got 31.9%. Likewise, in Mega
Manila, which accounted for 60% of all urban viewers in the country, the Network posted 36.5%
total day people audience share compared to ABS-CBN’s 27.9% based on official data from
January to December.

Radio operations came in second in terms of airtime sales generation. The business unit
bagged a 7% improvement in its top line inclusive of political advocacies and advertisements.
In terms of recurring revenue growth, Radio business likewise recorded a 4% upswing in its top
line. DWLS-FM was the biggest top-line gainer both percentage-wise and in absolute terms,
equivalent to a 15% hike. DZBB-AM and Cebu and Provincial operations also pitched in sales
increases in between years by 9% apiece.

Meanwhile, GMA News TV’s (GNTV) top line was barely affected by this year’s national
elections with very minimal contribution from political advocacies and advertisements during the
period. Compared to prior year, GNTV finished off with revenues down by 14%. Lastly,
Regional TV operations sealed the twelve-month period with combined revenues from all
stations up by 4%. Without the election boost, sales from Regional operations finished a
hairline higher than a year ago.

Meanwhile, Advertising revenues from online sales, particularly from the websites of GMA News
Online and GMA Entertainment, continued to be the catalyst for the Company in terms of
revenue growth. For 2019, online advertisements grew by 78% compared to a year ago,
coming from the improvements seen in both direct sales and programmatic buys. Finally,
airtime advertising abroad through the Company’s GMA Pinoy TV platform, sealed the period
9% more than a year ago.

In other non-advertising revenue sources, subscriptions income from international operations

and other businesses which were not affected by the extraordinary influx from election
placements concluded the year at P = 1,320 million, down 6% from a year ago. Taking up the
biggest portion in this revenue category was GMA Pinoy TV’s operations abroad. However, in
terms of subscriber take up, the business unit recorded a decline in subscriber count averaging
by 9% between its three channels offered internationally, thus resulting in revenue contraction
by also 9%. The appreciation of the PhP against the USD by an average of 2% also influenced
the aforementioned decline in Pinoy TV’s top line this year. Revenues from non-linear sources
abroad, albeit still at its starting stage has increased by more than three folds.

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Expenses

Consolidated Total operating expenses (OPEX) of the Company measured at P = 12,761 million in
2019, climbing by P = 763 million or 6% compared to full year of 2018. Cash OPEX sealed 2019
at P
= 11,149 million escalating by P= 742 million or 7% while non-cash OPEX finished off at about
the same level as last year, inching up by only 1%.

Comprising half of the Company’s total OPEX, consolidated Production cost, talent fees and
other direct expenses summed up to P = 6,435 million, ending a tad lower by P = 49 million or 1%
than year ago. Cash Production cost dipped by P = 132 million or 2% arising from the reduction in
Talent fees by P = 90 million or 3% and Rental and outside services by P = 84 million or 9%.
However, this was partly offset by the climb in non-cash direct cost, mainly Program rights
amortization by P
= 117 million or 13% more than a year ago. The hike in the account was due to
airing of more expensive foreign movies. This was partly offset by the 17% or P = 34 million
contraction in Depreciation and amortization of assets related to production.

2019 2018 Inc/(Dec) %

Production Costs (in millions PhP) (in millions PhP) (in millions PhP)

Talent fees 2,948.0 3,038.3 (90.3) -3%

Rentals and outside services 812.0 895.8 (83.8) -9%
Other program expenses 1,518.3 1,475.8 42.5 3%
Sub-total - Cash Production Costs 5,278.3 5,409.9 (131.6) -2%
Program rights amortization 988.7 871.5 117.3 13%
Depreciation and amortization 168.2 202.4 (34.2) -17%
Sub-total - Non-cash Production Costs 1,156.9 1,073.8 83.1 8%
Total production costs 6,435.2 6,483.7 (48.5) -1%

On the other hand, consolidated General and Administrative Expenses (GAEX) for the
Company sealed the year 2019 at P = 6,325 million, higher by P
= 811 million or 15% than last year.
Personnel costs drove this year’s growth, wrapping up at P = 4,127 million, up 26% and
comprising 32% of total consolidated OPEX. The non-recurring/one-time signing and
appreciation bonuses to rank and file and confidential employees this year significantly
influenced the upturn in this expenditure. This year was also saddled by the surge in provisions
for pension liabilities and long-term employee benefit (SL/VL), resulting from the latest actuarial
valuations. The hike in the account was partly cushioned by the reduction in other GAEX
accounts coming from Taxes and Licenses, which ended lower by P = 18 million or 10%. Non-
cash GAEX netted a P = 62 million or 12% decline, mainly from the presence of some P = 110 million
in Provision for Doubtful Accounts in 2018 versus only P = 18 million this year, resulting from the
Estimated Credit Losses computation during the period. This was partly negated by the hike in
Depreciation of GAEX-related assets by P = 25 million or 7% in between years.

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 2019 2018 Inc/(Dec) %
General and Administrative Expenses (in millions PhP) (in millions PhP) (in millions PhP)

Personnel costs 4,127.1 3,284.8 842.3 26%

Outside services 459.9 408.2 51.7 13%
Facilities costs 490.8 465.7 25.1 5%
Taxes and licenses 174.4 192.8 (18.5) -10%
Others 618.6 645.9 (27.2) -4%
Subtotal - Cash GAEX 5,870.8 4,997.5 873.4 17%
Depreciation and amortization 409.3 384.1 25.2 7%
Provision for doubtful accounts 18.3 109.6 (91.3) -83%
Amortization of software costs 27.1 23.2 3.9 17%
Subtotal - Non-cash GAEX 454.6 516.9 (62.3) -12%
Total GAEX 6,325.5 5,514.3 811.1 15%

EBITDA
As the top line during the year enjoyed the boost from the mid-term election placements as well
as improvements in recurring sales from regular clients, coupled with cash operating costs
climbing at a slower pace than the growth in revenues, the Company’s consolidated Earnings
before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) this 2019 wrapped up at P= 5,392
million, P
= 568 million or 12% better than a year ago.

Net Income

The Company’s consolidated Net Income after Tax sealed the year ended 2019 at P = 2,639
million, recording a P
= 315 million or 14% improvement vis-à-vis the prior year’s bottom line of P
=
2,324 million.

Balance Sheet Accounts

The Company’s total assets stood at P= 16,347 million as at end-2019, increasing by 6% from
December 31, 2018’s balance of P
= 15,293 million.

Cash and cash equivalents of P = 2,255 million decreased by P = 304 million or 12% from 2018
balance of P= 2,559 million as cash generated from operations was lower than the cash needed
for investing and financing activities such as cash dividends and loans payments. Trade and
other receivables closed at P= 5,257 million, 9% higher than the previous year.

Total liabilities also climbed by 15% or P = 855 million as at end-December this year to P = 6,690
million from P = 5,704 million in 2018 mainly due to the spike in Pension liability partly offset by the
drop in short-term loans by P = 100 million.

Equity attributable to Parent Company stockholders amounting to P = 9,586 million as at

December 31, 2019 increased by 1% or P
= 61 million in between years, as a result of P
= 2,618

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million net income attributable to Parent Company earned in 2019, subsequently reduced by the
dividends declared during the first half of 2019 amounting to P
= 2,187 million.

2019 2018
Cash Flows (in millions PhP) (in millions PhP)
Net cash provided by operating activities 2,884.2 3,155.6
Net cash used in investing activities (796.8) (405.9)
Net cash used in financing activities (2,365.5) (2,472.3)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents (26.0) 1.8
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents (304.1) 279.3
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year 2,559.1 2,279.8
Cash and cash equivalents at end of the year 2,255.0 2,559.1

Operating Activities

Net cash from operations registered at P = 2,884 million in 2019. This stemmed from income
before income tax of P = 3,766 million, adjusted mainly by Program rights usage of P = 989 million,
Depreciation expense of P = 578 million, Pension expense of P = 402 million, Interest expense and
financing charges of P= 56 million, Net unrealized foreign currency exchange gain of P = 30 million,
Gain on sale of property and equipment of P = 21 million and Amortization of software costs of P =
27 million apart from the changes in working capital. The primary component of the changes in
working capital included the P = 493 million and P = 274 million increase in Trade and other
receivables and Prepaid and other current assets, respectively.

Investing Activities

Net cash used in investing activities amounted to P = 797 million, coming primarily from the
acquisition of P
= 673 million and P
= 65 million worth of Property and equipment and Software costs,
respectively. These were partially offset by the P = 26 million proceeds from sale of property and
equipment and investment properties.

Financing Activities

Net cash used in financing activities amounted to P = 2,366 million due to payment of cash
dividends and loans amounting to P= 2,198 million and P= 1,618 million, respectively, plus some P
=
46 million in Interest expense netted by P= 1,518 million remaining proceeds from short-terms
loans.

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FINANCIAL AND OPERATIONAL RESULTS

For the Year Ended December 31, 2018

Capping the twelve-month period in 2018, GMA Network and Subsidiaries (GMA/the Company)
recorded consolidated sales of over P = 15.0 billion, ending shy by only 2% than a year ago --
despite the challenges during most part of the year brought about by the industry-wide
contraction in advertising spending. Consolidated revenues of the Company sealed at P = 15,236
million, behind previous year’s tally of P = 15,602 million, albeit by only a low single-digit
percentage. The dramatic improvement in this year’s fourth quarter sales was instrumental in
bridging the gap in year-to-date topline.

2018 2017 Inc/(Dec) %

Income Data (in millions PhP) (in millions PhP) (in millions PhP)

Revenues
Advertising revenue 13,834.5 14,176.9 (342.3) -2%
Subscriptions and others 1,401.7 1,425.4 (23.8) -2%
15,236.2 15,602.3 (366.1) -2%
Total operating expenses 11,998.0 12,066.7 (68.7) -1%
EBITDA 4,823.9 5,217.4 (393.5) -8%
Net income 2,324.0 2,559.7 (235.7) -9%
Attributable to Equity Holders of Parent Co. 2,304.8 2,543.9 (239.1) -9%
Noncontrolling Interest 19.2 15.8 3.4 21%

For the year ended December 31, 2018, advertising sales sealed at P
= 13,835 million, lower than
last year by P= 342 million or 2%. Mixed results were seen in the various airtime-revenue
generating platforms. Radio and Regional TV operations exhibited top-line improvements while
Ch-7 and GMA News TV 11 finished with sales lower than prior year. On the other hand, other
revenue sources, particularly from subsidiaries’ operations and other businesses reflected a
combined decrease of P= 24 million equivalent to 2%.

Meanwhile, the Company continued to put a tight rein on cost as total consolidated operating
expenses (OPEX) for 2018 aggregating to P = 11,998 million manifested a reduction of P
= 69 million
or 1%. Production and other direct cost finished off at P = 6,484 million which was lower than a
year ago’s P
= 6,682 million by P = 199 million or 3%. This was partly offset by the hike in the
Company’s general and administrative expenses (GAEX) by P = 130 million or 2%. Consolidated
GAEX stood at P= 5,514 million by the close of the twelve month period this 2018.

The drop in this year’s top line drove consolidated Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation
and amortization (EBITDA) down to P = 4,824 million, lower than last year, albeit by still a single

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digit percentage of 8% or P
= 393 million. Consolidated Net Income after tax for the twelve-month
period this 2018 thus settled at P
= 2,324 million, down by P
= 236 million or 9% against last year’s
performance of P= 2,560 million.

Revenues

Consolidated revenues this 2018 cumulated to P = 15,236 million, sliding by P

= 366 million or 2%
from a year ago’s P= 15,602 million. The shortfall in advertising revenues of P = 342 million was
moderately heightened by the cut in top-line contribution coming from subsidiaries and other
businesses by P
= 24 million.

2018 2017 Inc/(Dec) %

Revenues (in millions PhP) (in millions PhP) (in millions PhP)

Advertising revenues 13,834.5 14,176.9 (342.3) -2%

Subscriptions and others 1,401.7 1,425.4 (23.8) -2%
15,236.2 15,602.3 (366.1) -2%

On a per platform basis, core channel, GMA-7 comprised the lion’s share in the Company’s
revenue pie, pitching in more than three quarters of the consolidated top line. Compared to
prior year’s sales, the channel posted a reduction of 4% in airtime sales, arising from the
contraction in advertising spending by major business partners. In the same manner, leading
news channel GMA News TV 11 also wrapped up the year 2018 with sales lower by 6%.

On the other hand, these were partly mitigated by the boost in revenues generated by the Radio
business, which bagged the second largest share in airtime revenues. Radio operations
nationwide, pitched in revenues higher by 11% versus 2017. Lastly, Regional TV operations
also proved its mettle sealing the year with sales up by 5% from a year ago. Both national and
local sales posted revenues higher by 6% and 3%, respectively. Meanwhile, partially netting the
drop in advertising topline sales was the growth in in on-line advertising via the Company’s
websites, GMA News Online and GMA Entertainment Online by 30% year-on-year.

Ratings-wise, GMA Network continued to win against ABS-CBN in the nationwide urban TV
ratings (NUTAM) in 2018 with 40.8% average people audience share versus its main
competitor’s 37.5%. Excluding specials, 19 out of the overall top 30 programs nationwide were
from GMA. Moreover, GMA Network’s 47.6% people audience share average in Mega Manila
was way ahead of its rival’s 28.6%. GMA Network likewise posted a double-digit margin in TV
audience share over ABS-CBN in Urban Luzon.

In other revenue sources, the combined growth of P= 61 million or 4% was a result of the net
improvements from subsidiaries operations by 14%, while subscriptions from the Company’s
international channels GMA Pinoy TV, Life TV and News TV stood flat in between periods. The
4% hike in foreign exchange due to the depreciation of the Peso against the US dollar was

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counterweighed by the contraction in subscriber count for the channels mentioned above.
Revenues from film distribution abroad also recorded a cut-back from last year.

Expenses

Total consolidated operating expenses for the full year of 2018 amounted to P = 11,998 million,
declining by P= 69 million or 1% compared to last year. The dip in total cash OPEX by P = 91
million or 1% was partly offset by the slight increase in non-cash OPEX by P
= 22 million.

2018 2017 Inc/(Dec) %

Production Costs (in millions PhP) (in millions PhP) (in millions PhP)

Talent fees 3,038.3 3,113.6 (75.3) -2%

Rentals and outside services 895.8 845.0 50.8 6%
Other program expenses 1,475.8 1,577.6 (101.8) -6%
Sub-total - Cash Production Costs 5,409.9 5,536.1 (126.3) -2%
Program rights amortization 871.5 905.3 (33.8) -4%
Depreciation and amortization 202.4 240.9 (38.5) -16%
Sub-total - Non-cash Production Costs 1,073.8 1,146.2 (72.3) -6%
Total production costs 6,483.7 6,682.3 (198.6) -3%

Production cost and talent fees which comprised 54% of total consolidated OPEX sealed the
period at P
= 6,484 million, even lower by 3% or P = 199 million than a year ago. Cash production
cost ended at P= 5,410 million, down P
= 126 million or 2% from last year’s P= 5,536 million. Talent
fees, which comprised the biggest chunk in this category contracted by P = 75 million or 2%. This
was partly offset by the increase in Rentals and outside services which grew by P = 51 million or
6%. Other program expenses also registered a reduction by P = 102 million or 6% in between
periods. Contributing to the decline were lower line-production fees paid this year as well as
less spending on tapes, sets and production supplies. Non-cash production expenses also
netted a P
= 72 million or 6% dip from last year coming from Program rights amortization by 4%
and Depreciation by 16%.

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 2018 2017 Inc/(Dec) %
General and Administrative Expenses (in millions PhP) (in millions PhP) (in millions PhP)

Personnel costs 3,284.8 3,284.3 0.5 0.02%

Outside services 408.2 376.5 31.8 8%
Facilities costs 465.7 449.6 16.1 4%
Taxes and licenses 192.8 182.7 10.1 6%
Others 645.9 669.1 (23.2) -3%
Subtotal - Cash GAEX 4,997.5 4,962.2 35.3 1%
Depreciation and amortization 384.1 390.6 (6.5) -2%
Provision for doubtful accounts 109.6 8.3 101.4 1228%
Amortization of software costs 23.2 23.4 (0.2) -1%
Subtotal - Non-cash GAEX 516.9 422.2 94.7 22%
Total GAEX 5,514.3 5,384.4 129.9 2%

Meanwhile, consolidated general and administrative expenses (GAEX) accumulated to P = 5,514

million during the year, slightly ahead of last year by 2% or P = 130 million. Personnel cost which
comprised the biggest chunk of this category ended at P = 3,285 million, at par with last year.
While salary increases were accorded to both Confidential and Rank & File employees for 2018,
this was fairly equalized by the presence of the non-recurring CBA signing bonus and
appreciation bonus in 2017. Outside services which included Advertising expenses and
Professional fees grew by P = 32 million or 8%, while Facilities cost hiked by P= 16 million or 4%,
mainly from the rise in utilities payments. Lastly, non-cash GAEX spiked by P = 95 million this
year, up 22% from a year ago, mainly due to the recording of P = 110 million as additional
provision for doubtful accounts this year.

EBITDA
Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) for the year 2018
sealed at P= 4,824 million, lower by P
= 393 million or 8% compared with the prior year’s P
= 5,217
million. The drop in EBITDA was attuned to this year’s top line ending shy against last year’s
showing.

Net Income
The Company wrapped up the twelve-month period this 2018 with consolidated net income after
tax reaching P
= 2,324 million, down by P236 million, though nevertheless only a single-digit
percentage lower equivalent to 9%.

Balance Sheet Accounts

As at end-2018, the Company’s total assets stood at P

= 15,293 million, exhibiting an increase of
3% from December 31, 2017’s P
= 14,793 million.

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Cash and cash equivalents of P = 2,559 million increased by P
= 279 million or 12% from 2017
balance of P = 2,280 million as a result of higher operating income netted by the dividends
declared during the year and various investing activities. Trade and other receivables closed at
P
= 4,812 million, 2% lower than previous year.

Total liabilities also grew by 7% or P

= 361 million as at end-December this year to P = 5,704 million
from P
= 5,343 million in 2017 primarily due to hike in Pension liability as a result of latest actuarial
valuation report partially netted by the drop in Trade payables and other current liabilities by P =
226 million.

Equity attributable to Parent Company stockholders of P = 9,525 million as at December 31, 2018
decreased by 1% or P = 122 million in between years, as a result of dividends declared during the
first half of 2018 amounting to P = 2,430 million, subsequently counterbalanced by the P = 2,305
million net income attributable to Parent Company earned in 2018 and by increase in
revaluation increment in land as of December 31, 2018 in the amount of P693 million, net of tax.

2018 2017
Cash Flows (in millions PhP) (in millions PhP)
Net cash provided by operating activities 3,155.6 3,072.5
Net cash used in investing activities (405.9) (542.9)
Net cash used in financing activities (2,472.3) (3,733.5)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents 1.8 64.7
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents 279.3 (1,139.2)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year 2,279.8 3,419.0
Cash and cash equivalents at end of the year 2,559.1 2,279.8

Operating Activities

Net cash from operations registered at P = 3,156 million in 2018. This stemmed from income
before income tax of P = 3,332 million, adjusted mainly by Program rights usage of P = 871 million,
Depreciation expense of P = 586 million, Pension expense of P = 312 million, Provision for doubtful
accounts of P
= 110 million, Interest expense and financing charges of P = 36 million, Gain on sale of
property and equipment of P = 20 million and Amortization of software costs of P = 23 million apart
from the changes in working capital. The primary component of the changes in working capital
included the P
= 128 million increase in Trade and other receivables coupled by the P = 230 million
decrease in Trade payables and other current liabilities.

Investing Activities

Net cash used in investing activities amounted to P = 406 million, coming primarily from the P
= 519
million and P
= 8 million net additions to Property and equipment and Software costs, respectively.

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These were partly offset by the increase in Other noncurrent assets by P
= 88 million and by the
P
= 31 million proceeds from sale of property and equipment and investment properties.

Financing Activities

Net cash used in financing activities amounted to P = 2,472 million basically due to payment of
cash dividends and loans amounting to P = 2,436 million and P = 1,500 million, respectively, plus
some P = 36 million in Interest expense netted by P
= 1,000 million remaining proceeds from short-
terms loans.

KEY VARIABLE AND OTHER QUALITATIVE OR QUANTITATIVE FACTORS

i. Trends, demands, commitments, events or uncertainties that will have a material

impact on the issuer’s liquidity.

As of December 31, 2019, there were no known trends, demands, commitments,

events or uncertainties that will have a material impact on the issuer’s liquidity.

ii. Events that will trigger direct or contingent financial obligation that is material to the
company, including any default or acceleration or an obligation.

As of December 31, 2019, there were no events which may trigger a direct or
contingent financial obligation that is material to the Company.

iii. Material off-balance-sheet transactions, arrangements, obligations (including

contingent obligations), and other relations of the company with unconsolidated
entities or other persons created during the reporting period.

There were no material off-balance sheet transactions, arrangements, obligations

(including contingent obligations), and other relations of the company with
unconsolidated entities or other persons created during the reporting period.

iv. Material commitments for capital expenditures, the general purpose of such
commitments and the expected sources of funds for such expenditures.

For 2020, the parent company has allotted P = 1,224 million for capital expenditures.
This will be financed by internally-generated funds.
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v. Any known trends, events or uncertainties that have had or that are reasonably
expected to have a material favorable or unfavorable impact on net
sales/revenues/income from continuing operations.

GMA Network’s results of operations depend largely on the ability to sell airtime for
advertising. The Company’s business may be affected by the general condition of
the economy of the Philippines.

vi. Significant elements of income or loss that did not arise from the Company’s
continuing operations.

As of December 31, 2019, there were no significant elements of income or loss that
did arise from the issuer’s continuing operations.

vii. Causes for Material Changes in the Financial Statements

Balance Sheet (December 31, 2019 vs. December 31, 2018)

• Cash and cash equivalents of P = 2,255 million reduced by P

= 304 million or 12%
from 2018 balance of P = 2,559 million as cash generated from operations was
lower than the cash needed from investing and financing activities such as cash
dividends and loans payments.
• Trade and other receivables increased by P
= 445 million as collections for the year
is lower than the sales generated.
• Prepaid and other current assets also grew in between periods from P = 645 million
in 2018 to P= 919 million in 2019 as a result of higher Prepaid production cost by
P
= 198 million
• Short-term loans decreased by P
= 100 million as payments exceeds availments for
the year.

viii. Seasonal aspects that had a material effect on the financial condition or results of
operations.

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 There are no seasonal aspects that had a material effect on the financial condition or
results of operations.

Interim Periods

Management Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations for the
Three Months Ended March 31, 2020 and 2019

Despite the onset of the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) by mid-March, in response by
the Philippine government to quell the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, GMA Network and
Subsidiaries (GMA/the Company) managed to record consolidated sales of over P = 3,532 million,
albeit behind last year by 7%. It must be noted though that last year also benefitted from the
influx of political advocacies and advertisements in light of the 2019 mid-term elections. Hence,
it was the impact of the latter which contributed the drag to the Company’s top line this period
more than the effect of the novel coronavirus 2019 disease towards the tail-end of the first
quarter. In fact, minus the non-recurring inflows from last year’s election placements, the
Company finished off with consolidated sales ahead of Q1 2019 by 2%.

3M 2020 3M 2019 Inc/(Dec) %

Income Data (in millions PhP) (in millions PhP) (in millions PhP)

Revenues
Advertising revenues 3,254.5 3,495.0 (240.5) -7%
Subscriptions and others 277.5 302.2 (24.8) -8%
3,532.0 3,797.3 (265.3) -7%
Total operating expenses 2,691.9 2,811.7 (119.8) -4%
EBITDA 1,157.5 1,387.5 (230.0) -17%
Net income 583.4 721.8 (138.3) -19%
Attributable to Equity Holders of Parent Co. 574.7 716.1 (141.4) -20%
Noncontrolling Interest 8.7 5.7 3.1 54%

For the first three months of 2020, consolidated advertising revenues sealed at P= 3,255 million,
missing last year’s peg by P
= 240 million or 7%. All airtime-revenue generating platforms yielded
to prior year’s top-line results, mainly due to the absence of political advocacies and
advertisements this year. On the other hand, revenues from on-line advertising continued to
post a considerable growth in between periods, thus partly abating the reduction from airtime
sales. Meanwhile, revenues from subscription and others which also included subsidiaries’
operations, wrapped up at P = 277 million for Q1 2020, likewise behind last year’s P= 302 million
sales by 8%. Carving out the non-recurring top-line gains from the election load, consolidated
advertising revenues posted an improvement of 3% year-on-year.

While consolidated revenues did not come up to par with last year, the Company’s total
consolidated operating expenses (OPEX) from January to March this year amounting to P = 2,692
million likewise resulted in a reduction of 4% or P = 120 million. Production and other direct cost
sealed the first quarter, 17% or P= 251 million less than last year’s balance of P
= 1,476 million, with
this year’s direct costs finishing off at P
= 1,225 million or 17% less than Q1 last year. This was
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partly offset by the hike in the Company’s consolidated general and administrative expenses
(GAEX) by P = 131 million or 10%. Consolidated GAEX stood at P
= 1,467 million by the close of the
first three months this 2020.

The drop in this year’s top line drove consolidated Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation
and amortization (EBITDA) down to P = 1,157 million, lower than last year by 17% or P = 230 million.
Consolidated Net Income after tax for the 1st quarter of 2020 thus settled at P = 583 million, down
by P
= 138 million or 19% against last year’s solid performance of P = 722 million.

Revenues

Capping Q1 results, the Company managed to hurdle the early stages of the ECQ as most
airtime placements were already locked in prior to its imposition by mid-March. However,
consolidated sales nevertheless wrapped up lower than a year ago owing to the absence of
more than three hundred million worth of election-related placements this year. The Company
sealed the quarter with consolidated sales of P = 3,532 million, sliding by P
= 265 million or 7% from
a year ago’s P
= 3,797 million. The shortfall in advertising revenues was coupled by lower top-line
contribution coming from subscriptions and other businesses by P = 25 million or 8% between
comparable periods.

3M 2020 3M 2019 Inc/(Dec) %

Revenues (in millions PhP) (in millions PhP) (in millions PhP)

Advertising revenues 3,254.5 3,495.0 (240.5) -7%

Subscriptions and others 277.5 302.2 (24.8) -8%
3,532.0 3,797.3 (265.3) -7%

On a per platform basis, core channel GMA-7 comprised the lion’s share in the Company’s
revenue pie, pitching in more than three quarters of the consolidated top line. Compared to
prior year’s sales, the channel posted a reduction of 7% in airtime sales, being the hardest hit
with the absence of political advocacies and advertisements this period. On a positive note,
discounting the impact of last year’s windfall, Ch-7 emerged with recurring sales higher by 4%.
The growth in the top line coming from regular advertisers was influenced by the improvement
in average rate per minute.

Meanwhile, Radio business contributed the second largest airtime sales and registered a 6%
setback versus same period last year. Majority of the reduction was a result of the boost from
last year’s election-related load which was not present this period. Nonetheless, Radio ended
shy by 1% year-on-year after carving out the extraordinary top line last year. Regional TV
operations was likewise not spared, with its top line manifesting a reduction equivalent to 17%
compared to Q1 of 2019. The business unit also benefitted from both local and national
election-related placements last year. On the other hand, in terms of recurring sales, Regional
TV operations netted a reduction by 7% mostly coming from the dearth in national sales which
was cushioned by the growth in locally-generated revenues. Lastly, GMA News TV which was

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hardly affected by the presence of political advocacies and advertisements recorded a revenue
contraction by 58% from Q1 2019.

GMA Network kept its winning streak in the nationwide television ratings for March despite the
recent programming changes in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Citing the latest data from
Nielsen TV Audience Measurement (NUTAM) in March (with March 22 to 31 based on overnight
data), GMA registered 33.8 percent average total day people audience share in NUTAM while
ABS-CBN got 29.4 percent. GMA Network consequently won in all dayparts which include the
morning, afternoon, and evening blocks.

GMA Network continued to dominate in key urban areas including Urban Luzon and Urban
Visayas. The Network recorded 35.4 percent total day people audience share in Urban Luzon
while its competitor posted 26.5 percent. In the recently-clinched Urban Visayas, GMA Network
also posted a bigger lead with 35.9 percent versus rival network’s 32.5 percent. With official
data from March 1 to 21, the Network likewise won in Mega Manila with 37.7 percent total day
people audience share, outscoring ABS-CBN’s 25.1 percent.

Meanwhile, online advertising sales continued to gain traction year-on-year. For the first quarter
of 2020, advertising revenues from online sources, particularly from the Company’s websites,
GMA News Online and GMA Entertainment Online as well as GMA Network’s YouTube
channels, grew by 39%. The boost from this revenue stream partly cushioned the general
decline posted under airtime sales. The GMA YouTube channels achieved an all-time high in
aggregate views with 1.2 billion for March while YTD views grew by 62% versus in the same
period last year. Moreso, watch time grew by 48% in against Q12019. Both metrics tell us that
people are watching significantly more content and the length of time spent on the channels has
likewise gone up substantially. In the same manner, GMA Entertainment and GMA Public
Affairs channels increased views by 23% and 21%, respectively between comparative periods.
Lastly, GMA News Online (GNO) achieved a new all-time high in users per month in March in
terms of unique visitors.

In other revenue sources, which was mainly comprised of subscriptions revenues from GMA’s
international cable channels GMA Pinoy TV as well as revenues from Subsidiaries’ operations,
an 8% or P = 25 million decline was recorded for the first quarter. Primary drag came from the
contraction in GMA Pinoy TV’s revenues from subscriptions owing to the churn in subscriber
count across channels possibly due to shift in the preference of the subscriber base to other
media platforms. Compounding the decline was the appreciation of the PhP against the USD in
between periods by 2%. Partly alleviating the downtrend from traditional cable subscription was
the increase in revenues from non-linear sources, i.e. over-the-top and video-on-demand in the
international market. Likewise, additional revenues were generated this year from distribution of
film rights in the international market which more than doubled its growth from the first quarter of
last year.

Expenses

Total consolidated operating expenses sealed the first quarter of this year at P
= 2,692 million,
dropping by P= 120 million or 4% compared to last year’s P = 2,812 million. The dip in total
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consolidated cash OPEX measured at P = 82 million or 3% which was likewise met by a reduction
in non-cash OPEX by P
= 38 million or 10%.
3M 2020 3M 2019 Inc/(Dec) %
Production Costs (in millions PhP) (in millions PhP) (in millions PhP)

Talent fees 635.9 675.7 (39.7) -6%

Rentals and outside services 144.6 212.8 (68.2) -32%
Other program expenses 225.8 321.6 (95.7) -30%
Sub-total - Cash Production Costs 1,006.4 1,210.1 (203.7) -17%
Program rights amortization 179.5 223.2 (43.8) -20%
Depreciation and amortization 39.0 42.4 (3.4) -8%
Sub-total - Non-cash Production Costs 218.5 265.6 (47.1) -18%
Total production costs 1,224.9 1,475.7 (250.8) -17%

Meanwhile, Production costs and talent fees sealed the period at P = 1,225 million, exhibiting a
double-digit decline by 17% or P251 million versus same period in 2019. Both cash and non-
cash production and other direct cost yielded lower spending compared to Q1 of last year.
Rentals and outside services this period saw a reduction of P = 68 million or 32% owing to
centralized rate negotiation across major in-house produced programs. Talent fees also ended
lower by 6% or P = 40 million while other cash program expenses accumulated a contraction of
P
= 96 million or 30%, owing to the conclusion of the blocktime fees with Zoe Broadcasting
Network. On the other hand, the decline in non-cash production spending emanated from lower
charges for Program rights amortization by P = 44 million or 20%. The mix of canned movies
shown this year included reruns with zero cost and lower-costing foreign titles.

3M 2020 3M 2019 Inc/(Dec) %

General and Administrative Expenses (in millions PhP) (in millions PhP) (in millions PhP)

Personnel costs 1,002.4 844.4 158.1 19%

Outside services 70.8 88.0 (17.2) -20%
Facilities costs 94.9 106.0 (11.1) -10%
Taxes and licenses 44.9 43.0 1.9 4%
Others 145.3 155.4 (10.0) -6%
Subtotal - Cash GAEX 1,358.3 1,236.7 121.6 10%
Depreciation and amortization 96.8 92.9 3.8 4%
Provision for doubtful accounts 0.1 - 0.1 -
Amortization of software costs 11.8 6.3 5.4 86%
Subtotal - Non-cash GAEX 108.7 99.3 9.4 9%
Total GAEX 1,467.0 1,336.0 131.0 10%

For the first quarter, consolidated general and administrative expenses (GAEX) accumulated to
P
= 1,467 million, outpacing last year’s tally by 10% or P = 131 million. Personnel cost which
comprised the biggest chunk of this category ended at P = 1,002 million, increasing by P
= 158
million or 19%. The hike was an offshoot of annual salary increases accorded to both
Confidential and Rank & File employees and climb in manpower count by 5% more or less year-
on-year. On top of this, the growth in the provisioning for pension and other long-term
employee benefits likewise contributed to the escalation in the account category. Outside
services which included Advertising expenses and Professional fees posted a reduction of 20%
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or P= 17 million for the initial quarter this year. In particular, there were less promotional
campaigns in the regions this period. Facilities cost further contributed to the reduction, slipping
byP= 11 million or 10% vs Q1 2019 results. Utilities registered an 18% drop due to lower
generation charge this period on top of the reduced utilization of most premises both in Metro
Manila and the provinces at the onset of the ECQ in mid-March. Lastly, non-cash GAEX partly
negated the abovementioned reductions in cash GAEX, with Depreciation and amortization-
related charges climbing by 9% or P= 9 million.

EBITDA

Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) wrapped up at P = 1,157
million for the first three months of 2020, exhibiting a decline of P= 230 million or 17%. The
shortfall in the top line by P
= 265 million was partly mitigated by the contraction in operating
expenses of the Company.

Net Income

The Company sealed first quarter of the year with more than half a billion in Net Income after
Tax, wounding up with a bottom line of P
= 583 million. Nonetheless, compared to a year ago’s
heavily charged net income from election-related placement, this year’s tally translated into a
P
= 138 million or 19% reduction.

Balance Sheet Accounts

As at end-March 2020, the Company’s total assets stood at P

= 16,808 million, exhibiting an
increase of 3% from December 31, 2019’s P
= 16,347 million.

Cash and cash equivalents of P = 1,878 million decreased by P= 377 million or 17% from end-2019
balance of P = 2,255 million as a result of net cash flows provided by operating activities of P
= 209
million which was partly offset by acquisition of property and equipment and payments of short-
term loans during the three-month period this 2020, amounting to P = 138 million and P
= 400 million,
respectively. Trade and other receivables closed at P = 6,039 million, 15% higher than previous
year’s P= 5,257 million as a result of higher sales than collections as of March 31, 2020. Note
that ECQ was already in place starting mid-March, posing a challenge in terms of collections of
receivables for the period covered.

Meanwhile, total liabilities also declined by 2% or P = 119 million as at end of 1st quarter of 2020
this year to P = 6,571 million from P= 6,690 million in end-December 2019 as the drop in short-
term loans by P = 400 million was partially negated by the increase in income tax payables and
pension liability in between reporting periods. The Company sealed the first quarter of 2020
debt-free.

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Equity attributable to Parent Company stockholders of P = 10,157 million as at March 31, 2020
increased by 6% or P = 571 million, mainly due to the P
= 575 million net income attributable to
Parent Company earned in 3M2020.

Cash Flows

3M 2020 3M 2019
Cash Flows (in millions PhP) (in millions PhP)
Net cash provided by operating activities 209.2 697.6
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities (154.0) 8.9
Net cash used in financing activities (405.9) (3.4)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents (26.7) 7.6
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents (377.4) 710.7
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year 2,255.0 2,559.1
Cash and cash equivalents at end of the year 1,877.5 3,269.8

Operating Activities

Net cash provided by operating activities measured at P = 209 million in 1Q2020. This stemmed
from income before income tax of P = 834 million, adjusted mainly by Program rights usage of P =
179 million, Depreciation expense of P = 136 million, Net unrealized foreign exchange gain of P = 27
million, Amortization of software costs of P= 12 million, Interest income of P= 8 million and Interest
expense and financing charges of P = 5 million apart from the changes in working capital. The
primary component of the changes in working capital included the P = 778 million and P= 147 million
increase in Trade and other receivables and Program and other rights, respectively, coupled by
the P= 86 million decrease in Trade payables and other current liabilities.

Investing Activities

Net cash used in investing activities amounted to P= 154 million, coming primarily from the P
= 138
million additions to Property and equipment. These were partly offset by the increase in Other
noncurrent assets by P = 3 million proceeds from property sales.

Financing Activities

Net cash used in financing activities amounted to P = 406 million basically due to payment of loans
and interest expense amounting to P = 400 million P
= 6 million, respectively.

Key Financial Performance Indicators

The key financial performance indicators that the Company monitors are the following:

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 3M 2020 3M 2019 Inc/(Dec) %
Key Performance Indicators (in millions PhP) (in millions PhP) (in millions PhP)

Revenues 3,532.0 3,797.3 (265.3) -7%

Advertising revenues 3,254.5 3,495.0 (240.5) -7%
Cash operating expenses 2,364.8 2,446.8 (82.0) -3%
EBITDA 1,157.5 1,387.5 (230.0) -17%
Net income before tax 833.7 1,026.3 (192.6) -19%
Net income after tax 583.4 721.8 (138.2) -19%

Item 7. Financial Statements

The consolidated financial statements including the attached schedules therein are filed as part
of this Form 17-A. The statements were audited by Sycip Gorres Velayo & Co. and signed by
Belinda T. Beng Hui.

Item 8. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial

Disclosure

The Audit and Risk Management Committee reviews the fee arrangements with the
external auditor and recommends the same to the Board of Directors. The Company’s
Audit Committee (now Audit and Risk Management Committee) was formed in 2007
and was formally organized during the latter portion of that year. The members of the
Audit and Risk Management Committee are as follows:

Dr. Jaime C. Laya (Chairman)

Chief Justice Artemio V. Panganiban

Anna Teresa Gozon-Valdes

Laura J. Westfall

Judith R. Duavit-Vazquez

The Audit and Risk Management Committee has recommended the appointment of Sycip
Gorres Velayo and Co., as the external auditor of the Company. The Sycip Gorres Velayo & Co.
has acted as the Company’s external auditors since 1994. The same accounting firm is being
recommended for re-election at the scheduled annual meeting.

The Company has not had any disagreements on accounting and financial disclosures with its
current external auditors during the two most recent fiscal years or any subsequent interim
period.

Sycip Gorres Velayo & Co. has no shareholdings in the Company nor any right, whether legally
enforceable or not, to nominate persons or to subscribe for the securities in the Company. The

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foregoing is in accordance with the Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants in the
Philippines set by the Board of Accountancy and approved by the Professional Regulation
Commission.

AUDIT AND AUDIT RELATED FEES

The aggregate fees billed for each of the last two years for the professional services rendered
by SyCip Gorres Velayo & Co. amounted to P6.3 million in 2018 and P6.5 million in 2019 (these
included the fees related to financial audit and services for general tax compliance).

TAX FEES

There was no specific engagement availed by the Company for purely tax accounting. The
total audited related fees as stated above already included basic tax review.

ALL OTHER FEES

Other than the foregoing services, no other product or service was provided by the external
auditor to the Company.

PART III - CONTROL AND COMPENSATION INFORMATION

Item 9. Directors and Executive Officers of the Issuer

Board of Directors, Officers and Senior Management

Under the Articles of Incorporation of the Company, the Board of Directors of the Company
comprises nine directors, two of whom are independent. The Board is responsible for the overall
management and direction of the Company and meets regularly every quarter and other times
as necessary, to be provided with updates on the business of the Company and consulted on
the Company’s material decisions. The directors have a term of one year and are elected
annually at the Company’s stockholders meeting. A director who was elected to fill a vacancy
holds the office only for the unexpired term of his predecessor. As of March 31, 2020, the
Company’s Board of Directors and Senior Management are composed of the following:

Board of Directors Senior Management

Year Year
Directors and Senior Position Position
Nationality Position Position Age
Management was was
Assumed Assumed

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 Chairman/
Felipe L. Gozon Filipino 1975 Chief Executive Officer 2000 80
Director

Judith R. Duavit-Vazquez Filipino Director 2018 N/A N/A 57

President/Chief Operating
Gilberto R. Duavit, Jr. Filipino Director 1999 2010 56
Officer

Director/Assista
Anna Teresa Gozon-Valdes Filipino nt Corporate 2000 N/A N/A 48
Secretary

Joel Marcelo G. Jimenez Filipino Director 2002 N/A N/A 56

Laura J. Westfall Filipino Director 2002 N/A N/A 52

Executive Vice
Director/
President/Chief Financial
Felipe S. Yalong Filipino 2002 Officer 2011 63
Corporate
Treasurer

Corporate Concurrently Compliance

Roberto Rafael V. Lucila Filipino 2017 N/A 64
Secretary Officer

Senior Vice President, News

Marissa L. Flores Filipino N/A N/A 2004 56
and Public Affairs

Senior Vice President for

Ronnie P. Mastrili Filipino N/A N/A 2013 54
Finance and ICT

Senior Vice President for

Lilybeth G. Rasonable Filipino N/A N/A 2013 56
Entertainment Group

Independent
Artemio V. Panganiban Filipino 2007 N/A 2007 83
Director

Independent
Jaime C. Laya Filipino 2007 N/A 2007 81
Director

Senior Vice President and

Head, Engineering Group;
Elvis B. Ancheta Filipino N/A N/A Head, Transmission and 2014 53
Regional Engineering
Department

Lizelle G. Maralag Filipino N/A 2016 Chief Marketing Officer 2016 54

The following are descriptions of the business experiences of the Company’s directors, officers
and senior management:

Felipe L. Gozon, Filipino, 80 years old, is the Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief
Executive Officer of GMA Network, Inc.

Atty. Gozon is a Senior Partner at the Law Firm of Belo Gozon Elma Parel Asuncion & Lucila.
He is also the Chairman of the Board/President/CEO of various companies including GMA
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Holdings, Inc., Citynet Network Marketing & Productions, Inc., RGMA Network, Inc., Alta
Productions Group, Inc., GMA New Media, Inc., Media Merge Corporation, Digify, Inc., RGMA
Marketing & Productions, Inc., Philippine Entertainment Portal, Inc., Script2010, Inc., FLG
Management and Development Corporation, Gozon Development Corporation, Vista Montana
Realty Development, Inc., Mont-Aire Realty and Development Corporation, BGE Holdings, Inc.,
Kenobe, Inc., Jeata Holdings and Management, Inc., Vitezon, Inc., Palawan Power Generation,
Inc., Catanduanes Power Generation, Inc., Sycamore International Shipping Corp., Lex Realty,
Inc., Justitia Realty & Management Corp., Gozon Foundation, Inc., GMA Kapuso Foundation,
Kapwa Ko Mahal Ko Foundation, Inc., and The Potter and Clay Christian School Foundation,
Inc.

He is also a Director of GMA Worldwide, Inc., GMA Network Films, Inc., Antipolo Agri-Business
& Land Development Corp., and Chamber of Commerce of the Philippine Islands. He is a
Trustee of the Philippine Center for Entrepreneurship Foundation, Inc., the Environmental
Heroes Foundation, Inc., and the Akademyang Filipino Association., Inc.

Atty. Gozon is a recipient of many awards for his achievements in law, media, public service,
and business, including the prestigious Chief Justice Special Award given by the Chief Justice
of the Philippines (1991), Presidential Award of Merit given by the Philippine Bar Association
(1990 & 1993), CEO of the Year given by Uno Magazine (2004), Master Entrepreneur–
Philippines (2004) by Ernst and Young, Outstanding Citizen of Malabon Award for Legal and
Business Management by the Kalipunan ng Samahan sa Malabon (KASAMA) (2005), People of
the Year by People Asia Magazine (2005), Business Excellence Award given by BizNews Asia
(2009), Outstanding Manilan Award in the field of Social Responsibility and Broadcasting given
by the City Government of Manila (2011), Quezon City Gawad Parangal Most Outstanding
Citizen given by the City Government of Quezon (2011), Tycoon of the Decade Award given by
BizNews Asia (2011), Lifetime Achievement Award given by the UP Alumni Association (2012),
Certificate of Recognition given by the Civil Aeronautics Board (2012), Platinum Business Icon
Award given by BizNews Asia (2012), Personality of the Year for Broadcast Media given by
SKAL International Makati (2013), Outstanding Member-Achiever given by Phi Kappa Phi UP
Chapter (International Honor Society) (2013), Visionary Management CEO Award given by
BizNews Asia (2013), Lifetime Achievement Award given by UP Preparatory High School
Alumni (2014), Entrepreneurship Excellence Award and Best Broadcast CEO Award given by
BizNews Asia (2014), The Rotary Golden Wheel Award for Corporate Media Management given
by Rotary International District 3780 and Quezon City Government (2014), Global Leadership
Award for Excellence in Media Sector (first Filipino to win the award) given by The Leaders
International together with the American Leadership Development Association in Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia (2015), Visionary Management Excellence Award given by BizNews Asia (2015,
2016), Management Excellence Award given by BizNews Asia (2017, 2019), and Asia’s Best
Broadcast CEO given by BizNews Asia (2018). He is also listed among BizNews Asia’s Power
100 (2003 to 2010).

Atty. Gozon earned his Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of the Philippines (among
the first 10 of his class) and his Master of Laws degree from Yale University Law School. He
was admitted to the Bar in 1962, placing 13th in the Bar examinations.

Gilberto R. Duavit, Jr., Filipino, 56 years old, is the President and Chief Operating Officer of
the Network. He has been a Director of the Company since 1999 and is currently the Chairman
of the Network's Executive Committee. Aside from GMA Network, Inc., he is the Chairman of
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the Board of GMA Network Films, Inc. and GMA Worldwide, Inc. He also serves as President
and CEO of GMA Holdings, Inc., RGMA Marketing and Productions, Inc., Film Experts, Inc., and
Dual Management and Investments, Inc. He is the President of Group Management and
Development, Inc.; President/CEO and Director of MediaMerge Corp., Citynet Network
Marketing and Productions, Inc.; Director of RGMA Network, Inc., GMA New Media, Inc., Alta
Productions Group, Inc., Optima Digital, Inc., and Mont-Aire Realty and Development Corp. He
also serves as the President and a Trustee of GMA Kapuso Foundation, Inc. and a Trustee of
the Guronasyon Foundation, Inc. and the HERO Foundation.

Duavit holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy from the University of the Philippines.

Joel Marcelo G. Jimenez, Filipino, 56 years old, has been a Director of the Company since
2002. He is currently the Vice Chairman of the Executive Committee of GMA Network, Inc.,
President & CEO of Menarco Holdings, and the Chief Executive Officer of Alta Productions
Group, Inc., Inc. He is a Director of RGMA Network, Inc., Executive Committee Chairman and
Director of GMA New Media, Inc., Scenarios, Inc., GMA Worldwide, Inc., Citynet Network
Marketing and Productions, Inc., Malayan Savings and Mortgage Bank, Unicapital Securities,
Inc.,and Nuvoland Philippines He is also a Trustee of GMA Kapuso Foundation, Inc.

He was educated in Los Angeles, California where he obtained a Masters in Science degree in
Business Administration from Loyola Marymount University. He also obtained a Master of
Science degree in Management from the Asian Institute of Management.

Felipe S. Yalong, Filipino, 63 years old, is the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer of GMA Network, Inc. He is also the Head of the Corporate Services Group of the
Network. He has been a Director of the Company since 2002. Aside from GMA Network, Inc.,
he also serves as Director and Corporate Treasurer of GMA Holdings, Inc., Scenarios, Inc., and
GMA Network Films, Inc.; Director of Unicapital, Inc., and Majalco Finance and Investments,
Inc.; Corporate Treasurer of RGMA Network, Inc., MediaMerge Corp.; Executive Vice President
of RGMA Marketing and Productions, Inc.; and Corporate Treasurer and a Trustee of GMA
Kapuso Foundation, Inc.

Yalong was named CFO of the Year by ING FINEX in 2013.

He obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration Major in Accounting from

the Philippine School of Business Administration and completed the Management Development
Program at the Asian Institute of Management. He is a Certified Public Accountant.

Anna Teresa Gozon-Valdes, Filipino, 48 years old, has been a Director of the Company since
2000. She graduated valedictorian from grade school and high school at Colegio San Agustin.
She graduated cum laude, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Management Engineering from
Ateneo de Manila University. She obtained her Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of
the Philippines where she graduated valedictorian and cum laude. She later obtained her
Master of Laws from Harvard University.

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She is a junior partner in Belo Gozon Elma Parel Asuncion & Lucila and is an Associate
Professor in the University of the Philippines, College of Law where she taught Taxation and
Legal History.

She is currently Programming Consultant to the Chairman/CEO of GMA Network, Inc., the
President of GMA Films, Inc., former President of GMA Worldwide, Inc,. and Treasurer of
Citynet Network Marketing & Productions, Inc. She is also a Trustee of GMA Kapuso
Foundation.

Judith R. Duavit-Vazquez, Filipino, 57 years old, has been a Director of the Company since
1988. She is a member of the following special committees: Audit & Risk Committee and
Compensation & Remuneration Committee. Moreover, she sits on the boards of the following
GMA7 subsidiaries: RGMA, Inc., GMA New Media, Inc., GMA Worldwide, Inc., and GMA Films,
Inc. She is a member of the Board of Trustees of the GMA Kapuso Foundation, Inc.

Vazquez is an acknowledged visionary and industry mover in Philippine Information and

Communication Technology space. In 1995, she laid the nation’s first fiber in the Central
Business District of Makati and developed the country's first ICT ready 24x7 intelligent
skyscraper - 45-story ‘The Peak Tower’ and location of many ‘Internet Firsts’.

She is the founder and chairman of PHCOLO, Inc. - the neutral interconnection site of
telecommunications and Internet Service Provider companies on four platforms: fixed-line fiber,
cable, wireless and satellite; founder and chairman of Vigil Investments Inc. and 107 Leviste Inc.

Her successful and visionary efforts in the field of Information and Communications Technology,
have earned her the moniker “Godmother of the Philippine Internet,” a position in
Computerworld's list of "Philippines' Most Powerful in ICT" and “IT Executive of the Year” by the
Philippine Cyber Press.

Her philanthropic endeavors include Asian Institute of Management's first Professorial Chair for
Entrepreneurship and a lecture room at the University of the Philippines' School of Economics,
among others. When her schedule permits, she is Senior Lecturer for Entrepreneurship at the
College of Business Administration, University of the Philippines. She serves Harvard University
as a volunteer alumni-interviewer of incoming freshman applicants.

Her international organization memberships include the APNIC (Asia Pacific’s IP Addressing
Body), Pacific Telecommunications Council, IEEE, Young Presidents'/World Presidents'
Organization (YPO), AFCEA, INSA, USGIF and Harvard HBS Alumni Association Washington
DC. She has served on the boards of the Management Association of the Philippines (MAP),
Financial Executives Association of the Philippines (FINEX) and YPO Gold Washington DC -
Baltimore.

Vazquez is a respected personality in Global Internet Governance circles. She was the first
female Asian elected to an independent board seat at the Internet Corporation for Assigned
Names and Numbers (ICANN) and remains the only Asian female who has held this honor to
this day.

She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Economics from the University of the
Philippines. She is an alumna of Harvard Business School, University of Michigan (Ann Arbor)
and the Asian Institute of Management. She is a constant student and continuously grows her
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skills-base from TCP/IP networking, firewall/security architecture, to nascent and enterprise
productivity technologies.

Laura J. Westfall, Filipino, 52 years old, has been a Director of the Company since 2000. She
held the following positions in the Company Senior Vice President of Corporate and Strategic
Planning and Senior Vice President for Finance. In addition, she has served as Chairperson
and President of GMA New Media. Prior to joining the Company, she worked for BDO
Seidman–Los Angeles, an international audit and management consulting firm. She currently
holds various positions in the Majent Menarco Group of Companies and serves as Board
Member of Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf Philippines, and Museo Pambata. She is also President
of the Yale Club of the Philippines.

Westfall holds a Master of Science degree in Public and Private Management from Yale
University and a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from the University of Southern
California. She is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of California.

Chief Justice Artemio V. Panganiban, Filipino, 83 years old, has been an Independent
Director of the Company since 2007. In 1995, he was named Justice of the Supreme Court and
in 2005, he was appointed Chief Justice of the Philippines - a position he held until December
2006. At present, he is also an Independent Director of these listed firms: First Philippine
Holdings Corp.; Metro Pacific Investments Corp.; Manila Electric Company; Robinsons Land
Corp.; GMA Holdings, Inc.; PLDT, Inc.; Petron Corporation; Asian Terminals and a non-
Executive Director of Jollibee Foods Corporation. He is also a Senior Adviser of Metropolitan
Bank and Trust Company; Member, Advisory Council, Bank of the Philippine Islands; Chairman,
Board of Advisers of Metrobank Foundation; Adviser of Double Dragon Properties; Chairman of
the Board of the Foundation for Liberty and Prosperity; President of the Manila Cathedral
Basilica Foundation; Chairman Emeritus of Philippine Dispute Resolution Center, Inc.; and
Member, Advisory Board of the World Bank (Philippines) and of the Asian Institute of
Management Corporate Governance Council. He is a Member of the Permanent Court of
Arbitration based in The Hague, Netherlands, and a column writer of The Philippine Daily
Inquirer.

Upon his retirement, he was unanimously conferred a Plaque of Acclamation by the Associate
Justices of the Supreme Court as the “Renaissance Jurist of the 21st Century;” and an Award of
Honor by the Philippine Bar Association. In recognition of his role as a jurist, lawyer, civic
leader, Catholic lay worker, business entrepreneur and youth leader, he had been the recipient
of over 250 other awards from various governments, civic clubs, consumer associations, bar
groups, religious movements and other non-government organizations, both local and
international.

He obtained his Associate in Arts, “With Highest Honors” and later his Bachelor of Laws, as cum
laude and “Most Outstanding Student” from the Far Eastern University. He placed sixth among

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more than 4,200 candidates who took the 1960 Bar examinations. He is likewise the recipient of
several honorary doctoral degrees from various universities.

Jaime C. Laya, Filipino, 81 years old, has been an independent Director of GMA Network, Inc.
since 2007. He is the Chairman and President of Philippine Trust Company (Philtrust Bank),
Director of Ayala Land, Inc., Manila Water Company, Inc., Philippine AXA Life Insurance
Company, Inc., and Charter Ping An Insurance Corporation. He also serves as Chairman of
Don Norberto Ty Foundation, Inc. and Escuela Taller de Filipinas Foundation, Inc.; Trustee of
St. Paul University - Quezon City, Cultural Center of the Philippines, Metropolitan Museum of
Manila, Yuchengco Museum, Fundación Santiago, Inc., Ayala Foundation, Inc., and other
organizations. He writes a weekly column for the Manila Bulletin.

He was Minister of Budget, 1975-1981; Minister of Education, Culture and Sports, 1984-86;
Chairman of the Monetary Board and Governor, Central Bank of the Philippines, 1981-1984;
Chairman, National Commission for Culture and the Arts, 1996-2001. He was faculty member of
the University of the Philippines, 1957-1978 and Dean of the College of Business
Administration, 1969-1974. In 1986, he founded J.C. Laya & Co., Ltd. (Certified Public
Accountants and Management Consultants) later the Philippine member firm of KPMG
International; he served as the firm's Chairman until his retirement in 2004.

Laya earned his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, magna cum laude, University
of the Philippines, 1957; Master of Science in Industrial Management, Georgia Institute of
Technology, 1960; Doctor of Philosophy in Financial Management, Stanford University, 1966.
He is a Certified Public Accountant.

Roberto Rafael V. Lucila, Filipino, 64 years old, is the co-managing partner/senior partner of
the Law Firm of Belo Gozon Elma Parel Asuncion & Lucila. He has been the Corporate
Secretary of the GMA Network Inc. since March 27, 2017 and concurrently the Compliance
Officer starting 2018. He currently sits as director in the affiliates of certain European and
American companies in the Philippines namely: eMerchant Asia Inc., eMerchant Pay Asia Inc.,
Evonik (Philippines) Inc., Time-Life International (Phil.) Inc. and MeteoGroup Philippines Inc. He
is the Chairman and President of Lucilex, Inc., Chairman of H&WB Asia Pacific (Pte. Ltd.)
Corporation, and the President of Assetlex Development Corporation, Inc., and eMerchant Asia
Inc. all local companies doing business in the Philippines. He is a Court of Appeals Mediator
and serves as a Trainor for the Court of Appeals Mediation Training Program. He is presently a
lecturer on Constitutional Law I and II at the University of the Philippines, College of Law and
the University of Asia and the Pacific, Institute of Law. He was also a lecturer at the University of
the Philippines College of Business Administration, San Sebastian College Institute of Law and
Lyceum College of Law, as well as in local and international conferences such as the Integrated
Bar of the Philippines (IBP) National Convention in 2010 (Subic), Avenue Capital Global
Investor Conference in 2005 (New York City), The Law Association for Asia and the Pacific
(LAWASIA) Conference in 1997 (Manila), and Global Best Practices for several years (Makati
and Mandaluyong). He was OIC for the Legal Department of GMA Network, Inc. from 2001 to
2004 and for the Office of the President of Express Telecommunications, Inc. in 1998. He
represented the Avenue Asia Capital Group and Avenue Capital Group as member of the Board
of Directors of Citra Metro Manila Tollway Corporation (CMMTC) from 2004 thru 2012 and in
East Asia Power Resources Corporation.
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He served in the Office of the President of the Philippines as Assistant Executive Secretary for
Legislation from 1990 to September 1992; Chairman of the Presidential Staff in 1991; Chairman
of the Philippine Retirement Authority from 1991 to August 1992; Chairman of the South China
Sea Fishery Disputes Committee from 1991 to July 1992; and Board Member of the Special
Operations Team (now Bases Conversion Development Authority [BCDA]) in 1991. In the
Department of Transportation and Communications, he was a Board Member of the Civil
Aeronautics Board from 1990-1991 and of the Philippine National Railways from 1989-1991.

He holds Bachelor of Laws (1980) and Bachelor of Arts in Psychology (1976) degrees from the
University of the Philippines. He was admitted to the Philippine Bar in 1981. He has completed
the Strategic Business Economics Program (SBEP) from the University of Asia and the Pacific
in 1999. He has contributed legal articles for the Supreme Court Reports Annotated (SCRA),
The Lawyer’s Review, IBP Law Journal and Magazine, World Bulletin, Clifford Chance’s 2018
Asia Pacific Guide on Insolvency, and Getting the Deal Done, and was the author of the book
entitled “Corporate Rehabilitation in the Philippines.” Atty. Lucila has been recognized as one of
the 2013 Asialaw Asia-Pacific Leading Lawyers in Dispute Resolution, and as a law professional
actively engaged in the areas of Technology Media Telecommunications (TMT) and Insolvency
in the Philippines.

Marissa L. Flores, Filipino, 56 years old, is the Senior Vice President for News and Public
Affairs since 2004. She joined the Company in 1987 as a researcher for public affairs
documentaries and special reports and held the positions of Assistant Vice President for Public
Affairs, Vice President for Production–News and Public Affairs before appointment to her
current position. She is also a Trustee of GMA Kapuso Foundation.

The Rotary Club of Manila recognized her as Television News Producer of the Year in 1996. In
2004, she was awarded the prestigious TOYM (The Outstanding Young Men) for Broadcast
Management. In 2012, she received the CEO Excel Award from the International Association of
Business Communicators (IABC) Philippines. Ms. Flores was recognized for her work in the
field of broadcast journalism by the University of the Philippines College of Mass
Communication at the first Glory Awards in 2017.

The News and Public Affairs group under Flores continues to be the recipient of international
awards, notably the New York Festivals, US International Film and Video Festival Awards,
Asian TV Awards. GMA News and Public Affairs remains as the only Philippine broadcast
network which has won the highly-coveted Peabody Award (four Peabody awards as of 2014) –
widely considered as broadcasting and cable’s equivalent of the Pulitzer prize.

Aside from overseeing news and public affairs programs in GMA Channel 7, Flores also led the
creation of GMA News Online in 2007, and the launch of GMA News TV (GMA Network’s news
and public affairs channel on free TV) in 2011.

Flores earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism at the University of the Philippines.

Ronaldo P. Mastrili, Filipino, 54 years old, is the Senior Vice President of GMA’s Finance and
ICT Departments. He obtained his Bachelor of Science in Business and Economics, Major in
Accounting from De La Salle University. He attended the Master in Business Administration

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Program from the same university and completed the Executive Development Program of the
Asian Institute of Management.

Mr. Mastrili is a Certified Public Accountant with expertise in the fields of accounting, auditing,
finance, taxation, and general management. He was formerly the Assistant Vice President of
Controllership of ABS-CBN and also served as its Group Internal Auditor before joining GMA
Network in March 2001. He also worked with SGV and Co. for 8 years in the early part of his
career. Mr. Mastrili concurrently holds key positions in GMA Subsidiaries namely:
Comptroller/Chief Accounting Officer of GMA Holdings, Treasurer of Alta Productions, Director
of Script2010, Scenarios and GMA Kapuso Foundation, and Comptroller of GMA Films, GMA
Kapuso Foundation and GMA Worldwide. He is also a Trustee of GMA Kapuso Foundation, Inc.

Lilybeth G. Rasonable, Filipino, 56 years old, is the Senior Vice President of the Entertainment
Group of GMA Network, Inc. She heads the production of the Network’s entertainment
programs.

After earning her Bachelor of Arts degree in Broadcast Communication from the University of
the Philippines, Ms. Rasonable immediately worked in the broadcasting industry, starting out as
a Production Assistant and later on, an Associate Producer of the Intercontinental Broadcasting
Company. She likewise worked as Production Coordinator and Executive Producer of GMA
Network, Inc.

Rasonable’s work experience also included a post as Technical Consultant for Local Production
with the Associated Broadcasting Company (ABC-5) and freelance Executive Producer for film
and television. After a few years, she re-joined GMA as a Production Manager under its Sales
and Marketing Group.

From Program Manager, she was promoted to Assistant Vice President for Drama in 2004. As
AVP, she was a key figure in the growth of GMA’s drama department and in the creation of
ground-breaking and phenomenal hits such as Mulawin, Encantadia and Darna, which made
the primetime block of GMA invincible. This contributed to GMA’s unprecedented success in its
quest for leadership in the Philippine broadcasting industry. It was also during her time as AVP
for Drama when GMA produced programs that created the Network’s superstars and afternoon
dramas dramatically rose and established strong presence in their timeslots with breakthrough
innovations.

In 2010, she was promoted to the position of Vice President, Drama Productions and tasked
with the supervision of non-primetime and primetime drama programs of GMA. By February
2012, she was Officer-in-Charge of the Entertainment TV (ETV) Group. In December 2013, she
received her promotion and appointment as ETV’s Senior Vice President. In 2018, Rasonable
was named as the Glory Awardee for Television Arts, a recognition given to alumni by the
University of the Philippines College of Mass Communication.

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Elvis B. Ancheta, Filipino, 53 years old, is GMA Network’s Senior Vice President and Head of
Engineering Group. He is concurrently the Head of Transmission and Regional Engineering
Department of the Network.

He is a Professional Electronics Engineer and is a member of the Institute of Electronics and

Communications Engineers of the Philippines. He was also GMA’s principal representative to
the Technical Working Group chaired by the National Telecommunications Commission for the
drafting of the Digital Terrestrial Television Broadcasting–Implementing Rules and Regulations.

Engr. Ancheta earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Electronics and Communications
Engineering from Saint Louis University in Baguio City.

Lizelle G. Maralag, Filipino, 54 years old, is GMA Network’s Chief Marketing Officer. She is
responsible for driving revenue growth and marketing innovation within all media platforms of
the Network, to include GMA’s broadcast stations, both Philippine-based and international
channels, as well as the other non-broadcast platforms. Under her leadership, GMA became the
only Philippine broadcast company with the most number of local and global marketing awards.

She joined GMA Network in 2010, after a laudable career as an advertising media professional
spanning more than two decades, where she drove to leadership position the top-ranked media
agency in the market, Starcom Mediavest Group Phils. Co. Inc. as Managing Director, while
concurrently serving as the Chairperson of Publicis Groupe Media Philippines and overseeing
Zenith Optimedia Phils. She continues to hold the record in the media advertising industry for
winning the most number of Media Agency of Record pitches when she was Managing Director
of Starcom Mediavest Group Philippines, from 2000-2009. She is 2019’s Hildegard individual for
Advertising by St. Scholastica’s College Manila, which aims to recognize women media
practitioners who served and paved the way if improving the welfare of the youth.

Maralag holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Statistics from the University of the Philippines,
Diliman, and took postgraduate studies at INSEAD in Singapore. She was Founding Co-
Chairperson of the Media Specialists Association of the Philippines (2008-2009), Chairman of
the Radio Research Council Adjudication & Review Board, Director of the TV Research Council,
part-time instructor at the University of Asia and the Pacific, global juror in the Starcom
MediaVest Group Fuel Awards (2004), and a frequent jury member in local and regional
advertising and marketing industry awards, the most recent of which is the Asia-Pacific
Advertising Effectiveness Awards(Effies).

Significant Employees

Although the Company and its key subsidiaries have relied on, and will continue to rely on, the
individual and collective contributions of their executive officers and senior operational
personnel, the Company and its key subsidiaries are not dependent on the services of any
particular employee.

Family Relationships
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Gilberto R. Duavit, Jr. is the brother of Judith Duavit-Vazquez. Joel Marcelo G. Jimenez and
Laura J. Westfall are siblings. Anna Teresa Gozon-Valdes is the daughter of Felipe L. Gozon.
Felipe L. Gozon’s sister, Carolina L. Gozon-Jimenez, is the mother of Joel Marcelo G. Jimenez
and Laura J. Westfall.

Involvement in Certain Legal Proceedings

To the best of the Company’s knowledge, during the past five years and up to date, there had
been no occurrence of any of the following events which are material to an evaluation of the
ability or integrity of any director, person nominated to become a director, executive officer, or
control person of the Company:

• Any filing of an insolvency or bankruptcy petition by or against any business of which such
person was a general partner or executive officer, either at the time of the insolvency or
within two years prior to that time;

• Any conviction by final judgment in a criminal proceeding, domestic or foreign, or any

pending criminal proceeding, domestic or foreign, of any such person, excluding traffic
violations and other minor offenses;

• Any final and executory order, judgment, or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction,
domestic or foreign, against any such person, permanently or temporarily enjoining, barring,
suspending, or otherwise limiting involvement in any type of business, securities,
commodities, or banking activities; and,

• Any final and executory judgment of any such person by a domestic or foreign court of
competent jurisdiction (in a civil action), the SEC, or comparable foreign body, or a domestic
or foreign exchange or electronic marketplace or self-regulatory organization, for violation of
a securities or commodities law.

Resignation of Directors

No director has resigned or declined to stand for re-election to the Board of Directors since the
date of the last annual meeting of the Company because of a disagreement with the Company
on matters relating to the Company’s operations, policies and practices.

Item 10. Executive Compensation

(a) CEO and Top 5 Compensated Executive Officers:

The following are the Company’s highest compensated executive officers:

Name and Position

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 Felipe L. Gozon Chairman and CEO

Gilberto R. Duavit, Jr. President and COO

Felipe S. Yalong Executive Vice President and Concurrent Group Head,

Corporate Services Group and Chief Financial Officer

Marissa L. Flores Senior Vice President, News and Public Affairs

Lizelle G. Maralag Chief Marketing Officer, Sales and Marketing Group

Rizalina D. Garduque Vice President, Sales – News and Public Affairs and
Regional TV

(a) Directors and other Executive Officers

13th Month and
Annual Salaries Total
Bonuses

Year (in thousands) (in thousands)

2017 144,348.5 131,232.1 275,580.6

CEO and Top 5
Highest
2018 200,422.7 173,643.5 374,066.2
Compensated
Officers
2019 279.593.1 181,134.5 460,727.5

2020 (estimate) 293.572.7 190,191.2 483,763.9

2017 223,700.6 167,779.8 391,480.4

Aggregate
compensation 2018 303,840.3 207,742.4 511,582.7
paid to all officers
and directors as a 2019 408,173.3 232,237.7 640,411.1
group
2020 (estimate) 424,500.3 241,257.2 666,027.5

Section 8 of Article IV of the Company’s By-Laws provides that as compensation of the

directors, the Members of the Board shall receive and allocate yearly an amount of not
more than two and a half percent (2.5%) of the net income after income tax of the
corporation during the preceding year. Of the said 2.5%, one percent (1%) shall be
allocated to the members of the Board of Directors to be distributed share and share
alike. The remaining one and a half percent (1.5%) shall be allocated to the members of
the Executive Committee to be distributed share and share alike.

Employee Stock Ownership Plan (“ESOP”)

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 The Company has no outstanding options or warrants held by its CEO, the named executive
officers, and all officers and directors as a group.

Item 11. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management

The security ownership of certain record and beneficial owners of more than 5% as of May 31, 2020 are
as follows:

Name and
Title Record / No. of shares Percent
Address of Citizenship
Of class Beneficial Held Owned
Beneficial Owner

Common Group Record: Group Management 789,813,389 23.47%

Management & and Development, Inc.
Development Inc. Filipino (“GMDI”)
1

No. 5 Wilson St.,

San Juan, Metro Gilberto R. Duavit, Jr. –
Manila relationship with record
owner: 50.94% indirect equity
ownership in GMDI through
Dual Management
Investments, Inc. and voting
rights over GMDI’s shares in
GMA (to the extent of
50.94%)

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The Board of Directors of Group Management c& Development, Inc. has authorized Gilberto R. Duavit,
Jr. to vote on the common and preferred shares of the company in GMA Network, Inc.

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 Common GMA Holdings, Record:
Inc. 2
Filipino GMA Holdings,Inc. (“GHI”) 721,865,200 21.45%
Unit 5D Tower
One, One
McKinley Place, Gilberto R. Duavit, Jr. and/or
Bonifacio Global
City Felipe L. Gozon –relationship
with record holder: direct
equity ownership of 33.3%
each and voting rights over
GHI shares in GMA

Joel Marcelo G. Jimenez-

relationship with record
holder: direct equity
ownership of 33.3%

Common FLG Management Record: FLG Management &

& Development Development Corporation
Corporation3 Filipino (“FLGMDC”) 672,449,717 19.99%
16/F Sagittarius
Condo 1, HV Dela
Costa Street,

2
The Board of Directors of GMA Holdings, Inc. has the sole power to decide how the shares owned in
the Company are to be voted and has authorized Felipe L. Gozon and/or Gilberto R. Duavit, Jr. to vote on
the company’s shares in GMA Network, Inc.

3
The Board of Directors of FLG Management & Development Corporation has authorized Felipe L.
Gozon to vote on the common and preferred shares of the company in GMA Network, Inc.

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 Salcedo Village, Felipe L. Gozon – relationship
Makati City to record holder: Chairman
(control and direction) over
FLGMDC.

Common M.A. Jimenez Record: M. A. Jimenez

Enterprises, Inc. Enterpises, Inc. (“M.A.
Filipino Jimenez”) 453,882,095 13.49%
2/F Sagittarius
Condominium, H.
V. De la Costa St.,
Salcedo Village, Joel Marcelo G. Jimenez –
Makati City4 relationship with record
holder: indirect equity
ownership through Television
International Corp., Majent
Management and
Development Corp. and
Letras Y Figuras Holdings Inc.
to the extent of 50% and
voting rights over M.A.
Jimenez shares in GMA.

Menardo G. Jimenez, Jr.-

relationship with record
holder: indirect equity
ownership through Television
International Corp., Majent
Management and
Development Corp. and
Mandarin Tree Holdings, Inc.

4
The Board of Directors of M.A. Jimenez Enterprises, Inc. has authorized Joel Marcelo G. Jimenez and/or
Laura J. Westfall to vote on the common and preferred shares of the company in GMA Network, Inc.

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 to the extent of 50%

Common Television Record: Television

International International Corp.
Corporation5 Filipino 334,378,037 9.94%

2/F Sagittarius
Condominium, H. Joel Marcelo G. Jimenez:
V. De la Costa St., relationship with record
Salcedo Village, owner: indirect equity
Makati City ownership through Majent
Management & Development
Corp., Menarco Holdings,
Corp. and Letras Y Figuras
Holdings, Inc. to the extent of
50% and voting rights over
Television International
Corp.’s shares in GMA.

Menardo G. Jimenez, Jr.:

relationship with record
owner: indirect equity
ownership through Majent
Management & Development
Corp., Menarco Holdings,
Corp. and Mandarin Tree
Holdings Inc. to the extent of
50% of Television
International's shares in GMA

5
The Board of Directors of Television International Corporation has authorized Joel Marcelo G. Jimenez
and/or Laura J. Westfall to vote on the common and preferred shares of the company in GMA Network,
Inc.

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 Total Common Shares

2,972,388,438

88.34%

Preferred Group Record: Group Management

Management & and Development, Inc.
Development Inc. Filipino (“GMDI”) 2,625,805,308 35.01%

No. 5 Wilson St.,

San Juan, Metro
Manila Gilberto R. Duavit, Jr. –
relationship with record
owner: 50.94% indirect equity
ownership in GMDI through
Dual Management
Investments, Inc. and voting
rights over GMDI’s shares in
GMA (to the extent of
50.94%)

Preferred FLG Management Record: FLG Management &

& Development Development Corporation
Corporation Filipino (“FLGMDC”) 2,181,898,644 29.09%
16/F Sagittarius
Condo 1, HV Dela
Costa St., Salcedo Felipe L. Gozon – relationship
Village, Makati to record holder: Chairman
City (control and direction) over
FLGMDC.

Preferred M.A. Jimenez Record: M. A. Jimenez

Enterprises, Inc. Enterpises, Inc. (“M.A.
Filipino Jimenez”) 1,508,978,826 20.12%
2/F Sagittarius
Condominium, H.
V. De la Costa St.,

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 Salcedo Village, Joel Marcelo G. Jimenez –
Makati City relationship with record
holder: indirect equity
ownership through Television
International Corp., Majent
Management and
Development Corp. and
Letras Y Figuras Holdings Inc.
to the extent of 50% and
voting rights over M.A.
Jimenez shares in GMA.

Menardo G. .Jimenez, Jr.-

relationship with record
holder: indirect equity
ownership through Television
International Corp., Majent
Management and
Development Corp. and
Mandarin Tree Holdings, Inc.
to the extent of 50%

Preferred Television Record: Television

International International Corp.
Corporation Filipino 1,111,661,610 14.82%
Joel Marcelo G. Jimenez:
2/F Sagittarius relationship with record
Condominium, H. owner: indirect equity
V. De la Costa St., ownership through Majent
Salcedo Village, Management & Development
Makati City Corp., Menarco Holdings,
Corp. and Letras Y Figuras
Holdings, Inc. to the extent of
50% and voting rights over
Television International
Corp.’s shares in GMA.

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 Menardo G. Jimenez, Jr.:
relationship with record
owner: indirect equity
ownership through Majent
Management & Development
Corp., Menarco Holdings,
Corp. and Mandarin Tree
Holdings Inc. to the extent of
50% of Television
International's shares in GMA

Total Preferred Shares

7,428,344,388

99.04%

Security Ownership of Management as of May 31, 2020

As of May 31, 2020, the Company’s directors and senior officers directly owned an aggregate of
7,001,354 common shares of the Company, equivalent to 0.21% of the Company’s issued and
outstanding common capital stock and 46,944 preferred shares equivalent to 0.00% of the Company’s
issued and outstanding preferred capital stock. The beneficial ownership/control (by virtue of direct,
indirect/beneficial ownership/control or by having voting rights over the shares of the corporate
stockholder in the Company) of the directors/senior officers represent 1,476,385,842 common shares of
the Company, equivalent to 43.88% of the Company’s issued and outstanding common capital stock and
4,829,744,162 preferred shares equivalent to 64.40% of the Company’s issued and outstanding
preferred stock.

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Stockholder Position Citizenship Record/Beneficial No. of Common Percentage No. of Percent of
Name Shares Held of Common Preferred Preferred
(Direct/Indirect) Shares Shares Shares

Anna Teresa Director/Assistant Corporate Filipino Direct 3 0.00% 6 0

Gozon-Valdes Secretary

Gilberto R. Director/President/COO Filipino Direct 4,007,005 0.11% 12 0

Duavit, Jr.

Indirect beneficial 402,304,7066 11.95% 1,337,498,0067 17.83%

(through GMDI/Dual
Management
Investments)

Felipe L. Gozon Director/Chairman and CEO Filipino Direct 3,181 0% 26,880 0

Indirect beneficial 672,449,717 19.99% 2,181,898,644 29.09%

(control and direction
over FLGMDC)

Joel Marcelo G. Director Filipino Direct 292,003 0.01% 6 0

Jimenez

Indirect beneficial 226,941,0478 6.745% 754,489,413 10.06%

(through M.A. Jimenez
Enterprises,
Inc./Television
International Corp.,
Majent Management
and Development Corp.
and Letras Y Figuras
Holdings, Inc. and
voting rights over M.A.
Jimenez shares in GMA)

Indirect beneficial
(through Television
International Corp.,
Majent Management

6
.32 Fractional share has been disregarded for consistency.

7
.49 Franctional share has been disregarded for consistency.

8
.5 Fractional share has been disregarded for consistency.

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 and Development Corp.
and Letras Y Figuras
Holdings, Inc. and
voting rights over
Television International
Corporation shares in
GMA)

167,189,018 4.97% 555,830,805 7.41%

Judith R. Duavit Director Filipino Direct 588,158 0.02% 378 0

Vazquez

Laura J. Westfall Director Filipino Direct 2 0% 6 0

Felipe S. Yalong Director/Executive Vice- Filipino Direct 1,613,000 0.05% 6 0

President/Chief Financial Officer

Jaime C. Laya Independent Director Filpino Direct 294,001 0.01% 0 0

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 Indirect (through 500,000 0.01%
Dynawinds, Inc.)

Artemio V. Independent Director Filipino Direct 1 0.00% 0 0

Panganiban

Roberto Rafael Corporate Secretary/Compliance Filipino Direct 22,000 0.00% 0 0

V. Lucila Officer

Marissa L. Senior Vice President – News Filipino N/A

Flores and Public Affairs

Ronaldo P. Senior Vice President – Finance Filipino Direct 182,000 0.01% 0 0

Mastrili and IC

Lilybeth. G. Senior Vice President – Filipino N/A

Rasonable Entertainment TV

Elvis B. Ancheta Senior Vice President and Head, Filipino N/A

Engineering Group; Head,
Transmission and Regional
Engineering Department

Lizelle G. Chief Marketing Officer Filipino N/A

Maralag

GMA Holdings, Inc. is 99% owned by Gilberto R. Duavit, Jr., Felipe L. Gozon and Joel Marcelo
G. Jimenez. The shares of the Company owned by GMA Holdings, Inc. are covered by
Philippine Deposit Receipts (“PDRs”) which give the holder of each PDR the right to the delivery
or sale of the underlying share. The PDRs are listed with the Philippine Stock Exchange.

Group Management and Development, Inc., FLG Management and Development Corporation,
M.A. Jimenez Enterprises, Inc. and Television International Corporation are significant
shareholders of the Company.

Voting Trust Holders of 5% or more

The Company is unaware of any persons holding more than 5% of shares under a voting trust
or similar agreement.

Changes in Control

There are no existing provisions in the Articles of Incorporation or the By-Laws of the Company
which will delay, defer or in any manner prevent a change in control of the Company. There
have been no arrangements which have resulted in a change in control of the Company during
the period covered by this report.
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Item 12. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions

Advances to Affiliates

The Company has, from time to time, made advances to certain of its affiliates. The advances
are non-interest bearing.

The Company made advances to Mont-Aire in the amount of P121.4 million as of December 31,
2004. Of such advances, the Company converted the amount of P38.3 million into P38.3 million
worth of common shares of Mont-Aire. Simultaneously, the other shareholders of Mont-Aire,
namely, Group Management and Development, Inc., Television International Corporation and
FLG Management and Development Corporation converted advances in the aggregate amount
of P23.5 million made by them to Mont-Aire into P23.5 million worth of common shares of Mont
Aire. The SEC approved the conversion of the advances into equity on February 17, 2006. The
Company owns 49% of Mont-Aire, with the remaining 51% being owned by the Duavit family,
Gozon family and Jimenez family. Mont-Aire is a real estate holding company whose principal
property is a 5.3 hectare property located in Tagaytay, Cavite. Such property is not used in the
broadcasting business of the Company. As of December 31, 2019 and 2018, Mont-Aire has had
advances owing to the Company in the amount of P97.1 million and P89 million, respectively.
Please see Note 20 of the Company’s financial statements.

Agreements with RGMA Network, Inc. (“RGMA”)

The Company has an existing agreement with RGMA for the latter to provide general
management, programming and research, events management, on-air monitoring of
commercial placements, certificates of performance, billing and collection functions, and local
sales service for the 25 radio stations of the Company. RGMA is paid management and
marketing fees based on billed sales. Please see Note 20 of the Company’s financial
statements.

Agreements with GMA Marketing and Productions, Inc. (“GMA Marketing”)

The Company entered into a marketing agreement with its wholly-owned subsidiary, GMA
Marketing wherein GMA Marketing agreed to sell television advertising spots and airtime in
exchange for which GMA Marketing will be entitled to a marketing fee and commission. Apart
from this, the Company likewise engaged the services of GMA Marketing to handle and mount
promotional events as well as to manage the encoding, scheduling of telecast/broadcast
placements and subsequent monitoring of sales implementations for which GMA Marketing is
paid a fixed monthly service fee. In 2016, GMA Marketing operations were integrated to the
Company. Please see Note 20 of the Company’s financial statements.

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Belo Gozon Elma Parel Asuncion & Lucila Law Office

The Company and the law firm of Belo Gozon Elma Parel Asuncion & Lucila entered into a
retainer agreement in 1993 under which Belo Gozon Elma Parel Asuncion & Lucila was
engaged by the Company as its external counsel. As such external counsel, Belo Gozon Elma
Parel Asuncion & Lucila handles all cases and legal matters referred to it by the Company.
Other than Felipe L. Gozon, who is part of the Gozon Family, one of the principal shareholders
of the Company, and director of the Company since 1975, some of the lawyers of Belo Gozon
Elma Parel Asuncion & Lucila eventually assumed certain positions and functions in the
Company either in their individual capacities or as part of the functions of Belo Gozon Elma
Parel Asuncion & Lucila as the Company’s external counsel. Please see Note 20 of the
Company’s financial statements.

Item 13. Corporate Governance

Please refer to the Integrated Annual Corporate Governance Report of the Company
submitted on May 29, 2019.

PART V - EXHIBITS AND SCHEDULES

Item 14. Exhibits and Reports on SEC Form 17-C

(a) Exhibits

Exhibit 1 – 2020 Audited Financial Statements

Exhibit 2 – Interim Financial Statements as of March 31, 2020 under SEC Form 17-Q

(b) Reports on SEC Form 17-C

The following current reports have been reported by GMA Network, Inc during the year 2019:

• Press Release: “GMA Network, PLDT-Smart partner for game changing digital TV
innovation” (January 9, 2019)
• Notice of 2019 Annual Stockholders’ Meeting (January 24, 2019)
• Press Release: “GMA Network invests over P1 billion for the second phase of
digitization project” (February 22, 2019)
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 • Results of the Special Meeting of the Board of Directors (March 29, 2019)
• Declaration of Cash Dividends (March 29, 2019)
• Amended Notice for the 2019 Annual Stockholders’ Meeting (April 15, 2019)
• Results of the 2019 Annual Stockholders’ Meeting (May 15, 2019)
• Results of the 2019 Organizational Meeting of Board of Directors (May 15, 2019)
• Press Release “GMA Network targets 12 percent growth in 2019” (May 15, 2019)
• Amended Results of the 2019 Organizational Meeting of Board of Directors (May 20,
2019)
• Clarification of News Report “GMA Network eyes diversification outside media space”
(Philstar.com) (May 20, 2019)
• Clarification of News Report “DOLE penalizes GMA Network over the death of Eddie
Garcia” (www.msn.com) (August 13, 2019)
• Change in Corporate Contact details and/or Website (October 4, 2019)
• Results of the Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors (October 24, 2019)
• Clarification of News Report – “Govt finds GMA Network liable in actor’s death; fined
P890,000” (Business Mirror – Internet Edition) (December 23, 2019)

Item 15. Sustainability Report

Please see attached 2019 Sustainability Report of the Company. The Sustainability Report
may also be viewed at:
www.gmanetwork.com/sustainabilityreports<http://www.gmanetwork.com/sustainabil
ityreports>

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 COVER SHEET
for
AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

SEC Registration Number

5 2 1 3

COMPANY NAME

G M A N E T W O R K , I N C . A N D S U B S I D I A

R I E S

PRINCIPAL OFFICE ( No. / Street / Barangay / City / Town / Province )

G M A N e t w o r k C e n t e r , T i m o g A v e n

u e c o r n e r E D S A , Q u e z o n C i t y

Form Type Department requiring the report Secondary License Type, If Applicable

A C F S CMD Not Applicable

COMPANY INFORMATION
Company’s Email Address Company’s Telephone Number Mobile Number

Not applicable 8982-7777 Not applicable

No. of Stockholders Annual Meeting (Month / Day) Fiscal Year (Month / Day)

1,668 7/17 12/31

CONTACT PERSON INFORMATION

The designated contact person MUST be an Officer of the Corporation
Name of Contact Person Email Address Telephone Number/s Mobile Number

Felipe S. Yalong FSY@gmanetwork.com 8928-5133 Not applicable

CONTACT PERSON’s ADDRESS

GMA Network Center, Timog Avenue corner EDSA, Quezon City

NOTE 1 : In case of death, resignation or cessation of office of the officer designated as contact person, such incident shall be reported to the Commission within
thirty (30) calendar days from the occurrence thereof with information and complete contact details of the new contact person designated.
2 : All Boxes must be properly and completely filled-up. Failure to do so shall cause the delay in updating the corporation’s records with the Commission
and/or non-receipt of Notice of Deficiencies. Further, non-receipt of Notice of Deficiencies shall not excuse the corporation from liability for its deficiencies.

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INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT

The Board of Directors and Stockholders

GMA Network, Inc. and Subsidiaries
GMA Network Center
Timog Avenue corner EDSA
Quezon City

Opinion

We have audited the consolidated financial statements of GMA Network, Inc. and Subsidiaries
(the Group), which comprise the consolidated statements of financial position as at December 31, 2019
and 2018, and the consolidated statements of comprehensive income, consolidated statements of changes
in equity and consolidated statements of cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended
December 31, 2019, and notes to the consolidated financial statements, including a summary of
significant accounting policies.

In our opinion, the accompanying consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects,
the consolidated financial position of the Group as at December 31, 2019 and 2018, and its consolidated
financial performance and its consolidated cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended
December 31, 2019 in accordance with Philippine Financial Reporting Standards (PFRSs).

Basis for Opinion

We conducted our audits in accordance with Philippine Standards on Auditing (PSAs). Our
responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit
of the Consolidated Financial Statements section of our report. We are independent of the Group in
accordance with the Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants in the Philippines (Code of Ethics)
together with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the consolidated financial
statements in the Philippines, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with
these requirements and the Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is
sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Key Audit Matters

Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our
audit of the consolidated financial statements of the current period. These matters were addressed in the
context of our audit of the consolidated financial statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion
thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters. For each matter below, our
description of how our audit addressed the matter is provided in that context.

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 -2-

We have fulfilled the responsibilities described in the Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the
Consolidated Financial Statements section of our report, including in relation to these matters.
Accordingly, our audit included the performance of procedures designed to respond to our assessment of
the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements. The results of our audit
procedures, including the procedures performed to address the matters below, provide the basis for our
audit opinion on the accompanying consolidated financial statements.

(1) Revenue Recognition

The Group derives a significant portion of its revenue from advertising, which represents 92% of the
consolidated revenue for the year ended December 31, 2019. Proper recognition of revenue from
advertising is significant to our audit given the large volume of transactions processed daily and the
highly automated airtime revenue process with multiple information technology (IT) interfaces from
initiation to reporting. Further, there are different rates applicable depending on the time slot when the
advertisements are aired which are adjusted by discounts granted by the Group on a case-by-case basis as
indicated in the telecast orders. Lastly, there are variations in the timing of billings which are made
depending on when the advertisements are aired.

Refer to Note 21 of the consolidated financial statements for the disclosure on details about the Group’s
revenues.

Audit Response

We obtained an understanding of the Group’s advertising revenue process, tested the relevant internal
controls and involved our internal specialists in testing the revenue-related IT controls. In addition, we
selected samples of billing statements and performed recomputation. This was done by comparing the
rates and billable airtime applied to the billing statements against the rates on the telecast orders and the
billable airtime against the certificates of performance generated when the advertisements were aired. We
also tested transactions taking place one month before and after year-end to obtain reasonable assurance
that advertising revenues are recognized in the correct period.

(2) Adequacy of Allowance for Expected Credit Losses on Trade Receivables

The Group applies simplified approach in calculating expected credit losses (ECL) on trade receivables.
Under this approach, the Group establishes a provision matrix that is based on its historical credit loss
experience and adjusted for forward-looking factors specific to the debtors and the economic
environment. Allowance for ECL and the provision for ECL as of and for the year ended December 31,
2019 amounted to = P549.64 million and = P18.30 million, respectively. The use of ECL model is
significant to our audit as it involves the exercise of significant management judgment. Key areas of
judgment include: segmenting the Group’s credit risk exposures; defining default; determining
assumptions to be used in the ECL model such as timing and amounts of expected net recoveries from
defaulted accounts; and incorporating forward-looking information (called overlays) in calculating
ECL.

Refer to Note 7 of the consolidated financial statements for the disclosure on the details of the allowance
for credit losses using the ECL model.

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 -3-

Audit response

We obtained an understanding of the methodology and model used for the credit exposure on trade
receivables and assessed whether these considered the requirements of PFRS 9, Financial Instruments, to
reflect an unbiased and probability-weighted outcome, the time value of money, and the best available
forward-looking information.

We (a) assessed the Group’s segmentation of its credit risk exposure based on homogeneity of credit risk
characteristics; (b) tested the definition of default against historical analysis of accounts and credit risk
management policies and practices in place, (c) tested historical loss rates by inspecting historical
recoveries and write-offs; (d) checked the classification of outstanding exposures to their corresponding
aging buckets; and (e) checked the forward-looking information used for overlay through statistical test
and corroboration using publicly available information and our understanding of the Group’s trade
receivables portfolios and industry practices.

Further, we checked the data used in the ECL model, such as the historical aging analysis and default and
recovery data, by reconciling data from source system reports. We also reconciled sample invoices to the
loss allowance analysis/models and financial reporting systems. To the extent that the loss allowance
analysis is based on credit exposures that have been disaggregated into subsets with similar risk
characteristics, we traced or re-performed the disaggregation from source systems to the loss allowance
analysis. We also assessed the assumptions used where there are missing or insufficient data.

We recalculated impairment provisions on a sample basis.

(3) Adoption of PFRS 16, Leases

Effective January 1, 2019, the Group adopted PFRS 16, Leases, under the modified retrospective
approach which resulted in significant changes in the Group’s accounting policy for leases. The Group’s
adoption of PFRS 16 is significant to our audit because the adoption involves application of significant
judgment and estimation in determining the lease term, including evaluating whether the Group is
reasonably certain to exercise options to extend or terminate the lease, and in determining the incremental
borrowing rate. This resulted in the recognition of right-of-use assets, lease liability and dismantling
provision amounting to =P98.99 million, P=66.54 million and =P32.45 million, respectively, as at
January 1, 2019, and the recognition of depreciation expense and interest expense of = P30.66 million and
=9.41 million, respectively, for the year ended December 31, 2019.
P

Refer to Notes 2 and 27 of the consolidated financial statements for the disclosures on the transition
adjustments and details about the Group’s leases, respectively.

Audit Response

We obtained an understanding of the Group’s process in implementing the new standard on leases,
including the determination of the population of the lease contracts covered by PFRS 16, the application
of the short-term exemption, the selection of the transition approach and any election of available
practical expedients.

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 -4-

We tested the population of lease agreements by comparing the number of lease agreements to the master
lease schedule of the Group. On a test basis, we inspected lease agreements (i.e., lease agreements
existing prior to the adoption of PFRS 16 and new lease agreements), identified their contractual terms
and conditions, and traced these contractual terms and conditions to the lease calculation prepared by
management, which covers the calculation of financial impact of PFRS 16, including the transition
adjustments.

For selected lease contracts with renewal and/or termination option, we reviewed the management’s
assessment of whether it is reasonably certain that the Group will exercise the option to renew or not
exercise the option to terminate.

We tested the parameters used in the determination of the incremental borrowing rate by reference to
market data. We test computed the lease calculation prepared by management on a sample basis,
including the transition adjustments.

We reviewed the disclosures related to the transition adjustments based on the requirements of PFRS 16
and PAS 8, Accounting Policies, Changes in Accounting Estimates and Errors.

Other Information

Management is responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information
included in the SEC Form 20-IS (Definitive Information Statement), SEC Form 17-A and Annual Report
for the year ended December 31, 2019, but does not include the consolidated financial statements and our
auditor’s report thereon. The SEC Form 20-IS (Definitive Information Statement), SEC Form 17-A and
Annual Report for the year ended December 31, 2019 are expected to be made available to us after the
date of this auditor’s report.

Our opinion on the consolidated financial statements does not cover the other information and we will not
express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.

In connection with our audits of the consolidated financial statements, our responsibility is to read the
other information identified above when it becomes available and, in doing so, consider whether the other
information is materially inconsistent with the consolidated financial statements or our knowledge
obtained in the audits, or otherwise appears to be materially misstated.

Responsibilities of Management and Those Charged with Governance for the Consolidated
Financial Statements

Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the consolidated financial
statements in accordance with PFRSs, and for such internal control as management determines is
necessary to enable the preparation of consolidated financial statements that are free from material
misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the consolidated financial statements, management is responsible for assessing the Group’s
ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and
using the going concern basis of accounting unless management either intends to liquidate the Group or to
cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.

Those charged with governance are responsible for overseeing the Group’s financial reporting process.

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Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the Consolidated Financial Statements

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements as a
whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report
that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an
audit conducted in accordance with PSAs will always detect a material misstatement when it exists.
Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the
aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the
basis of these consolidated financial statements.

As part of an audit in accordance with PSAs, we exercise professional judgment and maintain
professional skepticism throughout the audit. We also:

· Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements,
whether due to fraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and
obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of
not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error,
as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of
internal control.

· Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures
that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the
effectiveness of the Group’s internal control.

· Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting
estimates and related disclosures made by management.

· Conclude on the appropriateness of management’s use of the going concern basis of accounting and,
based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or
conditions that may cast significant doubt on the Group’s ability to continue as a going concern. If
we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in our auditor’s
report to the related disclosures in the consolidated financial statements or, if such disclosures are
inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up to
the date of our auditor’s report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Group to cease
to continue as a going concern.

· Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the consolidated financial statements,
including the disclosures, and whether the consolidated financial statements represent the underlying
transactions and events in a manner that achieves fair presentation.

· Obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence regarding the financial information of the entities or
business activities within the Group to express an opinion on the consolidated financial statements.
We are responsible for the direction, supervision and performance of the audit. We remain solely
responsible for our audit opinion.

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We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope
and timing of the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal
control that we identify during our audit.

We also provide those charged with governance with a statement that we have complied with relevant
ethical requirements regarding independence, and to communicate with them all relationships and other
matters that may reasonably be thought to bear on our independence, and where applicable, related
safeguards.

From the matters communicated with those charged with governance, we determine those matters that
were of most significance in the audit of the consolidated financial statements of the current period and
are therefore the key audit matters. We describe these matters in our auditor’s report unless law or
regulation precludes public disclosure about the matter or when, in extremely rare circumstances, we
determine that a matter should not be communicated in our report because the adverse consequences of
doing so would reasonably be expected to outweigh the public interest benefits of such communication.

The engagement partner on the audit resulting in this independent auditor’s report is Belinda T. Beng Hui.

SYCIP GORRES VELAYO & CO.

Belinda T. Beng Hui

Partner
CPA Certificate No. 88823
SEC Accreditation No. 0943-AR-3 (Group A),
March 14, 2019, valid until March 13, 2022
Tax Identification No. 153-978-243
BIR Accreditation No. 08-001998-78-2018,
March 14, 2018, valid until March 13, 2021
PTR No. 8125213, January 7, 2020, Makati City

April 13, 2020

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GMA NETWORK, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL POSITION

December 31
2019 2018

ASSETS

Current Assets
Cash and cash equivalents (Notes 6, 30 and 31) P2,254,971,656
= P2,559,105,322
=
Trade and other receivables (Notes 7, 20, 30 and 31) 5,257,147,953 4,811,973,802
Program and other rights (Note 8) 842,413,582 736,461,608
Prepaid expenses and other current assets (Note 9) 918,901,359 644,937,919
Total Current Assets 9,273,434,550 8,752,478,651

Noncurrent Assets
Property and equipment:
At cost (Note 12) 2,695,162,487 2,642,298,449
At revalued amounts (Notes 13 and 31) 2,803,196,184 2,803,196,184
Right-of-use assets (Note 27) 129,802,186 –
Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income (FVOCI)
(Notes 10, 30 and 31) 243,433,060 240,255,846
Investments and advances (Notes 11 and 20) 179,766,749 158,215,331
Program and other rights - net of current portion (Note 8) 196,376,347 200,772,808
Investment properties (Notes 14 and 31) 36,252,221 40,003,984
Deferred tax assets - net (Note 28) 474,417,278 242,939,864
Other noncurrent assets (Notes 15, 30 and 31) 315,037,507 212,372,345
Total Noncurrent Assets 7,073,444,019 6,540,054,811
TOTAL ASSETS =16,346,878,569
P =15,292,533,462
P

LIABILITIES AND EQUITY

Current Liabilities
Trade payables and other current liabilities (Notes 16, 30 and 31) =2,406,724,759
P =2,160,986,267
P
Short-term loans (Notes 17, 30 and 31) 400,000,000 500,000,000
Income tax payable 512,384,161 424,940,559
Current portion of lease liabilities (Notes 27, 30 and 31) 18,268,746 –
Obligations for program and other rights (Notes 18, 30 and 31) 133,784,154 119,646,269
Dividends payable (Notes 19, 30 and 31) 18,734,008 17,053,776
Total Current Liabilities 3,489,895,828 3,222,626,871

Noncurrent Liabilities
Pension liability (Note 26) 2,733,593,128 2,182,994,135
Other long-term employee benefits (Note 26) 336,401,040 298,843,728
Lease liabilities - net of current portion (Notes 27, 30 and 31) 87,519,369 –
Dismantling provision (Note 27) 42,392,195 –
Total Noncurrent Liabilities 3,199,905,732 2,481,837,863
Total Liabilities 6,689,801,560 5,704,464,734
(Forward)

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December 31
2019 2018

Equity
Capital stock (Note 19) P4,864,692,000
= P4,864,692,000
=
Additional paid-in capital 1,659,035,196 1,659,035,196
Revaluation increment on land - net of tax (Note 13) 1,710,505,188 1,710,505,188
Remeasurement loss on retirement plans - net of tax (Note 26) (1,338,518,972) (1,038,041,118)
Net unrealized loss on financial assets at FVOCI - net of tax (Note 10) (2,245,454) (5,051,345)
Retained earnings (Note 19) 2,727,238,685 2,368,404,468
Treasury stocks (Note 19) (28,483,171) (28,483,171)
Underlying shares of the acquired Philippine Deposit Receipts (Note 19) (5,790,016) (5,790,016)
Total equity attributable to equity holders of the Parent Company 9,586,433,456 9,525,271,202
Non-controlling interests (Note 2) 70,643,553 62,797,526
Total Equity 9,657,077,009 9,588,068,728

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY =16,346,878,569

P =15,292,533,462
P

See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

Years Ended December 31

2019 2018 2017
REVENUES (Note 21) P
=16,493,452,212 =15,236,192,369
P =15,602,292,188
P

PRODUCTION COSTS (Note 22) 6,435,153,765 6,483,703,064 6,682,296,268

GROSS PROFIT 10,058,298,447 8,752,489,305 8,919,995,920
GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
(Note 23) 6,325,456,794 5,514,342,920 5,384,409,786
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE) - NET
Interest expense (Notes 17 and 27) (55,595,345) (36,251,389) (23,010,666)
Foreign currency exchange gain (loss) (34,892,931) 19,221,001 2,300,851
Interest income (Note 6) 22,906,786 25,455,860 23,776,178
Equity in net earnings of joint ventures (Note 11) 13,420,076 6,351,690 329,580
Others - net (Note 25) 87,766,566 79,113,895 119,017,401
33,605,152 93,891,057 122,413,344
INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAX 3,766,446,805 3,332,037,442 3,657,999,478
PROVISION FOR (BENEFIT FROM) INCOME TAX
(Note 28)
Current 1,200,778,143 1,056,853,906 1,094,886,107
Deferred (73,607,958) (48,828,615) 3,383,736
1,127,170,185 1,008,025,291 1,098,269,843
NET INCOME 2,639,276,620 2,324,012,151 2,559,729,635
OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS) - net of tax
Items not to be reclassified to profit or loss in
subsequent periods:
Net changes in the fair market value of
financial assets at FVOCI (Note 10) 2,805,891 (23,543,428) –
Revaluation increment on land (Note 13) – 693,258,159 –
Remeasurement loss on retirement plans (Note 26) (300,697,741) (367,199,765) (2,182,309)
(297,891,850) 302,514,966 (2,182,309)
Item to be reclassified to profit or loss in subsequent periods:
Net changes in the fair market value of
available-for-sale (AFS) financial assets – – 2,021,500
– – 2,021,500
TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME P
=2,341,384,770 =2,626,527,117
P =2,559,568,826
P

Net income attributable to:

Equity holders of the Parent Company P
=2,618,460,706 =2,304,793,288
P =2,543,897,957
P
Non-controlling interests (Note 2) 20,815,914 19,218,863 15,831,678
P
=2,639,276,620 =2,324,012,151
P =2,559,729,635
P

Total comprehensive income attributable to:

Equity holders of the Parent Company P
=2,320,788,743 =2,602,691,328
P =2,543,737,148
P
Non-controlling interests (Note 2) 20,596,027 23,835,789 15,831,678
P
=2,341,384,770 =2,626,527,117
P =2,559,568,826
P

Basic / Diluted Earnings Per Share (Note 29) P

=0.539 =0.474
P =0.523
P

See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2019, 2018 AND 2017

Equity Attributable to Equity Holders of the Parent Company

Underlying
Shares of the
Remeasurement Net Unrealized Acquired
Revaluation Loss on Loss on Philippine Non-
Additional Increment on Retirement Financial Assets Treasury Deposit controlling
Capital Stock Paid-in Land Plans at FVOCI Retained Earnings Stocks Receipts Interests
(Note 19) Capital (Note 13) (Note 26) (Note 10) (Note 19) (Note 19) (Note 19) Total (Note 2) Total Equity
Balances at January 1, 2019 = 4,864,692,000
P = 1,659,035,196
P = 1,710,505,188
P (P
=1,038,041,118) (P
=5,051,345) = 2,368,404,468
P (P
=28,483,171) (P
=5,790,016) = 9,525,271,202
P = 62,797,526
P = 9,588,068,728
P
Effect of adoption of new accounting
standard (Note 2) – – – – – (72,537,192) – – (72,537,192) – (72,537,192)
Balances at January 1, 2019, as restated 4,864,692,000 1,659,035,196 1,710,505,188 (1,038,041,118) (5,051,345) 2,295,867,276 (28,483,171) (5,790,016) 9,452,734,010 62,797,526 9,515,531,536
Total comprehensive income:
Net income – – – – – 2,618,460,706 – – 2,618,460,706 20,815,914 2,639,276,620
Other comprehensive income (loss) – – – (300,477,854) 2,805,891 – – – (297,671,963) (219,887) (297,891,850)
Cash dividends - =
P0.45 a share (Note 19) – – – – – (2,187,089,297) – – (2,187,089,297) – (2,187,089,297)
Cash dividends to non-controlling interest
(Note 2) – – – – – – – – – (12,750,000) (12,750,000)
Balances at December 31, 2019 = 4,864,692,000
P = 1,659,035,196
P = 1,710,505,188
P (P
=1,338,518,972) (P
=2,245,454) = 2,727,238,685
P (P
=28,483,171) (P
=5,790,016) = 9,586,433,456
P P70,643,553
= = 9,657,077,009
P

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Equity Attributable to Equity Holders of the Parent Company

Underlying
Shares of the
Remeasurement Net Unrealized Acquired
Revaluation Loss on Loss on Philippine Non-
Additional Increment on Retirement Net Unrealized Financial Assets at Treasury Deposit controlling
Capital Stock Paid-in Land Plans Loss on AFS FVOCI Retained Earnings Stocks Receipts Interests
(Note 19) Capital (Note 13) (Note 26) Financial Assets (Note 10) (Note 19) (Note 19) (Note 19) Total (Note 2) Total Equity
Balances at January 1, 2018 =4,864,692,000
P =1,659,035,196
P =1,017,247,029
P (P
=666,224,427) =–
P =18,492,083
P =2,493,710,400
P (P
=28,483,171) (P
=5,790,016) =9,352,679,094
P =46,611,737
P =9,399,290,831
P
Total comprehensive income:
Net income – – – – – – 2,304,793,288 – – 2,304,793,288 19,218,863 2,324,012,151
Other comprehensive income
(loss) – – 693,258,159 (371,816,691) – (23,543,428) – – – 297,898,040 4,616,926 302,514,966
Cash dividends - =P0.50 a share (Note 19) – – – – – – (2,430,099,220) – – (2,430,099,220) – (2,430,099,220)
Cash dividends to non-controlling
interest (Note 2) – – – – – – – – – – (7,650,000) (7,650,000)
Balances at December 31, 2018 =4,864,692,000
P =1,659,035,196
P =1,710,505,188
P (P
=1,038,041,118) P–
= (P
=5,051,345) =2,368,404,468
P (P
=28,483,171) (P
=5,790,016) =9,525,271,202
P =62,797,526
P =9,588,068,728
P

Equity Attributable to Equity Holders of the Parent Company

Underlying
Shares of the
Revaluation Remeasurement Acquired Non-
Additional Increment Loss on Net Unrealized Retained Treasury Philippine controlling
Capital Stock Paid-in on Land Retirement Plans Loss on AFS Earnings Stocks Deposit Receipts Interests
(Note 19) Capital (Note 13) (Note 26) Financial Assets (Note 19) (Note 19) (Note 19) Total (Note 2) Total Equity
Balances at January 1, 2017 =4,864,692,000
P =1,659,035,196
P =1,017,247,029
P (P
=664,042,118) (P
=10,113,681) =3,574,757,302
P (P
=28,483,171) (P
=5,790,016) =10,407,302,541
P =48,630,059
P =10,455,932,600
P
Total comprehensive income:
Net income – – – – – 2,543,897,957 – – 2,543,897,957 15,831,678 2,559,729,635
Other comprehensive income (loss) – – – (2,182,309) 2,021,500 – – – (160,809) – (160,809)
Cash dividends - =
P0.73 a share (Note 19) – – – – – (3,547,944,859) – – (3,547,944,859) – (3,547,944,859)
Cash dividends to non-controlling interest – – – – – – – – – (17,850,000) (17,850,000)
Balances at December 31, 2017 =4,864,692,000
P =1,659,035,196
P =1,017,247,029
P (P
=666,224,427) (P
=8,092,181) =2,570,710,400
P (P
=28,483,171) (P
=5,790,016) =9,403,094,830
P =46,611,737
P =9,449,706,567
P

See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

Years Ended December 31

2019 2018 2017
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Income before income tax =3,766,446,805
P =3,332,037,442
P =3,657,999,478
P
Adjustments to reconcile income before income tax to
net cash flows:
Program and other rights usage (Notes 8 and 22) 988,703,737 871,451,221 905,254,190
Depreciation (Notes 12, 14, 22, 23 and 27) 577,704,447 586,448,899 631,515,648
Pension expense (Note 26) 402,209,767 312,489,341 289,541,781
Contributions to retirement plan assets (Note 26) (266,448,811) (279,003,770) (259,000,000)
Interest expense (Notes 17 and 27) 55,595,345 36,251,389 23,010,666
Net unrealized foreign currency exchange loss
(gain) 30,284,446 5,185,384 (59,133,380)
Amortization of software costs (Notes 15 and 23) 26,788,389 23,173,007 23,362,883
Interest income (Note 6) (22,906,786) (25,455,860) (23,776,178)
Net gain on sale of property and equipment and
investment properties (Notes 12, 14 and 25) (21,368,209) (19,829,189) (27,060,463)
Provision for ECL (Notes 7 and 23) 18,297,347 109,631,061 8,253,285
Equity in net earnings of joint ventures (Note 11) (13,420,076) (6,351,690) (329,580)
Dividend income (Notes 10 and 25) – (2,499,895) (132,811)
Provision for impairment of investment
properties (Note 14) – 2,048,592 –
Reversal of long-outstanding payables (Note 25) – – (32,999,414)
Working capital changes:
Decreases (increases) in:
Trade and other receivables (492,922,233) (128,392,550) 346,895,501
Program and other rights (1,090,259,250) (462,548,125) (1,197,820,078)
Prepaid expenses and other current assets (273,963,440) 41,054,711 (34,932,681)
Increases (decreases) in:
Trade payables and other current liabilities 239,761,995 (230,194,344) (24,478,909)
Obligations for program and other rights 18,449,846 (21,536,158) 75,197,668
Other long-term employee benefits 37,557,312 14,189,700 97,513
Benefits paid out of Group’s own funds (Note 26) (7,955,884) (48,311,185) (7,825,922)
Cash flows provided by operations 3,972,554,747 4,109,837,981 4,293,639,197
Income taxes paid (1,113,334,541) (978,599,651) (1,244,304,104)
Interest received 24,981,846 24,382,746 23,158,153
Net cash flows from operating activities 2,884,202,052 3,155,621,076 3,072,493,246

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Years Ended December 31

2019 2018 2017
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Acquisitions of:
Property and equipment (Note 12) (P
=673,419,792) (P
=519,420,168) (P
=523,727,612)
Software costs (Note 15) (65,484,770) (3,504,612) (41,661,384)
Land at revalued amount (Note 13) − (7,593,293) (1,364,718)
Proceeds from:
Sale of property and equipment (Note 12) 21,186,426 26,774,646 29,578,768
Sale of investment properties (Note 14) 4,910,714 4,104,000 –
Decreases (increases) in other noncurrent assets (75,898,945) 87,562,847 (5,824,646)
Advances to an associate and joint ventures
(Notes 11 and 20) (8,131,342) (1,162,148) −
Return of investment in financial asset at FVOCI
(Note 10) − 6,089,790 −
Cash dividends received − 883,221 132,811
Collection from an associate and joint ventures
(Notes 11 and 20) − 401,778 −
Net cash flows used in investing activities (796,837,709) (405,863,939) (542,866,781)

CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES

Proceeds from availments of short-term loans
(Note 17 and 32) 1,517,500,000 1,500,000,000 1,500,000,000
Payments of:
Cash dividends (Notes 2, 19 and 32) (2,198,159,065) (2,436,132,546) (3,563,062,816)
Short-term loans (Notes 17 and 32) (1,617,500,000) (1,500,000,000) (1,647,452,000)
Principal portion of lease liability
(Notes 27 and 32) (21,694,663) − −
Interest expense (Note 32) (45,663,399) (36,125,000) (22,967,610)
Net cash flows used in financing activities (2,365,517,127) (2,472,257,546) (3,733,482,426)

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH

AND CASH EQUIVALENTS (278,152,784) 277,499,591 (1,203,855,961)

EFFECT OF EXCHANGE RATE CHANGES

ON CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS (25,980,882) 1,767,236 64,680,251

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

AT BEGINNING OF YEAR 2,559,105,322 2,279,838,495 3,419,014,205

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

AT END OF YEAR (Note 6) =2,254,971,656
P =2,559,105,322
P =2,279,838,495
P

See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

1. Corporate Information

GMA Network, Inc. (GNI or the Parent Company) and its subsidiaries (collectively referred to as
“the Group”) are incorporated in the Philippines. The Group is primarily involved in the business of
radio and television broadcasting. The Group is also involved in film production and other
information and entertainment-related businesses. The Parent Company was registered with the
Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on June 14, 1950. On July 20, 1995, the
Board of Directors (BOD) approved the extension of the corporate term of the Parent Company for
another 50 years from June 14, 2000. In 1997, the SEC approved the said extension.

The Parent Company’s shares of stock are publicly listed and traded in the Philippine Stock
Exchange.

The registered office address of the Parent Company is GMA Network Center, Timog Avenue corner
EDSA, Quezon City.

The accompanying consolidated financial statements of the Group were approved and authorized for
issuance by the BOD on April 13, 2020.

2. Basis of Preparation and Consolidation, Statement of Compliance and Changes in Accounting

Policies and Disclosures

Basis of Preparation
The consolidated financial statements of the Group have been prepared on a historical cost basis,
except for financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income (FVOCI) and land at
revalued amounts, which are measured at fair value. The consolidated financial statements are
presented in Philippine peso, which is the Parent Company’s functional and presentation currency.
All values are rounded to the nearest peso, except when otherwise indicated.

Statement of Compliance
The Group’s consolidated financial statements have been prepared in compliance with Philippine
Financial Reporting Standards (PFRS).

Basis of Consolidation
The consolidated financial statements comprise the financial statements of the Parent Company and
its subsidiaries as at December 31, 2019 and 2018 and for each of the three years in the period ended
December 31, 2019. The Group controls an investee if, and only if, the Group has:

· Power over the investee (i.e., existing rights that give it the current ability to direct the relevant
activities of the investee);
· Exposure, or rights, to variable returns from its involvement with the investee; and
· The ability to use its power over the investee to affect its returns.

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Generally, there is a presumption that a majority of voting rights results in control. To support this
presumption and when the Group has less than a majority of the voting or similar rights of an
investee, the Group considers all relevant facts and circumstances in assessing whether it has power
over an investee, including:

· The contractual arrangement with the other vote holders of the investee
· Right arising from other contractual arrangements
· The Group’s voting rights and potential voting rights

The Group reassesses whether or not it controls an investee if facts and circumstances indicate that
there are changes to one or more of the three elements of control.

Consolidation of a subsidiary begins when the Company obtains control over the subsidiary and
ceases when the Company loses control of the subsidiary. Assets, liabilities, income and expenses of
a subsidiary acquired or disposed of during the year are included in the consolidated statement of
comprehensive income from the date the Company gains control until the date the Company ceases to
control the subsidiary.

Profit or loss and each component of other comprehensive income (OCI) are attributed to the equity
holders of the Parent Company and to the non-controlling interests (NCI), even if this results in the
NCI having a deficit balance. When necessary, adjustments are made to the financial statements of
subsidiaries to bring their accounting policies in line with the Parent Company’s accounting policies.
All intra-group assets and liabilities, equity, income, expenses and cash flows relating to transactions
between members of the Group are eliminated in full on consolidation.

A change in the ownership interest of a subsidiary, without a loss of control, is accounted for as an
equity transaction.

If the Company loses control over a subsidiary, it derecognizes the related assets (including
goodwill), liabilities, NCI and other components of equity while any resultant gain or loss is
recognized in the consolidated statement of comprehensive income. Any investment retained is
recognized at fair value.

NCI represents the portion of profit or loss and the net assets not held by owners of the Parent
Company and are presented separately in the consolidated statement of comprehensive income and
within equity in the consolidated statements of financial position, separately from equity attributable
to holders of the Parent Company. NCI shares in losses even if the losses exceed the non-controlling
equity interest in the subsidiary. NCI represents the equity interest in RGMA Network, Inc. (RGMA
Network), a subsidiary incorporated in the Philippines with principal place of business at GMA
Network Center, Timog Avenue corner EDSA Quezon City.

The consolidated financial statements include additional information about subsidiary that have NCI
that are material to the Parent Company. Management determined material partly-owned subsidiary
as those with greater than 5% of non-controlling interests and/or subsidiaries whose activities are
important to the Group as at end of the year.

Financial information of RGMA Network, a subsidiary that has material NCI, are summarized below:

2019 2018
Proportion of equity interest held by NCI 51% 51%
Accumulated balances of material NCI P
=70,643,553 =62,797,526
P
Net income allocated to material NCI 20,815,914 19,218,863

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The summarized financial information of RGMA Network are provided below.

Summarized Statements of Comprehensive Income

2019 2018 2017

Revenues P
=265,084,575 P230,920,784
= P218,504,662
=
Expenses (202,103,725) (173,163,510) (171,962,237)
Provision for income tax (22,165,333) (20,073,228) (15,499,920)
Net income 40,815,517 37,684,046 31,042,505
Other comprehensive income
(loss) (431,151) 9,052,796 –
Total comprehensive income P
=40,384,366 =46,736,842
P =31,042,505
P
Net income attributable to:
NCI P
=20,815,914 =19,218,863
P =15,831,678
P
Parent Company 19,999,603 18,465,183 15,210,827
Total comprehensive income
attributable to:
NCI P
=20,596,027 =23,835,789
P =15,831,678
P
Parent Company 19,788,339 22,901,053 15,210,827

Summarized Statements of Financial Position

2019 2018
Total current assets P
=200,412,398 =186,618,880
P
Total noncurrent assets 26,175,579 27,870,302
Total current liabilities 24,643,602 19,569,026
Total noncurrent liabilities 63,427,604 71,787,752
Total equity 138,516,771 123,132,404
Attributable to NCI P
=70,643,553 =62,797,526
P

Attributable to equity holders of

the Parent Company P
=67,873,218 =60,334,878
P

Summarized Cash Flows Information

2019 2018 2017

Operating P
=68,068,256 =15,115,095
P =20,793,197
P
Investing (838,659) (97,865) (200,564)
Financing (25,000,000) 15,000,000 (35,000,000)
Net increase (decrease) in cash
and cash equivalents P
=42,229,597 =30,017,230
P (P
=14,407,367)

In 2019 and 2018, RGMA declared and paid dividends amounting to =

P12.75 million and
=7.65 million, respectively, to NCI.
P

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The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Parent Company and the following
subsidiaries as at December 31, 2019 and 2018:

Percentage
of Ownership
Principal Activities Direct Indirect
Entertainment Business:
Alta Productions Group, Inc. (Alta) Pre and post-production services 100 –
Citynet Network Marketing and Television entertainment production 100 –
Productions, Inc. (Citynet)
GMA Network Films, Inc. Film production 100 –
GMA New Media, Inc. (GNMI) Converging technology 100 –
GMA Worldwide (Philippines), Inc. International marketing, handling foreign program 100 –
acquisitions and international syndication of the Parent
Company’s programs
Scenarios, Inc.* Design, construction and maintenance of sets for TV, stage 100 –
plays and concerts; transportation services
RGMA Marketing and Productions, Inc.Music recording, publishing and video distribution 100 –
RGMA Network Radio broadcasting and management 49 –
Script2010, Inc.** Design, construction and maintenance of sets for TV, stage – 100
plays and concerts; transportation and manpower
services
Advertising Business:
GMA Marketing & Productions, Exclusive marketing and sales arm of Parent Company’s 100 –
Inc. (GMPI)*** airtime, events management, sales implementation,
traffic services and monitoring
Digify, Inc.**** Crafting, planning and handling advertising and other forms – 100
of promotion including multi-media productions

Others:
Media Merge Corporation**** Business development and operations for the Parent – 100
Company’s online publishing and advertising intiatives
Ninja Graphics, Inc.***** Ceased commercial operations in 2004. – 51
*Under liquidation
**Indirectly owned through Citynet
***Ceased commercial operations in 2015
****Indirectly owned through GNMI
*****Indirectly owned through Alta; ceased commercial operations in 2004

Changes in Accounting Policies and Disclosures

The accounting policies adopted are consistent with those of the previous financial year, except that
the Group has adopted the following new pronouncements starting January 1, 2019. Except for the
adoption of PFRS 16, Leases, the adoption of these new standards and amendments did not have any
significant impact on the consolidated financial statements.
§ PFRS 16, Leases
PFRS 16 supersedes Philippine Accounting Standard (PAS) 17, Leases, Philippine Interpretation
International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee (IFRIC) 4, Determining whether an
Arrangement contains a Lease, Philippine Interpretation SIC-15, Operating Leases-Incentives
and Philippine Interpretation SIC-27, Evaluating the Substance of Transactions Involving the
Legal Form of a Lease. The standard sets out the principles for the recognition, measurement,
presentation and disclosure of leases and requires lessees to recognize most leases on the
statement of financial position.
Lessor accounting under PFRS 16 is substantially unchanged from the accounting under PAS 17.
Lessors will continue to classify all leases using the same classification principle as in PAS 17
and distinguish between two types of leases: operating and finance leases. Therefore, PFRS 16
did not have an impact for leases where the Group is the lessor.

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The Group adopted PFRS 16 using the modified retrospective approach and elected to apply the
standard to contracts that were previously identified as leases applying PAS 17 and Philippine
Interpretation IFRIC-4. The Group therefore did not apply the standard to contracts that were not
previously identified as containing a lease applying PAS 17 and Philippine Interpretation
IFRIC-4.
The effect of adoption PFRS 16 as at January 1, 2019 is as follows:

Consolidated Statement of Financial Position: Increase (decrease)

Assets
Right-of-use assets (see Note 27) P98,988,352
=
Property and equipment (see Note 12) (72,537,192)
Deferred tax asset 29,696,506
Liabilities
Lease liability (see Note 27) 66,535,587
Dismantling provision 32,452,765
Deferred tax liability 29,696,506
Equity
Retained earnings (72,537,192)
The Group has lease contracts for land, building, studio and office spaces. Before the adoption of
PFRS 16, the Group classified each of its leases (as lessee) at the inception date as operating
lease. Refer to Note 3 for the accounting policy prior to January 1, 2019.

Upon adoption of PFRS 16, the Group applied a single recognition and measurement approach
for all leases except for short-term lease. Refer to Note 3 for the accounting policy beginning
January 1, 2019.

Leases previously accounted for as operating leases

The Group recognized right-of-use assets and lease liabilities for those leases previously
classified as operating leases, except for short-term leases. The right-of-use assets were
recognized based on the amount equal to the lease liabilities, adjusted for any related prepaid and
accrued lease payments previously recognized and dismantling provision. Lease liabilities were
recognized based on the present value of the remaining lease payments, discounted using the
incremental borrowing rate at the date of initial application.

The Group also applied the available practical expedients wherein it:
§ Applied the short-term leases exemptions to leases with lease term that ends within
12 months of the date of initial application.
§ Used hindsight in determining the lease term where the contract contained options to extend
or terminate the lease.

Based on the above, as at January 1, 2019:

§ Right-of-use assets of = P98.99 million were recognized and presented separately in the
consolidated statement of financial position.
§ Additional lease liability and dismantling provision of =P66.54 million and =P32.45 million,
respectively were recognized.
§ Additional accumulated depreciation of leasehold improvements recorded as a reduction in
retained earnings amounting to = P72.54 million. This relates to leases with renewal options
that cannot be unilaterally exercised by the Group and are not included as part of the lease
term resulting to accelerated amortization of the related leasehold improvements.

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The lease liability as at January 1, 2019 as can be reconciled to the operating lease commitments
as at December 31, 2018 follows:

Operating lease commitments as at December 31, 2018 =100,691,244

P
Additional operating lease commitments 84,811,171
Total operating lease commitments 185,502,415
Weighted average incremental borrowing rates 6.00% - 8.87%
Lease liability as at January 1, 2019 =66,535,587
P

Due to the adoption of PFRS 16, the Group’s operating profit in 2019 improved, while its interest
expense increased. This is due to the change in the accounting for rent expense related to leases
that were previously classified as operating leases under PAS 17.

Except for the additional accumulated depreciation of leasehold improvements, the adoption of
PFRS 16 did not have an impact on equity as at January 1, 2019 since the Group elected to
measure the right-of-use assets at an amount equal to the lease liability.

§ Philippine Interpretation IFRIC-23, Uncertainty over Income Tax Treatments

The Interpretation addresses the accounting for income taxes when tax treatments involve
uncertainty that affects the application of PAS 12, Income Taxes. It does not apply to taxes or
levies outside the scope of PAS 12, nor does it specifically include requirements relating to
interest and penalties associated with uncertain tax treatments. The Interpretation specifically
addresses the following:

§ Whether the Group considers uncertain tax treatments separately

§ The assumptions the Group makes about the examination of tax treatments by taxation
authorities
§ How the Group determines taxable profit (tax loss), tax bases, unused tax losses, unused tax
credits and tax rates
§ How the Group considers changes in facts and circumstances

The Group is required to determine whether to consider each uncertain tax treatment separately or
together with one or more other uncertain tax treatments and use the approach that better predicts
the resolution of the uncertainty. The Group shall assume that the taxation authority will examine
amounts that it has a right to examine and have full knowledge of all related information when
making those examinations. If the Group concludes that it is not probable that the taxation
authority will accept an uncertain tax treatment, it shall reflect the effect of the uncertainty for
each uncertain tax treatment using the method the entity expects to better predict the resolution of
the uncertainty.

Upon adoption of the Interpretation, the Group has assessed whether it has any uncertain tax
position. The Group applies significant judgement in identifying uncertainties over its income tax
treatments. The Group assessed whether the Interpretation had an impact on its consolidated
financial statements. The Group determined, based on its tax compliance review/assessment, that
it is probable that its income tax treatments will be accepted by the taxation authority.
Accordingly, the Interpretation did not have an impact on the consolidated financial statements.

§ Amendments to PFRS 9, Prepayment Features with Negative Compensation

§ Amendments to PAS 19, Employee Benefits, Plan Amendment, Curtailment or Settlement

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§ Amendments to PAS 28, Long-term Interests in Associates and Joint Ventures

§ Annual Improvements to PFRSs 2015-2017 Cycle

§ Amendments to PFRS 3, Business Combinations, and PFRS 11, Joint Arrangements,

Previously Held Interest in a Joint Operation

§ Amendments to PAS 12, Income Tax Consequences of Payments on Financial Instruments

Classified as Equity

§ Amendments to PAS 23, Borrowing Costs, Borrowing Costs Eligible for Capitalization

New Accounting Standards, Interpretations and Amendments to Existing Standards

Effective Subsequent to December 31, 2019
Pronouncements issued but not yet effective are listed below. Unless otherwise indicated, the Group
does not expect that the future adoption of the said pronouncements will have a significant impact on
its consolidated financial statements. The Group intends to adopt the following pronouncements
when they become effective.

Effective beginning on or after January 1, 2020

§ Amendments to PFRS 3, Definition of a Business

The amendments to PFRS 3 clarify the minimum requirements to be a business, remove the
assessment of a market participant’s ability to replace missing elements, and narrow the
definition of outputs. The amendments also add guidance to assess whether an acquired process
is substantive and add illustrative examples. An optional fair value concentration test is
introduced which permits a simplified assessment of whether an acquired set of activities and
assets is not a business.

An entity applies those amendments prospectively for annual reporting periods beginning on or
after January 1, 2020, with earlier application permitted.

These amendments will apply on future business combinations of the Group.

§ Amendments to PAS 1, Presentation of Financial Statements, and PAS 8, Accounting Policies,

Changes in Accounting Estimates and Errors, Definition of Material

The amendments refine the definition of material in PAS 1 and align the definitions used across
PFRSs and other pronouncements. These are intended to improve the understanding of the
existing requirements rather than to significantly impact an entity’s materiality judgements.

An entity applies those amendments prospectively for annual reporting periods beginning on or
after January 1, 2020, with earlier application permitted.

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Effective beginning on or after January 1, 2021

§ PFRS 17, Insurance Contracts

PFRS 17 is a comprehensive new accounting standard for insurance contracts covering

recognition and measurement, presentation and disclosure. Once effective, PFRS 17 will replace
PFRS 4, Insurance Contracts. This new standard on insurance contracts applies to all types of
insurance contracts (i.e., life, non-life, direct insurance and re-insurance), regardless of the type of
entities that issue them, as well as to certain guarantees and financial instruments with
discretionary participation features. A few scope exceptions will apply.

The overall objective of PFRS 17 is to provide an accounting model for insurance contracts that
is more useful and consistent for insurers. In contrast to the requirements in PFRS 4, which are
largely based on grandfathering previous local accounting policies, PFRS 17 provides a
comprehensive model for insurance contracts, covering all relevant accounting aspects. The core
of PFRS 17 is the general model, supplemented by:

§ A specific adaptation for contracts with direct participation features (the variable fee
approach)
§ A simplified approach (the premium allocation approach) mainly for short-duration contracts

PFRS 17 is effective for reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2021, with
comparative figures required. Early application is permitted.

PFRS 17 is not applicable to the Group since it is not engaged in providing insurance nor issuing
insurance contracts.

Deferred effectivity

§ Amendments to PFRS 10, Consolidated Financial Statements, and PAS 28, Sale or Contribution
of Assets between an Investor and its Associate or Joint Venture

The amendments address the conflict between PFRS 10 and PAS 28 in dealing with the loss of
control of a subsidiary that is sold or contributed to an associate or joint venture. The
amendments clarify that a full gain or loss is recognized when a transfer to an associate or joint
venture involves a business as defined in PFRS 3, Business Combinations. Any gain or loss
resulting from the sale or contribution of assets that does not constitute a business, however, is
recognized only to the extent of unrelated investors’ interests in the associate or joint venture.

On January 13, 2016, the Financial Reporting Standards Council deferred the original effective
date of January 1, 2016 of the said amendments until the International Accounting Standards
Board completes its broader review of the research project on equity accounting that may result in
the simplification of accounting for such transactions and of other aspects of accounting for
associates and joint ventures.

The Group is currently assessing the impact of adopting these amendments.

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3. Summary of Significant Accounting and Financial Reporting Policies

Investments in an Associate and Joint Ventures

An associate is an entity over which the Group has significant influence. Significant influence is the
power to participate in the financial and operating policy decisions of the investee, but is not control
or joint control over those policies.

A joint venture is a type of joint arrangement whereby the parties that have joint control of the
arrangement have rights to the net assets of the joint venture. Joint control is the contractually agreed
sharing of control of an arrangement, which exists only when decisions about the relevant activities
require unanimous consent of the parties sharing control.

The considerations made in determining significant influence or joint control are similar to those
necessary to determine control over subsidiaries.

The Group’s investments in its associate and joint ventures are accounted for using the equity
method.

Under the equity method, the investment in an associate or a joint venture is initially recognized at
cost. The carrying amount of the investment is adjusted to recognize changes in the Group’s share of
net assets of the associate or joint venture since the acquisition date.

Goodwill relating to the associate or joint venture is included in the carrying amount of the
investment and is not tested for impairment individually.

The Group’s share of the results of operations of the associate or joint venture is included in profit or
loss. Any change in OCI of those investees is presented as part of the Group’s OCI. In addition,
when there has been a change recognized directly in the equity of the associate or joint venture, the
Group recognizes its share of any changes, when applicable, in the consolidated statement of changes
in equity. Unrealized gains and losses resulting from transactions between the Group and the
associate or joint venture are eliminated to the extent of the interest in the associate or joint venture.

The aggregate of the Group’s share of profit or loss of an associate and a joint venture is shown on
the face of the consolidated statement of comprehensive income outside operating profit and
represents profit or loss after tax and NCI in the subsidiaries of the associate or joint venture.

If the Group’s share of losses of an associate or a joint venture equals or exceeds its interest in the
associate or joint venture, the Group discontinues recognizing its share of further losses.

The financial statements of the associate or joint venture are prepared for the same reporting period as
the Group. When necessary, adjustments are made to bring the accounting policies in line with those
of the Group.

After application of the equity method, the Group determines whether it is necessary to recognize an
impairment loss on its investment in associate or joint venture. At each reporting date, the Group
determines whether there is objective evidence that the investment in the associate or joint venture is
impaired. If there is such evidence, the Group calculates the amount of impairment as the difference
between the recoverable amount of the associate or joint venture and its carrying value, and then
recognizes the loss under “Equity in net earnings (losses) of joint ventures” in the consolidated
statement of comprehensive income.

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Upon loss of significant influence over the associate or joint control over the joint venture, the Group
measures and recognizes any retained investment at its fair value. Any difference between the
carrying amount of the associate or joint venture upon loss of significant influence or joint control
and the fair value of the retained investment and proceeds from disposal is recognized in the
consolidated statement of comprehensive income.

Current versus Noncurrent Classification

The Group presents assets and liabilities in consolidated statement of financial position based on
current/noncurrent classification.

An asset is current when it is:

· expected to be realized or intended to be sold or consumed in normal operating cycle;

· held primarily for the purpose of trading;
· expected to be realized within twelve months after the reporting period; or
· cash or cash equivalent unless restricted from being exchanged or used to settle a liability for at
least twelve months after the reporting period.

All other assets are classified as noncurrent.

A liability is current when:

· it is expected to be settled in normal operating cycle;

· it is held primarily for the purpose of trading;
· it is due to be settled within twelve months after the reporting period; or
· there is no unconditional right to defer the settlement of the liability for at least twelve months
after the reporting period.

All other liabilities are classified as noncurrent.

Deferred tax assets and liabilities are classified as noncurrent assets and liabilities, respectively.

The Group also modifies classification of prior year amounts to conform to current year’s
presentation.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Cash includes cash on hand and in banks. Cash equivalents are short-term highly liquid investments
that are readily convertible to known amounts of cash with original maturities of three months or less
from acquisition date and that are subject to an insignificant risk of change in value.

Fair Value Measurement

The Group measures financial instruments at fair value at each reporting date. Fair value related
disclosures for financial instruments and non-financial assets that are measured at fair value or where
fair values are disclosed, are summarized in the following notes:

· Disclosures for significant estimates and assumptions, see Note 4

· Quantitative disclosures of fair value measurement hierarchy, see Note 31
· Land, see Note 13
· Investment properties, see Note 14
· Financial instruments (including those carried at amortized cost), see Note 31

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Fair value is the estimated price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in
an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The fair value
measurement is based on the presumption that the transaction to sell the asset or transfer the liability
takes place either:

· in the principal market for the asset or liability; or

· in the absence of a principal market, in the most advantageous market for the asset or liability.

The principal or the most advantageous market must be accessible by the Group.
The fair value of an asset or a liability is measured using the assumptions that market participants
would use when pricing the asset or liability, assuming that market participants act in their economic
best interest.
A fair value measurement of a non-financial asset takes into account a market participant’s ability to
generate economic benefits by using the asset in its highest and best use or by selling it to another
market participant that would use the asset in its highest and best use.

The Group uses valuation techniques that are appropriate in the circumstances and for which
sufficient data are available to measure fair value, maximizing the use of relevant observable inputs
and minimizing the use of unobservable inputs.

All assets and liabilities for which fair value is measured or disclosed in the consolidated financial
statements are categorized within the fair value hierarchy, described as follows, based on the lowest
level input that is significant to the fair value measurement as a whole:

· Level 1 - Quoted (unadjusted) market prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities
· Level 2 - Valuation techniques for which the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value
measurement is directly or indirectly observable
· Level 3 - Valuation techniques for which the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value
measurement is unobservable

For assets and liabilities that are recognized in the consolidated financial statements on a recurring
basis, the Group determines whether transfers have occurred between levels in the hierarchy by
reassessing categorization (based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value
measurement as a whole) at the end of each reporting period.

For the purpose of fair value disclosures, the Group has determined classes of assets and liabilities on
the basis of the nature, characteristics and risks of the asset or liability and the level of the fair value
hierarchy as explained above.

“Day 1” Difference
Where the transaction price in a non-active market is different from the fair value of other observable
current market transactions in the same instrument or based on a valuation technique whose variables
include only data from observable market, the Group recognizes the difference between the
transaction price and fair value (a “Day 1” difference) in the consolidated statement of comprehensive
income unless it qualifies for recognition as some other type of asset. In cases where the data used is
not observable, the difference between the transaction price and model value is only recognized in
profit or loss when the inputs become observable or when the instrument is derecognized. For each
transaction, the Group determines the appropriate method of recognizing the “Day 1” difference
amount.

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Financial Instruments – Beginning January 1, 2018

Financial Instruments
A financial instrument is any contract that give rise to a financial asset of one entity and a financial
liability or equity instrument of another entity.

Financial Assets
Initial Recognition and Measurement. Financial assets are classified, at initial recognition, as
subsequently measured at amortized cost, FVOCI, and fair value through profit or loss (FVPL).

The classification of financial assets at initial recognition depends on the financial asset’s contractual
cash flow characteristics and the Group’s business model for managing them. With the exception of
trade receivables that do not contain a significant financing component or for which the Group has
applied the practical expedient, the Group initially measures a financial asset at its fair value plus, in
the case of a financial asset not at FVPL, transaction costs. Trade receivables that do not contain a
significant financing component or for which the Group has applied the practical expedient are
measured at the transaction price determined under PFRS 15, Revenue from Contracts with
Customers.

In order for a financial asset to be classified and measured at amortized cost or FVOCI, it needs to
give rise to cash flows that are ‘solely payments of principal and interest’ (SPPI) on the principal
amount outstanding. This assessment is referred to as the SPPI test and is performed at an instrument
level.

The Group’s business model for managing financial assets refers to how it manages its financial
assets in order to generate cash flows. The business model determines whether cash flows will result
from collecting contractual cash flows, selling the financial assets, or both.

Purchases or sales of financial assets that require delivery of assets within a time frame established by
regulation or convention in the market place (regular way trades) are recognized on the trade date,
i.e., the date that the Group commits to purchase or sell the asset.

Subsequent Measurement. For purposes of subsequent measurement, financial assets are classified in
four categories:

§ financial assets at amortized cost (debt instruments)

§ financial assets at FVOCI with recycling of cumulative gains and losses (debt instruments)
§ financial assets designated at FVOCI with no recycling of cumulative gains and losses upon
derecognition (equity instruments)
§ financial assets at FVPL

The Group does not have debt instruments at FVOCI and financial assets at FVPL as at
December 31, 2019 and 2018.

Financial Assets at Amortized Cost (Debt Instruments). The Group measures financial assets at
amortized cost if both of the following conditions are met:

§ The financial asset is held within a business model with the objective to hold financial assets in
order to collect contractual cash flows; and
§ The contractual terms of the financial asset give rise on specified dates to cash flows that are
SPPI on the principal amount outstanding.

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Financial assets at amortized cost are subsequently measured using the effective interest rate (EIR)
method and are subject to impairment. Gains and losses are recognized in the consolidated statement
of comprehensive income when the asset is derecognized, modified or impaired.

The Group’s financial assets at amortized cost includes cash and cash equivalents, trade and other
receivables and refundable deposits (included under “Other noncurrent assets” account in the
consolidated statement of financial position) as at December 31, 2019 and 2018 (see Notes 6, 7, 15
and 30).

Financial Assets Designated at FVOCI (Equity Instruments). Upon initial recognition, the Group can
elect to classify irrevocably its equity investments as equity instruments designated at FVOCI when
they meet the definition of equity under PAS 32, Financial Instruments: Presentation, and are not
held for trading. The classification is determined on an instrument-by-instrument basis.

Gains and losses on these financial assets are never recycled to profit or loss. Dividends are
recognized as “Dividend income” included under “Others - Net” account in the consolidated
statement of comprehensive income when the right of payment has been established, except when the
Group benefits from such proceeds as a recovery of part of the cost of the financial asset, in which
case, such gains are recorded in OCI. Equity instruments designated at FVOCI are not subject to
impairment assessment.

The Group elected to classify irrevocably under this category its listed and non-listed equity
instruments and investment in quoted club shares as at December 31, 2019 and 2018 (see Notes 10
and 30).

Derecognition of Financial Assets

A financial asset (or, where applicable, a part of a financial asset or part of a group of similar
financial assets) is primarily derecognized (i.e., removed from the Group’s consolidated statement of
financial position) when:

§ the rights to receive cash flows from the asset have expired; or
§ the Group has transferred its rights to receive cash flows from the asset or has assumed an
obligation to pay the received cash flows in full without material delay to a third party under a
‘pass-through’ arrangement; and either (a) the Group has transferred substantially all the risks and
rewards of the asset, or (b) the Group has neither transferred nor retained substantially all the
risks and rewards of the asset, but has transferred control of the asset.

When the Group has transferred its rights to receive cash flows from an asset or has entered into a
pass-through arrangement, it evaluates if, and to what extent, it has retained the risks and rewards of
ownership. When it has neither transferred nor retained substantially all of the risks and rewards of
the asset, nor transferred control of the asset, the Group continues to recognize the transferred asset to
the extent of its continuing involvement. In that case, the Group also recognizes an associated
liability. The transferred asset and the associated liability are measured on a basis that reflects the
rights and obligations that the Group has retained.

Continuing involvement that takes the form of a guarantee over the transferred asset is measured at the
lower of the original carrying amount of the asset and the maximum amount of consideration that the
Group could be required to repay.

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Impairment of Financial Assets

The Group recognizes an allowance for ECLs for all debt instruments not held at FVPL. ECLs are
based on the difference between the contractual cash flows due in accordance with the contract and
all the cash flows that the Group expects to receive, discounted at an approximation of the original
EIR. The expected cash flows will include cash flows from the sale of collateral held or other credit
enhancements that are integral to the contractual terms.

ECLs are recognized in two stages. For credit exposures for which there has not been a significant
increase in credit risk since initial recognition, ECLs are provided for credit losses that result from
default events that are possible within the next 12-months (a 12-month ECL). For those credit
exposures for which there has been a significant increase in credit risk since initial recognition, a
loss allowance is required for credit losses expected over the remaining life of the exposure,
irrespective of the timing of the default (a lifetime ECL).

For cash and cash equivalents, the Group applies a general approach which measures ECL on either a
12-month or lifetime basis depending on whether a significant increase in credit risks has occurred
once initial recognition on whether an asset is considered to be credit-impaired, adjusted for the
effects of collateral, forward-looking factors and time value of money.

For trade receivables, the Group applies a simplified approach in calculating ECLs. Therefore, the
Group does not track changes in credit risk, but instead recognizes a loss allowance based on lifetime
ECLs at each reporting date. The Group has established a provision matrix that is based on its
historical credit loss experience for trade and other receivables, and external-credit mapping for other
debt instruments at amortized cost to calculate ECLs, adjusted for forward-looking factors specific to
the debtors and the economic environment.

The Group, in general, considers a financial asset in default when contractual payments are 360 days
past due. However, in certain cases, the Group may also consider a financial asset to be in default
when internal or external information indicates that the Group is unlikely to receive the outstanding
contractual amounts in full before taking into account any credit enhancements held by the Group. A
financial asset is written off, in whole or in part, when the asset is considered uncollectible, the Group
has exhausted all practical recovery efforts and has concluded that it has no reasonable expectations
of recovering the financial asset in its entirety or a portion thereof.

For other debt assets, the Group applies the low credit risk simplification. At every reporting date,
the Group evaluates whether the debt instrument is considered to have low credit risk using all
reasonable and supportable information that is available without undue cost or effort. In making that
evaluation, the Group reassesses the external credit rating of the debt instrument or comparable
instruments. In addition, the Group considers that there has been a significant increase in credit risk
when contractual payments are more than 30 days past due.

Financial Liabilities
Initial Recognition and Measurement. Financial liabilities are classified, at initial recognition, as
financial liabilities at FVPL, loans and borrowings, payables, or as derivatives designated as hedging
instruments in an effective hedge, as appropriate.

All financial liabilities are recognized initially at fair value and, in the case of loans and borrowings
and payables, net of directly attributable transaction costs.

The Group’s financial liabilities include trade payables and other current liabilities (excluding
payable to government agencies, customers’ deposits and contract liabilities), short-term loans,
obligations for program and other rights, dividends payable and lease liabilities.

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Subsequent Measurement. The measurement of financial liabilities depends on their classification, as

described below:

Financial Liabilities at FVPL. Financial liabilities at FVPL include financial liabilities held for
trading and financial liabilities designated upon initial recognition as at FVPL. Financial liabilities
are classified as held for trading if they are incurred for the purpose of repurchasing in the near term.
This category also includes derivative financial instruments entered into by the Group that are not
designated as hedging instruments in hedge relationships as defined by PFRS 9. Separated embedded
derivatives are also classified as held for trading unless they are designated as effective hedging
instruments.

Gains or losses on liabilities held for trading are recognized in the consolidated statement of
comprehensive income.

Financial liabilities designated upon initial recognition at FVPL are designated at the initial date of
recognition, and only if the criteria in PFRS 9 are satisfied. The Group has not designated any
financial liability as at FVPL as at December 31, 2019 and 2018.

Loans and Borrowings. After initial recognition, interest-bearing loans and borrowings and other
payables are subsequently measured at amortized cost using the EIR method. Gains and losses are
recognized in profit or loss when the liabilities are derecognized as well as through the EIR
amortization process.

Amortized cost is calculated by taking into account any discount or premium on acquisition and fees
or costs that are an integral part of the EIR. The EIR amortization is included as “Interest expense” in
the consolidated statement of comprehensive income.

This category generally applies to trade payables and other current liabilities (excluding payable to
government agencies, customers’ deposits and contract liabilities), short-term loans, obligations for
program and other rights, dividends payable and lease liabilities (see Notes 16, 17, 18, 27 and 30).

Derecognition of Financial Liabilities

A financial liability is derecognized when the obligation under the liability is discharged or cancelled
or expires. When an existing financial liability is replaced by another from the same lender on
substantially different terms, or the terms of an existing liability are substantially modified, such an
exchange or modification is treated as the derecognition of the original liability and the recognition of
a new liability. The difference in the respective carrying amounts is recognized in the consolidated
statement of comprehensive income.

Financial Instruments – Prior to January 1, 2018

Financial Instrument
A financial instrument is any contract that gives rise to a financial asset of one entity and a financial
liability or equity instrument of another entity.

Financial Assets
Initial Recognition and Measurement. Financial assets are classified, at initial recognition, as
financial assets at FVPL, loans and receivables, held-to-maturity (HTM) investments, AFS financial
assets, or as derivatives designated as hedging instruments in an effective hedge, as appropriate. All
financial assets are recognized initially at fair value plus, in the case of financial assets not recorded at
FVPL, transaction costs that are attributable to the acquisition of the financial asset.

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Purchases or sales of financial assets that require delivery of assets within a time frame established by
regulation or convention in the market place (regular way trades) are recognized on the trade date,
i.e., the date that the Group commits to purchase or sell the asset.

The Group’s financial assets include cash and cash equivalents, trade and other receivables,
refundable deposits (included under “Other noncurrent assets” account in the consolidated statement
of financial position) and AFS financial assets.

Subsequent Measurement. The Group has no financial assets at FVPL and HTM investments as at
December 31, 2017.

a. Loans and receivables

Loans and receivables are non-derivative financial assets with fixed or determinable payments
that are not quoted in an active market. After initial measurement, such financial assets are
subsequently measured at amortized cost using the EIR method, less impairment. Amortized cost
is calculated by taking into account any discount or premium on acquisition and fees or costs that
are an integral part of the EIR. The effective interest amortization is included in interest income
in profit or loss. The losses arising from impairment are recognized under “General and
administrative expenses” account in the consolidated statement of comprehensive income.

As at December 31, 2017, the Group’s cash and cash equivalents, trade and other receivables and
refundable deposits (included under “Other noncurrent assets” account) are classified as loans and
receivables.

b. AFS financial assets

AFS financial assets include equity investments and debt securities. Equity investments
classified as AFS are those that are neither classified as held for trading nor designated at FVPL.
Debt securities in this category are those that are intended to be held for an indefinite period of
time and that may be sold in response to needs for liquidity or in response to changes in the
market conditions.

After initial measurement, AFS financial assets are subsequently measured at fair value with
unrealized gains or losses recognized in OCI and credited in the AFS reserve until the investment
is derecognized, at which time the cumulative gain or loss is recognized in profit or loss, or the
investment is determined to be impaired, when the cumulative loss is reclassified from the AFS
reserve to profit or loss. Interest earned while holding AFS financial assets is reported as interest
income using the EIR method.

The Group evaluates whether the ability and intention to sell its AFS financial assets in the near
term is still appropriate. When, in rare circumstances, the Group is unable to trade these financial
assets due to inactive markets, the Group may elect to reclassify these financial assets if the
management has the ability and intention to hold the assets for foreseeable future or until
maturity.

For a financial asset reclassified from the AFS category, the fair value carrying amount at the date
of reclassification becomes its new amortized cost and any previous gain or loss on the asset that
has been recognized in equity is amortized to profit or loss over the remaining life of the
investment using the EIR. Any difference between the new amortized cost and the maturity
amount is also amortized over the remaining life of the asset using the EIR. If the asset is
subsequently determined to be impaired, then the amount recorded in equity is reclassified to
profit or loss.

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As at December 31, 2017, the Group’s investments in equity securities in listed and non-listed
entities and quoted club shares are classified as noncurrent AFS financial assets.

Derecognition
A financial asset (or, where applicable, a part of a financial asset or part of a group of similar
financial assets) is primarily derecognized (i.e., removed from the Group’s consolidated statement of
financial position) when:

· the rights to receive cash flows from the asset have expired; or
· the Group has transferred its rights to receive cash flows from the asset or has assumed an
obligation to pay the received cash flows in full without material delay to a third party under a
‘pass-through’ arrangement; and either (a) the Group has transferred substantially all the risks and
rewards of the asset; or (b) the Group has neither transferred nor retained substantially all the
risks and rewards of the asset, but has transferred control of the asset.

When the Group has transferred its rights to receive cash flows from an asset or has entered into a
pass-through arrangement, it evaluates if and to what extent it has retained the risks and rewards of
ownership. When it has neither transferred nor retained substantially all of the risks and rewards of
the asset, nor transferred control of the asset, the Group continues to recognize the transferred asset to
the extent of the Group’s continuing involvement. In that case, the Group also recognizes an
associated liability. The transferred asset and the associated liability are measured on a basis that
reflects the rights and obligations that the Group has retained.

Continuing involvement that takes the form of a guarantee over the transferred asset is measured at
the lower of the original carrying amount of the asset and the maximum amount of consideration that
the Group could be required to repay.

Impairment of Financial Assets

The Group assesses, at each reporting date, whether there is objective evidence that a financial asset
or a group of financial assets is impaired. An impairment exists if one or more events that has
occurred since the initial recognition of the asset (an incurred ‘loss event’), has an impact on the
estimated future cash flows of the financial asset or the group of financial assets that can be reliably
estimated. Evidence of impairment may include indications that the debtors or a group of debtors is
experiencing significant financial difficulty, default or delinquency in interest or principal payments,
the probability that they will enter bankruptcy or other financial reorganization and observable data
indicating that there is a measurable decrease in the estimated future cash flows, such as changes in
arrears or economic conditions that correlate with defaults.

Financial Assets Carried at Amortized Cost. If there is objective evidence that an impairment loss on
assets carried at amortized cost has been incurred, the amount of the loss is measured as the
difference between the asset’s carrying amount and the present value of estimated future cash flows
(excluding future expected credit losses that have not been incurred) discounted at the financial
asset’s original EIR (i.e., the EIR computed at initial recognition). The carrying amount of the asset
is reduced through the use of an allowance account. The amount of the loss shall be recognized in the
consolidated statement of comprehensive income. The financial assets, together with the associated
allowance accounts, are written off when there is no realistic prospect of future recovery.

The Group first assesses whether objective evidence of impairment exists individually for financial
assets that are individually significant, and individually or collectively for financial assets that are not
individually significant. If it is determined that no objective evidence of impairment exists for an
individually assessed financial asset, whether significant or not, the asset is included in a group of
financial assets with similar credit risk characteristics and that group of financial assets is collectively

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assessed for impairment. Assets that are individually assessed for impairment and for which an
impairment loss is or continues to be recognized are no longer included in a collective assessment of
impairment.

If, in a subsequent period, the amount of the impairment loss decreases and the decrease can be
related objectively to an event occurring after the impairment was recognized, the previously
recognized impairment loss is reversed, to the extent that the carrying value of the asset does not
exceed its amortized cost at the reversal date. Any subsequent reversal of an impairment loss is
recognized in the consolidated statement of comprehensive income. Interest income continues to be
accrued on the reduced carrying amount based on the original EIR of the asset. Loans, together with
the associated allowance, are written off when there is no realistic prospect of future recovery and all
collateral, if any, has been realized or has been transferred to the Group. If a future write-off is later
recovered, the recovery is recognized in the consolidated statement of comprehensive income.

Any subsequent reversal of an impairment loss is recognized in the consolidated statement of

comprehensive income, to the extent that the carrying value of the asset does not exceed its amortized
cost at the reversal date.

Assets Carried at Cost. If there is an objective evidence that an impairment loss has been incurred on
an unquoted equity instrument that is not carried at fair value because its fair value cannot be reliably
measured, or on derivative asset that is linked to and must be settled by delivery of such an unquoted
equity instrument, the amount of the loss is measured as the difference between the carrying amount
and the present value of estimated future cash flows discounted at the current market rate of return for
a similar financial asset.

AFS Financial Assets. For AFS financial assets, the Group assesses at each reporting date whether
there is objective evidence that an investment or a group of investments is impaired.

In the case of equity investments classified as AFS, objective evidence would include a significant or
prolonged decline in the fair value of the investment below its cost. ‘Significant’ is evaluated against
the original cost of the investment and ‘prolonged’ against the period in which the fair value has been
below its original cost. When there is evidence of impairment, the cumulative loss, measured as the
difference between the acquisition cost and the current fair value, less any impairment loss on that
investment previously recognized in the profit or loss, is removed from OCI and recognized in the
profit or loss. Impairment losses on equity investments are not reversed through the profit or loss;
increases in their fair value after impairment are recognized in OCI.

The determination of what is ‘significant’ or ‘prolonged’ requires judgment. In making this

judgment, the Group evaluates, among other factors, the duration or extent to which the fair value of
an investment is less than its cost.

In the case of debt instruments classified as AFS, the impairment is assessed based on the same
criteria as financial assets carried at amortized cost. However, the amount recorded for impairment is
the cumulative loss measured as the difference between the amortized cost and the current fair value,
less any impairment loss on that investment previously recognized in the profit or loss.

Future interest income continues to be accrued based on the reduced carrying amount of the asset,
using the rate of interest used to discount the future cash flows for the purpose of measuring the
impairment loss. The interest income is recorded in the profit or loss. If, in a subsequent year, the
fair value of a debt instrument increases and the increase can be objectively related to an event
occurring after the impairment loss was recognized in the profit or loss, the impairment loss is
reversed through the profit or loss.

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Financial Liabilities
Initial Recognition and Measurement. Financial liabilities are classified, at initial recognition, as
financial liabilities at FVPL, loans and borrowings, or as derivatives designated as hedging
instruments in an effective hedge, as appropriate.

All financial liabilities are recognized initially at fair value and, in the case of loans and borrowings
and payables, net of directly attributable transaction costs.

The Group’s financial liabilities include trade payable and other current liabilities (excluding payable
to government agencies, customers’ deposits and advances from customers), short-term loans,
obligations for program and other rights and dividends payable.

Subsequent Measurement
The measurement of financial liabilities depends on their classification, as described below:

a. Financial liabilities at FVPL

The Group has not designated any financial liabilities at FVPL or derivatives designated as
hedging instruments in an effective hedge as at December 31, 2017.

b. Loans and borrowings

After initial recognition, interest-bearing loans and borrowings and other payables are
subsequently measured at amortized cost using the EIR method.

Gains and losses are recognized in the consolidated statement of comprehensive income when the
liabilities are derecognized as well as through the EIR amortization process.

Amortized cost is calculated by taking into account any discount or premium on acquisition and
fees or costs that are an integral part of the EIR.

Derecognition
A financial liability is derecognized when the obligation under the liability is discharged or cancelled
or expires. When an existing financial liability is replaced by another from the same lender on
substantially different terms, or the terms of an existing liability are substantially modified, such an
exchange or modification is treated as the derecognition of the original liability and the recognition of
a new liability. The difference in the respective carrying amounts is recognized in the profit or loss.

Classification of Financial Instruments Between Liability and Equity

A financial instrument is classified as liability if it provides for a contractual obligation to:

· deliver cash or another financial asset to another entity;

· exchange financial assets or financial liabilities with another entity under conditions that are
potentially unfavorable to the Group; or
· satisfy the obligation other than by the exchange of a fixed amount of cash or another financial
asset for a fixed number of own equity shares.

If the Group does not have an unconditional right to avoid delivering cash or another financial asset
to settle its contractual obligation, the obligation meets the definition of a financial liability.

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The components of issued financial instruments that contain both liability and equity elements are
accounted for separately, with the equity component being assigned the residual amount after
deducting from the instrument as a whole the amount separately determined as the fair value of the
liability component on the date of issue.

Offsetting of Financial Instruments

Financial assets and financial liabilities are offset and the net amount is reported in the consolidated
statement of financial position if there is a currently enforceable legal right to offset the recognized
amounts and there is an intention to settle on a net basis, to realize the assets and settle the liabilities
simultaneously. The Group assesses that it has a currently enforceable right of offset if the right is
not contingent on a future event, and is legally enforceable in the normal course of business, event of
default, and event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Group and all of the counterparties.
Program and Other Rights
Program and other rights with finite lives are stated at cost less amortization and impairment in value.
The estimated useful lives and the amortization method used depend on the manner and pattern of
usage of the acquired rights. The cost of program and other rights with multiple number of runs
within a specified term is amortized using straight line method up to the date of expiry.
From September 1, 2019, the Group changed its accounting policy for amortizing the cost of program
and other rights with no definite expiration from accelerated method based on the sum of the year’s
digit of ten years with salvage value of 10% of the total cost to straight-line method over ten years
based on the current book values so as to allow recognition of amortization equally and to be
consistent with the method of amortizing program rights with multiple number of runs within a
specified term. Management takes the view that this policy provides reliable and more relevant
information because it is reflective of the pattern of consumption of program rights. The effect on the
current year and future periods is to decrease the carrying amount of program and other rights by
=199.08 million and increase amortization expense by =
P P197.62 million with its corresponding tax
impact.
Amortization expense is shown as “Program and other rights usage” included under “Production
costs” account in the consolidated statement of comprehensive income.
For series of rights acquired, the cost is charged to profit or loss as each series is aired on a per
episode basis.
For rights intended for airing over the international channels, the cost is amortized on a straight-line
basis over the number of years indicated in the contract.
Prepaid Production Costs
Prepaid production costs, included under “Prepaid expenses and other current assets” account in the
consolidated statement of financial position, represent costs paid in advance prior to the airing of the
programs or episodes. These costs include talent fees of artists and production staff and other costs
directly attributable to production of programs. These are charged to expense under “Production
costs” account in the consolidated statement of comprehensive income upon airing of the related
program or episodes. Costs related to previously taped episodes determined not to be aired are
charged to expense.
Materials and Supplies Inventory
Materials and supplies inventory, included under “Prepaid expenses and other current assets” account
in the consolidated statement of financial position, is stated at the lower of cost and net realizable
value. Cost is determined using the weighted average method. Net realizable value is the current
replacement cost.

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Tax Credits
Tax credits represent claims from the government arising from airing of government commercials and
advertisements availed under Presidential Decree (PD) No. 1362. Pursuant to PD No. 1362, these
will be collected in the form of tax credits which the Group can use in paying for import duties and
taxes on imported broadcasting related equipment. The tax credits cannot be used to pay for any
other tax obligation to the government.

As at December 31, 2019 and 2018, the Group’s tax credits are classified as current under “Prepaid
expenses and other current assets” account in the consolidated statement of financial position.

Advances to Suppliers
Advances to suppliers, included under “Prepaid expenses and other current assets” account in the
consolidated statement of financial position, are noninterest-bearing and are generally applied to
acquisition of inventories, programs and other rights, availments of services and others.

Property and Equipment

Property and equipment, except for land, are stated at cost, net of accumulated depreciation and
amortization and impairment losses, if any. Such cost includes the cost of replacing part of the
property and equipment and borrowing costs for long-term construction projects if the recognition
criteria are met. When significant parts of property and equipment are required to be replaced at
intervals, the Group recognizes such parts as individual assets with specific useful lives and
depreciates them accordingly. All other repair and maintenance costs are recognized in profit or loss
as incurred.

Land is measured at fair value less accumulated impairment losses, if any, recognized after the date of
the revaluation. Valuations are generally performed every three to five years or more frequently as
deemed necessary to ensure that the fair value of a revalued asset does not differ materially from its
carrying amount.

Any revaluation surplus is recorded in other comprehensive income and hence, credited to the
“Revaluation increment on land - net of tax” account under equity, except to the extent that it reverses
a revaluation decrease of the same asset previously recognized in profit or loss, in which case, the
increase is recognized in profit or loss. A revaluation deficit is recognized in profit or loss, except to
the extent that it offsets an existing surplus on the same asset recognized in the “Revaluation
increment on land - net of tax” account.

Depreciation and amortization are computed on a straight-line basis over the following estimated
useful lives of the assets:

Buildings, towers and improvements 11-20 years

Antenna and transmitter systems and broadcast equipment 5-10 years
Communication and mechanical equipment 3-5 years
Transportation equipment 4-5 years
Furniture, fixtures and equipment 5 years

An item of property and equipment and any significant part initially recognized is derecognized upon
disposal or when no future economic benefits are expected from its use or disposal. Any gain or loss
arising on derecognition of the asset (calculated as the difference between the net disposal proceeds
and the carrying amount of the asset) is included in profit or loss when the asset is derecognized.

The assets’ residual values, useful lives and methods of depreciation and amortization are reviewed at
each financial year-end and adjusted prospectively, if appropriate.

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Fully depreciated assets are retained in the accounts until they are no longer in use and no further
depreciation and amortization is credited or charged to current operations.

Construction in progress is stated at cost. This includes cost of construction and other direct costs.
Construction in progress is not depreciated until such time as the relevant assets are completed and
put into operational use.

Investment Properties
Investment properties consist of real estate held for capital appreciation and rental.

Investment properties are measured initially at cost, including transaction costs. Subsequent to initial
recognition, investment properties, except land, are measured at cost less accumulated depreciation
and amortization and impairment in value. Land is stated at cost less any impairment in value.

Depreciation and amortization are computed using the straight-line method over 11-20 years.

The remaining useful lives and depreciation and amortization method are reviewed and adjusted, if
appropriate, at each financial year-end.

Investment properties are derecognized when either they have been disposed of or when the
investment properties are permanently withdrawn from use and no future economic benefits are
expected from its disposal. Any gains or losses on the retirement or disposal of an investment
property are recognized in profit or loss in the period of derecognition.

Transfers are made to or from investment property only when there is a change in use. For a transfer
from investment property to owner-occupied property, the deemed cost for subsequent accounting is
the fair value at the date of change in use. If owner-occupied property becomes an investment
property, the Group accounts for such property in accordance with the policy stated under property
and equipment up to the date of change in use.

Investment in Artworks
Investment in artworks, included under “Other noncurrent assets” account in the consolidated
statement of financial position, is stated at cost less any impairment in value.

Software Costs
Costs incurred in the acquisition and customization of new software, included under “Other
noncurrent assets” account in the consolidated statement of financial position, are capitalized and
amortized on a straight-line basis over three to ten years.

Impairment of Nonfinancial Assets

The carrying values of program and other rights, prepaid production costs, deferred production costs,
tax credits, investments and advances, property and equipment, right-of-use assets, investment
properties, software costs and investment in artworks are reviewed for impairment when events or
changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying values may not be recoverable. If any such
indication exists, and if the carrying value exceeds the estimated recoverable amount, the assets are
considered impaired and are written down to their recoverable amount. The recoverable amount of
these nonfinancial assets is the greater of an asset’s or cash-generating unit’s fair value less cost to
sell or value in use and is determined for an individual asset, unless the asset does not generate cash
inflows that are largely independent of those from other assets or group of assets. The fair value less
cost to sell is the amount obtainable from the sale of an asset in an arm’s length transaction less cost
to sell. In assessing value in use, the estimated future cash flows are discounted to their present value
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the risks specific to the asset. For an asset that does not generate largely independent cash inflows,
the recoverable amount is determined for the cash generating unit (CGU) to which the asset belongs.
Impairment losses, if any, are recognized in profit or loss in the consolidated statement of
comprehensive income in those expense categories consistent with the function of the impaired asset.

An assessment is made at each reporting period as to whether there is any indication that previously
recognized impairment losses may no longer exist or may have decreased. If any such indication
exists, the recoverable amount is estimated. A previously recognized impairment loss, except for
land at revalued amount where the revaluation is taken to OCI, is reversed only if there has been a
change in the estimates used to determine the asset’s recoverable amount since the last impairment
loss was recognized. If that is the case, the carrying amount of the asset is increased to its
recoverable amount. That increased amount cannot exceed the carrying amount that would have been
determined, net of depreciation and amortization, had no impairment loss been recognized for the
asset in prior years. Such reversal is recognized in profit or loss. After such a reversal, the
depreciation and amortization charges are adjusted in future periods to allocate the asset’s revised
carrying amount, less any residual value, on a systematic basis over its remaining useful life. For
land at revalued amounts, the reversal of impairment is also recognized in OCI up to the amount of
any previous revaluation.

In the case of investments in associate and interests in joint ventures, after application of the equity
method, the Group determines whether it is necessary to recognize any additional impairment loss
with respect to the Group’s investments in associate and interests in joint ventures. The Group
determines at each reporting period whether there is any objective evidence that the investments in
associate and interests in joint ventures are impaired. If this is the case, the Group calculates the
amount of impairment as being the difference between the recoverable amount of investments in
associate and joint ventures, and the acquisition cost and recognizes the amount in the consolidated
statement of comprehensive income.

Equity
Capital stock is measured at par value for all shares issued. Incremental costs incurred directly
attributable to the issuance of new shares are shown in equity as a deduction from proceeds, net of
tax. Proceeds and/or fair value of considerations received in excess of par value are recognized as
additional paid-in capital.

Retained earnings include all current and prior period results of operations as reported in the
consolidated statement of comprehensive income, net of any dividend declaration, adjusted for the
effects of changes in accounting policies as may be required by PFRS’ transitional provisions.

Treasury Stocks and Underlying Shares of the Acquired Philippine Deposit Receipts (PDRs)
The Parent Company’s own reacquired equity instruments are deducted from equity. No gain or loss
is recognized in the consolidated statement of comprehensive income on the purchase, sale, issuance
or cancellation of the Group’s own equity instruments.

Each PDR entitles the holder to the economic interest of the underlying common share of the Parent
Company. The Parent Company’s ownership of the PDRs are presented similar to treasury shares in
the consolidated statement of financial position.

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Dividends on Common Shares of the Parent Company

Dividends on common shares are recognized as liability and deducted from equity when approved by
the BOD of the Parent Company. Dividends for the year that are approved after reporting period are
dealt with as an event after reporting period.

Revenue Recognition

a. Revenue Recognition Prior to Adoption of PFRS 15

Revenues are recognized to the extent that it is probable that the economic benefits will flow to
the Group and the amount can be reliably measured, regardless of when the payment is being
made. Revenues are measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable, taking
into account contractually defined terms of payment and excluding taxes or duty. The Group
assesses its revenue arrangements against specific criteria in order to determine if it is acting as
principal or agent.

The following specific recognition criteria must also be met before revenue is recognized:

Advertising Revenue. Revenue is recognized in the period the advertisements are aired.

Payments received for advertisements before broadcast (pay before broadcast) are recognized as
income on the dates the advertisements are aired. Prior to liquidation, these are classified as
unearned revenue under “Advances to customers” under “Trade payables and other current
liabilities” account in the consolidated statement of financial position.

Goods received in exchange for airtime usage pursuant to exchange deal contracts executed
between the Group and its customers are recorded at fair market values of assets received. Fair
market value is the current market price.

Tax credits on aggregate airtime credits from government sales availed of under PD No. 1362 are
recognized as revenue when there is reasonable certainty that these can be used to pay duties and
taxes on imported broadcasting related equipment.

Subscription Revenue. Subscription fees are recognized on an accrual basis in accordance with
the terms of the subscription agreements.
Production Revenue. Production revenue is recognized when project-related services are
rendered.
Revenue from Distribution and Content Provisioning. Revenue is recognized on an accrual basis
in accordance with the terms of the agreement.

Commission from Artist Center. Revenue is recognized as revenue on an accrual basis in

accordance with the terms of the related marketing agreements.
Rental Income. Revenue from lease of property and equipment and investment properties is
accounted for on a straight-line basis over the lease term.
Dividend Income. Revenue is recognized when the Group’s right to receive payment is
established.

Interest Income. Revenue is recognized as the interest accrues, taking into account the effective
yield on the asset.

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Other Income. Other income is recognized when there is an incidental economic benefit, other
than the usual business operations, that will flow to the Group through an increase in asset or
reduction in liability that can be measured reliably.

b. Revenue from Contracts with Customers Upon Adoption of PFRS 15

Revenue from contracts with customers is recognized when control of the goods or services are
transferred to the customer at an amount that reflects the consideration to which the Group
expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. The Group assesses its revenue
arrangements against specific criteria to determine if it is acting as principal or agent. The Group
has generally concluded that it is the principal in its revenue arrangements because it typically
controls the goods or services before transferring them to the customer.

Revenue is recognized when the Group satisfies a performance obligation by transferring a

promised good or service to the customer, which is when the customer obtains control of the good
or service. A performance obligation may be satisfied at a point in time or over time. The
amount of revenue recognized is the amount allocated to the satisfied performance obligation.

The following specific recognition criteria must also be met before revenue is recognized:

Advertising Revenue. Revenue is recognized in the period the advertisements are aired.

Payments received for advertisements before broadcast (pay before broadcast) are recognized as
income on the dates the advertisements are aired. Prior to liquidation, these are classified as
unearned revenue under “Contract liabilities” under “Trade payables and other current liabilities”
account, in the consolidated statement of financial position.

Goods received in exchange for airtime usage pursuant to exchange deal contracts executed
between the Group and its customers are recorded at fair market values of assets received. Fair
market value is the current market price.

Tax credits on aggregate airtime credits from government sales availed of under PD No. 1362 are
recognized as revenue when there is reasonable certainty that these can be used to pay duties and
taxes on imported broadcasting related equipment.

Subscription Revenue. Subscription fees are recognized over the subscription period in
accordance with the terms of the subscription agreements.
Production Revenue. Production revenue is recognized at a point in time when project-related
services are rendered.

Revenue from Distribution and Content Provisioning. Revenue is recognized upon delivery of
the licensed content to customers.

Commission from Artist Center. Revenue is recognized as revenue on an accrual basis in

accordance with the terms of the related marketing agreements.

c. Revenue Recognition Outside the Scope of PFRS 15

Rental Income. Revenue from lease of property and equipment and investment properties is
accounted for on a straight-line basis over the lease term.

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Dividend Income. Revenue is recognized when the Group’s right to receive payment is
established.

Interest Income. Revenue is recognized as the interest accrues, taking into account the effective
yield on the asset.

Equity in Net Earnings (Losses) of Joint Ventures. The Group recognizes its share in the net
income or loss of joint ventures proportionate to the equity in the economic shares of such joint
ventures, in accordance with the equity method.

Other Income. Other income is recognized when there is an incidental economic benefit, other
than the usual business operations, that will flow to the Group through an increase in asset or
reduction in liability that can be measured reliably.

Contract Balances

Trade Receivables. A receivable represents the Group’s right to an amount of consideration that is
unconditional (i.e., only the passage of time is required before payment of the consideration is due).
Refer to the accounting policies of Financial Instruments section.

Contract Assets. A contract asset is the right to consideration in exchange for goods or services
transferred to the customer. If the Group performs by transferring goods or services to a customer
before the customer pays consideration or before payment is due, a contract asset is recognized for
the earned consideration that is conditional.

Contract Liabilities. A contract liability is the obligation to transfer goods or services to a customer
for which the Group has received consideration (or an amount of consideration is due) from the
customer. If a customer pays consideration before the Group transfers goods or services to the
customer, a contract liability is recognized when the payment is made or the payment is due,
whichever is earlier. Contract liabilities are recognized as revenue when the Group performs under
the contract.

Incremental Costs to Obtain a Contract

The Group pays sales commissions to its account executives for each contract that they obtain for
advertising agreements with customers. The Group has elected to apply the optional practical
expedient for costs to obtain a contract which allows the Group to immediately expense sales
commissions (presented under “General and administrative expenses” account in the consolidated
statement of comprehensive income) because the amortization period of the asset that the Group
otherwise would have used is less than one year.

Borrowing Costs
Borrowing costs directly attributable to the acquisition or construction of an asset that necessarily
take a substantial period of time to get ready for its intended use or sale are capitalized as part of the
cost of the asset. All other borrowing costs are expensed in the period they occur. Borrowing costs
consist of interest and other costs that an entity incurs in connection with the borrowing of funds.

Expenses
Expenses, presented as “Production costs” and “General and administrative expenses” in the
consolidated statement of comprehensive income, are recognized as incurred.

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Pension and Other Long-Term Employee Benefits

The Parent Company has a funded, noncontributory defined benefit retirement plan covering
permanent employees. Other entities are covered by Republic Act (R.A.) 7641, otherwise known as
“The Philippine Retirement Law”, which provides for qualified employees to receive an amount
equivalent to a certain percentage of monthly salary at normal retirement age. In addition, the Group
has agreed to pay the cash equivalent of the accumulated unused vacation leave of the employees
upon separation from the Group.

The cost of providing benefits under the defined benefit plans is determined using the projected unit
credit method.

Defined Benefit Plans. The net defined benefit liability or asset is the aggregate of the present value
of the defined benefit obligation at the end of the reporting period reduced by the fair value of plan
assets (if any), adjusted for any effect of limiting a net defined benefit asset to the asset ceiling.

The asset ceiling is the present value of any economic benefits available in the form of refunds from
the plan or reductions in future contributions to the plan.

The cost of providing benefits under defined benefit plan is determined using the projected unit credit
method.

Remeasurements, comprising of actuarial gains and losses, the effect of the asset ceiling, excluding
amounts included in net interest on the net defined benefit liability and the return on plan assets
(excluding amounts included in net interest on the net defined benefit liability), are recognized
immediately in the statement of financial position with a corresponding debit or credit to retained
earnings through OCI in the period in which they occur. Remeasurements are not reclassified to
profit or loss in subsequent periods.

Past service costs are recognized in profit or loss on the earlier of:

· The date of the plan amendment or curtailment, and

· The date that the Group recognizes related restructuring costs

Net interest is calculated by applying the discount rate to the net defined benefit liability or asset.
The Group recognizes the following changes in the net defined benefit obligation under “Production
costs” and “General and administrative expenses” accounts in consolidated statements of
comprehensive income (by function):

· Service costs comprising current service costs, past service costs, gains and losses on curtailments
and non-routine settlements.
· Net interest expense or income

Plan assets are assets that are held by a long-term employee benefit fund. Fair value of plan assets is
based on market price information. When no market price is available, the fair value of plan assets is
estimated by discounting expected future cash flows using a discount rate that reflects both the risk
associated with the plan assets and the maturity or expected disposal date of those assets (or, if they
have no maturity, the expected period until the settlement of the related obligations). If the fair value
of the plan assets is higher than the present value of the defined benefit obligation, the measurement
of the resulting defined benefit asset is limited to the present value of economic benefits available in
the form of refunds from the plan or reductions in future contributions to the plan.

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The Group’s right to be reimbursed of some or all of the expenditure required to settle a defined
benefit obligation is recognized as a separate asset at fair value when and only when reimbursement is
virtually certain.

Leases starting January 1, 2019 - Upon Adoption of PFRS 16

Leases. The Group assesses at contract inception whether a contract is, or contains, a lease. That is,
if the contract conveys the right to control the use of an identified asset for a period of time in
exchange for consideration.

Group as Lessee. The Group applies a single recognition and measurement approach for all leases,
except for short-term leases and leases of low-value assets. The Group recognizes lease liabilities to
make lease payments and right-of-use assets representing the right to use the underlying assets.

· Right-of-use Assets. The Group recognizes right-of-use assets at the commencement date of the
lease (i.e., the date the underlying asset is available for use). Right-of-use assets are measured at
cost, less any accumulated depreciation and impairment losses, and adjusted for any
remeasurement of lease liabilities. The cost of right-of-use assets includes the amount of lease
liabilities recognized, initial direct costs incurred, and lease payments made at or before the
commencement date less any lease incentives received and estimate of costs to be incurred by the
lessee in dismantling and removing the underlying asset, restoring the site on which it is located
or restoring the underlying asset to the condition required by the terms and conditions of the
lease, unless those costs are incurred to produce inventories. Unless the Group is reasonably
certain to obtain ownership of the leased asset at the end of the lease term, the recognized right-
of-use assets are depreciated on a straight-line basis over the shorter of its estimated useful life
and the lease term as follow:

Land 2 to 12 years
Buildings, studio and office spaces 2 to 6 years

Right-of-use assets are subject to impairment.

· Lease Liabilities. At the commencement date of the lease, the Group recognizes lease liabilities
measured at the present value of lease payments to be made over the lease term. The lease
payments include fixed payments (including in substance fixed payments) less any lease
incentives receivable, variable lease payments that depend on an index or a rate, and amounts
expected to be paid under residual value guarantees. The lease payments also include the
exercise price of a purchase option reasonably certain to be exercised by the Group and payments
of penalties for terminating a lease, if the lease term reflects the Group exercising the option to
terminate. The variable lease payments that do not depend on an index or a rate are recognized as
expense in the period on which the event or condition that triggers the payment occurs.

In calculating the present value of lease payments, the Group uses the incremental borrowing rate
at the lease commencement date if the interest rate implicit in the lease is not readily
determinable. After the commencement date, the amount of lease liabilities is increased to reflect
the accretion of interest and reduced for the lease payments made. In addition, the carrying
amount of lease liabilities is remeasured if there is a modification, a change in the lease term, a
change in the in-substance fixed lease payments or a change in the assessment to purchase the
underlying asset.

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· Short-term Leases. The Group applies the short-term lease recognition exemption to its short-
term leases (i.e., those leases that have a lease term of 12 months or less from the commencement
date or initial application of PFRS 16 and do not contain a purchase option). Lease payments on
short-term leases are recognized as expense on a straight-line basis over the lease term.

Group as Lessor. Leases where the Group does not transfer substantially all the risks and benefits of
ownership of the asset are classified as operating leases. Rental income from operating leases are
recognized as income in the consolidated statement of comprehensive income on a straight-line basis
over the lease term. Initial direct costs incurred in negotiating an operating lease are added to the
carrying amount of the leased asset and recognized over the lease term on the same basis as rental
income. Contingent rents are recognized as revenue in the period in which they are earned.

Leases before January 1, 2019 - Prior to Adoption of PFRS 16

The determination of whether the arrangement is, or contains a lease is based on the substance of the
arrangement at inception date of whether the fulfillment of the arrangement depends on the use of a
specific asset or assets or the arrangement conveys a right to use the asset. A reassessment is made
after the inception of the lease, if any, if the following applies:

a. There is a change in contractual terms, other than a renewal or extension of the arrangement;
b. A renewal option is exercised or extension granted, unless the term of the renewal or extension
was initially included in the lease term;
c. There is a change in the determination of whether fulfillment is dependent on a specified asset; or
d. There is substantial change to the asset.

Where the reassessment is made, lease accounting shall commence or cease from the date when the
change in circumstances gave rise to the reassessment for scenarios (a), (c), or (d) above, and at the
date of renewal or extension period for scenario (b).

The Group determines whether arrangements contain a lease to which lease accounting must be
applied. The costs of the agreements that do not take the legal form of a lease but convey the right to
use an asset are separated into lease payments if the entity has the control of the use or access to the
asset, or takes essentially all of the outputs of the asset. The said lease component for these
arrangements is then accounted for as finance or operating lease.

Group as Lessee. Leases which do not transfer to the Group substantially all the risks and benefits of
ownership of the asset are classified as operating leases. Operating lease payments are recognized as
expense in the consolidated statement of comprehensive income on a straight-line basis over the lease
term. Associated costs, such as maintenance and insurance, are expensed as incurred.

Group as Lessor. Leases where the Group does not transfer substantially all the risks and benefits of
ownership of the asset are classified as operating leases. Rental income from operating leases are
recognized as income in the consolidated statement of comprehensive income on a straight-line basis
over the lease term. Initial direct costs incurred in negotiating an operating lease are added to the
carrying amount of the leased asset and recognized over the lease term on the same basis as rental
income. Contingent rents are recognized as revenue in the period in which they are earned.

Foreign Currency-denominated Transactions

Transactions in foreign currencies are initially recorded in the functional currency exchange rate at
the date of the transactions. Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are
retranslated at the functional currency closing exchange rate at financial reporting period. All
differences are taken to profit or loss in the consolidated statements of comprehensive income.

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Nonmonetary items that are measured in terms of historical cost in a foreign currency are translated
using the exchange rates at the dates of the initial transactions. Nonmonetary items measured at fair
value in a foreign currency are translated using the exchange rates at the date when the fair value was
determined. For income tax purposes, foreign exchange gains and losses are treated as taxable
income or deductible expenses when realized.

Taxes

Current Income Tax. Current income tax assets and liabilities for the current period are measured at
the amount expected to be recovered from or paid to the taxation authorities. The tax rates and tax
laws used to compute the amount are those that are enacted or substantially enacted at reporting
period.

Current income tax relating to items recognized directly in equity is recognized in equity and not in
profit or loss. Management periodically evaluates positions taken in the tax returns with respect to
situations in which applicable tax regulations are subject to interpretation, and establishes provisions
where appropriate.

Deferred Tax. Deferred tax is provided using the liability method on temporary differences at
reporting period between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their carrying amounts for
financial reporting purposes at the reporting period.

Deferred tax assets are recognized for all deductible temporary differences, carryforward benefits of
excess minimum corporate income tax (MCIT) over regular corporate income tax (RCIT) and unused
net operating loss carryover (NOLCO), to the extent that it is probable that taxable profit will be
available against which the deductible temporary differences and the carryforward benefits of excess
MCIT over RCIT and unused NOLCO can be utilized, except:

· where the deferred tax asset relating to the deductible temporary difference arises from the initial
recognition of an asset or liability in a transaction that is not a business combination and, at the
time of the transaction, affects neither the accounting profit nor taxable profit; and

· in respect of deductible temporary differences associated with investments in subsidiaries,

associates and interests in joint arrangements, deferred tax assets are recognized only to the extent
that it is probable that the temporary differences will reverse in the foreseeable future and taxable
profit will be available against which the temporary differences can be utilized.

The carrying amount of deferred tax assets is reviewed at each reporting period and reduced to the
extent that it is no longer probable that sufficient taxable profit will be available to allow all or part of
the deferred tax assets to be utilized. Unrecognized deferred tax assets are reassessed at each
reporting period and are recognized to the extent that it has become probable that future taxable profit
will allow the deferred tax assets to be recovered.

Deferred tax liabilities are recognized for all taxable temporary differences, except:

· where the deferred tax liability arises from the initial recognition of goodwill or an asset or
liability in a transaction that is not a business combination and, at the time of the transaction,
affects neither the accounting profit nor taxable profit; and

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· in respect of taxable temporary differences associated with investments in subsidiaries, associates

and interests in joint arrangements, where the timing of the reversal of the temporary differences
can be controlled and it is probable that the temporary differences will not reverse in the
foreseeable future.

Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured at the tax rates that are expected to apply to the year
when the asset is realized or the liability is settled, based on tax rates and tax laws to be enacted or
substantially enacted at the reporting period.

Deferred tax relating to items recognized outside profit or loss is recognized outside profit or loss.
Deferred tax items recognized in correlation to the underlying transaction either in OCI or directly in
equity.

Deferred tax assets and liabilities are offset, if a legally enforceable right exists to set off current tax
assets against current tax liabilities and the deferred taxes relate to the same taxable entity and the
same taxation authority.

Creditable Withholding Taxes. Creditable withholding taxes represent amounts withheld by the
Group’s customers and is deducted from the Group’s income tax payable.

Value-added Tax (VAT). Revenue, expenses and assets are recognized net of the amount of VAT, if
applicable.

When VAT from sales of goods and/or services (output VAT) exceeds VAT passed on from
purchases of goods or services (input VAT), the excess is recognized as payable in the consolidated
statement of financial position. When VAT passed on from purchases of goods or services (input
VAT) exceeds VAT from sales of goods and/or services (output VAT), the excess is recognized as an
asset in the consolidated statement of financial position to the extent of the recoverable amount.

The net amount of VAT recoverable from, or payable to, the taxation authority is included as part of
“Prepaid expenses and other current assets” or “Trade payables and other current liabilities” accounts
in the consolidated statement of financial position.

Earnings Per Share (EPS)

Basic EPS is computed by dividing the net income for the year attributable to the equity holders of
the Parent Company, net of income attributable to preferred shares, by the weighted average number
of common shares outstanding during the year, after considering the retroactive adjustments for any
stock dividends declared, if any.

Diluted EPS is calculated by dividing the net income for the year attributable to the equity holders of
the Parent Company (inclusive of income attributable to preferred shares) by the weighted average
number of common shares outstanding during the year, plus the weighted average number of
common shares that would be issued upon conversion of all dilutive potential common shares.

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Segment Reporting
For management purposes, the Group’s operating businesses are organized and managed separately
into television and radio airtime, international subscriptions and other business activities. Such
business segments are the basis upon which the Group reports its primary segment information. The
Group considers television and radio operations as the major business segment. The Group operates
in two geographical areas where it derives its revenue. Financial information on business segments is
presented in Note 5 to the consolidated financial statements.

Provisions
Provisions are recognized when the Group has a present obligation (legal or constructive) as a result
of a past event, it is probable that an outflow of resources embodying economic benefits will be
required to settle the obligation and a reliable estimate can be made of the amount of the obligation.
When the Group expects some or all of a provision to be reimbursed, for example, under an insurance
contract, the reimbursement is recognized as a separate asset, but only when the reimbursement is
virtually certain. The expense relating to a provision is presented in the consolidated statement of
comprehensive income net of any reimbursement.

Contingencies
Contingent liabilities are not recognized in the consolidated financial statements. These are disclosed
in the notes to consolidated financial statements unless the possibility of an outflow of resources
embodying economic benefits is remote. Contingent assets are not recognized in the consolidated
financial statements but are disclosed in the notes to consolidated financial statements when an inflow
of economic benefits is probable.

Events after Reporting Period

Post year-end events that provide additional information about the Group’s position at the reporting
period (adjusting events) are reflected in the consolidated financial statements. Post year-end events
that are not adjusting events are disclosed in the notes to consolidated financial statements when
material.

4. Significant Accounting Judgments, Estimates and Assumptions

The preparation of the consolidated financial statements requires management to make judgments,
estimates and assumptions that affect amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements and
related notes at the end of the reporting period. However, uncertainty about these judgments,
estimates and assumptions could result in outcomes that require a material adjustment to the carrying
amount of the asset or liability affected in future periods.

Judgments
In the process of applying the Group’s accounting policies, management has made the following
judgments, which have the most significant effect on the amounts recognized in the consolidated
financial statements.

Consolidation of Entities in which the Group holds less than Majority of Voting Rights. The Group
considers that it controls RGMA Network even though it owns less than 50% of the voting rights.
This is because the Group is the single largest shareholder of RGMA Network with a 49% equity
interest. The remaining 51% of the equity shares in RGMA Network are owned by several parties.
Since September 27, 1995, which is the date of incorporation of RGMA Network, there is no history
of the other shareholders collaborating to exercise their votes collectively or to outvote the Group.
The carrying amount of NCI as at December 31, 2019 and 2018 are = P70.64 million and
=62.80 million, respectively.
P

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Assessment of Significant Influence over the Investee. The Parent Company holds 25% ownership
interest in Optima Digital, Inc. as at December 31, 2019 and 2018. Even with more than 20% voting
rights, management assessed that the Parent Company does not have the power to participate in the
policy-making processes, including decisions to affect its returns in the form of dividends. Further,
the Parent Company does not have the ability to participate in the financial and operational policies
decision-making of the investee to affect its relevant activities.

Determination of Lease Term of Contracts with Renewal and Termination Options – Group as a
Lessee (Starting January 1, 2019 - Upon Adoption of PFRS 16). The Group determines the lease
term as the non-cancellable term of the lease, together with any periods covered by an option to
extend the lease if it is reasonably certain to be exercised, or any periods covered by an option to
terminate the lease, if it is reasonably certain not to be exercised.

The Group has several lease contracts that include extension and termination options. The Group
applies judgment in evaluating whether it is reasonably certain whether or not to exercise the option
to renew or terminate the lease. That is, it considers all relevant factors that create an economic
incentive for it to exercise either the renewal or termination. After the commencement date, the Group
reassesses the lease term if there is a significant event or change in circumstances that is within its
control and affects its ability to exercise or not to exercise the option to renew or to terminate (e.g.,
construction of significant leasehold improvements or significant customization to the leased asset).

The Group did not include the renewal period as part of the lease term for its leases as these are
subject to mutual agreement and are not reasonably certain to be exercised. Furthermore, the periods
covered by termination options are included as part of the lease term because they are reasonably
certain not to be exercised.

Operating Leases - Group as Lessor. The Group has entered into various lease agreements as lessor.
The Group had determined that the risks and rewards of ownership of the underlying property were
retained by the Group. Accordingly, the leases are classified as an operating lease.

Total rental income amounted to = P8.56 million, =

P8.27 million and P
=8.18 million in 2019, 2018 and
2017, respectively (see Note 25).

Operating Leases - Group as Lessee (Prior to January 1, 2019 - Prior to Adoption of PFRS 16). The
Group has entered into various lease agreements as a lessee. The Group has determined, based on an
evaluation of the terms and conditions of the arrangements, that the lessors retain all the significant
risks and rewards of ownership of the properties and accounts for the contracts as operating leases.

Rental expense charged to operations amounted to =

P927.34 million and =
P873.91 million in 2018 and
2017 respectively (see Notes 22, 23 and 27).

Estimates and Assumptions

The key assumptions concerning the future and other key sources of estimation uncertainty at the
reporting period, that have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amounts
of assets and liabilities within the next financial year, are described below. The Group based its
assumptions and estimates on parameters available when the consolidated financial statements were
prepared. Existing circumstances and assumptions about future developments, however, may change
due to market changes or circumstances arising beyond the control of the Group. Such changes are
reflected in the assumptions when they occur.

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Estimating the Incremental Borrowing Rate (Starting January 1, 2019 - Upon Adoption of PFRS 16).
The Group cannot readily determine the interest rate implicit in the lease, therefore, it uses its
incremental borrowing rate (IBR) to measure lease liabilities. The IBR is the rate of interest that the
Group would have to pay to borrow over a similar term, and with a similar security, the funds
necessary to obtain an asset of a similar value to the right-of-use asset in a similar economic
environment. The IBR therefore reflects what the Group ‘would have to pay’, which requires
estimation when no observable rates are available (such as for subsidiaries that do not enter into
financing transactions) or when they need to be adjusted to reflect the terms and conditions of the
lease. The Group estimates the IBR using observable inputs (such as market interest rates) when
available and is required to make certain entity-specific estimates (such as the counterparty’s stand-
alone credit rating).

The Group’s lease liability amounted to P

=105.79 million as at December 31, 2019 (see Note 27).

Estimating Allowance for ECL (applicable starting January 1, 2018 upon adoption of PFRS 9). The
following information explains the inputs, assumptions and techniques used by the Group in
estimating ECL for trade receivables:

· Simplified approach for trade receivables

The Group uses a simplified approach for calculating ECL on trade receivables through the use of
provision matrix to calculate ECLs. The provision rates are based on days past due for groupings
of customer segment that have similar loss patterns (i.e., by customer type).

The provision matrix is initially based on the Group’s historical observed default rates. The
Group then calibrates the matrix to adjust the historical credit loss experience with forward-
looking information. For instance, if forecast economic conditions (e.g., gross domestic product,
inflation rate, unemployment rate) are expected to deteriorate over the next year which can lead to
an increased number of defaults in the Group’s operating segments, the historical default rates are
adjusted. At every reporting date, the historical observed default rates are updated and changes in
the forward-looking estimates are analyzed.

· Definition of default for trade receivables

The Group defines a trade receivable as in default, when it meets one or more of the following
criteria:

· The counterparty is experiencing financial difficulty or is insolvent

· The receivable is more than 360 days past due. The determination of the period is based on
the Group’s practice and agreement with their customers within the industry.

· Incorporation of forward-looking information

The Group considers a range of relevant forward-looking macro-economic assumptions for the
determination of unbiased general industry adjustments that support the calculation of ECLs. A
broad range of forward-looking information are considered as economic inputs such as the gross
domestic product, inflation rate, unemployment rates and other economic indicators.

The macroeconomic factors are aligned with information used by the Group for other purposes
such as strategic planning and budgeting.

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The Group identifies and documents key drivers of credit risk and credit losses of each portfolio
of financial instruments and, using an analysis of historical data, has estimated relationships
between macro-economic variables and credit risk and credit losses.

Predicted relationship between the key macro-economic indicators and default and loss rates on
various portfolios of financial assets have been developed based on analyzing historical data over
the past 5 years. The methodologies and assumptions including any forecasts of future economic
conditions are reviewed regularly.

· Grouping of instruments for losses measured on collective basis

For expected credit loss provisions modelled on a collective basis, a grouping of exposures is
performed on the basis of shared risk characteristics, such that risk exposures within a
segmentation are homogeneous. The Group segmentized its receivables based on the type of
customer (e.g., corporate and individuals).

The assessment of the correlation between historical observed default rates, forecast economic
conditions and ECLs is a significant estimate. The amount of ECLs is sensitive to changes in
circumstances and of forecast economic conditions. The Group’s historical credit loss experience
and forecast of economic conditions may also not be representative of customer’s actual default
in the future.

Provision for ECL amounted to = P18.30 million and =

P109.63 million in 2019 and 2018,
respectively (see Notes 7 and 23). The allowance for ECL amounted to = P549.64 million and
=531.34 million as at December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively. The carrying amounts of trade
P
and other receivables amounted to =P5,257.15 million and =
P4,811.97 million as at December 31,
2019 and 2018, respectively (see Note 7).

Estimating Allowance for Doubtful Accounts (applicable until December 31, 2017 prior to the
adoption of PFRS 9). Provisions are made for specific and groups of billed accounts where objective
evidence of impairment exists. The Group determines the allowance for doubtful accounts based on
impairment assessments of individual advertiser balances. Individual balances for which there is no
objective evidence of impairment are assessed collectively by applying a loss rate determined based
on a five-year average of historical losses. The individual impairment assessment is an inherently
uncertain process involving various assumptions and factors about the financial condition of the
advertiser, estimates of amounts still collectible and, for the collective assessment, the loss rate used.
These assumptions could be significantly different from actual credit losses.

Provision for doubtful accounts amounted to =

P8.25 million in 2017 (see Note 23).

Classification and Amortization of Program and Other Rights. Portions of program and other rights
are classified as current and noncurrent assets. Current portion represents those expected to be aired
any time within its normal operating cycle, whereas the noncurrent portion represents those without
definite expiration.

From September 1, 2019, the Group changed its accounting policy for amortizing the cost of program
and other rights with no definite expiration date from accelerated method based on the sum of the
year’s digit of ten years with salvage value of 10% of the total cost to straight-line method over ten
years based on the current book values so as to allow recognition of amortization equally and to be
consistent with the method of amortizing program rights with multiple number of runs within a
specified term. Management takes the view that this policy provides reliable and more relevant
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the current year and future periods is to decrease the carrying amount of program and other rights by
=199.08 million and increase amortization expense by =
P P197.62 million with its corresponding tax
impact.

The Group estimates the amortization of program and other rights with finite lives using straight line
method up to the date of expiry, which is the manner and pattern of usage of the acquired rights. In
addition, estimation of the amortization of program and other rights is based on the Group’s
experience with such rights. It is possible, however, that future results of operations could be
materially affected by changes in estimates brought about by changes in the factors mentioned above.
The amounts and timing of recorded expenses for any period would be affected by changes in these
factors and circumstances.

Program and other rights usage amounted to =

P988.70 million, =
P871.45 million and =P905.25 million in
2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively (see Notes 8 and 22). Program and other rights, net of
accumulated impairment in value of P=2.70 million, amounted to P
=1,038.79 million and
=
P937.23 million as at December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively (see Note 8).

Estimating Allowance for Inventory Losses. The Group provides allowance for inventory losses
whenever the net realizable value becomes lower than cost due to damage, physical deterioration,
obsolescence, changes in price levels or other causes. The allowance account is reviewed
periodically to reflect the accurate valuation of the inventories.

The carrying value of materials and supplies inventory, included under “Prepaid expenses and other
current assets” account in the consolidated statement of financial position, amounted to
=12.76 million and =
P P13.42 million as at December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively (see Note 9).
There were no provisions for inventory losses in 2019, 2018 and 2017.

Estimating Useful Lives of Property and Equipment, Software Costs and Investment Properties.
The Group estimates the useful lives of property and equipment, software costs and investment
properties based on the period over which the assets are expected to be available for use. The
estimated useful lives of property and equipment, software costs and investment properties are
reviewed periodically and are updated if expectations differ from previous estimates due to physical
wear and tear, technical or commercial obsolescence and legal or other limits on the use of the assets.
In addition, estimation of the useful lives of property and equipment, software costs and investment
properties is based on collective assessment of industry practice, internal technical evaluation and
experience with similar assets. It is possible, however, that future results of operations could be
materially affected by changes in estimates brought about by changes in the factors mentioned above.
The amounts and timing of recorded expenses for any period would be affected by changes in these
factors and circumstances. A reduction in the estimated useful lives of property and equipment,
software costs and investment properties would increase the recorded general and administrative
expenses and decrease noncurrent assets.

There has been no change in the Group’s estimate of useful lives of its property and equipment,
software costs and investment properties in 2019 and 2018.

Total depreciation and amortization expense for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017,
amounted to =P604.49 million, P
=609.62 million and =P654.88 million, respectively (see Notes 12, 14,
15, 22, 23 and 27).

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Revaluation of Land. The Group engages an accredited appraiser to determine the fair value of the
land used in operations. Fair value is determined by reference to market-based evidence adjusted
based on certain elements of comparison. The fair value amount would differ if the Group made
different judgments and estimates or utilized a different basis for determining fair value.

Valuations from an accredited appraiser are generally performed every three to five years or more
frequently as deemed necessary to ensure that the fair value of a revalued asset does not differ
materially from its carrying amount.

In 2019, there is no additional revaluation increment on land due to insignificant movements in the
fair value of the land. There is a revaluation increment on land in 2018 amounting to
=990.37 million. The revalued amount of land, which is classified under “Property and equipment”
P
account in the statement of financial position, amounted to =P2,803.20 million as at
December 31, 2019 and 2018 (see Notes 13 and 31).

Impairment of Nonfinancial Assets. For prepaid production costs, tax credits, investments and
advances, property and equipment, right-of-use assets, investment properties, program and other
rights, investment in artworks, deferred production costs and software costs, impairment testing is
performed whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset
may not be recoverable.

The factors that the Group considers important which could trigger an impairment review include the
following:

· significant underperformance relative to expected historical or projected future operating results;

· significant changes in the manner of use of the acquired assets or the strategy for overall
business;
· significant negative industry or economic trends; and
· obsolescence or physical damage of an asset.

The Group recognizes an impairment loss whenever the carrying amount of an asset exceeds its
recoverable amount. The recoverable amount is the greater of fair value less costs to sell or asset’s
value in use. Recoverable amounts are estimated for individual assets or, if it is not possible, for the
CGU to which the asset belongs.

As at December 31, 2019 and 2018, the Group did not identify any indicator of impairment on its
nonfinancial assets, hence, no impairment tests were carried out.

The carrying values of nonfinancial assets as at December 31 follow:

2019 2018
Land at revalued amounts (see Note 13) P
=2,803,196,184 =2,803,196,184
P
Property and equipment - at cost (see Note 12) 2,695,162,487 2,642,298,449
Program and other rights (see Note 8) 1,038,789,929 937,234,416
Prepaid production costs (see Note 9) 282,840,960 84,473,811
Investments and advances (see Note 11) 179,766,749 158,215,331
Right-of-use assets (see Note 27) 129,802,186 –
Software costs (see Note 15) 120,396,750 81,548,369
Tax credits (see Note 9) 58,699,529 59,969,477
Investment properties (see Note 14) 36,252,221 40,003,984
Investment in artworks (see Note 15) 10,186,136 10,186,136
Deferred production costs (see Note 15) 1,088,162 797,800

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Estimating Realizability of Deferred Tax Assets. The Group reviews its deferred tax assets at each
reporting date and reduces the carrying amount to the extent that it is no longer probable that
sufficient taxable profit will be available to allow all or part of the deferred tax asset to be utilized.
The Group’s assessment on the recognition of deferred tax assets on deductible temporary difference
and carryforward benefits of NOLCO and excess MCIT over RCIT is based on the projected taxable
income in the following periods.

Recognized deferred tax assets amounted to =

P1,246.43 million and =
P976.62 million as at
December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively, while unrecognized deferred tax assets amounted to
=4.95 million and =
P P4.80 million as at December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively (see Note 28).

Pension and Other Employee Benefits. The determination of the Group’s obligation and cost of
pension benefits is dependent on the selection of certain assumptions used by actuaries in calculating
such amounts. Those assumptions are described in Note 26 and include, among others, discount rate
and salary increase rate. Due to the complexity of the valuation and its long-term nature, a defined
benefit obligation is highly sensitive to changes in these assumptions.

Pension liability amounted to =

P2,733.59 million and =
P2,182.99 million as at December 31, 2019 and
2018, respectively (see Note 26).

Determination of Fair Value of Financial Assets at FVOCI. Financial assets at FVOCI are carried
and disclosed at fair value, which requires extensive use of accounting estimates and judgments.
When the fair values cannot be derived from active markets, they are determined using a variety of
valuation techniques that include the use of mathematical models. The input to these models is taken
from observable markets where possible, but where this is not feasible, a degree of judgment is
required in establishing fair values. The fair value of financial assets at FVOCI are enumerated in
Note 31.

Determination of Fair Value of Investment Properties. PFRS requires disclosure of fair value of
investment properties when measured at cost.

The appraisers conducted an actual inspection of the property and considered the following in the
study and analyses in arriving at the estimate of fair value: (a) extent, character and utility of the land;
(b) sales and holding prices of similar properties; and (c) highest and best use of the property.

The description of valuation techniques used and key inputs to fair valuation of investment properties
are enumerated in Note 14 of the consolidated financial statements.

Contingencies. The Group is currently involved in various claims and legal proceedings. The estimate
of the probable costs for the resolution of these claims has been developed in consultation with legal
counsel handling the defense in these matters and is based upon an analysis of potential results. The
Group currently does not believe that these proceedings will have a material adverse effect on the
Group’s financial position.

5. Segment Information

Business Segments
For management purposes, the Group is organized into business units based on its products and
services and has three reportable segments, as follows:

§ The television and radio segment, which engages in television and radio broadcasting activities
and which generates revenue from sale of national and regional advertising time.

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§ The international subscription segment which engages in subscription arrangements with

international cable companies.
§ Other businesses which include movie production, consumer products and other services.

The Executive Committee, the chief operating decision maker, and Management monitor the
operating results of its business units separately for the purpose of making decisions about resource
allocation and performance assessment. Segment performance is evaluated based on net income or
loss and is measured consistently with the net income or loss in the consolidated financial statements.
On a consolidated basis, the Group’s performance is evaluated based on consolidated net income for
the year.

Geographical Segments
The Group operates in two major geographical segments - local and international. Local refers to
revenues earned in the Philippines, the home country. Significant portion of the revenues earned
locally pertain to television and radio airtime. International refers to revenues earned in United States
and in other locations (which include Middle East, Europe, Australia, Canada, Guam, Singapore,
Hongkong and Japan). The Group ties up with cable providers to bring local television programming
outside the Philippines.

The Group’s revenues are mostly generated in the Philippines, which is the Group’s country of
domicile.

Noncurrent assets consist of property and equipment, land at revalued amounts, investment properties
and intangible assets which are all located in the Philippines.

The Group does not have a single external customer whose revenue accounts for 10% or more of the
Group’s revenues.

Inter-segment Transactions
Segment revenues, segment expenses and segment results include transfers among business segments
and among geographical segments. The transfers are accounted for at competitive market prices
charged to unrelated customers for similar services. Such transfers are eliminated upon consolidation.

Measurement Basis
The amount of segment assets and liabilities and segment profit or loss are based on measurement
principles that are similar to those used in measuring the assets and liabilities and profit or loss in the
consolidated financial statements, which is in accordance with PFRS.

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Geographical Local International

Business Segment Television and radio airtime Other businesses International subscription Eliminations Consolidated
2019 2018 2017 2019 2018 2017 2019 2018 2017 2019 2018 2017 2019 2018 2017

REVENUES
External sales =15,101,963,669 =
P P13,768,391,670 =
P14,106,884,749 P186,329,988
= =166,044,122
P =134,279,806 P
P = 1,205,158,555 =1,301,756,577 =
P P1,361,127,633 =–
P =–
P =–
P =16,493,452,212 =
P P15,236,192,369 =
P15,602,292,188
Inter-segment sales – – – 536,119,799 596,056,036 416,723,790 – – – (536,119,799) (596,056,036) (416,723,790) – – –
=15,101,963,669 P
P =13,768,391,670 P
=14,106,884,749 =722,449,787
P =762,100,158
P =551,003,596 P
P = 1,205,158,555 =1,301,756,577 P
P =1,361,127,633 (P
=536,119,799) (P
=596,054,018) (P
=416,723,790) =16,493,452,212 P
P =15,236,192,369 P
=15,602,292,188

NET INCOME
Segment results =
P2,583,871,724 =P2,029,449,877 =P2,327,287,494 =
P211,455,580 =200,819,048
P =155,027,164
P =909,748,278
P =984,355,287 P
P =1,038,271,476 =
P27,766,071 =23,522,173
P =15,000,000
P =
P3,732,841,653 =P3,238,146,385 =P3,535,586,134
Interest expense (54,935,964) (36,251,389) (23,010,666) (659,381) – – – – – – – (55,595,345) (36,251,389) (23,010,666)
Foreign exchange gain (loss) (13,903,776) 17,034,936 1,460,046 (2,401,508) 1,628,409 840,354 (18,587,647) 557,656 451 – – (34,892,931) 19,221,001 2,300,851
Interest income 20,503,610 23,676,444 22,582,724 2,403,176 1,779,416 1,193,454 – – – – – 22,906,786 25,455,860 23,776,178
Equity in net earnings of joint
ventures – – – 13,420,076 6,351,690 329,580 – – – – – 13,420,076 6,351,690 329,580
Other income (expenses) 161,322,563 89,725,112 198,527,049 44,260,074 36,010,956 12,197,845 – – – (117,816,071) (46,622,173) (91,707,493) 87,766,566 79,113,895 119,017,401
Income tax (782,251,861) (632,518,193) (726,742,308) (73,070,135) (75,533,215) (55,545,957) (267,348,189) (295,473,883) (311,481,578) (4,500,000) (4,500,000) (4,500,000) (1,127,170,185) (1,008,025,291) (1,098,269,843)
=1,914,606,296 P
P =1,491,116,787 =P1,800,104,339 =195,407,882
P =171,056,304
P =114,042,440
P = 623,812,442
P =689,439,060
P =726,790,349
P (P
= 94,550,000) (P
=27,600,000) (P
=81,207,493) =2,639,276,620 =
P P2,324,012,151 =P2,559,729,635

ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

Assets
Segment assets =
P15,111,267,351 =
P14,159,482,812 P
=13,576,095,160 =
P1,324,408,671 =P1,163,427,015 P =999,067,187 =747,452,665
P =945,621,759 =
P P1,176,546,383 (P=1,390,741,230) (P
=1,285,591,746)(P
=1,310,065,905) =
P15,792,387,457 =
P14,982,939,840 =
P14,441,642,825
Investment in associates - at equity 38,350,619 54,593,624 38,350,619 41,723,215 12,060,134 21,951,449 – – – – – – 80,073,834 66,653,758 60,302,068
Deferred tax assets 295,060,775 102,485,454 144,828,605 52,600,016 42,971,403 47,477,395 – – – 126,756,487 97,483,007 98,863,389 474,417,278 242,939,864 291,169,389
=15,444,678,745 P
P =14,316,561,890 P
=13,759,274,384 P
= 1,418,731,902 P
=1,218,458,552 =
P1,068,496,031 =747,452,665
P =945,621,759 P
P =1,176,546,383 (P
= 1,263,984,743) (P
=1,188,108,739)(P
=1,211,202,516) =16,346,878,569 P
P =15,292,533,462 P
=14,793,114,282

Liabilities
Segment liabilities = 6,180,282,349
P =5,374,409,333
P =4,897,143,505
P = 698,179,912
P =600,445,444
P =571,391,857
P =526,202,498
P =382,639,036
P =505,353,822
P (P
= 715,217,311) (P
=653,029,079) (P
=630,481,469) =6,689,801,560
P =5,704,464,734
P =5,343,407,715
P

Other Segment Information

Capital expenditures:
Program and other rights and
software cost =
P1,141,571,861 =473,050,515
P =1,210,748,319
P =–
P =–
P =15,216
P =
P14,172,159 =105,263
P =21,658,042
P P–
= =–
P =–
P =
P1,155,744,020 =473,155,778
P =1,232,421,577
P
Property and equipment 641,812,018 564,881,013 508,362,648 31,292,071 – 13,909,070 315,703 301,779 1,455,894 – – – 673,419,792 519,420,168 523,727,612
Land at revalued amount – 7,593,293 1,364,718 – – – – – – – – – – 7,593,293 1,364,718
Investment properties – – − – – – – – – – – – – – −
Depreciation and amortization 1,565,298,847 1,471,527,586 1,545,612,737 22,388,187 17,094,805 14,399,966 20,509,539 7,450,737 15,120,018 (15,000,000) (15,000,000) (15,000,000) 1,593,196,573 1,481,073,128 1,560,132,721

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6. Cash and Cash Equivalents

2019 2018
Cash on hand and in banks P
=1,852,507,801 =1,943,590,994
P
Short-term deposits 402,463,855 615,514,328
P
=2,254,971,656 =2,559,105,322
P

Cash in banks earn interest at the respective bank deposit rates. Short-term deposits are made for
varying periods of up to three months depending on the immediate cash requirements of the Group,
and earn interest at the respective short-term deposit rates.

Interest income earned from bank deposits and short-term deposits amounted to P
=22.91 million,
=25.46 million and =
P P23.78 million in 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

7. Trade and Other Receivables

2019 2018
Trade:
Television and radio airtime P
=5,227,766,620 =4,943,909,836
P
Subscriptions 386,954,129 206,855,121
Others 183,958,408 173,557,400
Nontrade:
Advances to officers and employees 5,913,890 2,354,227
Others (see Note 20) 2,194,508 16,639,473
5,806,787,555 5,343,316,057
Less allowance for ECL 549,639,602 531,342,255
P
=5,257,147,953 =4,811,973,802
P

Trade Receivables

Television and Radio Airtime. Television and radio airtime receivables are unsecured, noninterest-
bearing and are generally on 60-90 day terms upon receipt of invoice by the customers. Invoicing
normally takes around 30 days from airing.

Television and radio airtime receivables include unbilled airtime receivables, arising when
advertisements have been aired but billing or acceptance by the customer has been delayed due to
time lag in completing all required documents.

Subscriptions Receivable. Subscriptions receivable pertain to receivables from international channel

subscriptions and advertisements. These are unsecured, noninterest-bearing and normally collected
within 30-60 days.

Other Trade Receivables. Other trade receivables are unsecured, noninterest-bearing and are
generally on 60-90 day terms upon receipt of invoice by the customers.

Nontrade Receivables

Advances to Officers and Employees and Other Nontrade Receivables. Advances to officers and
employees and other nontrade receivables are noninterest-bearing and are normally collected within
the next financial year.

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Allowance for ECL on Trade Receivables

The movements in the allowance for ECLs are as follows:

2019
Corporate Individual Total
Balance at beginning of year P
=517,554,094 P
=13,788,161 P
=531,342,255
Provision (reversal) for the year
(see Note 23) 21,630,411 (3,333,064) 18,297,347
Balance at end of year P
=539,184,505 P
=10,455,097 P
=549,639,602

2018
Corporate Individual Total
Balance at beginning of year =407,923,033
P =13,788,161
P =421,711,194
P
Provision for the year
(see Note 23) 109,631,061 – 109,631,061
Balance at end of year =517,554,094
P =13,788,161
P =531,342,255
P

8. Program and Other Rights

Details and movement in this account are as follows:

2019
Program Story/Format Program Rights -
Rights Rights Incidentals Total
Cost:
Balance at beginning of year P
=917,873,774 P
=5,219,240 P
=16,843,662 P
=939,936,676
Additions 985,927,729 25,480,067 78,851,454 1,090,259,250
Program and other rights
usage (see Note 22) (919,804,912) − (68,898,825) (988,703,737)
Balance at end of year 983,996,591 30,699,307 26,796,291 1,041,492,189
Accumulated impairment in value (2,702,260) − − (2,702,260)
981,294,331 30,699,307 26,796,291 1,038,789,929
Less noncurrent portion 196,376,347 − − 196,376,347
Current portion P
=784,917,984 P
=30,699,307 P
=26,796,291 P
=842,413,582

2018
Program Story/Format Program Rights -
Rights Rights Incidentals Total
Cost:
Balance at beginning of year =1,329,239,538
P =9,690,475
P P9,909,759
= =1,348,839,772
P
Additions 399,602,489 – 62,945,636 462,548,125
Program and other rights
usage (see Note 22) (810,968,253) (4,471,235) (56,011,733) (871,451,221)
Balance at end of year 917,873,774 5,219,240 16,843,662 939,936,676
Accumulated impairment in value (2,702,260) – – (2,702,260)
915,171,514 5,219,240 16,843,662 937,234,416
Less noncurrent portion 200,772,808 – – 200,772,808
Current Portion =714,398,706
P =5,219,240
P =16,843,662
P =736,461,608
P

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9. Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets

2019 2018
Prepaid production costs P
=282,840,960 =84,473,811
P
Advances to suppliers 266,638,047 199,967,534
Input VAT 134,200,895 141,295,086
Prepaid expenses 99,951,719 81,735,886
Creditable withholding taxes 61,906,171 61,673,964
Tax credits 58,699,529 59,969,477
Materials and supplies inventory 12,756,017 13,421,134
Others 1,908,021 2,401,027
P
=918,901,359 =644,937,919
P

Prepaid production costs represent costs paid in advance prior to the airing of the programs or
episodes. The Group expects to air the related programs or episodes within the next financial year.

Advances to suppliers are noninterest-bearing and are generally applied to acquisition of program and
other rights, inventories, availment of services and others within the next financial year.

Input VAT pertains to value-added tax on purchase or importation of goods and services which are to
be claimed and credited in the succeeding month’s filing of VAT return.

Prepaid expenses include prepayments for rentals, insurance and other expenses.

Creditable withholding taxes represent amounts withheld by the Group’s customers and is deducted
from the Group’s income tax payable.

Tax credits represent claims of the Parent Company from the government arising from airing of
government commercials and advertisements. The Parent Company expects to utilize these tax
credits within the next financial year.

Materials and supplies inventory includes the Group’s office supplies, spare parts and production
materials.

10. Financial Assets at Fair Value Through Other Comprehensive Income

This account consists of the following:

2019 2018
Listed equity instruments P
=175,669,513 =173,005,514
P
Non-listed equity instruments 67,763,547 67,250,332
P
=243,433,060 =240,255,846
P

Investment in equity instruments pertains to shares of stock and club shares which are not held for
trading. The Group assessed the equity instruments to be strategic in nature.

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The movement of financial assets at FVOCI are as follows:

2019 2018
Balance at beginning of year P
=240,255,846 =272,127,293
P
Return of investment – (6,089,790)
Unrealized gain (loss) on fair value changes during
the year 3,177,214 (25,781,657)
Balance at end of year P
=243,433,060 =240,255,846
P

The return of investment amounting to = P6.09 million in 2018 represents the reduction surplus of the
Parent Company’s investment in Mabuhay Investments Corporation (Mabuhay) as a result of the
decrease in the latter’s par value of common shares of stock. The return of investment did not result
to a change in the Parent Company’s ownership interest in Mabuhay.

Dividend income earned from financial assets at FVOCI amounted to nil in 2019 and =
P2.50 million in
2018 (see Note 25).

The movements in net unrealized loss on financial assets at FVOCI are as follows:

2019 2018
Balance at beginning of year - net of tax (P
=5,051,345) 18,492,083
Net unrealized gain (loss) on fair value changes
during the year 3,177,214 (25,781,657)
Tax effect of the changes in fair market values (371,323) 2,238,229
Balance at end of year (P
=2,245,454) (P
=5,051,345)

IP E-Games
In 2015, IP E-Games Ventures, Inc. (IPE) issued 13,000.00 million of its own common shares to the
Group in exchange of the Group’s investment in X-Play Online Games Incorporated (X-Play) and in
settlement of =
P30.00 million advances and P =50.00 million airtime credits granted by the Group to X-
Play. At initial recognition, the Group recognized at fair value the IPE shares as AFS financial assets
amounting to =P130.00 million.

Of the = P50.00 million airtime credits, P

=22.00 million has not been implemented at the date of
exchange and therefore was recognized by the Group as unearned revenue presented as “Contract
liabilities”, included as part of trade payables and other current liabilities in 2019 and 2018
(see Note 16).

11. Investments and Advances

The following are the details of this account:

2019 2018
Investment in an associate and interests in joint
ventures P
=80,073,834 =66,653,758
P
Advances to an associate and joint ventures
(see Note 20) 99,692,915 91,561,573
P
=179,766,749 =158,215,331
P

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The movements in the account are as follows:

2019 2018
Investment in an associate and interests in joint
ventures:
Acquisition cost -
Balance at beginning and end of year P
=131,722,056 =131,722,056
P
Accumulated equity in net losses:
Balance at beginning of year (65,068,298) (71,419,988)
Equity in net earnings during the year 13,420,076 6,351,690
Balance at end of year (51,648,222) (65,068,298)
80,073,834 66,653,758
Advances to an associate:
Balance at beginning of year 89,017,031 88,231,235
Advances during the year (see Note 20) 8,104,799 785,796
Balance at end of year 97,121,830 89,017,031
Advances to joint ventures:
Balance at beginning of year 2,544,542 2,569,968
Advances during the year (see Note 20) 26,543 376,352
Collections – (401,778)
Balance at end of year 2,571,085 2,544,542
Total investments and advances P
=179,766,749 =158,215,331
P

The ownership interests in joint ventures and an associate, which were all incorporated in the
Philippines, and are accounted for under the equity method, as at December 31, 2019 and 2018
follows:

Percentage of
Principal Activities Ownership
Associate - Direct Indirect
Mont-Aire Realty and Development
Corporation (Mont-Aire) Real Estate 49 –
Joint Ventures:
INQ7 Interactive, Inc. (INQ7)* Internet Publishing 50 –
Philippine Entertainment Portal (PEP)** Internet Publishing – 50
Gamespan, Inc. (Gamespan)** Betting Games – 50
*Not operational.
**Indirect investment through GNMI.

The carrying values of investments and the related advances are as follows:

2019
Advances
Investments (Note 20) Total
Associate -
Mont-Aire P
=38,350,619 P
=97,121,830 P
=135,472,449
Joint ventures:
Gamespan 8,947,966 1,959,670 10,907,636
PEP 32,775,249 611,415 33,386,664
41,723,215 2,571,085 44,294,300
P
=80,073,834 P
=99,692,915 P
=179,766,749

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2018
Advances
Investments (Note 20) Total
Associate -
Mont-Aire =38,350,619
P =89,017,031
P =127,367,650
P
Joint ventures:
Gamespan 8,947,966 1,959,670 10,907,636
PEP 19,355,173 584,872 19,940,045
28,303,139 2,544,542 30,847,681
=66,653,758
P =91,561,573
P =158,215,331
P

The associate and joint ventures are not listed in any public stock exchanges.

PEP
On April 16, 2007, the Group and Summit Publishing, Co. entered into a shareholder’s agreement for
the establishment of PEP. The joint venture was organized to design, conceptualize, operate and
maintain websites that make available all kinds of show business, entertainment and celebrity
information, video or pictures in the internet worldwide web or other forms of seamless
communication.

The Group recognized its share in net earnings of PEP amounting to =

P13.42 million, =
P6.35 million
and P
=0.33 million in 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

Gamespan
On March 22, 2012, the Group, through GNMI, executed a Shareholder’s Agreement with Manila
Jockey Club (MJC) for the establishment of Gamespan, a joint venture corporation. The joint venture
was organized to operate and manage the hardware and software owned by MJC, set-up new media
infrastructure for offering and taking bets in horse racing and other sports.

Gamespan has not started its commercial operations since its establishment. In 2014, the Group and
MJC agreed to terminate its shareholder’s agreement and to close Gamespan. As at December 31,
2019, the process of cessation of Gamespan is ongoing. Since Gamespan already ceased its
operations, the Group did not recognize any share in net earnings in 2019, 2018 and 2017.

INQ7
Losses of INQ7 recognized under the equity method in excess of the Group’s carrying value of
investment were applied against its advances to the Parent Company thereby reducing both
advances and investments to zero as at December 31, 2019 and 2018. INQ7 ceased operations in
2007. In 2013, INQ7 submitted a request to liquidate its assets to SEC. The liquidation is still
ongoing as at December 31, 2019.

The Group believes that its interests in joint ventures are not individually material. Aggregate
information of joint ventures that are not individually material are as follows:

2019 2018 2017

The Group’s share in income /
total comprehensive income P
=13,420,076 =6,351,690
P =329,580
P
Aggregate carrying value of the
Group's interests and
advances 44,294,300 30,847,681 24,521,417

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Mont-Aire
The table below shows the condensed financial information of Mont-Aire as at December 31, 2019
and 2018:

Current assets P53,469,276

=
Noncurrent assets 120,275,583
173,744,859
Current liabilities 1,269,154
Noncurrent liabilities 94,209,136
95,478,290
Net assets 78,266,569
Proportion of the Group’s ownership 49%
Carrying amount of investment =38,350,619
P

Mont-Aire ceased its commercial operations in 2009. Assets include real estate and parcels of land
with an aggregate cost of =P157.09 million and fair market value of = P210.64 million, as determined by
an accredited appraiser as at March 14, 2017, enough to cover for the carrying amount of the Group’s
investment in Mont-Aire. Management believes that there are no events or changes in circumstances
indicating a significant unfavorable change in the fair value of the abovementioned properties from
the last appraisal made.

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12. Property and Equipment at Cost

2019
Land, buildings, Antenna and transmitter Furniture, Construction in progress
towers and systems and broadcast Communication and Transportation fixtures and and equipment for
improvements equipment mechanical equipment equipment equipment installation Total
Cost
At January 1, 2019 P
= 2,976,038,170 P
= 6,651,250,485 P
= 1,295,090,101 P
=524,079,954 P
=156,564,463 P
=758,210,045 P
=12,361,233,218
Additions 8,547,473 131,847,693 80,417,787 65,488,110 10,805,776 376,628,471 673,735,310
Disposals (806,024) (27,581,904) (8,511,310) (39,010,564) (152,417) − (76,062,219)
Reclassifications (Note 15) 52,475,965 170,140,420 28,708,452 132,512,184 (2,898,330) (385,491,784) (4,553,093)
At December 31, 2019 3,036,255,584 6,925,656,694 1,395,705,030 683,069,684 164,319,492 749,346,732 12,954,353,216

Accumulated Depreciation
At January 1, 2019, as previously
reported 2,052,649,619 6,007,674,130 1,132,840,858 375,125,442 150,644,720 − 9,718,934,769
Effect of PFRS 16 adoption (see Note 2) 72,537,192 − − − − − 72,537,192
At January 1, 2019, as adjusted 2,125,186,811 6,007,674,130 1,132,840,858 375,125,442 150,644,720 − 9,791,471,961
Depreciation (see Notes 22 and 23) 172,537,433 226,838,357 75,702,132 66,954,764 3,586,831 − 545,619,517
Disposals (806,024) (27,581,904) (8,511,310) (36,611,519) (152,417) − (73,663,174)
Reclassifications 927,840 (140,022,813) (2,983,827) 137,592,550 248,675 − (4,237,575)
At December 31, 2019 2,297,846,060 6,066,907,770 1,197,047,853 543,061,237 154,327,809 − 10,259,190,729

Net Book Value P

= 738,409,524 P
= 858,748,924 P
= 198,657,177 P
=140,008,447 P
=9,991,683 P
=749,346,732 P
=2,695,162,487

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2018
Antenna and transmitter Furniture, Construction in progress
Land, buildings, towers systems and broadcast Communication and Transportation fixtures and and equipment for
and improvements equipment mechanical equipment equipment equipment installation Total
Cost
At January 1, 2018 =2,930,048,452
P P
=6,470,175,940 P
=1,220,148,947 =499,631,390
P =153,908,972
P =585,271,649
P =11,859,185,350
P
Additions 3,179,466 69,398,131 48,906,363 71,609,275 3,305,429 376,118,387 572,517,051
Disposals (946,735) − (14,394,474) (47,160,711) (621,724) − (63,123,644)
Reclassifications (Note 15) 43,756,987 111,676,414 40,429,265 − (28,214) (203,179,991) (7,345,539)
At December 31, 2018 2,976,038,170 6,651,250,485 1,295,090,101 524,079,954 156,564,463 758,210,045 12,361,233,218

Accumulated Depreciation
At January 1, 2018 1,905,248,383 5,720,869,471 1,071,490,247 349,164,873 146,794,301 − 9,193,567,275
Depreciation (see Notes 22 and 23) 148,347,971 286,804,659 73,434,340 71,122,626 4,483,423 − 584,193,019
Disposals (946,735) − (12,083,729) (45,162,057) (621,724) − (58,814,245)
Reclassifications − − − − (11,280) − (11,280)
At December 31, 2018 2,052,649,619 6,007,674,130 1,132,840,858 375,125,442 150,644,720 − 9,718,934,769

Net Book Value P

=923,388,551 P
=643,576,355 P
=923,388,551 =148,954,512
P =5,919,743
P =758,210,045
P =2,642,298,449
P

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Construction in progress pertains to costs incurred for installation of equipment, signal strengthening
of transmitters nationwide and construction/improvement of studios and stations in the regions.

The reclassification relates to the cost of low-value assets amounting to =

P0.16 million and
=0.23 million in 2019 and 2018 and software that were transferred to other noncurrent assets
P
amounting to =P0.15 million and = P7.10 million in 2019 and 2018, respectively (see Note 15).

The Group leases out a portion of its property and equipment at cost. Total rental income recognized
for the leased portion amounted to =
P4.11 million, =
P3.03 million and =
P3.26 million in 2019, 2018 and
2017, respectively (see Note 25).

The Group disposed various property and equipment in 2019, 2018 and 2017 resulting to the
recognition of gain on sale amounting to =
P18.79 million, P
=22.47 million and =
P27.06 million,
respectively (see Note 25).

As at December 31, 2019 and 2018, no property and equipment have been pledged as collateral or
security for any of the Group’s liabilities.

13. Land at Revalued Amounts

2019 2018
Cost P
=359,617,345 =352,024,052
P
Additions − 7,593,293
359,617,345 359,617,345
Revaluation increment 2,443,578,839 2,443,578,839
P
=2,803,196,184 =
P2,803,196,184

Land used in operations was last appraised on November 19, 2018 by an accredited firm of appraisers
and is valued in terms of its highest and best use. While the fair value of the land was not determined
as at December 31, 2019, the Group’s management believes that the fair values as of December 31,
2018 approximate the fair values as at December 31, 2019.

The fair value was determined using the “Market Data Approach” as determined by independent
professionally qualified appraisers. The fair value represents the amount that would be received to
sell the property in an orderly transaction between market participants at the date of valuation. The
description of valuation techniques used and key inputs to fair valuation are as follows:

Significant
Valuation Technique Unobservable Inputs Range
Land Market comparable assets Price per square metre =200-P
P =97,000

The fair value is categorized under Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy and represents the price that
would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between
market participants at the measurement date in accordance with International Valuation Standards.

As at December 31, 2019 and 2018, no land has been pledged as collateral or security for any of the
Group’s liabilities and the Group has no restrictions on the realizability of its land and no contractual
obligation to purchase, construct or develop land or for repairs, maintenance and enhancements.

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14. Investment Properties

2019
Land and Buildings and
Improvements Improvements Total
Cost:
Balance at beginning of year P
=23,761,823 P
=77,028,321 P
=100,790,144
Disposals – (4,751,637) (4,751,637)
Balance at end of year 23,761,823 72,276,684 96,038,507
Accumulated depreciation:
Balance at beginning of year – 56,933,519 56,933,519
Depreciation during the year
(see Note 23) – 1,421,877 1,421,877
Disposals – (2,421,751) (2,421,751)
Balance at end of year – 55,933,645 55,933,645
Accumulated impairment:
Balance at beginning and end of
year – 3,852,641 3,852,641
P
=23,761,823 P
=12,490,398 P
=36,252,221

2018
Land and Buildings and
Improvements Improvements Total
Cost:
Balance at beginning of year =30,501,881
P =77,028,321
P =107,530,202
P
Disposals (6,740,058) – (6,740,058)
Balance at end of year 23,761,823 77,028,321 100,790,144
Accumulated depreciation:
Balance at beginning of year – 54,677,639 54,677,639
Depreciation during the year
(see Note 23) – 2,255,880 2,255,880
Balance at end of year – 56,933,519 56,933,519
Accumulated impairment:
Balance at beginning of year – 1,804,049 1,804,049
Provision during the year – 2,048,592 2,048,592
Balance at end of year – 3,852,641 3,852,641
=23,761,823
P =16,242,161
P =40,003,984
P

The Group disposed investment properties in 2019 resulting to the recognition of gain and loss on
sale amounting to =
P2.58 million and =
P2.64 million, respectively (see Note 25).

The Group recognized provision for impairment in value of certain investment properties amounting
to =
P2.05 million in 2018. Management believes that the carrying values after impairment
approximate its recoverable values.

The fair value of investment properties owned by the Group amounted to =

P203.90 million and
=209.58 million as at December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively. The land was last appraised on
P
November 19, 2018 by an accredited appraiser and was valued in terms of its highest and best use.
The fair value of the land was not determined as at December 31, 2019. While the fair value of the
land was not determined as at December 31, 2019, the Group’s management believes that the fair
values as of December 31, 2018 approximate the fair values as at December 31, 2019.

The fair value was determined using the “Market Data Approach”. The fair value represents the
amount that would be received to sell the property in an orderly transaction between market
participants at the date of valuation.

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The description of the valuation techniques used and key inputs to fair valuation are as follows:

Significant
Valuation Technique Unobservable Inputs Range
Land Market comparable assets Price per square metre P1,400-P
= =3,500
Buildings for lease Market comparable assets Price per square metre =22,000-P
P =117,000

The fair value is categorized under Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy and represents the price that
would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between
market participants at the measurement date.

Rental income and the directly related expense arising from these investment properties follow:

2019 2018 2017

Rental income (see Note 25) P
=4,450,061 P5,243,247
= P4,925,603
=
Depreciation expense (see Note 23) (1,421,877) (2,255,880) (2,265,597)
P
=3,028,184 =2,987,367
P =2,660,006
P

As at December 31, 2019 and 2018, no investment properties have been pledged as collateral or
security for any of the Group’s liabilities and the Group has no restriction on the realizability of its
investment properties and no contractual obligation to purchase, construct or develop investment
properties or for repairs, maintenance and enhancements.

15. Other Noncurrent Assets

2019 2018
Software costs P
=120,396,750 =81,548,369
P
Advances to contractors 65,237,688 45,762,624
Restricted cash 42,445,046 –
Deferred input VAT 34,785,450 33,281,960
Refundable deposits 19,235,359 14,174,904
Investment in artworks 10,186,136 10,186,136
Guarantee deposits 9,486,557 14,031,849
Development costs 5,767,800 5,767,800
Facilities 2,732,089 2,164,041
Deferred production costs 1,088,162 797,800
Others 3,676,470 4,656,862
P
=315,037,507 =212,372,345
P

Software costs relate to software applications and website development costs which provide an edge
on the Group’s online presence and other software issues.

Advances to contractors pertain to advance payments made by the Parent Company for the
construction of assets to be classified as property and equipment.

Restricted cash pertains to time deposits under the custody of the courts as a collateral for pending
litigation.

Deferred input VAT pertains to the VAT on the Group’s acquisitions of capital goods exceeding
=1.00 million in any given month which are to be amortized over the 60 months or the life of the
P
asset, whichever is shorter.

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Investment in artworks are paintings and other works of art usually displayed in the Parent
Company’s hallways.

Guarantee and other deposits consist of the Meralco refund and refundable rental deposits used for
Parent Company’s programs.

Deferred production costs pertain to the costs incurred in relation to the production of music compact
discs and are measured at cost upon recognition. Deferred production costs are being amortized as
the related compact discs are sold.

The movements in software costs follows:

2019 2018
Cost:
Balance at beginning of year P
=386,132,486 =375,524,834
P
Additions during the year 65,484,770 3,504,612
Reclassifications during the year (see Note 12) 152,000 7,103,040
Balance at end of year 451,769,256 386,132,486
Accumulated amortization:
Balance at beginning of year 304,584,117 281,411,110
Amortization during the year (see Note 23) 26,788,389 23,173,007
Balance at end of year 331,372,506 304,584,117
P
=120,396,750 =81,548,369
P

16. Trade Payables and Other Current Liabilities

2019 2018
Payable to government agencies P
=979,415,546 =713,762,142
P
Trade payables 531,035,796 678,867,935
Contract liabilities (see Note 10) 127,281,915 22,040,292
Customers’ deposits 53,328,199 63,666,744
Accrued expenses:
Utilities and other expenses 248,948,047 260,679,160
Payroll and talent fees (see Note 26) 202,685,388 169,079,170
Production costs 168,964,614 141,318,241
Commission 38,736,098 59,267,945
Others 56,329,156 52,304,638
P
=2,406,724,759 =2,160,986,267
P

Payable to government agencies is composed of the Group’s statutory compensation-related

contributions to government agencies and net VAT and withholding taxes payable to the Bureau of
Internal Revenue (BIR). The difference between the accrual accounting under the accounting
standards and cash-basis accounting as prescribed by the BIR for service-related companies caused
the Group to normally incur deferred output VAT which forms a substantial part of the Group’s
payable to government agencies. These payables are remitted within 30 days after reporting period.

Trade payables to suppliers are noninterest-bearing and are normally settled on terms ranging from
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Contract liabilities pertain to payments received before broadcast and before delivery of goods and
services. These are recognized as revenue when the Group performs the obligation under the
contract. This account also includes contract liabilities of =
P22.00 million resulting from the sale of
the Group’s interests in X-Play in 2015 (see Note 10).

Customers’ deposits include guaranty deposits from advertising agencies to secure payment of bills
by advertisers. These deposits are noninterest-bearing and normally refunded once the related
broadcasts are paid by the advertisers. It also includes deposits from the Group’s lessees upon
inception of the lease agreements.

Accrued expenses and other payables are noninterest-bearing and are generally settled within the next
financial year.

Others include unpaid subscriptions and retention payables. These are noninterest-bearing and are
normally settled within one year.

17. Short-term Loans

The Parent Company obtained unsecured short-term peso and US dollar denominated loans from
local banks in 2019 and 2018. Details and movements of the short-term loans are as follows:

2019 2018
Balance at beginning of year P
=500,000,000 P500,000,000
=
Availments 1,517,500,000 1,500,000,000
Payments (1,617,500,000) (1,500,000,000)
Balance at end of year P
=400,000,000 =500,000,000
P

The outstanding loans as of December 31, 2019 and 2018 consist of fixed rate notes with the
following details:

Interest Rate
Lender Currency Amount (per annum) Terms 2019 2018
UBP Peso P400,000,000
= 6.00% Availed in 2019; P
=400,000,000 =–
P
payable in 300 days
BPI Peso =500,000,000
P 4.25% Availed in 2018; – P
=500,000,000
payable in one year

Interest expense on peso denominated loans amounted to = P46.18 million, =

P36.25 million and
=23.01 million in 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively. Interest expense on US dollar denominated
P
loans amounted to =P10.78 million in 2019 and nil in 2018 and 2017, respectively.

18. Obligations for Program and Other Rights

Obligations for program and other rights represent liabilities to foreign and local film suppliers
for program and other rights purchased by the Group. Outstanding unpaid balance as at
December 31, 2019 and 2018 amounted to = P133.78 million and = P119.65 million, respectively.
Obligations for program and other rights are generally payable in equal monthly or quarterly
installments.

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19. Equity

a. Capital Stock

Details of capital stock as at December 31, 2019 and 2018:

Preferred Common
Number of Number of
Shares Peso Equivalent Shares Peso Equivalent
Authorized - =
P0.20 par
value per preferred
share/P
=1.00 par value
per common share 7,500,000,000 =1,500,000,000 5,000,000,000
P =5,000,000,000
P

Subscribed and issued 7,500,000,000 =1,500,000,000 3,364,692,000

P =3,364,692,000
P
Treasury shares 492,816 =98,563
P 3,645,000 =3,645,000
P
Underlying shares of the
acquired PDRs – =–
P 750,000 =750,000
P

The cumulative preferred shares are of equal rank, preference and priority and are identical in all
respect regardless of series. Preferred shares are participating at the rate of one fifth (1/5) of the
dividends paid to common shares, the rate of which is adjusted proportionately by the Parent
Company’s BOD consequent to any stock split or stock dividend declaration affecting the
common shares and preferred shares. Preferred shares are convertible at the option of the
shareholders at the ratio of five preferred shares to one common share, based on par value.

Preferred shares enjoy priority over common shares in the distribution of assets of the Parent
Company in the event of dissolution and liquidation, at such rates, terms and conditions as the
BOD may determine. Each preferred share is entitled to one vote and shall have the same voting
rights as the common shares.

The Parent Company’s BOD may specify other terms and conditions, qualifications, restrictions
and privileges of the preferred shares or series/classes thereof, insofar as such terms, conditions,
qualifications, restrictions and privileges are not inconsistent with the articles of incorporation
and any applicable law or regulation.

The following summarizes the information on the Parent Company’s registration of securities
with the SEC which was approved on June 20, 2007, as required by Revised Securities
Regulation Code (SRC) Rule 68:

Authorized and Issue/Offer

Securities issued shares Price
Initial public offering 91,346,000 =8.50
P
Underlying common shares of PDRs 945,432,000 8.50
Over-allotment common shares 13,701,000 8.50
Common shares covering employee stock option plan 57,000,000 8.50

In prior years, the Parent Company has acquired 750,000 PDRs issued by GMA Holdings, Inc. at
acquisition cost of =
P5.79 million. In as much as each PDR share grants the holder, upon payment
of the exercise price and subject to certain other conditions, the delivery of one (1) Parent

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Company share or the sale and delivery of the proceeds of such sale of Parent Company share,
such PDRs held by the Parent Company is being treated similar to a treasury shares.

b. Retained Earnings

The retained earnings of the Parent Company is restricted for the payment of dividends to the
extent of =
P34.27 million as at December 31, 2019 and 2018, representing the cost of shares held
in treasury and underlying shares of the acquired PDRs amounting to =P28.48 million and
=5.79 million, respectively.
P

The Parent Company’s BOD approved the declaration of the following cash dividends:

Cash Dividend Total Cash

Year Declaration Date Record Date Per Share Dividend Declared
2019 March 29, 2019 April 22, 2019 P
=0.45 P
=2,187,089,297
2018 April 5, 2018 April 23, 2018 =0.50
P =2,430,099,220
P
2017 March 27, 2017 April 20, 2017 =0.73
P =3,547,944,859
P

The Parent Company’s outstanding dividends payable amounts to =P18.73 million and
=17.05 million as at December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.
P

20. Related Party Disclosures

Parties are considered to be related if one party has the ability, directly and indirectly, to control the
other party or exercise significant influence over the other party in making financial and operating
decisions. Parties are also considered to be related if they are subject to common control. Related
parties may be individual or corporate entities.

The Parent Company has an approval requirement such that material related party transactions
(RPTs) shall be reviewed by the Audit and Risk Management Committee (the Committee) and
submitted to the BOD for approval. Material RPTs are those transactions that meet the threshold
value amounting to ten percent (10%) or higher of the Company’s total consolidated assets based on
its latest audited financial statements either individually, or in aggregate over a twelve (12)-month
period with the same related party.

Outstanding balances at year-end are unsecured and settlement occurs in cash throughout the
financial year. There have been no guarantees provided or received for any related party receivables
or payables. For years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, the Group has not recorded any
impairment of receivables on amounts owed by the related parties. The assessment is undertaken
each financial year through examining the financial position of the related party and the market in
which the related party operates.

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In the ordinary course of business, the Group transacts with associate, affiliates, joint venture and
other related parties on advances, reimbursement of expenses, and future stock subscriptions.

The transactions and balances of accounts as at and for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018
with related parties are as follows:

Amount/
Account Name and Volume of Receivables
Category Related Party Year Transactions (Payables) Terms Conditions
Advances (see Note 11) Associate:
Mont-Aire 2019 = 8,104,799
P P97,121,830
= Noninterest- Unsecured;
2018 785,796 89,017,031 bearing not impaired

Joint ventures:
Gamespan 2019 − 1,959,670 Noninterest- Unsecured;
2018 − 1,959,670 bearing not impaired
PEP 2019 26,543 611,415 Noninterest- Unsecured;
2018 376,352 584,872 bearing not impaired
INQ7 2019 − 11,544,000 Noninterest- Unsecured;
2018 − 11,544,000 bearing fully impaired
Total 2019 = 8,131,342
P = 111,236,915
P
2018 =1,162,148
P =103,105,573
P
Nontrade Receivables
Reimbursable charges Common
(see Note 7) stockholders:
GMA Kapuso 2019 P2,000,000
= = 2,194,508
P On demand, Unsecured;
Foundation Inc. 2018 2,478,333 − noninterest- not impaired
bearing
Legal, consulting and Belo, Gozon, Elma 2019 14,017,565 − On demand, Unsecured;
retainers’ fees Law 2018 9,586,300 − noninterest- not impaired
bearing
Total 2019 P16,017,565
= = 2,194,508
P
2018 =12,064,633
P =−
P

The advances made by the Parent Company to Mont-Aire and PEP are intended for future capital
subscription. On the other hand, the advances to INQ7 were fully impaired as a result of the
application of the Group’s share in the losses of INQ7 recognized under the equity method in excess
of the Group’s carrying value of investment.

Compensation of Key Management Personnel

The compensation of key management personnel of the Group, by benefit type, are as follows:

2019 2018 2017

Salaries and other long-term
benefits (see Notes 23 and 24) P
=711,908,901 =568,481,703
P =444,995,586
P
Pension benefits
(see Notes 23 and 24) 267,444,789 253,271,403 167,153,219
P
=979,353,690 =821,753,106
P =612,148,805
P

Equity Investments of the Retirement Fund

The Group’s retirement fund includes equity investments in GMA Network, Inc. and GMA PDRs
amounting to =
P37.12 million and =P295.19 million in 2019, respectively, and =
P37.88 million and
=272.45 million in 2018, respectively (see Note 26).
P

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21. Revenues

Set out below is the disaggregation of the Group’s revenues from contract with customers for the year
ended December 31:

2019 2018 2017

Type of service
Sale of service
Advertising revenue P
=15,173,925,007 P
=13,834,535,108 =
P14,176,872,108
Subscription revenue (see Note 27) 1,056,700,874 1,160,342,535 1,154,838,009
Production revenue 173,475,621 131,857,044 90,210,317
Revenue from distribution and content
provisioning 89,350,710 109,457,682 180,371,754
Total revenue from contracts with customers P
=16,493,452,212 =
P15,236,192,369 P
=15,602,292,188

Geographical markets
Local P
=15,288,293,657 P
=13,934,435,792 =
P14,241,164,555
International 1,205,158,555 1,301,756,577 1,361,127,633
Total revenue from contracts with customers P
=16,493,452,212 =
P15,236,192,369 P
=15,602,292,188

Timing of revenue recognition

Services transferred at a point in time P
=15,436,751,338 P
=14,075,849,834 =
P14,447,454,179
Services transferred over time 1,056,700,874 1,160,342,535 1,154,838,009
Total revenue from contracts with customers P
=16,493,452,212 =
P15,236,192,369 P
=15,602,292,188

22. Production Costs

2019 2018 2017

Talent fees and production personnel costs (see
Note 24) P
=2,947,995,874 P
=2,992,043,969 P
=3,113,585,509
Program and other rights usage
(see Note 8) 988,703,737 871,451,221 905,254,190
Facilities and amortization of production services 818,967,334 826,000,103 781,523,282
Rental (see Note 27) 812,006,080 895,795,347 845,002,050
Tapes, sets and production supplies 533,463,632 539,520,779 622,487,377
Depreciation (see Notes 12 and 23) 168,170,547 202,361,442 240,899,214
Transportation and communication 165,846,561 156,530,203 173,544,646
P
=6,435,153,765 P
=6,483,703,064 P
=6,682,296,268

23. General and Administrative Expenses

2019 2018 2017

Personnel costs (see Note 24) P
=4,127,118,304 =
P3,284,815,334 =
P3,282,897,875
Depreciation (see Notes 12, 14 and 27) 409,533,900 384,087,457 390,616,434
Communication, light and water 317,381,955 340,696,239 289,288,398
Advertising 257,877,219 223,861,267 177,910,388

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2019 2018 2017

Professional fees P
=202,048,149 =184,332,966
P =197,920,814
P
Taxes and licenses 174,361,923 192,819,834 182,742,107
Repairs and maintenance 173,414,414 125,012,025 160,322,397
Marketing expense 87,255,502 99,870,405 142,229,650
Software maintenance 78,875,726 60,315,430 66,895,171
Security services 69,686,464 68,412,361 62,836,643
Research and surveys 66,103,888 81,418,243 86,854,160
Facilities related expenses 64,498,251 65,317,563 62,490,009
Transportation and travel 57,432,446 58,150,821 57,081,350
Insurance 31,241,255 29,254,674 29,628,102
Amortization of software costs
(see Note 15) 26,788,389 23,173,007 23,362,883
Janitorial services 25,805,533 22,612,232 22,633,153
Provision for ECL/doubtful accounts
(see Note 7) 18,297,347 109,631,061 8,253,285
Materials and supplies 17,505,157 19,815,582 18,116,056
Entertainment, amusement and recreation 13,195,672 13,454,014 12,329,587
Rental (see Note 27) 11,967,504 31,547,081 28,908,638
Dues and subscriptions 8,382,407 7,534,012 7,137,566
Freight and handling 6,415,072 7,691,224 6,736,657
Others 80,270,317 80,520,088 67,218,463
P
=6,325,456,794 P
=5,514,342,920 P
=5,384,409,786

Others include expenses incurred for messengerial services, other manpower, donations and other
miscellaneous expenses.

Depreciation
2019 2018 2017
Property and equipment (see Note 12)
Production costs P
=168,170,547 =202,361,442
P =240,899,214
P
General and administrative expenses 377,448,970 381,831,577 388,350,837
545,619,517 584,193,019 629,250,051

Right-of-use assets
General and administrative expenses
(see Note 27) 30,663,053 − −
Investment properties
General and administrative expenses
(see Note 14) 1,421,877 2,255,880 2,265,597
P
=577,704,447 =586,448,899
P =631,515,648
P

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24. Personnel Costs

2019 2018 2017

Talent fees P
=2,862,447,231 P
=2,922,326,940 P
=3,045,140,935
Salaries and wages 2,305,819,824 1,993,485,463 1,803,593,788
Employee benefits and allowances 1,346,669,079 932,500,288 1,161,561,467
Pension expense (see Note 26) 402,209,767 312,489,341 289,541,781
Sick and vacation leaves expense 157,968,277 116,057,271 96,645,413
P
=7,075,114,178 P
=6,276,859,303 P
=6,396,483,384

The above amounts were distributed as follows:

2019 2018 2017

Production costs (see Note 22) P
=2,947,995,874 =
P2,992,043,969 =
P3,113,585,509
General and administrative expenses (see Note 23) 4,127,118,304 3,284,815,334 3,282,897,875
P
=7,075,114,178 P
=6,276,859,303 P
=6,396,483,384

25. Others - Net

2019 2018 2017

Commission from Artist Center P
=41,633,736 =37,094,499
P =42,587,971
P
Net gain on sale of property and equipment and
investment properties (see Notes 12 and 14) 21,368,209 19,829,189 27,060,463
Merchandising license fees and others 10,109,663 8,052,792 4,373,351
Rental income (see Notes 12, 14 and 27) 8,561,148 8,269,926 8,183,881
Income from mall shows 5,202,320 1,950,226 1,201,057
Bank charges (2,281,842) (1,940,697) (3,268,288)
Sales of DVDs and integrated receiver-decoders 40,508 49,283 172,029
Dividend income (see Note 10) – 2,499,895 132,811
Reversal of long-outstanding payables – – 32,999,414
Others 3,132,824 3,308,782 5,574,712
P
=87,766,566 =79,113,895 P
P =119,017,401

26. Pension and Other Employee Benefits

As at December 31, pension and other employee benefits consist of:

2019 2018
Pension liability P
=2,733,593,128 =2,182,994,135
P
Vacation and sick leave accrual 341,479,883 303,666,555
3,075,073,011 2,486,660,690
Less current portion of vacation and sick leave
accrual* 5,078,843 4,822,827
Pension and other long-term employee benefits P
=3,069,994,168 =2,481,837,863
P
*Included in “Accrued expenses” under Trade payables and other
current liabilities (see Note 16).

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Pension Benefits
The Group operates non-contributory defined benefit retirement plans.

Under the existing regulatory framework, R.A. 7641 requires a provision for retirement pay to
qualified private sector employees in the absence of any retirement plan in the entity, provided
however that the employee’s retirement benefits under any collective bargaining and other
agreements shall not be less than those provided under the law. The law does not require minimum
funding of the plan.

Pension benefits recognized in the statements of comprehensive income are as follows (see Note 24):

2019 2018 2017

Current service cost P
=234,746,730 =216,272,094
P =202,107,964
P
Past service cost − 8,713,551 −
Net interest cost 167,463,037 87,503,696 87,433,817
P
=402,209,767 =312,489,341
P =289,541,781
P

Net pension liability recognized in the consolidated statements of financial position is as follows:
2019 2018 2017
Present value of defined benefit obligation P
=3,984,474,739 =
P3,180,957,326 P
=2,531,456,676
Fair value of plan assets 1,250,881,611 997,963,191 861,299,486
Pension liability P
=2,733,593,128 P
=2,182,994,135 =
P1,670,157,190

The changes in the present value of the defined benefit obligation are as follows:

2019 2018 2017

Balance at beginning of year P
=3,180,957,326 =
P2,531,456,676 =
P2,319,848,369
Current service cost 234,746,730 216,272,094 202,107,964
Interest cost 242,805,975 136,667,808 123,844,594
Past service cost − 8,713,551 −
Benefits paid:
From plan assets (110,958,955) (148,327,656) (106,518,329)
From Group’s own funds (7,955,884) (48,311,185) (7,825,922)
Remeasurement losses (gains):
Changes in financial assumptions 778,107,846 (448,513,200) −
Changes in demographic assumptions − 19,038,199 −
Experience adjustment (333,228,299) 913,961,039 −
Balance at end of year P
=3,984,474,739 P=3,180,957,326 P
=2,531,456,676

The changes in the fair value of plan assets are as follows:

2019 2018 2017
Balance at beginning of year P
=997,963,191 = P861,299,486 P=675,524,622
Contribution during the year 266,448,811 279,003,770 259,000,000
Interest income 75,342,938 49,164,112 36,410,777
Benefits paid (110,958,955) (148,327,656) (106,518,329)
Remeasurement gain (loss) - return on plan assets 22,085,626 (43,176,521) (3,117,584)
Balance at end of year P
=1,250,881,611 P=997,963,191 =P861,299,486

Remeasurement loss on retirement plans amounting to = P300.70 million, P

=367.20 million and
=2.18 million reported under the consolidated statement of comprehensive income in 2019, 2018 and 2017
P
is presented net of deferred tax.

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At each reporting period, the Group determines its contribution based on the performance of its
retirement fund.

The Group expects to contribute =

P250.0 million to the fund in 2020.

The funds are managed and supervised by trustee banks for the benefits of the members. However,
the general administration of the funds is vested in a Retirement Committee.

The following table presents the carrying amounts and estimated fair values of the plan assets:

2019 2018
Carrying Carrying
Value/Fair Value Value/Fair Value
Cash and cash equivalents P
=197,432,706 =234,580,745
P
Equity instruments (see Note 20):
GMA PDRs 295,185,620 272,445,584
GMA Network, Inc. 37,118,120 37,884,160
Debt instruments -
Government securities 719,479,460 423,187,875
Others 1,665,705 29,864,827
P
=1,250,881,611 =997,963,191
P

The plan assets consist of the following:

§ Cash and cash equivalents consist of regular savings and time deposits.
§ Investments in equity instruments consist of listed shares of GMA Network, Inc. and GMA PDRs
(see Note 20). Changes in the fair market value of these investments resulted to a loss of
=16.91 million in 2019, =
P P44.23 million in 2018 and gain of P=6.27 million in 2017, respectively.
§ Investments in debt instruments bear interest ranging from 3.00% to 7.38% and have maturities
from April 2020 to January 2029. Equity and debt instruments held have quoted prices in an
active market.
§ Others consist of loans and receivables which are collectible within the next twelve months.

The person who exercises voting rights over shares is within the powers of the Trustee, who do not
have any relationship with the directors or officers of the Group.

The plan assets are primarily exposed to financial risks such as liquidity risk and price risk.

Liquidity risk pertains to the plan’s ability to meet its obligation to the employees upon retirement.
To effectively manage liquidity risk, the Board of Trustees invests at least the equivalent amount of
actuarially computed expected compulsory retirement benefit payments for the year to liquid/semi-
liquid assets such as treasury notes, treasury bills, and savings and time deposits with commercial
banks.

The Group performs an Asset-Liability Matching Study (ALM) annually. The principal technique of
the Group’s ALM in order to minimize the portfolio liquidation risk is to ensure that the expected
return on assets will be sufficient to support the desired level of funding arising from the defined
benefit plans.

Price risk pertains mainly to fluctuations in market prices of equity securities listed in the Philippine
Stock Exchange. In order to effectively manage price risk, the Board of Trustees continuously

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assesses these risks by closely monitoring the market value of the securities and implementing
prudent investment strategies.
However, in the event a benefit claim arises under the retirement plan and the retirement fund is not
sufficient to pay the benefit, the unfunded portion of the claim shall immediately be due and payable
to the retirement fund from the Group.
The principal assumptions used in determining pension liability for the Group’s plans are shown
below:

2019 2018 2017

Discount rate 4.13-7.70% 7.09-7.70% 4.70-5.90%
Expected rate of salary increase 1.44-5.00% 2.5-5.00% 4.00%
Turn-over rates:
19-24 years old 4.00-36.00% 7.26-32.00% 7.5-9.54%
25-29 years old 6.00-70.00% 5.56-25.50% 6.00-7.26%
30-34 years old 4.40-24.00% 3.25-20.00% 3.79-4.50%
35-39 years old 2.00-12.00% 0.00-8.00% 3.00-3.20%
40-44 years old 2.00-10.00% 0.00-6.50% 2.00-2.31%
>45 years old 1.30-2.00% 0.00-8.25% 0.00-1.96%

The sensitivity analysis below has been determined by remeasuring the defined benefit obligation at
the reporting period after first adjusting one of the current assumption that were reasonably possible
at the valuation date while all other assumptions remained unchanged. It should be noted that the
changes assumed to be reasonably possible at the valuation date are open to subjectivity, and do not
consider more complex scenarios in which changes other than those assumed may be deemed to be
more reasonable.

Increase
(Decrease) in Increase (Decrease) in Defined Benefit Obligation
Basis Points 2019 2018 2017
Discount rate 50 (P
=190,958,480) (P =151,033,648) (P =147,053,322)
(50) 202,730,781 163,215,384 160,848,171

Future salary increases 50 210,769,378 166,759,223 154,891,568

(50) (194,862,800) (155,480,126) (142,790,665)

Shown below is the maturity analysis of the undiscounted benefit payments as at December 31, 2019:

Less than one year =222,539,433

P
More than 1 year to 3 years 1,602,190,718
More than 3 years to 7 years 2,732,693,608
More than 7 years to 15 years 5,215,966,759
More than 15 years to 20 years 7,266,326,086
More than 20 years 15,098,307,009

Other Long-Term Employee Benefits

Other long-term employee benefits consist of accumulated and unexpired employee sick and vacation
leave entitlements. Noncurrent portion of other employee benefits amounted to P =336.40 million and
=
P298.84 million as at December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively, while current portion of other
employee benefits recorded in “Accrued payroll and talent fees” included under “Trade and other
current liabilities” account amounted to =
P5.08 million and =
P4.82 million as at December 31, 2019 and
2018, respectively (see Note 16).

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27. Agreements

Lease Agreements

Starting January 1, 2019 - Upon adoption of PFRS 16

Group as a Lessee

The Group entered into various lease agreements for land, building, studio and office spaces that it
presently occupies and uses for periods ranging from two to 12 years. The lease agreements can be
renewed subject to mutual agreement. Most of the lease agreements can be terminated at the option
of the Group while the termination option in the lease agreements of NMI, a subsidiary is subject to
mutual agreement. Previously, these leases were classified as operating leases under PAS 17.

The Group also has certain leases with lease terms of 12 months or less. The Group applies the
“short-term lease” recognition exemptions for these leases.

The rollforward analysis of right-of-use assets follows:

2019
Right-of-use:
Right-of-use: Buildings, studio Right-of-use:
Land and office spaces Total
Cost
At January 1, 2019, as previously
reported P
=− P
=− P
=−
Effect of adoption of PFRS 16
(see Note 2) 70,667,431 28,320,921 98,988,352
At January 1, 2019, as restated 70,667,431 28,320,921 98,988,352
Additions 23,886,045 37,590,842 61,476,887
At December 31, 2019 94,553,476 65,911,763 160,465,239
Accumulated Depreciation
At January 1, 2019, as previously
presented − − −
Depreciation (see Note 23) 16,797,383 13,865,670 30,663,053
At December 31, 2019 16,797,383 13,865,670 30,663,053
Net Book Value P
=77,756,093 P
=52,046,093 P
=129,802,186

The rollforward analysis of lease liabilities follows:

2019
As at January 1, 2019, as previously reported =−
P
Effect of adoption of PFRS 16 (see Note 2) 66,535,587
At January 1, 2019, as restated 66,535,587
Additions 53,959,212
Accretion of interest 6,987,979
Payments (21,694,663)
As at December 31, 2019 =105,788,115
P

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The following are the amounts recognized in the consolidated statement of comprehensive income:

2019
Depreciation expense of right-of-use assets (see Note 23) =30,663,053
P
Interest expense on lease liabilities 6,987,979
Interest expense on dismantling provision 2,421,745
Expense relating to short-term leases (included in production costs)
(see Note 22) 812,006,880
Expense relating to short-term leases (included in general and
administrative expenses) (see Note 23) 11,967,504

Shown below is the maturity analysis of the undiscounted lease payments:

2019
1 year =17,387,545
P
more than 1 year to 2 years 13,989,811
more than 2 years to 3 years 13,760,554
more than 3 years to 4 years 50,831,950
More than 5 years 77,864,795

Also, in June 2012, the Parent Company agreed to extend its non-cancellable Co-production/
Blocktime Rental Agreement with ZOE Broadcasting Network, Inc. (ZBN) for another
seven (7) years from June 2012 to May 2019. On the first year of the contract renewal, the Parent
Company shall pay ZBN an amount equivalent to total payments from June 2011 to May 2012,
subject to yearly escalation of 10.00%. The agreement has ended in May 2019. The future minimum
rental payable within one year under the non-cancellable operating lease with ZBN amounted to
=
P100.69 million as at December 31, 2018.

Total rental expense amounted to =P823.97 million, =

P927.34 million and =
P873.91 million in 2019,
2018, and 2017, respectively (see Notes 22 and 23).

Group as Lessor. The Group leases out certain properties for a period of one year, renewable
annually. The leased-out properties include investment properties, and broadcasting equipment.
Total rental income amounted to = P8.56 million, =
P8.27 million and P
=8.18 million in 2019, 2018 and
2017, respectively (see Note 25).

Subscription Agreements
The Parent Company entered into various subscription agreements with international cable providers
for the airing of its programs and shows abroad. The agreements generally have terms of three to five
years and are based on certain agreed service package rates.

Total subscription income amounted to =P1,056.70 million, =

P1,160.34 million and =
P1,154.84 million
in 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively (see Note 21).

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28. Income Taxes

Current Income Tax
The current income tax consists of the following:

2019 2018 2017

RCIT P
=1,200,771,887 =1,056,837,806
P =1,094,393,014
P
MCIT 6,256 16,100 493,093
P
=1,200,778,143 =1,056,853,906
P =1,094,886,107
P

The reconciliation between the statutory income tax rates and effective income tax rates are shown
below:

2019 2018 2017

Statutory income tax 30.00% 30.00% 30.00%
Additions (deductions) in income tax
resulting from:
Interest income already subjected to final tax (0.18) (0.19) (0.24)
Nondeductible interest expense 0.05 0.07 0.09
Nondeductible tax deficiency payment 0.06 0.37 0.01
Others – net − − 0.16
Effective income tax 29.93% 30.25% 30.02%

Deferred Taxes
The components of the Group’s net deferred tax assets and liabilities are as follows:

2019 2018
Deferred tax assets:
Pension liability P
=819,935,351 =654,385,915
P
Allowance for ECL 164,181,742 157,327,702
Other long-term employee benefits 100,860,733 89,653,118
Contract liabilities 38,172,487 6,600,000
Accrued expenses 33,314,129 27,405,542
Lease liability 31,736,435 −
Intercompany sale of intangible assets 22,500,000 27,000,000
Dismantling provision 12,717,658 −
Unrealized foreign exchange loss 9,085,334 −
Allowance for probable losses in advances 8,161,268 7,044,910
Unamortized past service cost 3,126,052 4,110,253
Unrealized loss on financial assets at FVOCI 2,599,211 2,396,535
Excess MCIT over RCIT 41,186 700,684
1,246,431,586 976,624,659

Deferred tax liabilities:

Revaluation increment on land (733,073,652) (733,073,652)
Right-of-use assets (38,940,656) −
Others − (611,143)
(772,014,308) (733,684,795)
P
=474,417,278 =242,939,864
P

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The components of deferred tax assets (liabilities) pertaining to accounts presented under equity in
the consolidated statements of financial position are as follows:

2019 2018
Revaluation increment on land (P
=733,073,652) (P
=733,073,652)
Pension liability - remeasurement loss
on retirement plan 128,870,460 446,690,600
Revaluation of financial assets at FVOCI 2,599,211 2,396,535
(P
=601,603,981) (P
=283,986,517)

The components of the subsidiaries’ deductible temporary differences and carryforward benefits of
NOLCO and MCIT, for which no deferred tax assets have been recognized in the Group’s
consolidated statements of financial position, are as follows:

2019 2018
Allowance for ECL P
=2,367,129 =6,916,582
P
Allowance for inventory stock 6,978,286 6,978,286
Pension liability 475,291 1,707,752
NOLCO 6,131,646 −
Other long-term employee benefits 198,597 −
Unamortized past service cost 92,404 346,513
Others 37,362 40,293
Excess MCIT over RCIT 67,295 −
P
=16,348,010 =15,989,428
P

The unrecognized deferred tax assets from the above deductible temporary differences and
carryforward benefits of NOLCO and MCIT amounted to = P4.95 million and =
P4.80 million as at
December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

The deferred tax assets were not recognized as management believes that future taxable income
against which the deferred tax assets can be used for these entities may not be available.

As at December 31, 2019, the Group’s MCIT and NOLCO are as follows:

Years Paid/Incurred Carryforward Benefit Up To MCIT NOLCO

2017 2020 =16,220
P =776,438
P
2018 2021 86,005 3,616,859
2019 2022 6,256 1,738,349
=108,481
P =6,131,646
P

The movements in MCIT and NOLCO in 2019 are as follows:

MCIT NOLCO
Balance at beginning of year =700,684
P =7,960,670
P
Additions 6,256 1,738,349
Applications (580,070) (165,782)
Expirations (18,389) (3,401,591)
=108,481
P =6,131,646
P

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The movements in MCIT and NOLCO in 2018 are as follows:

MCIT NOLCO
Balance at beginning of year =4,009,863
P =4,568,684
P
Additions 86,009 3,626,616
Applications (448,077) −
Expirations (2,947,111) (234,630)
=700,684
P =7,960,670
P

29. EPS Computation

The computation of basic and diluted EPS follows:

2019 2018 2017

Net income attributable to equity
holders of the Parent Company (a) =
P2,618,460,706 =2,304,793,288
P =2,543,897,957
P
Less attributable to preferred
shareholders 808,080,787 711,280,168 785,070,044
Net income attributable to common
equity holders of the Parent
Company (b) 1,810,379,919 1,593,513,119 1,758,827,913
Common shares issued at the
beginning of year (Note 19) 3,364,692,000 3,364,692,000 3,364,692,000
Treasury shares (Note 19) (3,645,000) (3,645,000) (3,645,000)
Underlying shares on acquired PDRs
(Note 19) (750,000) (750,000) (750,000)
Weighted average number of common
shares for basic EPS (c) 3,360,297,000 3,360,297,000 3,360,297,000
Weighted average number of common
shares 3,360,297,000 3,360,297,000 3,360,297,000
Effect of dilution - assumed
conversion of preferred shares 1,500,000,000 1,500,000,000 1,500,000,000
Reacquired preferred shares (98,563) (98,563) (98,563)
Weighted average number of common
shares adjusted for the effect of
dilution (d) 4,860,198,437 4,860,198,437 4,860,198,437
Basic EPS (b/c) =0.539
P =0.474
P =0.523
P
Diluted EPS (a/d) =0.539
P =0.474
P =0.523
P

30. Financial Risk Management Objectives and Policies

The Group’s principal financial instruments include cash and cash equivalents. The main purpose of
these financial instruments include raising financing for the Group’s operations and managing
identified financial risks. The Group has other financial assets and liabilities such as trade and other
receivables, refundable deposits, trade payables and other current liabilities (excluding payable to
government agencies, customers’ deposits, contract liabilities, and advances from customers), short-
term loans, obligations for program and other rights, dividends payable, other long-term employee
benefits and lease liabilities, which arise directly from its operations, and financial assets at FVOCI.
The main risks arising from the use of financial instruments are liquidity risk, foreign currency

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exchange risk and credit risk. The Group is not exposed to interest rate risk as most of its financial
assets and financial liabilities have fixed rates.

The BOD reviews and approves the Group’s objectives and policies.

Liquidity Risk. The Group is exposed to the possibility that adverse changes in the business
environment and/or its operations would result in substantially higher working capital requirements
and subsequently pose difficulty in financing the additional working capital.

The Group manages liquidity risk by using its cash and cash equivalents from operations to meet its
short-term liquidity needs. The Group likewise regularly evaluates other financing instruments and
arrangements to broaden the Group’s range of financing sources.

The tables below summarize the maturity profile of the Group’s financial assets and financial
liabilities based on contractual undiscounted payments as at December 31:
2019
Less than More than
On Demand 3 Months 3 to 12 Months 1 year Total
Financial assets at amortized cost:
Cash and cash equivalents P
=1,852,507,801 P
=402,463,855 P
=− P
=− P =2,254,971,656
Trade receivables:
Television and radio
airtime 1,084,175,736 3,664,972,758 − − 4,749,148,494
Subscriptions 233,691,355 96,532,218 − − 330,223,573
Others 110,679,514 58,987,974 − − 169,667,488
Nontrade receivables:
Advances to officers and
employees − − 5,913,890 − 5,913,890
Others 2,003,237 191,271 − − 2,194,508
Refundable deposits* − − − 19,235,359 19,235,359
Financial assets at FVOCI − − − 243,433,060 243,433,060
3,283,057,643 4,223,148,076 5,913,890 262,668,419 7,774,788,028
Loans and borrowings:
Trade payables and other
current liabilities** 560,644,264 664,935,106 21,119,729 − 1,246,699,099
Short-term loans*** − 404,333,333 − − 404,333,333
Obligations for program and
other rights − 133,784,154 − − 133,784,154
Lease liabilities − 1,268,251 22,002,611 112,631,542 135,902,404
Dividends payable 18,734,008 − − − 18,734,008
579,378,272 1,204,320,844 43,122,340 112,631,542 1,939,452,998
Liquidity Portion (Gap) P
=2,703,679,371 P =3,018,827,232 (P
= 37,208,450) P =150,036,877 P =5,835,335,030
*Included under “Other noncurrent assets” account in the consolidated statement of financial position (see Note 15).
**Excluding payable to government agencies, contract liabilities and customer deposits amounting to P=979.42 million,
=
P127.28 million and = P53.33 million, respectively (see Note 16).
***Gross contractual payments.

2018
Less than More than
On Demand 3 Months 3 to 12 Months 1 year Total
Financial assets at amortized cost:
Cash and cash equivalents =1,943,590,994
P =615,514,328
P =–
P =– P
P =2,559,105,322
Trade receivables:
Television and radio
airtime 2,119,976,245 2,338,252,278 – – 4,458,228,523
Subscriptions 19,120,372 157,039,179 – – 176,159,551
Others 32,604,820 125,987,208 – – 158,592,028

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2018
Less than More than
On Demand 3 Months 3 to 12 Months 1 year Total
Nontrade receivables:
Advances to officers and
employees =–
P P–
= P2,354,227
= P–
= P2,354,227
=
Others 8,207,806 – 8,431,667 – 16,639,473
Refundable deposits* – – – 14,174,904 14,174,904
Financial assets at FVOCI – – – 240,255,846 240,255,846
4,123,500,237 3,236,792,993 10,785,894 254,430,750 7,625,509,874
Loans and borrowings:
Trade payables and other
current liabilities** =404,510,362
P =940,245,180
P P16,761,547
= P– =
= P1,361,517,089
Short-term loans*** – 6,986,301 500,582,192 – 507,568,493
Obligations for program and
other rights – 119,646,269 – – 119,646,269
Dividends payable 17,053,776 – – – 17,053,776
421,564,138 1,066,877,750 517,343,739 – 2,005,785,627
Liquidity Portion (Gap) =3,701,936,099 P
P =2,169,915,243 (P =506,557,845) P =254,430,750 P =5,619,724,247
*Included under “Other noncurrent assets” account in the consolidated statement of financial position (see Note 15).
**Excluding payable to government agencies, contract liabilities and customer deposits amounting to P=713.76 million,
=
P22.04 million and =
P63.67 million, respectively (see Note 16).
***Gross contractual payments.

Foreign Currency Exchange Risk. Foreign currency exchange risk is the risk that the fair value of
future cash flows of a financial instrument will fluctuate because of changes in foreign currency
exchange rates. The Group’s exposure to foreign currency exchange risk results from certain
business transactions denominated in foreign currencies. It is the Group’s policy to ensure that
capabilities exist for active but conservative management of its foreign currency exchange risk.

The Group’s foreign currency-denominated monetary assets and liabilities are as follows:

2019 2018
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents $7,179,428 =363,530,337
P $19,661,959 =1,033,825,779
P
C$596,756 23,103,528 C$1,951,866 75,602,601
Trade receivables $1,823,154 92,315,394 $2,995,217 157,488,524
C$7,233,455 280,044,657 C$1,041,796 40,352,392
S$16,936 634,931 S$145,148 5,583,556
¥10,738,238 4,970,730 ¥3,659,217 1,738,494
A$202,851 7,152,526 A$26,529 983,424
DH132,843 1,835,890 DH49,371 708,731
=773,587,993
P =1,316,283,501
P
Liabilities
Trade payables $1,083,401 =54,858,010
P $1,286,974 =67,669,073
P
Obligations for program and other
rights 2,171,343 109,945,953 1,966,624 103,405,104
P164,803,963
= P171,074,177
=
=607,779,044
P =1,145,209,324
P

In translating the foreign currency-denominated monetary assets and liabilities into Philippine peso
amounts, the exchange rate used were = P50.74 to US$1.00 and =
P52.58 to US$1.00, the Philippine peso
to U.S. dollar exchange rate, as at December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively. The exchange rate for
Philippine peso to Canadian dollar was = P38.72 to CAD$1.00 as at December 31, 2019. The peso
equivalents for the Singaporean Dollar, Australian Dollar, Dirham and Japanese Yen are = P37.49,
=35.26 and =
P P13.82 and =P0.46, respectively.

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The following table demonstrates the sensitivity to a reasonably possible change in the exchange
rates, with all other variables held constant, of the Group’s income before income tax from reporting
period up to next reporting period (due to changes in the fair value of monetary assets and liabilities).
There is no impact on the Group’s equity other than those already affecting profit or loss.

Appreciation/ Effect on Income before Income Tax

(Depreciation)
of Peso USD CAD SGD AUD AED JPY Total
2019 0.50 (P
= 2,863,995) (P
=3,915,106) (P
= 8,468) (P
=101,426) (P =66,422) (P
= 5,369,119) (P
= 12,324,536)
(0.50) 2,863,995 3,915,106 8,468 101,426 66,422 5,369,119 12,324,536

2018 0.50 (P
=9,701,789) (P
=1,496,831) (P
=72,569) (P
=13,264) (P
=24,685) (P
=1,829,608) (P
=13,138,746)
(0.50) 9,701,789 1,496,831 72,569 13,264 24,685 1,829,608 13,138,746

Credit Risk. Credit risk, or the risk of counterparties defaulting, is controlled by the application of
credit approvals, limits and monitoring procedures. It is the Group’s policy to enter into transactions
with a diversity of creditworthy parties to mitigate any significant concentration of credit risk.

The Group ensures that sales of products and services are made to customers with appropriate credit
history. The Group has an internal mechanism to monitor the granting of credit and management of
credit exposures. The Group has made provisions, where necessary, for potential losses on credits
extended. The Group’s exposure to credit risk arises from default of the counterparty with a
maximum exposure equal to the carrying amount of the instruments. The Group does not require any
collateral for its financial assets, thus, maximum exposure to credit risk is equal to the carrying value
of the financial instruments.

The table below shows the maximum exposure to credit risk for the components of the consolidated
financial position as at December 31:

2019 2018
Financial assets at amortized cost:
Cash and cash equivalents* P
=1,988,824,410 =2,331,066,120
P
Trade receivables:
Television and radio airtime 4,749,148,494 4,458,228,523
Subscriptions 330,223,573 176,159,551
Others 169,667,488 158,592,028
Nontrade receivables:
Advances to officers and employees 5,913,890 2,354,227
Others 2,194,508 16,639,473
Refundable deposits** 19,235,359 14,174,904
7,265,207,722 7,157,214,826
Financial assets at FVOCI 243,433,060 240,255,846
P
=7,508,640,782 =7,397,470,672
P
*Excluding cash on hand amounting to =
P244.75 million and =P206.51 million as at December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.
**Included under “Other noncurrent assets” account in the consolidated statements of financial position (see Note 15).

The maximum exposure for cash and cash equivalents (excluding cash on hand) is the carrying
amount less insured amount by the Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation equivalent to the actual
cash balance to a maximum of = P0.50 million per depositor per bank. The maximum exposure of
trade and non-trade receivables and refundable deposits is equal to its carrying amount.

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Credit quality of Financial Assets, Other than Trade Receivables

The financial assets of the Group are grouped according to stage whose description is explained as
follows:

Stage 1 - Those that are considered current and up to 120 past due and based on change in rating
delinquencies and payment history, do not demonstrate significant increase in credit risk.

Stage 2 - Those that, based on change in rating, delinquencies and payment history, demonstrate
significant increase in credit risk, and/or are considered more than 120 to 360 days past due but does
not demonstrate objective evidence of impairment as of reporting date.

Stage 3 - Those that are considered in default or demonstrate objective evidence of impairment as of
reporting date.

The credit quality of the Group’s financial assets are as follows:

2019
ECL Staging
Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3
12-month ECL Lifetime ECL Lifetime ECL Total
Financial assets at amortized cost
Cash and cash equivalents* =2,010,218,215
P =–
P =–
P = 2,010,218,215
P
Nontrade receivables:
Advances to officers and
employees 5,913,890 – – 5,913,890
Others 2,194,508 – – 2,194,508
Refundable deposits** 19,235,359 – – 19,235,359
=2,037,561,972
P =–
P =–
P = 2,037,561,972
P
*Excluding cash on hand amounting to =
P244.75 million as at December 31, 2019.
** Included under “Other noncurrent assets” account in the consolidated company statement of financial position

2018
ECL Staging
Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3
12-month ECL Lifetime ECL Lifetime ECL Total
Financial assets at amortized cost
Cash and cash equivalents* =2,352,597,496
P =–
P =–
P =2,352,597,496
P
Nontrade receivables:
Advances to officers and – –
2,354,227 2,354,227
employees
Others 16,639,473 – – 16,639,473
Refundable deposits** 14,174,904 – – 14,174,904
=2,385,766,100
P =–
P – =2,385,766,100
P
*Excluding cash on hand amounting to =
P206.51 million as at December 31, 2018.
** Included under “Other noncurrent assets” account in the consolidated statement of financial position

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Credit Quality of Trade Receivables

An impairment analysis is performed at each reporting date using a provision matrix to measure
expected credit losses. The provision rates are based on days past due for groupings of various
customer segment with similar loss patterns (i.e, by customer type). The calculation reflects the
probability-weighted outcome, the time value of money and reasonable and supportable information
that is available at the reporting date about past events, current conditions and forecasts of future
economic conditions

Set out below is the information about the credit risk exposure of the Group’s trade receivables using
provision matrix:

2019
Days past due
91 days and
Current 0-30 days 31 - 60 days 61 - 90 days above Total
Expected credit loss rate 1% 6% 6% 17% 36%
Estimated total gross
carrying amount at
default P
= 3,820,492,950 P
=338,458,290 P
= 288,235,907 P
= 115,027,335 P
= 1,236,464,675 P
= 5,798,679,157
Expected credit loss 47,562,387 18,971,665 17,431,750 19,176,191 446,497,609 549,639,602

2018
Days past due
91 days and
Current 0-30 days 31 – 60 days 61 – 90 days above Total
Expected credit loss rate 1% 4% 7% 11% 27%
Estimated total gross
carrying amount at
default =2,621,278,665
P =672,627,381
P P
=272,879,000 P
=111,771,677 =
P1,646,040,002 P
=5,324,596,725
Expected credit loss 34,444,886 27,120,876 19,908,808 12,647,383 437,220,302 531,342,255

Capital Management
The primary objective of the Group’s capital management is to ensure that it maintains a strong credit
rating and healthy capital ratios in order to support its business and maximize shareholder value.

The Group manages its capital structure and makes adjustments to it, in the light of changes in
economic conditions. To maintain or adjust the capital structure, the Group may adjust the dividend
payment to shareholders, pay off existing debts, return capital to shareholders or issue new shares.

The Parent Company is not subject to externally imposed capital requirements.

No changes were made in the objectives, policies or processes for each of the three years ended
December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017.

The Group monitors its capital gearing by measuring the ratio of interest-bearing loan to total equity.
The Group’s interest-bearing loans, which are the short-term loans, amounted to =P400.00 million and
=500.00 million as at December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively. The Group’s total equity
P
attributable to equity holders of the Parent Company as at December 31, 2019 and 2018 amounted to
=9,586.43 million and =
P P9,525.27 million, respectively.

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31. Fair Value Measurement

The table below presents the carrying values and fair values of the Group’s assets and liabilities, by
category and by class, as at December 31:

2019
Fair Value
Significant
Quoted Prices in Significant Unobservable
Active Markets Observable Input Inputs
Carrying Value (Level 1) (Level 2) (Level 3)
Assets
Assets Measured at Fair Value
Land at revalued amount P
=2,803,196,184 P
=– P
=– P
=2,803,196,184
Financial assets at FVOCI 243,433,060 – 15,925,000 227,508,060
Assets for which Fair Values are
Disclosed
Investment properties 36,252,221 – – 203,902,548
Financial assets at amortized cost -
Refundable deposits* 19,235,359 18,350,350
P
=3,102,116,824 P
=– P
=15,925,000 P
=3,252,957,142
Liabilities
Liabilities for which Fair Values are
Disclosed
Lease liabilities P
=105,788,115 P
=– P
=– P
=117,063,489
*Included under “Other noncurrent assets” account in the consolidated statement of financial position (see Note 15).

2018
Fair Value
Significant
Quoted Prices in Significant Unobservable
Active Markets Observable Input Inputs
Carrying Value (Level 1) (Level 2) (Level 3)
Assets Measured at Fair Value
Land at revalued amount =2,803,196,184
P P–
= =–
P =2,803,196,184
P
Financial assets at FVOCI 240,255,846 – 13,261,000 226,994,846
Assets for which Fair Values are
Disclosed
Investment properties 40,003,984 – – 209,582,548
Financial assets at amortized cost -
Refundable deposits* 14,174,904 – – 12,915,727
=3,097,630,918
P P–
= =13,261,000
P =3,252,689,305
P
*Included under “Other noncurrent assets” account in the consolidated statement of financial position (see Note 15).

During 2018, equity instruments in a listed entity was transferred from level 1 to level 3 due to the
investee company's suspension of trading in the market as at December 31, 2018.

The fair values of equity instruments in listed and non-listed companies classified under Level 3 were
determined through the following valuation approach: asset-based approach and market approach.
Asset-based approach is based on the value of all the tangible and intangible assets and liabilities of
the company. Market approach is predicated upon the concept that the value of an asset can be
estimated by comparing its value to assets with similar features.

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Presented below are the significant unobservable inputs used in the market approach and net asset
valuations of the Group’s financial assets in 2019 and 2018:

Range
Description Unobservable Inputs 2019 2018
Listed equity instrument:
Casinos and gaming industry Price-to-book value multiple – 1.2-2.4
Discount for lack of marketability 10%-30% 10%-30%
Discount for lack of control 10%-30% –
Non-listed equity
instruments:
Media and entertainment Enterprise value-to-EBITDA – 9.9-25.9
industry multiple
Discount for lack of marketability 10%-30% 10%-30%
Discount for lack of control 10%-30% 10%-30%

An increase (decrease) in the significant unobservable inputs used in the valuation of the equity
investments will increase (decrease) the fair value of the equity investments.

Movements in the fair value of equity investments classified under Level 3 are as follows:

2019 2018
Balance at beginning of year P
=226,994,846 =255,196,503
P
Fair value adjustment recognized under “net unrealized gain
on financial assets at FVOCI” 513,216 (28,201,657)
Balance at end of year P
=227,508,061 =226,994,846
P

Fair Value Determination

The following methods and assumptions are used to estimate the fair value of each asset and liability
for which it is practicable to estimate such value:

Cash and Cash Equivalents, Short-term Investments and Trade and Other Receivables
The carrying values of cash and cash equivalents, short-term investments and trade and nontrade
receivables approximate their fair values primarily due to the relatively short-term maturity of these
financial instruments.

Refundable Deposits
The fair value of refundable deposits is based on the present value of the future discounted cash
flows. Discount rates used range from 3.26% to 4.44% in 2019 and 3.64% to 4.83% in 2018.

Financial assets at FVOCI

The Group’s investments in club shares were based on prices readily available from brokers and other
regulatory agencies as at reporting date. The fair values of equity investments in listed and non-listed
companies have been estimated using the net asset value model and market approach. The valuation
using market approach requires management to make certain judgments in deriving the set of
comparable companies for each entity and in the selection of the appropriate multiples within the
range, considering qualitative and quantitative factors specific to the measurement. The valuation
using adjusted net asset approach requires the management to measure the fair value of the individual
assets and liabilities recognized in an investee’s statement of financial position as well as the fair
value of any unrecognized assets and liabilities at the measurement date.

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Investment Properties and Land at Revalued Amount

The valuation for investment properties and land at revalued amount was derived through market data
approach based upon prices paid in actual market transactions. This approach relies on the
comparison of recent sale transactions or offerings of similar properties which have occurred and/or
offered with close proximity to the subject property adjusted based on certain elements of comparison
(e.g. market conditions, location, physical condition and amenities). Significant unobservable
valuation input in determining the fair value of investment properties includes adjusted price per
square meter that ranges from = P1,400 to =
P117,000. On the other hand, significant unobservable
valuation input in determining fair value of land at revalued amount includes adjusted price per
square meter that ranges from = P200 to P
=97,000.

Significant increases (decreases) in estimated price per square meter would result in a significantly
higher (lower) fair value of the properties.

Trade Payables and Other Current Liabilities (excluding Payable to Government Agencies and
Advances from Customers), Short-term Loans, Obligations for Program and Other Rights and
Dividends Payable
The carrying values of trade payables and other current liabilities, short-term loans, current portion of
obligations for program and other rights and dividends payable approximate their fair values due to
the relatively short-term maturity of these financial instruments.

Lease liabilities
The fair value is based on the discounted value of future cash flows using the applicable rates for
similar types of loans plus the applicable credit spread. Discount rates used ranged from 3.07% to
5.43% in 2019.

32. Changes in Liabilities Arising from Financing Activities

January 1, December 31,

2019 Additions Payments Others* 2019
Short-term loans =500,000,000
P =1,517,500,000 (P
P =1,617,500,000) =−
P =400,000,000
P
Lease liabilities 66,535,587 53,959,212 (21,694,663) 6,987,979 105,788,115
Dividends payable 17,053,776 2,199,839,297 (2,198,159,065) − 18,734,008
Accrued interest expense** 944,444 46,185,621 (45,663,399) − 1,466,667
Total liabilities from
financing activities =584,533,807
P =3,817,484,130 (P
P =3,883,017,127) P
=6,987,979 =525,988,790
P
*Others pertain to accretion of interest.
***Included under “Accounts payable and other current liabilities” account in the consolidated statement of financial position (see Note 16).

January 1, December 31,

2018 Additions Payments 2018
Short-term loans =500,000,000
P =1,500,000,000
P (P
=1,500,000,000) =500,000,000
P
Dividends payable 15,437,102 2,437,749,220 (2,436,132,546) 17,053,776
Accrued interest expense* 818,055 36,251,389 (36,125,000) 944,444
Total liabilities from
financing activities =516,255,157
P =3,974,000,609
P (P
=3,972,257,546) =517,998,220
P
*Included under “Accounts payable and other current liabilities” account in the consolidated statement of financial position (see Note 16).

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33. Events after the Reporting Period

In a move to contain the COVID-19 outbreak, on March 13, 2020, the Office of the President of the
Philippines issued a Memorandum directive to impose stringent social distancing measures in the
National Capital Region effective March 15, 2020. On March 16, 2020, Presidential Proclamation
No. 929 was issued, declaring a State of Calamity throughout the Philippines for a period of six (6)
months and imposed an enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) throughout the island of Luzon until
April 12, 2020, which was subsequently extended to April 30, 2020. These measures have caused
disruptions to businesses and economic activities, and its impact on businesses continue to
evolve. As mandated by the Group’s enterprise risk management policy, the Group’s executive
management, along with the risk management champions, risk owners, assurance providers, and
support team, conducted a comprehensive assessment on the impact of the ongoing COVID-19
pandemic. Results of such assessment revealed the following: (a) imminent threat to the health and
safety of the Group’s talents and employees; (b) unavoidable disruption in operations brought about
by necessary containment measures mandated by the government; and (c) sustained operational
disruptions may negatively impact financial targets for the year.

The Group considers the events surrounding the outbreak as non-adjusting subsequent events, which
do not impact its financial position and performance as of and for the year ended December 31,
2019. However, the outbreak could have a material impact on its 2020 financial results and even
periods thereafter. Considering the evolving nature of this outbreak, the Group cannot determine at
this time the impact to its financial position, performance and cash flows. The Group will continue to
monitor the situation. In furtherance of the Group’s risk management protocol, planned and
mitigating measures were immediately rolled out, to wit:

§ Providing appropriate protective gears and tools to the Group’s front liners (e.g., reporters) to
eliminate the risk of being contaminated.
§ Education and orientation of the Group’s talents and employees on COVID-19 and how to
prevent contraction and spread of the virus.
§ Constant reminders (through email, written notifications, etc.) to adopt:
· Proper hygiene and keeping hands clean
· Respiratory etiquette
· Environmental cleaning and ventilation
· Social distancing
· Self-monitoring
· Boosting one’s immune system
§ Screening of talents and employees reporting to work via thermal scanning. Those with above
normal temperatures are sent to the clinic for further physical examination. Employees showing
symptoms of the virus are not allowed to report to work.
§ Guests, visitors, and outsiders are barred from entering the Network’s premises. Meetings are
encouraged to be conducted online.
§ Cancellation of official business trips overseas, especially in high-risk areas like China. Personal
travels are discouraged.
§ Imposition of a 14-day quarantine period to employees who travelled overseas.
§ Close monitoring of talents and employees who have come into contact with other people (non-
Group personnel) who travelled or are from overseas.
§ Suspension of live studio audiences, local and international on-ground events, and other events
that require mass gathering.
§ Activation and implementation of the Business Continuity Planning and Recovery (BCPR)
measures defined by the different groups/departments/teams of the Group, including work-from-
home set up.

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§ Providing interim support (e.g., transport, financial, accommodation, etc.) to enable talents and
employees to perform functions that are key to the Group’s on air operations and delivery of
public service.
§ Careful planning of the programming grid of the Kapuso channels to ensure that the Group’s
content remains relevant to the entertainment and information needs of its audience.
§ Providing the appropriate tools to our client-facing employees to ensure that we continue to
engage with our clients and satisfactorily meet their requirements.

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The Board of Directors and Stockholders

GMA Network, Inc. and Subsidiaries
GMA Network Center
Timog Avenue corner EDSA
Quezon City

We have audited in accordance with Philippine Standards on Auditing, the consolidated financial
statements of GMA Network, Inc. and Subsidiaries (the Group) as at December 31, 2019 and 2018, and
for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2019, and have issued our report thereon
dated April 13, 2020. Our audits were made for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic financial
statements taken as a whole. The schedules listed in the Index to the Consolidated Financial Statements
and Supplementary Schedules are the responsibility of the Group’s management. These schedules are
presented for purposes of complying with the Revised Securities Regulation Code Rule 68, and are not
part of the basic financial statements. These schedules have been subjected to the auditing procedures
applied in the audit of the basic financial statements and, in our opinion, fairly state, in all material
respects, the information required to be set forth therein in relation to the basic financial statements taken
as a whole.

SYCIP GORRES VELAYO & CO.

Belinda T. Beng Hui

Partner
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Philippines November 6, 2018, valid until November 5, 2021

INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT ON

COMPONENTS OF FINANCIAL SOUNDNESS INDICATORS

The Board of Directors and Stockholders

GMA Network, Inc. and Subsidiaries
GMA Network Center
Timog Avenue corner EDSA
Quezon City

We have audited in accordance with Philippine Standards on Auditing, the consolidated financial
statements of GMA Network, Inc. and Subsidiaries (the Group) as at December 31, 2019 and 2018, and
for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2019, and have issued our report thereon
dated April 13, 2020. Our audits were made for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic financial
statements taken as a whole. The Supplementary Schedule on Financial Soundness Indicators, including
their definitions, formulas, calculation, and their appropriateness or usefulness to the intended users, are
the responsibility of the Group’s management. These financial soundness indicators are not measures of
operating performance defined by Philippine Financial Reporting Standards (PFRS) and may not be
comparable to similarly titled measures presented by other companies. This schedule is presented for the
purpose of complying with the Revised Securities Regulation Code Rule 68 issued by the Securities and
Exchange Commission, and is not a required part of the basic financial statements prepared in accordance
with PFRS. The components of these financial soundness indicators have been traced to the Group’s
financial statements as at December 31, 2019 and 2018 and for each of the three years in the period ended
December 31, 2019 and no material exceptions were noted.

SYCIP GORRES VELAYO & CO.

Belinda T. Beng Hui

Partner
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March 14, 2018, valid until March 13, 2021
PTR No. 8125213, January 7, 2020, Makati City

April 13, 2020

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GMA NETWORK, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
INDEX TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND
SUPPLEMENTARY SCHEDULES
DECEMBER 31, 2019

Annex 68 - J

A. Financial Assets Attached

B. Amounts Receivable from Directors, Officers, Employees, Related Parties Not applicable
and Principal Stockholders (Other than Related Parties)

C. Amounts Receivable from Related Parties which are Eliminated during Attached
the Consolidation of Financial Statements

D. Long-term Debt Not applicable

E. Indebtedness to Related Parties (Long-term Loans from Related Not applicable

Companies)

F. Guarantees of Securities of Other Issuers Not applicable

G. Capital Stock Attached

Additional Components

i) Reconciliation of Retained Earnings Available for Dividend Declaration Attached

ii) Map of Relationships of the Companies within the Group Attached

GMA NETWORK, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
SUPPLEMENTARY SCHEDULES REQUIRED BY ANNEX 68-J
DECEMBER 31, 2019

Schedule A. Financial Assets

Number of
Shares or Amount Shown Value Based on
Principal in the Statements Market Quotation
Name of Issuing Entity and Amounts of of Financial at end of Income Received
Association of Each Issue Bonds and Notes Position Reporting Period and Accrued
Cash and cash equivalents
Cash on hand P–
= P244,753,441
= P–
= P–
=
Cash in banks – 1,607,754,360 – 1,739,890
Peso Placements:
Abacus Capital & Investment
Corporation – 101,543,816 – 4,733,897
Amalgamated Investment
Bancorporation – 7,692,278 – 306,989
Asia United Bank – – – 714,630
Banco De Oro – – – 378,889
Bank of Commerce – 3,058,366 – 63,787
Bank of Philippine Island – – – 1,588,537
Charter Ping An – 6,093,642 – 94,980
Eastwest Bank – – – 571,029
Land Bank of the Philippines – – – 396,111
Malayan Bank – 114,767,412 – 4,282,423
Metropolitan Bank and Trust
Company – – – 1,609,667
Philippine Business Bank – 2,090,460 – 55,276
Philippine Bank of
Communications – 10,451,348 – 714,852
Robinsons Bank – – – 467,511
United Coconut Planters Bank – 50,447,081 – 1,807,487
Union Bank of the Philippines – 25,000,000 – 746,180
– 321,144,403 – 18,532,246
Dollar Placements:
Eastwest Bank – 38,826,240 – 813,435
United Coconut Planters Bank – – – 506,335
Union Bank of the Philippines – 42,493,212 – 1,314,880
– 81,319,452 – 2,634,650
Total Placements – 402,463,855 – 21,666,896
– =2,254,971,656
P =–
P =22,906,786
P
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Number of Shares Value Based on

or Principal Amount Shown in Market Quotation
Name of Issuing Entity and Amounts of Bonds the Statements of at end of Reporting Income Received
Association of Each Issue and Notes Financial Position Period and Accrued
Financial Assets at Fair Value Through Other Comprehensive Income
IP E Games Ventures, Inc. 13,000,000 =159,744,513
P =–
P =–
P
Unicapital, Inc. – 62,476,523 – –
Mabuhay Philippine Satellite – 263,490 – –
Optima Studio – 4,805,609 – –
Ayala Alabang Country Club - A 1 7,000,000 7,000,000 –
Baguio Country Club 1 3,800,000 3,800,000 –
Metropolitan Club (Metroclub) A 7 2,535,000 2,535,000 –
Manila Southwoods A 1 1,100,000 1,100,000 –
Camp John Hay Golf Club 1 190,000 190,000 –
Reefpoint Picture – 216,925 – –
Tagaytay Country Club 1 1,200,000 1,200,000 –
Royale Tagaytay 1 100,000 100,000 –
Others – 1,000 – –
=243,433,060
P =15,925,000
P =–
P
Schedule B. Amounts Receivable from Directors, Officers, Employees, Related Parties and Principal Stockholders
(Other than Related Parties)
December 31, 2019

Deductions
Name and Designation Balance at Beginning of Amount Amount Balance at End of
of Debtor Period Additions Collected Written Off Current Noncurrent Period

Not Applicable: The Group has no amounts receivable from directors, officers, employees, related parties and
principal stockholders as at December 31, 2019 other than those for purchases subject to usual terms,
for ordinary travel and expense advances, and for other such items arising in the ordinary course of business.
Schedule C. Amounts of Receivable from and Payable to Related Parties which are Eliminated during the
Consolidation of Financial Statements
December 31, 2019

Alta Productions Company, Inc. (Alta)

Deductions
Amount
Amount written off/
Account January 1, 2019 Additions Collected Reclassified Current Noncurrent December 31, 20019
Receivables - Trade =271,563
P =198,191
P (P
=283,130) =–
P P186,624
= =–
P =186,624
P
Payables - Trade (9,725,044) (81,638,985) 73,725,601 – (17,638,428) – (17,638,428)
Total (P
= 9,453,481) (P
= 81,440,794) =
P73,442,471 P
=– (P
=17,451,804) P
=– (P
= 17,451,804)

Citynet Network Marketing and Productions, Inc. (Citynet)

Deductions
Amount
Amount written off/
Account January 1, 2019 Additions Collected Reclassified Current Noncurrent December 31, 2019
Advances to Citynet =118,934,402
P =–
P =–
P =–
P =–
P =118,934,402
P =118,934,402
P
Receivables - Nontrade – 6,000,000 – – 6,000,000 – 6,000,000
Payables -Trade – – – – – – –
Total P
=118,934,402 =6,000,000
P =–
P =–
P =6,000,000
P =118,934,402
P P
=124,934,402
Schedule C. Amounts of Receivable from and Payable to Related Parties which are Eliminated during the
Consolidation of Financial Statements (cont.)
December 31, 2019

GMA Marketing and Productions, Inc. (GMPI)

Deductions
Amount Amount written
Account January 1, 2019 Additions Collected off/ Reclassified Current Noncurrent December 31, 2019
Receivables - Trade =–
P =–
P =–
P =–
P =–
P =–
P =–
P
Payables - Trade (106,280,998) – – – – (106,280,998) (106,280,998)
Payables - Nontrade (302,149) (277,524) – – (24,625) – (24,625)
Total (P
=106,583,147) (P
= 277,524) P
=– P
=– (P
= 24,625) (P
= 106,280,998) (P
= 106,305,623)

GMA New Media, Inc. (GNMI)

Deductions
Amount written
Account January 1, 2019 Additions Amount Collected off/ Reclassified Current Noncurrent December 31, 2019
Receivables - Trade =–
P =–
P =–
P =–
P =–
P =–
P =–
P
Payables - Trade 126,473,833 89,667,239 (55,469,095) – 89,667,239 71,004,740 160,671,979
Payables - Nontrade (96,257,266) (67,980,000) 70,573,732 – (67,980,000) (25,683,534) (93,663,534)
Total P
=30,216,567 =
P21,687,239 =
P15,104,637 P
=– =
P21,687,239 =
P45,321,206 =
P67,008,445
Schedule C. Amounts of Receivable from and Payable to Related Parties which are Eliminated during the
Consolidation of Financial Statements (cont.)
December 31, 2019

GMA Worldwide (Philippines), Inc. (GWI)

Deductions
Amount written
Account January 1, 2019 Additions Amount Collected off/ Reclassified Current Noncurrent December 31, 2019
Receivables - Trade =145,279
P = 3,464,799
P =–
P =–
P 3,610,078 =–
P =3,610,078
P
Payables - Trade (10,199,766) (24,304,932) 18,314,368 – (16,190,330) – (16,190,330)
Total (P
= 10,054,487) (P
=20,840,133) =
P18,314,368 P
=– (12,580,252) P
=– (P
=12,580,252)

RGMA Marketing & Productions, Inc. (GMA Records)

Deductions
Amount written
Account January 1, 2019 Additions Amount Collected off/ Reclassified Current Noncurrent December 31, 2019
Advances to GMA Records =20,806,217
P =–
P (P
=19,538,183) =
P =–
P =1,268,033
P =1,268,033
P
Receivables - Trade – – – – – – –
Receivables - Nontrade 5,835,983 5,775,465 (5,571,561) – 5,755,465 264,422 6,019,887
Payables - Trade – – – – – – –
Total P
=26,642,200 P
=5,775,465 (P
= 25,109,744) P
=– P
=5,755,465 P
=1,532,455 P
=7,287,920
Schedule C. Amounts of Receivable from and Payable to Related Parties which are Eliminated during the
Consolidation of Financial Statements (cont.)
December 31, 2019

Scenarios, Inc. (Scenarios)

Deductions
Amount written
Account January 1, 2019 Additions Amount Collected off/ Reclassified Current Noncurrent December 31, 2019
Advances to Scenarios =1,014,090
P =–
P =–
P =–
P P
= =1,014,090
P =1,014,090
P
Receivables - Trade 5,708,530 111,519 (195,808) – 111,519 5,512,722 5,624,241
Payables - Trade – – – – – – –
Payables - Nontrade (315,000) (200,000) – – (200,000) (315,000) (515,000)
Total P=6,407,620 (P
= 88,481) (P= 195,808) P
=– (P
= 88,481) =
P6,211,812 =P6,123,331

Script2010, Inc. (Script2010)

Deductions
Amount written
Account January 1, 2019 Additions Amount Collected off/ Reclassified Current Noncurrent December 31, 2019
Receivables - Trade =24,152,705
P =–
P (P
=4,328,574) =–
P =–
P P19,839,614
= =19,839,614
P
Receivables - Nontrade – – – – – – –
Payables - Trade (23,681,710) (191,099,843) 177,116,476 – (37,665,077) – (37,665,077)
Payables - Nontrade (1,878,486) – – – – (1,878,476) (1,878,486)
Total (P
=1,407,491) (P
= 191,099,843) =
P172,803,385 =
P– (P
= 37,665,077) =
P17,961,128 (P
=19,703,949)
Schedule C. Amounts of Receivable from and Payable to Related Parties which are Eliminated during the
Consolidation of Financial Statements (cont.)
December 31, 2019

Media Merge Corporation (MM)

Deductions
Amount written
Account January 1, 2019 Additions Amount Collected off/ Reclassified Current Noncurrent December 31, 2019
Receivables - Trade =12,206,488
P =293,774
P (P
=11,330,721) =–
P P1,169,541
= =–
P =1,169,541
P
Payables - Trade (73,302,070) (110,677,230) 143,583,952 – (40,395,348) – (40,395,348)
Total (P
= 61,095,582) (P
= 110,383,456) P=132,253,231 P
=– (P
= 39,225,807) P
=– (P
= 39,225,807)

Digify, Inc.

Deductions
Amount
Amount written off/
Account January 1, 2019 Additions Collected Reclassified Current Noncurrent December 31, 2019
Receivables - Nontrade =–
P =–
P (P
=1,200) =–
P =–
P =–
P =–
P
Total =
P– =P– (P=1,200) =
P– =
P– =
P– =
P–
Schedule C. Amounts of Receivable from and Payable to Related Parties which are Eliminated during the
Consolidation of Financial Statements (cont.)
December 31, 2019

RGMA Network, Inc. (RGMA Network)

Deductions
Amount written
Account January 1, 2019 Additions Amount Collected off/ Reclassified Current Noncurrent December 31, 2019
Receivables - Nontrade =288,788
P =63,140,000
P (P
=63,361,735) =–
P P67,053
= =–
P =67,053
P
Payables - Trade (26,905,359) (94,448,176) – – (121,353,535) – (121,353,535)
Total (P
=26,616,571) (P
=31,308,176) (P
= 63,361,735) =
P– (P
=121,286,482) =
P– (P
= 121,286,482)
Schedule D. Long-Term Debt
December 31, 2019

Amount Amount shown under caption Amount shown under

Title of Issue and Type Authorized “Current portion of long term caption “Long term debt”
of Obligation by Indenture debt” in related balance sheet in related balance sheet

Not Applicable: The Group has no long-term debt as at December 31, 2019.

Schedule E. Indebtedness to Related Parties (Long-Terms from Related Companies)

December 31, 2019

Balance, Balance,
Name January 1, 2019 December 31, 2019

Not Applicable: The Group has no noncurrent indebtedness to a related party as at

December 31, 2019.

Schedule F. Guarantees of Securities of Other Issuers

December 31, 2019

Name of Issuing Entity of Title of Issue of Total Amount Amount Owned

Securities Guaranteed by Each Class of Guaranteed by Person for
the Company for which Securities and which the Nature of
this statement is filed Guaranteed Outstanding Statement is Filed Guarantee

Not Applicable: The Group has no guarantees of securities of other issuers as at

December 31, 2019.

Schedule G. Capital Stock

December 31, 2019

Number of
Number of shares shares
issued and reserved for
outstanding as options,
shown under warrants, Directors,
Number of related statements conversion Number of officers,
Title of shares of financial and other shares held by and
issue authorized position caption rights related parties employees Others
Common 5,000,000,000 3,361,047,000 * N/A 3,024,812,553 19,620,355 316,614,092
Preferred 7,500,000,000 7,499,507,184 ** N/A 7,489,610,364 27,294 9,869,526
*Net of treasury stock totaling 3,645,000 shares.
**Net of treasury stock totaling 492,816 shares.
GMA NETWORK, INC.
RECONCILIATION OF RETAINED EARNINGS AVAILABLE
FOR DIVIDEND DECLARATION
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2019

Unappropriated retained earnings, beginning of the year =2,308,391,431

P
Restatements -
Effect of adoption of new accounting standards (72,537,192)
Unappropriated retained earnings, as adjusted to available for
dividend distribution, beginning of the year 2,235,854,239

Add: Net income actually earned/realized during the period

Net income of the Parent Company closed to Retained Earnings 2,538,418,737
Less: Non-actual/unrealized income net of tax
Provision for deferred income tax (108,862,846)
Unrealized foreign exchange gain (11,141,961)
Net income actually earned/realized during the year 2,418,413,930

Less:
Dividends declaration during the year (2,187,089,297)
Treasury stocks (28,483,171)
Underlying shares of the acquired Philippine Deposit Receipts (5,790,016)
Unappropriated Retained Earnings Available for Dividend
Declaration, Ending P
=2,432,905,685
GMA NETWORK, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
SCHEDULE OF FINANCIAL SOUNDNESS INDICATORS
FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2019 AND 2018

December 31
Financial Ratios Formula 2019 2018
Current/liquidity ratio Current assets over current liabilities 2.66:1 2.72:1

Total current assets 9,273,434,550

Divided by:
Total current liabilites 3,489,895,828
Current ratio 2.66

Acid Test Ratio Quick assets over current liabilities 2.65:1 2.71:1

Total current assets 9,273,434,550

Less:
Inventory 12,756,017
Other current assets 1,908,021
9,258,770,512
Divided by:
Total current liabilites 3,489,895,828
Acid test ratio 2.65

Solvency ratio Net income plus non-cash expenses over total liabilities 0.64:1 0.69:1

Net income 2,639,276,620

Add:
Non-cash expenses 1,611,493,920
4,250,770,540
Divided by:
Total liabilites 6,689,801,560
Solvency ratio 0.64

Asset-to-equity ratio Total asset over total equity 1.69:1 1.59:1

Total assets 16,346,878,569

Divided by:
Total equity 9,657,077,009
Asset-to-equity ratio 1.69

Debt-to-equity ratio Short-term loans over total equity 0.04:1 0.05:1

Total short-term loans 400,000,000

Divided by:
Total equity 9,657,077,009
Asset-to-equity ratio 0.04
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December 31
Financial Ratios Formula 2019 2018
Net debt to equity ratio Interest-bearing loans and borrowings less cash and cash (0.19):1 (0.21):1
equivalents over total equity

Total short-term loans 400,000,000

Less:
Cash and cash equivalents 2,254,971,656
(1,854,971,656)
Divided by:
Total equity 9,657,077,009
Net debt-to-equity ratio (0.19)

Interest rate coverage Earnings before interest, tax over interest expense 68.75:1 92.91:1
ratio
Net income 2,639,276,620
Add:
Interest 55,595,345
Tax 1,127,170,185
3,822,042,150
Divided by:
Interest 55,595,345
Interest rate coverage ratio 68.75

Gross profit margin Gross profit over net revenues 60.98% 57.45%

Gross profit 10,058,298,447

Divided by:
Net revenue 16,493,452,212
Gross profit margin 60.98%

Net income margin Net income over net revenues 16.00% 15.25%

Net income 2,639,276,620

Divided by:
Net revenue 16,493,452,212
Net income margin 16.00%

Return on equity Net income over average total stockholder’s equity 0.27:1 0.24:1

Net income 2,639,276,620

Divided by:
Average equity 9,622,572,869
Return on equity 0.27
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December 31
Financial Ratios Formula 2019 2018
Return on assets Net income over average total assets 0.17:1 0.15:1

Net income 2,639,276,620

Divided by:
Average asset 15,819,706,016
Return on asset 0.17
GMA NETWORK, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
MAP OF THE RELATIONSHIPS OF THE COMPANIES WITHIN THE GROUP