PLDT Inc. (NYSE:PHI) Q2 2023 Earnings Conference Call August 3, 2023 3:30 AM ET

Company Participants

Melissa de Dios - Investor Relations

Manny Pangilinan - Chairman

Al Panlilio - President and Chief Executive Officer

Danny Yu - Chief Financial Officer and Chief Risk Officer

Marilyn Aquino - Corporate Secretary and Chief Legal Counsel

Shailesh Baidwan - President, Maya Philippines and Co-Founder, Maya Bank

Melissa Vergel De Dios - First Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer

Mitchie Arcaina - Vice President

Francis Bautista - Vice President

Jeremiah de la Cruz - Senior Vice President

Gina Marina Ordoñez - Senior Vice President and Chief People Officer

Conference Call Participants

Hussaini Saifee - UBS

Melissa de Dios

Okay. Good afternoon, and thank you for joining us today to discuss the company’s financial and operating results for the First Half of 2023. A copy of today’s presentation is posted on our website. For those who’ve not been able to do so you may download the presentation from the Investor Relations section of our website at www.pldt.com. Kindly note that this briefing is being recorded. A podcast of this event will be available on our website after the call. QR codes for the presentation, the MD&A, the financial statements, as well as the podcaster on the screen and in the confirmation notice’s e-mailed to you.

For today’s presentation, we have with us our Chairman, Mr. Manny Pangilinan; Mr. Al Panlilio, our President and CEO; Mr. Danny Yu, our Chief Financial Officer and Chief Risk Officer; Attorney Marilyn Aquino, our Corporate Secretary and Chief Legal Counsel; Shailesh Baidwan, President of Maya Philippines and Co-Founder of Maya Bank as well as other members of the PLDT management team. At this point, let me turn the floor over to Mr. Pangilinan to begin the presentation.

Manny Pangilinan

Thank you, Melissa. Good afternoon, Chairman. Good afternoon our friends in – our analyst friends here today here in the hotel and online. Thank you for being here. Happy to report the first semester performance of PLDT Smart. I just want to start by saying that, I guess all the efforts that we’ve been doing as a company, very proud to say on this chat that we will reaffirm our top position for brand value sustainability perception value. This is critical because brand is always critical in the way we run business and trusting – it shows me a big trust in the brand and in the company that we have. So most viable brand at PHP2.6 billion. That’s up 2% actually from last year as done by brand finance and the highest – number one highest sustainability presentation value with all the sustainability initiatives that we have been doing all this time.