Attachment Attachment 1

This document pretains to ITC-T/C-20150721-00181 for Transfer of Control on a International Telecommunications filing.

IBFS_ITCTC2015072100181_1096468

BTI America LLC
Notification of Pro Forma Transfer of Control
Attachment 1 (Page 1 of 4)


        BTI America LLC (“BTIA”), a Delaware limited liability company, hereby notifies the
Commission of a pro forma transfer of control from Bayan Telecommunications Inc. (“Bayan”
or “Transferor”) to Bayan Telecommunications Holdings Corporation (“Bayan Holdings” or
“Transferee”). 1 The transaction, consummated on June 23, 2015, is part of an internal
restructuring to place BTIA under 100% direct ownership of Bayan Holdings. Prior to the
transaction, BTIA was a 100% direct subsidiary of Bayan, and Bayan was a subsidiary of, and
controlled by Bayan Holdings. The transaction removes Bayan from BTIA’s chain of
ownership.

ANSWER TO QUESTION 10:

In response to 47 C.F.R. § 63.18(c):

            Please direct all correspondence concerning this notification to BTIA’s legal counsel:

                    Cheng-yi Liu
                    Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth, P.L.C.
                    1300 N. 17th Street, Suite 1100
                    Arlington, VA 22209
                    Phone: 703-812-0478
                    liu@fhhlaw.com

In response to 47 C.F.R. § 63.18(d):

       Neither Bayan nor Bayan Holdings have previously (directly) received authority under
Section 214 of the Act. BTIA previously received authority under Section 214 of the Act,
pursuant to File No. ITC-214-20060602-00300, to provide facilities-based service in accordance
with Section 63.18(e)(1) of the rules, and also to provide resold service in accordance with
Section 63.18(e)(2) of the rules.

ANSWER TO QUESTION 11:

      The following entity holds, directly, at least ten (10) percent of the equity in Bayan
Holdings, the Transferee:

Name / Address                        % Shares        Country               Principal Business
Lopez Holdings Corporation            47.3%           Republic of the       Holding company
4/F Benpres Building                                  Philippines
Exchange Road cor. Meralco Avenue
Pasig City 1605
Metro Manila, Philippines


1
      Both Bayan and Bayan Holdings are corporations organized under the laws of the
Republic of the Philippines.


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BTI America LLC
Notification of Pro Forma Transfer of Control
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      Lopez Holdings Corporation is a publicly traded company on the Philippines Stock
Exchange. The following entities hold an attributable ten (10) percent or more interest in Bayan
Holdings through ownership interest in Lopez Holdings Corporation as described below:

Name / Address                       % Shares         Country             Principal Business
Lopez, Inc.                          52.87%           Republic of the     Holding company
5/F Benpres Building                 ownership of     Philippines
Exchange Road cor. Meralco Avenue    Lopez Holdings
Pasig City 1605                      Corporation
Metro Manila, Philippines

                                 2
PCD Nominee Corp. (Filipino)         26.17%           Republic of the     Holding Company
c/o PCD Nominee                      ownership of     Philippines
PSE Center                           Lopez Holdings
Ayala Avenue, Makati City            Corporation
Philippines



      The following entities hold an attributable ten (10) percent or greater interest in Bayan
Holdings through ownership interest in Lopez, Inc. as described below:

Name / Address                       % Shares         Country             Principal Business
Croslo Holdings Corp.                25.83%           Republic of the     Holding company
6/F Benpres Bldg.                    ownership of     Philippines
Exchange Road, Pasig City            Lopez, Inc.
Metro Manila, Philippines

Mantes Corp.                         25.83%           Republic of the     Wholesale and retail
2/F Erlag Bldg.                      ownership of     Philippines
102 Esteban St., Legaspi Vill.       Lopez, Inc.
Makati City, Metro Manila
Philippines

Créme Investment Corp.               25.83%           Republic of the     Investment
5/F Benpres Building                 ownership of     Philippines
Exchange Rd., Pasig City             Lopez, Inc.
Metro Manila, Philippines



2
        PCD Nominee Corporation (“PCNC”) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Philippine
Central Depository (“PCD”), a corporation established to improve operations in securities
transactions and to provide a fast, safe and highly efficient system for securities settlement in the
Philippines. PCNC acts as trustee-nominee for all shares lodged in the PCD system, where
trades effected on the Philippine Stock Exchange are finally settled with the PCD. Persons who
opt to trade using the PCD do not receive stock certificates as an indicator of ownership as
trading using the PCD is completely paperless.


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BTI America LLC
Notification of Pro Forma Transfer of Control
Attachment 1 (Page 3 of 4)

Name / Address                         % Shares         Country              Principal Business
Presta Holdings Corp.                  22.5% ownership Republic of the       Investment
5/F Benpres Building                   of Lopez, Inc.  Philippines
Exchange Rd., Pasig City
Metro Manila, Philippines



        The following individual holds an attributable ten (10) percent or greater ownership
interest in Bayan Holdings through ownership of Mantes Corp. as described below:

Name / Address                         % Shares         Country              Principal Business
Manual M. Lopez                        73.14% of        Republic of the      Wholesale and retail
841 Harvard Street                     Mantes Corp.     Philippines
Wack-Wack Vill., Mandaluyong
Metro Manila, Philippines



        The following individual holds an attributable ten (10) percent or greater ownership
interest in Bayan Holdings through ownership of Presta Holdings as described below:

Name / Address                         % Shares         Country              Principal Business
Presentacion L. Psinakis               99.98% of Presta Republic of the      Investment
34-B Luna Gardens                      Holdings.        Philippines
#31 Rockwell Drive
Rockwell Residential Center
Makati City, Metro Manila
Philippines



      No other entity or individual holds an attributable direct or indirect ownership interest of
10% or greater in Bayan Holdings.

ANSWER TO QUESTION 12:

            The Transferee has no interlocking directorates with foreign carriers.

ANSWER TO QUESTION 13:

        Pursuant to an Assignment of Membership Interest Agreement, Bayan assigned 100% of
the ownership interest in BTIA to its parent holding company, Bayan Holdings. Prior to the
transaction, BTIA was a 100% direct subsidiary of Bayan. Bayan was a subsidiary of and
controlled by Bayan Holdings. Subsequent to the transaction, consummated on June 23, 2015,
BTIA became a 100% direct subsidiary of Bayan Holdings. The transaction, in effect, removes
Bayan from BTIA’s chain of ownership, but there is no change to the ultimate control of the




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BTI America LLC
Notification of Pro Forma Transfer of Control
Attachment 1 (Page 4 of 4)

company. 3 Organizational charts showing the relevant ownership structure of BTIA before and
after the transaction are provided below.

                PRE-TRANSACTION CORPORATE STRUCTURE OF BTIA




                POST-TRANSACTION CORPORATE STRUCTURE OF BTIA




3
       The transaction is considered presumptively pro-forma as an “[a]ssignment or transfer
from a corporation to a wholly owned direct or indirect subsidiary thereof or vice versa.” 47
C.F.R. §63.24(d) (Note 2 to paragraph (d)).


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