Zhitong Finance App News, First Taiping (00142) announced that PLDT has announced on the New York Stock Exchange and the Philippine Stock Exchange that Sycip Gorres Velayo & Co., a member firm of Ernst & Young Global Limited, notified PLDT on October 31, 2026 to resign as PLDT's independent registered public accounting firm. The reason is that it believes that PLDT did not maintain independence when issuing the IFRS financial statements and financial reporting internal control opinions for the year ended December 31, 2025 (as contained in the Form 20-F PLDT annual report filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission on April 27, 2026). On November 2, 2026, PLDT's Audit Committee accepted SGV's resignation and appointed Isla Lipana & Co., a member firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited. /PwC Philippines is the auditor of PLDT's financial statements prepared in accordance with Philippine Financial Reporting Standards, effective November 2, 2026.

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