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PLDT Inc. Major Shareholding Notification 2007

Jul 2, 2007

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SC 13D/A 1 dsc13da.htm SCHEDULE 13D AMENDMENT NO. 5 Schedule 13D Amendment No. 5

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 13D/A

(Rule 13d-101)

INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT

TO RULE 13d-(1)(a) AND AMENDMENTS THERETO FILED PURSUANT

TO RULE 13d-2(a)

(Amendment No. 5) 1

Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company

(Name of Issuer)

Common Capital Stock, 5 Philippine Pesos par value

(Title of Class of Securities)

718252109

(CUSIP Number)

Jun Sawada

NTT Communications Corporation

1-6, Uchisaiwai-cho 1-chome

Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8019

Japan

(81-3) 6700-4601

with a copy to:

Robert W. Mullen, Jr., Esq.

Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP

1 Chase Manhattan Plaza

New York, NY 10005

USA

Telephone: (212) 530-5150

(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)

June 27, 2007

(Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)

If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of Rule 13d-1(e), 13d-1(f) or 13d-1(g), check the following box ¨ .

Note: Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See Rule 13d-7 for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.

1 The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person’s initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).

CUSIP No. 718252109

1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)
NTT Communications
Corporation No
I.R.S. Identification
2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
(a) x
(b) ¨
3 SEC USE ONLY
4 SOURCE OF FUNDS
N/A
5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) OR 2(e) ¨
6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
JAPAN
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH
-0-
8 SHARED VOTING POWER
29,255,689
9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
-0-
10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
29,255,689
11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
29,255,689
12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES ¨
13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
15.5 %
14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
CO

CUSIP No. 718252109

1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone
Corporation No
I.R.S. Identification
2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
(a) x
(b) ¨
3 SEC USE ONLY
4 SOURCE OF FUNDS
N/A
5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) OR 2(e) ¨
6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
JAPAN
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH
-0-
8 SHARED VOTING POWER
29,255,689 1
9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
-0-
10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
29,255,689
11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
29,255,689
12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES ¨
13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
15.5%
14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
HC, CO

1 Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation beneficially owns (i) 12,633,487 shares through NTT Communications Corporation, its wholly-owned subsidiary, and (ii) 16,622,202 shares through NTT DoCoMo, Inc., its majority-owned publicly-traded subsidiary.

This Amendment No. 5 (this “ Amendment No. 5 ”) amends the Schedule 13D dated March 24, 2000 (the “ Schedule 13D ”), which was filed in paper format with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ SEC ”) on behalf of the Reporting Persons (as defined herein) and NTT-UK (as defined herein), relating to the Common Shares (as defined herein) of Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the Philippines (the “ Company ” or “ PLDT ”), as amended by Amendment No. 1 dated December 11, 2002 (“ Amendment No. 1 ”), by Amendment No. 2 dated January 31, 2006 (“ Amendment No. 2 ”), by Amendment No. 3 dated March 14, 2006 (“ Amendment No. 3 ”) and by Amendment No. 4 dated April 16, 2007 (“ Amendment No. 4 ”). The purpose of this Amendment No. 5 is to reflect the acquisition of Common Shares of PLDT by NTT DoCoMo, Inc. (“ DoCoMo ”), a majority-owned subsidiary of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (“ NTT ”), in open market purchases from April 17, 2007 through June 27, 2007. Unless specifically amended hereby, the disclosure in the Schedule 13D, as amended by Amendment No. 1, Amendment No. 2, Amendment No. 3 and Amendment No. 4, remains unchanged.

All capitalized terms used, but not defined, in this Amendment No. 5 are defined in Amendment No. 3. The summary descriptions (if any) contained herein of certain agreements and documents are qualified in their entirety by reference to the complete text of such agreements and documents filed as Exhibits to Amendment No. 3 or incorporated in Amendment No. 3 by reference.

Item 2. Identity and Background

Paragraphs (a) – (c) and (f) of Item 2 of the Schedule 13D, as amended, are hereby further amended by replacing Schedule A and Schedule B to Amendment No. 4 with Schedule A and Schedule B to this Amendment No. 5.

Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration

Item 3 of Amendment No. 3, as amended by Amendment No. 4, is hereby further amended by adding the following:

April, May and June 2007 DoCoMo Open Market Purchases

From April 17, 2007 through June 27, 2007, DoCoMo made open market purchases of Common Shares through the Philippine Stock Exchange and American Depositary Shares representing Common Shares through the New York Stock Exchange. Through these open market purchases, DoCoMo has acquired 2,022,654 additional shares (including 844,194 shares represented by American Depositary Shares) (the “ Second Additional DoCoMo PLDT Shares ”) representing approximately 1.1% of the outstanding capital stock of PLDT. All of the funds used to pay for the Second Additional DoCoMo PLDT Shares were from DoCoMo’s available cash resources.

Item 4. Purpose of Transaction

Item 4 of Amendment No. 3, as amended by Amendment No. 4, is hereby further amended by adding the following paragraphs:

April, May and June 2007 DoCoMo Open Market Purchases

DoCoMo is acquiring the Second Additional DoCoMo PLDT Shares for the same purposes as those described in this Item 4 with respect to its acquisition of the DoCoMo PLDT Shares.

Upon the acquisition of the Second Additional DoCoMo PLDT Shares, DoCoMo will beneficially own, in the aggregate, approximately 15.5% of the voting power attached to the outstanding Common Shares.

Following the acquisition of the Second Additional DoCoMo PLDT Shares, if DoCoMo deems market and other conditions as favorable, or if it otherwise decides, DoCoMo may increase its ownership of the Company’s equity securities through open market purchases, negotiated purchases, or other transactions, up to the limitation of 21% of the Common Shares issued and outstanding as described in this Item 4. However, if DoCoMo does not deem market and other conditions as favorable or if it otherwise decides, it may not do so.

Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer

Paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of Item 5 of Amendment No.3, as amended by Amendment No. 4, are hereby further amended and restated as follows:

(a) By virtue of NTT’s ownership of all of the outstanding capital stock of NTT Communications Corporation (“ NTTC ”) and a majority of the common stock of DoCoMo and the terms of the Stock Sale and Purchase Agreement (applicable to the DoCoMo PLDT Shares) and Co-Operation Agreement (applicable to the DoCoMo PLDT Shares, the Additional DoCoMo PLDT Shares (as defined in Amendment No.4) and the Second Additional DoCoMo PLDT Shares), the Reporting Persons and DoCoMo constitute a “group” within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and therefore, each of the Reporting Persons may be deemed to have acquired beneficial ownership of the 29,255,689 Common Shares, in aggregate, beneficially held by the Reporting Persons and DoCoMo. Given the terms of the Shareholders Agreement and the Co-Operation Agreement (as described in Amendment No. 3), the Reporting Persons and DoCoMo and the other parties to the Strategic Agreement, the Shareholders Agreement and the Co-Operation Agreement might be deemed to constitute a “group.” However, the Reporting Persons disclaim that they have agreed to act as a group with any other parties to the Strategic Agreement, the Shareholders Agreement or the Co-Operation Agreement (other than to the extent provided in the Shareholders Agreement and the Co-Operation Agreement) and the Reporting Persons disclaim beneficial ownership of the Common Shares other than the amounts of shares reported for the Reporting Persons herein.

(b) NTTC has the shared power to vote or dispose or to direct the vote or disposition of the 29,255,689 Common Shares beneficially owned by NTTC and DoCoMo. By virtue of its ownership of all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of NTTC and a majority of the issued and outstanding capital stock of DoCoMo, NTT has the power to direct the voting or disposition of the Common Shares beneficially owned by NTTC and DoCoMo.

(c) Except for the purchase by DoCoMo of the Additional DoCoMo PLDT Shares and the Second Additional DoCoMo PLDT Shares described in Item 3, neither the Reporting Persons, nor to the knowledge of each Reporting Person, any of its directors or executive officers has effected any transaction in the Common Shares during the past sixty days. The following table sets forth, for the open market purchases by DoCoMo described in Item 3, the dates of such open market purchases, the numbers of Additional DoCoMo PLDT Shares or Second Additional DoCoMo PLDT Shares purchased, the prices per share (rounded to the nearest one U.S. cent or one Philippine centavo) of such purchases and the exchange through which such open market purchases were effected (the open market purchases made through the New York Stock Exchange were for American Depositary Shares of PLDT, each representing one Common Share):

Date of Purchase Number of Shares Purchased Price per share Exchange
Additional DoCoMo PLDT Shares:
03/20/2007 115,000 US$ 47.94 New York Stock Exchange
03/21/2007 121,000 US$ 49.52 New York Stock Exchange
03/21/2007 45,400 PhP 2,378.93 Philippine Stock Exchange
03/23/2007 109,428 US$ 52.31 New York Stock Exchange
03/26/2007 110,946 US$ 52.28 New York Stock Exchange
03/26/2007 64,000 PhP 2,499.97 Philippine Stock Exchange
03/27/2007 109,342 US$ 52.60 New York Stock Exchange
03/27/2007 64,000 PhP 2,546.39 Philippine Stock Exchange
03/28/2007 109,874 US$ 52.01 New York Stock Exchange
03/28/2007 34,090 PhP 2,510.01 Philippine Stock Exchange
03/29/2007 109,856 US$ 52.84 New York Stock Exchange
03/29/2007 63,760 PhP 2,499.89 Philippine Stock Exchange
03/30/2007 111,924 US$ 52.91 New York Stock Exchange
03/30/2007 63,650 PhP 2,528.49 Philippine Stock Exchange
04/02/2007 42,783 US$ 52.88 New York Stock Exchange
04/02/2007 64,200 PhP 2,527.03 Philippine Stock Exchange
04/03/2007 2,192 US$ 52.75 New York Stock Exchange
04/04/2007 13,000 PhP 2,550.00 Philippine Stock Exchange
04/10/2007 19,409 US$ 52.97 New York Stock Exchange
04/10/2007 67,288 PhP 2,529.50 Philippine Stock Exchange
04/11/2007 110,617 US$ 52.27 New York Stock Exchange
04/11/2007 35,490 PhP 2,503.87 Philippine Stock Exchange
04/12/2007 114,444 US$ 50.93 New York Stock Exchange
04/12/2007 67,150 PhP 2,445.72 Philippine Stock Exchange
04/13/2007 13,847 US$ 50.43 New York Stock Exchange
04/13/2007 67,310 PhP 2,397.75 Philippine Stock Exchange
04/16/2007 116,062 US$ 50.91 New York Stock Exchange
Total 1,966,062
Second Additional DoCoMo PLDT Shares: — 04/17/2007 66,010 PhP 2,516.59 Philippine Stock Exchange
04/17/2007 42,825 US$ 51.88 New York Stock Exchange
04/18/2007 67,250 PhP 2,493.51 Philippine Stock Exchange
04/19/2007 47,720 PhP 2,497.79 Philippine Stock Exchange
04/19/2007 118,058 US$ 51.96 New York Stock Exchange
04/20/2007 67,960 PhP 2,503.31 Philippine Stock Exchange
04/20/2007 95,306 US$ 52.89 New York Stock Exchange
04/23/2007 2,810 PhP 2,543.20 Philippine Stock Exchange
04/24/2007 67,270 PhP 2,529.95 Philippine Stock Exchange
04/27/2007 55,000 PhP 2,550.00 Philippine Stock Exchange
04/30/2007 68,340 PhP 2,541.83 Philippine Stock Exchange
05/02/2007 68,550 PhP 2,545.48 Philippine Stock Exchange
05/03/2007 68,760 PhP 2,541.94 Philippine Stock Exchange
05/04/2007 39,810 PhP 2,522.26 Philippine Stock Exchange
05/07/2007 10,000 PhP 2,550.00 Philippine Stock Exchange
05/08/2007 22,210 PhP 2,550.00 Philippine Stock Exchange
05/09/2007 52,970 PhP 2,548.68 Philippine Stock Exchange
05/10/2007 7,160 PhP 2,500.00 Philippine Stock Exchange
05/11/2007 54,790 PhP 2,542.92 Philippine Stock Exchange
05/23/2007 103,703 US$ 54.76 New York Stock Exchange
05/24/2007 66,550 PhP 2,484.65 Philippine Stock Exchange
05/24/2007 113,550 US$ 53.97 New York Stock Exchange
05/25/2007 45,110 PhP 2,538.17 Philippine Stock Exchange
05/25/2007 4,596 US$ 54.65 Philippine Stock Exchange
05/28/2007 31,880 PhP 2,545.14 Philippine Stock Exchange
05/29/2007 61,090 PhP 2,544.77 Philippine Stock Exchange
05/30/2007 62,830 PhP 2,518.60 Philippine Stock Exchange
05/30/2007 85,620 US$ 54.28 New York Stock Exchange
05/31/2007 62,040 PhP 2,544.02 Philippine Stock Exchange
06/07/2007 16,770 PhP 2,542.72 Philippine Stock Exchange
06/07/2007 13,500 US$ 55.00 New York Stock Exchange
06/07/2007 4,190 PhP 2,547.94 Philippine Stock Exchange
06/20/2007 56,521 US$ 56.95 New York Stock Exchange
06/21/2007 5,000 PhP 2,600.00 Philippine Stock Exchange
06/25/2007 82,683 US$ 56.90 New York Stock Exchange
06/26/2007 45,915 US$ 56.93 New York Stock Exchange
06/27/2007 56,390 PhP 2,636.87 Philippine Stock Exchange
06/27/2007 81,917 US$ 56.54 New York Stock Exchange
Total 2,022,654

The aggregate purchase price for the open market purchases through the Philippine Stock Exchange was Php 1,616,944,032 for the Additional DoCoMo PLDT Shares and Php 2,986,368,762 for the Second Additional DoCoMo PLDT Shares. The aggregate purchase price for the open market purchases through the New York Stock Exchange was US$67,845,725.76 for the Additional DoCoMo PLDT Shares and US$46,013,439.82 for the Second Additional DoCoMo PLDT Shares.

SIGNATURE

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

Dated: July 2, 2007
By: /s/ Hiroo Unoura
Name: Hiroo Unoura
Title: Executive Vice President

SIGNATURE

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

Dated: July 2, 2007
By: /s/ Jun Sawada
Name: Jun Sawada
Title: Vice President

SCHEDULE A

DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

OF

NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION (“NTT”)

The name, country of citizenship, residential or business address, present principal occupation or employment, and the name, principal business and address of any corporation or other organization in which such employment is conducted, of each of the directors and executive officers of NTT is set forth below. All of the persons listed below are directors of NTT and unless otherwise indicated, each occupation set forth opposite a director’s name refers to employment with NTT. If no address is given, the director’s business address is 3-1, Otemachi 2-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8116, Japan. NTT’s principal business is serving as a holding company for subsidiaries engaged in providing telecommunications services. These services fall into seven major classes: telephone services, telegraph services, leased circuit services, data communication facility services, Integrated Services Digital Network (“ ISDN ”) services, sale of telecommunication equipment and other services.

Name Country of Citizenship Present Principal Occupation or Employment and Principal Business
Norio Wada Japan Chairman
Satoshi Miura Japan President & CEO
Tsutomu Ebe Japan Senior Executive Vice President
Noritaka Uji Japan Senior Executive Vice President
Kaoru Kanazawa Japan Senior Executive Vice President
Shin Hashimoto Japan Executive Vice President
Hiroo Unoura Japan Executive Vice President
Kiyoshi Kousaka Japan Senior Vice President
Takashi Hanazawa Japan Senior Vice President
Toshio Kobayashi Japan Senior Vice President
Takashi Imai Japan Chairman Emeritus and Executive Counselor of Nippon Steel Corporation, 6-3, Otemachi 2-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8017, Japan
Yotaro Kobayashi Japan Chairman and Director of Fuji Xerox Co.,
Ltd., 17-22, Akasaka 2-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0052, Japan
Johji Fukada Japan Full-time Corporate Auditor
Susumu Fukuzawa Japan Full-time Corporate Auditor
Yasuchika Negoro Japan Corporate Auditor
Masamichi Tanabe Japan Corporate Auditor
Shigeru Iwamoto Japan Corporate Auditor

SCHEDULE B

DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

OF

NTT COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION (“NTTC”)

The name, country of citizenship, residential or business address, present principal occupation or employment, and the name, principal business and address of any corporation or other organization in which such employment is conducted, of each of the directors and executive officers of NTTC is set forth below. All of the persons listed below are directors of NTTC and unless otherwise indicated, each occupation set forth opposite a director’s name refers to employment with NTTC. If no address is given, the director’s business address is 1-6, Uchisaiwaicho 1-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8019, Japan. NTTC’s principal business is providing international and long distance telecommunications services and data transmission services.

Name Country of Citizenship Present Principal Occupation or Employment and Principal Business
Hiromi Wasai Japan President & CEO
Masayuki Nomura Japan Senior Executive Vice President
Akira Arima Japan Senior Executive Vice President
Masae Tamura Japan Senior Executive Vice President
Osamu Inoue Japan Executive Vice President
Koichi Maeda Japan Senior Vice President
Sadao Maki Japan Senior Vice President
Mitsuo Murakami Japan Senior Vice President
Mikio Doi Japan Senior Vice President
Haruhiko Yamada Japan Senior Vice President
Toshimune Okihara Japan Senior Vice President
Hirotaka Tadakoshi Japan Senior Vice President
Yoshimasa Tokui Japan Senior Vice President
Testuya Obata Japan Senior Vice President
Takao Nakajima Japan Senior Vice President
Yutaka Yamaga Japan Corporate Auditor
Katsuhiko Fujiwara Japan Corporate Auditor
Hideo Maekawa Japan Corporate Auditor