Illustrative 2006 Financial Statements

18 Feb 2007

An Accounting Alert (see attached AA 2007-01) is issued to provide an illustrative set of separate financial statements (FS), including notes to FS, and a set of consolidated basic FS with selected note disclosures that are applicable only to consolidated FS (hereinafter referred to as the Illustrative FS), prepared in accordance with Philippine Financial Reporting Standards (PFRSs), for fictional manufacturing and distribution companies of semiconductor products [i.e., PNA Manufacturing Corporation, “PNA” or the “Company” (for separate FS), and Granthor Holdings Philippines, Inc. and subsidiaries, “Granthor and subsidiaries” or the “Group” (for the consolidated FS with selected notes to FS)].

BSP Exempts Reclassification of Foreign Currency

17 Jan 2007

The Monetary Board approved on January 11, 2007 the guidelines exempting the reclassification of foreign currency denominated National Government (NG)/Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) bonds booked under the Held to Maturity (HTM) category from the tainting rule provided under Circular No. 476 dated February 16, 2005, in view of the increase in risk-weights of said securities under Circular No. 538 dated 4 August 2006, set to take effect on July 1, 2007.

BSP Imposes Specific Ceilings on Bank Lending

17 Jan 2007

The Monetary Board (MB) approved on January 11, 2007 specific ceilings on a bank’s/quasi-bank’s lending to its subsidiaries and affiliates.

Auditors' report modified effective Dec. 31, 2006

20 Dec 2006

In February 2006, the Auditing & Assurance Standards Council (AASC) approved the adoption of Philippine Standard on Auditing (PSA) 700 (Revised), The Independent Auditor’s Report on a Complete Set of General Purpose Financial Statements.

SEC extends deadline for FS filing

04 Apr 2006

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has extended the deadline for the submission of the audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2005 from April 17, 2006 to May 2, 2006.  The extension was granted to provide companies more time to prepare their financial statements in accordance with Philippine Financial Reporting Standards which are being applied for the first time in the 2005 financial statements.   The extension covers public companies, issuers of registered/unlisted securities and companies listed with the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE), brokers and dealers and investment houses.  The due dates for the submission of audited financial statements for all other companies shall remain the same which is also on May 2, 2006.