Collection of the Annual Supervisory Fees (ASF) for the Year 2020

OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY GOVERNOR FINANCIAL SUPERVISION SECTOR MEMORANDUM NO. M-2020-____ 072 TO : ALL NON-STOCK SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS (NSSLAs) AND TRUST CORPORATIONS (TCS) Subject : Collection of the Annual Supervisory Fees (ASF) for the Year 2020 Pursuant to Section 28 of the Republic Act (R.A.) No. 7653, “The New Central Bank Act”, as amended by R.A. No. 112111, the following guidelines shall govern the computation and collection by the Bangko Sentral Ng Pilipinas (BSP) and the payment by NSSLAs and TCs of the 2020 ASF. 1. Computation of ASF for 2020 NSSLAs The prescribed rate for the ASF is 1/65 of 1% of its Average Assessable Assets (AAA)2 of the immediately preceding year or the maximum amount of ASF per AAA range, whichever is lower, but shall not exceed the maximum amount provided below: Maximum Amount of Total AAA of NSSLA Annual Fees >P1.0 billion P500,000.00 >P750.0 million - P1.0 billion P400,000.00 >P500.0 million - P750.0 million P200,000.00 >P250.0 million - P500.0 million P100,000.00 >P100.0 million - P250.0 million P 50,000.00 Up to P100.0 million P 10,000.00 Provided, that the minimum amount of annual fees of NSSLAs with AAA of up to P100.0 million shall be P10,000.00. 1 Supervised institutions shall pay to Bangko Sentral no later than May 31 of each year, an annual supervision fee as may be prescribed by the Monetary Board (MB). For this year, the MB has approved the deferment of assessment and collection of the ASF from within the month of May 2020 to a later date in 2020 in view of the Covid-19 pandemic. 2 AAA shall be the summation of end-of-quarter total assessable assets (end-of-quarter total assets per balance sheet, after deducting cash on hand and amounts due from banks) divided by the number of quarters in operation during the particular assessment period.

TCs The prescribed rate for the ASF is 0.01% of the average monthly balance of assets under management (AUM)3 for the first three (3) years of the trust corporation’s operations and 0.02% of the average monthly balance of AUM on the 4th year and onwards. Securities held under custodianship shall be exempt from annual fees. The AAA of the preceding year/average monthly balance of AUM is derived from the reports4 submitted by the NSSLA/TC to the BSP in compliance with the standards and requirements prescribed under existing regulations. 2. Notification of Amount Due for 2020 and Mode of Payment The BSP Department of Supervisory Analytics (DSA) shall send a billing notice in September 2020 to the NSSLA/TC for its ASF payment indicating, among others, the computation of the ASF due, the period covered by the ASF and the specific date when the ASF becomes due payable to the BSP. The BSP will accept payments through online payment channels which shall be indicated in the assessment letter. 3. Exemption of 2020 Supervisory Fees From Taxes In accordance with the provision of R.A. No. 7653, as amended by R.A. No. 11211, the Bangko Sentral shall be exempt from all national, provincial, municipal and city taxes on income derived from its governmental functions which include income from its activities or transactions in the exercise of its supervision over the operations of banks and its regulatory and examination powers over non-bank financial institutions performing quasi-banking functions, money service businesses, credit granting businesses and payment systems operators. 4. Exceptions Noted on Billing Notice of 2020 ASF Upon receipt of the BSP Notice of ASF billing, a NSSLA/TC is encouraged to check the accuracy of the billing and to submit any of the noted exceptions therein not later than ten (10) working days before the specified date of collection as indicated in the billing notice. 3 All funds, properties and securities, denominated in peso and other foreign currency, which the TC, acting as trustee, fiduciary and agent, shall manage, administer, hold, and/or take custody, for the use and/or benefit of persons other than the TC 4 Consolidated Statement of Condition (CSOC) for NSSLAs and Financial Reporting Package (FRP) for TCs,

The said exceptions, together with supporting documents, shall be e- mailed to [email protected] using the following prescribed subject format – ASF 2020<space><BSFI Name><space><Noted Exceptions> For Example, To : [email protected] Subject : ASF 2020 <BSFI Name> Noted Exceptions Any exceptions received after the cut-off date or any exceptions not duly substantiated with documents before the cut-off date will be evaluated and considered in the computation of the ASF for the immediately succeeding year. This Memorandum shall take effect immediately. For strict compliance Digitally signed by Chuchi G. Fonacier Date: 2020.09.24 14:12:41 +08'00' CHUCHI G. FONACIER Deputy Governor 24 September 2020