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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 20-F

REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

OR

ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended DECEMBER 31, 2022

OR

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

OR

SHELL COMPANY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of event requiring this shell company report

For the transition period from                       to                      

Commission file number 1-12610

Grupo Televisa, S.A.B.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

N/A

(Translation of Registrant’s name into English)

United Mexican States

(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

Av. Vasco de Quiroga No. 2000
Colonia Santa Fe
01210 Mexico City
Mexico

(Address of principal executive offices)

Luis Alejandro Bustos Olivares
Grupo Televisa, S.A.B.
Av. Vasco de Quiroga No. 2000
Colonia Santa Fe
01210 Mexico City

Mexico
Telephone: (011-52) (55) 5022-5899
Facsimile: (011-52) (55) 5261-2546
E-mail: labustoso @televisa.com.mx

(Name, Telephone, E-mail and/or Facsimile number and Address of Company Contact Person)

Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

    

Trading Symbol

    

Name of each exchange on which registered

Series “A” Shares, without par value (“Series “A” Shares”)

New York Stock Exchange (for listing purposes only)

Series “B” Shares, without par value (“Series “B” Shares”)

New York Stock Exchange (for listing purposes only)

Series “L” Shares, without par value (“Series “L” Shares”)

New York Stock Exchange (for listing purposes only)

Dividend Preferred Shares, without par value (“Series “D” Shares”)

New York Stock Exchange (for listing purposes only)

Global Depositary Shares (“GDSs”), each representing five
Ordinary Participation Certificates
(Certificados de Participación Ordinarios) (“CPOs”)

TV

New York Stock Exchange

CPOs, each representing twenty-five Series “A” Shares, twenty-two Series “B” Shares, thirty-five Series “L” Shares and thirty-five Series “D” Shares

New York Stock Exchange (for listing purposes only)

Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None.

Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act: None.

The number of outstanding shares of each of the issuer’s classes of capital
or common stock as of December 31, 2022 was:

114,750,278,764 Series “A” Shares

51,649,677,023 Series “B” Shares

82,169,882,496 Series “L” Shares

82,169,882,496 Series “D” Shares

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.

Yes No

If this report is an annual or transition report, indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Yes No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

Yes No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).

Yes No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or an emerging growth company. See definition of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

Large accelerated filer

    

Accelerated filer

    

Non-accelerated filer

    

Emerging Growth Company 

If an emerging growth company that prepares its financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards† provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

† The term “new or revised financial accounting standard” refers to any update issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board to its Accounting Standards Codification after April 5, 2012.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report.

Yes No

If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements.

Yes No

Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b)

Yes No

Indicate by check mark which basis of accounting the registrant has used to prepare the financial statements included in this filing:

U.S. GAAP

International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board

Other

If “Other” has been checked in response to the previous question, indicate by check mark which financial statement item the registrant has elected to follow.

Item 17 Item 18

If this is an annual report, indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

Yes No

Forward-Looking Statements and Risk Factor Summary

2

Part I

Item 1.

Identity of Directors, Senior Management and Advisers

4

Item 2.

Offer Statistics and Expected Timetable

4

Item 3.

Key Information

4

Selected Financial Data

4

Dividends

7

Exchange Rate Information

7

Risk Factors

7

Item 4.

Information on the Company

29

History and Development of the Company

29

Capital Expenditures

30

Business Overview

30

Item 5.

Operating and Financial Review and Prospects

63

Preparation of Financial Statements

64

Results of Operations

65

Liquidity, Foreign Exchange and Capital Resources

83

Contractual Obligations and Commercial Commitments

88

Item 6.

Directors, Senior Management and Employees

91

Item 7.

Major Stockholders and Related Party Transactions

109

The Major Stockholders

110

Related Party Transactions

110

Item 8.

Financial Information

112

Item 9.

The Offer and Listing

112

Trading Information

112

Trading on the Mexican Stock Exchange

112

Item 10.

Additional Information

115

Mexican Securities Market Law

115

Bylaws

116

Enforceability of Civil Liabilities

126

Material Contracts

126

Legal Proceedings

127

Exchange Controls

128

Taxation

128

Documents on Display

133

Item 11.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

134

Item 12.

Description of Securities Other than Equity Securities

139

Part II

140

Item 13.

Defaults, Dividend Arrearages and Delinquencies

140

Item 14.

Material Modifications to the Rights of Security Holders and Use of Proceeds

140

Item 15.

Controls and Procedures

140

Item 16.A.

Audit Committee Financial Expert

141

Item 16.B.

Code of Ethics

141

Item 16.C.

Principal Accountant Fees and Services and Audit Committee Pre-approval Policies and Procedures

141

Item 16.D.

Exemptions from the Listing Standards for Audit Committees

142

Item 16.E.

Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers

142

Item 16.F.

Change in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant

144

Item 16.G.

Corporate Governance

144

Item 16.H.

Mine Safety Disclosure

145

Item 16.I.

Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections

145

Part III

146

Item 17.

Financial Statements

146

Item 18.

Financial Statements

146

Item 19.

Exhibits

147

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We publish our financial statements in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards, or IFRS, as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board, or IASB, which differ in some significant respects from generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, or U.S. GAAP, and accounting procedures adopted in other countries.

Unless otherwise indicated, (i) information included in this annual report is as of December 31, 2022 and (ii) references to “Ps.” or “Pesos” in this annual report are to Mexican Pesos and references to “Dollars,” “U.S. Dollars,” “U.S. dollars,” “$” or “U.S.$” are to United States dollars.

In this annual report, “we,” “us,” “our,” “Company,” “Grupo Televisa” or “Televisa” refer to Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. and, where the context requires, its consolidated entities. “Group” refers to Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. and its consolidated entities.

Forward-Looking Statements and Risk Factors Summary

This annual report and the documents incorporated by reference into this annual report contain forward-looking statements. In addition, we may from time to time make forward-looking statements in reports to the SEC, on Form 6-K, in annual reports to stockholders, in prospectuses, press releases and other written materials and in oral statements made by our officers, directors or employees to analysts, institutional investors, representatives of the media and others. Words such as “believe”, “anticipate”, “plan”, “expect”, “intend”, “seek”, “potential”, “target”, “estimate”, “project”, “predict”, “forecast”, “guideline”, “may”, “should”, “could”, “will” and similar words and expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, but are not the exclusive means of identifying these statements. Examples of these forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to:

estimates and projections of financial results, cash flows, capital expenditures, dividends, capital structure, financial position or other financial items or ratios;
statements of our plans, objectives or goals, including those relating to anticipated trends, competition, regulation and rates;
statements concerning our current and future plans regarding our investment in Grupo de Telecomunicaciones de Alta Capacidad, S.A.P.I. de C.V., or GTAC;
statements concerning our current and future plans regarding our gaming business;
statements concerning our future plans, including capital expenditures, regarding the pay-TV, broadband and/or telephony services provided by our subsidiaries;
statements concerning our transactions with TelevisaUnivision, Inc., or TelevisaUnivision, our current and future plans regarding our investment in the common stock and preferred stock of TelevisaUnivision and the TelevisaUnivision Transaction (as defined below, and as described below under “Information on the Company—Business Overview—TelevisaUnivision—TelevisaUnivision Transaction”) completed on January 31, 2022;
statements concerning the proposed spin-off of certain businesses that are part of our Other Businesses segment;
statements concerning our current and future plans, including capital expenditures, regarding our investment in Innova, S. de R.L. de C.V., or Innova, and our transactions and relationship with DIRECTV;
statements about our future economic performance or statements concerning general economic, political or social conditions in Mexico or other countries in which we operate or have investments;

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statements concerning the general uncertainty related to the COVID-19 pandemic and its possible adverse effects; and
statements or assumptions underlying these statements.

We have based these forward-looking statements on our current expectations, assumptions, estimates and projections. While we believe these expectations, assumptions, estimates and projections are reasonable, such forward-looking statements are only predictions and involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond our control. We caution you that a number of important risks and uncertainties including those discussed under “— Risk Factors”, could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in or implied by these forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the following risks, uncertainties and other factors:

the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic;
economic and political developments and conditions and government policies in Mexico or elsewhere;
uncertainty in global financial markets;
currency fluctuations or the depreciation of the Peso;
changes in inflation rates;
changes in interest rates;
the impact of existing laws and regulations, changes thereto or the imposition of new laws and regulations affecting our businesses, activities and investments;
the risk that our concessions may not be renewed;
the risk of loss of transmission or loss of the use of satellite transponders;
changes in customer demand;
effects of competition;
incidents affecting our network and information systems or other technologies;
the results of operations of TelevisaUnivision; and
the other risks and uncertainties discussed under “— Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this report.

We are not obliged to update these statements or publicly release the result of any revisions to them to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this report or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. New factors emerge from time to time and it is not possible for us to predict all of these factors. Further, we cannot assess the impact of each such factor on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to be materially different from those contained in these forward-looking statements.

We caution you that the foregoing list of factors is not exhaustive and that other risks and uncertainties may cause actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements. You should evaluate any statements made by us in light of these important factors and you are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and we do not undertake any obligation to update them in light of new information, future developments or other factors.

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Part I

Item 1.Identity of Directors, Senior Management and Advisers

Not applicable.

Item 2.Offer Statistics and Expected Timetable

Not applicable.

Item 3.Key Information

Selected Financial Data

The following tables present our selected consolidated financial information as of and for each of the periods indicated. This information is qualified in its entirety by reference to, and should be read together with, our audited consolidated year-end financial statements. The following data for each of the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020 has been derived from our audited consolidated year-end financial statements, including the consolidated statements of financial position as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, changes in stockholders’ equity and cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020, and the accompanying notes appearing elsewhere in this annual report.

The selected consolidated financial information as of December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020, and for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020, was prepared in accordance with IFRS, as issued by the IASB.

The exchange rate used in translating Pesos into U.S. Dollars for calculating the convenience translations included in the following tables is determined by reference to the interbank free market exchange rate, or the Interbank Rate, as reported by Banco Nacional de México, S.A., or CitiBanamex, as of December 31, 2022, which was Ps.19.4760 per U.S. Dollar. This annual report contains translations of certain Peso amounts into U.S. Dollars at specified rates solely for the convenience of the reader. The exchange rate translations contained in this annual report should not be construed as representations that the Peso amounts actually represent the U.S. Dollar amounts presented or that they could be converted into U.S. Dollars at the rate indicated. The interbank free market rate, or the Interbank Rate, as reported by Banco Nacional de Mexico, S.A., or CitiBanamex, as of March 31, 2023, was Ps.18.0275 per U.S. Dollar.

Year Ended December 31

    

2022

    

2022

    

2021(4)

    

2020(4)

(Millions of U.S. Dollars or millions of Pesos)(1)

Income Statement Data:

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Revenues

U.S.$

3,878

Ps.

75,527

Ps.

73,915

Ps.

70,680

Operating income

 

227

 

4,419

 

10,689

 

6,458

Finance expense, net(2)

 

(473)

 

(9,206)

 

(11,918)

 

(5,649)

Net (loss) income from continuing operations(4)

(562)

(10,938)

769

(5,790)

Income from discontinued operations, net(4)

2,887

56,222

6,586

6,093

Net income

 

2,325

 

45,284

 

7,355

 

303

Net income (loss) attributable to stockholders of the Company

 

2,296

 

44,712

 

6,056

 

(1,250)

Net income attributable to non-controlling interests

 

29

 

572

 

1,299

 

1,553

Basic loss per CPO attributable to stockholders of the Company of continuing operations(4)

(4.06)

(0.16)

(2.34)

Basic earnings per CPO attributable to stockholders of the Company of discontinued operations(4)

19.86

2.33

1.90

Basic earnings (loss) per CPO attributable to stockholders of the Company(3)

 

 

15.80

 

2.17

 

(0.44)

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Year Ended December 31

    

2022

    

2022

    

2021

    

2020

Diluted loss per CPO attributable to stockholders of the Company of continuing operations(4)

 

 

(4.06)

 

(0.16)

 

(2.34)

Diluted earnings per CPO attributable to stockholders of the Company of discontinued operations(4)

 

 

19.86

 

2.33

 

1.90

Diluted earnings (loss) per CPO attributable to stockholders of the Company(3)

15.80

2.17

(0.44)

Weighted-average number of shares outstanding (in millions)(3)(5)

 

 

331,143

 

327,525

 

330,686

Cash dividend per CPO(3)

0.35

0.35

Comprehensive Income Data:

Total comprehensive income (loss)

U.S.$

2,468

Ps.

48,068

Ps.

9,290

Ps.

(16,559)

Total comprehensive income (loss) attributable to stockholders of the Company

2,439

47,510

7,991

(18,127)

Total comprehensive income attributable to non-controlling interests

 

29

 

558

 

1,299

 

1,568

Year Ended December 31

    

2022

    

2022

    

2021

    

2020

Financial Position Data:

 

  

  

  

  

Cash and cash equivalents

U.S.$

2,625

Ps.

51,131

Ps.

25,828

Ps.

29,058

Total assets

 

15,358

299,108

293,742

271,246

Current portion of long-term debt(6)

 

51

1,000

4,106

617

Interest payable(6)

 

90

1,761

2,035

1,935

Long-term debt, net of current portion(7)

 

5,352

104,241

121,686

121,936

Customer deposits and advances

 

95

1,841

8,999

5,936

Current portion of deferred revenue

15

288

Deferred revenue, net of current portion

266

5,178

Capital stock

 

248

4,837

4,837

4,908

Total equity (including non-controlling interests)

 

7,400

144,130

96,524

87,939

Shares outstanding (in millions)(5)

 

330,740

329,296

325,992

    

2022

    

2022

    

2021

    

2020

Cash Flow Data:

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Net cash provided by operating activities

U.S.$

640

Ps.

12,468

Ps.

29,324

Ps.

33,161

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

 

2,193

 

42,705

 

(18,845)

 

(15,920)

Net cash used in financing activities

 

(1,528)

 

(29,769)

 

(13,732)

 

(16,195)

Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

 

1,299

 

25,303

 

(3,230)

 

1,034

Other Financial Information:

 

 

 

 

Capital expenditures(8)

U.S.$

889

Ps.

17,315

Ps.

23,268

Ps.

20,132

Other Data (unaudited):

 

 

 

 

Magazine circulation (millions of copies)(9)

 

 

7

 

11

 

12

Number of employees (at year end)

 

 

37,300

 

46,700

 

43,200

Number of Sky Pay Television RGUs (in thousands at year end)(10)

6,257

7,408

7,478

Number of Sky Broadband Internet RGUs (in thousands at year end)(10)

 

 

640

 

727

 

666

Number of Sky Mobile RGUs (in thousands at year end)(10)

 

 

16

 

31

 

Number of Cable Pay Television RGUs (in thousands at year end)(11)

 

 

4,458

 

4,166

 

4,285

Number of Cable Broadband Internet RGUs (in thousands at year end)(11)

 

 

5,984

 

5,649

 

5,431

Number of Cable Digital Telephony RGUs (in thousands at year end)(11)

 

 

5,234

 

4,617

 

4,296

Number of Cable Mobile RGUs (in thousands at year end)(11)

 

 

240

 

156

 

76

Notes to Selected Consolidated Financial Information:

(1)Except per Certificado de Participación Ordinario, or CPO, magazine circulation, employees, Revenue Generating Units, or RGUs. An RGU is defined as individual service subscriber who is billable under each service (satellite pay television, broadband internet and voice).

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(2)Includes interest expense, interest income, foreign exchange loss or gain, net, and other finance income or expense, net. See Note 23 to our consolidated year-end financial statements.
(3)For further analysis of net earnings per CPO (as well as corresponding amounts per Series “A” Share not traded as CPOs), see Note 25 to our consolidated year-end financial statements. In April 2023, 2022 and 2021 the Company’s stockholders approved the payment of a dividend of Ps.0.35 per CPO, respectively. To further maximize liquidity and as a precautionary measure, the Company’s Board of Directors did not propose the payment of a 2020 dividend for approval of the Company’s general stockholders’ meeting held on April 28, 2020.
(4)The Group’s condensed consolidated statements of income for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 have been prepared to present the results from discontinued operations for the businesses disposed of by the Group on January 31, 2022, based on the Group’s previously reported audited consolidated statements of income for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020.
(5)As of December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020, we had four classes of common stock: Series “A” Shares, Series “B” Shares, Series “D” Shares and Series “L” Shares. Our shares are publicly traded in the United Mexican States, or Mexico, primarily in the form of CPOs, each CPO representing 117 shares comprised of 25 Series “A” Shares, 22 Series “B” Shares, 35 Series “D” Shares and 35 Series “L” Shares; and in the United States in the form of Global Depositary Shares, or GDSs, each GDS representing five CPOs. As of December 31, 2022, there were approximately 2,347.7 million CPOs issued and outstanding, each of which was represented by 25 Series “A” Shares, 22 Series “B” Shares, 35 Series “D” Shares and 35 Series “L” Shares, and an additional number of approximately 56,057.7 million Series “A” Shares, 0.2 million Series “B” Shares, 0.2 million Series “D” Shares and 0.2 million Series “L” Shares issued and outstanding (not in the form of CPO units). See Note 17 to our consolidated year-end financial statements.
(6)The figures set forth in this line item are presented at amortized cost (principal amount, net of finance costs). Interest payable is included in current portion of long-term debt in the consolidated statements of financial position as of December 31, 2022 and 2021. See Notes 2(o) and 14 to our consolidated year-end financial statements.
(7)The figures set forth in this line item are presented at amortized cost (principal amount, net of finance costs). See “Operating and Financial Review and Prospects—Results of Operations—Liquidity, Foreign Exchange and Capital Resources—Indebtedness” and Note 14 to our consolidated year-end financial statements.
(8)Capital expenditures are those investments made by us in property, plant and equipment. See “Information on the Company—Capital Expenditures”.
(9)The figures set forth in this line item represent total circulation of magazines that we publish independently and through joint ventures and other arrangements and do not represent magazines distributed on behalf of third parties.
(10)Sky has operations in Mexico, the Dominican Republic and Central America. The figures set forth in this line item represent the total number of RGUs (pay television, or pay-TV, broadband internet, digital telephony and mobile services) for Innova at the end of each year presented. For a description of Innova’s business and results of operations and financial condition, see “Information on the Company—Business Overview—Our Operations—Sky”.
(11)An RGU provided by Empresas Cablevisión, S.A.B. de C.V., or Cablevisión, Cablemás, S.A. de C.V., or Cablemás, Televisión Internacional, S.A. de C.V., or TVI, Grupo Cable TV, S.A. de C.V., or Cablecom, Cablevisión Red, S.A. de C.V., or Telecable and FTTH de México, S.A. de C.V., or FTTH (pay-TV, broadband internet, digital telephony and mobile services). For example, a single subscriber paying for cable television, broadband internet, digital telephony and mobile services represents four RGUs. We believe it is appropriate to use the number of RGUs as a performance measure for Cablevisión, Cablemás, TVI, Cablecom, Telecable and FTTH given that these businesses provide other services in addition to pay-TV. See “Operating and Financial Review and Prospects—Results of Operations—Total Segment Results—Cable” and “Information on the Company—Business Overview—Our Operations—Cable”.

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Dividends

Decisions regarding the payment and amount of dividends are subject to approval by holders of a majority of the Series “A” Shares and Series “B” Shares voting together, generally, but not necessarily, on the recommendation of the board of directors or the Board of Directors, as well as a majority of the Series “A” Shares voting separately. Emilio Azcárraga Jean indirectly controls the voting of the majority of the Series “A” Shares and, as a result of such control, both the amount and the payment of dividends require his affirmative vote. See “Major Stockholders and Related Party Transactions—The Major Stockholders”. On March 25, 2004, our Board of Directors approved a dividend policy under which we currently intend to pay an annual ordinary dividend of Ps.0.35 per CPO. To further maximize liquidity and as a precautionary measure, the Company’s Board of Directors did not propose the payment of a 2020 dividend for approval of the Company’s general stockholders’ meeting held on April 28, 2020. On April 28, 2021, at our general stockholders’ meeting, our stockholders approved a cash distribution to stockholders of up to Ps.1,053.4 million, which represents payment of our ordinary dividend of Ps.0.35 per CPO, equivalent to Ps.0.002991452991 per share. On April 27, 2022, at our general stockholders’ meeting, our stockholders approved a cash distribution to stockholders of up to Ps.1,053.4 million, which represents payment of our ordinary dividend of Ps.0.35 per CPO, equivalent to Ps.0.002991452991 per share. On April 26, 2023, at our general stockholders’ meeting, our stockholders approved a cash distribution to stockholders of up to Ps.1,053.4 million, which represents payment of our ordinary dividend of Ps.0.35 per CPO, equivalent to Ps.0.002991452991 per share. All of the recommendations of the Board of Directors related to the payment and amount of dividends were voted on and approved at the applicable general stockholders’ meetings.

Exchange Rate Information

Since 1991, Mexico has had a free market for foreign exchange and, since 1994, the Mexican government has allowed the Peso to float freely against the U.S. Dollar. There can be no assurance that the government will maintain its current policies with regard to the Peso or that the Peso will not depreciate or appreciate significantly in the future.

In the past, the Mexican economy has had balance of payment deficits and decreases in foreign exchange reserves. While the Mexican government does not currently restrict the ability of Mexican or foreign persons or entities to convert Pesos to U.S. Dollars, we cannot assure that the Mexican government will not institute restrictive exchange control policies in the future, as has occurred from time to time in the past. To the extent that the Mexican government institutes restrictive exchange control policies in the future, our ability to transfer or to convert Pesos into U.S. Dollars and other currencies for the purpose of making timely payments of interest and principal of indebtedness, as well as to obtain foreign programming and other goods, would be adversely affected. See “—Risk Factors—Risk Factors Related to Mexico—Currency Fluctuations or the Devaluation and Depreciation of the Peso Could Limit the Ability of Our Company and Others to Convert Pesos into U.S. Dollars or Other Currencies, Which Could Adversely Affect Our Business, Financial Condition or Results of Operations”.

Risk Factors

The following is a discussion of risks associated with our company and an investment in our securities. Some of the risks of investing in our securities are general risks associated with doing business in Mexico. Other risks are specific to our business. The discussion below contains information, among other things, about the Mexican government and the Mexican economy obtained from official statements of the Mexican government as well as other public sources. We have not independently verified this information. Any of the following risks, if they actually occur, could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations or the price of our securities.

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Risk Factors Related to the COVID-19 Pandemic

The COVID-19 Pandemic May Have a Material Adverse Effect on Our Business, Financial Position and Results of Operations

For the year ended December 31, 2022, the COVID-19 pandemic still had a negative effect on our business, financial position and results of operations, and it is currently difficult to predict the degree of the impact in the future.

We cannot guarantee that conditions in the bank lending, capital and other financial markets will not continue to deteriorate as a result of the pandemic, or that our access to capital and other sources of funding will not become constrained, which could adversely affect the availability and terms of future borrowings, renewals or refinancings. In addition, the deterioration of global economic conditions as a result of the pandemic may ultimately reduce the demand for our products across our segments as our clients and customers reduce or defer their spending.

Substantially all non-essential economic activities are open. However, a resurgence of COVID-19, an increase in infection rates or the effect of new variants could trigger a renewal of government restrictions on non-essential activities, including but not limited to temporary shutdowns or additional guidelines, which could be expensive or burdensome to implement, and which may affect our operations.

The magnitude of the continuing impact of COVID-19 and new emerging variants on our business will depend on the duration and extent of the COVID-19 pandemic, the impact of federal, state, local and foreign governmental actions, consumer behavior in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and such governmental actions, as well as economic and operating conditions in the aftermath of COVID-19. Due to the evolving and uncertain nature of the COVID-19 pandemic and the risk of new variants, we are not able to estimate the full extent of the impact that COVID-19 may have on our business, financial position and results of operations over the near, medium or long-term.

Risk Factors Related to Mexico

Economic and Political Developments in Mexico May Adversely Affect Our Business, Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Most of our operations and assets are located in Mexico. As a result, our financial condition, results of operations and business may be affected by the general condition of the Mexican economy, the depreciation or appreciation of the Peso as compared to the U.S. Dollar and other currencies, Mexican inflation, interest rates, regulation, taxation, social instability and other political, social and economic developments in or affecting Mexico over which we have no control.

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Mexico Has Experienced Adverse Economic Conditions, Which Could Have a Negative Impact on Our Results of Operations and Financial Condition

Mexico has historically experienced uneven periods of economic growth. Mexican gross domestic product, or GDP, decreased by 8.2% in 2020, increased by 4.7% in 2021, and increased by 3.1% in 2022. Mexican GDP fell short of the Mexican government forecast in 2022 and, according to analysts, Mexican GDP is expected to increase 1.40% in 2023. We cannot assure that these estimates and forecasts will prove to be accurate.

Any future economic downturn, including downturns in the United States, Europe, Asia or anywhere else in the world, could affect our financial condition and results of operations. For example, demand for publications, cable television, direct-to-home, or DTH, satellite services, pay-per-view programming, telecommunications services and other services and products we provide may decrease because consumers may find it difficult to pay for these services and products. Additionally, there can be no assurance that a Mexican sovereign debt rating downgrade would not adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations or the price of our securities. Finally, the economic recovery is uncertain due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Developments and the Perception of Risk in other Countries, Especially in Europe, China, the United States and Emerging Market Countries, May Materially Adversely Affect the Mexican Economy, the Market Value of Our Securities and Our Results of Operations

The market value of securities of Mexican companies, the social, economic and political situation in Mexico and our financial condition and results of operations are, to varying degrees, affected by economic and market conditions in other countries, including the United States, China and other Latin American and emerging market countries. Therefore, investors’ reactions to developments in any of these other countries may have an adverse effect on the market value or trading price of securities of Mexican issuers. Crises in the United States, Europe, China or emerging market countries may reduce investor interest in securities issued by Mexican companies, including those issued by us.

Turmoil in other large economies, such as those in Europe, China and the United States, could have the effect of a downturn in the global economy. Further, our operations, including the demand for our products or services, and the price of our securities, have also historically been adversely affected by increases in interest rates in the United States and elsewhere.

In response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, many jurisdictions, including the United States, United Kingdom, and European Union, have imposed sanctions, export controls, import bans, new investment prohibitions, and other trade restrictions on Russia. While Mexico has thus far refrained from imposing such trade restrictions against Russia, the conflict in Ukraine and related sanctions against Russia may affect international macroeconomic conditions.

Any of these factors, would negatively affect the market value of our securities and make it more difficult for us to access capital markets and finance our operations in the future, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, cash flows, prospects and the market price of our securities.

Economic conditions in Mexico are significantly correlated with economic conditions in the United States as a result of the free trade agreements and increased economic activity between the two countries. Adverse economic conditions in the United States or other related events could have a significant adverse effect on the Mexican economy, which could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. As a result of talks to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA, on November 30, 2018 (and as amended on December 10, 2019), the United States, Canada, and Mexico signed the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), which has been approved by the Mexican Senate, the U.S. Senate, and Canada, and became effective on July 1, 2020. In addition, increased or perceptions of increased economic protectionism in the United States and other countries could potentially lead to lower levels of trade and investment and economic growth, which could have a similarly negative impact on the Mexican economy. These economic and political consequences could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

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We cannot assure that events in other emerging market countries, in the United States or elsewhere will not materially adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations, cash flows, prospects and the market price of our shares. The United Kingdom left the European Union on January 31, 2020 (“Brexit”); the relationship between the UK and the EU is governed by the post-Brexit trade and cooperation agreement, which covers (inter alia) trade, travel and immigration. Post-Brexit, the United Kingdom and Mexico negotiated and signed a trade agreement, the UK-Mexico Trade Continuity Agreement, which came into force on June 1, 2021. Brexit has caused, and may continue to cause, both significant volatility in global stock markets and currency exchange rate fluctuations, as well as create significant uncertainty. Further, in May 2022, the Bank of England warned of a significant probability of a Brexit-related recession in the United Kingdom, which may be further impacted by the negative economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and rising inflation.

Our profitability is affected by numerous factors including reductions in demand for the services provided in our Cable and Sky divisions, as well as in the rest of our business. The demand for our products and services in Mexico, the U.S. and in the other countries in which we operate may be adversely affected by the tightening of credit markets and economic downturns. We depend on the demand from customers in Mexico, the U.S. and the other countries in which we operate, and reduced consumer spending that falls short of our projections could adversely impact our revenues and profitability.

Uncertainty in Global Financial Markets Could Adversely Affect Our Financing Costs and Exposure to Our Customers and Counterparties

The global financial markets continue to be uncertain and it is hard to predict for how long the effects of the global financial stress of recent years will persist and what impact it will have on the global economy in general, or the economies in which we operate, in particular, and whether slowing economic growth in any countries could result in decreased consumer spending affecting our products and services. If access to credit tightens further and borrowing costs rise, our borrowing costs could be adversely affected. Difficulties in financial markets may also adversely affect some of our customers. In addition, we enter into derivative transactions with large financial institutions, including contracts to hedge our exposure to interest rates and foreign exchange, and we could be affected by severe financial difficulties faced by our counterparties.

Currency Fluctuations or the Devaluation and Depreciation of the Peso Could Limit the Ability of Our Company and Others to Convert Pesos into U.S. Dollars or Other Currencies, Which Could Adversely Affect Our Business, Financial Condition or Results of Operations

The Peso has been subject to significant depreciation against the U.S. Dollar in the past and may be subject to significant fluctuations in the future. A significant portion of our indebtedness and a significant amount of our costs are U.S. Dollar-denominated, while our revenues are primarily Peso-denominated. As a result, decreases in the value of the Peso against the U.S. Dollar could cause us to incur foreign exchange losses, which could reduce our net income.

Severe devaluation or depreciation of the Peso may also result in governmental intervention, or disruption of international foreign exchange markets. This may limit our ability to transfer or convert Pesos into U.S. Dollars and other currencies for the purpose of making timely payments of interest and principal on our indebtedness and adversely affect our ability to obtain imported goods. The Mexican economy has suffered current account balance of payment deficits and shortages in foreign exchange reserves in the past. While the Mexican government does not currently restrict the right or ability of Mexican or foreign persons or entities to convert Pesos into U.S. Dollars or to transfer other currencies outside of Mexico, there can be no assurance that the Mexican government will not institute restrictive exchange control policies in the future. To the extent that the Mexican government institutes restrictive exchange control policies in the future, our ability to transfer or convert Pesos into U.S. Dollars or other currencies for the purpose of making timely payments of interest and principal on indebtedness, as well as to obtain imported goods would be adversely affected. Devaluation or depreciation of the Peso against the U.S. Dollar or other currencies may also adversely affect U.S. Dollar or other currency prices for our debt securities or the cost of imported goods.

The public decisions and announcements of the presidential administration in the United States have had, and may continue to have, an adverse effect on the value of the Peso against other currencies, particularly the U.S. Dollar. The decision by the U.S. Federal Reserve to increase applicable interest rates for bank reserves could also affect the exchange rate of the Peso relative to the U.S. Dollar. The economic instability caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a high volatility of the foreign exchange rate. See “—Risk Factors Related to the COVID-19 Pandemic—The COVID-19 Pandemic May Have a Material Adverse Effect on Our Business, Financial Position and Results of Operations.”

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An Increase in Interest Rates in the United States Could Adversely Impact the Mexican Economy and May Have a Negative Effect on Our Financial Condition or Performance

A decision by the U.S. Federal Reserve to increase applicable interest rates for banks’ reserves may lead to a general increase in interest rates in the United States. For instance, during 2022, and continuing into 2023, in response to increased inflation, the Federal Reserve raised interest rates significantly and may continue to implement further increases. This, in turn, may redirect the flow of capital from emerging markets into the United States because investors may be able to obtain greater risk-adjusted returns in larger or more developed economies than in Mexico. Thus, companies in emerging market economies such as Mexico could find it more difficult and expensive to borrow capital and refinance existing debt. This may negatively affect our potential for economic growth and our ability to refinance our existing debt and could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations, cash flows, prospects and the market price of our shares.

Renegotiation of the Trade Agreements or Other Changes in Foreign Policy by the Presidential Administration in the United States Could Adversely Affect Imports and Exports Between Mexico and the United States and Other Economic and Geopolitical Effects may Adversely Affect Us

During the last few years there has been uncertainty regarding U.S. policies related to trade, tariffs, immigration and foreign affairs, including with respect to Mexico. The current U.S. administration could cause a number of changes in the relationship between Mexico and the United States.

Additionally, other government policies in the United States could also adversely affect economic conditions in Mexico. The current relationship between the Mexican and U.S. governments, as well as political and economic factors in each country, could lead to changes in international trade and investment policies, including new or higher taxes on products imported from Mexico to the United States. The events described above could affect our activities, financial situation, operating results, cash flows and/or prospects, as well as the market price of our shares. Other economic and geopolitical effects could adversely affect us.

Given that the Mexican economy is heavily influenced by the economy of the United States, the implementation of the USMCA and/or other government policies in the United States that the Federal administration may adopt could adversely affect economic conditions in Mexico. On September 30, 2018, Mexico, Canada and the United States reached an agreement on the terms and conditions of the USMCA, replacing NAFTA. On June 19, 2019, Mexico became the first country to ratify the USMCA, followed by the United States on January 16, 2020 and Canada on March 13, 2020. The USMCA entered into force on July 1, 2020. The USMCA includes a 16-year sunset clause, under which the terms of the agreement expire, or are suspended, after 16 years and is subject to review every six years, at which time the United States, Mexico and Canada may decide whether to extend the USMCA. The implementation of the new terms of the USMCA could have an adverse effect on the Mexican economy, including the level of imports and exports, which could in turn adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. Other economic and geopolitical effects, including those related to United States policy on trade, tariffs and immigration, may also adversely affect us.

High Inflation Rates in Mexico May Decrease Demand for Our Services While Increasing Our Costs

In the past, Mexico has experienced high levels of inflation. The annual rate of inflation, as measured by changes in the Mexican National Consumer Price Index, or NCPI, was 3.2% in 2020, 7.4% in 2021, 7.8% in 2022 and is projected to be 5.15% in 2023. An adverse change in the Mexican economy may have a negative impact on price stability and result in higher inflation than its main trading partners, including the United States. High inflation rates can adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

High Interest Rates in Mexico Could Increase Our Financing Costs

During the past year, Mexican interest rates increased in line with global market movements. The interest rates on 28-day Mexican government treasury securities averaged 5.3%, 4.6%, and 7.9% for 2020, 2021, and 2022 respectively. High interest rates in Mexico could increase our financing costs and thereby impair our financial condition, results of operations and cash flow.

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Political Events in Mexico Could Affect Mexican Economic Policy and Our Business, Financial Condition and Results of Operations

The last Mexican presidential and congressional elections took place in July 2018. Andrés Manuel López Obrador, presidential candidate for the National Regeneration Movement Party (Movimiento de Regeneración Nacional) (“Morena”), was elected President of Mexico and took office on December 1, 2018. Additionally, Mexican congressional elections took place on June 6, 2021. In these elections, the coalition led by Morena, “Together we will make history” (Juntos Hacemos Historia), together with the Labor Party (Partido del Trabajo) and the PVEM (Partido Verde Ecologísta de México), maintained their current absolute majority (mayoría absoluta); however, they lost the qualified majority (mayoría calificada) that requires two thirds of the members of the Congress.

Our business, financial condition and results of operations may be adversely affected by changes in governmental policies or regulations involving or affecting our management, operations and tax regime. Tax policy in Mexico, in particular, is subject to continuous change.

We cannot predict the government’s future policies, or whether the coalition which currently has control of an absolute majority of congress could maintain it and, if such coalition or any political force may implement substantial changes in law, policies and regulations in Mexico, which could have a significant effect on our business, activities, financial condition, operating results, cash flows and/or prospects. As happens with any new governmental policies and regulations, we cannot ascertain whether, and to what extent, such policies and regulations may affect our operations, financial condition, results of operations or the legal framework in which we operate.

Mexico has Experienced a Period of Increased Criminal Activity and Such Activities Could Adversely Affect Our Financing Costs and Exposure to Our Customers and Counterparties

During recent years, Mexico has experienced a period of increased criminal activity and violence, primarily due to organized crime. These activities, their escalation and the violence associated with them could have a negative impact on the business environment in which we operate, and therefore on our financial condition and results of operations.

Imposition of Fines by Regulators and Other Authorities Could Adversely Affect Our Business, Financial Condition and Results of Operations

A significant portion of our business, activities and investments occur in heavily regulated sectors. The Mexican regulators and other authorities, including tax authorities, have increased their supervision and the frequency and amounts of fines and assessments have increased significantly. Although we intend to defend our positions vigorously when procedures are brought or fines are imposed by authorities, there can be no assurance that we will be successful in such defense. Accordingly, we may in the future be required to pay fines and assessments that could be significant in amount, which could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Existing Mexican Laws and Regulations or Changes Thereto or the Imposition of New Ones May Negatively Affect Our Operations and Revenue

Our business, activities and investments are subject to various Mexican federal, state and local statutes, rules, regulations, policies and procedures, which are subject to change and are affected by the actions of various Mexican federal, state and local government authorities. Such changes could materially adversely affect our operations and our revenue.

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Mexico’s Federal Antitrust Law and the Ley Federal de Telecomunicaciones y Radiodifusión, or Telecommunications and Broadcasting Federal Law, or LFTR, including their regulations, may affect some of our activities, including our ability to introduce new products and services, enter into new or complementary businesses or joint ventures and complete acquisitions. In addition, the Federal Antitrust Law and its regulations, as well as the conditions and measures imposed by the Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones, or Federal Telecommunications Institute, or IFT, an institute with constitutional autonomy responsible for overseeing the broadcasting (radio and television) and telecommunications industries and their antitrust matters, or by the Comisión Federal de Competencia Económica, or Mexican Antitrust Commission, or COFECE, may adversely affect our ability to determine the rates we charge for our services and products or the manner in which we provide our products or services. Approval of IFT or the COFECE, as applicable, is required to acquire certain businesses or enter into certain joint ventures. There can be no assurance that in the future IFT or the COFECE, as the case may be, will authorize certain acquisitions or joint ventures related to our businesses, the denial of which may adversely affect our business strategy, financial condition and results of operations. IFT or COFECE, as applicable, may also impose conditions, obligations and fines that could adversely affect some of our activities, our business, financial condition and results of operations. See “— Imposition of Fines by Regulators and Other Authorities Could Adversely Affect Our Business, Financial Condition and Results of Operations”.

As a result of the amendments to the Mexican Constitution and the LFTR relating to telecommunications, television, radio and antitrust, concessions for the use of spectrum are now only granted through public bid processes.

Article 15-A of the Ley del Seguro Social, or the Social Security Law, could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. Article 15-A provides that a company that receives personnel services from a third party, is jointly bound to comply with the obligations related to social security that have to be fulfilled by such personnel services providers for the benefit of their respective employees. Article 15-A also requires the Company to send a list to the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, or the Social Security Mexican Institute, of all agreements entered into with personnel services providers.

In addition to the foregoing, certain provisions of the Ley Federal del Trabajo, or the Federal Labor Law, could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. The Federal Labor Law, as amended in April 2021, provides, among other things, that subcontracting personnel is prohibited and only will be permitted if the personnel services provider performs specialized services or specialized work; however such specialized services or work shall not be contemplated in the company’s corporate purpose or be related with the company’s main activities. Companies that provide outsourcing services will be required to complete a registration before the Mexican Ministry of Labor (Secretaría del Trabajo y Previsión Social). If these requirements are not met, the company that receives the benefit of the outsourced services shall be jointly liable for all the obligations applicable to employers pursuant to the Federal Labor Law in respect of such personnel. Fines and penalties may be imposed on companies that do not comply with all applicable obligations, and the use of simulated schemes of rendering specialized services or execution of specialized work, as well as subcontracting personnel, will be treated as a criminal offense.

The amendment approved in April 2021 brings, as a consequence, changes to the social security, tax and labor laws. The objective of such amendment is to avoid subcontracting schemes.

This amendment also stated that the amount of profit sharing to be paid to employees will be capped to three months of salary or the average amount received by the employee in the last three years, whichever is more favorable to the employee. A tax implication of this amendment is that invoices issued for disallowed subcontracting of personnel will not have tax effects (i.e., non-deductible expense for income tax purposes and inability to claim a value added tax credit on such expense).

In December 2019, the Mexican Federal Congress approved some additional reforms to the economic plan for 2020. These 2020 tax reforms include amendments to the Income Tax Law, the Value Added Tax Law, the Special Tax on Production and Services Law and the Federal Tax Code, they became effective as of January 2020. Some of the most relevant changes to the Mexican tax legislation incorporated some of the Actions included in the Base Erosion and Profit Shifting Final Report (BEPS) published by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in February 2013, such as: (i) limitations to the deduction of interests as well as to some other deductions, (ii) update of the Controlled Foreign Corporation (CFC) Rules, (iii) new provisions to tax transparent entities, (iv) modification of the definition of permanent establishment, and (v) incorporation of new rules to tax digital economy. Some other relevant amendments to avoid tax evasion include (i) a new obligation of tax advisors and taxpayers to disclose reportable schemes and (ii) inclusion of general anti-avoidance rule. The following are some of such tax reforms, which some of them impact us:

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Limitation of the deductibility of net interest expense. In accordance with the recommendations of Action 4 “Limiting Base Erosion Involving Interest Deductions and Other Financial Payments” of the BEPS Final Project and in addition to the existing thin capitalization rules, the interest deduction is limited to 30% of the adjusted tax profit. The limitation applies to the amount of interests that derive from debt exceeding Ps.20 million considering all interests of all companies that are members of the same corporate group. This limitation applies regardless of whether the debt or loan was acquired before January 2020. The amount of interest not deductible in a given year because of this limitation can be carried forward to the following 10 years, provided that certain requirements are met. There are some exceptions provided in this rule for debt financing public infrastructure work projects, real estate construction, and productive governmental enterprises.

Controlled foreign companies rules. The complete provisions of this regime were changed to apply some of the recommendations included in the Action 3 “Designing Effective Controlled Foreign Company Rules”. The changes include a new definition of effective control and the strengthening of the requirements needed for not considering income subject to a preferential tax regime. In addition, new provisions were added to set new rules for taxing income obtained through foreign transparent entities or figures, and therefore avoid differing the payment of tax derived from this type of vehicle.

New rules to tax digital economy. As part of the measures to increase the efficiency in the collection of VAT and according to the recommendations of Action 1 “Tax Changes Arising from Digitalization” of the BEPS Final Project, a new chapter was included in the Value Added Tax Law to include the VAT treatment applicable to certain digital services provided in Mexico from non-Mexican residents with no permanent establishment. Beginning June 2020, non-Mexican residents providing digital services in Mexico will have to collect the VAT derived from such services and will have several obligations, among others, registering in the Federal Taxpayers Registry, filling periodical VAT returns and issuing invoices.

Reportable schemes. Taxpayers and their tax advisors will be required to disclose to tax authorities certain reportable schemes that are listed in the Federal Tax Code. Tax advisors will be required to register and to disclose any reportable scheme in case they participate in its design, organization, implementation, or management. Taxpayers will be required to disclose a reportable scheme if the scheme is designed, organized, managed, or implemented by themselves and if the tax advisor does not report the scheme.

General anti-avoidance rule. A general anti-avoidance rule was enacted to identify transactions that lack a business reason and that generate a tax benefit, once it identifies the transactions, the authority could consider them as non-existent or characterize them as a different transaction for tax purposes only. A transaction is considered lacking a business reason when (i) the expected quantifiable economic benefit is lower than the tax benefit received and (ii) when the expected quantifiable economic benefit could have been obtained through fewer transactions and the tax effect may result in a higher tax burden. A tax benefit includes any reduction, deferral, or elimination of a contribution.

In December 2020, the Mexican Federal Congress approved amendments to the Income Tax Law, Value Added Tax and Federal Tax Code as part of the economic plan for 2021.

Regarding the Income Tax Law, several changes were made to the general regime applicable to tax-exempt organizations that aimed to control and restrict the application of such regime to ensure that only the companies that perform non-profit activities benefit from the dispositions of such regime. Another important amendment was the decrease of the rate of annual withholding tax applicable to the capital that produces interest paid by the financial system, which changed from 1.45% to 0.97%.

In terms of value added tax, derived from the entry into force of the tax digital economy dispositions, some more dispositions were included to specify the way to comply with those obligations, as well as penalties to ensure such compliance.

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In December 2021, the Mexican Federal Congress approved minor amendments to the Income Tax Law, Value Added Tax Law, Special Tax on Production and Services Law, and Federal Tax Code as part of the economic plan for 2022. These amendments do not include the addition of new taxes or increases to the existing ones. As of the Income Tax Law, a new simplified regime applicable for individuals and for companies were added. In the Value Added Tax Law, a few modifications were included such as the concept of non-subject activities. The most relevant modifications to the Federal Tax Code are: (i) events where the Certificate of Digital Signature, which is used to issue invoices, can be canceled or restricted to the taxpayer were included; (ii) the definition of resident for tax purposes was modified; (iii) new information to be included in the invoices issued by the taxpayers and a restriction for canceling invoices only in certain period was included; (iv) new requirements must be met to perform a split or a merger of companies, taxpayers must have a business reason to perform the relevant split or a merger, including the obligation to identify and inform the relevant operations performed five years before and after the merger or the split, and the financial statements used to perform a split or a merger must be audited by a certified accountant; and (v) several regulations regarding the identification of the beneficial ownership on each entity, including companies, associations, trusts, funds or any other legal figure, were included in order to guarantee compliance with the minimum international standards of transparency, as well as the obligation to maintain as part of the accounting books, information such as name, address, and tax residence about all the natural persons who directly or indirectly own the benefits or control the entity, which shall remain updated.

The economic plan for 2023 does not include any changes to the Mexican Income Tax Law, the Mexican Value Added Tax Law or the Mexican Federal Tax Code. Pursuant to the Federal Income Tax Law approved by the Mexican Congress for 2023, the withholding income tax rate applicable to payments of interest made by Mexican financial entities was increased from 0.08% to 0.15%.

On June 3, 2021, a decree issuing the Transparency, Prevention and Fight of Improper Practices in Mexico of Advertising Contracting Act (the “Agencies Law”) was published in the Official Gazette of the Federation and became effective on September 1, 2021. The purpose of the Agencies Law is to promote transparency in the advertising industry, as well as to prevent and oppose commercial practices that result in an improper advantage in favor of certain persons to the detriment of advertisers and consumers. This law imposes various obligations and restrictions on media agencies, advertisers and all other forms of media, and modifies the ways in which such parties interact with regard to the sale, engagement and management of advertising. The Company has been analyzing the implications of the Agencies Law since its enactment. The Agencies Law has affected and may continue to affect the way the Company sells advertising in all of its businesses, as well as the way in which it engages the advertising of its products and services.

The Amendments to the Regulations of the General Health Law on Advertising Could Materially Affect Our Business, Results of Operations and Financial Condition

On February 14, 2014, the Mexican Ministry of Health published in the Official Gazette of the Federation an amendment to the Regulations of the General Health Law on Advertising, pursuant to which advertisers of certain high-caloric foods and non-alcoholic beverages are required to obtain prior permission from the health authorities in order to advertise their products on radio, broadcast television, pay-TV and in movie theaters (the “Health Law Amendment”). The Health Law Amendment became effective on April 16, 2014 and comprehensive guidelines entitled “Guidelines with nutritional and advertising criteria for advertisers of food and non-alcoholic beverages for obtaining permission for the advertising of their products with respect to the provisions of Articles 22 bis and 79 of the Regulations of the General Health Law on Advertising” (the “Health Law Guidelines”) were published in the Official Gazette of the Federation on April 15, 2014 and became effective on July 7, 2014 for the advertisement of the following products: snacks, flavored drinks, candies, chocolates, or foods similar to chocolates and became effective for the remaining products on January 1, 2015.

The Health Law Guidelines restrict the hours that certain high-caloric foods and non-alcoholic drinks can be advertised. These restrictions do not apply when the advertisement is aired during certain programs such as sports, dramas, news programs, series officially rated as unsuitable for children, films with ratings of B, B15, C and D, and programs where the advertiser certifies through audience research that people between the ages of 4 and 12 represent no more than 35% of the audience and receives the prior consent from the Federal Commission for the Protection Against Health Risks.

On March 27, 2020, the Mexican Ministry of Economy published in the Official Gazette of the Federation an amendment to the Mexican Official Standard NOM-051-SCFI/SSA1-2010 (General labeling specifications for pre-packaged food and non-alcoholic beverages – commercial and health information) (the “NOM-051 Amendment”), which incorporates new prohibitions and guidelines in the front design of food and non-alcoholic beverage labels. The NOM-051 Amendment establishes a five-year transition period, coming into force in three phases. As of April 1, 2021, the use of characters, drawings, celebrities, athletes or pets in labels of pre-packaged food and non-alcoholic beverages to promote their consumption is prohibited, and the use of warning labels for pre-packaged products with saturated fats, high sugars or sweeteners that have one or more warning labels of saturated fats, high sugars or the legend of sweeteners is mandatory.

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We cannot predict the impact or effect the NOM-051 Amendment and/or the Health Law Amendment might have or continue to have on our results of operations in the future.

The Reform and Addition of Various Provisions of the Mexican Constitution Related to Telecommunications, the LFTR, and Other Recent Actions of IFT May Significantly and Adversely Affect the Business, Results of Operations and Financial Results of Some of Our Business Segments

Any regulations related to the LFTR that could be issued by the President of Mexico and IFT, as applicable, or amendments to the LFTR and certain actions recently taken by IFT, or to be taken by IFT from time to time, affect or could significantly and adversely affect the business, results of operations and financial condition of certain of our subsidiaries that hold concessions and/or provide services in the areas of broadcasting, cable and telecommunications.

The LFTR provides that measures taken or decisions issued by IFT are not subject to judicial stay. Therefore, subject to limited exceptions, until a decision, action or omission by IFT is declared void or unconstitutional by a competent court through a binding and final judgment, IFT’s decision, action or omission will be valid and will have full legal effect.

As a result of the reforms to the Mexican Constitution and the must-offer and must-carry regulations issued by IFT, starting on September 10, 2013, our concessionaries of broadcast services have been required to permit pay-TV concessionaries to retransmit broadcast signals, free of charge and on a non-discriminatory basis, within the same geographic coverage area simultaneously and without modifications, including advertising, and with the same quality of the broadcast signal, except in certain specific cases provided in the transitory Articles of the June 2013 Telecom Reform (the “Telecom Reform”). Also, since September 10, 2013, our pay-TV concessionaires are required to retransmit broadcast signals of free television concessionaires, free of charge and on a non-discriminatory basis, subject to certain exceptions and additional requirements provided for in the Telecom Reform.

Certain pay-TV concessionaries benefit from the free use of broadcast for retransmission to their subscribers.

On February 27, 2014, the “General Guidelines Regarding the Provisions of Section 1 of the Eighth Article of the Transitory Decree Amending and Supplementing a Number of Provisions of Articles 6, 7, 27, 28, 73, 78, 94 and 105 of the Mexican Constitution in Telecommunications,” or the Guidelines, were published in the Official Gazette of the Federation, which include, among other obligations, the obligation of concessionaires of broadcast television licenses to permit the retransmission of their broadcast signals and the obligation of pay-TV concessionaires to perform such retransmission (without requiring the prior consent of the broadcast television concessionaires) in the same geographic coverage zone for free (subject to certain exceptions) and in a non-discriminatory manner in its entirety, simultaneously and without modifications, including advertising, and with the same quality of the broadcast signal without requiring consent from the broadcast television concessionaires.

On March 6, 2014, IFT issued a decision (the “Preponderance Decision”) whereby it determined that we, together with other entities with concessions to provide broadcast television, including some of our subsidiaries, are preponderant economic agents in the broadcasting sector in Mexico (together, the “Preponderant Economic Agent”).  As part of the TelevisaUnivision Transaction, Televisa, S. de R.L. de C.V. (“TVSA”), an entity formerly owned by the Company and now the operator of TelevisaUnivision’s Content business in Mexico, executed third party programming agreements with the Company’s entities that hold the broadcasting concessions. As a result of the TelevisaUnivision Transaction, TVSA is also part of the Preponderant Economic Agent.

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The Preponderance Decision imposes on the Preponderant Economic Agent various measures, terms, conditions and restrictive obligations, including the following:

Infrastructure sharing — The Preponderant Economic Agent must make its passive broadcasting infrastructure available to third-party concessionaires of broadcast television for commercial purposes in a non-discriminatory and non-exclusive manner, with the exception of broadcasters that, at the time the measures enter into force, have 12 MHz or more of radio-electric spectrum in the geographic area concerned. Such passive broadcasting infrastructure includes, among others, non-electronic elements at transmitting locations, rights of way, ducts, masts, trenches, towers, poles, security, sites, land, energy sources and air conditioning system elements. This action may result in the Preponderant Economic Agent being bound to incur substantial additional costs and obligations in complying with this requirement, as well as affecting the results of operations. Furthermore, this measure will facilitate the entry and expansion of new competitors in the broadcasting industry without such competitors having to incur costs or investment expenses that new businesses in this industry otherwise would have made and which we incurred in the past and will continue incurring in the future in order to remain competitive. A first infrastructure offer with the terms and conditions to make our passive broadcasting infrastructure available to third-party concessionaires was published on our website on December 19, 2014 and was valid until December 31, 2016. This was succeeded by a second infrastructure offer, which we published on our website on November 30, 2016 and which was effective as of January 1, 2017. This was succeeded by a third infrastructure offer, which we published on our website on November 30, 2017 and was valid from January 1, 2018 until December 31, 2019, which was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court on November 26, 2019. This was succeeded by a fourth infrastructure offer, which we published on our website on November 30, 2019, to be effective from January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2021. This was succeeded by a fifth infrastructure offer, which we published on our website on November 30, 2021, to be effective from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2023. The price to be paid by the concessionaires for the use of our infrastructure on the fifth infrastructure offer is subject to negotiation. In relation to the Preponderance Decision, a sixth infrastructure offer, effective from January 1, 2024, is being prepared to be presented before the IFT for its approval. As of the date of this report, we have not received any request from third-party concessionaries regarding such infrastructure offer; however, we are unable to predict the impact of the use of the fifth infrastructure offer on our businesses, results of operations and financial conditions of certain of our subsidiaries that hold concessions and/or provide services in the areas of broadcasting and telecommunications.
Advertising sales — According to the Preponderance Decision, the Preponderant Economic Agent must deliver to IFT the terms and conditions of its broadcast advertising services and fee structures, including commercials, packages, discount plans and any other commercial offerings and publish them on its webpage. The Preponderant Economic Agent also must make publicly available on its website its forms of contracts and terms of sale for each service. Based on this decision, the Preponderant Economic Agent is expressly prohibited from refusing to sell advertising and/or discriminating with respect to the advertising spaces being offered. If IFT considers that the Preponderant Economic Agent has failed to comply with the foregoing, IFT may order the Preponderant Economic Agent to make its advertising spaces available, which, in turn, could affect the ability of the Preponderant Economic Agent to carry out its advertising sales plans in an efficient and competitive manner, affecting its operating results. This provision may also affect the ability of the Preponderant Economic Agent to offer competitive rates to its customers.
Prohibition on acquiring certain exclusive content — The Preponderant Economic Agent may not acquire transmission rights, on an exclusive basis, for any location within Mexico with respect to certain relevant content, determined by IFT in the “Ruling whereby IFT identifies the relevant audiovisual contents in terms and for the purposes of the fourth measure and the second transitory article of the fourth attachment of the Telecommunication Preponderance Decision and the Broadcasting Preponderance Decision”, or the Relevant Content Ruling, which list may be updated every two years by IFT. Relevant content is defined as programs with a high expected level of regional or national audience and with unique characteristics that in the past have generated high levels of national or regional audiences. The Relevant Content Ruling identified certain programs that would be considered relevant content, namely, Mexican national soccer team games, the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games, the opening and closing ceremonies and semifinals and finals of the FIFA World Cup, and the finals of the Mexican Soccer League. Also on November 14, 2018, IFT updated the list, eliminating the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games and adding 16 matches of the FIFA World Cup, semifinals of the Mexican Soccer League and the Super Bowl. This Ruling applies to the Preponderant Economic Agents and may limit the ability of the Preponderant Economic Agents to negotiate and have access to this content and could affect their ability to acquire content in the medium and long term, which could significantly and adversely affect their revenues and results of operations from the sale of advertising, as well as the quality of the programming offered for their audiences.

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Over-the-air channels — When the Preponderant Economic Agent offers any of its over-the-air channels, or channels that have at least 50% of the programming that is broadcast daily between 6:00 a.m. and midnight on such channels, to its affiliates, subsidiaries, related parties or third parties, for distribution through a different technological platform than over-the-air broadcast television, the Preponderant Economic Agent must offer these channels to any other person that asks for distribution over the same platform as the Preponderant Economic Agent has offered, on the same terms and conditions. Also, if the Preponderant Economic Agent offers a package of two or more of these channels, it must also offer them in an unpackaged form upon request.
Prohibition on participating in “buyers’ clubs” or syndicates to acquire audiovisual content, without IFT’s prior approval — The Preponderant Economic Agent may not enter into or remain a member of any “buyers’ club” or syndicates of audiovisual content unless it has received the prior approval of IFT. A “buyers’ club” is defined as any arrangement between two or more economic agents to jointly acquire broadcast rights to audiovisual content in order to obtain better contractual terms. This may result in the Preponderant Economic Agent not having exclusive access to certain audiovisual content and consequently its audiences may move to other broadcast television transmissions or other technological platforms that transmit such content. It may also result in its acquisition costs significantly increasing, which can affect business strategy, financial condition and results of operations.

On February 27, 2017, as part of the biannual review of the broadcasting sector preponderance rules, IFT amended various measures, terms, conditions and restrictive obligations (the “New Preponderance Measures”) as follows:

Infrastructure sharing — In addition to the previously imposed obligations regarding the sharing of passive infrastructure, the New Preponderance Measures have (i) included the service of signal emissions in the event that no passive infrastructure exists on the relevant requested site, which was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court on November 26, 2019; (ii) strengthened the supervision of services provided by the Preponderant Economic Agent and tariff arrangements made with its clients; (iii) included certain rules relating to publicity of its tariffs; and (iv) included a new electronic management system. Under the New Preponderance Measures, the IFT determined specific tariffs for our third and fourth infrastructure offers.
Prohibition on acquiring certain exclusive content — This measure has been modified by enabling the Preponderant Economic Agent to acquire relevant content under certain circumstances as long as it obtains the sublicense of such transmission rights to the other broadcasters of over-the-air television in Mexico on non-discriminatory terms.
Advertising sales — IFT modified this measure by including specific requirements to the Preponderant Economic Agent in its provision of over the air advertising services, particularly to telecommunications companies, which include (i) publishing and delivering to IFT specific information regarding tariffs, discount plans, contracting and sales terms and conditions, contract forms and other relevant practices; and (ii) prohibiting discrimination, refusals to deal, conditioned sales and other conditions that inhibit competition. The Preponderant Economic Agent also has to provide very detailed information to IFT on a recurrent basis of over the air advertising services related to telecommunications companies.
Accounting separation — We, as the Preponderant Economic Agent, are required to implement an accounting separation methodology following the criteria defined by IFT for those purposes, which criteria were published in the Diario Oficial de la Federación, or the Official Gazette of the Federation, on December 29, 2017. Such criteria were amended by a first amendment published on October 29, 2018, where IFT simplified some reporting obligations for accounting separation for entities that are part of the Preponderant Economic Agent, other than our subsidiaries. Furthermore, a second amendment was published on December 19, 2019, where IFT deferred the deadline for the filing of the accounting separation exercises for the fiscal years 2017 and 2018 to July 31, 2019, which we filed timely. We timely filed the accounting separation methodology for fiscal years 2020 and 2021, and have begun the process of the accounting separation methodology for fiscal year 2022, which will be filed with IFT later in 2023.

On March 28, 2014, we, together with our subsidiaries determined to be the Preponderant Economic Agent in the broadcasting sector, filed an amparo proceeding challenging the constitutionality of the Preponderance Decision. On November 21, 2019, the Supreme Court resolved the amparo proceeding. The Court declared the constitutionality of the Preponderance Decision, which, therefore, remains in force.

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Additionally, on March 31, 2017, we, together with our subsidiaries, filed an amparo proceeding challenging the constitutionality of the New Preponderance Measures. On November 21, 2019, the Second Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice granted the amparo and revoked the New Preponderance Measures. As a result, the applicable and valid measures that are in force are those issued under the Preponderance Decision.

The most recent biannual review of the broadcasting sector preponderance rules that began in 2019 was concluded due to the resolution of the amparo. A new biannual review will take place in 2023.

The Telecom Reform provided for a public bid or auction to grant licenses to establish the National Digital Networks. The “Auction Program for Digital Television Broadcast Frequencies” took place in 2014 and the first part of 2015. See “— Existing Mexican Laws and Regulations or Changes Thereto or the Imposition of New Ones May Negatively Affect Our Operations and Revenue”.

The LFTR provides that integrated sole concessions will be renewed for terms equal to the maximum terms for which they could be granted, namely, up to 30 years. To request the renewal of a concession, a concession holder must: (i) file its request with IFT one year prior to the beginning of the fifth period of the term of the concession; (ii) comply with its obligations established in the applicable laws and in the concession title; and (iii) accept the new conditions that IFT may impose. In such cases, IFT will issue its ruling within 180 days following the date the concession holder files the renewal request. If IFT does not issue its ruling within 180 days, the renewal will be automatically granted.

In the case of concessions for the use of radio-electric spectrum, the maximum term of renewal is 20 years. Renewal of concessions for the use of spectrum require, among others: (i) to request such renewal to IFT in the year prior to the last fifth period of the fixed term of the related concession; (ii) to be in compliance with the concession holder’s obligations under the LFTR, other applicable regulations, and the concession title; (iii) a declaration by IFT that there is no public interest in recovering the spectrum granted under the related concession; and (iv) the acceptance by the concession holder of any new conditions for renewing the concession as set forth by IFT, including the payment of a related fee. To our knowledge, no spectrum granted for broadcasting services in Mexico has been recovered by the Mexican government in the past several years for public interest reasons; however, the Company is unable to predict the outcome of any action by IFT in this regard.

IFT has approved the renewal of the concession titles for the use of spectrum for the broadcast television signals known as Las Estrellas, Canal 5, NU9VE, Foro TV and other local television stations, for a term of 20 years after the existing expiration dates, as well as the issuance of concessions that grant the authorization to provide digital broadcasting television services.

As part of our expansion of our Cable business, on December 17, 2018, we acquired FTTH under the provisions set forth in transitory Article 9 of LFTR. On May 8, 2019, the IFT launched an investigation to analyze if, as a result of the transaction, the Company and TVSA acquired substantial power in the market of telecommunications networks providing voice, data or video services. On September 4, 2019, the IFT Investigative Authority issued a preliminary opinion, whereby it assessed that there were elements to determine that the Company had substantial power in 35 relevant markets of the telecommunications networks that provide restricted television and audio services. Those relevant markets comprise 35 municipalities in the following States: Aguascalientes, Chihuahua, Ciudad de México, Estado de México, Jalisco, Nuevo León and San Luis Potosí. As a response to the preliminary opinion, the Company presented its position and provided evidence to prove that the Company does not hold substantial power in the relevant markets established in the preliminary opinion. On November 26, 2020, the IFT notified the Company of the final resolution confirming the existence of substantial power in the 35 relevant markets of restricted television and audio services. Consequently, on December 17, 2020, the Company filed three amparos challenging the constitutionality of the resolution. Some of the consequences derived from the determination of substantial market power, are applicable as a matter of law and others may be imposed by IFT in a new procedure in accordance with the LFTR; these may consist of: (i) the obligation to obtain IFT’s approval and to register the rates for our services; (ii) to inform the IFT in case of the adoption of new technology or modifications to the network; (iii) the agent with substantial power may not be entitled to the benefits of some rules of the “must carry” and “must offer” provisions; and (iv) the implementation of accounting separation.

In October 2022, the Company, TVSA and certain subsidiaries of the Company’s Cable and Sky segments (the “Complainants”) obtained favorable amparo resolutions from a specialized federal judge. The resolutions ruled that the IFT’s determination regarding substantial power in the market of restricted television and audio services in 35 Mexican municipalities, following the acquisition of Axtel, S.A.B. de C.V.’s residential optical fiber-to-the-home and related assets in 2018, was unconstitutional. In the event that an authority challenges these resolutions, the Complainants would continue defending the judgment and would seek to extend the effects of its protection.

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Overall, the Telecom Reform, the LFTR and secondary regulations already issued and to be issued by the executive power or IFT, as applicable, as well as any actions taken by IFT, may increase our operating costs and interfere with our ability to provide, or prevent us from offering, some of our current or future services.

The resolutions issued by IFT under the Telecom Reform significantly and adversely affect certain areas related to some of our activities, including cable and telecommunications, as well as our ability to introduce new products, infrastructure and services, to enter into new businesses or complementary businesses, to consummate acquisitions or joint ventures, and to determine the rates we charge for our products, services and use of our infrastructure.

See “Information on the Company—Business Overview—Regulation—Telecom Reform and Broadcasting Regulations”.

Risk Factors Related to Our Major Stockholders

Emilio Azcárraga Jean Has and Will Have Substantial Influence Over Our Management and the Interests of Mr. Azcárraga Jean may Differ from Those of Other Stockholders

We have four classes of common stock: Series “A” Shares, Series “B” Shares, Series “D” Shares, and Series “L” Shares. A trust for the benefit of Emilio Azcárraga Jean, or the Azcárraga Trust, currently holds 44.4% of the outstanding Series “A” shares, 0.1% of the outstanding Series “B” shares, 0.1% of the outstanding Series “D” shares and 0.1% of the outstanding Series “L” shares of the Company. As a result, Emilio Azcárraga Jean controls the vote of most of the shares held through the Azcárraga Trust. The Series “A” Shares held through the Azcárraga Trust constitute a majority of the Series “A” Shares whose holders are entitled to vote because non-Mexican holders of CPOs and GDSs are not permitted to vote the underlying Series “A” Shares in accordance with the trust agreement governing the CPOs and the Company’s bylaws. Accordingly, and so long as non-Mexicans own more than a minimal number of Series “A” Shares, Emilio Azcárraga Jean will have the ability to direct the election of 11 out of 20 members of our Board of Directors, as well as prevent certain actions by the stockholders, including dividend payments, mergers, spin-offs, changes in corporate purpose, changes of nationality and amendments to the anti-takeover provisions of our bylaws. See “Major Stockholders and Related Party Transactions — The Major Stockholders”.

As Controlling Stockholder, Emilio Azcárraga Jean Has the Ability to Limit Our Ability to Raise Capital, Which Would Require Us to Seek Other Financing Arrangements

Emilio Azcárraga Jean has the voting power to prevent us from raising money through equity offerings. Mr. Azcárraga Jean has informed us that if we conduct a primary sale of our equity, he would consider exercising his pre-emptive rights to purchase a sufficient number of additional Series “A” Shares in order to maintain such power. In the event that Mr. Azcárraga Jean is unwilling to subscribe for additional shares and/or prevents us from raising money through equity offerings, we would need to raise money through a combination of debt or other forms of financing, which we may not obtain, or if so, possibly not on favorable terms.

Risk Factors Related to Our Business

The Operation of Our Business May Be Adversely Affected if the Mexican Government Does Not Renew or Revokes Our Broadcast or Other Concessions

In June 2013, the Mexican Federal Congress passed the Telecom Reform which, among other things, created IFT. IFT has the authority to grant concessions for radio and television stations as well as for telecommunications services.

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We hold a number of concessions from IFT (previously from SCT) to broadcast programming over television stations, and to provide telecommunication services. In November 2018, all of our digital broadcast television concessions were renewed and, as a consequence, IFT delivered to the Company concessions (i) for the use of spectrum until 2042 and (ii) that grant the authorization to provide digital broadcasting television services until 2052. See “—Risk Factors Related to Mexico—Existing Mexican Laws and Regulations or Changes Thereto or the Imposition of New Ones May Negatively Affect Our Operations and Revenue”. The expiration dates of our cable concessions range from 2026 to 2056 and our DTH concessions expire between 2030 and 2056. Cablevisión obtained a telecommunications concession that expires in 2029, which changed to an integrated sole concession in 2019, but keeping its original term. Before the Telecom Reform in 2013, the SCT typically renewed the concessions of those concessionaires that complied with the applicable renewal procedures under Mexican law and with their obligations under the concession. In July 2014, the Mexican Federal Congress enacted the LFTR, which provides that integrated sole concessions will be renewed for terms equal to the maximum terms for which they could be granted, namely, up to 30 years, except for spectrum which will be renewed for terms of 20 years, and in case of concessions for the use of radio-spectrum, the maximum term for renewal is 20 years.

Under Mexican law, we need a permit, or Gaming Permit, from the Secretaría de Gobernación, or Mexican Ministry of the Interior, to operate our gaming business. The operation of our gaming business may be terminated or interrupted if the Mexican Government does not renew or revokes our Gaming Permit. The Gaming Permit was granted to us on May 25, 2005 and its expiration date is May 24, 2030. We are unable to predict if we will obtain a renewal of the Gaming Permit.

See “— Risk Factors Related to Mexico — Existing Mexican Laws and Regulations or Changes Thereto or the Imposition of New Ones May Negatively Affect Our Operations and Revenue” and “— Risk Factors Related to Mexico — The Reform and Addition of Various Provisions of the Mexican Constitution Related to Telecommunications, the LFTR, and Other Recent Actions of IFT May Significantly and Adversely Affect the Business, Results of Operations and Financial Results of Some of Our Business Segments”.

We Face Competition in Each of Our Markets That We Expect Will Intensify

We face competition in all of our businesses. The entities in which we have strategic investments and the joint ventures in which we participate, including TelevisaUnivision, also face competition. We expect that competition in our different businesses will intensify.

Our DTH satellite business faces competition from various competitors, including Dish Mexico, a DTH satellite pay-TV platform which launched its services in Mexico at the end of 2008, Star TV, a Dish Satellite pay-TV platform, Mega Cable Comunicaciones, S.A. de C.V., or Megacable, Total Play, as well as from Digital TV and OTT and AVOD platforms, and cable television companies which are subsidiaries of the Company. In addition, the DTH market competes with other media with respect to advertising and sales, including Pay-TV, outdoor advertising and publishing, among others.

In addition, the industries in which we operate are changing rapidly because of new participants and evolving distribution technologies, including the internet.

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The cable industry in Mexico has become highly competitive and we face significant competition. Most cable operators are authorized to provide pay-TV, internet broadband services and voice services, including Voice over Internet Protocol, or VoIP, which poses a risk to us. We also face competition from the Preponderant Economic Agent in telecommunications, particularly in the provision of data and fixed telephony services. The cable business is also capital intensive.

Our pay-TV companies face competition from IPTV, AVOD or OTT providers such as Netflix, Disney+, Claro Video, Prime Video (Amazon), Star+, HBO Max, among others, as well as from other pay-TV operators such as Dish Mexico, Total Play, Megacable and other cable television companies. Additionally, our cable television companies face competition from Sky.

We also face competition in our publishing business, where each of our magazine publications compete for readership, digital audience and advertising revenues with other magazines of a general character and with other forms of print and non-print media.

Our principal competitors in the gaming industry are Codere S.A., or Codere, Grupo Caliente S.A. de C.V., or Grupo Caliente, Grupo Cirsa, S.A. de C.V., or Grupo Cirsa, Atracciones y Emociones Vallarta, S.A. de C.V., or Grupo Logrand and Palacio de los Números, S.A. de C.V., or Palacio de los Números.

Our future success will be affected by changes in the industries where we participate, which we cannot predict, and consolidation in such industries could further intensify competitive pressures. We expect to face competition from an increasing number of sources in Mexico, including emerging technologies that provide new services to pay-TV customers and new entrants in the public and pay-TV industries, which will require us to make significant capital expenditures in new technologies and will result in higher costs in the acquisition of content or may impair our ability to renew rights to special events, including sporting and entertainment events. Our business may require substantial capital to pursue additional acquisitions and capital expenditures, which may result in additional incurrence of leverage, issuance of additional capital or a combination thereof.

DIRECTV Has Certain Governance and Veto Rights Over Some Operations of Innova

We own a 58.7% interest in Innova, our DTH venture in Mexico, Central America and the Dominican Republic. The remaining balance of Innova’s equity is indirectly owned by The DIRECTV Group, Inc., or DIRECTV, through its subsidiaries DTH (Mexico) Investment, LTD, DIRECTV Latin America Holdings LLC and DIRECTV MPR Holdings, LLC. Although we hold a majority of Innova’s equity and designate a majority of the members of Innova’s Board of Directors, DIRECTV has certain governance and veto rights in Innova, including the right to block certain transactions between us and Innova. DIRECTV was acquired by AT&T Inc. in July 2015.

Loss of Transmission or Loss of the Use of Satellite Transponders Could Cause a Business Interruption in Innova, Which Would Adversely Affect Our Net Income

Media and telecom companies, including Innova, rely on satellite transmissions to conduct their day-to-day business. Any unforeseen and sudden loss of transmission or non-performance of the satellite for Innova can cause huge losses to Innova’s business. The unforeseen loss of transmission may be caused due to the satellite’s loss of the orbital slot or the reduction in the satellite’s functional life.

The size of the business interruption impact for Innova in the case of a satellite loss exceeds the insurance we have acquired to cover this risk. In order to reduce the possibility of financial consequences resulting from an unforeseen loss of transmission, Innova entered into an agreement to launch a backup satellite jointly with Sky Brasil Servicos Ltda., or Sky Brasil, which was launched in the first quarter of 2010. In the third quarter of 2013, Sky entered into an agreement with DirecTV for the acquisition and launch of a satellite named SM-1, which started operations in June 2015. In the future, we may have to invest in additional satellite capacity. We cannot predict the extent of losses to Innova in the case of current or new satellite loss or the effectiveness of any alternative strategy.

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Any Incidents Affecting Our Network and Information Systems or Other Technologies Could Have an Adverse Impact on Our Business, Reputation and Results of Operations.

Our business operations rely heavily on network and information systems and other technology systems, including cloud computing. We also rely on our information technology systems and those from third-parties. Incidents affecting these systems, such as cyber-attacks, malware (including deployment of ransomware) and other destructive or disruptive activities, process breakdowns, outages, or accidental release of information could result in a disruption of our operations, improper disclosure of personal data of clients, subscribers, or employees, or other privileged or confidential information, or unauthorized access to our digital content or any other type of intellectual property. It is common for a company such as ours to be subjected to continuous attempted cyber-attacks or other malicious efforts designed to cause a cybersecurity incident. Such attempts, if successful, could damage our reputation and may require us to expend substantial resources on litigation, regulatory investigation and enforcement, and remediation costs, and could therefore have a material adverse effect on our business, reputation and results of operations. We continue to work closely with our outside advisors to prevent cybersecurity incidents, and to invest in maintaining and improving our cybersecurity resilience, and the Company’s cybersecurity risks, and mitigation actions are monitored by our Audit Committee and reported to our Board of Directors; however, we cannot assure that we or our respective third-party service providers will not experience any future security breaches, cyber-attacks or unauthorized disclosures. Because of the continuously evolving nature of the tools and methods used by hackers and cyber criminals, including with respect to the cloud computing environment, there can be no assurance that our preventative efforts can fully prevent or mitigate all such incidents or be successful in avoiding harm to our business in the future.

We are subject to a variety of global laws, regulations, and rules related to privacy and personal data protection, which are evolving, and increased public scrutiny of privacy and security issues could result in increased government regulation, industry standards, and other legal obligations that could adversely affect our business.

In the ordinary course of business and in particular in connection with content acquisition, making our services and products available to consumers, we collect and utilize information supplied by consumers and other third parties, which may include personal information and other data. As a result, we are subject to laws, rules and regulations in Mexico, the European Union (“E.U.”), the U.S., and in other countries relating to privacy and the collection, use and security of personal information.

A growing number of global jurisdictions have passed and/or are considering legislation implementing privacy and data protection requirements that could increase the cost and complexity of delivering our product and services. For example, in Mexico, the Federal Law for Protection of Personal Data Held by Private Persons (Ley Federal de Protección de Datos Personales en Posesión de los Particulares) protects personal data collected by us and, among other things, requires that we ensure the confidentiality of information received from customers.

Also, in the E.U., the General Data Protection Regulation (the “GDPR”) imposes stringent operational requirements for entities processing personal data, restricts the trans-border flow of certain personal data, and imposes significant penalties of up to the greater of 20 million euros or 4% of the annual global revenue of a noncompliant company for violations of the GDPR’s requirements. Such penalties are in addition to any civil litigation claims by data subjects. Ensuring compliance with the GDPR and similar laws is an ongoing commitment that involves substantial costs, and it is possible that despite our efforts, governmental authorities or third parties will assert that our services or business practices fail to comply.

In the U.S., the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), as amended by the California Consumer Privacy Rights Act effective January 1, 2023, regulates companies’ use and disclosure of the personal information of California residents, gives California residents rights with respect to their personal information, and authorizes enforcement actions by the California Attorney General and the California Privacy Protection Agency and private class actions for data breaches. The CCPA marked the beginning of a trend toward more stringent state data privacy legislation in the United States. For example, Virginia’s Consumer Data Protection Act took effect on January 1, 2023, and Colorado, Utah, and Connecticut have adopted new state data protection laws, which are set to take effect later in 2023. Each of these laws will regulate the way that companies collect, use, and share personal information about certain consumers located in those states. Many similar laws have been proposed at the federal and state level that would impose restrictions on our ability to collect, use and disclose, and increase our obligations to safeguard, certain consumer information.

Given the breadth and depth of changes in global data protection obligations, compliance has caused us to expend significant resources, and such expenditures are likely to continue into the future as we continue our compliance efforts. Our failure to adhere to or successfully implement processes in response to changing regulatory requirements in this area could result in legal liability or impairment to our reputation in the marketplace, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

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These laws and regulations are subject to frequent changes and amendments, and sometimes conflict among the various jurisdictions and countries in which we do business. It also is possible that they may be interpreted and applied in a manner that is inconsistent with our data privacy and information security practices. If we are unable to develop and offer our products and services in a manner that meets legal requirements or if we violate or are perceived to violate any of these laws, regulations, or other obligations relating to data privacy, data protection, or information security, we may experience reduced demand for our products and services, harm to our reputation, or become subject to increased compliance costs, investigations, litigation, or regulatory action, which could expose us to significant fines, penalties, and other damages, or require us to make changes to our business practices, all of which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

Following the Consummation of the TelevisaUnivision Transaction, Our Continuing Operations Are Less Diversified, Primarily Focused On Our Cable, Sky and Other Businesses Segments, and Rely Significantly On Contractual Arrangements With TelevisaUnivision to Provide Content For Our Operations

Following the completion of the TelevisaUnivision Transaction, revenue from our continuing operations is less diversified. Due to the combination of our former Content business with TelevisaUnivision, our results of operations have been more reliant on our Cable, Sky and Other Businesses segments, which increases our exposure to the risks of such businesses.

In addition, as a result of the TelevisaUnivision Transaction, our remaining businesses will have significant contractual arrangements with TelevisaUnivision to provide content for our Sky and Cable platforms. As we no longer control the content assets on which our business relies, TelevisaUnivision could pursue a content development, production and distribution strategy that is different from the strategy we would have pursued before the transaction. TelevisaUnivision also could breach its contractual arrangements with us and/or otherwise take actions that are detrimental to our interests. In addition, if there is any dispute relating to our contractual arrangements with TelevisaUnivision, we may have to enforce our rights through litigation or other legal proceedings, which would be subject to uncertainties inherent in the legal system and may be expensive or protracted, even if we are ultimately successful and there can be no assurance we would be successful. As the composition of our business is different following the completion of the TelevisaUnivision Transaction, our success going forward may also depend on our ability to manage risks that may be different from those we faced prior to the TelevisaUnivision Transaction.  Any of the foregoing factors, among others, may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations, as well as the market price of our CPOs and/or GDSs.

Furthermore, on October 27, 2022, our Board of Directors approved a reorganization proposal to spin-off certain businesses that are part of our Other Businesses segment, including our futbol operations, the Azteca Stadium, the gaming operations, and the publishing and distribution of magazines, as well as certain related assets and real estate. For more information regarding the potential spin-off, please see “Information on the Company—Business Overview—Other Businesses—Spin-off of Certain Businesses of Our Other Businesses Segment.”

We May Identify Material Weaknesses in Our Internal Controls Over Financial Reporting in the Future, and Any Future Material Weaknesses or Failure to Achieve an Effective System of Internal Controls, May Cause Us Not To Be Able to Report Our Financial Results Accurately. In Addition, the Trading Price of Our Securities May Be Adversely Affected by a Related Negative Market Reaction

In connection with the preparation of our financial statements, we may identify material weaknesses (as defined under standards established by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board) in our internal controls over financial reporting in the future. A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the Company’s annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.

If any future material weaknesses occur, it could affect the accuracy of our reporting on the future results of operations and our ability to make our required filings with government authorities, including the SEC. Furthermore, our business and operating results and the price of our securities may be adversely affected by related negative market reactions. While we have no reason to believe there will be any future material weaknesses identified, we cannot be certain that in the future additional material weaknesses will not exist or otherwise be discovered.

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Changes in U.S. Tax Law Might Adversely Affect the Results of Operations of Our U.S. Subsidiaries, Affiliates and Joint Venture Entities

On December 22, 2017, the United States enacted into law the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (the “TCJA”). The TCJA introduced significant changes to U.S. federal income tax laws applicable to our U.S. subsidiaries, affiliates and joint venture entities including the reduction of the U.S. federal corporate income tax rate from a maximum rate of 35% to a flat rate of 21%, limitation of the tax deduction for interest expense, limitation of the tax deduction for net operating losses, enactment of an immediate deduction for certain new investments, repeal of the corporate alternative minimum tax, and modification or elimination of many business deductions and credits.

The TCJA also imposed a new minimum tax called the Base Erosion and Anti-Abuse Tax (the “BEAT”) on certain U.S. corporations. The BEAT is imposed on certain deductible amounts paid by a U.S. corporation that (i) has aggregate gross receipts of at least $1.5 billion over its three prior taxable years and (ii) is at least 25%-owned by a non-U.S. person (or otherwise related to a non-U.S. person in specified circumstances). The BEAT taxes “modified taxable income” of a U.S. corporation described above at a rate of 5% beginning in 2018, increasing to 10% in 2019 and 12.5% in 2026. In general, modified taxable income is calculated by adding back to the U.S. corporation’s regular taxable income the amount of certain “base erosion tax benefits” with respect to payments to foreign affiliates, as well as the “base erosion percentage” of any net operating loss deductions. The BEAT applies only to the extent it exceeds the U.S. corporation’s regular corporate income tax liability (determined without regard to certain tax credits). At present, we do not expect the BEAT to apply to our U.S. subsidiaries, affiliates and joint ventures, however, it is possible that the BEAT could apply in future years.

On August 16, 2022, the United States enacted into law the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the “IRA”) into law. The IRA establishes a 15% corporate minimum tax effective for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2022, in addition to other changes to the U.S. federal income tax laws. At present, we do not expect the tax-related provisions of the IRA to have a material impact on our financial results.

Risk Factors Related to TelevisaUnivision

The Results of Operations of TelevisaUnivision May Affect Our Financial Performance and the Value of Our Investment in that Company; Key Members of Our Management Team Also Participate in the Management of the Mexican Content Business of TelevisaUnivision

We have a substantial investment in TelevisaUnivision, the parent company of Univision Holdings, Inc. (formerly known as Broadcasting Media Partners, Inc., or BMP) (“UHI”) and Univision Communications Inc. (“UCI” and jointly with TelevisaUnivision and UHI, “Univision”). On January 31, 2022, we consummated a transaction (the “TelevisaUnivision Transaction”) with UHI and, for the limited purposes set forth in the transaction agreement (the “2021 Transaction Agreement”), affiliates of Searchlight Capital Partners, LP (“Searchlight”), ForgeLight LLC (“ForgeLight”) and Liberty Global plc, through its venture investment vehicle (“Liberty Global”), pursuant to which, among other things, we contributed our former Content business segment (other than the main real estate associated with the production facilities and Mexican over-the air broadcast concessions and transmission infrastructure, as well as certain assets relating to our former news business which was transferred at closing to an entity controlled by Emilio Fernando Azcárraga Jean (the “News Company”)) to UHI. After the closing of the TelevisaUnivision Transaction, news programs are owned by the News Company and licensed to TelevisaUnivision. In consideration for the contribution of our former Content business, we received approximately U.S. $4.5 billion in a combination of cash (U.S. $3.0 billion) and U.S. $1.5 billion of common and preferred shares of TelevisaUnivision, excluding post-closing adjustments. The TelevisaUnivision Transaction was partially financed by UHI through a new Series C preferred equity investment in TelevisaUnivision of U.S. $1.0 billion in the aggregate led by the SoftBank Latin American Fund, along with ForgeLight, with participation from Google and The Raine Group, as well as debt financing. As of March 31, 2023, we owned a 44% equity interest on an as-converted basis (excluding unvested and/or unsettled stock, restricted stock units and options) in TelevisaUnivision. However, we do not control TelevisaUnivision. As a result, we do not consolidate TelevisaUnivision’s results and we no longer consolidate the results of the former Content business segment that we contributed in the TelevisaUnivision Transaction. Our investment in TelevisaUnivision is currently held in the form of shares of common stock and convertible preferred stock. The value of the common stock and preferred stock of TelevisaUnivision, neither of which are publicly traded, will fluctuate and could materially increase or decrease in value.

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The value of those shares of TelevisaUnivision common stock and convertible preferred stock, and thus the value of our investment in TelevisaUnivision and our reported results of operations, will be affected by the results of operations of TelevisaUnivision and its subsidiaries. The business, financial condition and results of operations of TelevisaUnivision and its subsidiaries could be materially and adversely affected by risks including, but not limited to: (i) TelevisaUnivision’s inability or failure to service or refinance its debt, particularly in an increasing interest rate environment; (ii) cancellation, reductions or postponements of advertising; (iii) adverse global and national economic conditions, including inflationary pressures; (iv) changes in the size of the U.S. Hispanic population, including the impact of U.S. federal and state immigration legislation and policies on both the U.S. Hispanic population and persons emigrating from Latin America, as well as an increase in the preference among Hispanics for English-language programming, or Spanish-language programming on platforms other than those of TelevisaUnivision; (v) an increase in the cost of, and/or decrease in the supply, quality of and/or demand for, TelevisaUnivision’s content; (vi) changes in the rules and regulations of the Federal Communications Commission, or the FCC, as well as other federal, state and local regulations, including those applicable in Mexico; (vii) competitive pressures from other broadcasters, content distributors and other entertainment and news media, particularly in the New York, Los Angeles and Miami-Fort Lauderdale markets, where a large percentage of TelevisaUnivision’s target audience lives; (viii) TelevisaUnivision’s failure to retain the rights to popular programming, including sports programming; (ix) TelevisaUnivision’s failure to renew existing carriage agreements or reach new carriage agreements with multichannel video programming distributors; (x) possible strikes or other union job actions; (xi) the impact of new technologies as well as TelevisaUnivision’s ability to successfully operate ViX, its recently launched streaming operations and premium streaming operations; and (xii) failure to develop, produce or acquire content for, attract customers for and/or profitably commercialize ViX as a Spanish-language streaming platform.

The COVID-19 pandemic has had, and continues to have, an adverse impact on TelevisaUnivision, due to, among other things, the negative impact on advertising trends and advertising revenue, suspension of sporting events and curtailment or suspension of other programming production to which TelevisaUnivision has broadcast rights, reductions or delays in the production of programming by TelevisaUnvision’s partners and general COVID-19 related disruptions to business and operations. TelevisaUnivision’s customers generally may cancel, reduce or postpone advertising orders without penalty. Customers have and may continue to further alter their purchasing activities in response to the current and future economic environment, and, among other things, customers may continue to change or scale back future purchases of advertising. Any material cancellations, reductions or postponements of advertising or reduced advertising rates for any of the foregoing reasons would adversely affect advertising revenues and could have a material adverse effect on TelevisaUnivision’s business, financial condition and results of operations. Due to the evolving and uncertain nature of developments related to the COVID-19 pandemic, we cannot estimate the impact on TelevisaUnivision’s businesses, financial condition or near or longer-term financial or operational results with certainty.

In addition, TelevisaUnivision began integrating our former Content business with its operations in January 2022. TelevisaUnivision continues to evaluate the estimates of synergies to be realized from the TelevisaUnivision Transaction, so the actual cost and/or revenue synergies could differ materially from the current estimates. It is uncertain if TelevisaUnivision will achieve the full amount of cost and/or revenue synergies on the anticipated schedule or at all. A failure to meet the challenges involved in integrating the businesses and to realize the anticipated benefits of the TelevisaUnivision Transaction could cause an interruption of, or a loss of momentum in, the activities of TelevisaUnivision’s post-acquisition businesses. If the integration process takes longer than expected or is more costly than expected, TelevisaUnivision’s existing business and operational relationships with customers, employees and other counterparties are not maintained, unforeseen expenses or liabilities arise, or the integration otherwise is not successful, the anticipated benefits of the TelevisaUnivision Transaction may not be realized fully or at all, or may take longer to realize than expected, and the value of our investment in TelevisaUnivision may decline.

There can be no assurance that the results of operations of TelevisaUnivision and its respective subsidiaries will be sufficient to maintain or increase the value of our investment, or that such results will not materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. In addition, no public market exists for TelevisaUnivision’s shares, and such shares are subject to transfer restrictions, so there can be no assurance that we will be able to realize value from our investment in TelevisaUnivision at a time when it may be beneficial for us to do so, or at all. For a discussion of our investment in TelevisaUnivision, see “Information on the Company—Business Overview—TelevisaUnivision”.

In addition, as part of the combination of our former Content business with TelevisaUnivision’s other operations, Messrs. Bernardo Gómez Martínez and Alfonso de Angoitia Noriega became part of the management team of the Mexican content business of TelevisaUnivision. These individuals also continue to serve as Co-Chief Executive Officers of the Company. As a result, they do not devote all of their time to either TelevisaUnivision or the Company. Additionally, our directors and officers may have interests that are different from those of our shareholders and actual or apparent conflicts of interest may arise with respect to matters involving or affecting us and TelevisaUnivision.

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The Performance of TelevisaUnivision May Affect the Market Price of Our Shares and of Our CPOs or GDSs, the Underlying Asset of Which Are Our Shares

As of March 31, 2023, we owned a 44% equity interest on an as-converted basis (excluding unvested and/or unsettled stock, restricted stock units and options) in TelevisaUnivision. Such interest forms an important part of our assets and an important part of our share of income of associates and joint ventures. As a result of the foregoing, the performance of TelevisaUnivision may have an effect on the market price of our shares or of the CPOs or GDSs, the underlying asset of which are the shares of Grupo Televisa. In addition, changes in market conditions of U.S. media companies could impact the valuation of TelevisaUnivision and may affect the market price of our shares.

Although We Have a Large Equity Interest in TelevisaUnivision, We Do Not Control TelevisaUnivision and Its Interests May Differ From Those of Grupo Televisa or Other Investors in TelevisaUnivision and Grupo Televisa’s Interests May Differ From Those of Other Investors in TelevisaUnivision

We are the largest shareholder of TelevisaUnivision, and we are entitled to appoint five directors to the Board of Directors of TelevisaUnivision, including the chairperson. However, such equity interest and our governance rights do not grant us control over TelevisaUnivision, and TelevisaUnivision is deemed an “associate” (asociada) of ours under current applicable accounting standards. As a result of the foregoing, if the interests of the rest of the investors of TelevisaUnivision differ from our interests, TelevisaUnivision may conduct its businesses differently than the way that is in the best interests of us and our shareholders, and such change may have an adverse effect on our financial position and results of operations and the expected benefits of the TelevisaUnivision Transaction. In particular, the other major investors in TelevisaUnivision are in the business of making investments in companies and may, from time to time, acquire and hold interest in businesses that compete directly or indirectly with TelevisaUnivision, as well as businesses that represent major customers of TelevisaUnivision. Such investors may also pursue acquisition opportunities that may be complementary to the business of TelevisaUnivision, and as a result, those acquisition opportunities may not be available to TelevisaUnivision. Such transactions may have an adverse effect on our financial position and results of operations and the expected benefits of the TelevisaUnivision Transaction.

Risk Factors Related to Our Securities

Any Actions Stockholders May Wish to Bring Concerning Our Bylaws or the CPO Trust Must Be Brought in a Mexican Court

Our bylaws provide that a stockholder must bring any legal actions concerning our bylaws in courts located in Mexico City. All parties to the trust agreement governing the CPOs, including the holders of CPOs, have agreed to submit any legal actions concerning the trust agreement only to Mexican courts.

Non-Mexicans May Not Hold Series “A” Shares, Series “B” Shares or Series “D” Shares Directly and Must Have Them Held in a Trust at All Times

As a result of the Telecom Reform, the regulatory framework was amended to allow foreign direct investment of up to 100% of the equity interest of Mexican companies doing business in telecommunications and satellite communications, and up to 49% in the broadcasting sector, subject to reciprocity from the country of the ultimate investor. Notwithstanding the above, the trust governing the CPOs and our bylaws still restrict non-Mexicans from directly owning Series “A” Shares, Series “B” Shares or Series “D” Shares. Non-Mexicans may hold Series “A” Shares, Series “B” Shares or Series “D” Shares indirectly through the CPO Trust, which will control the voting of such shares. Under the terms of the CPO Trust, a non-Mexican holder of CPOs or GDSs may instruct the CPO Trustee to request that we issue and deliver certificates representing each of the shares underlying its CPOs so that the CPO Trustee may sell, to a third party entitled to hold the shares, all of these shares and deliver to the holder any proceeds derived from the sale.

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Non-Mexican Holders of Our Securities Forfeit Their Securities if They Invoke the Protection of Their Government

Pursuant to Mexican law, our bylaws provide that non-Mexican holders of CPOs and GDSs may not ask their government to interpose a claim against the Mexican government regarding their rights as stockholders. If non-Mexican holders of CPOs and GDSs violate this provision of our bylaws, they will automatically forfeit the Series “A” Shares, Series “B” Shares, Series “L” Shares and Series “D” Shares underlying their CPOs and GDSs to the Mexican government.

Non-Mexican Holders of Our Securities Have Limited Voting Rights

In accordance with the bylaws and trust governing the CPOs of the Company, non-Mexican holders of CPOs or GDSs are not entitled to vote the Series “A” Shares, Series “B” Shares and Series “D” Shares underlying their securities. The Series “L” Shares underlying CPOs or GDSs, the only series of our Shares that can be voted by non-Mexican holders of CPOs or GDSs, have limited voting rights. These limited voting rights include the right to elect two directors and limited rights to vote on extraordinary corporate actions, including the delisting of the Series “L” Shares and other actions which are adverse to the holders of the Series “L” Shares. For a brief description of the circumstances under which holders of Series “L” Shares are entitled to vote, see “Additional Information—Bylaws—Voting Rights and Stockholders’ Meetings”.

Our Antitakeover Protections May Deter Potential Acquirers and May Depress Our Stock Price

Certain provisions of our bylaws could make it substantially more difficult for a third party to acquire control of us. These provisions in our bylaws may discourage certain types of transactions involving the acquisition of our securities. These provisions may also limit our stockholders’ ability to approve transactions that may be in their best interests and discourage transactions in which our stockholders might otherwise receive a premium for their Shares over the then current market price and could possibly adversely affect the trading volume in our equity securities. As a result, these provisions may adversely affect the market price of our securities. Holders of our securities who acquire Shares in violation of these provisions will not be able to vote, or receive dividends, distributions or other rights in respect of these securities and would be obligated to pay us a penalty. For a description of these provisions, see “Additional Information—Bylaws—Antitakeover Protections”.

GDS Holders May Face Disadvantages When Attempting to Exercise Voting Rights as Compared to Other Holders of Our Securities

In situations where we request that The Bank of New York Mellon, the depositary for the securities underlying the GDSs, ask GDS holders for voting instructions, the holders may instruct the depositary to exercise their voting rights, if any, pertaining to the deposited securities. The depositary will attempt, to the extent practical, to arrange to deliver voting materials to these holders. We cannot assure holders of GDSs that they will receive the voting materials in time to ensure that they can instruct the depositary how to vote the deposited securities underlying their GDSs, or that the depositary will be able to forward those instructions and the appropriate proxy request to the CPO Trustee in a timely manner. For stockholders’ meetings, if the depositary does not receive voting instructions from holders of GDSs or does not forward such instructions and appropriate proxy request in a timely manner, if requested in writing from us, it will provide a proxy to a representative designated by us to exercise these voting rights. If no such written request is made by us, the depositary will not represent or vote, attempt to represent or vote any right that attaches to, or instruct the CPO Trustee to represent or vote, the shares underlying the CPOs in the relevant meeting and, as a result, the underlying shares will be voted in the manner described under “Additional Information—Bylaws—Voting Rights and Stockholders’ Meetings—Holders of CPOs”. For CPO Holders’ meetings, if the depositary does not timely receive instructions from a Mexican or non-Mexican holder of GDSs as to the exercise of voting rights relating to the underlying CPOs in the relevant CPO holders’ meeting, the depositary and the custodian will take such actions as are necessary to cause such CPOs to be counted for purposes of satisfying applicable quorum requirements and, unless we in our sole discretion have given prior written notice to the depositary and the custodian to the contrary, vote them in the same manner as the majority of the CPOs are voted at the relevant CPOs holders’ meeting.

This means that holders of GDSs may not be able to exercise their right to vote and there may be nothing they can do if the deposited securities underlying their GDSs are not voted as they request.

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The Interests of Our GDS Holders Will Be Diluted if We Issue New Shares and These Holders Are Unable to Exercise Preemptive Rights for Cash

Under Mexican law and our bylaws, our stockholders have preemptive rights with respect to capital increases. This means that in the event that we issue new Shares for cash, our stockholders will have a right to subscribe and pay the number of Shares of the same series necessary to maintain their existing ownership percentage in that series. U.S. holders of our GDSs cannot exercise their preemptive rights unless we register any newly issued Shares under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act, or qualify for an exemption from registration. If U.S. holders of GDSs cannot exercise their preemptive rights, the interests of these holders will be diluted in the event that we issue new Shares for cash. We intend to evaluate at the time of any offering of preemptive rights the costs and potential liabilities associated with registering any additional Shares. We cannot assure that we will register under the Securities Act any new Shares that we issue for cash. In addition, although the Deposit Agreement provides that the depositary may, after consultation with us, sell preemptive rights in Mexico or elsewhere outside the U.S. and distribute the proceeds to holders of GDSs, under current Mexican law these sales are not possible. See “Directors, Senior Management and Employees-Stock Purchase Plan and Long—Term Retention Plan” and “Additional Information—Bylaws—Preemptive Rights”.

The Protections Afforded to Minority Stockholders in Mexico Are Different from Those in the U.S.

Under Mexican law, the protections afforded to minority stockholders are different from those in the U.S. In particular, the law concerning fiduciary duties of directors is not well developed, there is no procedure for class actions or stockholder derivative actions and there are different procedural requirements for bringing stockholder lawsuits. As a result, in practice, it may be more difficult for our minority stockholders to enforce their rights against us or our directors or major stockholders than it would be for stockholders of a U.S. company.

The Ley del Mercado de Valores, or the Mexican Securities Market Law, provides additional protection to minority stockholders, such as (i) providing stockholders of a public company representing 5% or more of the capital stock of the public company, an action for liability against the members and secretary of the Board and relevant management of the public company, and (ii) establishing additional responsibilities on the audit committee in all issues that have or may have an effect on minority stockholders and their interests in an issuer or its operations.

It May Be Difficult to Enforce Civil Liabilities Against Us or Our Directors, Executive Officers and Controlling Persons

We are organized under the laws of Mexico. Substantially all of our directors, executive officers and controlling persons reside outside the U.S., all or a significant portion of the assets of our directors, executive officers and controlling persons, and substantially all of our assets, are located outside of the U.S., and some of the parties named in this annual report also reside outside of the U.S. As a result, it may be difficult for you to effect service of process within the United States upon these persons or to enforce against them or us in U.S. courts judgments predicated upon the civil liability provisions of the federal securities laws of the U.S. We have been advised by our Mexican counsel, Mijares, Angoitia, Cortés y Fuentes, S.C., that there is doubt as to the enforceability, in original actions in Mexican courts, of liabilities predicated solely on U.S. federal securities laws and as to the enforceability in Mexican courts of judgments of U.S. courts obtained in actions predicated upon the civil liability provisions of U.S. federal securities laws.

Item 4.Information on the Company

History and Development of the Company

Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. was originally incorporated as a sociedad anónima, or limited liability corporation under the laws of Mexico in accordance with the Ley General de Sociedades Mercantiles, or Mexican Companies Law, and later adopted the form of sociedad anónima bursátil, or limited liability stock corporation in accordance with the Ley del Mercado de Valores, or the Mexican Securities Market Law. It was incorporated under Public Deed Number 30,200, dated December 19, 1990, granted before Notary Public Number 73 of Mexico City, and registered with the Public Registry of Commerce in Mexico City on Commercial Page (folio mercantil) Number 142,164. Pursuant to the terms of our estatutos sociales, or bylaws, our corporate existence continues through 2106. Our principal executive offices are located in Mexico City at Avenida Vasco de Quiroga, No. 2000, Colonia Santa Fe, 01210 Ciudad de México, México. Our telephone number at that address is (52) (55) 5261-2000.

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Capital Expenditures

The table below sets forth our expected capital expenditures for the year ended December 31, 2023 and our actual capital expenditures, investments in joint ventures and associates, and acquisitions for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020.

Year Ended December 31,(1)(2)

2023

2022

2021

2020

    

(Expected)

    

(Actual)

    

(Actual)

    

(Actual)

(Millions of U.S. Dollars)

Capital expenditures

U.S.$

820.0

U.S.$

859.8

U.S.$

1,149.1

U.S.$

939.4

GTAC(3)

 

11.6

 

8.4

 

6.4

 

6.3

Other acquisitions and investments

 

 

 

53.3

 

27.8

Total capital expenditures and investments

U.S.$

831.6

U.S.$

868.2

U.S.$

1,208.8

U.S.$

973.5

(1)Amounts in respect of some of the capital expenditures, investments and acquisitions we made in 2022, 2021 and 2020 were paid for in Pesos. These Peso amounts were translated into U.S. Dollars at the Interbank Rate in effect on the dates on which a given capital expenditure, investment or acquisition was made. See “Key Information - Selected Financial Data”.
(2)See “Operating and Financial Review and Prospects—Results of Operations—Liquidity, Foreign Exchange and Capital Resources—Capital Expenditures, Acquisitions and Investments, Distributions and Other Sources of Liquidity.”
(3)See “—Business Overview—Our Operations—Cable”, and “—Business Overview—Investments” for a discussion of GTAC, Cablecom, Telecable and TVI.

In 2022, 2021 and 2020, we relied on a combination of operating revenues, borrowings and net proceeds from dispositions to fund our capital expenditures, acquisitions and investments. We expect to fund our capital expenditures in 2023 and potential capital expenditures, investments and/or acquisitions going forward, which could be substantial in size, through a combination of cash from operations, cash on hand, equity securities, and/or the incurrence of debt, or a combination thereof.

For a more detailed description of our capital expenditures, investments and acquisitions in prior years, see “Operating and Financial Review and Prospects—Results of Operations—Liquidity, Foreign Exchange and Capital Resources—Liquidity” and “Operating and Financial Review and Prospects—Results of Operations—Liquidity, Foreign Exchange and Capital Resources—Capital Expenditures, Acquisitions and Investments, Distributions and Other Sources of Liquidity”.

Business Overview

The Company is a major telecommunications corporation which owns and operates one of the most significant cable companies as well as a leading DTH satellite pay television system in Mexico. The Company’s cable business offers integrated services, including video, high-speed data, voice and mobile to residential and commercial customers as well as managed services to domestic and international carriers.

The Company owns a majority interest in Sky, a leading DTH satellite pay television system and broadband provider in Mexico, operating also in the Dominican Republic and Central America.

The Company holds a number of concessions granted by the Mexican government that authorizes it to broadcast programming over television stations for the signals of TelevisaUnivision, and its cable and DTH systems.

In addition, the Company is the largest shareholder of TelevisaUnivision, a leading media company producing, creating, and distributing Spanish-language content through several broadcast channels in Mexico, the US and over 50 countries through television networks, cable and pay-TV operators and over-the-top or “OTT” streaming services.

The Company also has interests in magazine publishing and distribution, professional sports and live entertainment, and gaming.

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Business Strategy

We operate a Cable business and Sky, a DTH platform. We intend to continue strengthening our position in these businesses and growing by continuing to make additional investments, which could be substantial in size, while maintaining profitability and financial discipline.

We are the largest shareholder of TelevisaUnivision, a leading media company producing, creating and distributing Spanish speaking content through several broadcast channels in Mexico, the United States and over 50 countries through TV networks, cable operators and over-the-top services. We intend to continue exploring potential ventures and business opportunities with TelevisaUnivision.

In addition, we intend to continue to analyze opportunities to expand our business by developing new business initiatives and/or through business acquisitions and investments. We also continue to evaluate strategic alternatives for our portfolio of non-core assets.

Continue Building Our Cable and DTH Platforms

Cable. We are a shareholder of several Mexican cable companies. For example:

we own a 51% controlling stake in Cablevisión, which operates in Mexico City and its metropolitan area, where it offers cable television, high speed internet and IP telephony services;
we own TVI, which offers cable television, data and voice services in the metropolitan area of Monterrey and other areas of northern Mexico; it also offers specific data and voice services in the metropolitan area of Mexico City;
we own Cablemás, which operates in approximately 106 cities in Mexico where it offers cable television, high speed internet and telephony services;
we own Cablecom, which offers cable television, high speed internet, telephony, value added services and virtual networks to corporate customers located in 15 states of Mexico;
we own Telecable, a cable company that provides video, data and telephony (including mobile telephony services as a mobile virtual network operator) services in Mexico, primarily in the states of Guanajuato, Jalisco, Aguascalientes, Querétaro, Tamaulipas, Colima, Nayarit and Chiapas, among others; and
since December 17, 2018, we own the residential fiber-to-the-home business, and related assets, acquired from Axtel in Mexico City, Zapopan, Monterrey, Aguascalientes, San Luis Potosí and Ciudad Juárez, through the acquisition of 100% of the equity interests of FTTH.

With a consolidated 6.6 million subscriber base and 18.7 million homes passed as of December 31, 2022, these companies are important service providers in Mexico. “Homes passed” refers to any residential homes or businesses that are connected to telecommunications systems, those prepared to be connected to telecommunications systems but are not currently connected or require some type of investment in order to be connected. For instance, each apartment located in a building that is prepared to be connected to telecommunications systems represents one home passed. It is generally understood that a home or business counts as a home passed when it can be connected to a telecommunications network without additional extensions to the main transmission lines. Our cable strategy aims to increase our subscriber base, average monthly revenues per subscriber and penetration rate by:

continuing to offer high quality content;
continuing to upgrade our existing cable network into a broadband or fiber-optic bidirectional network;
aiming to provide digital services in order to stimulate new subscriptions, substantially reduce piracy and offer new value-added services;

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increasing the penetration of our high-speed internet access and other multimedia services as well as providing a platform to offer internet protocol, or IP, and telephony services;
continuing the roll out of advanced digital set-top boxes which allow the transmission of high definition programming and recording capability, including OTT services;
continuing to grow our mobile product, bundling it with our other services; and
continuing to leverage our strengths and capabilities to develop new business opportunities and expand through additional investments and/or acquisitions, which can be substantial in size.

Our cable companies have introduced a variety of new services over the past years, such as interactive television and other enhanced program services, including high-speed internet access through cable modem and fiber-to-the-home, as well as IP telephony. In November 2014, we launched a unified commercial offer under the izzi brand for residential customers. Currently, izzi offers telecommunication services packages including unlimited telephony services, high-speed data access and pay-TV programming for residential customers and micro and small-sized enterprises. In June 2016, we launched “izzi TV”, a new entertainment platform, which among other services, provides customers live channels, SVOD (Subscription Video on Demand), as well as access to all of the Company’s content. Recently the bundle packages include access to Netflix, Blim, Disney+, HBO Max, among others. izzi TV is available through the “izzi TV” set-top-box and through “izzi go”, which is a TV Everywhere application for authenticated subscribers that enables users to access TV channels, movies and series on demand, compatible with PCs, iOS and Android platforms. izzi go also features remote control functions compatible with our izzi TV set-top-boxes. For an additional cost, subscribers can choose from different add-ons to the “izzi TV” service, such as TVOD (Transactional Video on Demand) titles, HBO Max, Disney+ and Star+, among others. In addition to the izzi brand, our cable companies also provide telecommunication services under the wizz and wizzplus brands in certain municipalities. In July 2018, our cable companies launched “afizzionados”, our first proprietary sports channel dedicated to soccer, broadcasting selected sport content and exclusive matches. In November 2018, we launched “izzi flex” (wireless internet for homes) and “izzi pocket” (mobile internet), which offer speeds of 5 Mbps and up to 20 Mbps. In 2018 and 2019, we renewed our triple play product with packaging benefits of voice, broadband and video. In June 2020, we launched our mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) service, “izzi móvil”, providing a mobile service for broadband subscribers, which offers calls, SMS and Gigabytes for a competitive price through a reseller agreement with Altán Redes, S.A.P.I. de C.V. (“Altán Redes”). We also provide mobile services through “Bestel móvil”, which offers calls, SMS and Gigabytes according to the coverage area for enterprise, corporate, and government customers through a reseller agreement with Altán Redes and Radiomóvil Dipsa, S.A. de C.V. Likewise, we recently launched our new STB “izziTV -smart” that allow us to become one of the largest OTT aggregators in Mexico. It allows us to include in our offerings access to the main OTT platforms in the market and the possibility to bundle our pay-TV service with Netflix, Disney+, HBO Max, amongst others. In July 2022, our cable companies were the first to launch ViX as a new SVOD streaming service, and in September 2022 we renewed our offer to simplify product selection according to our clients’ needs through a modular concept.

As of December 31, 2022, our cable companies had 4.5 million cable television, or video RGUs, 6.0 million broadband RGUs and 5.2 million IP telephone lines in service, or voice RGUs. In addition, we currently have 240,207 mobile service subscriber RGUs. The growth in our subscriber base has been driven primarily by the upgrade of our networks and the launch of competitive broadband offerings.

DTH. We believe that Ku-band DTH satellite services offer an enhanced opportunity for expansion of pay television services into households seeking to upgrade reception of broadcasting signals and in areas not currently serviced by operators of cable or multi-channel, multi-point distribution services. We own a 58.7% interest in Innova, or Sky, our venture with DIRECTV. Innova is a DTH company with services in Mexico, Central America and the Dominican Republic with more than 6.2 million video subscribers, of which 3.2% were commercial subscribers as of December 31, 2022.

The key components of our DTH strategy include:

offering high quality content, exclusive broadcasts of sporting events, such as La Liga and La Copa del Rey (Spanish Soccer), The Bundesliga (German Soccer), the NFL Sunday Ticket, MLB Extra Innings, the NHL, marathons, ice skating events, Davis Cup, Diamond League, the Pacific Mexican Baseball League (LMP), Caribbean Series, the World Padel Tour, UEFA EURO, UEFA Nations League and qualifying matches of the CONMEBOL for the World Cup, as well as special coverage of female soccer leagues from Germany, Spain, Sweden and the U.K.;

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capitalizing on our relationship with DIRECTV and local operators in terms of technology, distribution networks, infrastructure and cross-promotional opportunities;
capitalizing on the low penetration of pay-TV services in Mexico;
providing superior digital Ku-band DTH satellite services and emphasizing customer service quality;
providing aggressive HD offerings and continuously expanding our programming in HD; and
providing single play broadband services as well as video-broadband bundles to complement our product offering.

Transforming Our Publishing Business

Despite the continuing challenges facing the industry, including current global economic conditions, we continue to be among the leaders of the publishing business in Mexico and maintained a total approximate circulation of more than seven million magazines during 2022. Editorial Televisa publishes 31 titles, with six wholly owned trademarks and eight licensed trademarks from world renowned publishing houses, including Spanish language editions of some of the most prestigious brands in the world, as well as 15 digital platforms and two digital native brands. During 2022, we continued to focus our efforts on a multiplatform content generation model (print & digital) for our profitable brands.

Developing New Businesses and Expanding through Acquisitions

We plan to continue leveraging our strengths and capabilities to develop new businesses and analyzing opportunities to expand through acquisitions. We are constantly assessing investment opportunities that complement our business strategy. We may identify and evaluate opportunities for strategic acquisitions of complementary businesses, technologies or companies. We may also consider joint ventures, minority investments and other collaborative projects and investments. Any such acquisition or investment could be funded using cash on hand, our equity securities and/or the incurrence of debt, or a combination thereof.

Our acquisitions and investments include our acquisition on December 17, 2018 of the residential fiber-to-the-home business and related assets from Axtel in Mexico City, Zapopan, Monterrey, Aguascalientes, San Luis Potosi and Ciudad Juarez, through the acquisition of 100% of the equity interests of FTTH.

For a further discussion of some of our recent investments, see “— Investments”.

We have grown our gaming business, which consists of casinos and an online gaming site. As of December 31, 2022, we had 18 casinos in operation, under the brand name “PlayCity”. Due to the global pandemic, the casinos have opened and closed intermittently, following guidance from the relevant authorities. In accordance with our permit, we may open more casinos until May 2021. We have requested an extension of our permit from the Mexican Ministry of the Interior which is still pending to be resolved. In 2017, we launched our online sports betting site. The casinos and the online sports betting site are operated under the Gaming Permit obtained from the Mexican Ministry of the Interior, to establish, among other things, up to 45 casinos and number draws throughout Mexico.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company continues to evaluate its portfolio of assets in order to identify opportunities and determine if it should dispose of select non-core operations. For instance, our Board of Directors approved a reorganization proposal to spin-off certain businesses that comprise our Other Businesses segment. For a further discussion of the Spin-Off, see “—Other Businesses—Spin-off of Certain Business of Our Other Businesses Segment.”

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Expanding Our Business in the Mexican Telecommunications Markets by Taking Advantage of the Telecom Reform and Implementing Legislation

Pursuant to the Telecom Reform (see “—Regulation—Telecom Reform and Broadcasting Regulations”), a “preponderant economic agent” (agente económico preponderante) in the telecommunications sector means an economic agent that has, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the national market share in telecommunications services, calculated based on the number of users, subscribers, network traffic or used capacity according to the data available to IFT. We are aware from the public records that, on March 7, 2014, IFT notified América Móvil, S.A.B. de C.V., or América Móvil, of a resolution which determined that América Móvil and its operating subsidiaries Radiomóvil Dipsa, S.A de C.V., or Telcel, and Teléfonos de México, S.A.B. de C.V., or Telmex, Teléfonos del Noreste, S.A. de C.V. or Telnor, as well as Grupo Carso, S.A.B. de C.V. and Grupo Financiero Inbursa, S.A.B. de C.V., are a preponderant economic agent in the telecommunications sector and imposed on them certain specific asymmetrical regulations which América Móvil reported publicly in the following areas:

Interconnection: Regulation on interconnection, including the imposition of (a) asymmetric rates to be determined by IFT and (b) the implementation of an interconnection framework agreement (convenio marco de interconexión);
Sharing of Infrastructure: Regulation on the access and use of passive infrastructure, including towers, sites, and ducts, at rates to be negotiated amongst the operators and, where agreement cannot be reached, to be determined by IFT using a methodology of long average incremental costs;
Local Loop Unbundling: Regulation on local loop unbundling, including the imposition of rates to be determined by IFT using a methodology of long average incremental costs;
Resale: Resale of wholesale voice, broadband and dual-play packages that replicate packages provided by the preponderant economic agent in the telecommunications sector, at retail level, at rates to be negotiated among the operators and, where an agreement cannot be reached, to be determined by IFT using a methodology of retails minus;
Indirect Access to the Local Loop: Regulation on the wholesale bitstream access to the access network of the preponderant economic agent in the telecommunications sector at rates to be negotiated among the operators and, where an agreement cannot be reached, to be determined by IFT using a methodology of retail minus;
Wholesale Leased Lines: Regulation on wholesale leased lines for interconnection, local and domestic and international long distance, at rates to be negotiated among the operators and, where agreement cannot be reached, to be determined by IFT using a methodology of retail minus, except for leased lines for interconnection services where the methodology to be used for determining the applicable rates will be of long average incremental costs;
Roaming: Regulation on the provision of wholesale roaming services, at rates to be negotiated amongst the operators and, where agreement cannot be reached, to be determined by IFT using a methodology of long average incremental costs;
Elimination of National Roaming Charges: IFT has imposed the elimination of national roaming charges to the subscribers of the preponderant economic agent in the telecommunications sector;
Mobile Virtual Network Operators: Regulation on wholesale access to mobile virtual operators to services provided by the preponderant economic agent in the telecommunications sector to its subscribers, at rates to be negotiated among the operators and, where agreement cannot be reached, to be determined by IFT using a methodology of retail minus (for the reseller business model);
Certain Obligations on the Provision of Services: Certain rates for the provision of telecommunications services to the subscribers of the preponderant economic agent in the telecommunications sector shall be subject to rate control and/or authorization by IFT, by using a series of methodologies related to maximum prices and replicability. Also, a series of obligations relating to the sale of services and products, including the obligation to offer individually all services that are offered under a bundle scheme; limited exclusivity on handsets and tablets; and the obligation of eliminating the sim-lock on handsets;

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Content: IFT has issued the Relevant Content Ruling applicable for preponderant economic agent in the telecommunications sector, which contains a prohibition to acquire transmission rights for any territory within Mexico on an exclusive basis, relating to relevant content (contenidos audiovisuales relevantes), including without limitation national soccer play-offs (liguilla), FIFA world cup soccer finals and, any other event where high-audiences are expected at a national or regional level. The IFT may update the relevant content list every two years; and
Information and Quality of Service Obligations: Several obligations related to information and quality of service, including the publication of a series of reference terms (ofertas públicas de referencia) of the wholesale and interconnection services subject of the asymmetric regulation imposed by IFT and accounting separation.

On March 8, 2017, IFT issued a resolution to the preponderant economic agent in the telecommunications sector that modifies the asymmetrical regulations described above. The most relevant modifications are the following:

Wholesale Leased Lines: the methodology to be used by IFT in case an agreement cannot be reached in wholesale leased lines for interconnection, local and domestic and international long distance, is limited to long average incremental costs;
Functional separation: the preponderant economic agent in the telecommunications sector will have to functionally separate the provision of wholesale services through the creation of a new legal entity and a wholesale division; which entity will solely and exclusively provide wholesale services related to access network elements, dedicated links and passive infrastructure, among other wholesale services;

The wholesale division within the existing companies will provide the other wholesale services subject to the aforementioned measures that are not provided by the newly created legal entity:

Equivalence of Supplies and Inputs, Technical and Economic Replicability: The preponderant economic agent in the telecommunications sector must guarantee the equivalence of inputs, the technical replicability of the services that it commercializes to its end users, and equal access to technical and commercial information;
Fiber disaggregation Regulation on unbundling of P2P (point-to-point), fiber was added to the local loop unbundling regulation. Unbundling of passive optical networks (PON), is not considered under this service and remains accessible through the Indirect Access to the Local Loop service; and
The preponderant economic agent in the telecommunications sector must also guarantee the economic replicability of the services that it commercializes to its end users for which it will validate the economic replicability of the services “ex-post” based on the methodology, terms and conditions that the IFT determines.

According to public records, América Móvil and its operating subsidiaries, Telcel, Inbursa, Telmex and Telnor, filed amparo proceedings against IFT’s original resolution. The courts issued a ruling confirming the constitutionality of IFT’s resolution, with the exception of Telcel’s proceeding. On March 3, 2021, the Supreme Court confirmed that Telcel is also a preponderant economic agent in the telecommunications sector.

In March 2018, América Móvil received a resolution from IFT determining the terms under which Telmex and Telnor shall, legally and functionally, separate the provision of wholesale regulated fixed services by incorporating new legal entities with their own corporate governance, independent from those of América Móvil’s subsidiaries holding a concession, and by creating a wholesale business unit within Telmex and Telnor. Telmex and Telnor had two years to implement the separation ordered by the IFT. The resolution established a calendar for implementation and obligations to deliver periodic information to the IFT. In March 2020, the two-year period granted to the preponderant economic agent in the telecommunications sector to implement the functional separation of Telmex and Telnor ended.

In March 2020, America Móvil created two companies; Red Nacional Última Milla, S.A.P.I. de C.V. and Red Última Milla del Noroeste, S.A.P.I. de C.V., for the provision of wholesale regulated fixed services, in compliance with the functional separation requirements, and a Wholesale Division inside Telmex and Telnor.

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On December 2, 2020, IFT issued a resolution on its evaluation of the asymmetrical regulations imposed on Telmex, as preponderant economic agent in the telecommunications sector in March 2014. Some of the most relevant modifications are: (i) the use of a long-run average incremental costs model to determine the local loop indirect access services rates, and that IFT may determine competitive geographic zones where such rates will be determined by the preponderant economic agent in the telecommunications sector; (ii) for dedicated-link leasing services, the IFT may determine competitive geographic zones where rates will be determined pursuant to a price cap methodology; and for the rest of the country, rates will be determined by IFT by using a methodology of long average incremental costs; and (iii) certain operative and informational modifications to the electronic management system. The resolution may be challenged by América Móvil.

On August 4, 2021, IFT determined 52 competitive geographic zones in the country where rates for local loop indirect access services will be established by the preponderant economic agent in the telecommunications sector.

The measures imposed on the preponderant economic agent in the telecommunications sector, if properly implemented, will represent an opportunity for us to increase our coverage and product diversity, while reducing our costs and capital expenditures requirements as a result of the access to the network of the preponderant economic agent in the telecommunications sector and the regulation of the terms and conditions, on competitive terms, of such access. Moreover, asymmetric regulations may create a beneficial economic and regulatory environment in the telephony and broadband markets and may further enhance our ability to compete in the telecommunications industry.

All of these measures, if properly implemented, could create a beneficial economic and regulatory environment, level the playing field for all participants in the telecommunications market and foster competition, representing an opportunity for the growth of our Sky and Cable businesses; nevertheless, in the Company’s view, the preponderant economic agent in the telecommunications sector is not complying with its obligations under such measures and the Company has filed several complaints before IFT. As a result of the complaints, IFT has initiated investigations that are ongoing.

In August 2017, the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) determined that the interconnection rate regime relating to mobile termination by the preponderant economic agent in the telecommunications sector, which contained a limitation on the preponderant economic agent’s ability to charge for traffic termination in its mobile network, was unconstitutional. As a result, the SCJN ordered that IFT issue a tariff. In November 2017, IFT resolved that the tariff for traffic termination in the mobile network of the preponderant economic agent in the telecommunications sector would be Ps.0.028562 per minute of interconnection from January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018. In November 2018, IFT determined that the tariff for traffic termination in the mobile network of the preponderant economic agent in the telecommunications sector would be Ps.0.028313 per minute of interconnection from January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019. In November 2019, IFT determined that the tariff for traffic termination in the mobile network of the preponderant economic agent in the telecommunications sector would be Ps.0.025771 per minute of interconnection from January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020. In November 2020, IFT determined that the tariff for traffic termination in the mobile network of the preponderant economic agent in the telecommunications sector would be Ps. 0.018489 minute of interconnection from January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021. For 2022, IFT determined a lower tariff for traffic termination in the mobile network of the preponderant economic agent in the telecommunications sector of Ps.0.017118 per minute of interconnection.

In April 2018, the SCJN determined that the interconnection rate regime relating to fixed termination by the preponderant economic agent in the telecommunications sector, which contained a limitation on the preponderant economic agent’s ability to charge for traffic termination in its fixed network, was unconstitutional. As a result, the SCJN ordered IFT to issue a tariff for traffic termination in the fixed network of the preponderant economic agent in the telecommunications sector, applicable from January 1 to December 31, 2019. In November 2018, IFT determined that the tariff for traffic termination in the fixed network of the preponderant economic agent in the telecommunications sector would be Ps.0.003151 per minute of interconnection from January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019. In November 2019, IFT determined that the tariff for traffic termination in the fixed network of the preponderant economic agent in the telecommunications sector would be Ps.0.003331 per minute of interconnection from January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020. In November 2020, IFT determined that the tariff for traffic termination in the fixed network of the preponderant economic agent would be Ps.0.002842 per minute of interconnection from January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021. For 2022, the tariff for traffic termination in the fixed network of the preponderant economic agent in the telecommunications sector would be Ps.0.002862 per minute of interconnection.

In January 2020, IFT imposed a fine on Telnor in the amount of Ps.1,311.8 million for a breach of the availability of information of certain passive infrastructure (post, duct) in the electronic management system (Sistema Electrónico de Gestión, or “SEG”), used to request wholesale services from Telnor.

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Additionally, the Telecom Reform (i) permits 100% foreign ownership in satellite and telecommunications services and increases to up to 49% the level of permitted foreign ownership in television and radio services, subject to reciprocity of the originating foreign investment country, and (ii) provides that the Mexican government will build a national network to facilitate effective access for the Mexican population to broadband and other telecommunications services. These amendments may provide opportunities for us to enter into joint ventures with foreign investors with proven international experience in these markets and also to work with the Mexican government in the development of this new network.

Commitment to Sustainability

As we strive to operate our business in an efficient manner, we focus on managing our environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) performance. We aim to develop a consistent, transparent, and comparable ESG reporting framework to inform our stakeholders. As part of that effort, we annually publish a comprehensive sustainability report pursuant to the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) standards and also look to integrate incrementally other external standards, including the provisions of the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) and the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosure (TCFD).

We are committed to reducing our environmental impact and greenhouse gas emissions through specific programs, training, and monitoring and reporting of emissions. Our Environmental Management System covers energy management, climate change strategy, water risk and its impact, and waste emissions. We have also set environmental and ecological goals, such as clean energy generation, energy consumption reduction, water consumption reduction, and greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions reduction. Our commitment to conserving natural capital is reflected in our Environmental Management Policy and Statement on Biodiversity and Environment, which acknowledges the importance of preserving and protecting ecosystems and biodiversity and reducing our environmental impact. These goals align with public sector efforts, such as the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Furthermore, we focus on improving our social performance. We strive to enhance our employees’ careers with training programs (ethics, anti-corruption, human rights, information security, and data protection), performance evaluations, and additional benefits. To help maintain the physical wellbeing of our employees, we manage, monitor and enhance key performance indicators, maintain policies, and conduct regular training and periodic audits on health and safety at work under the guidance of our Committee on Safety and Civil Protection and the Health and Safety Commission. We apply fair labor practices in our operations and adhere to best practices. We are committed to offering stable labor conditions to our employees by respecting their human and collective rights and providing a working environment that enables them to improve their performance and increase their engagement.

Additionally, we focus on achieving local community engagement through assessment and planning, in order to better understand the community’s potential, expectations, and needs. We create opportunities in education, culture, entrepreneurship, health, and environmental protection to improve communities and help build better and more sustainable societies through our social programs.

Sustainability and ESG-related risks are evaluated by our management on a regular basis. We embed sustainability at multiple levels of our business, with our Sustainability Director being responsible for ESG-related issues under the supervision of the Corporate Risk Management Director (who is responsible for advancing our ESG initiatives). Our Sustainability Committee (which is comprised of senior executives from different areas, such as Legal, Internal Audit, Human Resources, Risk Management and others) reviews and approves our sustainability strategy, monitors ESG initiatives, evaluates annual results and sets objectives aligned with our business strategy, programs for our growth, and sustainable development. The Audit Committee is periodically informed about the Company’s ESG initiatives and related activities.

We recognize that climate change risk is a global issue that may impact how we run our business and network, both today and in the future. We continue to look for ways to improve our understanding of climate-related risks and are working to integrate climate risk variables into our overall risk management process and establish formal multi-disciplinary procedures that engage our Board and management team.

Our sustainability achievements result from a regular enhancement of policies and programs to improve corporate performance. During 2022, the Company’s many sustainability efforts continued to be recognized globally. For example, the Company was selected for the 2022 Dow Jones Sustainability MILA Pacific Alliance Index and for the DJS Emerging Markets Index. Also, the Company was included in three 2020 FTSE4Good Index Series: FTSE4Good Emerging Markets and FTSE4Good Emerging Latin America.

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Further, the Company received the Distintivo Empresa Socialmente Responsable 2022 (2022 Socially Responsible Company recognition), granted by Centro Mexicano para la Filantropía (Mexican Center for Philanthropy), and Alianza por la Responsabilidad Social Empresarial (Alliance for the Social Responsibility of Businesses). Also, the Company was selected as a constituent of the ESG index, launched by S&P, Dow Jones and the Mexican Stock Exchange. Finally, the Company was confirmed as a signatory of the UN Global Compact, the world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative.

In summary, we understand our sustainability strategy as a commitment to enhancing the lives of the communities we serve, and we believe by doing so, we will also contribute to our growth and success.

Commitment to Social Responsibility

In 2022, Fundación Televisa (or “Fundación”) celebrated its 20th anniversary and remains committed to helping those most in need. As a result, we were able to impact the lives of 968,046 children and adults in both Mexico and the United States, investing (together with our 217 allies) more than Ps.337 million.

Our innovative programs in education, culture, entrepreneurship and environmental protection provide an empowering platform for hundreds of thousands of people to improve their lives, transform their communities, and build better and more sustainable communities. Our approach combines an effective leveraging of the Company’s communication channels with state of the art digital tools, financial support and on-the-ground multidisciplinary teams.

Our sustainability programs and initiatives are intended to help achieve 12 of 17 of the United Nations (“UN”) Sustainable Development Goals (“SDG”), including (i) no poverty, (ii) zero hunger, (iii) good health and well-being, (iv) quality education, (v) gender equality, (vi) decent work and economic growth, (vii) reducing inequalities, (viii) sustainable cities and communities, (ix) climate action, (x) life on land, (xi) peace, justice and strong institutions, and (xii) partnership for the goals.

In 2022 we provided more than 58 million digital impacts and more than 114,000 TV media impacts, reaching more than 46 million people on television. At the same time, we helped more than 15 institutions and organizations through communication campaigns with television spaces.

We have more than 1.6 million followers on social networks and more than 1.5 million people to our digital platforms.

Fundación has diverse programs for different life stages. Empieza Temprano focuses on early childhood development by providing parents and families with information and practical tips. To enhance the skills of K-12 students, Fundación has a civic values program called Valores and a health and wellness program called Vida Saludable. Cuantrix teaches computer science and coding. Technolochicas empowers young women through STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics). Bécalos works to increase high school and college completion while improving the student’s employability. POSiBLE helps to expand high-impact innovation-driven entrepreneurship through training, networking, resources, visibility and acceleration for high-potential startups. In addition, Gol por México combines the passion for helping others with the passion for sports. Through this program, we have transformed soccer goals from the Mexican Soccer League into aid for the neediest communities in México. In addition, Fundación’s cultural and environmental programs cut across ages serving the general public through actions in specific locations and through digital and media spaces.

Our numbers and recognitions include the following:

We had more than 155,748 students from public schools and 5,596 teachers and instructors, across Mexico, registered in our Cuantrix platform to learn basic coding skills.
We had more than 8,890 middle-school girls participating in Technolochicas STEAM activities in Mexico and the United States.
We had 38,645 recipients of Bécalos scholarships, reaching 19,040 scholarships for students and teachers developing employability competencies, 157 scholarships for students attending a program for talented youth, and 2,034 scholarships for women registered into STEAM training.
We continued our partnership with Schmidt Futures and Rhodes Trust to promote their RISE scholarship program in Mexico. This program provides a lifetime support to exceptional teenagers that want to change the world.

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We supported 30,251 entrepreneurs in developing their business models through our POSiBLE program.
We participated in far-reaching communication campaigns, including “Este Verano Juega” and “Semana de la Primer Infancia,” which focused on delivering messages to promote early childhood stimulation, “Valores,” which promoted civic values and the prevention of digital violence through fresh multimedia content and a series of videos reaching more than 43 million people in Mexico, and our “Vida Saludable” program, which promoted wellness and health, reaching more than 6.7 million high school students through the Mexican Ministry of Public Education’s (Secretaría de Educación Pública) programming channel “Aprende en Casa III.”
We provided more than 59,400 parents with practical tips weekly via SMS and our digital newsletter through our Empieza Temprano program.
We transformed 961 soccer goals from the Mexican Soccer League to provide 35,893 recipients with new aid in health, nutrition, development, dwelling, reforestation and support of women through our “Gol por México” program.
Through our Visual Arts Cultural projects, we promoted and exhibited our photographic and cinematographic collection in national and international festivals and museums reaching more than 65,000 attendees.
We received the “CANUTO award,” and honorific mention for best documentary film content for children given by the DocsMX Film Festival for the campaign “Este Verano Juega”.
We were winners of the JUNA KINO 2022 International Youth Film Festival for the best short film for the campaign “Este Verano Juega”.
Recognition by CEMEFI (Centro Mexicano para la Filantropía, A.C.), “Caracol de Plata” for the campaign “Bécalas” dedicated to empowering women.
Recognized by CEMEFI and awarded with the ESR 2022 (Socially Responsible Company 2022).

By responsibly leveraging media, talent, partnerships and financial assets, the efforts led by Fundación reflect the commitment of the Company to social responsibility. We intend to make a strategic contribution to building a more empowered, prosperous and democratic society where all people have a platform to succeed.

Our Operations

As of December 31, 2022, we classified our operations into three business segments: Cable, Sky and Other Businesses. Following the completion of the TelevisaUnivision Transaction on January 31, 2022, our former Content business was combined with UHI, creating TelevisaUnivision, a premier global Spanish-language media company. As a result, subject to certain exceptions, we no longer own our former Content business, and we now classify the former Content business as a discontinued operation and since then it is no longer a business segment. Through the third quarter of 2019, our disposed Radio Business was classified as part of the Other Businesses segment, and beginning in the fourth quarter of 2019, it was classified as held-for-sale operations in the business segment information until it was disposed in July 2020. In the third quarter of 2020, our former Radio Business operations were classified as disposed operations in our Other Businesses segment information.

Cable

The Cable Television Industry in Mexico. Cable television offers multiple channels of entertainment, news and informational programs to subscribers who pay a monthly fee. These fees are based on the package of channels the subscribers receive. According to IFT, there were approximately 772 pay-TV concessions in Mexico, and 2,130 integrated sole concessions for commercial use, as of the date of their report, serving approximately 18.0 million subscribers (including cable and DTH).

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Digital Cable Television Services. Our cable companies offer on-screen interactive programming guide with direct access to Blim, Netflix, Disney+, Star+, HBO Max, amongst others through the “izzi TV” platform, video on demand, high definition channels as well as other services throughout Mexico. Along with their digital pay-TV service, our cable companies offer high speed internet and a competitive digital telephone service. Through their network, they are able to distribute high quality video content, new services, interactivity with video on demand, 1080i high definition, impulse and order pay-per-view, a-la-carte programming, among other products and services, with added value features and premium solutions for consumers, and telephony and internet. Likewise, our cable companies offer mobile applications such as “izzi go”, which is a TV Everywhere application for authenticated subscribers through compatible PCs, iOS and Android platforms, that enables subscribers to access channels, movies and series on demand. “izzi go” also features remote control functionalities compatible with our “izzi TV” set-top-boxes, and allows subscribers to watch additional content through the application. In November 2020 and August 2021, izzi partnered with Disney+ and Star+ respectively, in order to distribute the service both a la-carte and as a bundle in select triple play packages and with payment integration services for izzi customers.

Revenues. Our cable companies generate revenues from their pay-TV, broadband and telephony services, from additional services such as video on demand, and from sales of advertising to local and national advertisers. Subscriber revenues come from monthly service and rental fees and, to a lesser extent, one-time installation fees.

Cable Initiatives. Our cable companies plan to continue offering the following services to their subscribers:

Enhanced programming services, including video on demand, subscription video on demand, high definition and bundled packages;
Broadband internet services, including fixed/mobile solutions;
IP telephony services; and
Mobile services.

Cablevisión. We own a 51% controlling stake in Cablevisión, one of the most important cable television operators in Mexico, which operates in Mexico City and its metropolitan area, where it offers cable television, high speed internet access and IP telephony services.

TVI. In March 2016, we acquired the remaining 50% of the equity interest of TVI and its subsidiaries and as a result, TVI is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. The transaction amounted to Ps.6,750 million. TVI offers cable television, internet access, telephony services and bidirectional data transmission in the metropolitan area of Monterrey and other areas of northern Mexico.

Cablemás. We own Cablemás, which operates in approximately 106 cities in Mexico where it offers cable television, high speed internet access and telephony services.

Cablecom. On July 31, 2013, we invested Ps.7,000 million in convertible debt instruments, which in August 2014 we converted into 95% of the equity interest in Ares, the owner of 51% of the equity interest in Cablecom, a cable company that offers cable television, internet access and telephony services in Mexico, primarily in Campeche, Coahuila, Durango, Estado de México, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Michoacán, Puebla, Queretaro, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, Veracruz and Zacatecas. As part of the 2013 transaction, we also invested U.S.$195 million in a debt instrument issued by Ares. In August 2014, we acquired, pursuant to applicable regulations, the remaining 5% of the equity interest in Ares and the remaining 49% of the equity interest of Cablecom for an additional consideration of Ps.8,550 million, which consisted of the capitalization of the U.S. dollar debt instrument issued by Ares in the amount of Ps.2,642 million, and cash in the amount of Ps.5,908 million.

Telecable. On January 8, 2015, through a series of transactions, we acquired 100% of the equity interest of Telecable for an aggregate consideration of Ps.10,002 million. Telecable is a cable company that provides cable television, internet access and telephony services in Mexico, primarily in the states of Guanajuato, Jalisco, Aguascalientes, Querétaro, Tamaulipas, Nayarit, Chiapas and Colima, among others.

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Bestel. Currently, the Company indirectly holds 66.1% of the equity of Bestel (35.3% through Cablevisión and 30.8% through CVQ), which provides voice, data, and managed services to domestic and international carriers and to the enterprise, corporate, and government segments, cloud and other services in Mexico. Through Bestel (USA), Inc., Bestel provides cross-border services to U.S. carriers including internet protocol, or IP, transit, collocation, international private lines, virtual private networks, or VPNs, and voice services, as well as access to the Internet backbone via companies or carriers classified as “TIER 1” which are networks that can reach every other network on the internet without purchasing internet protocol address transit or paying settlements and “TIER 2” which are networks that peer with some networks, but purchase internet protocol address transit or pay settlements to reach at least some portion of the internet. Bestel operates approximately 39,000 kilometers of a fiber-optic network, including the fiber-optic network it owns. This fiber-optic network covers several important cities and economic regions in Mexico and has direct crossing of its network into San Antonio, Laredo, McAllen, El Paso and Dallas in Texas, Nogales in Arizona, Miami in Florida and San Diego and Los Angeles in California in the United States. This enables the Company to provide high capacity connectivity between the United States and Mexico.

FTTH. On December 17, 2018, we acquired from Axtel its residential fiber-to-the-home business and related assets in Mexico City, Zapopan, Monterrey, Aguascalientes, San Luis Potosi and Ciudad Juarez, through our FTTH subsidiary. The acquired assets comprised 553,226 RGUs, consisting of 97,622 video, 227,802 broadband and 227,802 voice RGUs. The total value of the transaction amounts to Ps.4,713 million. These subscribers were integrated into each operator where coverage was available to take advantage of the fiber optic network.

Sky

Background. We operate “Sky”, our DTH satellite venture in Mexico, Central America and the Dominican Republic, through Innova. We indirectly own 58.7% of this venture. The remaining 41.3% of Innova is owned by DIRECTV. For a description of capital contributions and loans we have made to Innova, see “Operating and Financial Review and Prospects—Results of Operations—Liquidity, Foreign Exchange and Capital Resources—Capital Expenditures, Acquisitions and Investments, Distributions and Other Sources of Liquidity”.

Innova’s Social Part Holders Agreement provides that neither we nor News Corp. nor DIRECTV may directly or indirectly operate or acquire an interest in any business that operates a DTH satellite system in Mexico, Central America and the Dominican Republic (subject to limited exceptions).

As of December 31, 2020, 2021 and 2022, Innova’s DTH satellite pay-TV service had 7,477,294, 7,408,075 and 6,257,059 gross active video subscribers, respectively. Innova primarily attributes its success to its superior programming content, its exclusive transmission of the largest coverage sporting events such as soccer tournaments and special events, its high quality customer service and its nationwide distribution network with approximately 639 points of sale. In addition to the above, Innova also attributes its success to VeTV, our low-end package in Mexico. Sky continues to offer the highest quality and exclusive content in the Mexican pay-TV industry. Its programming packages combine our over-the-air channels with other exclusive content.

During 2022, Sky offered exclusive content, which included La Liga and La Copa del Rey (Spanish Soccer), the Bundesliga (German Soccer), the NFL Sunday Ticket, MLB Extra Innings, the NHL, marathons, ice skating events, Davis Cup, Diamond League, the Pacific Mexican Baseball League (LMP), and Caribbean Series, the World Padel Tour, UEFA EURO, UEFA Nations League and qualifying matches of the CONMEBOL for the World Cup, as well as special coverage of female soccer leagues from Germany, Spain, Sweden and the U.K. In addition to new programming contracts, Sky continues to operate under arrangements with a number of third party programming providers to provide additional channels to its subscribers. Sky also has arrangements with the major programming studios and sports federations.

In 2022, the Sky HD Package comprised 257 channels, as well as nine additional channels for pay-per-view. We expect to continue broadening our HD offering in the coming years.

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As of December 31, 2022, the standard definition programming packages monthly fees for residential subscribers, net of a prompt payment discount if the subscriber pays within 12 days of the billing date, are the following: Basic Ps.159, Fun Ps.319, HBO Ps.489, Universe Ps.724 and monthly fees for high definition programming packages are: Silver Ps.169, Gold Ps.219, Platinum Ps.309 and Black Ps.704. Monthly fees for each programming package do not reflect a monthly rental fee in the amount of Ps.144 for standard definition, Ps.184 for Silver and Gold and Ps.214 for Platinum and Black packages for the decoder necessary to receive the service (or Ps.130 for standard definition, Ps.160 for Silver and Gold, Ps.200 for Platinum and Black packages if the subscriber pays within 12 days of the billing date) and a one-time activation fee which depends on the number of decoders and payment method. The monthly fees with respect to our prepaid programming package in high definition for SKY Prepaid is Ps.149 and the monthly rental fee for the decoder necessary to receive the service is Ps.100.

Sky devotes eight pay-per-view channels to family entertainment and movies and four channels are devoted to adult entertainment. In addition, Sky assigns 15 extra channels exclusively for special events, known as Sky Events, which include concerts and sports. Sky provides some Sky Events at no additional cost while it sells others on a pay-per-view basis.

The installation fee is based on the number of set up boxes and the method of payment chosen by the subscriber. The monthly cost consists of a programming fee plus a rental fee for each additional box.

In 2018, Sky launched Fixed Wireless Broadband services under the brand name Blue Telecomm. Sky offers five, 10 or 20 mega single-play broadband services and five or 10 for video-broadband bundles. These services are limited to certain areas in Mexico. At the end of fiscal year 2022, Sky had 640,294 broadband customers.

In 2022, Sky launched mobile services under the brand Blue Telecomm Cel which offers packages of 4GB, 7GB, 16GB, and 23 GB single-play mobile for Ps.289, Ps.399, Ps.599 and Ps.799, respectively. At the end of fiscal year 2022, Sky had 16,055 mobile customers.

Programming. Sky receives programming content from several providers, including TVSA, which also grants DTH satellite service broadcast rights to most of its existing and future program services (including pay-per-view services on DTH), subject to some pre-existing third party agreements and other exceptions and conditions.

Other Businesses

Publishing. Notwithstanding the challenges facing the publishing industry, we believe we have maintained our position as a significant publisher and distributor of magazines in Mexico, as measured by circulation.

With a total circulation of more than seven million copies in 2022, we publish 31 titles that are distributed in Mexico. See “—Publishing Distribution”. Our main publications in Mexico include TVyNovelas, a weekly entertainment and dramas magazine; Vanidades, a popular bi-weekly magazine for women; and Caras, a monthly leading lifestyle and socialite magazine. We also manage 15 digital platforms that generated 215 million unique users on such platforms during 2022.

We publish the print Spanish-language edition and digital platforms of several magazines, including Cosmopolitan, Harper’s Bazaar and Esquire through a joint venture with Hearst Communications, Inc.; and Muy Interesante and Muy Interestante Jr. pursuant to a license agreement with Zinet Media Global, S.L. We also publish a Spanish-language print edition and digital platforms of National Geographic and National Geographic Traveler through a licensing agreement with National Geographic Partners, LLC. In addition, we publish several comics pursuant to license agreements with Marvel Brands LLC and DC Comics.

Our digital advertising revenue decreased from 34% of the total advertising revenue of the publishing business in 2021 to 28% in 2022 due to lower government spending on digital advertising.

Publishing Distribution. We estimate that we distribute more than 60%, in terms of volume, of the magazines circulated in Mexico through our subsidiary, Distribuidora Intermex, S.A. de C.V., or Intermex. We believe that our distribution network, including independent distributors, reaches over 130 million Spanish-speaking people in Mexico. We also estimate that such distribution network reaches more than 8,300 points of sale in Mexico. In 2020, 2021, and 2022 51%, 52% and 48% respectively, of the publications distributed by our company were published by our Publishing division. In addition, our distribution network sells a number of publications published by joint ventures and independent publishers, as well as collectibles, books, novelties and other consumer products.

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Sports and Show Business Promotions. We actively promote a wide variety of sports events and cultural, musical and other entertainment productions in Mexico. Most of these events and productions are broadcast on television stations as well as on our cable television system and DTH satellite services. See “Our Operations—Programming”, “Our Operations—Cable—Digital Cable Television Services”, and “Our Operations—Sky”.

Soccer. We own Club de Fútbol América S.A. de C.V., or Club América, which currently plays in the Mexican First Division and is one of the most popular and successful soccer teams in Mexico. In the Mexican First Division, each team plays two tournaments of 17 games per regular annual season. The best teams of each regular season engage in post-season championship play.

We own the Azteca Stadium, which has hosted two World Cup Inaugurations and Final Games (1970 and 1986). In 2022, the stadium hosted a significant number of events, which included Club America and Cruz Azul home matches, as well as qualifying games for the Mexican National Team. 2022 was a year during which the industry in which we participate was recovering from COVID-19. The stadium currently has a total seating capacity of approximately 84,500 fans. It also hosts a wide variety of private events and live events, including concerts and shows of Mexican and international artists and performers. For example, during December 2022, the Mexican regional band “Los Bukis” performed once in the stadium, while international star Bad Bunny performed twice in the stadium, with a combined total attendance of more than 190,000 fans. In addition, the Azteca Stadium has been confirmed by FIFA to host soccer matches during the 2026 World Cup, which will be held in Canada, Mexico and the United States.

National Football League. The Company entered into a contract with the National Football League, or the NFL, to host one regular season game each year beginning in 2016. The parties agreed for the stadium to host two regular season games in Mexico City during the 2020 and 2021 seasons, subject to certain conditions being met. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the games scheduled to take place in 2020 and 2021 were postponed. In November 2022, a regular season Monday Night Football game was played at the stadium with more than 78,000 fans in attendance.

Gaming Business. In 2006, we launched our gaming business, which consists of casinos and an online gaming site. As of December 31, 2022, we had 18 casinos in operation, under the brand name “PlayCity”. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the casinos have opened and closed intermittently, following guidance from the relevant authorities. In accordance with our permit, we were permitted to open new casinos until May 2021.  We have requested an extension of our permit from the Mexican Ministry of the Interior, which is still pending resolution. In 2017, we launched our online sports betting site. The casinos and our online sports betting site are operated under the Gaming Permit obtained from the Mexican Ministry of the Interior, to establish, among other things, up to 45 casinos and number draws throughout Mexico. During 2017, our management decided to begin an internal process to close Multijuegos, our lottery business, and in December 2017, we obtained an authorization from the Mexican Ministry of Interior to suspend such business operations.

Spin-off of Certain Bussinesses of Our Other Businesses Segment. Our Board of Directors approved a reorganization proposal to spin-off certain businesses that are part of our Other Businesses segment, including our futbol operations, the Azteca Stadium, the gaming operations, and the publishing and distribution of magazines, as well as certain related assets and real estate, which we refer to as the Spun-off Businesses. The businesses of Cable and Sky, our investment in TelevisaUnivision, broadcasting concessions and infrastructure, as well as other assets and real estate related to these businesses, would remain in the Company. It is expected that this proposed reorganization will be carried out through a spin-off, or the Spin-off, by creating a new controlling entity listed on the Mexican Stock Exchange that would hold the Spun-off Businesses and that would have the same shareholding structure as the Company. It is expected that the Spin-off will be completed in the first half of 2023.

The Spin-off remains subject to several conditions, including compliance with applicable law, as well as obtaining all required corporate and regulatory authorizations (see Note 3 to our consolidated year-end financial statements). Our shareholders approved the Spin-off at the shareholders meeting held on April 26, 2023.

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Held-for-Sale Operations

Radio Stations. On July 2, 2020, we concluded the sale of our 50% equity participation in Sistema Radiópolis, S.A. de C.V., or Radiópolis. Such business was classified as a held-for-sale operation for accounting purposes until its disposal. Our participation in Radiópolis was operated under a joint venture with Promotora de Informaciones, S.A., or Grupo Prisa, a leading Spanish communications group.

Content

We owned the former Content business prior to the completion of the TelevisaUnivision Transaction. Prior to the completion of such transaction, the former Content business generated revenues from advertising, network subscription, licensing and our feature film production and distribution business Videocine.

Discontinued Operations

Advertising

Advertising revenue was derived primarily from the sale of advertising time on television broadcast operations, which included the production of television programming and broadcasting of Channels 2, 4, 5 and 9 (the “Television Networks”), as well as the sale of advertising time on programs provided to pay television companies in Mexico and advertising revenue in the Company’s former Internet business and the production of television programming and broadcasting for local television stations in Mexico. The broadcasting of the Company’s former Television Networks was performed by television repeater stations in Mexico, either wholly-owned, majority-owned or minority-owned by the Company or otherwise affiliated with the Company’s networks.

Network Subscription

Network Subscription revenue was derived from domestic and international programming services provided to independent cable television systems in Mexico and the Company’s direct-to-home satellite and cable television businesses. These programming services for cable and pay-per-view television companies were provided in Mexico, other countries in Latin America, the United States and Europe. The programming services consisted of both programming produced by the Company and programming produced by others.

Licensing and Syndication

Licensing and Syndication revenue was derived from international program licensing and syndication fees. The Company’s television programming was licensed and syndicated to customers abroad, including Univision.

Videocine

As part of the TelevisaUnivision Transaction, we sold Videocine, our feature film production and distribution business.

Videocine produces and co-produces first-run Spanish language feature films, some of which are among Mexico’s top films based on box office receipts.

Investments

OCEN. We owned a 40% stake in Ocesa Entretenimiento, S.A. de C.V. (“OCEN”). On July 24, 2019, we announced that Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. (“Live Nation”) had agreed to purchase our unconsolidated 40% equity participation in OCEN. On December 6, 2021, we announced the closing of the sale of our equity participation in OCEN to Live Nation.

Imagina. We owned equity participations equivalent to 19.05% of the capital stock of Imagina Media Audiovisual S.L., or Imagina, one of the main providers of content and audiovisual services for the media and entertainment industry in Spain. On June 26, 2018, we closed on the sale of our 19.05% stake in Imagina. From the total proceeds paid to us of approximately U.S.$341.0 million, 11% was retained in escrow. In July, 2021 the last portion of the amount that was in escrow was released, and, accordingly, there are no additional amounts pending to be received by the Company in connection with this transaction.

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Grupo de Telecomunicaciones de Alta Capacidad, S.A.P.I. de C.V. In March 2010, Telefónica, Editora Factum, S.A. de C.V., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company which was merged into CVQ in May 2015, and Megacable agreed to jointly participate, through a consortium known as Grupo de Telecomunicaciones de Alta Capacidad, S.A.P.I. de C.V. (“GTAC”), in the public bid for a pair of dark fiber wires held by the CFE (Comisión Federal de Electricidad). In June 2010, the SCT granted GTAC a favorable award in the bidding process for a 20 year contract for the lease of up to 19,457 kilometers of dark fiber-optic capacity, along with a corresponding concession, granted in July 2010, to operate a public telecommunications network using DWDM technology. In June 2010, one of our subsidiaries entered into a long-term credit facility agreement to provide financing to GTAC in an amount up to Ps.688.2 million, which was already liquidated. Under the terms of this agreement, principal and interest were payable at dates agreed by the parties, between 2013 and 2021. In addition, a subsidiary of the Company entered into supplementary long-term loans to provide additional financing to GTAC for an aggregate principal amount of Ps.1,244.0 million. By the end of 2022, GTAC had in operation 189 links and 160 nationwide nodes, and the services for customers grew to 3,699, of which 89% have a capacity of 10 Gbps. The overall capacity per link is approximately 3.2 Tbps (80 optical channels x 10, 40 and 100 Gbps each channel). In addition, GTAC maintains five of its own routes (2,024 kilometers), three third-party dark fiber IRU (2,764 kilometers) and local loops (559 kilometers). This fiber-optic network represents for us an alternative to access data transportation services, increasing competition in the Mexican telecommunications market and therefore improving the quality of the services offered. The fiber-optic network aims to increase broadband internet access for businesses as well as households in Mexico.

We have investments in several other businesses. See Notes 3 and 10 to our consolidated year-end financial statements.

TelevisaUnivision

We have a number of arrangements with TelevisaUnivision, the leading Spanish-language content and media company in the world, which features the largest Spanish-language library of owned content and industry-leading production capabilities that power its streaming, digital and linear television offerings, as well as its radio platforms. TelevisaUnivision’s linear networks include the top-rated broadcast networks Univision and UniMás in the U.S. and Las Estrellas and Canal 5 in Mexico. TelevisaUnivision is home to 36 Spanish-language cable networks, including Galavisión and TUDN, the No. 1 Spanish-language sports network in the U.S. and Mexico. With one of the most compelling portfolios of Spanish-language sports rights in the world, TelevisaUnivision has solidified itself as the home of soccer. TelevisaUnivision also owns and manages 59 television stations across the U.S., four broadcast channels in Mexico affiliated with 222 television stations and Videocine studio. TelevisaUnivision is home to premium streaming services ViX and Blim TV, which altogether host over 50,000 hours of high-quality, original Spanish-language programming from distinguished producers and top talent, and the SVOD global streaming tier ViX premium. Its prominent digital assets include Univision.com, Univision NOW, and several top-rated digital apps. TelevisaUnivision’s radio operations, known as the Uforia Audio Network, the Home of Latin Music, encompasses 57 owned or operated U.S. radio stations, a live event series and a robust digital audio footprint.

Effective as of December 29, 2020, UHI and other parties affiliated with other investor groups that collectively owned a majority of the shares of UHI completed the sale of a majority of shares of UHI to affiliates of Searchlight and ForgeLight. Liberty Global also acquired a minority preferred equity interest in UHI. In connection with those transactions, we retained all of our equity interests in UHI, and our commercial arrangements with UHI and Univision remained in effect and unchanged. Also on December 29, 2020, we exercised all of our remaining warrants exercisable for UHI common stock in exchange for 4,590,953 shares of Class C common stock of UHI. As a result of the foregoing transactions, our equity ownership of UHI increased to approximately 36%.

As of March 31, 2023, we owned a 44% equity interest on an as-converted basis (excluding unvested and/or unsettled stock, restricted stock units and options) in TelevisaUnivision, and we are party to related governance arrangements pursuant to which, among other things, we are entitled to designate five of the 13 members of the Board of Directors of TelevisaUnivision, at least proportionate membership on board committees and consent rights over certain matters. In addition, Messrs. Bernardo Gómez Martínez and Alfonso de Angoitia Noriega became part of the management team of the Mexican content business of TelevisaUnivision. These individuals also continue to serve in their current roles at the Company. As a result, they do not devote all of their time to either TelevisaUnivision or the Company.

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PLA and MLA

Under the PLA, we granted Univision exclusive Spanish-language broadcast and digital rights to our audiovisual programming (subject to certain exceptions) in the United States and all territories and possessions of the United States, including Puerto Rico, in exchange for a royalty payment. Under the MLA, we had the exclusive Spanish-language broadcast and digital rights to Univision’s audiovisual programming (subject to certain exceptions) in Mexico during the term of the PLA.

As part of the TelevisaUnivision Transaction, the PLA and the MLA were assigned to an affiliate of UHI, and since February 2022, we no longer receive any royalties from TelevisaUnivision under the PLA.

TelevisaUnivision Transaction

On January 31, 2022, we consummated the TelevisaUnivision Transaction with UHI and affiliates of Searchlight, ForgeLight and Liberty Global, pursuant to which, among other things, we contributed our former Content business (other than certain assets relating to our former news business, which was transferred at closing to the News Company, real estate and Mexican over-the-air broadcast concessions) to UHI. In consideration for the contribution of our former Content business, we received approximately U.S.$4.5 billion in a combination of cash (U.S.$3.0 billion) and U.S. $1.5 billion of common and preferred shares of TelevisaUnivision, excluding post-closing adjustments. The combined company is referred to as TelevisaUnivision, Inc. The TelevisaUnivision Transaction was partially financed by UHI through a new Series C preferred equity investment in TelevisaUnivision of U.S. $1.0 billion in the aggregate led by the SoftBank Latin American Fund, along with ForgeLight, with participation from Google and The Raine Group, as well as debt financing. In addition, TelevisaUnivision’s news content production for Mexico was transferred so that it is provided by the News Company. After the closing of the TelevisaUnivision Transaction, news programs are owned by the News Company and licensed to TelevisaUnivision.

The foregoing summary of the TelevisaUnivision Transaction does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the 2021 Transaction Agreement, a copy of which has been filed as Exhibit 4.12 to this Form 20-F.

FCC Matters

On January 3, 2017, the FCC (i) approved an increase in the authorized aggregate foreign ownership of Univision’s issued and outstanding shares of common stock from 25% to 49%; and (ii) authorized the Company to hold up to 40% of the voting interests and 49% of the equity interests of Univision. Such authorization enabled the Company to increase its equity stake in Univision, which it did through the exercise of warrants in December 2020, as described earlier in this section under “—TelevisaUnivision”, and subsequently in the completion of the TelevisaUnivision Transaction, as described earlier in this section under “—TelevisaUnivision”. In addition, on December 23, 2020, the FCC approved the then-pending acquisition of a majority equity interest in UHI by affiliates of Searchlight and ForgeLight, subject to certain requirements, and authorized the foreign ownership of up to 100% of UHI’s equity and voting interests, including up to a 49.9% non-controlling voting and/or equity interest to be held by the Company.

On January 21, 2022, the FCC approved the TelevisaUnivision Transaction, subject to compliance with certain requirements set forth in its ruling, including requirements relating to foreign ownership.

For additional information regarding our relationship with TelevisaUnivision, see Notes 3, 9, 10, 14, 15, 20 and 28 to our consolidated year-end financial statements.

Competition

We compete with various companies in Mexico, both Mexican and non-Mexican. See “Key Information—Risk Factors—Risk Factors Related to Our Business—We Face Competition in Each of Our Markets That We Expect Will Intensify”.

Cable

Cablevisión, Cablemás, TVI, Cablecom, Telecable and FTTH face intense competition from several media, internet, OTT, cable, pay-TV and telecommunications companies throughout Mexico.

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The telecommunications industry in Mexico has become highly competitive. New technologies and technical innovations have been implemented in the telecommunications sector, resulting in a significant increase in competition. We believe that there is a strong correlation between the increase in competition and the adoption of new technologies.

Our cable operators face intense competition in the Internet services market and in the fixed telephony services market from several service providers such as Totalplay and other cable companies, but also importantly from the preponderant economic agent in the telecommunications sector, which holds a significant market share, as well as other competitors in fixed-mobile solutions.

Our cable operators also face tough competition from other cable companies and from other pay-TV operators such as Dish Mexico, Total Play, Megacable, Sky and other cable operator companies. Recently, competition in this market has increased due to the growth of IPTV or OTT providers such as Netflix, Disney+, Star +, Claro Video, Prime Video (Amazon), HBO Max, ViX, Paramount, Lionsgate, Universal +, and Apple TV+, among others.

Our cable operators compete as well with other media with respect to advertising sales, including DTH, social media, outdoor advertising and publishing among others. The information technologies are changing and we expect will continue to change the consumption of advertising in the communications media.

Sky

Innova currently competes with, or expects to compete with, among others, cable television operators, MMDS systems, national broadcast networks (including our three free-to-air networks and Channel 4), regional and local broadcast stations, OTT content providers, internet video websites and other DTH concessions such as Dish Mexico, which as of the first quarter of 2022 had approximately 1 million subscribers, according to IFT. Currently, Dish Mexico offers not only low-priced packages, but also high-end products such as High Definition Packages. Innova also faces competition from: (a) unauthorized C-band and Ku-band television signals provided by third parties without authorization of the Mexican government; and (b) illegal streaming services that facilitate access to television channels and content through set up boxes and applications. Other competitors include radio, movie theaters, video rental stores, IPTV, video games and other entertainment sources. We also face significant competition from new entrants in pay-TV services as well as from the new public television networks. The consolidation in the entertainment and broadcast industries could further intensify competitive pressures. As the pay-TV market in Mexico matures, and as the offering of bundled services that include pay-TV, broadband and telephony increases, Innova expects to face competition from an increasing number of sources. Emerging technologies that provide new services to pay-TV customers as well as new competitors in the DTH field or cable, telecommunication and internet players entering into video services would require us to make significant capital expenditures in new technologies and additional transponder capacity.

In October 2008, Dish Mexico, a subsidiary of a U.S. based DTH company operating with certain arrangements with Telmex, started operations in Mexico through a DTH concession. Dish Mexico currently operates nationwide.

Other Businesses

Publishing

Each of our magazine publications competes for readership and advertising revenues with other magazines of a general character and with other forms of print and non-print media. Competition for advertising is based on circulation levels, reader demographics and advertising rates.

Gaming Business

Our principal competitors in the gaming industry are, with respect to casinos, Codere, Grupo Caliente, Grupo Cirsa, Grupo Logrand, and Palacio de los Números. We also face competition from several illegal casino and bingo parlors throughout Mexico.

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Regulation

Our business, activities and investments are subject to various Mexican federal, state and local statutes, rules, regulations, policies and procedures, which are constantly subject to change and are affected by the actions of various Mexican federal, state and local governmental authorities. Given that we retained the broadcast concessions as part of the TelevisaUnivision Transaction, we continue to be responsible for compliance with regulations applicable to them, as described below. See “Key Information—Risk Factors—Risk Factors Related to Mexico—Imposition of Fines by Regulators and Other Authorities Could Adversely Affect Our Financial Condition and Results of Operations”, “Key Information—Risk Factors—Risk Factors Related to Mexico—Existing Mexican Laws and Regulations or Changes Thereto or the Imposition of New Ones May Negatively Affect Our Operations and Revenue” and “Key Information—Risk Factors—Risk Factors Related to Mexico—The Reform and Addition of Various Provisions of the Mexican Constitution Related to Telecommunications, the LFTR, and Other Recent Actions of IFT May Significantly and Adversely Affect the Business, Results of Operations and Financial Results of Some of Our Business Segments”. The material Mexican federal, state and local statutes, rules, regulations, policies and procedures to which our business, activities and investments are subject are summarized below. These summaries do not purport to be complete and should be read together with the full texts of the relevant statutes, rules, regulations, policies and procedures described therein.

Cable

Concessions. Cable television operators apply for a concession from IFT in order to operate their networks and provide cable television services and other multimedia communications services. Applications are submitted to IFT and, after a formal review process, a concession is granted for an initial term of up to 30 years. Cablevisión obtained a telecommunications concession, which expires in 2029; in 2019 such concession became an integrated sole concession. Pursuant to its public telecommunications concession, Cablevisión can provide any telecommunication services in Mexico, including cable television, limited audio transmission services, bidirectional internet access and unlimited data transmission services in Mexico City and surrounding areas in the State of Mexico (Estado de México). The scope of Cablevisión’s integrated sole concession is much broader than the scope of its former public telecommunications concession, which covered certain telecommunications services in Mexico City and its metropolitan area.

Cablemás operates under one integrated sole concession, which covers 20 Mexican states. Pursuant to this concession, Cablemás provides cable television services, internet access and bidirectional data transmission services. In addition, Cablemás provides local and international long distance telephony services. The concession granted by IFT allows Cablemás to install and operate a public telecommunications network. The Cablemás concession will expire in 2046. The Cablemás concession allows it to provide any telecommunication services throughout Mexico. In 2021, as part of a strategy to make the operation more efficient, Cablemás waived its previous concessions for residential services, which were granted pursuant to an integrated sole concession that allowed Cablemás to provide any telecommunication services in Mexico, with an expiration date of 30 years from July 7, 2016.

TVI operates under one integrated sole concession, which covers primarily six Mexican states. Through this concession, TVI provides cable television services, bidirectional data transmission and internet and telephony services. The integrated sole concession granted by IFT allows TVI to install and operate a public telecommunications network to provide any telecommunication and broadcasting services all around Mexico. TVI’s concession will expire in 2045.

Cablecom and its affiliates operate under two integrated sole concessions, which cover 18 Mexican states. Through these concessions, Cablecom provides cable television services, bidirectional data transmission and internet and telephony services. Each concession granted by IFT allows Cablecom to install and operate a public telecommunications network. The expiration dates for Cablecom’s concessions are June 2045 and September 2038. Cablecom concession titles allow it to provide telecommunication services throughout Mexico. In 2021, as part of a strategy to make the operation more efficient, Cablecom waived its previous concessions for residential services, which were granted pursuant to two integrated sole concessions that allowed Cablecom to provide any telecommunication services in Mexico, with an expiration date of 30 years from June 3, 2015.

Telecable operates under one integrated sole concession, which covers 11 Mexican states. Through this concession, Telecable provides cable television services, bidirectional data transmission and internet and telephony services, as well as mobile telephony as a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) in 30 Mexican States. The concession granted by IFT allows Telecable to install and operate a public telecommunications network. The Telecable concession title allows it to provide any telecommunication services throughout Mexico, which was extended by IFT on December 16, 2020 for an additional 30 years, until December 26, 2056.

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In 2021, as part of a strategy to make the operation more efficient, Telecable waived its previous concessions for residential services, which were incorporated under one integrated sole concession that allowed Telecable to provide telecommunication services in Mexico, and which expires on December 26, 2056.

In 2021, FTTH sold its operations to its affiliated concessionary companies which previously operated in Mexico. As a result, FTTH waived its rights, in the same year, to its integrated sole concession, in order to avoid any risk of fine and/or revocation by IFT.

According to the LFTR, a public telecommunications concession may be renewed upon its expiration, or revoked or terminated prior to its expiration for a variety of circumstances, including:

unauthorized interruption or termination of service;
interference by the concessionaire with services provided by other operators;
non-compliance with the terms and conditions of the public telecommunications concession (which has expressly established that failure to comply will result in the revocation of the concession);
the concessionaire’s refusal to interconnect with other operators;
loss of the concessionaire’s Mexican nationality;
unauthorized assignment, transfer or encumbrance, in whole or in part, of the concession or any rights or assets;
the liquidation or bankruptcy of the concessionaire; and
ownership or control of the capital stock of the concessionaire by a foreign government.

In addition, IFT may establish under any public telecommunications concession further events which could result in revocation of the concession. Under current Mexican laws and regulations, upon the expiration or termination of a public telecommunications concession, the Mexican government has the right to purchase those assets of the concessionaire that are directly related to the concession, at market value.

Cable television operators are subject to the LFTR. Under current Mexican law, cable television operators are classified as public telecommunications networks, and must conduct their business in accordance with Mexican laws and regulations applicable to public telecommunications networks.

Under the applicable Mexican law, the Mexican government, through the SCT, may also temporarily seize or even expropriate all of a public telecommunications concessionaire’s assets in the event of a natural disaster, war, significant public disturbance or threats to internal peace and for other reasons related to preserving public order or for economic reasons. The Mexican government is obligated by Mexican law to compensate the concessionaire, both for the value of the assets seized and related profits.

Supervision of Operations. IFT regularly inspects the operations of cable systems and cable television operators must file periodic reports with IFT, and publish, on their web pages, the average download speed of their internet services.

Under Mexican law, programming broadcast on cable networks is not subject to judicial or administrative censorship. However, this programming is subject to various regulations, including prohibitions on foul language, programming which is against good manners and customs or programming which is against the national security or against public order.

Mexican law also requires cable television operators to broadcast programming that promotes Mexican culture, although cable television operators are not required to broadcast a specified amount of this type of programming.

In addition to broadcasting programming that promotes Mexican culture, Mexican law also requires cable television operators to carry all air broadcast channels in the same geographic coverage area and Señales de Instituciones Públicas Federales or Public Federal Institutions Channels provided by the Mexican government according to the applicable regulations.

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Restrictions on Advertising. Mexican law restricts the type of advertising that may be broadcast on cable television. These restrictions are similar to those applicable to advertising broadcast on over-the-air channels. See “—Regulation—Television—Mexican Television Regulations—Restrictions on Advertising”.

Forfeiture of Assets. Under Mexican regulations, at the end of the term of a public telecommunications concession, assets of concessionaires may be purchased by the Mexican government at market value.

Non-Mexican Ownership of Public Telecommunications Networks

Under current Mexican law, non-Mexicans may currently own up to 49%, subject to reciprocity by the relevant foreign country, of the outstanding voting stock of Mexican companies with a broadcast television or radio concession. However, non-Mexicans may currently own up to all of the outstanding voting stock of Mexican companies with a public telecommunications concession to provide cellular telephone, fixed-line telephone, pay-TV and data services.

Application of the Existing Regulatory Framework to Internet Access and IP Telephony Services

Cablevisión, TVI, Cablecom, Telecable, Cablemás and FTTH may be required, under Mexican law, to permit other concessionaires to connect their network to its network in a manner that enables its customers to choose the network by which the services are carried.

To the extent that a cable television operator has any available capacity on its network, as a public telecommunications network, Mexican law requires the operator to offer third party providers access to its network. Our cable operators currently do not have any capacity available on their networks to offer to third party providers and do not expect that they will have capacity available in the future given the broad range of services they plan to provide over their networks.

Satellite Communications

Mexican Regulation of DTH Satellite Services. Under LFTR, concessions to broadcast DTH satellite services are for an initial term of up to 30 years, and are renewable for up to 30 years. We received a 30-year concession to operate DTH satellite services in Mexico utilizing SatMex satellites in May 1996. In November 2018, such concession transitioned into a unique concession which authorizes Sky to render the following services: DTH Pay TV; Private Satellite Link Services; and Fixed Telephony and Internet Access. In October 2021, we were officially notified by IFT of the extension of our concession which has been renewed for 30 years, which now expires in May 2056.

In November 2000, we received an additional 20-year concession to operate our DTH satellite service in Mexico using the IS-9 satellite system, a foreign-owned satellite system. Our use of the IS-16, IS-21 and SM-1 satellites has been authorized by the competent Mexican authorities. As of November 2020, due to modifications in the telecommunications legislation, such concession transitioned into a new 10-year authorization and, at the same time, we were granted a unique concession, thereby complementing our concession to continue providing the DTH service.

Like a public telecommunications network concession, a unique concession, as well as any other authorization, may be revoked or terminated by IFT prior to the end of its term in certain circumstances, which for a DTH concession include:

The failure to use the concession within 180 days after it was granted;
A declaration of bankruptcy of the concessionaire;
Failure to comply with the obligations or conditions specified in the concession;
Unlawful assignments of, or encumbrances on, the concession; or
Failure to pay to the government the required fees.

At the termination of a concession, the Mexican government has the preemptive right to acquire the assets of a DTH satellite service concessionaire. In the event of a natural disaster, war, significant public disturbance or for reasons of public need or interest, the Mexican government may temporarily seize and expropriate all assets related to a concession, but must compensate the concessionaire for such seizure. The Mexican government may collect fees based on DTH satellite service revenues of a satellite concessionaire.

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Under the LFTR, DTH satellite service concessionaires may freely set customer fees but must notify IFT of the amount, except that if a concessionaire has substantial market power, IFT may determine fees that may be charged by such concessionaire. The LFTR specifically prohibits cross-subsidies.

There is currently no limitation on the level of non-Mexican ownership of voting equity of DTH satellite system concessionaires.

Regulation of DTH Satellite Services in Other Countries. Our current and proposed DTH ventures in other countries are and will be governed by laws, regulations and other restrictions of such countries, as well as treaties that such countries have entered into, regulating the delivery of communications signals to, or the uplink of signals from, such countries. In addition, the laws of some other countries establish restrictions on our ownership interest in some of these DTH ventures as well as restrictions on programming that may be broadcast by these DTH ventures.

Mexican Gaming Regulations

Pursuant to Mexico’s Ley Federal de Juegos y Sorteos, or Federal Law of Games and Draws, or Gaming Law, and its accompanying regulations, the Reglamento de la Ley Federal de Juegos y Sorteos, or Gaming Regulations, the Mexican Ministry of the Interior has the authority to permit the operation of games and lotteries that involve betting. This administrative authorization is defined as a permit under the Gaming Regulations. Under the Gaming Regulations, each permit establishes the terms and conditions for the operation of the respective activities authorized under the permit and the specific periods for operation of those activities. Permits for games and lotteries that involve betting have a maximum term of 25 years. The holder of the relevant permit must comply with all the terms provided in the permit, the Gaming Law and the Gaming Regulations. We were granted a Gaming Permit on May 25, 2005, which expires on May 24, 2030.

Mexican Antitrust Law

The Federal Antitrust Law became effective on July 7, 2014. It should be noted that IFT is entitled to review antitrust matters related to the telecommunications and broadcasting sectors, while the COFECE is in charge of all other antitrust matters. IFT or COFECE must authorize mergers and acquisitions before they take place. In addition, one of the thresholds was modified to only apply to sales or assets of economic agents in Mexico and not worldwide economic agents.

The Antitrust Law provides that the following reportable transactions, among others, are exempt from being reviewed by IFT or COFECE:

(i)Corporate restructurings.
(ii)Transactions where the acquirer has control over the target from its incorporation or from the date the last reported transaction was approved by IFT or COFECE.
(iii)Trusts in which the trustor contributes assets without intending to transfer, or causing the actual transfer of, assets to another company that is not part of the corporate structure of the trustor.
(iv)Transactions that have effect in Mexico involving non-Mexican participants, if the participants will not take control of Mexican legal entities, or acquire assets in Mexico, in addition to those previously controlled or owned by such participants.
(v)When the acquirer is a Brokerage House, whose operation involves the acquisition of stock, obligations, securities or assets, in order to place them among the investing public, except when the Brokerage House obtains a significant influence in the decisions of the company.
(vi)Acquisitions of equity securities (or convertible securities) through stock markets that represent less than 10% of such securities, and the acquirer is not entitled to: (w) appoint board members; (x) control a shareholders meeting decision; (y) vote more than 10% of voting rights of the issuer; or (z) direct or influence the management, operation, strategy or principal policies of the issuer.
(vii)When the acquisition of stock, assets, obligations or securities is made by one or more investment funds with speculative purposes that have no investments in companies or assets that participate or are occupied in the same relevant market of the acquired company.

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According to transitory Article 9 of the LFTR, as long as there is a Preponderant Economic Agent in the telecommunications and broadcasting sectors, in order to promote competition and develop viable competitors in the future, it is not required to obtain IFT approval of mergers and acquisitions carried out by concession holders when the following requirements are met:

(a)The transaction reduces the Dominance Index in the sector and the Hirschman-Herfindahl Index does not increase by more than 200 points.
(b)As a result of the transaction, the economic agent involved has a sector share percentage of less than 20%.
(c)The Preponderant Economic Agent of the sector in which the transaction is taking place is not involved in the transaction.
(d)The transaction does not effectively diminish, harm or hinder the free competition and concurrency in the applicable sector. 

Notwithstanding the above, concession holders involved in the transaction shall inform IFT of the transaction within ten days following the completion of the transaction and IFT will then have 90 calendar days to investigate the transaction and in case it determines the existence of substantial market power in the relevant market, it may impose the necessary measures to protect and encourage free competition and concurrency in such market.

As part of our expansion of our cable business, on December 17, 2018, we acquired FTTH under the provisions set forth in transitory Article 9 of LFTR. On May 8, 2019, the IFT launched an investigation to analyze if, as a result of the transaction, the Company and TVSA acquired substantial power in the market of telecommunications networks providing voice, data or video services. On September 4, 2019, the IFT Investigative Authority issued a preliminary opinion, whereby it assessed that there were elements to determine that the Company had substantial power in 35 relevant markets of the telecommunications networks that provide restricted television and audio services. Those relevant markets comprise 35 municipalities in the following States: Aguascalientes, Chihuahua, Ciudad de México, Estado de México, Jalisco, Nuevo León and San Luis Potosí. As a response to the preliminary opinion, the Company presented its position and provided evidence to prove that the Company does not hold substantial power in the relevant markets established in the preliminary opinion. On November 26, 2020, the IFT notified the Company of the final resolution confirming the existence of substantial power in the 35 relevant markets of restricted television and audio services. Consequently, on December 17, 2020, the Company filed three amparos challenging the constitutionality of the resolution. The trials were resolved favorably for the Company in the first instance, and the decisions will be reviewed by a superior court. Some of the consequences derived from the determination of substantial market power, are applicable as a matter of law and others may be imposed by IFT in a new procedure in accordance with the LFTR; these may consist of: (i) the obligation to obtain IFT’s approval and to register the rates for our services; (ii) to inform the IFT in case of the adoption of new technology or modifications to the network; (iii) the agent with substantial power may not be entitled to the benefits of some rules of the “must carry” and “must offer” provisions; and (iv) the implementation of accounting separation.

Other relevant provisions provided in the Antitrust Law, are the following:

(a)Granting the Autoridad Investigadora, or Prosecutor Authority, authority to investigate the commission of monopolistic practices, forbidden mergers, barriers to competition, essential facilities, or substantial market power.
(b)Enhancement of the legal power of the authorities for conducting its investigations (such as requesting written evidence and testimonies and performing verification visits).
(c)Significantly increased monetary fines for the commission of illegal conduct.
(d)IFT or COFECE, as applicable, may determine the existence of essential facilities when the following conditions are met: (i) one or several economic agents with substantial market power control a good; (ii) the reproduction of such good by other economic agents is unviable, now or in the future, due to technical, legal or economic reasons; (iii) the good is indispensable for the provision of other goods or services in other markets and does not have close substitutes.
(e)IFT or COFECE, as applicable, may determine the existence of barriers to competition and free markets, when an element is found that either: (i) hinders the access of new entrants; (ii) limits competition; or (iii) hinders or distorts competition and the free market process.

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(f)The resolutions issued by IFT or COFECE, as applicable, can only be challenged by an amparo claim, which will be ruled by the Antitrust, Telecommunications and Broadcasting federal courts, without any judicial stay that can suspend the execution of the resolution.

The above-mentioned provisions may significantly and adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

Mexican Television Regulations

Concessions. The LFTR regulates, on a convergent basis, the use and exploitation of the radio-electric spectrum, and the telecommunications networks, as well as the rendering of broadcasting, cable, satellite pay-TV and telecommunications services.

Concessions for the commercial use of spectrum are granted through public bid processes. Such concessions are granted for a fixed term, subject to renewal in accordance with LFTR. Renewal of concessions for the use of spectrum require, among others: (i) to request such renewal to IFT in the year prior to the last fifth period of the fixed term of the related concession; (ii) to be in compliance with the concession holder’s obligations under the LFTR, other applicable regulations, and the concession title; (iii) a declaration by IFT that there is no public interest in recovering the spectrum granted under the related concession; and (iv) the acceptance by the concession holder of any new conditions for renewing the concession as set forth by IFT, including the payment of a related fee. To our knowledge, no spectrum granted for broadcasting services in Mexico has been recovered by the Mexican government in the past several years for public interest reasons, however, the Company is unable to predict any future action by IFT.

Pursuant to the Telecommunications and Broadcasting Federal Law, concessionaires will now only have one integrated sole concession to provide telecommunication and broadcasting services. Integrated sole concessions will be granted for a term of up to 30 years with the possibility to renew them, for the same term originally granted. Renewal of integrated sole concessions require, among others: (i) to request its renewal to IFT within the year prior to the last fifth period of the fixed term of the related concession; (ii) to be in compliance with the concession holder’s obligations under the LFTR, other applicable regulations, and the concession title; and (iii) the acceptance by the concession holder of any new conditions for renewing the concession as set forth by IFT. IFT shall resolve any request for renewal of the telecommunications concessions within 180 business days of its request. Failure by IFT to respond within such period of time shall be interpreted as if the request for renewal has been granted.

In May 2018, applications for the renewal of the Group’s 70 broadcasting concessions (comprising 225 TV stations), were timely filed under the LFTR and the terms set on the concessions, and as part of the renewal process, the Company regrouped its concessions to create (i) three concessionaires, each one specialized on broadcasting the National TV Networks of Las Estrellas, Canal 5 and Canal Nu9ve, respectively, and (ii) three concessionaires specialized on local TV content.

On November 6, 2018, IFT notified the Company the grant of the renewal of its concessions, the new conditions under which they will operate, as well as the relevant fee to be paid for such renewals.

On November 26, 2018, the Company timely accepted the new conditions for the renewal of the concessions and performed the payment of the relevant fee for a total amount of Ps.5,753 million, as a consequence, the IFT delivered to the Company (i) 23 concessions for the use of spectrum that comprise the Company 225 TV stations, for a term of 20 years, starting in January 2022, and ending in January 2042, and (ii) six concessions that grant the authorization to provide digital broadcasting television services of such 225 TV stations, for a term of 30 years, starting in January 2022 and ending in January 2052.

On March 7, 2014, IFT published in the Official Gazette of the Federation an invitation to a public auction for the concession for the two new National Digital Networks. The invitation provided that the concessions for the National Digital Networks would be granted for a term of 20 years for the operation of stations with, among other characteristics, mandatory geographic coverage in 123 locations corresponding to 246 channels within the Mexican territory.

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The Company was prevented from participating as a bidder in the 2014 public auction. See “Key Information — Risk Factors Related to Mexico — The Reform and Addition of Various Provisions of the Mexican Constitution Related to Telecommunications, the LFTR, and Other Recent Actions of IFT May Significantly and Adversely Affect the Business, Results of Operations and Financial Results of Some of Our Business Segments” and “Key Information — Risk Factors Related to Our Business — The Operation of Our Business May Be Adversely Affected if the Mexican Government Does Not Renew or Revokes Our Broadcast or Other Concessions”. In March 2015, IFT issued its ruling announcing Grupo Radio Centro and Imagen Television as winning bidders for two free to air broadcasting licenses with separate national coverage. Imagen Television has completed the process and received its license. However, since Grupo Radio Centro failed to pay the amount they bid for their free to air broadcasting license, the IFT’s ruling announcing them as a winning bidder was declared null and void and they will not receive the license. As a result, the auction of the portion of the spectrum that was going to be assigned to Grupo Radio Centro took place during 2017. The new bid was for 148 channels for Digital Terrestrial Television, including at least 123 channels that were not allocated in the IFT-1 bidding process for the two national digital broadcast television networks. At the end of the process, offers were received for 32 channels located in 29 different coverage areas, located in 17 States and covering about 45 percent of the country’s total population. The bidding process concluded in December 2017 with the issuance of the corresponding concession titles in favor of Compañía Periodística Sudcaliforniana, S.A. de C.V., Comunicación 2000, S.A. de C.V., Francisco de Jesús Aguirre Gómez, Intermedia de Chihuahua, S.A. de C.V., José Guadalupe Manuel Trejo García, Multimedios Televisión, S.A. de C.V., Quiero Media, S.A. de C.V., Radio Comunicación Gamar, S.A. de C.V., Radio Operadora Pegasso, S.A. de C.V., Radio-Televisión de Nayarit, S.A. de C.V., Tele Saltillo, S.A. de C.V., Televisión Digital, S.A. de C.V. and Telsusa Televisión México, S.A. de C.V. See “Key Information—Risk Factors—Risk Factors Related to Mexico—The Reform and Addition of Various Provisions of the Mexican Constitution Related to Telecommunications, the LFTR, and Other Recent Actions of IFT May Significantly and Adversely Affect the Business, Results of Operations and Financial Results of Some of Our Business Segments”.

None of our over-the-air television concessions has ever been revoked or otherwise terminated and, except for an immaterial concession to transmit an UHF restricted television service which expired in November 2010, all of our concessions have been renewed. See “Information on the Company—Business Overview—Regulation— Cable—Concessions”.

We believe that we have operated our television concessions substantially in compliance with their terms and applicable Mexican law. If a concession is revoked or terminated, the concessionaire could be required to forfeit to the Mexican government all of its assets or the Mexican government could have the right to purchase all the concessionaire’s assets. In our case, the assets of our licensee subsidiaries generally consist of transmitting facilities and antennas. See “Key Information—Risk Factors—Risk Factors Related to Our Business—The Operation of Our Business May Be Adversely Affected if the Mexican Government Does Not Renew or Revokes Our Broadcast or Other Concessions”.

As a result of the Telecom Reform, certain provisions of the LFTR and Guidelines related to the distribution of more than one channel of programming on the same transmission channel, or multiplexing, were passed. Such provisions optimize the use of the spectrum; for example, where the 6MHz spectrum was used entirely to broadcast only one channel of programming analog standard, now based on new technologies, more than one channel of programming digital standard on the same transmission channel can be broadcast. The Company, as a Preponderant Economic Agent has a restrictive obligation related to multiplexing. The IFT shall not authorize the Preponderant Economic Agent to broadcast channels in excess of 50% of the total channels authorized to other broadcasters in the same geographic coverage. The IFT has granted multiplexing authorizations to the Company, granting access to TVSA as its third party programmer in terms of the third party programming agreements: 35 authorizations for multiplexing the Channel 5 Network, 24 authorizations for multiplexing the Channel Nu9ve Network, two authorizations for multiplexing the Channel 2 Network, 35 authorizations for multiplexing Channel Foro TV Network and three authorizations for multiplexing the Channel CV Shopping (programmed by the Company) and 65 authorizations for temporary transmissions of the Government Educational Channel “Aprende en Casa III” (which ended on July, 11, 2021), supporting the government measures for the COVID-19 pandemic. Further filings for new authorizations are still under evaluation.

Supervision of Operations. To ensure that broadcasting is performed in accordance with the provisions established in the concession title, the LFTR and Guidelines, IFT is entitled to monitor compliance by exercising powers of supervision and verification: for example, the IFT can perform technical inspections of the television stations and the concessionaire must file annual reports with IFT.

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On August 21, 2018, the Mexican Ministry of Interior published in the Official Gazette of the Federation an amendment to the regulations of broadcast television and pay-TV programming guidelines that provides for different age classifications for programming (the “Programming Guidelines Amendment”), which became effective on August 22, 2018, substituting in full force and effect the previous amendment published on February 15, 2017. The Programming Guidelines Amendment for broadcast television is as follows: (i) programs classified “D” extreme and adult only may broadcast after midnight to 5:00 am; (ii) programs classified “C” not suitable for people under the age of 18 may broadcast only after 9:00 p.m. to 5:59 am; (iii) programs classified “B15” for teenagers over 15 years old may be broadcast only after 7:00 p.m. to 5:59 am; (iv) programs classified “B” for teenagers may be broadcast only after 4:00 p.m. to 5:59 am; and (v) programs classified “A” and “AA” suitable for all age groups may be broadcast at any time. The same age classifications apply for pay-TV programming and the age classifications must be shown to the audience, but there are no applicable broadcasting time limitations.

On February 14, 2020, the Mexican Ministry of Interior published in the Official Gazette of the Federation an additional amendment to the Programming Guidelines, for which the only relevant change therein was to extend the display time for the Parental Advisory from 15 to 30 seconds.

Content for Children and Teenagers. The LFTR includes new criteria for programming addressed for children and teenagers. Each concessionaire is also required to transmit each day, free of charge, up to 30 minutes of programming promoting cultural, educational, family counseling and other social matters, using programming provided by the Mexican government. Historically, the Mexican government has not used a significant portion of this time.

Restrictions on Advertising. Mexican law regulates the type and content of advertising broadcast on television. In order to prevent the transmission of misleading advertising, without affecting freedom of expression and dissemination, the broadcasting of advertisements presented as journalistic news or information is prohibited. Under current law, advertisements of alcoholic beverages (other than beer and wine) may be broadcast only after 9:00 p.m. and advertisements for tobacco products are prohibited. Advertising for alcoholic beverages must not be excessive and must be combined with general promotions of nutrition and general hygiene. Health Law Guidelines were published in the Official Gazette of the Federation on April 15, 2014 and became effective on July 7, 2014, for the advertisement of the following products: snacks, flavored drinks, candies, chocolates, or foods similar to chocolates and became effective for the remaining products on January 1, 2015. See “Key Information—Risk Factors—Risk Factors Related to Mexico—The Amendments to the Regulations of the General Health Law on Advertising Could Materially Affect Our Business, Results of Operations and Financial Condition”. Moreover, the Mexican government must approve any advertisement of lotteries and other sweepstakes games.

TV advertisement will not take up more than 18% of the broadcast time on any day in TV. However, this percentage can be increased by an additional 2% when at least 20% of the content programmed is national production. Another 5% of advertisement time can be added when at least 20% of the content programmed is independent national production. There are no restrictions on maximum rates. See “Key Information—Risk Factors—Risk Factors Related to Mexico—Existing Mexican Laws and Regulations or Changes Thereto or the Imposition of New Ones May Negatively Affect Our Operations and Revenue”, “—The Amendments to the Regulations of the General Health Law on Advertising Could Materially Affect Our Business, Results of Operations and Financial Situation” and “—The Reform and Addition of Various Provisions of the Mexican Constitution Related to Telecommunications, the LFTR, and Other Recent Actions of IFT May Significantly and Adversely Affect the Business, Results of Operations and Financial Results of Some of Our Business Segments”.

The Company must also comply with the provisions of the Agencies Law, which includes various obligations and restrictions relating to the sale of advertising for all forms of media. See “Risk Factors—Existing Mexican Laws and Regulations or Changes Thereto or the Imposition of New Ones May Negatively Affect Our Operations and Revenue.”

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Additional Rights for Audiences. Among others, the LFTR imposes new obligations on concessionaires. On November 29, 2016, IFT issued the Guidelines for the Defense of the Audiences, which were published on December 21, 2016, in the Federal Official Gazette. These guidelines and some related provisions of the LFTR were constitutionally challenged by the Executive Branch and the Senate particularly for concerns that they restrict freedom of speech. These procedures were dismissed by the Supreme Court of Justice by the entry into force of the reform of the LFTR published in the Official Gazette on October 31, 2017 (the “LFTR 2017 Reform”). The amendment to the LFTR includes among other things: (i) restricts the power of the IFT to regulate a large portion of the provisions established by the Guidelines for the Defense of the Audience; (ii) increases the ability of all broadcasting and telecommunications concessionaries to self-regulate themselves by granting them the ability to regulate their programming content and the way in which they decide to respect and promote the rights of the audiences through their code of ethics without being subject to IFT’s approval; (iii) removes the obligation to make sure that, when broadcasting news, the reporting of factual material is clearly distinguished from commentaries and personal analysis; and (iv) makes clear that the appointment of an Ombudsman is not subject to special specifications and procedures set by IFT. As a result, the legal provisions that are contrary to this amendment were repealed.

The LFTR 2017 Reform was challenged through actions for constitutional review (acciones de constitucionalidad), which were resolved in August 2022 by the Supreme Court of Justice, overriding the LFTR 2017 Reform, subsisting the Congress’ authority to legislate again on Rights for Audiences. In addition, two associations and other persons filed two amparo suits challenging some provisions of the LFTR 2017 Reform. As a result of one of such proceedings, the courts ordered the repeal of the amendment of article 256 of the LFTR 2017 Reform, and the IFT has the authority to determine a date for entering into force of the General Guidelines on Rights for Audiences dated December 21, 2016, or to issue new guidelines. The Company’s entities that are concessionaires challenged the decision to repeal the LFTR 2017 Reform, which is still pending.

Government Broadcast Time. Television stations have to provide to the Mexican government up to 18 minutes per day of the television broadcast time between 6:00 a.m. and midnight, in each case distributed in an equitable and proportionate manner. Any time not used by the Mexican government on any day is forfeited. Generally, the Mexican government uses all or substantially all of the broadcast time available to it under this tax.

In April 2020, the President of Mexico issued a decree amending the rules on government broadcast time starting on May 2020. For the periods where no electoral pre-campaigns and campaigns are in place, television stations will have to provide to the Mexican government up to 11 minutes per day of television broadcast time between 6:00 am and midnight, in each case distributed in a proportionate manner. Another significant difference is that under the terms of the prior rules the unused minutes by the government were forfeited and could be used by the broadcasters, while in the new decree, the Secretaría de Gobernación, or Mexican Ministry of Interior, may reassign the unused minutes for the use by the Mexican government for an indefinite term.

Foreign Ownership. Non-Mexican ownership of shares of Mexican enterprises is restricted in some economic sectors, including broadcast television, and radio. As a result of the Telecom Reform, the participation of foreign investors can be up to 49% in free to air radio and television concessions, subject to reciprocity requirements, and up to 100% in telecommunications services and satellite communications. Such amendments are reflected in the LFTR and Mexico’s Ley de Inversión Extranjera, or Foreign Investment Law, and the Reglamento de la Ley de Inversión Extranjera y del Registro Nacional de Inversiones Extranjeras, or the Regulation of the Foreign Investment Law and the Foreign Investment National Registry. The Foreign Investment Law does not restrict foreign investment in programmers such as TVSA that make their programming channels available through free to air television. See “—Satellite Communications—Mexican Regulation of DTH Satellite Services”.

Mexican Electoral Amendment

In 2007, the Mexican Federal Congress published an amendment to the Mexican Constitution (referred to in this annual report as the 2007 Constitutional Amendment), pursuant to which, among other things, the Instituto Federal Electoral, or the Federal Electoral Institute, or IFE, has the exclusive right to manage and use the Official Television Broadcast Time (referred to in this annual report as Official Broadcast Time). In February 2014, the Mexican Federal Congress approved a Constitutional amendment creating the Instituto Nacional Electoral, or the National Electoral Institute, or INE, which replaced the IFE. The INE has the same functions and capabilities as the former IFE and regulates the services of television in the same manner, except that the INE has a relevant participation in the electoral campaigns in federal, state and local procedures by distributing the Official Broadcast Time among the political parties. The INE has the exclusive right to use the Official Broadcast Time for its own purposes and for the use of political parties in Mexico (as provided in the Mexican Constitution) for self-promotion and, when applicable, to promote their electoral campaigns during election day, pre-campaign and campaign periods.

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The INE and the political parties must comply with certain requirements included in the 2007 Constitutional Amendment for the use of Official Broadcast Time. During federal electoral periods, the INE will be granted, per the 2007 Constitutional Amendment, 48 minutes per day in each radio station and television channel, to be used during pre-campaign periods in two and up to three minutes per broadcast hour in each radio station and television channel, of which all the political parties will be jointly entitled to use one minute per broadcast hour. During campaign periods, at least 85% of the 48 minutes per day, shall be allocated among the political parties, and the remaining 15% may be used by the INE for its own purposes. During non-electoral periods, the INE will be assigned with up to 12% of the Official Broadcast Time, half of which shall be allocated among the political parties. In the event that local elections are held simultaneously with federal elections, the broadcast time granted to the INE shall be used for the federal and the local elections. During any other local electoral periods, the allocation of broadcast time will be made pursuant to the criteria established by the 2007 Constitutional Amendment and as such criteria are reflected in applicable law.

In addition to the foregoing, pursuant to the 2007 Constitutional Amendment political parties are forbidden to purchase or acquire advertising time directly or through third parties, from radio or television stations; likewise, third parties shall not acquire advertising time from radio or television stations for the broadcasting of advertisements which may influence the electoral preferences of Mexican citizens, nor in favor or against political parties or candidates to offices elected by popular vote.

Telecom Reform and Broadcasting Regulations

On June 12, 2013, the Telecom Reform came into force. The Telecom Reform, the LFTR and secondary regulations issued by the President and IFT, as applicable, and certain actions recently taken by IFT, an organization with constitutional autonomy responsible for overseeing the radio and television broadcasting industries and telecommunications, including all aspects of economic competition, affect or could significantly and adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial position. See “Key Information—Risk Factors—Risk Factors Related to Mexico—The Reform and Addition of Various Provisions of the Mexican Constitution Related to Telecommunications, the LFTR, and Other Recent Actions of IFT May Significantly and Adversely Affect the Business, Results of Operations and Financial Results of Some of Our Business Segments”.

The Telecom Reform created two regulatory bodies that are independent from the executive branch of government: COFECE (which assumed the functions of the former Mexican Antitrust Commission, except in the areas of telecommunications and broadcasting (television and radio)) and IFT (which oversees the Mexican telecommunications and broadcasting (television and radio) industries, including all antitrust matters relating to those industries). In addition, specialized federal courts empowered to review all rulings, actions and omissions of these independent regulatory bodies were created. No stay or injunction will suspend any measure or action taken by these regulatory bodies. Therefore, subject to limited exceptions, until any decision, action or omission by these regulatory bodies is declared void by a competent court through a binding and final judgment, COFECE’s or IFT’s decision, action or omission will be valid and will have full force and legal effect.

IFT is empowered, among other things, to (i) oversee the Mexican telecommunications (including cable and satellite pay-TV) and broadcasting (television and radio) industries, including all antitrust matters related to these industries; (ii) set limits to national and regional frequencies that can be exploited by a concession holder, or to the cross-ownership of telecommunications, television or radio businesses that serve the same market or geographical zone that may include the divestment of certain assets to comply with such limits; (iii) issue asymmetric regulation; (iv) grant and revoke telecommunications, television and radio concessions; (v) approve any assignment or transfer of control of such concessions; (vi) revoke a concession for various reasons, including in the case of a breach by a concessionaire of a non-appealable decision confirming the existence of illegal antitrust conduct (“practica monopólica”); and (vii) determine the payment to be made to the government for the granting of concessions.

Concessions for the use of spectrum will only be granted through public bid processes. On March 7, 2014, IFT published in the Official Gazette of the Federation an invitation to a public auction for the concession for the two National Digital Networks which would be granted for a term of 20 years for the operation of stations with, among other characteristics, mandatory geographic coverage in 123 locations corresponding to 246 channels within the Mexican territory.

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In March 2015, IFT issued its ruling announcing Grupo Radio Centro and Imagen Television as winning bidders for two free to air broadcasting licenses with separate national coverage. Imagen Television has completed the process and received its license. However, since Grupo Radio Centro failed to pay the amount they bid for their free to air broadcasting license, the IFT’s ruling announcing them as a winning bidder was declared null and void and they will not receive the license. As a result, the auction of the portion of the spectrum that was going to be assigned to Grupo Radio Centro took place during 2017. The new bid was for 148 channels for Digital Terrestrial Television, including at least 123 channels that were not allocated in the IFT-1 bidding process for the two national digital broadcast television networks. At the end of the process, offers were received for 32 channels located in 29 different coverage areas, located in 17 States and covering about 45% of the country’s total population. The bidding process concluded in December 2017 with the issuance of the corresponding concession titles in favor of Compañía Periodística Sudcaliforniana, S.A. de C.V., Comunicación 2000, S.A. de C.V., Francisco de Jesús Aguirre Gómez, Intermedia de Chihuahua, S.A. de C.V., José Guadalupe Manuel Trejo García, Multimedios Televisión, S.A. de C.V., Quiero Media, S.A. de C.V., Radio Comunicación Gamar, S.A. de C.V., Radio Operadora Pegasso, S.A. de C.V., Radio-Televisión de Nayarit, S.A. de C.V., Tele Saltillo, S.A. de C.V., Televisión Digital, S.A. de C.V. and Telsusa Televisión México, S.A. de C.V. See “Key Information—Risk Factors—Risk Factors Related to Mexico—The Reform and Addition of Various Provisions of the Mexican Constitution Related to Telecommunications, the LFTR, and Other Recent Actions of IFT May Significantly and Adversely Affect the Business, Results of Operations and Financial Results of Some of Our Business Segments.”

Access to information and communication technologies, as well as broadcasting and telecommunications services (including broadband), is established as a constitutional right. The Telecom Reform further requires that such information be diverse and timely, and that any person may search, receive and disclose information and ideas of any kind through any media. Among other things, the LFTR contemplates the right of audiences to be able to receive content that reflects ideological pluralism, and to have the right to replicate the news.

The Telecom Reform permits 100% foreign ownership in satellite and telecommunications services concessions and increases to up to 49% the level of permitted foreign ownership in television and radio services concessions, subject to reciprocity of the originating foreign investment country. The Foreign Investment Law does not restrict foreign investment in programmers such as TVSA that make their programming channels available through free to air television.

As a result of the Telecom Reform and LFTR, starting on September 10, 2013, concessionaries of broadcast services have been required to permit pay-TV concessionaries to retransmit broadcast signals, free of charge and without discrimination, within the same geographic coverage area simultaneously and without modifications, including advertising, and with the same quality of the broadcast signal, except in certain specific cases provided in the Telecom Reform. Also, since September 10, 2013, our pay-TV licensees are required to retransmit broadcast signals of others, free of charge and on a non-discriminatory basis, subject to certain exceptions and additional requirements provided for in the Telecom Reform.

On February 27, 2014, the Guidelines were published in the Official Gazette of the Federation, which include, among other obligations, the obligation of concessionaries of broadcast television licenses to permit the retransmission of their broadcast signals and the obligation of pay-TV concessionaries to allow such retransmission (without requiring the prior consent of the broadcast television concessionaries) in the same geographic coverage zone for free (subject to certain exceptions) and in a non-discriminatory manner in its entirety, simultaneously and without modifications by the broadcasting concessionaire, including advertising, and with the same quality of the broadcast signal without requiring consent from the broadcast television concessionaries.

The Telecom Reform calls for the National Development Plan. The National Development Plan includes a program for installing broadband connections in public facilities, which would identify the number of sites to be connected per year to promote access to broadband in public buildings dedicated to investigation, health, education, social services and in other facilities owned by the government. See “Key Information—Risk Factors—Risk Factors Related to Mexico—The Reform and Addition of Various Provisions of the Mexican Constitution Related to Telecommunications, the LFTR, and Other Recent Actions of IFT May Significantly and Adversely Affect the Business, Results of Operations and Financial Results of Some of Our Business Segments”.

The LFTR establishes a renewal procedure that would result in the granting of a renewal of an integrated sole concession (when involving radio-electric spectrum or orbital resources, a concession to exploit such spectrum is required) in order to provide telecommunications and broadcasting services. The integrated sole concession would be awarded for renewable 30 year terms. Renewal of integrated sole concessions require, among others: (i) to request its renewal to IFT within the year prior to the last fifth period of the fixed term of the related concession; (ii) to be in compliance with the concession holder’s obligations under the LFTR, other applicable regulations, and the concession title; and (iii) the acceptance by the concession holder of any new conditions for renewing the concession as set forth by IFT. IFT shall resolve any request for renewal of the concessions within 180 business days of its request. Failure by IFT to respond within such period of time shall be interpreted as if the request for renewal has been granted.

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The LFTR also contemplates that concession holders that operate a public network of telecommunications must: (i) abstain from charging long distance fees for calls made by users to any national destination; (ii) if there was no other concession holder providing similar services in a certain territory, the concession holder providing the service in such territory shall have to continue providing the services; and (iii) concession holders must adopt the open architecture designs for the network to guarantee the interconnection and interoperation of their network.

The LFTR establishes the maximum amount of time that a concession holder providing broadcasting services with commercial purposes can use for commercial advertising. The maximum amount of advertising time is set at 18% of the total broadcasting time for each television channel (such percentage may be increased as described in “— Television—Mexican Television Regulations—Restrictions on Advertising”).

The LFTR establishes that those concession holders providing broadcasting services shall offer broadcasting services and advertising spaces to any person or corporation that requires them on a non-discriminatory basis and on market terms granting the terms, packages, conditions, and rates in force at the time of the request. Additionally, the law provides that balance shall be maintained between advertising and programming. Advertising shall be subject to several rules, including the maximum time allowed for advertising (i.e. 18% of the total available time per channel in free to air television; and six minutes per hour on pay-television and audio). However, in free to air television, the time allowed for advertising can be increased by an additional 2% when at least 20% of the content aired is national production. Another 5% of advertisement time can be added when at least 20% of the content aired is independent national production. There are no restrictions on maximum rates.

Significant Subsidiaries

The table below sets forth our significant subsidiaries as of December 31, 2022.

Jurisdiction of

    

 

Organization or

Percentage

 

Name of Significant Subsidiary

    

Incorporation

    

Ownership(1)

 

Cable segment:

 

Empresas Cablevisión, S.A.B. de C.V. (3) (5)

 

Mexico

 

51.2

%

Milar, S.A. de C.V. (3)

 

Mexico

 

51.2

%

Cablevisión, S.A. de C.V.

 

Mexico

 

51.2

%

Cablemás subsidiaries (4)

 

Mexico

 

100.0

%

Televisión Internacional, S.A. de C.V. (TVI) (2) (5)

 

Mexico

 

100.0

%

Cablestar, S.A. de C.V.(2) (6)

 

Mexico

 

66.2

%

Arretis S.A.P.I. de C.V.(2)(5)

 

Mexico

 

100.0

%

Telecable subsidiaries (2) (7)

 

Mexico

 

100.0

%

FTTH de México, S.A. de C.V. (2)(5)

 

Mexico

 

100.0

%

Corporativo Vasco de Quiroga, S.A. de C.V. (CVQ)(9)

 

Mexico

 

100.0

%

Sky segment:

 

 

Sky DTH, S.A. de C.V. (8)

 

Mexico

 

100.0

%

Innova Holdings, S. de R.L. de C.V. (8)

 

Mexico

 

58.7

%

Innova, S. de R.L. de C.V. (Innova)(10)

 

Mexico

 

58.7

%

Other Businesses segment:

 

 

Grupo Telesistema, S.A. de C.V. (15)

 

Mexico

 

100.0

%

Controladora de Juegos y Sorteos de México, S.A. de C.V.(2) (11) (14)

 

Mexico

 

100.0

%

Editorial Televisa, S.A. de C.V.(2) (12)(14)

Mexico

100.0

%

Grupo Distribuidoras Intermex, S.A. de C.V.(2) (13)(14)

Mexico

100.0

%

Significant Investee:

TelevisaUnivision, Inc.(15)

United States of America

44.4

%

(1)Percentage of equity owned by us directly or indirectly through subsidiaries.
(2)While each of these subsidiaries is not a significant subsidiary within the meaning of Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act, we have included these subsidiaries in the table above to provide a more complete description of our operations.

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(3)One of two subsidiaries through which we own our equity interest in Cablevisión, S.A. de C.V.
(4)The Cablemás subsidiaries are directly or indirectly owned by CVQ.
(5)One of four indirect subsidiaries through which, together with the Cablemás and Telecable subsidiaries, we conduct the operations of our Cable segment.
(6)Cablestar, S.A. de C.V., is an indirect majority-owned subsidiary of CVQ and Empresas Cablevisión, S.A.B. de C.V.
(7)The Telecable subsidiaries are directly owned by CVQ.
(8)One of two subsidiaries through which we own our equity interest in Innova.
(9)Direct subsidiary through which we conduct the operations of our Cable segment and parent company of Innova.
(10)Indirect subsidiary through which we conduct the operations of our Sky segment. We currently own a 58.7% interest in Innova.
(11)Direct subsidiary through which we conduct the operations of our Gaming business.
(12)Direct subsidiary through which we conduct the operations of our Publishing business.
(13)Direct subsidiary through which we conduct the operations of our Publishing Distribution business.
(14)One of three subsidiaries through which we conduct the operations of our Other Businesses segment.
(15)TelevisaUnivision, Inc., formerly known as Univision Holdings II, Inc., has been included as a significant investee pursuant to Rule 3-09 of Regulation S-X. We own shares of the capital stock of TelevisaUnivision, Inc. primarily through our subsidiaries Grupo Telesistema, S.A. de C.V. and Multimedia Telecom, S.A. de C.V.

Property, Plant and Equipment

Broadcasting, Office and Production Facilities. Our properties consist primarily of broadcasting, production facilities, television and repeater stations, technical operations facilities, workshops, studios and office facilities, most of which are located in Mexico. Some of these properties are currently leased to TelevisaUnivision or its subsidiaries as part of the TelevisaUnivision Transaction. We own most of our properties or lease offices and facilities through indirect wholly owned and majority owned subsidiaries. There are no major encumbrances on any of our properties and we currently do not have any significant plans to construct any new properties or expand or improve our existing properties.

Our principal offices, which we own, are located in Santa Fe in Mexico City.

We beneficially own Azteca Stadium, which seats approximately 84,500 people, through a trust arrangement that was renewed in 1993 for the longest term allowed by law at the time, which was 50 years.

Our cable television, publishing and Mexican DTH satellite service businesses are located in Mexico City.

As of December 31, 2022, our properties, excluding Azteca Stadium, represented approximately 5.06 million square feet of space, of which over 3.98 million square feet are located in Mexico City and the surrounding areas, and approximately 1.08 million square feet are located outside of Mexico City and the surrounding areas.

We currently own approximately 5.06 million square feet of space, 2.40 million square feet of which are leased to TelevisaUnivision or its subsidiaries, including the television stations, four locations in Mexico City, 14 studios in San Angel, three studios in Santa Fe and one studio in Rojo Gomez, and 12 studios located in Chapultepec. We also own other properties, including a training center, technical operations facilities, studios, workshops, television and repeater stations, and office facilities, part of which are leased to TelevisaUnivision or its subsidiaries.

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We also own or lease over a total of 64,614 square feet in properties in the United States, Latin America, Spain and Switzerland in connection with our operations there. We own or lease all of these properties through indirect wholly owned and majority owned subsidiaries. The following table summarizes our real estate and lease agreements in the United States, Latin America, Spain and Switzerland.

Number of

Operations

    

Properties

    

Location

Television and news activities

 

 

 

Leased properties

 

3

 

Madrid, Spain(2)

 

 

Zug, Switzerland(1)

Publishing activities

 

 

 

Owned properties

 

2

 

Caracas, Venezuela (1)

 

 

Bogotá, Colombia(1)

 

 

DTH

 

 

 

Leased properties

 

7

 

San José, Costa Rica(1)

 

 

Guatemala(1)

 

 

Nicaragua(1)

 

 

Panamá(1)

 

 

San Salvador(1)

 

 

Honduras(1)

 

 

Dominican Republic(1)

Telephony

 

 

 

Leased properties

 

3

 

San Antonio, Texas(2)

 

 

 

Laredo, Texas(1)

Satellites. We currently use transponder capacity on ten satellites: Eutelsat 117 West A (formerly Satmex 8), which reaches Mexico, the United States, Latin America, and the Caribbean; Eutelsat 115 West A (formerly Satmex 5), which reaches Mexico, the United States and Latin America; Intelsat IS-11, replacement of PAS 3-R (renamed in February 2007 IS-3R), which started operations in July 2009 and reaches North America, Western Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean; Galaxy 16 (formerly Galaxy IVR), which reaches Mexico, the United States and Canada; Galaxy 19, which reaches Mexico, the United States and Canada; Intelsat IS-35e, replacement of IS-905 and the migration from Intelsat IS-35e to Eutelsat E9B which reaches Western and Eastern Europe; SES-14 (formerly NSS-806), which reaches North America, Western Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean; IS-21, which reaches Central America, Mexico, the Southern United States and the Caribbean; IS-16, which reaches Central America, Mexico, the Southern United States and the Caribbean; and SM-1, which reaches Central America, Mexico, the Southern United States and the Caribbean. In March 2010, Sky reached an agreement with a subsidiary of Intelsat to lease 24 transponders on the Intelsat IS-21 satellite which is mainly used for signal reception and retransmission services over the satellite’s estimated 15-year service life. IS-21 started service in the third quarter of 2012, replacing Intelsat IS-9 as Sky’s primary transmission satellite. In April 2010, Intelsat released the IS-16 satellite, where Sky has an additional twelve transponders to deliver new DTH-HD channels and more DTH SD channels; this satellite is also a back-up satellite for our DTH venture operations. For a description of guarantees related to our DTH venture transponder obligations, see Note 14 to our consolidated year-end financial statements.

Since 1996, we have been working with PanAmSat (now Intelsat) as our satellites services provider, which provided to the Company five Ku band transponders on Satellite PAS-3R, three of which were intended to be for DTH to Spain. We were required to pay an annual fee for each transponder of U.S. $3.1 million. Due to an exchange with three of five 54 MHz Ku Band transponders, until April 2, 2016, we had capacity on two 36 MHz C band transponders on Galaxy 16.

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In December 2005, we signed an extension with PanAmSat, for the use of three transponders on the PAS-3R satellite until 2009 and 2012 and two transponders on the Galaxy IVR (replaced by Galaxy 16) satellite until 2016. In October 2015, we signed a new contract with SES S.A. until June 2019 for the replacement of two transponders of Galaxy 16. The new contract included three transponders and a full service migration to the new satellite, AMC-9. On June 17, 2017, AMC-9 experienced a technical issue that impacted the satellite and thus, we entered into a new contract until June 30, 2022 to transition the full service of 147 MHz to Intelsat’s satellites, Galaxy 16 and Galaxy 19. In December 2021, we renegotiated and renewed the contracts for the four transponders (147MHz) with Intelsat, which expire on June 30, 2026.

In February 2007, Intelsat renamed some of its satellite fleet acquired with its 2006 merger with PanAmSat: current names for PAS-9 and PAS-3R are IS-9 and IS-3R, respectively. Intelsat kept the name of Galaxy 16. In December 2007, Sky and Sky Brasil reached an agreement with Intelsat Corporation and Intelsat LLC to build and launch a new 24-transponder satellite, IS-16, for which service will be dedicated to Sky and Sky Brasil over the satellite’s estimated 15-year life. The satellite was successfully launched in February 2010 and started operations in April 2010. In the third quarter of 2013, Sky entered into an agreement with DirecTV for the acquisition and launch of the SM-1 satellite, which was successfully launched in May 2015 and started operations on June 2015. See Note 12 to our consolidated year-end financial statements.

In August 2009, the contract on two remaining transponders of the IS-3R satellite expired (end of life of the satellite). We negotiated a new contract for the transponder on the IS-905 satellite until August 31, 2015, for the distribution of our content in Europe. In September 2015, the contract was renewed with Intelsat until August 2018. Migration from IS-905 to IS-35e took place from June to August 2018, and we renewed the contract with Intelsat from November 1, 2018 until October 31, 2021. We negotiated a new contract with Eutelsat and migrated from IS-35e to Eutelsat E9B. The new contract expires on December 31, 2024.

We have renewed the contract with Intelsat for Satellite PAS-3R referred as PAS-11 until November 30, 2022, which is the end of the satellite’s life, and renewed satellite IS-34 until November 30, 2025. The migration will start several months before the end of the existing contract.

In February 2012, we renewed the contract with Satélites Mexicanos, S.A. de C.V., or Satmex, on Satmex 5 until January 31, 2015. In March 2014, Satélites Mexicanos, S.A. de C.V. was renamed Eutelsat Americas, as a part of Eutelsat Group. In February 2015, we renewed our contracts with Eutelsat Americas until January 2018, and also contracted for a new transponder on Eutelsat 117 West A from April 2015 until March 2018. In February and April 2018, we renewed our contracts with Eutelsat America until December 2022. In January 2019, we contracted for a new transponder on Eutelsat 117 West A from January 2019 until December 2021. In August 2020, we renegotiated and renewed the contracts for the three transponders with Eutelsat America until December 2024.

On November 15, 2016, we contracted a half transponder on SES NSS-806 until January 31, 2018. On September 5, 2018, SES NSS-806 was replaced with SES-14 and the contract was renewed with SES until January 31, 2019. On February 1, 2019, the contract with SES was renewed until January 31, 2020. In this renewal, the bandwidth was decreased from 18 MHz to 6 MHz. On February 1, 2020, the contract was renewed with SES until January 31, 2021. On February 1, 2021, the contract was renewed with SES until January 31, 2022. The bandwidth remained at 6 MHz. This contract was renewed with SES until January 31, 2024, with the bandwidth under the contract remaining at 6 MHz.

With several new domestic and international satellites having been launched recently, and with several others scheduled for launch in the next few years, including those scheduled for launch by Intelsat, Eutelsat Americas (formerly Satmex) and SES, we believe that we will be able to secure satellite capacity to meet our needs in the future, although no assurance can be given in this regard.

Insurance. We maintain comprehensive insurance coverage for our offices, equipment, transmission lines networks and other property for risks including fire, earthquake, flooding, storm, and other similar events and the resulting business interruption losses, subject to some limitations. In addition, we maintain a cyber-insurance policy that covers certain types of cyber-related losses. We do not maintain insurance for our DTH business in case of loss of satellite transmission. We cannot provide any assurance that our insurance coverage is sufficient to cover any losses that we may sustain, or that we will be able to successfully claim our losses under our insurance policies on a timely basis or at all. If we incur any loss not covered by our insurance policies, or the compensated amount is significantly less than our actual loss or is not timely paid, our business, financial condition and results of operations could be materially and adversely affected.

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Item 5.Operating and Financial Review and Prospects

You should read the following discussion together with our consolidated year-end financial statements and the accompanying notes, which appear elsewhere in this annual report. This annual report contains forward-looking statements that reflect our plans, estimates and beliefs. Our actual results could differ materially from those discussed in these forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to these differences include, but are not limited to, those discussed below and elsewhere in this annual report, particularly in “Key Information—Risk Factors”. See “Key Information—Forward-Looking Statements” for further discussion of the risks and uncertainties inherent in forward-looking statements. In addition to the other information in this annual report, investors should consider carefully the following discussion and the information set forth under “Key Information—Risk Factors” before evaluating us and our business.

COVID-19 Impact

For the quarter ended March 31, 2023, the COVID-19 pandemic still had a negative effect on our business, financial position and results of operations and it is currently difficult to predict the degree of the impact in the future.

We cannot guarantee that conditions in the bank lending, capital and other financial markets will not continue to deteriorate as a result of the pandemic, or that our access to capital and other sources of funding will not become constrained, which could adversely affect the availability and terms of future borrowings, renewals or refinancings. In addition, the deterioration of global economic conditions as a result of the pandemic may ultimately reduce the demand of our products across our segments as our clients and customers reduce or defer their spending.

Substantially all non-essential economic activities are open. However, a resurgence of COVID-19, an increase in infection rates or the effect of new variants could trigger a renewal of government restrictions on non-essential activities, including but not limited to temporary shutdowns or additional guidelines, which could be expensive or burdensome to implement, and which may affect our operations.

The magnitude of the continuing impact of COVID-19 and new and emerging variants on our business will depend on the duration and extent of the COVID-19 pandemic, the impact of federal, state, local and foreign governmental actions, consumer behavior in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and such governmental actions, as well as economic and operating conditions in the aftermath of COVID-19. Due to the evolving and uncertain nature of the COVID-19 pandemic and the risk of new variants, we are not able to estimate the full extent that the COVID-19 pandemic may have on our business, financial position and results of operations over the near, medium or long-term.

TelevisaUnivision Transaction

On January 31, 2022, we and Univision Holdings, Inc., or UHI, announced the consummation of the TelevisaUnivision Transaction with UHI and, for the limited purposes set forth in the transaction agreement (the “2021 Transaction Agreement”), affiliates of Searchlight Capital Partners, LP (“Searchlight”), ForgeLight LLC (“ForgeLight”) and Liberty Global plc, through its venture investment vehicle (“Liberty Global”), pursuant to which, among other things, we contributed our former Content business segment (other than certain assets relating to our news business, real estate and Mexican over-the-air broadcast concessions) to UHI.

In consideration for the contribution of our former Content business, we received approximately U.S. $4.5 billion in a combination of cash (U.S. $3.0 billion) and U.S. $1.5 billion of common and preferred shares of TelevisaUnivision excluding post-closing adjustments. Additionally, as part of the TelevisaUnivision Transaction, we received consideration of Ps.940 million for the transfer of rights of news content production to a related party other than TelevisaUnivision. As of March 31, 2023, we owned a 44% equity interest in TelevisaUnivision on an as-converted basis (excluding unvested and/or unsettled stock, restricted stock units and options). Our investment in TelevisaUnivision is currently held in the form of shares of common stock and convertible preferred stock. The value of the common stock and preferred stock of TelevisaUnivision, neither of which are publicly traded, will fluctuate and could materially increase or decrease the value of our investment.

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As a result of the closing of the TelevisaUnivision Transaction, our cash and cash equivalents increased by U.S. $3.0 billion, and our investment in common and preferred shares of TelevisaUnivision increased by U.S. $1.5 billion. In addition, during the first quarter of 2022, we recognized: (i) a preliminary consideration of U.S.$3.0 billion in cash, U.S.$750 million in Class A common stock of TelevisaUnivision, and U.S.$750 million in Series B participating preferred stock of TelevisaUnivision, with an annual cumulative dividend of 5.5%; (ii) a preliminary income from discontinued operations in the amount of Ps.54,765.4 million, net of income taxes; and (iii) an increase in our share in TelevisaUnivision from 35.5% to 44.6% on an as-converted basis (excluding unvested and/or unsettled stock, restricted stock units and options). Also, beginning in the first quarter of 2022, we began to present the results of our disposed businesses as discontinued operations in our consolidated statements of income for any prior period presented for comparative purposes and for the month ended January 31, 2022. These effects were partially offset in our consolidated statement of income by a reduction in our consolidated operating income resulting primarily from the disposal of our former Content business segment. As a result of the completion of the TelevisaUnivision Transaction, we no longer consolidate the results of our former Content business segment.

Spin-off of Certain Businesses of Our Other Businesses Segment

On October 27, 2022, our Board of Directors approved a reorganization proposal to spin-off certain businesses that are part of our Other Businesses segment, including our futbol operations, the Azteca Stadium, the gaming operations, and the publishing and distribution of magazines, as well as certain related assets and real estate.  For more information regarding the potential spin-off, please see “Information on the Company—Business Overview—Other Businesses—Spin-off of Certain Businesses of Our Other Businesses Segment.”

Preparation of Financial Statements

As required by regulations issued by Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores, or the Mexican Banking and Securities Commission, for listed companies in Mexico, our financial information is presented in accordance with the IFRS as issued by the IASB for financial reporting purposes.

Following the TelevisaUnivision Transaction, which was closed on January 31, 2022, the results of the Content segment, as well as the Feature Film Distribution business, which was previously classified in the Other Businesses segment, are presented as part of discontinued operations in our consolidated financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, as well as for the month ended January 31, 2022. Accordingly, these businesses are not presented as part of our segments in this report.

Year Ended December 31,

    

2022

    

2021

    

2020

(Millions of Pesos)(1)

Revenues

Ps.

75,526.6

Ps.

73,915.4

Ps.

70,680.2

Cost of revenues

 

48,807.6

 

46,653.6

 

45,220.3

Selling expenses

 

9,422.9

 

8,099.6

 

8,414.4

Administrative expenses

 

12,061.9

 

12,189.5

 

11,216.0

Other (expense) income, net

 

(815.6)

 

3,716.2

 

628.7

Operating income

 

4,418.6

 

10,688.9

 

6,458.2

Finance expense, net

 

9,206.2

 

11,918.0

 

5,649.4

Share of (loss) income of associates and joint ventures, net

 

(7,378.2)

 

3,671.0

 

(5,739.7)

Income tax benefit (expense)

 

1,227.5

 

(1,673.0)

 

(858.9)

Net (loss) income from continuing operations

 

(10,938.3)

 

768.9

 

(5,789.8)

Income from discontinued operations, net

56,222.2

6,585.9

6,092.7

Net income

45,283.9

7,354.8

302.9

Net income attributable to non-controlling interests

 

571.7

 

1,299.0

 

1,553.2

Net income (loss) attributable to stockholders of the Company

Ps.

44,712.2

Ps.

6,055.8

Ps.

(1,250.3)

(1)Certain data set forth in the table above may vary from the corresponding data set forth in our consolidated statements of income for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020 included in this annual report due to differences in rounding.

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Results of Operations

For segment reporting purposes, our consolidated cost of revenues, selling expenses and administrative expenses for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020 exclude corporate expenses and depreciation and amortization, which are presented as separate line items. The following table sets forth the reconciliation between our operating segment income and the consolidated operating income according to IFRS:

Year Ended December 31,

    

2022

    

2021

    

2020

(Millions of Pesos)(1)

Revenues(2)

Ps.

75,526.6

Ps.

73,915.4

Ps.

70,456.9

Cost of revenues(2)(3)

 

31,242.5

 

29,856.1

 

28,570.2

Selling expenses(2)(3)

 

9,065.2

 

7,826.1

 

7,602.0

Administrative expenses(2)(3)

 

7,329.2

 

6,855.9

 

6,305.6

Intersegment operations(4)

 

120.4

 

1.6

 

1.6

Operating segment income

 

28,010.1

 

29,378.9

 

27,980.7

Corporate expenses

 

1,538.1

 

2,351.3

 

2,223.6

Depreciation and amortization

 

21,117.4

 

20,053.3

 

19,922.0

Other (expense) income, net

 

(815.6)

 

3,716.2

 

628.7

Intersegment operations(4)

 

(120.4)

 

(1.6)

 

(1.6)

Disposed operations(2)

 

 

 

(4.0)

Operating income

Ps.

4,418.6

Ps.

10,688.9

Ps.

6,458.2

(1)Certain data set forth in the table above may vary from the corresponding data set forth in our consolidated statements of income for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020 included in this annual report due to differences in rounding.
(2)The sale of the Company’s Radio Business was concluded on July 2, 2020. Accordingly, the revenues, cost of revenues, operating expenses and the operating segment income associated with the Radio Business, which was part of the Company’s Other Businesses segment, are presented separately as disposed operations for the year ended December 31, 2020.
(3)Excluding corporate expenses and depreciation and amortization.
(4)As a result of the adoption of IFRS 16 Leases (“IFRS 16”), intersegment operations related to intercompany leases were not eliminated on the Operating Segment Income level.

The following table sets forth our segment revenues data for the indicated periods as a percentage of total segment revenues:

Year Ended December 31,(1)

 

Segment Revenues

    

2022

    

2021

    

2020

Cable

 

63.6

%  

64.5

%  

63.9

%

Sky

 

26.7

 

29.6

 

31.2

Other Businesses

 

9.7

 

5.9

 

4.9

Total segment revenues

 

100.0

%  

100.0

%  

100.0

%

Intersegment operations

 

(0.7)

 

(0.7)

 

(0.7)

Disposed operations

 

 

 

0.3

Total consolidated revenues

 

99.3

%  

99.3

%  

99.6

%

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The following table sets forth our consolidated operating income as a percentage of our total consolidated revenues:

Year Ended December 31,(1)

 

    

2022

    

2021

    

2020

 

Revenues

 

  

 

  

 

  

Cost of revenues(2)

 

41.4

%  

40.4

%  

40.7

%

Selling expenses(2)

 

12.0

 

10.6

 

10.8

Administrative and corporate expenses(2)

 

11.7

 

12.4

 

12.1

Depreciation and amortization

 

27.9

 

27.1

 

28.2

Other expense (income), net

 

1.1

 

(5.0)

 

(0.9)

Consolidated operating income

 

5.9

 

14.5

 

9.1

Total consolidated revenues

 

100.0

%  

100.0

%  

100.0

%

(1)Certain segment data set forth in these tables may vary from the corresponding data set forth in our consolidated year-end financial statements due to differences in rounding. The segment revenues and total segment revenues data set forth in this annual report include revenues from intersegment operations in all periods presented. See Note 26 to our consolidated year-end financial statements.
(2)Excluding depreciation and amortization.

Summary of Business Segment Results

The following tables set forth the revenues and operating segment income of each of our reportable business segments and intersegment operations, corporate expenses, depreciation and amortization, other (expense) income, net and disposed operations for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020. Reportable segments are those that are based on our method of internal reporting to senior management for making operating decisions and evaluating performance of operating segments, and certain qualitative, grouping and quantitative criteria. As of December 31, 2022, we classified our operations into three business segments: Cable, Sky and Other Businesses.

Year Ended December 31,

    

2022

    

2021

    

2020

(Millions of Pesos)(1)

Segment Revenues

 

  

 

  

 

  

Cable

Ps.

48,411.8

Ps.

48,020.9

Ps.

45,367.1

Sky

 

20,339.0

 

22,026.6

 

22,134.7

Other Businesses(2)

 

7,338.8

 

4,388.2

 

3,480.9

Total Segment Revenues

 

76,089.6

 

74,435.7

 

70,982.7

Intersegment Operations(1)

 

(563.0)

 

(520.3)

 

(525.8)

Disposed Operations(2)

 

 

 

223.3

Total Consolidated Revenues

Ps.

75,526.6

Ps.

73,915.4

Ps.

70,680.2

Operating Segment Income

 

 

  

 

  

Cable

Ps.

19,902.8

Ps.

20,285.0

Ps.

18,898.3

Sky

 

6,416.3

 

8,504.2

 

9,135.3

Other Businesses(2)

 

1,691.0

 

589.7

 

(52.9)

Total Operating Segment Income(3)

 

28,010.1

 

29,378.9

 

27,980.7

Corporate Expenses(3)

 

(1,538.1)

 

(2,351.3)

 

(2,223.6)

Depreciation and Amortization(3)

 

(21,117.4)

 

(20,053.3)

 

(19,922.0)

Other (Expense) Income, net

 

(815.6)

 

3,716.2

 

628.7

Intersegment Operations(4)

 

(120.4)

 

(1.6)

 

(1.6)

Disposed Operations(2)

 

 

 

(4.0)

Consolidated Operating Income(5)

Ps.

4,418.6

Ps.

10,688.9

Ps.

6,458.2

(1)Certain segment data set forth in these tables may vary from the corresponding data set forth in our consolidated year-end financial statements due to differences in rounding. The segment revenues and total segment revenues data set forth in this annual report include revenues from intersegment operations in all years presented. See Note 26 to our consolidated year-end financial statements.

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(2)The sale of the Company’s Radio business was concluded on July 2, 2020. Accordingly, the revenues and the operating segment income associated with the Radio business, which was part of the Company’s Other Businesses segment, are presented separately as disposed operations for the year ended December 31, 2020.
(3)The total operating segment income data set forth in this annual report do not include corporate expenses nor depreciation and amortization in any year presented, but are presented herein to facilitate the discussion of segment results.
(4)As a result of the adoption of IFRS 16, intersegment operations related to intercompany leases were not eliminated on the Operating Segment Income level.
(5)Consolidated operating income reflects corporate expenses, depreciation and amortization, other (expense) income, net, intersegment operations and disposed operations in the years presented. See Note 26 to our consolidated year-end financial statements.

Preponderant Economic Agent Status

For a discussion of the consequences regarding IFT’s March 6, 2014 decision determining that we, together with other entities with concessions to provide broadcast television, are preponderant economic agents in the broadcasting sector in Mexico see “Key Information—Risk Factors—Risk Factors Related to Mexico—The Reform and Addition of Various Provisions of the Mexican Constitution Related to Telecommunications, the LFTR, and Other Recent Actions of IFT May Significantly and Adversely Affect the Business, Results of Operations and Financial Results of Some of Our Business Segments”. For a discussion regarding the opportunities and options for us as a result of IFT’s determination that Grupo Carso, S.A.B de C.V., Grupo Financiero Inbursa, S.A.B. de C.V., and other entities are preponderant economic agents in the telecommunications market in Mexico see “Information on the Company— Business Overview—Business Strategy—Expanding our Business in the Mexican Telecommunications Markets by Taking Advantage of the Telecom Reform and Implementing Legislation”.

Results of Operations for the Year Ended December 31, 2022

Compared to the Year Ended December 31, 2021

Total Segment Results

Revenues

Revenues increased by Ps.1,611.2 million, or 2.2%, to Ps.75,526.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2022 from Ps.73,915.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2021. This increase was due to revenue growth in the Cable and Other Businesses segments, which was partially offset by a decrease in revenues in our Sky segment.

Cost of Revenues

Cost of revenues increased by Ps.1,386.4 million, or 4.6%, to Ps.31,242.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2022 from Ps.29,856.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2021. This increase was mainly due to higher costs in our Cable and Other Businesses segments, which was partially offset by a decrease in cost in our Sky segment.

Selling Expenses

Selling expenses increased by Ps.1,239.1 million, or 15.8%, to Ps.9,065.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2022 from Ps.7,826.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2021. This increase was primarily attributable to higher selling expenses in our Sky and Cable segments.

Administrative and Corporate Expenses

Administrative and corporate expenses decreased by Ps.339.9 million, or 3.7%, to Ps.8,867.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2022 from Ps.9,207.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2021. The decrease mainly reflects lower corporate expenses and was partially offset by an increase in administrative expenses in our Cable and Sky segments.

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Corporate expenses decreased by Ps.813.2 million, or 34.6%, to Ps.1,538.1  million in 2022, from Ps.2,351.3 million in 2021. This decrease was primarily due to a lower non-allocated corporate expense, which was partially offset by an increase in employee profit sharing and a higher share-based compensation expense.

Share-based compensation expense in 2022 and 2021 amounted to Ps.968.6 million and Ps.903.8 million, respectively, and was accounted for as corporate expense. Share-based compensation expense is measured at fair value at the time the equity benefits are conditionally sold to officers and employees, and is recognized over the vesting period.

Cable

Cable revenues are derived from the provision of cable and telecommunication services, as well as advertising revenues. Revenues relating to pay-TV services generally consist of monthly subscription fees for basic and premium service packages, fees charged for pay-per-view programming and, to a significantly lesser extent, monthly rental and one-time installation fees, broadband internet and telephone services subscription. The voice and data business derives revenues from providing data and long-distance services solutions to carriers and other telecommunications service providers through its fiber-optic network. Revenues relating to pay-TV advertising consist of revenues from the sale of advertising on Cablevisión, Cablemás, TVI, Cablecom and Telecable. Rates are based on the day and time the advertising is aired, as well as the type of programming in which the advertising is aired. Pay-TV subscription and advertising rates are adjusted periodically in response to inflation and in accordance with market conditions.

Cable revenues represented 63.6% and 64.5% of our segment revenues for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively, and increased by Ps.390.9 million, or 0.8%, to Ps.48,411.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2022 from Ps.48,020.9  million for the year ended December 31, 2021.

Total revenue generating units, or RGUs, exceeded 15.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2022. Total net additions for the year ended December 31, 2022 exceeded 1.3 million RGUs due to increases in all of our services.

Cable operating segment income decreased by Ps.382.2 million, or 1.9%, to Ps.19,902.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2022 from Ps.20,285.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2021, and the margin reached 41.1%. These decreases were primarily due to increases in personnel, commissions, broadband and signal costs and expenses, which were partially offset by an increase in revenues.

The following table sets forth the breakdown of RGUs per service type for our Cable segment as of December 31, 2022 and 2021.

    

2022

    

2021

Video

 

4,458,220

 

4,166,460

Broadband (data)

 

5,984,151

 

5,649,102

Voice

 

5,233,724

 

4,617,265

Mobile

 

240,207

 

156,051

RGUs

 

15,916,302

 

14,588,878

Sky

Sky revenues are primarily derived from program services, activation fees and equipment rental to subscribers, national advertising revenues and broadband internet services, and as of 2019 it provides telephone services to its subscribers.

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Sky revenues represented 26.7% and 29.6% of our segment revenues for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively,  and decreased by Ps.1,687.6 million, or 7.7%, to Ps.20,339.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2022 from Ps.22,026.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2021. This decrease was due to the decrease in the number of video and broadband RGUs for the year ended December 31, 2022. This decrease was partially offset by price increases implemented in March 2022. Total disconnections for the year ended December 31, 2022 were approximately 1.3 million RGUs. This was mainly driven by the loss of 1.2 million video RGUs and 101.6 thousand broadband and mobile net disconnections. In addition, Sky closed the year with 115,578 video RGUs in Central America and the Dominican Republic. The following table sets forth the breakdown of RGUs per service type for Sky as of December 31, 2022 and 2021.

    

2022

    

2021

Video

 

6,257,059

 

7,408,075

Broadband (data)

 

640,294

 

727,226

Voice

 

453

 

601

Mobile

 

15,602

 

30,266

RGUs

 

6,913,408

 

8,166,168

Sky operating segment income decreased by Ps.2,087.9 million, or 24.6%, to Ps.6,416.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2022 from Ps.8,504.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2021, and the margin totaled 31.5%. This decrease in operating segment income was due to the lower revenue and the amortization of some non-recurring costs and expenses of Ps.930.0 million related to the transmission rights of the 2022 Soccer World Cup.

Other Businesses

Other Businesses revenues are primarily derived from the promotion of sports and special events in Mexico, gaming, publishing and publishing distribution.

Other Businesses revenues represented 9.7% and 5.9% of our segment revenues for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively, and increased by Ps.2,950.6 million, or 67.2%, to Ps.7,338.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2022 from Ps.4,388.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2021. This increase was due to the ongoing reopening of the Mexican economy, primarily in our gaming, sports and special events businesses.

Other Businesses operating segment income increased by Ps.1,101.3 million, or 186.8%, to Ps.1,691.0  million for the year ended December 31, 2022 from Ps.589.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2021. This increase was primarily due to an increase in revenues, which was partially offset by an increase in cost of revenues and operating expenses.

Depreciation and Amortization

Depreciation and amortization expense increased by Ps.1,064.1 million, or 5.3%, to Ps.21,117.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2022 from Ps.20,053.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2021. This increase was primarily due to an increase in depreciation and amortization expense in our Cable and Other Businesses segments.

Other Income or Expense, Net

Other income or expense, net, decreased by Ps.4,531.8 million, to other expense, net of Ps.815.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2022, from other income, net of Ps.3,716.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2021. This decrease was primarily due to (i) the absence of a Ps.4,547.0 million pre-tax gain from the disposition of our former 40% equity stake in OCEN, a live entertainment company with operations primarily in Mexico, which sale was concluded in December 2021; and (ii) a Ps.425.8 million (U.S.$21.5 million) expense incurred in the fourth quarter of 2022 in connection with the provision for the settlement of a lawsuit, which was net of a related insurance reimbursement.

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Non-Operating Results

Finance Income or Expense, Net

Finance income or expense, net, significantly impacts our consolidated financial statements in periods of currency fluctuations. Under IFRS, finance income or expense, net, reflects:

interest expense;
interest income;
foreign exchange gain or loss attributable to monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies; and
other finance income or expense, net, including gains or losses from derivative instruments.

Our foreign exchange position is affected by our assets or liabilities denominated in foreign currencies, primarily U.S. dollars. We record a foreign exchange gain or loss if the exchange rate of the Mexican peso to the other currencies in which our monetary assets or liabilities are denominated varies.

Finance expense, net, decreased by Ps.2,711.8 million, or 22.8%, to Ps.9,206.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2022, from Ps.11,918.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2021. This decrease was primarily due to: (i) a Ps.1,591.1 million increase in interest income, primarily explained by a higher average amount of cash and cash equivalents during 2022; (ii) a Ps.1,072.5 million decrease in other finance expense, net, resulting primarily from a lower loss in fair value of our derivative contracts in 2022; and (iii) a Ps.397.8 million decrease in foreign exchange loss, net, resulting primarily from a 5.0% appreciation of the Mexican peso against the U.S. dollar on an average net U.S. dollar asset position for the year ended December 31, 2022, compared with a 2.5% depreciation of the Mexican peso against the U.S. dollar on an average net U.S. dollar liability position for the year ended December 31, 2021.  These favorable variances were partially offset by a Ps.349.6 million increase in interest expense, primarily due to finance expense in connection with the prepayment of a portion of our long-term debt in 2022, which was partially offset by a decrease in interest expense derived from a lower average principal amount of our total debt in 2022.

Share of Income or Loss of Associates and Joint Ventures, Net

This line item reflects our equity participation in the operating results and net assets of unconsolidated businesses in which we maintain an interest, but which we do not control. We recognize equity in losses of associates and joint ventures up to the amount of our initial investment, subsequent capital contributions and long-term loans, or beyond that amount when we have made guaranteed commitments in respect of obligations incurred by associates and joint ventures.

Share of income or loss of associates and joint ventures, net, changed by Ps.11,049.2 million, to a share of loss of Ps.7,378.2 million in 2022, from a share of income of Ps.3,671.0 million in 2021. This unfavorable change reflected mainly (i) a share of loss of TelevisaUnivision (formerly known as Univision Holdings II, Inc. or UH II), resulting primarily from a goodwill impairment loss recognized by TelevisaUnivision in the fourth quarter of 2022; and (ii) the absence of a share of income in 2022 of an impairment loss reversal that we recognized in our share of income of UH II in 2021. These unfavorable variances were partially offset by a cash dividend paid to us in 2022 in connection with our investment in preferred shares of TelevisaUnivision in the aggregate amount of Ps.752.6 million (U.S.$37.8 million).

Income Taxes

Income tax benefit or expense changed by Ps.2,900.5 million to an income tax benefit of Ps.1,227.5 million in 2022, compared with an income tax expense of Ps.1,673.0 million in 2021. This change was mainly due to a loss before income taxes in 2022, compared to an income before income taxes in 2021, as well as a lower effective income tax rate in 2022 as compared to 2021 primarily as a result of (i) the income tax effects derived from our share in loss of TelevisaUnivision referred to above; and (ii) a higher inflationary tax gain resulting from both a higher inflation rate in Mexico in 2022 and a higher average net monetary liability position of certain companies in the Group during 2022.

The Mexican corporate income tax rate was 30% in each of the years 2022, 2021 and 2020.

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Income from Discontinued Operations

In connection with the transaction that we closed with TelevisaUnivision on January 31, 2022 (the “TelevisaUnivision Transaction”), we present the results from our disposed businesses as income from discontinued operations in our consolidated statements of income for the current period and for any comparative period presented.

Income from discontinued operations, net, increased by Ps.49,636.3 million, to Ps.56,222.2 million in 2022, from Ps.6,585.9 million in 2021. This increase reflected primarily the net gain on disposition of discontinued operations in connection with the TelevisaUnivision Transaction that was closed on January 31, 2022, which was partially offset by the absence of net income of discontinued operations for the 11 months ended December 31, 2022.

Net Income Attributable to Non-controlling Interests

Net income attributable to non-controlling interests reflects that portion of operating results attributable to interests held by third parties in businesses which are not wholly-owned by us, including our Cable and Sky segments.

Net income attributable to non-controlling interests decreased by Ps.727.3 million, or 56.0%, to Ps.571.7 million in 2022, compared with Ps.1,299.0 million in 2021. This decrease was primarily due to a lower portion of net income attributable to non-controlling interests in our Cable and Sky segments.

Net Income or Loss Attributable to Stockholders of the Company

Net income attributable to stockholders of the Company increased to Ps.44,712.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2022, from Ps.6,055.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2021. This increase of Ps.38,656.4 million was due to a:

Ps.49,636.3 million favorable increased in income from discontinued operations;
Ps.2,711.8 million decrease in finance expense, net;
Ps.2,900.5 million increase in income taxes benefit or expense; and
Ps.727.3 million decrease in net income attributable to non-controlling interests.

This increase was partially offset by a:

Ps.11,049.2 million unfavorable change in share of income or loss of associates and joint ventures;
Ps.4,531.8 million unfavorable change in other income or expense, net;
Ps.1,064.1 million increase in depreciation and amortization; and
Ps.674.4 million decrease in income before depreciation and amortization.

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Results of Operations for the Year Ended December 31, 2021

Compared to the Year Ended December 31, 2020

Total Segment Results

Revenues

Revenues increased by Ps.3,235.2 million, or 4.6%, to Ps.73,915.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2021 from Ps.70,680.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2020. This increase was due to revenue growth in the Cable and Other Businesses segments, which was partially offset by a decrease in revenues in our Sky segment.

Cost of Revenues

Cost of revenues increased by Ps.1,113.7 million, or 3.9%, to Ps.29,856.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2021 from Ps.28,742.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2020. This increase was mainly due to higher costs in our Cable, Sky and Other Businesses segments.

Selling Expenses

Selling expenses increased by Ps.186.1 million, or 2.4%, to Ps.7,826.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2021 from Ps.7,640.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2020. This increase was attributable to higher selling expenses in our Sky and Cable segments.

Administrative and Corporate Expenses

Administrative and corporate expenses increased by Ps.660.9 million, or 7.7%, to Ps.9,207.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2021 from Ps.8,546.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2020. The increase mainly reflects higher Corporate expenses and an increase in administrative expenses in our Cable and Sky segments.

Corporate expenses increased by Ps.127.7 million, or 5.7%, to Ps.2,351.3 million in 2021, from Ps.2,223.6 million in 2020. This increase was due to increased expenses associated with our employee profit sharing program and a higher share-based compensation expense.

Share-based compensation expense in 2021 and 2020 amounted to Ps.903.8 million and Ps.863.8 million, respectively, and was accounted for as corporate expense. Share-based compensation expense is measured at fair value at the time the equity benefits are conditionally sold to officers and employees, and is recognized over the vesting period.

Cable

Cable revenues, representing 64.5% and 63.9% of our segment revenues for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, increased by Ps.2,653.8 million, or 5.8%, to Ps.48,020.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2021 from Ps.45,367.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2020.

Total revenue generating units or RGUs reached 14.6 million. Total net additions for the year were approximately 501.3 thousand.

Cable operating segment income increased by Ps.1,386.7 million, or 7.3%, to Ps.20,285.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2021 from Ps.18,898.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2020, and the margin reached 42.2%.

These favorable variances were partially offset by higher broadband, commissions and personnel costs and expenses.

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The following table sets forth the breakdown of RGUs per service type for our Cable segment as of December 31, 2021 and 2020.

    

2021

    

2020

Video

 

4,166,460

 

4,284,682

Broadband (data)

 

5,649,102

 

5,430,859

Voice

 

4,617,265

 

4,296,530

Mobile

 

156,051

 

75,515

RGUs

 

14,588,878

 

14,087,586

Sky

Sky revenues, representing 29.6% and 31.2% of our segment revenues for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, decreased by Ps.108.1 million, or 0.5%, to Ps.22,026.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2021 from Ps.22,134.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2020. This decrease was due to the decrease in the number of video RGUs as a result of the post-pandemic slowdown.

Total net additions for the year were approximately 22.1 thousand RGUs. This growth was mainly driven by 91.6 thousand broadband and mobile net additions; and was partially offset by a decrease of 69.2 thousand in video RGUs. In addition, Sky closed the year with 175,225 video RGUs in Central America and the Dominican Republic.

The following table sets forth the breakdown of RGUs per service type for Sky as of December 31, 2021 and 2020.

    

2021

    

2020

Video

 

7,408,075

 

7,477,294

Broadband (data)

 

727,226

 

665,907

Voice

 

601

 

892

Mobile

 

30,266

 

RGUs

8,166,168

8,144,093

Sky operating segment income decreased by Ps.631.1 million, or 6.9%, to Ps.8,504.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2021 from Ps.9,135.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2020, and the margin was 38.6%. The decrease in operating segment income was due to the decrease in revenues and an increase in programming, broadband, and special events costs.

Other Businesses

Other Businesses revenues, representing 5.9% and 4.9% of our segment revenues for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, increased by Ps.907.3 million, or 26.1%, to Ps.4,388.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2021 from Ps.3,480.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2020. This increase was due mainly to our gaming and sports and special events businesses.

Other Businesses operating segment income increased by Ps.642.6 million, to an income of Ps.589.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2021 from a loss of Ps.52.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2020. This increase was primarily due to the increase in revenues as well as lower costs and expenses in our publishing and publishing distribution businesses.

The sale of the Company’s Radio business was concluded on July 2, 2020. Accordingly, the revenues and the operating segment income associated with the Radio business, which was part of the Company’s Other Businesses segment, are presented separately as disposed operations for the year ended December 31, 2020.

Depreciation and Amortization

Depreciation and amortization expense increased by Ps.131.3 million, or 0.7%, to Ps.20,053.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2021 from Ps.19,922.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2020. This change primarily reflected an increase in depreciation and amortization expense in our Sky and Cable segments.

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Other Income or Expense, Net

Other income or expense, net, increased by Ps.3,087.5 million to other income, net of Ps.3,716.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2021, from other income, net of Ps.628.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2020. This increase reflected primarily by a Ps.4,547.0 million pre-tax gain on the disposition of our former 40% equity stake in Ocesa Entretenimiento, S.A. de C.V. This pre-tax gain was partially offset by: (i) increased expenses related to a legal and financial advisory and professional services; (ii) surcharges resulting from payments made in 2021 by three companies in our Cable, Sky and Content segments for income taxes for prior years; (iii) an increase in impairment adjustments primarily in connection with goodwill, intangible assets and property and equipment in our Other Businesses segment; (iv) a higher non-recurring severance expense in connection with dismissals of personnel in the Content and Cable segments; (v) the absence in 2021 of a Ps.932.4 million pre-tax gain on disposition of our 50% equity stake in our former Radio business, which sale was concluded in July, 2020; and (vi) the absence in 2021 of a Ps.167.6 million one-time cash reimbursement in the second quarter of 2020, in connection with a legal outcome favorable to our former associate, Imagina Media Audiovisual, S.L.

Non-operating Results

Finance Income or Expense, Net

Finance income or expense, net, significantly impacts our consolidated financial statements in periods of currency fluctuations. Under IFRS, finance income or expense, net, reflects:

interest expense;
interest income;
foreign exchange gain or loss attributable to monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies; and
other finance income or expense, net, including gains or losses from derivative instruments.

Our foreign exchange position is affected by our assets or liabilities denominated in foreign currencies, primarily U.S. dollars. We record a foreign exchange gain or loss if the exchange rate of the Peso to the other currencies in which our monetary assets or liabilities are denominated varies.

Finance expense, net, increased by Ps.6,268.6 million to Ps.11,918.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2021, from Ps.5,649.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2020. This increase reflected primarily: (i) a Ps.5,885.5 million unfavorable change in foreign exchange gain or loss, net, resulting primarily from a 2.8% depreciation of the Mexican peso against the U.S. dollar for the year ended December 31, 2021, on a higher U.S. dollar average net liability position in 2021, compared with an average appreciation of the Mexican peso against the U.S. dollar during the year ended December 31, 2020; (ii) a Ps.507.1 million decrease in interest income, primarily due to a lower average amount of cash equivalents; and (iii) a Ps.1,272.5 million unfavorable change in other finance income or expense, net, resulting primarily from changes in fair value of our derivative contracts. These unfavorable variances were partially offset by a Ps.1,396.5 million decrease in interest expense, primarily due to a lower average principal amount of long-term debt in 2021.

Share of Income or Loss of Associates and Joint Ventures, Net

This line item reflects our equity participation in the operating results and net assets of unconsolidated businesses in which we maintain an interest, but which we do not control. We recognize equity in losses of associates and joint ventures up to the amount of our initial investment, subsequent capital contributions and long-term loans, or beyond that amount when we have made guaranteed commitments in respect of obligations incurred by associates and joint ventures.

Share of income or loss of associates and joint ventures, net, changed by Ps.9,410.7 million, to a share of income of Ps.3,671.0 million in 2021, from a share of loss of Ps.5,739.7 million in 2020. This favorable change reflected mainly (i) the absence of a Ps.5,455.4 million impairment adjustment to the carrying value of our investment in shares of UHI as of March 31 of 2020; (ii) a reversal of a loss impairment made in the second half of 2021 in the amount of Ps.4,161.7 million, in connection with the impairment adjustment recognized in 2020 to the carrying amount of our investment in shares of Univision Holdings II, Inc. (“UH II”) (UHI through May 18, 2021); and (iii) a lower share of loss of OCEN, in which we maintained a 40% interest and disposed of in December, 2021.

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Income Taxes

Income taxes increased by Ps.814.1 million, or 94.8%, to Ps.1,673.0 million in 2021, compared with Ps.858.9 million in 2020. This increase reflected mainly a higher effective income tax rate, primarily in connection with (i) an inflationary tax gain in some of our companies resulting primarily from a higher inflation in 2021 (7.4% in 2021 compared to 3.2% in 2020); (ii) additional income taxes from prior years paid by three of our companies, resulting from assessments made by the Mexican tax authority in the second and third quarters of 2021; (iii) a partial write-off of a deferred income tax asset recognized in 2014, as result of an assessment made by the Mexican tax authority in the first quarter of 2022; and (iv) income taxes paid in 2021 from gains on sales of shares and property among some of our companies in conjunction with reorganization activities contemplated by the 2021 Transaction Agreement.

The Mexican corporate income tax rate was 30% in each of 2021, 2020 and 2019, and will be 30% in 2022.

Income from Discontinued Operations

In connection with the transaction that we closed with TelevisaUnivision on January 31, 2022 (the “TelevisaUnivision Transaction”), we present the results from our disposed businesses as income from discontinued operations in our consolidated statements of income for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020.

Income from discontinued operations, net, increased by Ps.493.2 million, to Ps.6,585.9 million in 2021, from Ps.6,092.7 million in 2020, primarily related to net income from discontinued operations, which was partially offset by certain expenses and taxes incurred in 2021 in connection with the TelevisaUnivision Transaction.

Net Income Attributable to Non-controlling Interests

Net income attributable to non-controlling interests reflects that portion of operating results attributable to interests held by third parties in businesses, which are not wholly-owned by us, including our Cable and Sky segments.

Net income attributable to non-controlling interests decreased by Ps.254.2 million, or 16.4%, to Ps.1,299.0 million in 2021, compared with Ps.1,553.2 million in 2020. This decrease reflected primarily a lower portion of net income attributable to non-controlling interests in our Sky and Cable segments.

Net Income or Loss Attributable to Stockholders of the Company

Net income or loss attributable to stockholders of the Company amounted to a net income of Ps.6,055.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2021, compared with a net loss of Ps.1,250.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2020. The favorable net change of Ps.7,306.1 million, reflected a:

·

Ps.9,410.7 million favorable change in share of income or loss of associates and joint ventures, net;

·

Ps.1,274.5 million increase in income before depreciation and amortization;

·

Ps.3,087.5 million increase in other income, net;

·

Ps.493.2 million favorable increase in income from discontinued operations; and

·

Ps.254.2 million decrease in net income attributable to non-controlling interests.

These changes were partially offset by a:

·

Ps.6,268.6 million increase in finance expense, net;

·

Ps.814.1 million increase in income taxes; and

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·

Ps.131.3 million increase in depreciation and amortization.

Effects of Depreciation and Inflation

The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated:

·

the percentage that the Peso depreciated or appreciated against the U.S. Dollar;

·

the Mexican inflation rate;

·

the U.S. inflation rate; and

·

the percentage change in Mexican GDP compared to the prior period.

Year Ended December 31.

 

    

2022

    

2021

    

2020

 

(Appreciation) depreciation of the Peso as compared to the U.S. Dollar(1)

 

(5.0)

%  

2.8

%  

6.0

%

Mexican inflation rate(2)

 

7.8

 

7.4

 

3.2

U.S. inflation rate

 

6.5

 

7.0

 

1.3

Increase (decrease) in Mexican GDP(3)

 

3.1

 

4.7

 

(8.2)

(1)Based on changes in the Interbank Rates, as reported by CitiBanamex, at the end of each period, which were as follows: Ps.19.9493 as of December 31, 2020, Ps.20.5031 as of December 31, 2021 and Ps.19.4760 as of December 31, 2022.
(2)Based on changes in the NCPI from the previous period, as reported by the Mexican Central Bank, which were as follows: 109.3 in 2020; 117.3 in 2021; and 126.5 in 2022.
(3)As estimated by the Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática, or INEGI.

The general condition of the Mexican economy, the depreciation of the Peso as compared to the U.S. Dollar, inflation and high interest rates have in the past adversely affected, and may in the future adversely affect, our:

Advertising and Other Revenues. Inflation in Mexico adversely affects consumers. As a result, our advertising customers may purchase less advertising, which would reduce our advertising revenues, and consumers may reduce expenditures for our other products and services, including pay-TV services.
Foreign Currency-Denominated Revenues and Operating Costs and Expenses. We have substantial operating costs and expenses denominated in foreign currencies, primarily in U.S. Dollars. These costs are principally due to our activities in the United States, the costs of foreign-produced programming and publishing supplies and the leasing of satellite transponders. The following table sets forth our foreign currency-denominated revenues and operating costs and expenses stated in millions of U.S. Dollars for 2022, 2021 and 2020:

Year Ended December 31,

    

2022

    

2021

    

2020

(Millions of U.S. Dollars)

Revenues

U.S.$

182

U.S.$

142

U.S.$

144

Operating costs and expenses

 

469

 

352

 

319

On a consolidated basis, in 2022, 2021 and 2020, our foreign-currency-denominated costs and expenses exceeded our foreign-currency-denominated revenues. As a result, we could be exposed to future depreciation of the Peso, which would increase the Peso equivalent of our foreign-currency-denominated costs and expenses.

Finance Expense, Net. The depreciation of the Peso as compared to the U.S. Dollar generates foreign exchange losses relating to our net U.S. Dollar-denominated liabilities and increases the Peso equivalent of our interest expense on our U.S. Dollar-denominated indebtedness. Foreign exchange losses, derivatives used to hedge foreign exchange risk and increased interest expense increase our finance expense, net.

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We have also entered into and will continue to consider entering into additional financial instruments to hedge against Peso depreciation and reduce our overall exposure to the depreciation of the Peso as compared to the U.S. Dollar, inflation and high interest rates. We cannot assure you that we will be able to enter into financial instruments to protect ourselves from the effects of the depreciation of the Peso as compared to the U.S. Dollar, inflation and increases in interest rates, or if so, on favorable terms. In the past, we have designated, and from time to time in the future we may designate, certain of our investments or other assets as effective hedges against Peso depreciations. See “Key Information—Risk Factors—Risk Factors Related to Mexico”, “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk—Market Risk Disclosures” and Note 4 to our consolidated year-end financial statements.

IFRS

Our consolidated financial information as of December 31, 2022 and 2021 and for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020, was prepared in accordance with IFRS as issued by the IASB.

Below is a list of the new and amended standards that have been issued by the IASB and are effective for annual periods starting on or after January 1, 2023. Our management does not expect the pronouncements effective for annual periods beginning on January 1, 2023 to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements. Our management is in the process of assessing the potential impact those pronouncements effective for annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2023 will have on our consolidated financial statements. Some amendments and improvements to certain IFRS standards became effective on January 1, 2023, and did not have any significant impact on our consolidated financial statements.

Effective for Annual

Periods Beginning

New or Amended IFRS Standard

    

Title of the IFRS Standard

    

On or After

 

Amendments to IFRS 10 and IAS 28

Sale or Contribution of Assets between an Investor and its Associate or Joint Venture

Postponed

IFRS 17 (1)

Insurance Contracts

January 1, 2023

Amendments to IAS 1 (1)

Classification of Liabilities as Current or Non-current

January 1, 2023

Amendments to IAS 8 (1)

Definition of Accounting Estimates

January 1, 2023

Amendments to IAS 1 and IFRS Practice Statement 2 (1)

Disclosure of Accounting Policies

January 1, 2023

Amendments to IAS 12 (1)

Deferred Tax related to Assets and Liabilities arising from a Single Transaction

January 1, 2023

Amendment to IFRS 17 (1)

Initial Application of IFRS 17 and IFRS 9 – Comparative Information

January 1, 2023

Amendments to IFRS 16 (1)

Lease Liability in a Sale and Leaseback

January 1, 2024

Amendments to IAS 1 (1)

Non-current Liabilities with Covenants

January 1, 2024

(1)This new or amended IFRS Standard is not expected to have a significant impact on our consolidated financial statements.

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Amendments to IFRS 10 and IAS 28 Sale or Contribution of Assets between an Investor and its Associate or Joint Venture, were issued by the IASB in September 2014, and addressed and acknowledged an inconsistency between the requirements in IFRS 10 Consolidated Financial Statements and those in IAS 28 Investments in Associates and Joint Ventures, in dealing with the sale or contribution of assets between an investor and its associate or joint venture. The main consequence of the amendments is that a full gain or loss is recognized when a transaction involves a business (whether it is housed in a subsidiary or not). A partial gain or loss is recognized when a transaction involves assets that do not constitute a business, even if these assets are housed in a subsidiary. In December 2015, the IASB decided to postpone the effective date of these amendments indefinitely. Entities are required to apply these amendments prospectively to the sale or contribution of assets occurring in annual periods beginning on or after a date to be determined by the IASB. Earlier application is permitted. If an entity applies these amendments earlier, it shall disclose that fact. These amendments became applicable to the Group’s consolidated financial statements in connection with the closing of the TelevisaUnivision Transaction in the first quarter of 2022 (see Note 3 to our consolidated year-end financial statements). As permitted, we have applied these amendments in 2022 and disclosed this fact in our consolidated financial statements.

IFRS 17 Insurance Contracts (“IFRS 17”) was issued by the IASB in May 2017 and amended in June 2020. IFRS 17 supersedes IFRS 4 Insurance Contracts (“IFRS 4”), which has given companies dispensation to carry on accounting for insurance contracts using national accounting standards, resulting in a multitude of different approaches. IFRS 17 establishes principles for the recognition, measurement, presentation and disclosures of insurance contracts issued. It also requires similar principles to be applied to reinsurance contracts with discretionary participation features issued. IFRS 17 solves the comparison problems created by IFRS 4 by requiring all insurance contracts to be accounted for in a consistent manner. Under the provisions of IFRS 17, insurance obligations will be accounted for using current values instead of historical cost. Amendments to IFRS 17 were issued in June 2020 aimed at helping companies implement the Standard and making it easier for them to explain their financial performance. The fundamental principles introduced when IFRS 17 was issued in May 2017 remained unaffected. IFRS 17 became effective on January 1, 2023.

Amendments to IAS 1 Classification of Liabilities as Current or Non-current were issued by the IASB in January 2020, and clarify one of the criteria in IAS 1 for classifying a liability as non-current that is, the requirement for an entity to have the right to defer settlement of the liability for at least 12 months after the reporting period. An entity shall apply these amendments for annual reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2023, retrospectively in accordance with IAS 8. Earlier application is permitted.

Amendments to IAS 8 Definition of Accounting Estimates, were issued by the IASB in February 2021, the amendments introduced the definition of accounting estimates and included other amendments to IAS 8 to help entities distinguish changes in accounting estimates from changes in accounting policies. The amendments are effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2023. Earlier application is permitted.

Amendments to IAS 1 and IFRS Practice Statement 2 Disclosure of Accounting Policies, were issued by the IASB in February 2021, the Board amended paragraphs 117–122 of IAS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements to require entities to disclose their material accounting policy information rather than their significant accounting policies. To support this amendment the Board also amended IFRS Practice Statement 2 Making Materiality Judgements (Materiality Practice Statement) to explain and demonstrate the application of the “four-step materiality process” to accounting policy disclosures.

Amendments to IAS 12 Deferred Tax related to Assets and Liabilities arising from a Single Transaction were issued by the IASB in May 2021 and specify how companies should account for deferred tax on transactions such as leases and decommissioning obligations. IAS 12 Income Taxes specifies how a company accounts for income tax, including deferred tax, which represents tax payable or recoverable in the future. In specified circumstances, companies are exempt from recognizing deferred tax when they recognize assets and liabilities for the first time. Previously, there had been some uncertainty about whether the exemption applied to transactions such as leases and decommissioning obligations, transactions for which companies recognize both an asset and a liability. The amendments clarify that the exemption does not apply and that companies are required to recognize deferred tax on such transactions. The aim of the amendments is to reduce diversity in the reporting of deferred tax on leases and decommissioning obligations. The amendments will become effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2023, with early application permitted.

Amendment to IFRS 17 Initial Application of IFRS 17 and IFRS 9 – Comparative Information, was issued by the IASB in December 2021 and includes a narrow-scope amendment to the transition requirements in IFRS 17, providing insurers with an option aimed at improving the usefulness of information to investors on initial application of the new Standard. The amendment relates to insurers’ transition to the new Standard only, and it does not affect any other requirements in IFRS 17. IFRS 17 and IFRS 9 have different transition requirements. For some insurers, these differences can cause temporary accounting mismatches between financial assets and insurance contract liabilities in the comparative information they present in their financial statements when applying IFRS 17 and IFRS 9 for the first time. IFRS 17, including this amendment, is effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2023.

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Amendments to IFRS 16 Lease Liability in a Sale and Leaseback, were issued by the IASB in September 2022, and add to requirements in IFRS 16 Leases (“IFRS 16”) explaining how a company accounts for a sale and leaseback after the date of the transaction. A sale and leaseback is a transaction for which a company sells an asset and leases the same asset back for a period of time from the new owner. IFRS 16 includes requirements on how to account for a sale and leaseback at the date the transaction takes place. However, IFRS 16 had not specified how to measure the transaction when reporting after that date. The amendments issued add to the sale and leaseback requirements in IFRS 16, thereby supporting the consistent application of the IFRS Standard. These amendments will not change the accounting for leases other than those arising in a sale and leaseback transaction. These amendments to IFRS 16 are effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2024, with early application permitted.

Amendments to IAS 1 Non-current Liabilities with Covenants, were issued by the IASB in October 2022, to improve the information companies provide about long-term with covenants. IAS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements requires a company to classify debt as non-current only if the company can avoid settling the debt in the 12 months after the reporting date. However, a company’s ability to do so is often subject to complying with covenants. For example, a company might have long-term debt that could become repayable within 12 months if the company fails to comply with covenants in that 12-month period. The amendments to IAS 1 specify that covenants to be complied with after the reporting date do not affect the classification of debt as current or non-current at the reporting date. Instead, the amendments require a company to disclose information about these covenants in the notes to the financial statements. The amendments are effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2024, with early adoption permitted.

Critical Accounting Estimates and Assumptions

We have identified certain key accounting policies upon which our consolidated financial condition and results of operations are dependent. The application of these key accounting policies often involves complex considerations and assumptions and the making of subjective judgments or decisions on the part of our management. In the opinion of our management, our most critical accounting policies under IFRS are those related to the accounting for programming, goodwill and other indefinite-lived intangible assets, long-lived assets, deferred income taxes and financial assets measured at fair value. For a full description of these and other accounting policies, see Note 2 to our consolidated year-end financial statements.

(a)

Accounting for Programming

Beginning on January 31, 2022, we are no longer engaged in the Content business operations as a result of the closing of the TelevisaUnivision Transaction on that date (see Notes 3 and 28 to our consolidated year-end financial statements).

Through January 31, 2022, we produced a significant portion of programming for initial broadcast in Mexico, its primary market. Following the initial broadcast of this programming, we then licensed some of this programming for broadcast in secondary markets, such as Mexico, the United States, Latin America, Asia, Europe and Africa. Under IFRS, in order to properly capitalize and subsequently amortize production costs related to this programming, we estimated the expected future benefit period over which a given program would generate revenues (generally, over a five-year period). We then amortized the production costs related to a given program over the expected future benefit period. Under this policy, we generally expensed approximately 70% of the production costs related to a given program in its initial broadcast run and deferred and expensed the remaining production costs over the remainder of the expected future benefit period (see Note 2 (g) to our consolidated year-end financial statements).

We estimated the expected future benefit periods based on past historical revenue patterns and usage for similar types of programming and any potential future events, such as new outlets through which we could exploit or distribute its programming, including its consolidated subsidiaries and equity investees. To the extent that a given future expected benefit period was shorter than the estimate, we might have accelerated capitalized production costs sooner than anticipated. Conversely, to the extent that a given future expected benefit period was longer than the estimate, we might have extended the amortization schedule for the remaining capitalized production costs.

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We also entered into license arrangements with various third-party programming producers and providers, pursuant to which it received the rights to broadcast programming produced by third parties over its television networks in Mexico. For programming licensed from third parties, we estimated the expected future benefit period based upon the term of the license. In addition, we might have purchased programming from third parties, from time to time. In this case, we estimated the expected future benefit period based on the anticipated number of showings in Mexico. To the extent that a given future expected benefit period was shorter than the estimate, we might have accelerated the amortization of the purchase price or the license fee sooner than anticipated. Conversely, to the extent that a given future expected benefit period was longer than the estimate, we might have extended the amortization schedule for the remaining portion of the purchase price or the license fee.

(b)

Goodwill and Other Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets

Goodwill and other intangible assets with indefinite useful lives are reviewed for impairment at least annually. When an impairment test is performed, the recoverable amount is assessed by reference to the greater of the net present value of the expected future cash flows (value in use) of the relevant CGU and the fair value less cost to sell.

The recoverable amount of CGUs has been determined based on the greater of value in use and fair value less costs to disposal calculations. These calculations require the use of estimates, which include management’s expectations of future revenue growth, operating costs, profit margins and operating cash flows for each CGU, long-term growth rates and discount rates based on weighted average cost of capital, among others.

During 2022 and 2021, we recorded impairment adjustments for other indefinite-lived intangible assets (trademarks) related to its Publishing business. See Note 2 (b) and (l) to our consolidated year-end financial statements for disclosure regarding concession intangible assets.

(c)

Long-lived Assets

We present certain long-lived assets other than goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets in its consolidated statement of financial position. Long-lived assets are tested for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value of an asset may no longer be recoverable. An impairment loss is recognized for the amount by which the asset’s carrying amount exceeds its recoverable amount. The recoverable amount is the greater of an asset’s fair value less costs to sell and value in use. Recoverability is analyzed based on projected cash flows. Estimates of future cash flows involve considerable judgment on the part of management. These estimates are based on historical data, future revenue growth, anticipated market conditions, management plans, and assumptions regarding projected rates of inflation and currency fluctuations, among other factors. If these assumptions are not correct, we would have to recognize a write-off or write-down or accelerate the amortization schedule related to the carrying amount of these assets (see Notes 2 (m), 13 and 22 to our consolidated year-end financial statements). We have not recorded any significant impairment charges during any of the years presented herein.

(d)

Deferred Income Taxes

We record our deferred tax assets based on the likelihood that these assets are realized in the future. This likelihood is assessed by taking into consideration the future taxable income. In the event we were to determine that it would be able to realize its deferred tax assets in the future in excess of the net recorded amount, an adjustment to the deferred tax asset would increase income in the period such determination was made. Should we determine that it would not be able to realize all or part of its net deferred tax asset in the future, an adjustment to the deferred tax asset would be charged to income in the period such determination was made.

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(e)

Financial Assets Measured at Fair Value

We have a significant amount of financial assets that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis. The degree of management’s judgment involved in determining the fair value of a financial asset varies depending upon the availability of quoted market prices. When observable quoted market prices exist, that is the fair value estimate we use. To the extent such quoted market prices do not exist, management uses other means to determine fair value (see Notes 4 and 15 to our consolidated year-end financial statements).

Financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value as of December 31, 2022 and 2021 (in thousands of Pesos):

Quoted Prices in

Internal Models

Internal Models

Balance as of

Active Markets

with Significant

with Significant

December 31,

for Identical

Observable

Unobservable

    

2022

    

Assets (Level 1)

    

Inputs (Level 2)

    

Inputs (Level 3)

Assets:

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

At FVOCIL

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Open-Ended Fund

Ps.

773,209

Ps.

Ps.

773,209

Ps.

Publicly traded equity instruments

 

2,611,053

2,611,053

Derivative financial instruments

543,581

543,581

Total

Ps.

3,927,843

Ps.

2,611,053

Ps.

1,316,790

Ps.

Liabilities:

Derivative financial instruments

Ps.

71,401

Ps.

Ps.

71,401

Ps.

Total

Ps.

71,401

Ps.

Ps.

71,401

Ps.

Quoted Prices in

Internal Models

Internal Models

Balance as of

Active Markets

with Significant

with Significant

December 31,

for Identical

Observable

Unobservable

    

2021

    

Assets (Level 1)

    

Inputs (Level 2)

    

Inputs (Level 3)

Assets:

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

At FVOCIL

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Open-Ended Fund

Ps.

945,176

Ps.

Ps.

945,176

Ps.

Publicly traded equity instruments

 

3,517,711

 

3,517,711

 

 

Derivative financial instruments

 

133,324

 

 

133,324

 

Total

Ps.

4,596,211

Ps.

3,517,711

Ps.

1,078,500

Ps.

Liabilities:

  

  

 

  

Derivative financial instruments

Ps.

172,885

Ps.

Ps.

172,885

Ps.

Total

Ps.

172,885

Ps.

Ps.

172,885

Ps.

Non-current Financial Assets

Investments in debt securities or with readily determinable fair values, are classified as non-current investments in financial instruments, and are recorded at fair value with unrealized gains and losses included in consolidated stockholders’ equity as accumulated other comprehensive result.

Non-current financial assets are generally valued using quoted market prices or alternative pricing sources with reasonable levels of price transparency. Such instruments are classified in Level 1, Level 2, and Level 3, depending on the observability of the significant inputs.

Open-Ended Fund

We have an investment in an Open-Ended Fund that has as a primary objective to achieve capital appreciation by using a broad range of strategies through investments in securities, including without limitation stock, debt and other financial instruments, a principal portion of which are considered as Level 1 financial instruments, in telecom, media and other sectors across global markets, including Latin America and other emerging markets. Shares may be redeemed on a quarterly basis at the NAV per share as of such redemption date (see Notes 4 and 9 to our consolidated year-end financial statements).

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UHI Warrants

On December 29, 2020, we exercised all of our remaining warrants for common shares of UHI to increase our equity stake in UHI from 10% to 35.9% on a fully diluted basis (see Note 10 to our consolidated year-end financial statements).

We determined the fair value of our investment in warrants as of December 29, 2020 by using the income approach based on post-tax discounted cash flows. The income approach requires management to make judgments and involves the use of significant estimates and assumptions. These estimates and assumptions include long-term growth rates and operating margins used to calculate projected future cash flows, risk-adjusted discount rates based on weighted average cost of capital within a range of 8% to 9%, among others. Our estimates for market growth were based on historical data, various internal estimates and observable external sources when available, and are based on assumptions that are consistent with the strategic plans and estimates used to manage the underlying business. Since the described methodology is an internal model with significant unobservable inputs, the UHI warrants were classified as Level 3. Additionally, we determined the fair value of our investment in warrants by using the Black-Scholes model (“BSPM”). The BSPM involves the use of significant estimates and assumptions. The assumptions used as of December 29, 2020, included UHI stock’s spot price of U.S.$190 per share on a fully-diluted, as–converted basis and UHI stock’s expected volatility of 64% .

Disclosures for Each Class of Assets and Liabilities Subject to Recurring Fair Value Measurements Categorized Within Level 3

The Corporate Finance Department of the Company has established rules for a proper portfolio asset classification according to the fair value hierarchy defined by IFRS Standards. On a monthly basis, any new assets recognized in the Company’s portfolio are classified according to this criteria. Subsequently, there is a quarterly review of the portfolio in order to analyze whether there is a need to change the classification of any assets.

A sensitivity analysis is performed on the Group’s investments with significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) in order to obtain a reasonable range of possible alternative valuations. This analysis is carried out by the Corporate Finance Department of the Company.

Derivative Financial Instruments

Derivative financial instruments include swaps, forwards and options (see Notes 2(w), 4 and 15 to our consolidated year-end financial statements).

Our derivative portfolio is entirely over-the-counter (“OTC”). Our derivatives are valued using industry standard valuation models; projecting future cash flows discounted to present value, using market-based observable inputs including interest rate curves, foreign exchange rates, and forward and spot prices for currencies.

When appropriate, valuations are adjusted for various factors such as liquidity, bid/offer spreads and credit spreads considerations. Such adjustments are generally based on available market evidence. In the absence of such evidence, management’s best estimate is used. All derivatives are classified in Level 2.

Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Non-Recurring Basis

The majority of our non-financial instruments, which include the investment in shares of TelevisaUnivision, goodwill, intangible assets, inventories, transmission rights and programming and property, plant and equipment, are not required to be carried at fair value on a recurring basis. However, if certain triggering events occur (or at least annually in the fourth quarter for goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets) such that a non-financial instrument is required to be evaluated for impairment, a resulting asset impairment would require that the non-financial instrument be recorded at the lower of carrying amount or its recoverable amount.

The impairment test for goodwill involves a comparison of the estimated fair value of each of our reporting units to its carrying amount, including goodwill. We determine the fair value of a reporting unit using the higher of the value in use and the fair value less costs to sell, which utilize significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) within the fair value hierarchy. The impairment test for intangible assets not subject to amortization involves a comparison of the estimated fair value of the intangible asset with its carrying value. We determine the fair value of the intangible asset using a discounted cash flow analysis, which utilizes significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) within the fair value hierarchy. Determining fair value requires the exercise of significant judgment, including judgment about appropriate discount rates, perpetual growth rates, the amount and timing of expected future cash flows for a period of time that comprises five years, as well as relevant comparable company earnings multiples for the market-based approach.

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Once an asset has been impaired, it is not remeasured at fair value on a recurring basis; however, it is still subject to fair value measurements to test for recoverability of the carrying amount.

Liquidity, Foreign Exchange and Capital Resources

Liquidity. We generally rely on a combination of cash on hand, operating revenues, borrowings and net proceeds from dispositions to fund our working capital needs, capital expenditures, acquisitions and investments. We believe our working capital is sufficient for our present requirements, and we anticipate generating sufficient cash to satisfy our long-term liquidity needs.

During the year ended December 31, 2022, we had a net increase in cash and cash equivalents of Ps.25,302.8 million, as compared to a net decrease in cash and cash equivalents of Ps. 3,229.9 million during the year ended December 31, 2021.

Net cash provided by operating activities for the year ended December 31, 2022, amounted to Ps.12,467.6 million. Adjustments to reconcile income before income taxes to net cash provided by operating activities were mainly due to (i) depreciation and amortization of Ps.21,239.3 million, (ii) an interest expense of Ps.9,459.4 million, (iii) an impairment loss on trade notes and accounts receivable, and other receivables of Ps.1,172.6 million, (iv) an other finance loss, net of Ps.110.7 million, (v) a share of loss of associates and joint ventures of Ps.7,378.2 million, and (vi) a share-based compensation expense of Ps.1,665.9 million; this was partially offset by (i) gains on disposition of discontinued operations of Ps.75,192.4 million, (ii) unrealized foreign exchange gains of Ps.999.5 million, and (iii) income taxes paid for the year ended December 31, 2022, which amounted to Ps.12,118.0 million.

Net cash provided by investing activities for the year ended December 31, 2022, amounted to Ps.42,704.9 million and was primarily provided by proceeds from (i) disposition of discontinued operations of Ps.66,095.5 million, (ii) cash dividends from preferred shares of Ps.752.6 million, (iii) release of a holdback payment from our sale of OCEN in the amount of Ps.364.4 million, and (iv) a disposition of property, plant and equipment of Ps.264.1 million; this was partially offset by (i) investments in property, plant and equipment of Ps.17,315.4 million, (ii) other investments in intangible assets of Ps.1,807.2 million and (iii) long-term credit with a related party of Ps.5,738.8 million.

Net cash used in financing activities for the year ended December 31, 2022, amounted to Ps.29,769.3. million, and was primarily used for interest payments of Ps.8,893.0 million, derivative financial instruments of Ps.145.1 million, prepayment of long-term loans from Mexican banks of Ps.6,000.0 million, other payments of lease liabilities of Ps.991.0 million, dividend payments of Ps.1,053.3 million, repurchases of capital stock of Ps.629.3 million, partial prepayment of senior notes of Ps.10,099.6 million, and payments of lease liabilities of Ps.699.2 million.

During the year ended December 31, 2021, we had a net decrease in cash and cash equivalents of Ps.3,229.9 million, as compared to a net increase in cash and cash equivalents of Ps. 1,034.5 million during the year ended December 31, 2020.

Net cash provided by operating activities for the year ended December 31, 2021, amounted to Ps.29,324.2 million. Adjustments to reconcile income before income taxes to net cash provided by operating activities are overall due to depreciation and amortization of Ps.21,418.4 million, interest expense of Ps.9,135.5 million, unrealized foreign exchange loss of Ps.1,806.0 million, impairment loss on trade notes and accounts receivable, and other receivables of Ps.1,277.0 million, other finance loss, net of Ps.1,183.2 million, share-based compensation expense of Ps.1,088.4 million; and partially offset by a gain on disposition of investments, net of Ps.4,547.0 million and share of income of associates and joint ventures of Ps.3,671.9 million. Income taxes paid for the year ended December 31, 2021, amounted to Ps.9,166.6 million.

Net cash used in investing activities for the year ended December 31, 2021, amounted to Ps.18,845.2 million, and was primarily used for investments in property, plant and equipment of Ps.23,267.8 million, other investments in intangible assets of Ps.1,899.5 million and investment in other equity instruments of Ps.1,122.2 million; and partially offset by cash provided from disposition of OISE/OCEN of Ps.4,625.3 million; disposition of investments in financial instruments of Ps.2,014.4 million and disposition of property, plant and equipment of Ps.672.4 million.

Net cash used in financing activities for the year ended December 31, 2021, amounted to Ps.13,732.4. million, and was primarily used for interest payment of Ps.8,258.2 million; derivative financial instruments of Ps.2,692.2 million; prepayment of Mexican peso debt related to Sky of Ps.1,750.0 million; other payments of lease liabilities of Ps.1,082.2 million; dividends paid of Ps.1,053.4 million; repurchases of capital stock of Ps.774.1 million; and payments of lease liabilities of Ps.646.5 million, which effect was partially offset by cash provided by long-term loans from Mexican banks of Ps.2,650.0 million and sale of capital stock of Ps.774.1 million.

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Capital Expenditures, Acquisitions and Investments, Distributions and Other Sources of Liquidity

During 2023, we:

·

expect to make aggregate capital expenditures for property, plant and equipment totaling approximately U.S.$820.0 million, of which approximately U.S.$620.0 million and approximately U.S.$160.0 million are for the expansion and improvements of our Cable and Sky segments, respectively, and the remaining amount is for our Other Businesses segment; and

·

expect to provide financing to GTAC in connection with long-term credit facilities and our 33.3% interest in GTAC in the aggregate principal amount of U.S.$11.6 million (Ps.225.1 million).

During 2022, we:

·

made aggregate capital expenditures for property, plant and equipment totaling approximately U.S.$859.8 million, of which approximately U.S.$645.9 million and approximately U.S.$193.1 million were for the expansion and improvements of our Cable and Sky segments, respectively, and the remaining amount was for our Content and Other Businesses segments; and

·

provided financing to GTAC in connection with long-term credit facilities and our 33.3% interest in GTAC in the aggregate principal amount of U.S.$8.4 million (Ps.166.2 million).

During 2021, we:

·

made aggregate capital expenditures for property, plant and equipment totaling approximately U.S.$1,149.1 million, of which approximately U.S.$854.5 million and approximately U.S.$244.1 million were for the expansion and improvements of our Cable and Sky segments, respectively, and the remaining amount was for our Content and Other Businesses segments; and

·

provided financing to GTAC in connection with long-term credit facilities and our 33.3% interest in GTAC in the aggregate principal amount of Ps.131.6 million (U.S.$6.4 million).

Refinancings. In October 2017, we concluded the offering of Ps.4,500 million aggregate principal amount of local bonds (Certificados Bursátiles) due 2027 with an interest rate of 8.79%. We used the net proceeds of the offering for general corporate purposes and working capital. In December 2017, we redeemed in full the U.S. $500 million aggregate principal amount of our 6.0% Senior Notes due 2018.

In March 2016, (i) our Sky segment entered into long-term debt agreements with two Mexican banks in the aggregate principal amount of Ps.5,500 million, with maturities between 2021 and 2023, and interest payable on a monthly basis at an annual rate in the range of 7.0% and 7.13%, and prepaid an intercompany long-term loan in the principal amount of Ps.3,500 million; and (ii) we prepaid a portion of our Mexican peso outstanding long-term loans with original maturities between 2016 and 2017 in the aggregate principal amount of Ps.3,532 million.

In November and December 2017, we entered into long-term debt agreements with three Mexican banks in the aggregate principal amount of Ps.6,000 million, with maturities between 2022 and 2023, and interest payable on a monthly basis at an annual rate of 28-day Equilibrium Interbank Interest Rate (“Tasa de Interés Interbancaria de Equilibrio” or “TIIE”) plus a range between 125 and 130 basis points.

In May 2019, we concluded the offering of U.S. $750 million aggregate principal amount of 5.25% Senior Notes due 2049. The net proceeds of the offering were used for general corporate purposes, which may include repayment or repurchase of existing indebtedness.

In June 2019, we entered into a credit agreement for a five-year term loan with a syndicate of banks in the aggregate principal amount of Ps.10,000 million. The funds from this loan were used for general corporate purposes, including the refinancing of the Company’s indebtedness. This loan bears interest at a floating rate based on a spread of 105 or 130 basis points over the 28-day TIIE rate depending on the Company’s net leverage ratio.

In July 2019, we prepaid all of the outstanding local bonds (Certificados Bursátiles) due 2021 and 2022, in the aggregate principal amount of Ps.11,000 million.

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In October 2019, we prepaid all of the outstanding local bonds (Certificados Bursátiles) due 2020, in the aggregate principal amount of Ps.10,000.0 million. Accordingly, we classified this debt as current as of September 30, 2019, net of related finance costs, in the amount of Ps.9,992.4 million.

On March 24, 2020, we drew down the U.S.$618 million under the Revolving Credit Facility and fully prepaid the facility on October 6, 2020. In February 2022, the Company’s revolving credit facility with a syndicate of banks was increased by U.S.$32 million reaching a total amount of U.S.$650 million payable in Mexican pesos, and extended for a three-year term, with maturity in February 2025.

In March 2022, we made a partial redemption of U.S.$200 million aggregate principal amount of our U.S.$600 million 6.625% Senior Notes due 2025 in the aggregate amount of U.S.$221.3 million, including the applicable redemption price and accrued and unpaid interest on the redemption date.

In February and March 2022, we prepaid outstanding long-term loans with three Mexican banks, in the aggregate principal amount of Ps.6,000 million and related accrued interest for an aggregate amount of Ps.37.1 million. The original maturities of these loans were in the fourth quarter 2022 and first quarter of 2023.

In August 2022, we completed a tender offer to purchase in cash a principal amount of U.S.$133.6 million of our 6.625% Senior Notes due 2025, U.S.$110.6 million of our 5.000% Senior Notes due 2045, and U.S.$47.8 million of our 5.250% Senior Notes due 2049, for an aggregate principal amount of U.S.$292.0 million. The aggregate tender consideration paid amounted to U.S.$294.8 million plus U.S.$5.5 million of accrued and unpaid interest on the settlement date of the tender offer.

Indebtedness. As of December 31, 2022, our consolidated long-term portion of debt amounted to Ps.104,240.6 million and our consolidated current portion of debt was Ps.2,761.1 million. As of December 31, 2021, our consolidated long-term portion of debt amounted to Ps.121,685.7 million and our consolidated current portion of debt was Ps.6,141.0 million. The consolidated debt is presented net of unamortized finance costs as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, in the aggregate amount of Ps.994.7 million and Ps.1,207.1 million, respectively, and interest payable in the aggregate amount of Ps.1,761.1 million and Ps.2,034.6 million in 2022 and 2021, respectively.

In March 2018, the Company entered into a Revolving Credit Facility (“RCF”) with a syndicate of banks for U.S.$583.0 million payable in Mexican pesos, for a three-year term. In December 2018, this facility was increased by U.S.$35.0 million reaching a total amount of U.S.$618.0 million. The funds may be used for the repayment of existing indebtedness and other general corporate purposes as may be authorized by our Board of Directors. In August 2019, the Company extended the RCF for one more year to maintain the total 3-year term. This RCF was available as of December 31, 2019. In March 2020, the Company drew down the RCF as a prudent and precautionary measure in order to increase our cash position and preserve financial flexibility in light of current uncertainty in the global and local markets resulting from the COVID-19 outbreak; the aggregate principal amount was Ps.14,771.0 million, with maturity in the first quarter of 2022, this facility bears interest at a floating rate based on a spread of 87.5 or 112.5 basis points over the 28-day TIIE rate depending on our net leverage ratio, the Company may prepay such amount on the last day of any interest period. The Company prepaid the full amount drawn on October 6, 2020 without penalty. In February 2022, the Company’s RCF with a syndicate of banks was increased by U.S.$32 million reaching a total amount of U.S.$650 million payable in Mexican pesos and extended for a three-year term, with maturity in February 2025.

In February 2023, Sky executed a revolving credit facility with a Mexican bank for an amount up to Ps.1,000 million and with a maturity in 2028. The funds may be used for general corporate purposes, including the repayment of debt. Under the terms of this revolving credit facility, Sky is required to comply with certain restrictive covenants and financial coverage ratios. In March 2023, upon the maturity of loans with two Mexican banks, Sky repaid the remaining portions of these loans in the aggregate principal amount of Ps.1,000 million with (i) available cash on hand in the amount of Ps.600 million and (ii) funds from this revolving credit facility in the principal amount of Ps.400 million, plus interest payable on a monthly basis at the annual interest rate of TIIE plus 0.85%. As of March 31, 2023, the unused principal amount of this revolving credit facility amounted to Ps.600 million.

We may from time to time incur additional indebtedness or repurchase, redeem or repay outstanding indebtedness.

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The following table sets forth a description of our outstanding indebtedness as of December 31, 2022, net of unamortized finance costs and does not include related accrued interest payable (in millions of Pesos):

2022(1)

Effective

Interest

    

Interest Rate

    

Payable

    

Principal

    

Finance Costs

    

Net

U.S. dollar Senior Notes:

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

6.625% Senior Notes due 2025 (2)

7.60

%

Ps.

85.9

Ps.

5,188.8

Ps.

(46.1)

Ps.

5,142.7

4.625% Senior Notes due 2026 (2)

 

5.03

%

 

135.1

 

5,842.8

 

(14.5)

 

5,828.3

8.50% Senior Notes due 2032 (2)

 

9.00

%

 

151.8

 

5,842.8

 

(16.3)

 

5,826.5

6.625% Senior Notes due 2040 (2)

 

7.05

%

 

352.7

 

11,685.6

 

(107.7)

 

11,577.9

5% Senior Notes due 2045 (2)

 

5.39

%

 

125.1

 

17,321.1

 

(323.9)

 

16,997.2

6.125% Senior Notes due 2046 (2)

 

6.47

%

 

536.8

 

17,528.4

 

(109.7)

 

17,418.7

5.25% Senior Notes due 2049 (2)

 

5.59

%

 

71.8

 

13,675.9

 

(273.5)

 

13,402.4

Total U.S. dollar debt

 

 

1,459.2

 

77,085.4

 

(891.7)

 

76,193.7

Mexican peso debt:

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

8.79% Notes due 2027 (3)

 

8.84

%

 

97.8

 

4,500.0

 

(11.4)

 

4,488.6

8.49% Senior Notes due 2037 (2)

 

8.94

%

 

48.8

 

4,500.0

 

(10.4)

 

4,489.6

7.25% Senior Notes due 2043 (2)

 

7.92

%

 

52.4

 

6,500.0

 

(48.4)

 

6,451.6

Bank loan (4)

 

11.57

%

 

77.0

 

10,000.0

 

(32.8)

 

9,967.2

Bank loans (Sky) (5)

 

10.17

%

 

25.9

 

3,650.0

 

 

3,650.0

Total Mexican peso debt

 

301.9

 

29,150.0

 

(103.0)

 

29,047.0

Total debt

 

1,761.1

 

106,235.4

 

(994.7)

 

105,240.7

Less: Current portion of long-term debt

 

1,761.1

 

1,000.0

 

 

1,000.0

Long-term debt, net of current portion

Ps.

Ps.

105,235.4

Ps.

(994.7)

Ps.

104,240.7

Lease liabilities:

  

  

  

  

  

  

Satellite transponder lease agreement(6)

Ps.

2,807.2

Other lease agreement (7)

 

608.2

Lease liabilities(7)

 

4,953.6

Total lease liabilities

 

8,369.0

Less: Current portion

 

1,373.2

Lease liabilities, net of current portion

Ps.

6,995.8

(1)U.S. Dollar-denominated debt is translated into Pesos at an exchange rate of Ps.19.4760 per U.S. Dollar, the Interbank Rate, as reported by CitiBanamex, as of December 31, 2022.

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(2)The Senior Notes due between 2025 and 2049, in the aggregate outstanding principal amount of U.S.$3,958 million and Ps.11,000 million as of December 31, 2022, are unsecured obligations of the Company, rank equally in right of payment with all existing and future unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Company, and are junior in right of payment to all of the existing and future liabilities of the Company’s subsidiaries. Interest rate on the Senior Notes due 2025, 2026, 2032, 2037, 2040, 2043, 2045, 2046 and 2049, including additional amounts payable in respect of certain Mexican withholding taxes, is 6.97%, 4.86%, 8.94%, 8.93%, 6.97%, 7.62%, 5.26%, 6.44% and 5.52% per annum, respectively, and is payable semi-annually. These Senior Notes may not be redeemed prior to maturity, except: (i) in the event of certain changes in law affecting the Mexican withholding tax treatment of certain payments on the securities, in which case the securities will be redeemable, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company; and (ii) in the event of a change of control, in which case the Company may be required to redeem the securities at 101% of their principal amount. Also, the Company may, at its own option, redeem the Senior Notes due 2025, 2026, 2037, 2040, 2043, 2046 and 2049, in whole or in part, at any time at a redemption price equal to the greater of the principal amount of these Senior Notes or the present value of future cash flows, at the redemption date, of principal and interest amounts of the Senior Notes discounted at a fixed rate of comparable U.S. or Mexican sovereign bonds. The Senior Notes due 2026, 2032, 2040, 2043, 2045, 2046 and 2049 were priced at 99.385%, 99.431%, 98.319%, 99.733%, 96.534%, 99.677% and 98.588%, respectively, for a yield to maturity of 4.70%, 8.553%, 6.755%, 7.27%, 5.227%, 6.147% and 5.345%, respectively. The Senior Notes due 2025 were issued in two aggregate principal amounts of U.S.$400 million and U.S.$200 million, and were priced at 98.081% and 98.632%, respectively, for a yield to maturity of 6.802% and 6.787%, respectively. In February 2022, we announced a partial redemption (the “Partial Redemption”) of U.S.$200 million aggregate principal amount of our U.S.$600 million 6.625% Senior Notes due 2025 (the “Redeemed Notes”), outstanding on March 30, 2022 (the “Redemption Date”), at a redemption price equal to the greater of: (i) 100% of the principal amount thereof; and (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon (exclusive of interest accrued to the Redemption Date) discounted to the Redemption Date on a semiannual basis, at the Treasury Rate plus 40 basis points, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount of the Redeemed Notes to the Redemption Date, The Partial Redemption was completed on the Redemption Date. In addition, in August 2022, we completed a tender offer to purchase in cash a principal amount of U.S.$133.6 million of our 6.625% Senior Notes due 2025, U.S.$110.6 million of our 5.000% Senior Notes due 2045, and U.S.$47.8 million of our 5.250% Senior Notes due 2049, for an aggregate principal amount of U.S.$292.0 million. The agreement of these Senior Notes contains covenants that limit the ability of the Company and certain restricted subsidiaries engaged in the Group’s Content segment, to incur or assume liens, perform sale and leaseback transactions, and consummate certain mergers, consolidations and similar transactions. The Senior Notes due 2025, 2026, 2032, 2037, 2040, 2045, 2046 and 2049, are registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). The Senior Notes due 2043 are registered with both the SEC and the Mexican Banking and Securities Commission (“Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores” or “CNBV”).
(3)In 2017, we issued Notes (Certificados Bursátiles) due 2027, through the BMV in the aggregate principal amount of Ps.4,500 million, interest rate on the Notes due 2027 is 8.79% per annum and is payable semi-annually. We may, at its own option, redeem the Notes due 2027, in whole or in part, at any semi-annual interest payment date at a redemption price equal to the greater of the principal amount of the outstanding Notes and the present value of future cash flows, at the redemption date, of principal and interest amounts of the Notes discounted at a fixed rate of comparable Mexican sovereign bonds. The agreement of the Notes contains covenants that limit the ability of the Company and certain restricted subsidiaries appointed by the Company’s Board of Directors, and engaged in the Group’s Content segment, to incur or assume liens, perform sale and leaseback transactions, and consummate certain mergers, consolidations and similar transactions.
(4)In July 2019, we entered into a credit agreement for a five-year term loan with a syndicate of banks in the aggregate principal amount of Ps.10,000 million. The funds from this loan were used for general corporate purposes, including the refinancing of the Company’s indebtedness. This loan bears interest at a floating rate based on a spread of 105 or 130 basis points over the 28-day TIIE rate depending on the Group’s net leverage ratio. The credit agreement of this loan requires the maintenance of financial ratios related to indebtedness and interest expense.

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(5)In March 2016, Sky entered into long-term credit agreements with two Mexican banks in the aggregate principal amount of Ps.5,500 million, with maturities between 2021 and 2023, and interest payable on a monthly basis with an annual interest rate in the range of 7.0% and 7.13%. In July 2020, Sky prepaid a portion of these loans in the aggregate cash amount of Ps.2,818.1 million, which included principal amount prepayment of Ps.2,750 million, and related accrued interest and transaction costs in the amount of Ps.68.1 million. In December 2021, Sky prepaid a portion of these loans in the aggregate cash amount of Ps.1,750.4 million, which included principal amount prepayment of Ps.1,750 million, and related accrued interest in the amount of Ps.0.4 million. In December 2021, Sky entered into long-term credit agreement with a Mexican Bank in the aggregate principal amount of Ps.2,650 million, with maturity in December 2026, which included a Ps.1,325 million loan with an annual interest rate of 8.215% and a Ps.1.325 million loan with an annual interest rate payable on a monthly basis of 28-day TIIE plus 90 basis points. The funds from these loans will be used for general corporate purposes, including the prepayment of Sky´s indebtedness. Under the terms of these credit agreements, Sky is required to: (a) maintain certain financial coverage ratios related to indebtedness and interest expense; and (b) comply with a restrictive covenant on spin-offs, mergers and similar transactions.
(6)Under a capital lease agreement entered into with Intelsat Global Sales & Marketing Ltd. (“Intelsat”) in March 2010, Sky is obligated to pay at an annual interest rate of 7.30%, a monthly fee through 2027 of U.S.$3.0 million for satellite signal reception and retransmission service from 24 KU-band transponders on satellite IS-21, which became operational in October 2012. The service term for IS-21 will end at the earlier of: (a) the end of 15 years or; (b) the date IS-21 is taken out of service (see Note 14 to our consolidated year-end financial statements).
(7)Lease liabilities recognized beginning on January 1, 2019, under IFRS 16 Leases, in the aggregate amount of Ps.4,953.6 million and Ps.5,533.6 million, as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively. These lease liabilities have terms which expired at various dates between 2021 and 2051.
(8)Lease liabilities also includes Ps.608.2 million and Ps.689.5 million, as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively, in connection with a lease agreement entered into by a subsidiary of the Company and GTAC for the right to use certain capacity of a telecommunications network through 2030.

Interest Expense. Interest expense for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020 was Ps.9,455.6 million, Ps.9,106.0 million and Ps.10,502.5 million, respectively.

The following table sets forth our interest expense for the years indicated (in millions of U.S. Dollars and millions of Pesos):

Year Ended December 31,(1)

    

2022

    

2021

    

2020

Interest payable in U.S. Dollars

U.S.$

279.5

U.S.$

287.6

U.S.$

275.7

Amounts currently payable under Mexican withholding taxes(2)

12.5

 

13.4

 

13.4

Total interest payable in U.S. Dollars

U.S.$

292.0

U.S.$

301.0

U.S.$

289.1

Peso equivalent of interest payable in U.S. Dollars

Ps.

5,879.7

Ps.

6,162.5

Ps.

6,220.4

Interest payable in Pesos

 

3,575.9

 

2,973.0

 

4,261.8

Discontinued operations

(29.5)

20.3

Total interest expense

Ps.

9,455.6

Ps.

9,106.0

Ps.

10,502.5

(1)U.S. Dollars are translated into Pesos at the rate prevailing when interest was recognized as an expense for each period.
(2)See “Additional Information — Taxation — Federal Mexican Taxation”.

Contractual Obligations and Commercial Commitments

Our contractual obligations and commercial commitments consist primarily of the indebtedness, as described above, and transmission rights obligations.

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Contractual Obligations on the Balance Sheet

The following table summarizes our contractual obligations on the balance sheet as of December 31, 2022 (these amounts do not include future interest payments):

Payments Due by Period

Less Than 12

Months

12-36 Months

36-60 Months

Maturities

January 1, 2023 to

January 1. 2024

January 1,2026

Subsequent to

December 31,

to December 31,

to December 31,

December 31,

    

Total

    

2023

    

2025

    

2027

    

2027

(Thousands of U.S. Dollars)

6.625% Senior Notes due 2025

U.S.$

266,420

U.S.$

U.S.$

266,420

U.S.$

U.S.$

8.5% Senior Notes due 2032

 

300,000

 

 

 

 

300,000

8.49% Senior Notes due 2037

 

231,054

 

 

 

 

231,054

6.625% Senior Notes due 2040

 

600,000

 

 

 

 

600,000

8.79% Notes due 2027

 

231,054

 

 

 

231,054

 

7.25% Senior Notes due 2043

 

333,744

 

 

 

 

333,744

5% Senior Notes due 2045

 

889,358

 

 

 

 

889,358

4.625% Senior Notes due 2026

 

300,000

 

 

 

300,000

 

6.125% Senior Notes due 2046

 

900,000

 

 

 

 

900,000

5.250% Senior Notes due 2049

 

702,190

 

 

 

 

702,190

Syndicate loan due 2024

513,452

513,452

HSBC loan due 2023

 

32,091

 

32,091

 

 

 

Scotiabank loan due 2023

 

19,254

 

19,254

 

 

 

Scotiabank loan due 2026

136,065

136,065

Long-term debt

 

5,454,682

 

51,345

 

779,872

 

667,119

 

3,956,346

Accrued interest payable

 

90,422

 

90,422

 

 

 

Satellite transponder lease agreement

 

144,135

 

26,348

 

58,814

 

58,973

 

Other lease agreement

 

31,231

 

7,007

 

8,908

 

8,237

 

7,079

Lease liabilities

 

254,346

 

37,154

 

81,321

 

74,124

 

61,747

Total contractual obligations

U.S.$

5,974,816

U.S.$

212,276

U.S.$

928,915

U.S.$

808,453

U.S.$

4,025,172

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Contractual Obligations off the Balance Sheet

The following table summarizes our contractual obligations off the balance sheet as of December 31, 2022:

Payments Due by Period

Less Than 12

Months

12-36 Months

36-60 Months

Maturities

January 1, 2023 to

January 1, 2024

January 1, 2026

Subsequent to

December 31,

to December 31,

to December 31,

December 31,

    

Total

    

2023

    

2025

    

2027

    

2027

(Thousands of U.S. Dollars)

Interest on debt(1)

U.S.$

4,825,408

U.S.$

270,065

U.S.$

617,379

U.S.$

515,574

U.S.$

3,422,390

Interest on lease liabilities

 

160,926

 

32,934

 

56,162

 

37,627

 

34,203

Transmission rights(2)

 

521,820

 

55,737

 

67,447

 

126,295

 

272,341

Capital expenditures commitments

 

89,724

 

89,724

 

 

 

Satellite transponder commitments(3)

 

17,608

 

6,629

 

10,031

 

948

 

Committed financing to GTAC(4)

 

11,558

 

11,558

 

 

 

Total contractual obligations

U.S.$

5,627,044

U.S.$

466,647

U.S.$

751,019

U.S.$

680,444

U.S.$

3,728,934

(1)

Interest to be paid in future years on outstanding debt as of December 31, 2022, was estimated based on contractual interest rates and exchange rates as of that date.

(2)

These line items reflect our obligations related to programming to be acquired or licensed from third party producers and suppliers, and transmission rights for special events to be acquired from a third party. Most of our Transmission rights and programming contractual obligations off the balance sheet as of December 31, 2022, are related to our former Content business that was disposed of on January 31, 2022, as part of the TelevisaUnivision Transaction completed on that date.

(3)

Reflects our minimum commitments for the use of satellite transponders under operating lease contracts.

(4)

In connection with a long-term credit facility, we agreed to provide financing to GTAC in 2023 in the aggregate principal amount of Ps.225.1 million (U.S.$11.6 million).

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Item 6.Directors, Senior Management and Employees

Board of Directors

The following table sets forth the names of our current directors and their alternates, their dates of birth, their principal occupation, their business experience, including other directorships, and their years of service as directors or alternate directors. The general annual stockholders’ meeting takes place annually in order to, among other matters, elect and/or ratify the Company’s directors. Our current Board of Directors is composed as follows:

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Name and Date of Birth

    

Principal Occupation

    

Business Experience

    

First Elected

Emilio Fernando Azcárraga Jean (02/21/68)

Executive Chairman of the Board and Chairman of the Executive Committee of Grupo Televisa. Member and Chairman of the Board of Empresas Cablevisión (subsidiary of Grupo Televisa).

Former President and Chief Executive Officer of Grupo Televisa. Member of the Board of TelevisaUnivision and former member of the Board of Grupo Financiero Banamex. Member and Chairman of the Board of Managers of Innova (subsidiary of Grupo Televisa). Member of Consejo Mexicano de Negocios (formerly Consejo Mexicano de Hombres de Negocios) and Fundacion Teletón.

December 1990

In alphabetical order:

Alfonso de Angoitia Noriega (01/17/62)

Co-Chief Executive Officer, Member of the Executive Committee of Grupo Televisa. Co-Chief Executive Officer of TelevisaUnivision Mexico.

Executive Chairman of the Board of TelevisaUnivision. Member of the Boards of Liberty Latin America, Grupo Axo and Grupo Financiero Banorte and Innova (subsidiary of Grupo Televisa). Former member of the Board of Empresas Cablevisión (subsidiary of Grupo Televisa). Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Fundación Kardias. Member of the Boards of Trustees of Fundación Mexicana para la Salud, Fundación UNAM and The Paley Center for Media. Former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Grupo Televisa.

April 1997

José Antonio Chedraui Eguía
(10/06/66)

Member of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of Grupo Comercial Chedraui, S.A.B. de C.V.

Former Chief Executive Officer of the Galas division of Grupo Comercial Chedraui, S.A.B. de C.V.

April 2019

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Name and Date of Birth

    

Principal Occupation

    

Business Experience

    

First Elected

Francisco José Chevez Robelo
(07/03/29)

In-house advisor, co-founder and retired partner of Chevez, Ruiz, Zamarripa y Cía, S.C., Member of the Audit Committee of Grupo Televisa. Member of the Board of Directors and Member and Chairman of the Audit and Corporate Practices Committee of Empresas Cablevisión (subsidiary of Grupo Televisa).

Member of the Board of Directors of Apuestas Internacionales (subsidiary of Grupo Televisa). Former Managing Partner of Ruiz Urquiza y Cia, S.C., representative of Arthur Andersen & Co. Member of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Audit Committees of Regiomontana de Perfiles y Tubos, S.A. de C.V., Quality Tube, S.A. de C.V. and Pytco, S.A. de C.V.

April 2003

Jon Feltheimer
(09/02/51)

Chief Executive Officer of Lionsgate.

Former President of Columbia TriStar Television Group, former Executive Vice President of Sony Pictures Entertainment. Member of the Boards of Lionsgate, Celestial Tiger Entertainment and Pilgrim Media Group.

April 2015

José Luis Fernández Fernández
(05/18/59)

Managing Partner of Chévez, Ruíz, Zamarripa y Cía., S.C., Member of the Audit Committee and Chairman of the Corporate Practices Committee of Grupo Televisa.

Member of the Boards of Directors of Unifin Financiera, Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación and Apuestas Internacionales (subsidiary of Grupo Televisa). Alternate member of the Board of Directors of Arca Continental Corporativo. Alternate Member of the Board of Directors and Alternate Member of the Audit and Corporate Practices Committee of Empresas Cablevisión (subsidiary of Grupo Televisa).

April 2002

93

Name and Date of Birth

    

Principal Occupation

    

Business Experience

    

First Elected

Salvi Rafael Folch Viadero
(08/16/67)

Chief Executive Officer of Grupo Jumex.

Member of the Board of Consorcio Ara, S.A.B. Former Chief Executive Officer of Grupo Televisa’s Cable Division. Former Chief Financial Officer of Grupo Televisa. Former Vice President of Financial Planning of Grupo Televisa and former Vice Chairman of Banking Supervision of the National Banking and Securities Commission. Former Member of the Board of Directors and Former Alternate Member of the Executive Committee of Empresas Cablevisión (subsidiary of Grupo Televisa).

April 2002

Michael Thomas Fries
(02/06/63)

President and Chief Executive Officer of Liberty Global, plc.

Vice Chairman of the Board of Liberty Global, Executive Chairman of the Board of Liberty Latin America, Member of the Boards of Directors of Lionsgate and Cable Television Labs, Trustee of the Board of The Paley Center for Media, Chairman of the Boards of Directors of Museum of Contemporary Art Denver and Biennial of the Americas, Digital Communications Governor and Steering Committee Member of the World Economic Forum. Member of Young Presidents’ Organization.

April 2015

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Name and Date of Birth

    

Principal Occupation

    

Business Experience

    

First Elected

Guillermo García Naranjo Álvarez
(07/02/56)

Chairman of the Audit Committee and member of the Corporate Practices Committee of Grupo Televisa.

Former Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Consejo Mexicano de Normas de Información Financiera. Former Chief Executive Officer and Former Audit Partner of KPMG Cárdenas Dosal, S.C. Member of the Board and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Grupo Financiero Citibanamex, S.A. de C.V., Banco Nacional de México, S.A. and Citibanamex, Casa de Bolsa, S.A. de C.V., Member of the Board of Directors, Member of the Corporate Practices Committee and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Grupo Posadas, S.A.B. de C.V. Statutory Auditor of Total Systems de México. Member of the Board and the Audit Commission of Fundación Pro-Empleo D.F., A.C. (a non-profit organization).

April 2018

Bernardo Gómez Martínez
(07/24/67)

Co-Chief Executive Officer and Member of the Executive Committee of Grupo Televisa. Member of the Board of Empresas Cablevisión (subsidiary of Grupo Televisa). Co-Chief Executive Officer of TelevisaUnivision Mexico.

Member of the Boards of TelevisaUnivision, Innova (subsidiary of Grupo Televisa) and Grupo Axo. Former Executive Vice President and Deputy Director of the President of Grupo Televisa and Former President of Cámara Nacional de la Industria de Radio y Televisión.

April 1999

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Name and Date of Birth

    

Principal Occupation

    

Business Experience

    

First Elected

Carlos Hank González
(09/01/71)

Chairman of the Board of Directors of Grupo Financiero Banorte and Banco Mercantil del Norte. Vice-President of the Board of Directors of Gruma. Chief Executive Officer of Grupo Hermes.

Former Chief Executive Officer of Grupo Financiero Interacciones, Banco Interacciones and Interacciones Casa de Bolsa. Former Deputy General Manager of Grupo Financiero Banorte. Member of the Boards of Directors of Bolsa Mexicana de Valores and Grupo Hermes.

April 2017

Enrique Krauze Kleinbort
(09/16/47)

Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of the Board of Directors and Founder of Editorial Clío, Libros y Videos, S.A. de C.V. and Letras Libres, S.A. de C.V.

Member of Academia Mexicana de la Historia and Colegio Nacional.

April 1996

Denise Maerker Salmón
(01/08/65)

Executive producer of newscast “En punto”.

Cast member on the debate program “Tercer Grado”. Former Research Professor and Director of Communication at Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE).

April 2022

Sebastian Mejía
(08/24/84)

President and Co-Founder of Rappi.

Co-Founder of Grability.

April 2021

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Name and Date of Birth

    

Principal Occupation

    

Business Experience

    

First Elected

Lorenzo Alejandro Mendoza Giménez
(10/05/65)

Chief Executive Officer, Member of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Executive Committee of Empresas Polar.

Former Member of the Boards of AES La Electricidad de Caracas, CANTV-Verizon and BBVA Banco Provincial. Member of the Board of Grupo GEPP. Member of the MIT Sloan Board, the Latin American Board of Georgetown University, Group of Fifty (G-50), the Latin America Conservation Council (LACC), the Latin American Business Council, the Board of Trustees of Universidad Metropolitana, the Board of Trustees of Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administración (IESA), Ashoka Fellow and Member of the World Economic Forum (named a Global Young leader in 2005).

April 2009

Guadalupe Phillips Margain(1)
(02/07/71)

Chief Executive Officer of

ICA Tenedora, S.A. de C.V.

Former Chief Restructuring Officer of Empresas ICA, S.A.B. de C.V. Former Vice-President of Finance and Risk of Grupo Televisa (left more than five years ago). Member of the Board of Directors of Grupo Axo, Club de Industriales, ICA Fluor, Ica Tenedora, Innova (subsidiary of Grupo Televisa) and Controladora Vuela de Aviación, S.A.B. de C.V.

April 2012

Fernando Senderos Mestre
(03/03/50)

Executive President and Chairman of the Boards of Directors of Grupo Kuo, S.A.B. de C.V. and Dine, S.A.B de C.V. Chairman of the Board of Directors of Grupo Desc, S.A. de C.V.

Member of the Boards of Kimberly-Clark de México, Industrias Peñoles and Grupo Nacional Provincial. Member of Consejo Mexicano de Negocios (formerly Consejo Mexicano de Hombres de Negocios) and Member of Fundación para las Letras Mexicanas.

April 1992

Enrique Francisco José Senior Hernández
(08/03/43)

Managing Director of Allen & Company LLC.

Member of the Boards of Directors of Coca-Cola FEMSA, Cinemark and FEMSA.

April 2001

(1)Guadalupe Phillips Margain is the sister of Carlos Phillips Margain, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer.

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Name and Date of Birth

    

Principal Occupation

    

Business Experience

    

First Elected

Eduardo Tricio Haro
(08/05/63)

Chairman of the Board of Directors of Grupo Lala. Chairman of the Executive Committee of Aeromexico and Member of the Corporate Practices Committee of Grupo Televisa.

Chairman of Grupo Industrial Nuplen, Fundación Lala and SER, A.C. Member of the Boards of Directors of Grupo Aeroméxico, Grupo Financiero Banamex, Orbia, Aura Solar, Hospital Infantil de México “Federico Gómez”, Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Consejo Mexicano de Negocios, and Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición “Salvador Zubirán”.

April 2012

David M. Zaslav
(01/15/60)

President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.

Member of the Boards of Sirius XM Radio, Inc., The Cable Center, the Paley Center for the Media, Business Roundtable, American Cinematheque, Quadio, Elie Wiesel Foundation, Syracuse University, Mt. Sinai Medical Center, the USC Shoah Foundation, and the Partnership for New York City.

April 2015

Alternate Directors:

In alphabetical order:

Herbert A. Allen III(2)
(06/08/67)

President of Allen & Company LLC. Director of the Coca-Cola Company.

Former Executive Vice-President and Managing Director of Allen & Company Incorporated.

April 2002

Félix José Araujo Ramírez
(03/20/51)

Vice President of Digital and Broadcast Television of TVSA and Televisa Regional.

Former Chief Executive Officer of Telesistema Mexicano.

April 2002

Joaquín Balcárcel Santa Cruz
(01/04/69)

Chief of Staff of the Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Grupo Televisa.

Former Vice-President Legal and General Counsel of Grupo Televisa. Former Vice-President and General Counsel of Television Division. Former Legal Director of Grupo Televisa.

April 2000

(2)Alternate of Mr. Enrique Francisco José Senior Hernández.

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Name and Date of Birth

    

Principal Occupation

    

Business Experience

    

First Elected

Julio Barba Hurtado
(05/20/33)

Legal Advisor of Grupo Televisa and Secretary of the Audit and Corporate Practices Committee of Empresas Cablevisión (subsidiary of Grupo Televisa).

Former Legal Advisor to the Board of Grupo Televisa. Alternate member of the Board of Directors of Editorial Televisa Colombia.

December 1990

Luis Alejandro Bustos Olivares
(01/01/64)

Legal Vice-President and General Counsel of Grupo Televisa.

Alternate member of the Board of Managers and the Executive Committee of Innova (subsidiary of Grupo Televisa). Former Legal and Regulatory on Telecommunications Vice-President, former Legal General Director of Special Affairs, former Corporate Legal General Director, former Legal Director of Litigation of Grupo Televisa. Former General Counsel of The Pepsi Bottling Group Mexico. Former litigation lawyer at Mr. Ramón Sánchez Medal’s law firm.

April 2021

Jorge Agustín Lutteroth Echegoyen
(01/24/53)

Vice-President and Corporate Controller of Grupo Televisa.

Former Senior Partner of Coopers & Lybrand, Despacho Roberto Casas Alatriste, S.C. and former Controller of Televisa Corporación. Alternate Member of the Board of Empresas Cablevisión (subsidiary of Grupo Televisa). Alternate Member of the Board of Managers and the Executive Committee of Innova (subsidiary of Grupo Televisa).

April 2000

Raúl Morales Medrano
(05/12/70)

Partner of Chévez, Ruiz, Zamarripa y Cia., S.C.

Member of the Board of Directors and of the Audit and Corporate Practices Committee of Empresas Cablevisión (subsidiary of Grupo Televisa).

April 2002

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Our Board of Directors

General. The management of our business is entrusted to our Board of Directors. Our bylaws currently provide for a Board of Directors of 20 members, at least 25% of which must be “independent directors” under Mexican law (as described below). The Mexican Securities Market Law provides that the following persons, among others, do not qualify as independent:

our key executives or employees, as well as the statutory auditors, or comisarios, of our subsidiaries, including those individuals who have occupied any of the described positions within a period of 12 months preceding the appointment;
individuals who have significant influence over our decision making processes;
controlling stockholders, in our case, the beneficiary of the Azcárraga Trust;
partners or employees of any company which provides advisory services to us or any company that is part of our same economic group and that receives 10% or more of its income from us;
significant clients, suppliers, debtors or creditors, or members of the Board or executive officers of any such entities; or
spouses, family relatives up to the fourth degree, or cohabitants of any of the aforementioned individuals.

Our bylaws prohibit the appointment of individuals to our Board of Directors who: (i) are members of the board of directors or other management boards of a company (other than the Company or its subsidiaries) that has one or more concessions to operate telecommunications networks in Mexico; or (ii) directly or indirectly, are shareholders or partners of companies (other than the Company or its subsidiaries), that have one or more concessions to operate telecommunications networks in Mexico, with the exception of ownership stakes that do not allow such individuals to appoint one or more members of the management board or any other operation or decision making board.

Election of Directors. A majority of the members of our Board of Directors must be Mexican nationals and must be elected by Mexican stockholders. All of our current directors and alternate directors were appointed and/or ratified in their positions by our 2023 annual stockholders’ special and general meetings, which were held on April 26, 2023. A majority of the holders of the Series “A” Shares voting together elected eleven of our directors and corresponding alternates and a majority of the holders of the Series “B” Shares voting together elected five of our directors and corresponding alternates. At our special stockholders’ meetings, a majority of the holders of the Series “L” and Series “D” Shares each elected two of our directors and alternate directors, each of which must be an independent director. Each alternate director may vote in the absence of a corresponding director. The number of directors elected to our Board of Directors is determined by our stockholders pursuant to our bylaws. No other governing body of the Company, including the Corporate Practices Committee, has the authority to set and/or limit the number of directors. Our stockholders’ meetings held on April 26, 2023 resolved that our directors and alternate directors be elected annually for a term that will expire when new appointments are approved by our stockholders as provided by our bylaws and applicable law. In addition, if any director is elected for a specific term and such term expires or any director resigns from his or her position, any such director will continue to serve in his or her position for up to a 30-day term; in this case, the Board of Directors is entitled to appoint provisional directors without the approval of the stockholders’ meeting.

Quorum; Voting. In order to have a quorum for a meeting of the Board of Directors, generally at least 50% of the directors or their corresponding alternates must be present. However, in the case of a meeting of the Board of Directors to consider certain proposed acquisitions of our capital stock, at least 75% of the directors or their corresponding alternates must be present. In the event of a deadlock of our Board, our Chairman will have the deciding vote.

Meetings; Actions Requiring Board Approval. Our bylaws provide that our Board must meet at least quarterly, and that our Chairman, 25% of the Board members, our Secretary, alternate Secretary, the Chairman of the Audit Committee or the Chairman of the Corporate Practices Committee may call for a Board meeting.

Pursuant to the Mexican Securities Market Law and our bylaws, our Board of Directors must approve, among other matters:

our general strategy;

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with input from the Audit Committee, on an individual basis: (i) our financial statements; (ii) unusual or non-recurrent transactions and any transactions or series of related transactions during any calendar year that involve (a) the acquisition or sale of assets with a value equal to or exceeding 5% of our consolidated assets, or (b) the giving of collateral or guarantees or the assumption of liabilities, equal to or exceeding 5% of our consolidated assets; (iii) agreements with our external auditors; and (iv) accounting policies within IFRS;
with input from the Corporate Practices Committee, on an individual basis: (i) any material transactions with related parties, in accordance with the criteria set forth in the Mexican Securities Market Law, subject to certain limited exceptions; and (ii) the appointment of our Chief Executive Officer (position currently held by our Co-Chief Executive Officers) and his or her compensation;
creation of special committees and granting them the power and authority, provided that the committees will not have the authority, which by law or under our bylaws is expressly reserved for the stockholders or the Board;
matters related to antitakeover provisions provided for in our bylaws; and
the exercise of our general powers in order to comply with our corporate purpose.

Duty of Care and Duty of Loyalty. The Mexican Securities Market Law imposes a duty of care and a duty of loyalty on directors. The duty of care requires our directors to act in good faith and in the best interests of the Company. In carrying out this duty, our directors are required to obtain the necessary information from the Co-Chief Executive Officers, the executive officers, the external auditors or any other person to act in the best interests of the Company. Our directors are liable for damages and losses caused to us and our subsidiaries as a result of violating their duty of care.

The duty of loyalty requires our directors to preserve the confidentiality of information received in connection with the performance of their duties and to abstain from discussing or voting on matters in which they have a conflict of interest. In addition, the duty of loyalty is breached if a stockholder or group of stockholders is knowingly favored or if, without the express approval of the Board of Directors, a director takes advantage of a corporate opportunity. The duty of loyalty is also breached, among other things, by (i) failing to disclose to the Audit Committee or the external auditors any irregularities that the director encounters in the performance of his or her duties; or (ii) disclosing information that is false or misleading or omitting to record any transaction in our records that could affect our financial statements. Directors are liable for damages and losses caused to us and our subsidiaries for violations of this duty of loyalty. This liability also extends to damages and losses caused as a result of benefits obtained by the director or directors or third parties, as a result of actions of such directors.

Our directors may be subject to criminal penalties of up to 12 years imprisonment for certain illegal acts involving willful misconduct that result in losses to us. Such acts include the alteration of financial statements and records.

Liability actions for damages and losses resulting from the violation of the duty of care or the duty of loyalty may be exercised solely for our benefit and may be brought by us, or by stockholders representing 5% or more of our capital stock, and criminal actions only may be brought by the Mexican Ministry of Finance, after consulting with the Mexican National Banking and Securities Commission. As a safe harbor for directors, the liabilities specified above (including criminal liability) will not be applicable if the director acting in good faith: (i) complied with applicable law, (ii) made the decision based upon information provided by our executive officers or third-party experts, the capacity and credibility of which could not be subject to reasonable doubt, (iii) selected the most adequate alternative in good faith or if the negative effects of such decision could not have been foreseeable, and (iv) complied with stockholders’ resolutions provided the resolutions do not violate applicable law.

The members of the board are liable to our stockholders only for the loss of net worth suffered as a consequence of disloyal acts carried out in excess of their authority or in violation of our bylaws.

In accordance with the Mexican Securities Market Law, supervision of our management is entrusted to our Board of Directors, which shall act through the Audit and the Corporate Practices Committees for such purposes, and to our external auditor.

Audit Committee. The Audit Committee is currently composed of three independent members: Guillermo García Naranjo Álvarez, the Chairman, José Luis Fernández Fernández and Francisco José Chevez Robelo. The Chairman of the Audit Committee was ratified at our annual stockholders’ meeting held on April 26, 2023, and our Board of Directors appointed the remaining members.

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The Audit Committee is responsible for, among other things: (i) submit to the Board of Director’s approval, the annual designation and/or ratification of the firm engaged to perform the external audit, as well as the engagement of services other than those related to the external audit to be performed by the external auditors; (ii) evaluating the performance of our external auditors and analyzing their reports, (iii) discussing our financial statements with the persons in charge of their preparation, and based on such discussions, recommending their approval to the Board of Directors, (iv) informing the Board of Directors of the status of our internal controls and their adequacy, (v) requesting reports of executive officers whenever it deems appropriate, (vi) informing the Board of any irregularities that it may encounter as part of the performance of its duties, (vii) receiving and analyzing recommendations and observations made by the stockholders, directors, executive officers, our external auditors or any third party and taking the necessary actions, (viii) review and approve, if applicable, certain related party transactions that are not considered material in accordance with the Mexican Securities Market Law; (ix) calling stockholders’ meetings when requested, (x) providing opinions to our Board of Directors with respect to specific matters required under the Mexican Securities Market Law, (xi) requesting and obtaining opinions from independent third parties, as it deems convenient, in connection with the performance of its duties; and (xii) assisting the Board in the preparation of annual reports rendered by the Board to the shareholders and other reporting obligations.

The Chairman of the Audit Committee shall prepare an annual report to our Board of Directors with respect to the activities of the Audit Committee, which shall include, among other things: (i) the status of the internal controls and internal audits and any deviations and deficiencies thereof, taking into consideration the reports of external auditors and independent experts, (ii) the results of any preventive and corrective measures taken based on results of investigations in respect of non-compliance of operating and accounting policies, (iii) the evaluation of external auditors, (iv) the main results from the review of our financial statements and those of our subsidiaries, (v) the description and effects of changes to accounting policies, (vi) the measures adopted as result of observations of stockholders, directors, executive officers and third parties relating to accounting, internal controls, and internal or external audits, and (vii) compliance with stockholders’ and directors’ resolutions.

Corporate Practices Committee. The Corporate Practices Committee is currently composed of the following independent members: José Luis Fernández Fernández, the Chairman, Guillermo García Naranjo Álvarez and Eduardo Tricio Haro. The Chairman of the Corporate Practices Committee was ratified at our annual stockholders’ meeting held on April 26, 2023, and our Board of Directors appointed the remaining members.

The Corporate Practices Committee is responsible for, among other things: (i) reviewing and approving corporate goals and objectives relevant to the compensation of the Co-Chief Executive Officers, and reviewing the evaluations of the Co-Chief Executive Officers’ performance in light of those goals and objectives, (ii) reviewing and approving the annual base salaries and annual incentive opportunities of the relevant executive, reviewing the parameters evaluating the executive officers’ performance and recommending executive officer compensation policies and guidelines to our Board of Directors, (iii) reviewing all other incentive awards and opportunities (cash-based and equity-based), any employment agreements, any change in control agreements and change in control provisions affecting compensation and benefits and any special or supplemental compensation and benefits for the relevant executive and individuals who formerly served as executive officers, and (iv) reviewing and recommending certain material transactions entered into with related parties, in accordance with the Mexican Securities Market Law.

The Chairman of the Corporate Practices Committee shall prepare an annual report to the Board of Directors with respect to the activities of the Corporate Practices Committee, which shall include, among other things: (i) observations with respect to the performance of the relevant executives, (ii) material related party transactions entered into during the course of the fiscal year, and (iii) the compensation packages of the relevant executives.

Executive Committee of Our Board of Directors. Our Board of Directors has an Executive Committee. Each member is appointed for a one-year term at each annual general stockholders’ meeting. Our bylaws provide that the Executive Committee may generally exercise the powers of the Board of Directors, except those expressly reserved for the Board in our bylaws or by applicable law. The Executive Committee is currently composed by Emilio Azcárraga Jean, Alfonso de Angoitia Noriega and Bernardo Gómez Martínez.

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Executive Officers

The following table sets forth the names of our executive officers, their dates of birth, their current position, their prior business experience and the years in which they were appointed to their current positions:

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Name and Date of Birth

    

Principal Occupation

    

Business Experience

    

First Elected

 

Emilio Fernando Azcárraga
Jean
(02/21/68)

Executive Chairman of the Board and Chairman of the Executive Committee of Grupo Televisa. Member and Chairman of the Board of Empresas Cablevisión (subsidiary of Grupo Televisa).

Former President and Chief Executive Officer of Grupo Televisa. Member of the Board of TelevisaUnivision and former member of the Board of Grupo Financiero Banamex. Member and Chairman of the Board of Managers of Innova (subsidiary of Grupo Televisa). Member of Consejo Mexicano de Negocios (formerly Consejo Mexicano de Hombres de Negocios) and Fundacion Teletón.

December 1990

In alphabetical order:

Alfonso de Angoitia
Noriega
(01/17/62)

Co-Chief Executive Officer, Member of the Executive Committee of Grupo Televisa. Co-Chief Executive Officer of TelevisaUnivision Mexico.

Executive Chairman of the Board of TelevisaUnivision. Member of the Boards of Liberty Latin America, Grupo Axo y Grupo Financiero Banorte and Innova (subsidiary of Grupo Televisa). Former member of the Board of Empresas Cablevisión (subsidiary of Grupo Televisa). Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Fundación Kardias. Member of the Boards of Trustees of Fundación Mexicana para la Salud, Fundación UNAM and The Paley Center for Media. Former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Grupo Televisa.

April 1997

Bernardo Gómez
Martínez (07/24/67)

Co-Chief Executive Officer and Member of the Executive Committee of Grupo Televisa. Member of the Board of Empresas Cablevisión (subsidiary of Grupo Televisa). Co-Chief Executive Officer of TelevisaUnivision Mexico.

Member of the Boards of TelevisaUnivision, Innova (subsidiary of Grupo Televisa) and Grupo Axo. Former Executive Vice President and Deputy Director of the President of Grupo Televisa and Former President of Cámara Nacional de la Industria de Radio y Televisión.

April 1999

Carlos Phillips Margain(1)
(05/15/74)

Chief Financial Officer of Grupo Televisa.

Former Managing Director of Finance of Grupo Televisa. Former Investment Banker at J.P. Morgan, Goldman Sachs, BBVA, and Itaú. Member of the Board of Managers and the Executive Committee of Innova (subsidiary of Grupo Televisa). Alternate member of the Board of Empresas Cablevisión (subsidiary of Grupo Televisa).

October 2021

(1)Carlos Phillips Margain is the brother of Guadalupe Phillips Margain, a member of the Company’s Board of Directors.

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Compensation of Directors and Officers

For the year ended December 31, 2022, we paid our directors, alternate directors and officers for services in all capacities aggregate compensation of approximately Ps.963.3 million (U.S.$49.5 million using the Interbank Rate, as reported by CitiBanamex, as of December 31, 2022). This compensation included certain amounts related to the use of assets and services of the Company, as well as travel expenses reimbursed to directors and officers. See “— Use of Certain Assets and Services” below.

On April 26, 2023, at our general stockholders’ meeting, our stockholders approved the compensation plan for our Board of Directors and the Secretary of the Board of Directors under which our Directors and the Secretary of the Board may elect to receive (i) U.S.$15,000 for each meeting of the Board to which they attend (or U.S.$25,000 in the case of Board members traveling from outside of Mexico to attend Board meetings), or (ii) an annual award in the form of CPOs (or in its case, other instrument issued based on shares of the Company), in an amount equivalent to U.S. $150,000, which would be released on the first anniversary of such award, in exchange for the payment of Ps.1.60 for each such CPO or equivalent instrument. In our April 26, 2023 general stockholders’ meeting, our stockholders also ratified the remuneration of U.S.$15,000 to be paid to alternate members of the Board and members of the Audit and Corporate Practices Committees, for each meeting of the Board and/or the Audit and Corporate Practices Committees to which they attend.

As of December 31, 2022, we have made Ps.64.0 million in contributions to our pension and seniority premium plans on behalf of our directors, alternate directors and officers. Projected benefit obligations as of December 31, 2022 were approximately Ps.178.3 million.

Our compensation programs for officers play a key role in accomplishing the Company’s operating and financial objectives. The primary goals of our compensation programs include (i) motivating our officers to maximize their contribution in order to accomplish the Company’s objectives, (ii) aligning our officers’ interests with the success of the Company and the creation of shareholder value, and (iii) attracting and retaining the most qualified employees for our various businesses.

We place great importance on our ability to attract and retain talented executives and on our capacity to implement incentive programs that motivate executives and reward performance. In general, our compensation programs are designed to take into consideration the specific objectives and circumstances of the business, the scope of an executive’s responsibilities, and a determination of what is considered competitive compensation in the market for similar roles, to the extent such data is available. Our compensation programs provide the opportunity to reward executives for contributing to the annual and long-term financial, operational, and share price performance. We continue to refine our compensation programs in order to adjust to market conditions and strengthen the alignment between executive and shareholder interests.

Certain of our officers are entitled to receive performance bonuses. The amount and rules applicable vary among the different divisions and/or officers. In general, performance bonuses are determined based on a mix of financial and operational objectives as well as individual performance objectives tailored to each executive's role in the Company. The amounts payable under the performance bonus depend on the results achieved, and include certain qualitative and/or quantitative objectives that can be related to revenues, EBITDA, budgets, market share and others.

We have entered into certain Compensation and Retention Agreements with several executive officers. Such agreements were originally signed in late 2014 and substituted before their original termination with new agreements that expired in December 2022. The conditions applicable to such contracts were approved by the Board of Directors and include, among other conditions, salary, an annual retention bonus and a performance bonus. In order to be entitled to the performance bonus, certain qualitative and quantitative targets must be met, including parameters related to the growth of revenues and EBITDA. If targets are not met, the amounts to be paid decline, and if targets are exceeded, the bonus can reach up to 120% of the target bonus. The target bonus is set at approximately two times the fixed component established in the relevant agreements. Such agreements may be updated and extended in the future under similar terms and conditions subject to relevant approvals.

We have a deferred compensation plan for certain officers of our Cable Division, payable in the event that certain revenue and EBITDA targets of a five-year plan are met. Twenty percent of such deferred compensation was paid in 2020, and since the targets for such plan were below the maximum amount established, only a portion of the remainder was paid in March 2021.

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A new deferred compensation plan for certain officers of our Cable division, payable in the event that certain annual revenue and EBITDA targets of a five-year plan are met, was approved by the Board of Directors in February, 2021. In the event that the established targets in the plan are fully met, the annual cost during the five years of the deferred compensation plan will amount to approximately U.S. $20 million.

In addition, we have granted our executive officers and directors rights to purchase CPOs under the Stock Purchase Plan and the Long-Term Retention Plan. See “— Stock Purchase Plan and Long-Term Retention Plan” below.

Use of Certain Assets and Services

We maintain an overall security program for Mr. Azcárraga and for certain executive officers, as well as, in some cases, for their families, and for other specific employees and service providers, as permitted under our “Política de Seguridad”, or Security Policy, due to business-related security concerns. We refer to the individuals described above as Key Personnel. Our security program includes the use of our personnel, assets and services to accomplish security objectives.

In accordance with this program, we require, under certain circumstances, that certain authorized Key Personnel use aircrafts, either owned or leased by us, for non-business, as well as business travel for our benefit rather than as a personal benefit. The use of such aircrafts is carried out in accordance with, among others, our “Política de Seguridad” policy, which establishes guidelines under which authorized Key Personnel may use such aircrafts for personal purposes. If the use of such aircrafts for personal purposes exceeds the specified number of hours, the relevant Key Personnel must reimburse us for the cost of operating the aircrafts during the excess time of use. The aggregate amount of compensation set forth in “— Compensation of Directors and Officers” does include the cost to us of providing this service.

In addition, certain Key Personnel are provided with security systems and equipment for their residences and/or automobiles and with security advice and personal protection services at their residences. The use of these security services is provided in accordance with our “Política de Seguridad” policy. The cost of these systems and services are incurred as a result of business-related concerns and are not considered for their personal benefit. As a result, the Company has not included such cost in “— Compensation of Directors and Officers”.

Further, certain Key Personnel are provided with advisory services, including legal, tax, investment and accounting services, through approved company providers, executives and Company personnel. The Company does not include the cost of these services in the aggregate amount of compensation set forth in “— Compensation of Directors and Officers”.

Stock Purchase Plan and Long-Term Retention Plan

The stock purchase plan has been implemented in several stages since 1999, through a series of conditional sales to plan participants of CPOs. At our general extraordinary and ordinary stockholders’ meeting held on April 30, 2002, our stockholders authorized the creation and implementation of a Long-Term Retention Plan, as well as the creation of one or more special purpose trusts to implement the Long-Term Retention Plan. Pursuant to our Long-Term Retention Plan, we have granted eligible participants, who consist of unionized and non-unionized employees, including key personnel (“Plan Participants”), awards as conditional sales. As of October 2010, our stock purchase plan and our Long-Term Retention Plan were consolidated under a single special purpose trust. Pursuant to the resolutions adopted by our stockholders, we have not, and do not intend to, register shares under the Securities Act that are allocated to the Long-Term Retention Plan.

The CPOs, CPO equivalents and underlying shares that are part of the stock purchase plan will be held by the special purpose trust and will be voted with the majority of the CPOs, CPO equivalents and underlying shares represented at the relevant meeting until these securities are transferred to Plan Participants or otherwise sold in the open market. Our Executive President of the Board, the Board of Directors, the Corporate Practices Committee and the technical committee of the special purpose trust have authority to make decisions related to, and amendments to, the stock purchase plan, including the ability to accelerate vesting terms, to modify the purchase price, to grant, release or transfer CPOs and/or CPO equivalents, subject to conditional sale agreements, to Plan Participants in connection with sales for purposes of making the payment of the related purchase price.

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Historically, the price at which the conditional sales of the awards were made to beneficiaries was based on the lowest of (i) the closing price of the CPO on March 31 of the year of the relevant award, and (ii) the average price of the CPO during the first three months of the year of the relevant award. The resulting price would be reduced by dividends, a liquidity discount and by the growth of the consolidated or relevant segment Operating Income Before Depreciation and Amortization, or OIBDA, (including OIBDA affected by acquisitions) between the date of award and the vesting date, among others.

Beginning with the grants to be awarded in respect of fiscal year 2020 under the Long-Term Retention Plan, as approved by the Board of Directors of the Company, a portion of such awards is granted at the sale price described in the preceding paragraph, and the remaining part of the relevant awards at a sale price equal to the nominal value of the CPO, which was determined at Ps.1.60. This is intended to further align the incentives of Plan Participants with our shareholders and the Company, and the Company believes this reflects current market practices. Unless modified in accordance with the Long-Term Retention Plan and the stockholder resolutions granted in connection therewith, we intend to continue providing awards at both prices described in this paragraph and the preceding paragraph.

In April 2007, the Board of Directors, with input from the then Audit and Corporate Practices Committee, reviewed the compensation of our former Chief Executive Officer and decided to include our former Chief Executive Officer in our Long-Term Retention Plan as well as in any other plan granted to our employees in the future. See “— Compensation of Directors and Officers”.

At our annual general ordinary stockholders’ meeting held on April 2, 2013, our stockholders approved that the number of CPOs that may be granted annually under the Long-Term Retention Plan shall be up to 1.5% of the capital of the Company. As of December 31, 2022, approximately 19.0 million CPOs or CPO equivalents that were transferred to Plan Participants were sold in the open market from 2020 to 2022. Additional sales will continue to take place during or after 2023.

Following the completion of the TelevisaUnivision Transaction, in the first quarter of 2022 the Board of Directors of the Company approved: (i) the cancellation of certain sale contracts for 10.6 million CPOs, corresponding to conditional sales previously executed under the Long-Term Retention Plan to certain officers and employees of the Company in 2019, 2020 and 2021; and (ii) the release of 8.0 million CPOs under the grants referred to above to such individuals. The CPOs released under (ii) above were sold at a price of Ps.1.60 per CPO.

The Company also entered into conditional sale contracts with certain officers of the Group, primarily in February 2022, for 24.7 million CPOs.

As of March 31, 2023, the special purpose trust created to implement the Long-Term Retention Plan owned approximately 151.7 million CPO equivalents. This figure is net of approximately 4.4 million, 52.9 million and 70.3 million CPO equivalents vested in 2020, 2021 and 2022, respectively and the return of CPOs or CPO equivalents as a result of awards terminated in previous years. Of such 151.7 million CPO equivalents, approximately 71% are in the form of CPOs and the remaining 29% are in the form of “A”, “B”, “D” and/or Series “L” Shares. As of March 31, 2023, approximately 56.8 million CPO equivalents have been reserved and will become vested between 2023 and 2024 at prices ranging from Ps.1.6 to Ps.31.13 per CPO or CPO equivalent which may be reduced, when applicable, by dividends, a liquidity discount and the growth of the consolidated or relevant segment OIBDA (including OIBDA affected by acquisitions) between the date of award and the vesting date, among others.

As we have done in the past, we may consider further capital increases, among other alternatives, to continue replenishing the Long-Term Retention Plan. Any such capital increases would be subject to the appropriate corporate approvals, including stockholders’ preemptive rights as well as the authorization by our stockholders at the stockholders’ meeting.

Share Ownership of Directors and Officers

Share ownership of our directors, alternate directors and executive officers is set forth in the table under “Major Stockholders and Related Party Transactions”. Except as set forth in such table, none of our directors, alternate directors or executive officers is currently the beneficial owner of more than 1% of any class of our capital stock or conditional sale agreements or options representing the right to purchase more than 1% of any class of our capital stock.

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Employees and Labor Relations

The following table sets forth the number of employees and a breakdown of employees by main category of activity and geographic location as of the end of each year in the three-year period ended December 31, 2022:

Year Ended December 31,

    

2022

    

2021

    

2020

Total number of employees

 

37,374

 

46,786

 

43,287

Category of activity:

 

 

  

 

  

Employees

 

37,339

 

46,717

 

43,215

Executives

 

35

 

69

 

72

Geographic location:

 

 

  

 

  

Mexico

 

37,356

 

46,731

 

43,223

Latin America (other than Mexico)

 

2

 

2

 

2

U.S.

 

7

 

44

 

53

Europe

 

9

 

9

 

9

As of December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020, approximately 27%, 38% and 39% of our employees, respectively, were represented by unions. We believe that our relations with our employees are good. Under Mexican law, the agreements between us and most of our television and cable television union employees are subject to renegotiation on an annual basis in January of each year. We also have union contracts with artists, musicians and other employees, which are also renegotiated on an annual basis.

As part of the TelevisaUnivision Transaction, approximately 9,300 employees were transferred from the Company to certain subsidiaries of TelevisaUnivision.

Disclosure of a Registrant’s Action to Recover Erroneously Awarded Compensation

Not applicable.

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Item 7.Major Stockholders and Related Party Transactions

The following table sets forth information about the beneficial ownership of our capital stock by our directors, alternate directors, executive officers, and each person who is known by us to own more than 5% of the currently outstanding Series “A” Shares, Series “B” Shares, Series “L” Shares or Series “D” Shares as of March 31, 2023. Except as set forth below, we are not aware of any holder of more than 5% of any class of our Shares.

Aggregate

 

Percentage of

 

Shares Beneficially Owned(1)(2)

Outstanding  

 

    

Series “A” Shares

    

Series “B” Shares

    

Series “D” Shares

    

Series “L” Shares

    

Shares

 

Percentage

Percentage

Percentage

Percentage

Beneficially

 

Identity of Owner

    

Number

    

of Class

    

Number

    

of Class

    

Number

    

of Class

    

Number

    

of Class

    

Owned

 

Azcárraga Trust(3)

 

52,991,825,705

 

44.4

%  

67,814,604

 

0.1

%  

107,886,870

 

0.1

%  

107,886,870

 

0.1

%  

15.5

%

Dodge & Cox (4)

 

8,152,555,000

 

6.8

%  

7,174,248,400

 

12.9

%  

11,413,577,000

 

13.5

%  

11,413,577,000

 

13.5

%  

11.1

%

BlackRock, Inc.(5)

 

5,501,282,900

 

4.6

%  

4,841,128,952

 

8.7

%  

7,701,796,060

 

9.1

%  

7,701,796,060

 

9.1

%  

7.5

%

FPR Partners, LLC(6)

 

3,994,494,000

 

3.3

%  

3,515,154,720

 

6.3

%  

5,592,291,600

 

6.6

%  

5,592,291,600

 

6.6

%  

5.4

%

(1)Unless otherwise indicated, the information presented in this section is based on the number of shares authorized, issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2023. The number of shares issued and outstanding for legal purposes as of March 31, 2023 was 60,375,000,000 Series A Shares, 53,130,000,0000 Series B Shares, 84,525,000,000 Series D Shares and 84,525,000,000 Series L Shares, in the form of CPOs, and an additional 58,926,613,375 Series A Shares, 2,357,207,692 Series B Shares, 238,595 Series D Shares and 238,595 Series L Shares not in the form of CPOs. For financial reporting purposes under IFRS only, the number of shares authorized, issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2023 was 57,651,133,875 Series A Shares, 50,732,997,810 Series B Shares, 80,711,587,425 Series D Shares and 80,711,587,425 Series L Shares in the form of CPOs, and an additional 56,057,675,939 Series A Shares, 186,537 Series B Shares, 238,541 Series D Shares and 238,541 Series L Shares not in the form of CPOs. The number of shares authorized, issued and outstanding for financial reporting purposes under IFRS as of March 31, 2023 does not include 108,954,645 CPOs and an additional 2,868,937,436 Series A Shares, 2,357,021,155 Series B Shares, 54 Series D Shares and 54 Series L Shares not in the form of CPOs acquired primarily by the special purpose trust we created to implement our long-term retention plan. See Note 17 to our consolidated year-end financial statements.
(2)Except through the Azcárraga Trust, none of our directors and executive officers currently beneficially owns more than 1% of our outstanding Series “A” Shares, Series “B” Shares, Series “D” Shares or Series “L” Shares. See “Directors, Senior Management and Employees — Share Ownership of Directors and Officers”. This information is based on information provided by directors and executive officers.
(3)For a description of the Azcárraga Trust, see “— The Major Stockholders” below.

(4)

Based solely on information included in the report on Schedule 13G by Dodge & Cox, as of February 14, 2023.

(5)

Based solely on information included in the report on Schedule 13G by Blackrock, Inc. as of January 30, 2023.

(6)

Based solely on information included in the report on Schedule 13G by FPR Partners LLC as of February 14, 2023.

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The Major Stockholders

The Azcárraga Trust, a trust for the benefit of Emilio Azcárraga Jean, currently holds 44.4% of the outstanding Series “A” Shares, 0.1% of the outstanding Series “B” shares, 0.1% of the outstanding Series “D” Shares and 0.1% of the outstanding Series “L” Shares of the Company. As a result, Emilio Azcárraga Jean currently controls the vote of such shares through the Azcárraga Trust. The Series “A” Shares held through the Azcárraga Trust constitute a majority of the Series “A” Shares whose holders are entitled to vote because non-Mexican holders of CPOs and GDSs are not permitted to vote the underlying Series “A” Shares in accordance with the trust agreement governing the CPOs and the Company’s bylaws. Accordingly, and so long as non-Mexicans own more than a minimal number of Series “A” Shares, Emilio Azcárraga Jean will have the ability to direct the election of 11 out of 20 members of our Board of Directors, as well as prevent certain actions by the stockholders, including dividend payments, mergers, spin-offs, changes in corporate purpose, changes of nationality and amendments to the anti-takeover provisions of our bylaws.

Pursuant to our bylaws, holders of Series “B” Shares are entitled to elect five out of 20 members of our Board of Directors.

Because the Azcárraga Trust only holds a limited number of Series “B” Shares, there can be no assurance that individuals nominated by the Azcárraga Trust appointees will be elected to our Board.

We believe that as of March 31, 2023, approximately 237.6 million of GDSs were held of record by 67 persons with U.S. addresses. Those GDSs represent 24.9% of the outstanding Series “A” Shares, 47.1% of the outstanding Series “B” Shares, 49.2% of the outstanding Series “D” Shares and 49.2% of the outstanding Series “L” Shares of the Company. Before giving effect to the 2004 recapitalization, substantially all of the outstanding Series “A” Shares not held through CPOs were owned by Televicentro and a special purpose trust created for our Long-Term Retention Plan, as described under “Major Stockholders and Related Party Transactions” and “Directors, Senior Management and Employees—Stock Purchase Plan and Long-Term Retention Plan”. For more information regarding our 2004 recapitalization, please refer to our Form 6-K filed with the SEC on March 25, 2004.

Related Party Transactions

Transactions and Arrangements with Univision. We have in the past entered into, and on an ongoing basis continue to enter into, transactions with Univision in the ordinary course of business. In December 2010, the Company and Univision announced the completion of certain agreements by which, among other transactions, the Company made an investment in BMP (now known as Univision Holdings, Inc., or UHI), the parent company of Univision, and the PLA between the Company and Univision was amended and extended through the later of 2025 or 90 months after the Company voluntarily sells two-thirds of its equity interests in UHI. Univision became a related party to the Company as of December 2010 as a result of these transactions. On January 31, 2022, we completed the TelevisaUnivision Transaction pursuant to which, among other things, we contributed our former Content business (other than the main real estate associated with the production facilities and Mexican over-the-air broadcast concessions and transmission infrastructure, as well as certain assets relating to our former news business which was transferred at closing to an entity controlled by Emilio Fernando Azcárraga Jean) to UHI. After the closing of the TelevisaUnivision Transaction, news programs are owned by the News Company and licensed to TelevisaUnivision. In consideration for the contribution of our former Content business, we received U.S. $4.5 billion in a combination of cash (U.S. $3.0 billion) and U.S. $1.5 billion of common and preferred shares of TelevisaUnivision, excluding closing consideration adjustments. The TelevisaUnivision Transaction was partially financed by UHI through a new Series C preferred equity investment in TelevisaUnivision of U.S. $1.0 billion in the aggregate led by the SoftBank Latin American Fund, along with ForgeLight, with participation from Google and The Raine Group, as well as debt financing. As of March 31, 2023, we owned a 44% equity interest on an as-converted basis (excluding unvested and/or unsettled stock, restricted stock units and options) in TelevisaUnivision and we have certain governance arrangements in connection therewith. As part of the TelevisaUnivision Transaction, the PLA and the MLA were assigned to an affiliate of UHI, and we will no longer receive any royalties from Univision under the PLA. For a description of our arrangements with Univision, see “Information on the Company—Business Overview—TelevisaUnivision” and “Operating and Financial Review and Prospects—TelevisaUnivision Transaction”.

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Transactions and Agreements With Our Directors and Officers. During 2022, we entered into contracts leasing office space directly or indirectly from certain of our directors and officers for an aggregate amount of Ps.28.84 million. We estimate that the annual lease payments for 2023 will be equal to approximately Ps.25.32 million. We believe that the terms of these leases are comparable to terms that we would have entered into with third parties for similar leases.

Certain of our executive officers have in the past, and from time to time in the future may, purchase debt securities issued by us and/or our subsidiaries from third parties in negotiated transactions. Certain of our executive officers and directors participate in our stock purchase plan and Long-Term Retention Plan. See “Directors, Senior Management and Employees — Stock Purchase Plan and Long-Term Retention Plan”.

Transactions and Arrangements With Affiliates and Related Parties of Our Directors, Officers and Major Stockholders

Consulting Services. Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales, S.C., a consulting firm which is controlled by Ariana Azcárraga De Surmont, the sister of Emilio Azcárraga Jean, has from time to time provided consulting services and research in connection with the effects of TVSA’s programming, especially dramas, on its viewing audience. Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales, S.C. provided TVSA with such services in 2022.

Citibanamex participation in Syndicated Loan and Revolving Credit Facility. In June 2019, the Company entered into a long-term credit agreement with a syndicate of banks, including Citibanamex with maturity in 2024. An affiliate of Citibanamex also acted as joint lead arranger and joint book runner with other banks. In February 2022, the Company renewed its revolving credit facility with several lenders and other financial institutions, including CitiBanamex with maturity in 2025. These loans were made on terms substantially similar to those offered by Citibanamex to third parties. Emilio Azcárraga Jean, our Executive Chairman of the Board, was a member of the Board of Citibanamex. For a description of amounts outstanding under, and the terms of, our existing credit facilities with Citibanamex, see “Operating and Financial Review and Prospects—Results of Operations—Liquidity, Foreign Exchange and Capital Resources—Indebtedness”.

Loans from Banorte. In 2015, Banorte and TVI entered into a loan agreement with a maturity date of 2022. This loan was made on terms substantially similar to those offered by Banorte to third parties. Alfonso de Angoitia Noriega, our Co-Chief Executive Officer, and Carlos Hank González, Members of the Board of the Company, are members and Carlos Hank González is President of the Board of Banorte. On April 30, 2022, the loan matured and was repaid in full.

Advertising Services. Several members of our current Board serve as members of the Boards and/or are stockholders of other companies. See “Directors, Senior Management and Employees”. Some of these companies, including Grupo Comercial Chedraui, Grupo Financiero Banorte, Grupo Lala, Kimberly-Clark de México, CitiBanamex and Grupo Axo, among others, purchase advertising services from us in connection with the promotion of their respective products and services from time to time, and we expect that this will continue to be the case in the future.

In 2020 and 2021, a USA subsidiary of Grupo Televisa acquired certain preferred shares and convertible rights of the capital stock of Rappi, Inc., and in exchange the Company rendered certain advertising services to a Mexican subsidiary of Rappi, Inc., until the completion of the TelevisaUnivision Transaction where such interest was transferred.

Legal and Advisory Services. During 2022, Mijares, Angoitia, Cortés y Fuentes, S.C., a Mexican law firm, provided us with legal and advisory services, and we expect that this will continue to be the case in the future. Ricardo Maldonado Yáñez, a partner from the law firm of Mijares, Angoitia, Cortés y Fuentes, S.C., serves also as Secretary of our Board of Directors and Secretary to the Executive Committee of our Board of Directors. We believe that the fees we paid for these services were comparable to those that we would have paid another law firm for similar services. Our co-Chief Executive Officer Alfonso de Angoitia was a founding partner of the firm. Mr. de Angoitia requested a leave of absence in January 2002. In 2012, the leave of absence was formally terminated and Mr. de Angoitia officially ceased being a partner of the firm. Since 2002, when Mr. de Angoitia left the firm, he has not had any role or active participation at the firm, nor has he benefitted from participation in any economic distributions by the firm.

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We have engaged Allen & Company for several years to provide the Company with advisory services related to strategic transactions, and we plan to continue to engage Allen & Company for advisory services related to strategic transactions of the Company. Two of our directors are directors of Allen & Company as well. These agreements were entered into on an arm’s length basis. We believe that the amounts paid and to be paid under these agreements to Allen & Company are comparable to those paid to third parties for these types of services. Furthermore, the Company typically considers different advisory services providers and obtains quotes for specific projects before engaging with such providers, and the Company customarily engages more than one firm.

For further information about our related party transactions, see Note 20 to our consolidated year-end financial statements.

Item 8.Financial Information

See “Financial Statements” and pages F-1 through F-101, which are incorporated in this Item 8 by reference.

Item 9.The Offer and Listing

Trading Information

Since December 1993, the GDSs have been traded on the New York Stock Exchange, or NYSE, under the symbol “TV” and the CPOs have been traded on the Mexican Stock Exchange under the symbol “TLEVISACPO”. In September 2007, we removed JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as the depository for the GDSs and appointed The Bank of New York Mellon pursuant to a new deposit agreement.

Trading prices of the CPOs and the GDSs are influenced by our results of operations, financial condition, cash requirements, future prospects and by economic, financial and other factors and market conditions. See “Key Information—Risk Factors—Risk Factors Related to Mexico—Economic and Political Developments in Mexico May Adversely Affect Our Business”. We believe that as of March 31, 2023, approximately 237.6 million GDSs were held of record by 67 persons with U.S. addresses.

Trading on the Mexican Stock Exchange

Overview

The Mexican Stock Exchange, located in Mexico City, operating continuously since 1907, is one of the two stock exchanges in Mexico. The other stock exchange in Mexico is the Bolsa Institucional de Valores S.A. de C.V., which began operations in July 2018 (the “Institutional Stock Exchange” and together with the Mexican Stock Exchange, the “Stock Exchanges in Mexico”). The Mexican Stock Exchange is organized as a sociedad anónima bursátil de capital variable, or publicly-traded corporation with variable capital. Securities trading on the Mexican Stock Exchange occurs from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., Mexico City time, each business day. All trading on the Mexican Stock Exchange is effected electronically. The Mexican Stock Exchange may impose a number of measures to promote an orderly and transparent trading price of securities, including the operation of a system of automatic suspension of trading in shares of a particular issuer when price fluctuation exceeds certain limits. The Mexican Stock Exchange may also suspend trading in shares of a particular issuer as a result of the disclosure of a material event, or when the changes in the volume traded or share price are not consistent with either the historic performance or information publicly available. The Mexican Stock Exchange may resume trading in the shares when it deems that the material events have been adequately disclosed to public investors or when it deems that the issuer has adequately explained the reasons for the changes in the volume traded or prevailing share price. Under current regulations, in certain cases when the relevant securities are simultaneously traded on a stock exchange outside of Mexico, the Mexican Stock Exchange or the Institutional Stock Exchange, as the case may be, may consider the measures adopted by the other stock exchange in order to suspend and/or resume trading in the issuer’s shares. Furthermore, now that the Institutional Stock Exchange has also begun operations, the suspension of trading of a series of a company’s securities on one exchange will automatically trigger the suspension of its trading on the other exchange.

Settlement is effected in two business days after a share transaction on both Stock Exchanges in Mexico. Deferred settlement, even by mutual agreement, is not permitted without the approval of the CNBV. Most securities traded on the Mexican Stock Exchange or the Institutional Stock Exchange, including the CPOs, are on deposit with S.D. Indeval, Institución para el Depósito de Valores, S.A. de C.V., or Indeval, a privately owned securities depositary that acts as a clearinghouse, depositary and custodian, as well as a settlement, transfer and registration agent for transactions of the Stock Exchanges in Mexico, eliminating the need for physical transfer of securities.

Although the Mexican Securities Market Law provides for the existence of an over-the-counter market, no such market for securities in Mexico has been developed.

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Market Regulation and Registration Standards

To offer securities to the public in Mexico, an issuer must meet specific qualitative and quantitative requirements, and generally only securities for which an application for registration in the National Registry of Securities, or NRS, maintained by the CNBV has been approved by the CNBV may be listed on the Mexican Stock Exchange or on the Institutional Stock Exchange. As of the date of this report, we are only listed on the Mexican Stock Exchange, and therefore we must only comply with the CNBV’s and the Mexican Stock Exchange’s rules and regulations for approval. This approval does not imply any kind of certification or assurance related to the merits or the quality of the securities or the solvency of the issuer.

The CNBV has also issued general rules, or General CNBV Rules, applicable to issuers and other securities market participants that govern issuers and issuer activity, among other things.

The General CNBV Rules have mandated that the Stock Exchanges in Mexico adopt minimum requirements for issuers to be registered with the CNBV and have their securities listed on the Mexican Stock Exchange or on the Institutional Stock Exchange. Pursuant to the internal rules of the Stock Exchanges in Mexico, in order to be registered, issuers will be required to have, among other things:

a minimum number of years of operating history;
a minimum financial condition;
a minimum number of shares or CPOs to be publicly offered to public investors;
a minimum price for the securities to be offered;
a minimum of 15% of the capital stock placed among public investors (which percentage may be lowered under certain circumstances);
a minimum of 100 holders of shares or of shares represented by CPOs, who are deemed to be public investors under the General CNBV Rules, upon the completion of the offering; and
complied with certain corporate governance requirements.

To maintain its registration, an issuer will be required to have, among other things:

a minimum of 12% of the capital stock held by public investors;
a minimum of 100 holders of shares or of shares represented by CPOs who are deemed to be public investors under the General CNBV Rules; and
complied with certain corporate governance requirements.

The CNBV has the authority to waive some of these requirements in some circumstances. Also, some of these requirements are applicable for each series of shares of the relevant issuer.

The Stock Exchanges in Mexico must review annually compliance with the foregoing and other requirements, some of which may be further reviewed on a quarterly or semi-annual basis. The Stock Exchanges in Mexico must inform the CNBV of the results of its review and this information must, in turn, be disclosed to investors. If an issuer fails to comply with any of the foregoing requirements, the Stock Exchange in Mexico on which it is listed will request that the issuer propose a plan to cure the violation. If the issuer fails to propose such plan, if the plan is not satisfactory to the relevant Stock Exchange in Mexico or if the issuer does not make substantial progress with respect to the corrective measures, trading of the relevant series of shares on the relevant Stock Exchange in Mexico will be temporarily suspended until the situation is corrected. In addition, if the issuer fails to propose the plan or ceases to follow such plan once proposed, the CNBV may suspend or cancel the registration of the shares. In such event, the issuer must evidence the mechanisms to protect the rights of public investors and market in general.

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Issuers of listed securities are required to file unaudited quarterly financial statements and audited annual financial statements as well as various periodic reports with the CNBV and the Stock Exchange in Mexico on which it is listed. Issuers of listed securities must prepare and disclose their financial information by an approved system for each Stock Exchange in Mexico known as Sistema Electrónico de Envío y Difusión de Información or SEDI and to the CNBV through the Sistema de Transferencia de Información sobre Valores, or STIV-2. Immediately upon its receipt, the relevant Stock Exchange in Mexico makes that information available to the public.

The General CNBV Rules and the internal regulations of the Stock Exchanges in Mexico require issuers of listed securities to file through EMISNET for the BMV, through DIV for the Institutional Stock Exchange and through and STIV-2 the information on the occurrence of material events affecting the relevant issuer. Material events include, but are not limited to, as long as they have, or could potentially have, an effect on the price of the issuer’s securities:

the entering into or termination of joint venture agreements or agreements with key suppliers;
the creation of new lines of businesses or services;
significant deviations in expected or projected operating performance;
the restructuring or payment of significant indebtedness;
material litigation or labor conflicts;
changes in dividend policy;
the commencement of any insolvency, suspension or bankruptcy proceedings;
changes in the directors; and
any other event that may have a material adverse effect on the results, financial condition or operations of the relevant issuer.

If there is unusual price volatility of the securities listed, the issuer would be obliged to immediately inform the CNBV and the corresponding Stock Exchange in Mexico of the causes of such volatility or, if the issuer is unaware of such causes, make a statement to that effect, in order for the corresponding Stock Exchange in Mexico to immediately convey that information to the public. In addition, the corresponding Stock Exchange in Mexico must immediately request that issuers disclose any information relating to relevant material events, when it deems the information currently disclosed to be insufficient, as well as instruct issuers to clarify such information when it deems the information to be confusing. The corresponding Stock Exchange in Mexico may request issuers to confirm or deny any material events that have been disclosed to the public by third parties when it deems that the material event may affect or influence the securities being traded. The corresponding Stock Exchange in Mexico must immediately inform the CNBV of any requests made to issuers. The CNBV may also make any of these requests directly to issuers. An issuer may delay the disclosure of material events under some circumstances, including where the information being offered is not related to transactions that have been completed.

The CNBV and any of the Stock Exchanges in Mexico may suspend the dealing in securities of an issuer:

if the issuer does not adequately disclose a material event; or
upon price or volume volatility or changes in the offer or demand in respect of the relevant securities, which are not consistent with the historic performance of the securities and could not be explained solely by the information made publicly available under the General CNBV Rules.

The Stock Exchanges in Mexico must immediately inform the CNBV and the general public of any such suspension. An issuer may request that the CNBV or the relevant Stock Exchange in Mexico resume trading, provided it demonstrates that the causes triggering the suspension have been resolved and that it is in full compliance with the periodic reporting requirements under the applicable law. If its request has been granted, the corresponding Stock Exchange in Mexico will determine the appropriate mechanism to resume trading in its securities. If trading of an issuer is suspended for more than 20 business days and the issuer is authorized to resume trading without conducting a public offering, the issuer must disclose through EMISNET or DIV, as the case may be, and STIV-2, before trading resumes, a description of the causes that resulted in the suspension and reasons why it is now authorized to resume trading.

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Likewise, if the securities of an issuer are traded on any of the Stock Exchanges in Mexico and additionally on a foreign securities market, then that issuer must generally file with the CNBV and the corresponding Stock Exchange in Mexico on a simultaneous basis the information that it is required to file pursuant to the laws and regulations of the relevant other jurisdiction.

Pursuant to the Mexican Securities Market Law, stockholders of issuers listed on any of the Stock Exchanges in Mexico must disclose any transactions, through or outside of any of the Stock Exchanges in Mexico that result in a 10% or more ownership stake of an issuer’s capital stock. These stockholders must also inform the CNBV of the results of these transactions the day after their completion. See “Additional Information—Mexican Securities Market Law”.

Additionally, related parties of an issuer who increase or decrease their ownership stake, in one or more transactions, by 5% or more, shall disclose such transactions. The Mexican Securities Market Law also requires stockholders holding 10% or more of the capital stock of companies listed in the registry to notify the CNBV of certain ownership changes in shares of the company. Moreover, the CNBV regulations for issuers, require issuers to disclose to the CNBV on an annual basis on or before June 30 of each year: (i) the name and ownership percentage of any Board members and relevant officers that maintain 1% or more of the capital stock of an issuer, (ii) the names and ownership percentage of any other individual or entity that maintains 5% or more of the capital stock of an issuer (regardless of whether such stockholder is an officer or director) and (iii) the names and ownership percentage of the 10 (ten) stockholders with the largest direct ownership stake in an issuer (regardless of the ownership percentage or whether such stockholder is an officer, director, related party or private investor with no relationship to the issuer). Based on the foregoing, Mexican Securities Regulations require that (i) Board members and relevant officers that own 1% or more of the capital stock of an issuer, (ii) any other individual or entity that owns 5% or more of the capital stock of an entity, and (iii) individuals that own 1% of the capital stock of an entity, provide this information to the relevant issuer on or before May 15 of each year.

In addition, in April 2018, the CNBV issued general rules applicable to entities and issuers supervised by the CNBV that use external auditors in connection with the preparation of their basic financial statements (Disposiciones de carácter general aplicables a las entidades y emisoras supervisadas por la Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores que contraten servicios de auditoría externa de estados financieros básicos) (as amended from time to time, the “Mexican Auditors Regulations”). The Mexican Auditors Regulations establish certain rules for external auditors and set forth obligations owed among issuers, their Board of Directors and Audit Committees and the external auditors for their services.

Item 10.Additional Information

Mexican Securities Market Law

Under the Mexican Securities Market Law insiders must abstain from purchasing or selling securities of the issuer within 90 days from the last sale or purchase, respectively.

In addition, under the Mexican Securities Market Law, tender offers may be voluntary or mandatory. All tender offers must be open for at least 20 business days and purchases thereunder are required to be made pro-rata to all tendering stockholders. Any intended purchase resulting in a 30% or greater holding requires the tender to be made for the greater of 10% of the company’s capital stock or the share capital intended to be acquired; if the purchase is aimed at obtaining control, the tender must be made for 100% of the outstanding shares. In calculating the intended purchase amount, convertible securities, warrants and derivatives the underlying security of which are such shares must be considered. The law also permits the payment of certain amounts to controlling stockholders over and above the offering price if these amounts are fully disclosed, approved by the board of directors and paid in connection with non-compete or similar obligations. The law also contemplates exceptions to the mandatory tender offer requirements and specifically provides for the consequences, to a purchaser, of not complying with these tender offer rules (lack of voting rights, possible annulment of purchases, etc.) and other rights available to prior stockholders of the issuer.

The Mexican Securities Market Law permits public companies to insert provisions in their bylaws pursuant to which the acquisition of control of the company, by the company’s stockholders or third parties, may be prevented, if such provisions (i) are approved by stockholders without the negative vote of stockholders representing 5% or more of the outstanding shares, (ii) do not exclude any stockholder or group of stockholders, and (iii) do not restrict, in an absolute manner, the change of control.

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Bylaws

Set forth below is a brief summary of some relevant provisions of our bylaws and Mexican law. This description does not purport to be complete, and is qualified by reference in its entirety to our bylaws, which have been filed as an exhibit to this annual report, and Mexican law. For a description of the provisions of our bylaws relating to our Board of Directors, Executive Committee, Audit Committee and Corporate Practices Committee, see “Directors, Senior Management and Employees”.

Organization and Register

Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. was originally incorporated as a sociedad anónima, or limited liability corporation under the laws of Mexico in accordance with the Mexican Companies Law and later adopted the form of sociedad anónima bursátil, or limited liability stock corporation in accordance with the Ley del Mercado de Valores, or the Mexican Securities Market Law. It was incorporated under Public Deed Number 30,200, dated December 19, 1990, granted before Notary Public Number 73 of Mexico City, and registered with the Public Registry of Commerce of Mexico City, under Commercial Page (folio mercantil) number 142,164. We have a general corporate purpose, the specifics of which can be found in Article Four of our bylaws.

Our stock registry is maintained by Indeval, and in accordance with Mexican law, we only recognize those holders listed in our stock registry as our stockholders. Our stockholders may hold their share in the form of physical certificates or through book-entries with institutions that have accounts with Indeval. The CPO Trustee is the holder of record for Shares represented by CPOs. Accounts may be maintained at Indeval by brokers, banks and other entities approved by the CNBV.

Voting Rights and Stockholders’ Meetings

Holders of Series “A” Shares. Holders of Series “A” Shares have the right to vote on all matters subject to stockholder approval at any general stockholders’ meeting and have the right, voting as a class, to appoint eleven members of our Board of Directors and the corresponding alternate directors. In addition to requiring approval by a majority of all Shares entitled to vote together on a particular corporate matter, certain corporate matters must be approved by a majority of the holders of Series “A” Shares voting separately. These matters include mergers, dividend payments, spin-offs, changes in corporate purpose, changes of nationality and amendments to the anti-takeover provisions of our bylaws.

Holders of Series “B” Shares. Holders of Series “B” Shares have the right to vote on all matters subject to stockholder approval at any general stockholders’ meeting and have the right, voting as a class, to appoint five members of our Board of Directors and the corresponding alternate directors. The five directors and corresponding alternate directors elected by the holders of the Series ”B” Shares are elected at a stockholders’ meeting that must be held within the first four months after the end of each year.

Holders of Series “D” Shares and Series “L” Shares. Holders of Series “D” Shares, voting as a class, are entitled to vote at special meetings to elect two of the members of our Board of Directors and the corresponding alternate directors, each of which must be an independent director. In addition, holders of Series “D” Shares are entitled to vote on the following matters at extraordinary general meetings:

our transformation from one type of company to another;
any merger (even if we are the surviving entity);
extension of our existence beyond our prescribed duration;
our dissolution before our prescribed duration (which is currently 99 years from January 30, 2007);
a change in our corporate purpose;
a change in our nationality; and

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the cancellation from registration of the Series “D” Shares or the securities which represent the Series “D” Shares with the securities or special section of the NRS and with any other Mexican or foreign stock exchange in which such shares or securities are registered.

Holders of Series “L” Shares, voting as a class, are entitled to vote at special meetings to elect two of the members of our Board of Directors and the corresponding alternate directors, each of which must be an independent director. Holders of Series “L” Shares are also entitled to vote at extraordinary general meetings on the following matters:

our transformation from one type of company to another;
any merger in which we are not the surviving entity; and
the cancellation from registration of the Series “L” Shares or the securities that represent the Series “L” Shares with the special section of the NRS.

The two directors and corresponding alternate directors elected by each of the holders of the Series “D” Shares and the Series “L” Shares are elected at a special meeting of those holders which takes place annually. Special meetings of holders of Series “D” Shares and Series “L” Shares must also be held to approve the cancellation from registration of the Series “D” Shares or Series “L” Shares or the securities representing any of such shares with the NRS, as the case may be, and in the case of Series “D” Shares, with any other Mexican or foreign stock exchange in which such shares or securities are registered. Except as otherwise required by law, all other matters on which holders of Series “L” Shares or Series “D” Shares are entitled to vote must be considered at an extraordinary general meeting. Holders of Series “L” Shares and Series “D” Shares are not entitled to attend or to address meetings of stockholders at which they are not entitled to vote. Under Mexican law, holders of Series “L” Shares and Series “D” Shares are entitled to exercise certain minority protections. See “— Other Provisions—Appraisal Rights and Other Minority Protections”.

Minority shareholders holding at least ten percent of the capital stock represented by Series “A” Shares, will be entitled to appoint one director and its corresponding alternate for each such ten percent. Minority shareholders holding at least ten percent of the capital stock represented by Series “B” Shares, will be entitled to appoint one director and its corresponding alternate for each such ten percent. Minority shareholders holding at least ten percent of the capital stock represented by Series “D” Shares or Series “L” Shares, will be entitled to appoint one director and its corresponding alternate for each such ten percent. Any such appointments by minority shareholders will be counted towards the number of directors that the holders of each such Series is entitled to appoint.

Other Rights of Stockholders. Under Mexican law, holders of shares of any series are also entitled to vote as a class in a special meeting governed by the same rules that apply to extraordinary general meetings, as described below, on any action that would prejudice the rights of holders of shares of such series, but not rights of holders of shares of other series, and a holder of shares of such series would be entitled to judicial relief against any such action taken without such a vote. Generally, the determination of whether a particular stockholder action requires a class vote on these grounds could initially be made by the Board of Directors or other party calling for stockholder action. In some cases, under the Mexican Securities Market Law and the Mexican Companies Law, the Board of Directors, the Audit Committee, the Corporate Practices Committee, or a Mexican court on behalf of those stockholders representing 10% of our capital stock can call a special meeting. A negative determination would be subject to judicial challenge by an affected stockholder, and the necessity for a class vote would ultimately be determined by a court. There are no other procedures for determining whether a particular proposed stockholder action requires a class vote, and Mexican law does not provide extensive guidance on the criteria to be applied in making such a determination.

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General stockholders’ meetings may be ordinary general meetings or extraordinary general meetings. Extraordinary general meetings are those called to consider specific matters specified in Article 182 of the Mexican Companies Law and our bylaws, including, among others, amendments to our bylaws, our dissolution, liquidation or split-up, our merger and transformation from one form of company to another, increases and reductions in our capital stock, the approval of certain acquisitions of shares, including a change of control, as set forth in the antitakeover provisions in our bylaws and any action for civil liabilities against the members of our Board of Directors, its Secretary, or members of our Audit Committee or Corporate Practices Committee. In addition, our bylaws require an extraordinary general meeting to consider the cancellation of registration of the Series “D” Shares or Series “L” Shares or the securities representing these Shares with the NRS, as the case may be, and in the case of Series “D” Shares, with any other Mexican or foreign stock exchange in which such Shares or securities are registered. General meetings called to consider all other matters are ordinary meetings which are held at least once each year within four months following the end of each fiscal year. Stockholders may be represented at any stockholders’ meeting by completing a form of proxy provided by us, which proxy is available within fifteen days prior to such meeting, and designating a representative to vote on their behalf. The form of proxy must comply with certain content requirements as set forth in the Mexican Securities Market Law and in our bylaws.

Holders of CPOs. Holders of CPOs who are Mexican nationals or Mexican corporations whose bylaws exclude foreign ownership of their shares are entitled to exercise voting rights with respect to the Series “A” Shares, Series “B” Shares, Series “D” Shares and Series “L” Shares underlying their CPOs. The CPO Trustee will vote such shares as directed by Mexican holders of CPOs, which must provide evidence of Mexican nationality. Non-Mexican holders of CPOs may only vote the Series “L” Shares held in the CPO Trust and are not entitled to exercise any voting rights with respect to the Series “A” Shares, Series “B” Shares and Series “D” Shares held in the CPO Trust. Voting rights in respect of these Series “A” Shares, Series “B” Shares and Series “D” Shares may only be exercised by the CPO Trustee. Series “A” Shares, Series “B” Shares and Series “D” Shares underlying the CPOs of non-Mexican holders or holders that do not give timely instructions as to voting of such Shares, will be voted by the individuals designated by the CPO Trust’s Technical Committee (which consists of members of the Board of Directors and/or Executive Committee, who must be Mexican nationals), and at any general shareholders meeting where such series has the right to vote in the same manner as the majority of the outstanding Series “A” Shares held by Mexican nationals or Mexican corporations (directly, or through the CPO Trust, as the case may be) are voted at the relevant meeting. Series “L” Shares underlying the CPOs of any holders that do not give timely instructions as to the voting of such Shares will be voted by the individuals designated by the CPO Trust’s Technical Committee (which consists of members of the Board of Directors and/or Executive Committee, who must be Mexican nationals), as instructed by such Technical Committee of the CPO Trust. The CPO Trustee must receive voting instructions five business days prior to the stockholders’ meeting. Holders of CPOs that are Mexican nationals or Mexican corporations whose bylaws exclude foreign ownership of their Shares also must provide evidence of nationality, such as a copy of a valid Mexican passport or birth certificate, for individuals, or a copy of the bylaws, for corporations.

As described in “Major Stockholders and Related Party Transactions,” Series “A” Shares held through the Azcárraga Trust constitute a majority of the Series “A” Shares whose holders are entitled to vote, because non-Mexican holders of CPOs and GDSs are not permitted to vote the underlying Series “A” Shares. Accordingly, the vote of Series “A” Shares held through the Azcárraga Trust generally will determine how the Series “A” Shares underlying our CPOs are voted.

Holders of GDRs. Global Depositary Receipts, or GDRs, evidencing GDSs are issued by The Bank of New York Mellon, the Depositary, pursuant to the Deposit Agreement we entered into with the Depositary and all holders from time to time of GDSs. A GDR may represent any number of GDSs. Only persons in whose names GDRs are registered on the books of the Depositary will be treated by us and the Depositary as owners and holders of GDRs. Each GDS represents the right to receive five CPOs which will be credited to the account of BBVA Bancomer, S.A., Institución de Banca Múltiple Grupo Financiero BBVA Bancomer, the Custodian, maintained with Indeval for such purpose. Each CPO represents financial interests in, and limited voting rights with respect to, 25 Series “A” Shares, 22 Series “B” Shares, 35 Series “D” Shares and 35 Series “L” Shares held pursuant to the CPO Trust.

The Depositary will mail information on stockholders’ meetings to all holders of GDRs. At least six business days prior to the relevant stockholders’ meeting, GDR holders may instruct the Depositary as to the exercise of the voting rights, if any, pertaining to the CPOs represented by their GDSs, and the underlying Shares. Since the CPO Trustee must also receive voting instructions five business days prior to the stockholders’ meeting, the Depositary may be unable to vote the CPOs and underlying Shares in accordance with any written instructions. Holders of GDSs that are Mexican nationals or Mexican corporations whose bylaws exclude foreign ownership of their Shares are entitled to exercise voting rights with respect to the Series “A” Shares, Series “B” Shares, Series “D” Shares and Series “L” Shares underlying the CPOs represented by their GDSs. Such Mexican holders also must provide evidence of nationality, such as a copy of a valid Mexican passport or birth certificate, for individuals, or a copy of the bylaws, for corporations.

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Non-Mexican holders may exercise voting rights only with respect to Series “L” Shares underlying the CPOs represented by their GDSs. They may not direct the CPO Trustee as to how to vote the Series “A” Shares, Series “B” Shares or Series “D” Shares represented by CPOs or attend stockholders’ meetings. Under the terms of the CPO Trust Agreement, the CPO Trustee will vote the Series “A” Shares, Series “B” Shares, Series “D” Shares and Series “L” Shares represented by CPOs held by non-Mexican holders (including holders of GDRs) as described under “— Holders of CPOs”. If the Depositary does not timely receive instructions from a Mexican or non-Mexican holder of GDRs as to the exercise of voting rights relating to the Series “A” Shares, Series “B” Shares, Series “D” Shares or Series “L” Shares underlying the CPOs, as the case may be, in the relevant stockholders’ meeting then, if requested in writing by us, the Depositary will give a discretionary proxy to a person designated by us to vote the Shares. If no such written request is made by us, the Depositary will not represent or vote, attempt to represent or vote any right that attaches to, or instruct the CPO Trustee to represent or vote, the Shares underlying the CPOs in the relevant stockholders’ meeting and, as a result, the underlying shares will be voted in the same manner described under “— Holders of CPOs” with respect to shares for which timely instructions as to voting are not given.

If the Depositary does not timely receive instructions from a Mexican or non-Mexican holder of GDRs as to the exercise of voting rights relating to the underlying CPOs in the relevant CPO holders’ meeting, the Depositary and the Custodian will take such actions as are necessary to cause such CPOs to be counted for purposes of satisfying applicable quorum requirements and, unless we in our sole discretion have given prior written notice to the Depositary and the Custodian to the contrary, vote them in the same manner as the majority of the CPOs are voted at the relevant CPOs holders’ meeting.

Under the terms of the CPO Trust, beginning in December 2008, a non-Mexican holder of CPOs or GDSs may instruct the CPO Trustee to request that we issue and deliver certificates representing each of the Shares underlying its CPOs so that the CPO Trustee may sell, to a third party entitled to hold the Shares, all of those Shares and deliver to the holder any proceeds derived from the sale.

Limitation on Appointment of Directors. Our bylaws prohibit the appointment of individuals to our Board of Directors: who (i) are members of the board of directors or other management boards of a company (other than the Company or its subsidiaries) that has one or more concessions to operate telecommunication networks in Mexico; or (ii) directly or indirectly, are shareholders or partners of companies (other than the Company or its subsidiaries), that have one or more concessions to operate telecommunication networks in Mexico, with the exception of ownership stakes that do not allow such individuals to appoint one or more members of the management board or any other operation or decision making board.

Dividend Rights

At our annual ordinary general stockholders’ meeting, our Board of Directors is required to submit our financial statements from the previous fiscal year to the holders of our Series “A” Shares and Series “B” Shares. Once our stockholders approve these financial statements, they must then allocate our net profits for the previous fiscal year. Under Mexican law, at least 5% of our net profits must be allocated to a legal reserve, until the amount of this reserve equals 20% of our paid-in capital stock. Thereafter, our stockholders may allocate our net profits to any special reserve, including a reserve for share repurchases. After this allocation, the remainder of our net profits will be available for distribution as dividends. The vote of the majority of the Series “A” Shares and Series “B” Shares is necessary to approve dividend payments. As described below, in the event that dividends are declared, holders of Series “D” Shares will have preferential rights to dividends as compared to holders of Series “A” Shares, Series “B” Shares and Series “L” Shares. Holders of Series “A” Shares, Series “B” Shares and Series “L” Shares have the same financial or economic rights, including the participation in any of our profits.

Preferential Rights of Series “D” Shares

Holders of Series “D” Shares are entitled to receive a preferred annual dividend in the amount of Ps.0.00034412306528 per Series “D” Share before any dividends are payable in respect of Series “A” Shares, Series “B” Shares and Series “L” Shares. If we pay any dividends in addition to the Series “D” Share fixed preferred dividend, then such dividends shall be allocated as follows:

first, to the payment of dividends with respect to the Series “A” Shares, the Series “B” Shares and the Series “L” Shares, in an equal amount per share, up to the amount of the Series “D” Share fixed preferred dividend; and
second, to the payment of dividends with respect to the Series “A” Shares, Series “B” Shares, Series “D” Shares and Series “L” Shares, such that the dividend per share is equal.

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Upon any dissolution or liquidation of our company, holders of Series “D” Shares are entitled to a liquidation preference equal to:

accrued but unpaid dividends in respect of their Series “D” Shares; plus
the theoretical value of their Series “D” Shares as set forth in our bylaws. See “— Other Provisions — Dissolution or Liquidation”.

Limitation on Capital Increases

Our bylaws provide that, in the event shares of a given series are issued as a result of a capital increase (in respect of a cash capital contribution), each holder of shares of that series will have a preferential right to subscribe to new shares of that series, in proportion to the number of such holder’s existing Shares of that series. In addition, primary issuances of Series “A” Shares, Series “B” Shares, Series “D” Shares and Series “L” Shares in the form of CPOs may be limited under the Mexican Securities Market Law. However, in the case of primary issuances of additional Series “A” Shares, Series “B” Shares, Series “L” Shares and Series “D” Shares in the form of CPOs, any new Series “L” Shares and Series “D” Shares may be required to be converted into Series “A” Shares or other voting stock within a term specified by the CNBV, which in no event shall exceed five years. Moreover, under the Mexican Securities Market Law, the aggregate amount of shares of an issuer with limited or non-voting rights may not exceed 25% of the total shares held by public investors. The vote of the holders of a majority of the Series “A” Shares is necessary to approve capital increases. As a result of grandfathering provisions, our existing CPO structure will not be affected by such limitations.

Preemptive Rights

In the event of a capital increase, a holder of existing shares of a given series has a preferential right to subscribe to a sufficient number of shares of the same series in order to maintain the holder’s existing proportionate holdings of shares of that series. Stockholders must exercise their preemptive rights within the time period fixed by our stockholders at the meeting approving the issuance of additional shares. This period must continue for at least fifteen days following the publication of notice of the issuance in the Official Gazette of the Federation and in a newspaper of general circulation in Mexico City. Under Mexican law, stockholders cannot waive their preemptive rights in advance or be represented by an instrument that is negotiable separately from the corresponding share.

U.S. Holders of GDSs may exercise preemptive rights only if we register any newly issued shares under the Securities Act, as amended, or qualify for an exemption from registration. We intend to evaluate at the time of any offering of preemptive rights the costs and potential liabilities associated with registering additional shares. In addition, if our stockholders’ meeting approves the issuance of shares of a particular series, holders of shares of other series may be offered shares of that particular series.

Limitations on Share Ownership

Through our bylaws and the trust governing the CPOs, we have limited the ownership of our Series “A” Shares and Series “B” Shares to Mexican individuals, Mexican companies whose charters contain a foreign exclusion clause, credit institutions acting as trustees (such as the CPO Trustee) in accordance with the Foreign Investment Law and the Foreign Investment Law Regulations, and trusts or stock purchase, investment and retirement plans for Mexican employees. A holder that acquires Series “A” Shares or Series “B” Shares in violation of the restrictions in our bylaws regarding non-Mexican ownership will have none of the rights of a stockholder with respect to those Series “A” Shares or Series “B” Shares. The Series “D” Shares are subject to the same restrictions on ownership as the Series “A” Shares and Series “B” Shares. However, the foregoing limitations do not affect the ability of non-Mexican investors to hold Series “A” Shares, Series “B” Shares, Series “D” Shares and Series “L” Shares through CPOs, or Series “L” Shares directly. The sum of the total outstanding number of Series “A” Shares and Series “B” Shares is required to exceed at all times the sum of the total outstanding Series “L” Shares and Series “D” Shares.

Non-Mexican states and governments are prohibited under our bylaws and the LFTR from owning Shares of the Company and are, therefore, prohibited from being the beneficial or record owners of Series “A” Shares, Series “B” Shares, Series “D” Shares, Series “L” Shares, CPOs and GDSs. We have been advised by our Mexican counsel, Mijares, Angoitia, Cortés y Fuentes, S.C., that ownership of Series “A” Shares, Series “B” Shares, Series “D” Shares, Series “L” Shares, CPOs and GDSs by pension or retirement funds organized for the benefit of employees of non-Mexican state, municipal or other governmental agencies will not be considered as ownership by non-Mexican states or governments for the purpose of our bylaws or the LFTR.

The LFTR eliminated the restrictions on foreign investment in telecommunications services and satellite communication and increased the maximum permitted foreign-ownership in broadcasting (television and radio) to 49% subject to reciprocity.

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We may restrict transfers or, to the extent permitted under applicable law, cause the mandatory sale or disposition of CPOs and GDRs where such transfer or ownership, as the case may be, might result in ownership of CPOs or GDRs exceeding the limits under applicable law or our bylaws, the CPO Trust Agreement or the CPO indenture. Non-Mexican states and governments are prohibited under our bylaws and the LFTR from owning our Shares and are, therefore, prohibited from being beneficial or record owners of GDRs.

Other Provisions

Forfeiture of Shares. As required by Mexican law, our bylaws provide that for Series “L” Shares and CPOs, our non-Mexican stockholders formally agree with the Foreign Affairs Ministry:

to be considered as Mexicans with respect to the Series “L” Shares and CPOs that they acquire or hold, as well as to the property, rights, concessions, participations or interests owned by us or to the rights and obligations derived from any agreements we have with the Mexican government; and
not to invoke the protection of their own governments with respect to their ownership of Series “L” Shares and CPOs.

Failure to comply is subject to a penalty of forfeiture of such a stockholder’s capital interests in favor of Mexico. In the opinion of Mijares, Angoitia, Cortés y Fuentes, S.C., our Mexican counsel, under this provision a non-Mexican stockholder is deemed to have agreed not to invoke the protection of its own government by asking such government to interpose a diplomatic claim against the Mexican government with respect to the stockholder’s rights as a stockholder, but is not deemed to have waived any other rights it may have, including any rights under the U.S. securities laws, with respect to its investment in the Company. If the stockholder should invoke governmental protection in violation of this agreement, its shares could be forfeited to the Mexican government.

Exclusive Jurisdiction. Our bylaws provide that legal action relating to the execution, interpretation or performance of the bylaws shall be brought only in federal courts located in Mexico City.

Duration. Our corporate existence under our bylaws continues until 2106.

Dissolution or Liquidation. Upon any dissolution or liquidation of our company, our stockholders will appoint one or more liquidators at an extraordinary general stockholders’ meeting to wind up our affairs. The approval of holders of the majority of the Series “A” Shares is necessary to appoint or remove any liquidator. Upon a dissolution or liquidation, holders of Series “D” Shares will be entitled to both accrued but unpaid dividends in respect of their Series “D” Shares, plus the theoretical value of their Series “D” Shares (as set forth in our bylaws). The theoretical value of our Series “D” Shares is Ps.0.00688246130560 per share. Thereafter, a payment per share will be made to each of the holders of Series “A” Shares, Series “B” Shares and Series “L” Shares equivalent to the payment received by each of the holders of Series “D” Shares. The remainder will be distributed equally among all stockholders in proportion to their number of Shares and amount paid.

Redemption. Our bylaws provide that we may redeem our Shares with distributable profits without reducing our capital stock by way of a stockholder resolution at an extraordinary stockholders’ meeting. In accordance with Mexican law and our bylaws:

any redemption shall be made on a pro-rata basis among all of our stockholders;
to the extent that a redemption is effected through a public tender offer on the Mexican Stock Exchange, the stockholders’ resolution approving the redemption may empower our Board to specify the number of shares to be redeemed and appoint the related intermediary or purchase agent; and
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Share Repurchases. As provided by Mexican law, our bylaws allow us to repurchase our Shares on the Mexican Stock Exchange at then prevailing market prices. The amount of capital stock allocated to share repurchases and the amount of the corresponding reserve created for this purpose is determined annually by our stockholders at an ordinary general stockholders’ meeting. The aggregate amount of resources allocated to share repurchases in any given year cannot exceed the total amount of our net profits in any given year, including retained earnings. Share repurchases must be charged to either our net worth if the repurchased Shares remain in our possession or our capital stock if the repurchased Shares are converted into treasury shares, in which case our capital stock is reduced automatically in an amount equal to the theoretical value of any repurchased Shares, if any. Any surplus is charged to the reserve for share repurchases. If the purchase price of the Shares is less than the theoretical value of the repurchased Shares, our capital stock account will be affected by an amount equal to the theoretical value of the repurchased Shares. Under Mexican law, we are not required to create a special reserve for the repurchase of shares, nor do we need the approval of our Board to effect share repurchases. In addition, any repurchased Shares cannot be represented at any stockholders’ meeting.

Conflicts of Interest. Under Mexican Law, any stockholder that votes on a transaction in which his, her or its interests conflict with our interests may be liable for damages, but only if the transaction would not have been approved without his, her or its vote. In addition, any member of the Board of Directors that votes on a transaction in which his, her or its interests conflict with our interests may be liable for damages. The Securities Market Law also imposes a duty of care and a duty of loyalty on directors as described in “Directors, Senior Management and Employees — Our Board of Directors — Duty of Care and Duty of Loyalty”. In addition, pursuant to the Mexican Securities Market Law, the Board of Directors, with input from the Corporate Practices Committee, must review and approve certain transactions and arrangements with related parties that meet certain thresholds. See “Directors, Senior Management and Employees — Our Board of Directors — Meetings; Actions Requiring Board Approval”.

Appraisal Rights and Other Minority Protections. Whenever our stockholders approve a change in our corporate purpose or jurisdiction of organization or our transformation from one type of company to another, any stockholder entitled to vote that did not vote in favor of these matters has the right to receive payment for its Series “A” Shares, Series “B” Shares, Series “D” Shares or Series “L” Shares in an amount calculated in accordance with Mexican law. However, stockholders must exercise their appraisal rights within fifteen days after the stockholders’ meeting at which the matter was approved. Because the holders of Series “L” Shares and Series “D” Shares may only vote in limited circumstances, appraisal rights are generally not available to them. See “— Voting Rights and Stockholders’ Meetings”.

Because the CPO Trustee must vote at a general stockholders’ meeting, the Series “A” Shares, Series “B” Shares and Series “D” Shares held by non-Mexicans through the CPO Trust will be voted by the individuals appointed by the Technical Committee of the CPO Trust, in the same manner as the majority of the Series “A” Shares held by Mexican nationals (directly, or through the CPO Trust, as the case may be). As a result, the Series “A” Shares, Series “B” Shares and Series “D” Shares underlying CPOs held by non-Mexicans will not be voted against any change that triggers the appraisal rights of the holders of these Shares. Therefore, these appraisal rights will not be available to holders of CPOs (or GDRs) with respect to Series “A” Shares, Series “B” Shares or Series “D” Shares.

The Mexican Securities Market Law and our bylaws include provisions that permit:

holders of at least 10% of our outstanding capital stock to request our Chairman of the Board or of the Audit Committee or Corporate Practices Committee to call a stockholders’ meeting in which they are entitled to vote;
subject to the satisfaction of certain requirements under Mexican law, holders of at least 5% of our outstanding capital stock to bring an action for civil liabilities against our directors;
holders of at least 10% of our Shares that are entitled to vote and are represented at a stockholders’ meeting to request postponement of resolutions with respect to any matter on which they were not sufficiently informed; and
subject to the satisfaction of certain requirements under Mexican law, holders of at least 20% of our outstanding capital stock to contest and suspend any stockholder resolution.

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See “Key Information—Risk Factors—Risk Factors Related to Our Securities—The Protections Afforded to Minority Stockholders in Mexico Are Different From Those in the U.S.” In addition, in accordance with the Mexican Securities Market Law, we are also subject to certain corporate governance requirements, including the requirement to maintain an audit committee and a corporate practices committee, and to elect independent directors. The protections afforded to minority stockholders under Mexican law are generally different from those in the U.S. and many other jurisdictions. Substantive Mexican law concerning fiduciary duties of directors has not been the subject of extensive judicial interpretation in Mexico, unlike many states in the U.S. where duties of care and loyalty elaborated by judicial decisions help to shape the rights of minority stockholders. Furthermore, despite the fact that recent amendments to the Mexican Federal Code of Civil Procedures have provided for certain types of class actions, these actions are limited to subject matters related to the use of goods or the provision of public or private services, as well as environmental matters. Therefore, Mexican civil procedure does not contemplate class actions or stockholder derivative actions, which permit stockholders in U.S. courts to bring actions on behalf of other stockholders or to enforce rights of the corporation itself. Stockholders in Mexico also cannot challenge corporate actions taken at stockholders’ meetings unless they meet stringent procedural requirements. See “— Voting Rights and Stockholders’ Meetings”. As a result of these factors, it is generally more difficult for our minority stockholders to enforce rights against us or our directors or Major Stockholders than it is for stockholders of a corporation established under the laws of a state of the U.S. In addition, under U.S. securities laws, as a foreign private issuer we are exempt from certain rules that apply to domestic U.S. issuers with equity securities registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act, including the proxy solicitation rules. We are also exempt from many of the corporate governance requirements of the New York Stock Exchange.

Antitakeover Protections

General. Our bylaws provide that, subject to certain exceptions: (i) any person, entity or group of persons and/or entities that intends to acquire beneficial ownership of ordinary Shares (as defined below) which, when coupled with ordinary Shares previously beneficially owned by such persons or their affiliates, represent 10% or more of our outstanding ordinary Shares; (ii) any competitor, or group including one or more competitors, that intends to acquire beneficial ownership of ordinary Shares which, when coupled with Shares previously beneficially owned by such competitor, group or their affiliates, represent 5% or more of our outstanding capital stock; (iii) any person, entity or group of persons and/or entities that wishes to acquire beneficial ownership of ordinary Shares representing 10% or more of our outstanding ordinary Shares; and (iv) any competitor, or group including one or more competitors, that intends to acquire beneficial ownership of ordinary Shares representing 5% or more of our capital stock, must obtain the prior approval of our Board of Directors and/or of our stockholders, as the case may be, subject to certain exceptions summarized below. Holders that acquire Shares in violation of these requirements will not be registered in our stock registry. Accordingly, these holders will not be able to vote such Shares or receive any dividends, distributions or other rights in respect of these Shares. In addition, pursuant to our bylaws, these holders will be obligated to pay us a penalty in an amount equal to the market value of the Shares so acquired. Pursuant to our bylaws, “Shares” are defined as the shares (of any class or series) representing our capital stock, and any instruments or securities that represent such shares or that grant any right with respect to or are convertible into those shares, expressly including CPOs; our Series “A” Shares and Series “B” Shares are our ordinary Shares.

Pursuant to our bylaws, a “competitor” is generally defined as any person or entity dedicated, directly or indirectly, to any of the following businesses or activities: television production and broadcasting, pay-TV production, program licensing, DTH satellite services, publishing (newspaper and/or magazine), publishing distribution, music recording, cable television, the transmission of programming and/or other content by any other means known or to be known, radio broadcasting and production, the promotion of professional sports and other entertainment events, paging services, production, feature film/motion picture production and distribution, dubbing and/or the operation of an Internet portal. A “competitor” is also defined to include any person, entity and/or group that is engaged in any type of business or activity in which we may be engaged from time to time and from which we derive 5% or more of our consolidated income.

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Board Notices, Meetings, Quorum Requirements and Approvals. To obtain the prior approval of our Board, a potential acquiror must properly deliver a written notice that states, among other things: (i) the number and class/type of our Shares it beneficially owns; (ii) the percentage of Shares it beneficially owns with respect to both our outstanding capital stock and the respective class/type of our Shares; (iii) the number and class/type of Shares it intends to acquire; (iv) the number and class/type of Shares it intends to grant or share a common interest or right; (v) its identity, or in the case of an acquiror which is a corporation, trust or legal entity, its stockholders or beneficiaries as well as the identity and nationality of each person effectively controlling such corporation, trust or legal entity; (vi) its ability to acquire our Shares in accordance with our bylaws and Mexican law, (vii) its source of financing the intended acquisition; (viii) if it has obtained any financing from one of its related parties for the payment of the Shares; (ix) the purpose of the intended acquisition; (x) if it intends to acquire additional common Shares in the future; which coupled with the current intended acquisition of common Shares and the common Shares previously beneficially owned by the potential acquiror, would result in ownership of 20% or more of our common Shares; (xi) if it intends to acquire control of us in the future; (xii) if the acquiror is our competitor or if it has any direct or indirect economic interest in or family relationship with one of our competitors; and (xiii) the identity of the financial institution, if any, that will act as the underwriter or broker in connection with any tender offer.

Either the Chairman, the Secretary or the Alternate Secretary of our Board of Directors must call a Board meeting within 10 calendar days following the receipt of the written notice and the Board meeting must be held within 45 calendar days following the call. Action by written consent is not permitted. With the exception of acquisitions that must be approved by the general extraordinary stockholders’ meeting as described below in “— Stockholder Notices, Meetings, Quorum Requirements and Approvals” in order to proceed with any acquisition of Shares that require Board authorization as set forth in our bylaws, such acquisition must be approved by at least the majority of the members of our Board present at a meeting at which at least 75% of the members of our Board are present. Such acquisitions must be acted upon by our Board within 60 calendar days following the receipt of the written notice described above, unless the Board determines that it does not have sufficient information upon which to base its decision. In such case, the Board shall deliver a written request to the potential acquiror for any additional information that it deems necessary to make its determination. The 60 calendar days referred to above will commence following the receipt of the additional information from the potential acquiror to render its decision.

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Stockholder Notices, Meetings, Quorum Requirements and Approvals. In the event: (i) of a proposed acquisition of Shares that would result in a “change of control”; (ii) that our Board cannot hold a Board meeting for any reason; (iii) of a proposed acquisition by a competitor and having certain characteristics; or (iv) that the Board determines that the proposed acquisition must be approved by our stockholders at a general extraordinary stockholders’ meeting, among others, then the proposed acquisition must be approved by the holders of at least 75% of our outstanding common Shares at a general extraordinary stockholders’ meeting (both in the case of first and subsequent calls) at which the holders of at least 85% of our outstanding common Shares are present. In addition, any proposed merger, spin-off, or capital increase or decrease which results in a change of control must also be approved by the holders of at least 75% of our outstanding common Shares at a general extraordinary stockholders’ meeting (both in the case of first and subsequent calls) at which the holders of at least 85% of our outstanding common Shares are present. Pursuant to our bylaws, a “change of control” is defined as the occurrence of any of the following: (i) the acquisition or transfer of ownership of a majority of our outstanding common Shares; (ii) the ability of a person, entity or group, other than the person who currently has the ability to, directly or indirectly, elect a majority of the members of our Board of Directors, to elect a majority of the members of our Board of Directors; or (iii) the ability of a person, entity or group, other than the person who currently has the ability to, directly or indirectly, determine our administrative decisions or policies, to determine our administrative decisions or policies. In the event that the general extraordinary stockholders’ meeting must approve the proposed acquisition, either the Chairman, the Secretary or the Alternate Secretary of our Board of Directors must publish a call for a general extraordinary stockholders’ meeting in the Official Gazette of the Federation and two other newspapers of general circulation in Mexico City at least 30 calendar days prior to such meeting (both in the case of first and subsequent calls). Once the call for the general extraordinary stockholders’ meeting has been published, all information related to the agenda for the meeting must be available for review by the holders of common Shares at the offices of our Secretary.

Mandatory Tender Offers in the Case of Certain Acquisitions. If either our Board of Directors or our stockholders at a general extraordinary stockholders’ meeting, as the case may be, authorize an acquisition of common Shares which increases the acquiror’s ownership to 20% or more, but not more than 50%, of our outstanding common Shares, without such acquisition resulting in a change of control, then the acquiror must effect its acquisition by way of a cash tender offer for a specified number of Shares equal to the greater of (x) the percentage of common Shares intended to be acquired or (y) 10% of our outstanding capital stock. In the event that our stockholders approve an acquisition that would result in a change of control, the acquiror must effect its acquisition by way of a cash tender offer for 100% of our total outstanding capital stock at a price which cannot be lower than the highest of the following: (i) the book value of the common Shares and CPOs as reported on the last quarterly income statement approved by the Board of Directors, (ii) the highest closing price of the common Shares, on any stock exchange during any of the three hundred-sixty-five (365) days preceding the date of the stockholders’ resolution approving the acquisition; or (iii) the highest price paid for any Shares, at any time by the acquiror. All tender offers must be made in Mexico and the U.S. within 60 days following the date on which the acquisition was approved by our Board of Directors or stockholders’ meeting, as the case may be. All holders must be paid the same price for their common Shares. The provisions of our bylaws summarized above regarding mandatory tender offers in the case of certain acquisitions are generally more stringent than those provided for under the Mexican Securities Market Law. In accordance with the Mexican Securities Market Law, bylaw provisions regarding mandatory tender offers in the case of certain acquisitions may differ from the requirements set forth in such law, provided that those provisions are more protective to minority stockholders than those afforded by law. In these cases, the relevant bylaw provisions, and not the relevant provisions of the Mexican Securities Market Law, will apply to certain acquisitions specified therein.

Exceptions. The provisions of our bylaws summarized above will not apply to (i) transfers of common Shares and/or CPOs by operation of the laws of inheritance, (ii) acquisitions of common Shares and/or CPOs by any person who, directly or indirectly, is entitled to appoint the greatest number of members to our Board of Directors, as well as by (A) entities controlled by such person, (B) affiliates of such person, (C) the estate of such person, (D) certain family members of such person, and (E) such person, when such person acquires any common Shares and/or CPOs from any entity, affiliate, person or family member referred to in (A), (B) and (D) above, and (iii) acquisitions or transfers of common Shares and/or CPOs by us, our subsidiaries or affiliates, or any trust created by us or any of our subsidiaries.

Amendments to the Antitakeover Provisions. Any amendments to these antitakeover provisions must be authorized by the CNBV and registered before the Public Registry of Commerce at our corporate domicile.

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Enforceability of Civil Liabilities

We are a publicly traded corporation (sociedad anónima bursátil) organized under the laws of Mexico. Substantially all of our directors, executive officers and controlling persons reside outside of the United States, all or a significant portion of the assets of our directors, executive officers and controlling persons, and substantially all of our assets, are located outside of the U.S. and some of the experts named in this annual report also reside outside of the U.S. As a result, it may not be possible for investors to effect service of process within the U.S. upon these persons or to enforce against them or us in U.S. courts judgments predicated upon the civil liability provisions of the federal securities laws of the United States. We have been advised by our Mexican counsel, Mijares, Angoitia, Cortés y Fuentes, S.C., that there is doubt as to the enforceability, in original actions in Mexican courts, of liabilities predicated solely on U.S. federal securities laws and as to the enforceability in Mexican courts of judgments of U.S. courts obtained in actions predicated upon the civil liability provisions of U.S. federal securities laws. In the past, Mexican courts have enforced judgments rendered in the U.S. by virtue of the legal principles of reciprocity and comity, consisting of the review in Mexico of the U.S. judgment in order to ascertain whether Mexican legal principles of due process and public policy (orden público) have been complied with, without reviewing the merits of the subject matter of the case. See “Key Information—Risk Factors—Risks Factors Related to Our Securities—It May Be Difficult to Enforce Civil Liabilities Against Us or Our Directors, Executive Officers and Controlling Persons”.

Material Contracts

We have been granted a number of concessions by the Mexican government that authorizes us to broadcast programming over our television stations and our cable and DTH systems. These concessions are described under “Information on the Company—Business Overview—Regulation”. If we are unable to renew, or if the Mexican government revokes, any of these concessions, our business would be materially adversely affected. See “Key Information—Risk Factors—Risk Factors Related to Our Business—The Operation of Our Business May Be Adversely Affected if the Mexican Government Does Not Renew or Revokes Our Broadcast or Other Concessions”.

We operate our DTH satellite service in Mexico, Central America and the Dominican Republic through a partnership with DIRECTV. See “Information on the Company—Business Overview—Our Operations—Sky”.

In October 2017, we issued Ps.4,500 million aggregate principal amount of 8.79% local bonds (Certificados Bursátiles) due 2027. In November and December 2017, we entered into long-term debt bilateral agreements, with Scotiabank, HSBC and Santander in the aggregate principal amount of Ps.2,500, Ps.2,000 and Ps.1,500 million, respectively, with maturities between 2022 and 2023 bearing interest at an annual rate of TIIE plus a range between 125 and 130 basis points. On February 23, 2022, we prepaid the full amount of our bank loans with HSBC and Santander for Ps.2,000 million and Ps.1,500 million, respectively. On March 7, 2022, we prepaid the full amount of our bank loan with Scotiabank for Ps.2,500 million.

In March 2018, the Company entered into a RCF with a syndicate of banks for up to an amount equivalent to U.S.$583 million payable in Mexican pesos, for a three-year term. The RCF was subsequently upsized to U.S.$618 million payable in Mexican pesos, and extended by a year. This facility bears interest at a floating rate based on a spread of 87.5 or 112.5 basis points over the 28-day TIIE rate depending on our net leverage ratio. In March 2020, the Company drew down the RCF as a prudent and precautionary measure in order to increase our cash position and preserve financial flexibility in light of current uncertainty in the global and local markets resulting from the COVID-19 outbreak. The aggregate principal amount was Ps.14,770.7 million, with maturity in the first quarter of 2022. In October 2020, the Company prepaid the RCF in full. In February 2022, we renewed the RCF for three years with the same financial conditions and increased the committed amount to U.S.$650 million. In May 2019, we issued U.S.$750 million aggregate principal amount of 5.25% Senior Notes due 2049. In June 2019, we entered into a credit agreement for a five-year term loan with a syndicate of banks in an amount of Ps.10,000 million. For a description of the material terms of the amended indentures related to our 6.625% Senior Notes due 2025, our 4.625% Senior Notes due 2026, our 8.5% Senior Notes due 2032, our 8.49% Senior Notes due 2037, our 6.625% Senior Notes due 2040, our 7.38% local bonds (Certificados Bursátiles) due 2020, our 7.25% Senior Notes due 2043, our 28-day TIIE plus 0.35% local bonds (Certificados Bursátiles) due 2021 and 2022, our 5.0% Senior Notes due 2045, our 6.125% Senior Notes due 2046 and our 8.79% local bonds due 2027, as well as the description of the material terms for the Company’s subsidiaries debt and lease liabilities see “Operating and Financial Review and Prospects—Results of Operations—Liquidity, Foreign Exchange and Capital Resources—Refinancings” and “Operating and Financial Review and Prospects—Results of Operations—Liquidity, Foreign Exchange and Capital Resources—Indebtedness”.

On March 30, 2022, we redeemed U.S.$200 million of the U.S.$600 million aggregate amount of our 6.625% Senior Notes due 2025.

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In August 2022, we completed a tender offer to purchase in cash a principal amount of U.S.$133.6 million of our 6.625% Senior Notes due 2025, U.S.$110.6 million of our 5.000% Senior Notes due 2045, and U.S.$47.8 million of our 5.250% Senior Notes due 2049, for an aggregate principal amount of U.S.$292.0 million.

Our transactions and arrangements with related parties are described under “Major Stockholders and Related Party Transactions—Related Party Transactions”.

For a description of our material transactions and arrangements with Univision, see “Information on the Company—Business Overview—TelevisaUnivision”.

Legal Proceedings

On March 5, 2018, a purported stockholder class action lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (the “District Court”), alleging securities law violations in connection with allegedly misleading statements and/or omissions in the Company’s public disclosures. The lawsuit alleges that the Company and two of its executives failed to disclose alleged involvement in bribery activities relating to certain executives of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (“FIFA”), and wrongfully failed to disclose weaknesses in the Company’s internal control over its financial reporting as of December 31, 2016.

On May 17, 2018, the District Court appointed a lead plaintiff for the putative stockholder class. On August 6, 2018, the lead plaintiff filed an amended complaint. The Company thereupon filed a motion to dismiss the amended complaint. On March 25, 2019, the District Court issued a decision denying the Company’s motion to dismiss, holding that plaintiff’s allegations, if true, were sufficient to support a claim. The parties began to exchange discovery materials, and the discovery process continued into 2022. On June 8, 2020, the District Court issued a decision denying class certification based on the inadequacy of the proposed class representative. On June 29, 2020, the District Court issued a decision granting class certification to a new class representative. The Company sought permission for leave to appeal the District Court’s order.

On October 6, 2020, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (the “Court of Appeals”) denied the Company’s request for leave to appeal the District Court’s class certification order.

On May 19, 2021, the District Court issued an order disqualifying class counsel and stayed the case for thirty days so the class representative could identify replacement counsel. On June 17, 2021, the District Court granted a request from the class representative and disqualified counsel to extend the stay for an additional sixty days. On June 18, 2021, a petition for a writ of mandamus was filed in the Court of Appeals, seeking reinstatement of disqualified counsel. On June 23, 2021, the Court of Appeals granted a request from the petitioners to stay proceedings in the District Court pending the Court of Appeals’ decision on the petition. On August 24, 2021, the Court of Appeals denied the petition. On September 14, 2021, the case was returned to the District Court. On October 8, 2021, the District Court appointed new class counsel. On October 22, 2021, the Company filed a motion to define the class period. On March 31, 2022, the discovery period concluded, with exceptions.

On July 20, 2022, the District Court issued a decision on the Company’s class definition motion, defining the class period as April 11, 2013 through November 17, 2017, inclusive. On August 3, 2022, the Company filed a petition with the Court of Appeals seeking permission for leave to appeal the District Court’s order. On November 15, 2022, the Court of Appeals denied the Company's petition. On August 5, 2022, the Company filed a motion for summary judgment.

On November 23, 2022, the Company announced that it had reached an agreement in principle to settle the securities class action. As set forth in that disclosure, the Company will be paying approximately U.S.$21.5 million of the total settlement amount of U.S.$95 million, with the remainder to be funded under the Company’s insurance policies. As explained in the disclosure, while the Company continues to believe that the allegations in the case were without merit, it also believes that eliminating the distraction, expense, and risk of continued litigation is in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders. On December 28, 2022, the parties executed a memorandum of understanding memorializing the agreement in principle. On February 28, 2023, the parties executed a settlement agreement to fully resolve and settle the class’s claims, which the lead plaintiff filed with the District Court the same day, along with a motion for preliminary approval of the settlement.  On April 20, 2023, the District Court granted preliminary approval of the settlement agreement.  The settlement remains subject to notice to the class, final approval by the District Court, and the satisfaction of customary conditions to effectiveness.  Within twenty business days of receiving complete payment instructions, the Company must transfer the settlement amount to the designated escrow account that was established for the administration of the settlement.

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There are several legal actions and claims pending against us which are filed in the ordinary course of business. In our opinion, none of these actions and claims are expected to have a material adverse effect on our financial statements as a whole; however, we are unable to predict the outcome of any of these legal actions and claims.

Exchange Controls

For a description of exchange controls and exchange rate information, see “Key Information — Exchange Rate Information”.

Taxation

U.S. Taxes

General. The following is a summary of the anticipated material U.S. federal income tax consequences of the purchase, ownership and disposition of GDSs, CPOs and the Series “A” Shares, Series “B” Shares, Series “L” Shares and Series “D” Shares underlying the CPOs (referred to herein as the “Underlying Shares”), in each case, except as otherwise noted, by U.S. Holders (as defined below). This discussion does not address all aspects of U.S. federal income taxation that may be relevant to a particular beneficial owner of GDSs, CPOs or Underlying Shares based on the beneficial owner’s particular circumstances. For example, with respect to U.S. Holders, the following discussion does not address the U.S. federal income tax consequences to a U.S. Holder:

that owns, directly, indirectly or through attribution, 2% or more of the total voting power or value of our outstanding Underlying Shares (including through ownership of GDSs and CPOs);
that is a dealer in securities, insurance company, financial institution, tax-exempt organization, U.S. expatriate, broker-dealer or trader in securities; or
whose functional currency is not the U.S. Dollar.

Also, this discussion does not consider:

the tax consequences to the stockholders, partners or beneficiaries of a U.S. Holder; or
special tax rules that may apply to a U.S. Holder that holds GDSs, CPOs or Underlying Shares as part of a “straddle,” “hedge,” “conversion transaction,” “synthetic security” or other integrated investment.

U.S. Holders that use an accrual method of accounting for U.S. federal income tax purposes generally are required to include certain amounts in income no later than the time such amounts are reflected on certain applicable financial statements. The application of this rule may require the accrual of income earlier than would be the case under the general U.S. federal income tax rules described below. U.S. Holders that use an accrual method of accounting for U.S. federal income tax purposes should consult with their tax advisors regarding the potential applicability of this rule to their particular situation.

In addition, the following discussion does not address any aspect of state, local or non-U.S. tax laws other than Mexican tax laws. Further, this discussion generally applies only to U.S. Holders that hold the CPOs, GDSs or Underlying Shares as capital assets within the meaning of Section 1221 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (referred to herein as the “Code”).

The discussion set forth below is based on the U.S. federal income tax laws as in force on the date of this annual report, including:

the Code, applicable U.S. Treasury regulations and judicial and administrative interpretations; and
the convention between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the United Mexican States for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with respect to Taxes on Income, including the applicable protocols, collectively referred to herein as the “U.S.-Mexico Tax Treaty.”

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The discussion is subject to changes to those laws and the U.S.-Mexico Tax Treaty subsequent to the date of this annual report, which changes could be made on a retroactive basis, and is also based, in part, on the representations of the Depositary with respect to the GDSs and on the assumption that each obligation in the Deposit Agreement relating to the GDSs and any related agreements will be performed in accordance with their terms.

As used in this section, the term “U.S. Holder” means a beneficial owner of CPOs, GDSs or Underlying Shares that is, for U.S. federal income tax purposes:

a citizen or individual resident of the United States;
a corporation (or entity treated as a corporation for such purposes) created or organized in or under the laws of the United States, or any State thereof or the District of Columbia;
an estate the income of which is included in gross income for U.S. federal income tax purposes regardless of source; or
a trust, if either (x) it is subject to the primary supervision of a court within the United States and one or more “United States persons” has the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust or (y) it has a valid election in effect under applicable U.S. Treasury regulations to be treated as a “United States person”.

If a partnership (or an entity or arrangement classified as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes) holds CPOs, GDSs or Underlying Shares, the U.S. federal income tax treatment of a partner in the partnership generally will depend on the status of the partner, the activities of the partnership and certain determinations made at the partner level. Partnerships holding CPOs, GDSs or Underlying Shares, and partners in such partnerships, should consult their own tax advisors regarding the U.S. federal income tax consequences of purchasing, owning and disposing of CPOs, GDSs or Underlying Shares.

An individual may be treated as a resident of the United States in any calendar year for U.S. federal income tax purposes by being present in the United States on at least 31 days in that calendar year and for an aggregate of at least 183 days during a three-year period ending at the close of that year. For purposes of this calculation, all of the days present in the current year, one-third of the days present in the immediately preceding year and one-sixth of the days present in the second preceding year would be counted. Residents are taxed for U.S. federal income purposes as if they were U.S. citizens.

The application of the U.S.-Mexico Tax Treaty to U.S. Holders is conditioned upon, among other things, the assumptions that the U.S. Holder:

is not a resident of Mexico for purposes of the U.S.-Mexico Tax Treaty;
is an individual who has a “substantial presence” (within the meaning of the U.S.-Mexico Tax Treaty) in the United States;
is entitled to the benefits of the U.S.-Mexico Tax Treaty under the limitation on benefits provision contained in Article 17 of the U.S.-Mexico Tax Treaty; and
does not have a fixed place of business or a permanent establishment in Mexico with which its ownership of CPOs, GDSs or Underlying Shares is effectively connected.

For U.S. federal income tax purposes, U.S. Holders of GDSs and CPOs will be treated as the beneficial owners of the Underlying Shares represented by the GDSs and CPOs.

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Dividends. The U.S. Dollar value of any distribution paid by us, including the amount of any Mexican taxes withheld from such distribution, will be included in the gross income of a U.S. Holder as a dividend, treated as ordinary income, to the extent that the distribution is paid out of our current and/or accumulated earnings and profits, as determined under U.S. federal income tax principles. U.S. Holders will not be entitled to claim a dividends received deduction for dividends received from us. Distributions that are treated as dividends received from us by a non-corporate U.S. Holder who meets certain eligibility requirements will qualify for U.S. federal income taxation at a preferential rate of 20% (or lower) if we are a “qualified foreign corporation”. We generally will be a “qualified foreign corporation” if either (i) we are eligible for benefits under the U.S.-Mexico Tax Treaty or (ii) the Underlying Shares or GDSs are listed on an established securities market in the United States. As we are eligible for benefits under the U.S.-Mexico Tax Treaty and the GDSs are listed on the New York Stock Exchange, we presently are a “qualified foreign corporation,” and we generally expect to be a “qualified foreign corporation” in future taxable years, but no assurance can be given that a change in circumstances will not affect our treatment as a “qualified foreign corporation” in any future taxable years. A non-corporate U.S. Holder will not be eligible for the reduced rate (a) if the U.S. Holder has not held the Underlying Shares, CPOs or GDSs for at least 61 days of the 121-day period beginning on the date which is 60 days before the ex-dividend date, (b) to the extent the U.S. Holder is under an obligation to make related payments on substantially similar or related property or (c) with respect to any portion of a dividend that is taken into account as investment income under Section 163(d)(4)(B) of the Code. Any days during which a U.S. Holder has diminished the U.S. Holder’s risk of loss with respect to the Underlying Shares, CPOs or GDSs (for example, by holding an option to sell such Underlying Shares, CPOs or GDSs) are not counted towards meeting the 61-day holding period. Special rules apply in determining the foreign tax credit limitation with respect to dividends subject to U.S. federal income taxation at the reduced rate. U.S. Holders should consult their own tax advisors concerning whether dividends received by them qualify for the reduced rate. In addition, a 3.8% tax may apply to certain investment income recognized by a U.S. Holder. See “— Medicare Tax” below.

To the extent, if any, that the amount of a distribution exceeds our current and/or accumulated earnings and profits, the distribution will first reduce the U.S. Holder’s adjusted tax basis in its Underlying Shares, CPOs or GDSs and, to the extent the distribution exceeds the U.S. Holder’s adjusted tax basis, it will be treated as gain from the sale of the U.S. Holder’s Underlying Shares, CPOs or GDSs. We do not maintain calculations of our earnings and profits under U.S. federal income tax principles. Therefore, a U.S. Holder should expect that a distribution paid by us will be treated as a dividend, even if that distribution would otherwise be treated as reducing such U.S. Holder’s adjusted tax basis in its Underlying Shares, CPOs or GDSs or as gain from the sale of the U.S. Holder’s Underlying Shares, CPOs or GDSs under the rules described above.

The U.S. Dollar value of any distributions paid in Pesos, including the amount of any Mexican taxes withheld, will be calculated by reference to the interbank exchange rate in effect on the date of receipt by the U.S. Holder or, with respect to the GDSs, The Bank of New York Mellon, in its capacity as Depositary, regardless of whether the payment is in fact converted into U.S. Dollars. U.S. Holders should consult their own tax advisors regarding the treatment of any foreign currency gain or loss on any distributions paid in Pesos that are not converted into U.S. Dollars on the day the Pesos are received. For U.S. foreign tax credit purposes, dividends distributed by us on CPOs, GDSs or Underlying Shares generally will constitute foreign source “passive income” or, in the case of some U.S. Holders, foreign source “general category income”.

In general, pro rata distributions of additional shares with respect to the Underlying Shares that are part of a pro rata distribution to all of our stockholders generally (including U.S. Holders of GDSs) will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax.

A beneficial owner of CPOs, GDSs or Underlying Shares that is not a U.S. Holder and is not a partnership (or an entity or arrangement classified as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes) will not be subject to U.S. federal income or withholding tax on a dividend paid with respect to the CPOs, GDSs or the Underlying Shares, unless the dividend is effectively connected with the conduct by the beneficial owner of a trade or business in the United States.

Capital Gains. Gain or loss recognized by a U.S. Holder on a taxable sale or exchange of CPOs, GDSs or Underlying Shares will be subject to U.S. federal income taxation as capital gain or loss in an amount equal to the difference between the amount realized on the sale or exchange and the U.S. Holder’s adjusted tax basis in the CPOs, GDSs or Underlying Shares. Such capital gain or loss generally will be long-term capital gain or loss if the CPOs, GDSs or Underlying Shares have been held for more than one year at the time of disposition. Long-term capital gain of non-corporate U.S. Holders, including individual U.S. Holders, is subject to U.S. federal income tax at a preferential rate of 20% (or lower). In addition, a 3.8% tax may apply to certain investment income recognized by a U.S. Holder on a sale or exchange of CPOs, GDSs or Underlying Shares. See “— Medicare Tax” below. The deductibility of capital losses is subject to significant limitations.

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Such capital gains generally will be U.S. source income, unless the gains are subject to Mexican taxation, in which case such gains generally will be treated as arising in Mexico under the U.S.-Mexico Tax Treaty. If capital gains are subject to Mexican taxation under the U.S.-Mexico Tax Treaty, a U.S. Holder generally may elect to treat such gains as foreign source income for U.S. foreign tax credit limitation purposes. However, any such Mexican taxes may not be used to offset U.S. federal income tax on any other item of income, and foreign taxes on any other item of income cannot be used to offset U.S. federal income tax on such gains. U.S. Holders should consult their tax advisors regarding the potential applicability of this rule to their particular situation.

Capital losses recognized on the sale or exchange of CPOs, GDSs or Underlying Shares generally will offset U.S. source income. Deposits and withdrawals of CPOs for GDSs and of Underlying Shares for CPOs by U.S. Holders will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax.

A beneficial owner of CPOs, GDSs or Underlying Shares that is not a U.S. Holder and is not a partnership (or an entity or arrangement classified as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes) generally will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax on gain recognized on a sale or exchange of CPOs, GDSs or Underlying Shares unless:

the gain is effectively connected with the beneficial owner’s conduct of a trade or business in the United States; or
the beneficial owner is an individual who holds CPOs, GDSs or Underlying Shares as a capital asset, is present in the United States for 183 days or more in the taxable year of the sale or exchange and meets other requirements.

Medicare Tax. A U.S. Holder that is an individual or estate, or a trust that does not fall into a special class of trusts that is exempt from such tax, will generally be subject to a 3.8% tax on the lesser of (i) the U.S. Holder’s “net investment income” for a taxable year and (ii) the excess of the U.S. Holder’s modified adjusted gross income for such taxable year over U.S.$200,000 (U.S.$250,000 in the case of joint filers). For these purposes, “net investment income” will generally include dividends paid with respect to CPOs, GDSs or Underlying Shares and net gain attributable to the disposition of CPOs, GDSs or Underlying Shares (in each case, unless such CPOs, GDSs or Underlying Shares are held in connection with certain trades or businesses), but will be reduced by any deductions properly allocable to such income or net gain.

U.S. Backup Withholding. A U.S. Holder may be subject to U.S. information reporting and U.S. backup withholding on dividends paid on Underlying Shares, and on proceeds from the sale or other disposition of CPOs, GDSs or Underlying Shares, unless the U.S. Holder:

comes within an exempt category and, if required, certifies its exempt status; or
provides the applicable withholding agent with the U.S. Holder’s taxpayer identification number, certifies as to no loss of exemption from backup withholding tax and otherwise complies with the applicable requirements of the backup withholding rules.

The amount of any backup withholding will be allowed as a credit against the U.S. Holder’s U.S. federal income tax liability and may entitle such holder to a refund, provided, however, that certain required information is timely furnished to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”). A beneficial owner of CPOs, GDSs or Underlying Shares that is not a U.S. Holder may be required to comply with certification and identification procedures in order to establish its exemption from backup withholding.

Certain Reporting Requirements. U.S. Holders that are individuals (and to the extent specified in applicable U.S. Treasury regulations, certain U.S. Holders that are entities and certain individuals that are not U.S. Holders) and hold “specified foreign financial assets” (as defined in section 6038D of the Code) are required to file a report on IRS Form 8938 with information relating to such assets for each taxable year in which the aggregate value of all such assets exceeds U.S.$75,000 at any time during the taxable year or U.S.$50,000 on the last day of the taxable year (or such higher dollar amount as prescribed by applicable U.S. Treasury regulations). Specified foreign financial assets would include, among other assets, GDSs, CPOs and Underlying Shares that are not held through an account maintained with a U.S. “financial institution” (as defined). Substantial penalties apply to any failure to timely file IRS Form 8938, unless the failure is shown to be due to reasonable cause and not due to willful neglect. Additionally, in the event a U.S. Holder that is required to file IRS Form 8938 does not file such form, the statute of limitations on the assessment and collection of U.S. federal income taxes of such U.S. Holder for the related tax year may not close until three years after the date that the required information is filed. Beneficial owners of GDSs, CPOs or Underlying Shares should consult their own tax advisors regarding their reporting obligations with respect to “specified foreign financial assets”.

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Federal Mexican Taxation

General. The following is a general summary of the main tax consequences under the Mexican Income Tax Law, Federal Tax Code and rules as currently in effect (the “Mexican Tax Legislation”), all of which are subject to change or interpretation, and under the U.S.-Mexico Tax Treaty, of the purchase, ownership and disposition of CPOs, GDSs or underlying Series “A” Shares, Series “B” Shares, Series “D” Shares and Series “L” Shares by a person that is not a resident of Mexico for tax purposes, as defined below.

U.S. Holders should consult with their own tax advisors as to their entitlement to benefits afforded by the U.S.-Mexico Tax Treaty. Mexico has also entered into and is negotiating with various countries regarding other tax treaties that may have an effect on the tax treatment of CPOs, GDSs or underlying Series “A” Shares, Series “B” Shares, Series “D” Shares and Series “L” Shares. Holders should consult with their tax advisors as to their entitlement to the benefits afforded by these treaties.

This discussion does not constitute, and shall not be considered as, legal or tax advice to holders.

According to the Mexican Tax Legislation:

an individual is a Mexican tax resident if the individual has established his permanent home in Mexico. When an individual, in addition to his permanent home in Mexico, has a permanent home in another country, the individual will be a Mexican tax resident if his center of vital interests is located in Mexico. This will be deemed to occur if, among other circumstances, either (i) more than 50% of the total income obtained by the individual in the calendar year is Mexican source or (ii) when the individual’s center of professional activities is located in Mexico. Unless otherwise proven, a Mexican national is considered a Mexican tax resident;
a legal entity is considered a Mexican tax resident if it maintains the main administration of its head office, business, or the effective location of its management in Mexico.
a foreign person with a permanent establishment in Mexico will be required to pay taxes in Mexico in accordance with the Mexican Tax Legislation for income attributable to such permanent establishment; and
a foreign person without a permanent establishment in Mexico will be required to pay taxes in Mexico in respect of revenues proceeding from sources of wealth located in national territory.

Mexican nationals and legal entities who filed a change of tax residence to a country or jurisdiction that does not have a comprehensive exchange of information agreement with Mexico and an International Treaty that Enables Mutual Administrative Assistance in the Notification, Payment and Collection of Contributions, in which the income of the relevant person is subject to a preferred tax regime pursuant to the provisions of the Mexican Income Tax Law, will be considered as Mexican residents for tax purposes during the year of filing of the notice of such residence change and during the following five years. If the notice is not filed, the nationals or legal entities will continue be considered as Mexican tax residents.

Dividends. Beginning in 2014, dividends, either in cash or in any other form, coming from our “previously taxed net earnings account”, or “cuenta de utilidad fiscal neta”, generated up to 2013 and paid with respect to the shares underlying the CPOs, including those CPOs represented by GDSs, will not be subject to Mexican withholding tax. On the other hand, the dividends coming from our previously taxed net earnings account generated during or after 2014 will be subject to a 10% Mexican withholding tax. We must first utilize the previously taxed net earnings account generated up to 2013 and when this account no longer has a balance, we must utilize the previously taxed net earnings account generated during or after 2014. The latter dividends will be subject to the 10% Mexican withholding tax.

However, under the U.S.-Mexico Tax Treaty, any U.S. Holder that is eligible to claim the benefits of the U.S.-Mexico Tax Treaty may be exempt from or subject to a lower withholding tax rate on dividends paid with respect to the shares underlying the CPOs, including those CPOs represented by GDSs. The U.S. Holder may be subject to a lower withholding tax rate (5%) under the U.S.-Mexico Tax Treaty if the U.S. Holder is a company that owns directly at least 10% of our voting outstanding shares.

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On the other hand, the U.S. Holder may be exempt from withholding tax under the U.S.-Mexico Tax Treaty if the U.S. Holder is either (a) a company that has owned shares representing 80 percent or more of our voting outstanding shares for a 12-month period ending on the date the dividend is declared and that (1) prior to October 1, 1998 owned, directly or indirectly, shares representing 80 percent or more of our voting outstanding shares; or (2) is entitled to the benefits of the U.S.-Mexico Tax Treaty under clauses (i) or (ii) of subparagraph d) of paragraph 1 of Article 17 (Limitation on Benefits); or (3) is entitled to the benefits of the U.S.-Mexico Tax Treaty with respect to the dividends under subparagraph g) of paragraph 1 of Article 17; or (4) has received a determination from the relevant competent authority pursuant to paragraph 2 of Article 17; or (b) a trust, company, or other organization constituted and operated exclusively to administer or provide benefits under one or more plans established to provide pension, retirement or other employee benefits and its income is generally exempt from tax in the United States, provided that such dividends are not derived from the carrying on of a business, directly or indirectly, by such trust, company or organization.

Dividends paid to other Holders that are eligible to receive benefits pursuant to other income tax treaties to which Mexico is a party may be exempt from or subject to a lower withholding tax rate in whole or in part. Non-U.S. Holders should consult their own tax advisors as to their possible eligibility under such other income tax treaties. Appropriate tax residence certifications must be obtained by Holders eligible for tax treaty benefits.

When dividends are paid from our previously taxed net earnings account we will not be required to pay any Mexican corporate income tax on the dividends. During 2023, if dividends are not paid from our previously taxed net earnings account we will be required to pay a 30% Mexican corporate income tax (“CIT”) on the grossed-up dividends with the factor 1.4286.

Sales or Other Dispositions. Deposits and withdrawals of CPOs for GDSs and of underlying Series “A” Shares, Series “B” Shares, Series “D” Shares and Series “L” Shares for CPOs will not give rise to Mexican tax or transfer duties.

Beginning on January 1, 2014, the gains on the sale or other disposition of CPOs, GDSs or underlying Series “A” Shares, Series “B” Shares, Series “D” Shares and Series “L” Shares will be subject to a 10% Mexican withholding tax if the sale is carried out through the Mexican Stock Exchange. This withholding tax will not apply if the Holder is a tax resident of a country that has in effect a Tax Treaty with Mexico, as is the case with the United States; in order to obtain this benefit the Holder must deliver to the withholding agent a letter stating, under oath, (i) that the Holder is resident for purposes of the specific Tax Treaty and (ii) the Holder’s tax identification number.

Sales or other dispositions of CPOs, GDSs or underlying Series “A” Shares, Series “B” Shares, Series “D” Shares and Series “L” Shares made in other circumstances also would be subject to Mexican income tax. However, under the U.S.-Mexico Tax Treaty, any U.S. Holder that is eligible to claim the benefits of the U.S.-Mexico Tax Treaty may be exempt from Mexican tax on gains realized on a sale or other disposition of CPOs and shares underlying the CPOs in a transaction that is not carried out through the Mexican Stock Exchange. The U.S. Holder will be exempt under the U.S.-Mexico Tax Treaty if the U.S. Holder did not own directly or indirectly 25% or more of the our outstanding shares within the 12-month period preceding such sale or disposition. Gains realized by other Holders that are eligible to receive benefits pursuant to other income tax treaties to which Mexico is a party may be exempt from Mexican income tax in whole or in part. Non-U.S. Holders should consult their own tax advisors as to their possible eligibility under such other income tax treaties. Appropriate tax residence certifications must be obtained by Holders eligible for tax treaty benefits.

Other Mexican Taxes. There are no estate, gift, or succession taxes applicable to the ownership, transfer or disposition of CPOs, GDSs or underlying Series “A” Shares, Series “B” Shares, Series “D” Shares and Series “L” Shares. However, a gratuitous transfer of CPOs, GDSs or underlying Series “A” Shares, Series “B” Shares, Series “D” Shares and Series “L” Shares may, in some circumstances, result in the imposition of a Mexican federal tax upon the recipient. There are no Mexican stamp, issuer, registration or similar taxes or duties payable by holders of GDSs, CPOs, or underlying Series “A” Shares, Series “B” Shares, Series “D” Shares and Series “L” Shares.

Documents on Display

For further information with respect to us and our CPOs and GDSs, we refer you to the filings we have made with the SEC. Statements contained in this annual report concerning the contents of any contract or any other document are not necessarily complete. If a contract or document has been filed as an exhibit to any filing we have made with the SEC, we refer you to the copy of the contract or document that has been filed. Each statement in this annual report relating to a contract or document filed as an exhibit to any filing we have made with the SEC is qualified in its entirety by the filed exhibit.

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The Company is subject to the informational requirements of the Exchange Act and in accordance therewith files reports and other information with the SEC. Reports and other information filed by the Company with the SEC are available at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. We maintain a website at http://www.televisair.com/en and make all of our annual, quarterly and current reports and other publicly filed information available, free of charge, on or through our website.

We furnish The Bank of New York Mellon, the depositary for our GDSs, with annual reports in English. These reports contain audited consolidated financial statements that, starting with the annual report for year ended December 31, 2012, have been prepared in accordance with IFRS. The historical financial statements included in these reports have been examined and reported on, with an opinion expressed by, an independent registered public accounting firm. The depositary is required to mail our annual reports to all holders of record of our GDSs. The Deposit Agreement for the GDSs also requires us to furnish the depositary with English translations of all notices of stockholders’ meetings and other reports and communications that we send to holders of our CPOs. The depositary is required to mail these notices, reports and communications to holders of record of our GDSs.

As a foreign private issuer, we are not required to furnish proxy statements to holders of our CPOs or GDSs in the United States.

Item 11.Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

Market Risk Disclosures

Market risk is the exposure to an adverse change in the value of financial instruments caused by market factors including changes in equity prices, interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates, commodity prices and inflation rates. The following information includes “forward-looking statements” that involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results could differ from those presented.

Risk Management. We are exposed to market risks arising from changes in equity prices, interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates and inflation rates, in both the Mexican and U.S. markets. Our risk management activities are monitored by our Investments, Risk Management and Treasury Committee.

We monitor our exposure to interest rate risk by: (i) evaluating differences between interest rates on our outstanding debt and short-term investments and market interest rates on similar financial instruments; (ii) reviewing our cash flow needs and financial ratios (indebtedness and interest coverage); (iii) assessing current and forecasted trends in the relevant markets; and (iv) evaluating peer group and industry practices. This approach allows us to establish the interest rate “mix” between variable and fixed rate debt.

Foreign currency exchange risk is monitored by assessing our net monetary liability position in U.S. Dollars and our forecasted cash flow needs for anticipated U.S. Dollar investments and servicing our U.S. Dollar-denominated debt. Equity price risk is assessed by evaluating the long-term value of our investment in both domestic and foreign affiliates, versus comparable investments in the marketplace. We classify our equity investments in affiliates, both domestic and foreign, as long-term assets.

In compliance with the procedures and controls established by our Investments, Risk Management and Treasury Committee, in 2020, 2021 and 2022, we entered into certain derivative transactions with certain financial institutions in order to manage our exposure to market risks resulting from changes in interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates, and inflation rates. Our objective in managing foreign currency and inflation fluctuations is to reduce earnings and cash flow volatility. See Notes 2(w), 4 and 15 to our consolidated year-end financial statements.

Foreign Currency Exchange Rate Risk and Interest Rate Risk

During January and April 2012, in connection with TVI’s variable rate bank loan with Banorte due 2016, TVI entered into interest rate swap agreements on a notional amount of Ps.500.0 million and Ps.800.0 million, respectively. These agreements involve the exchange of interest payments based on a variable interest rate for amounts based on fixed rates. These agreements allowed us to fix the coupon payments for a period of four years at an interest rate of 6.9315%. In May 2015, the variable rate bank loan was prepaid but this agreement continued because a new variable rate bank loan with Banorte due 2022 was agreed and it covered the same exposure until February 2016. In October 2016, the Company entered as a guarantor on the bank loan due 2022 with Banorte, and as a consequence, the interest rate payable decreased 30 bps as of October 2016. In August 2015 and March 2017, TVI entered into interest rate swap agreements on a notional amount of Ps.250.0 million and Ps.750.0 million, respectively. These agreements also involved the exchange of interest payments based on a variable interest rate for amounts based on fixed rates. These agreements allowed us to fix the coupon payments at an interest rate of 7.8469%. On April 5, 2017, TVI entered into an interest rate swap agreement on a notional amount of Ps.742.0 million that allowed us to fix all coupon payments at an interest rate of 8.0250%. In April 2022, the bank loan was fully prepaid, and the interest rate swap matured.

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During the second half of 2015, in connection with two of TVI’s variable rate bank loans with Santander due 2019 and 2020, TVI entered into interest rate swap agreements on notional amounts of Ps.250.0 million each. These agreements involve the exchange of interest payments based on a variable interest rate for amounts based on fixed rates. In September 2016, the Company entered as a guarantor on the bank loans with Santander, and consequently, the interest rate payable decreased 10 bps as of September 2016. These agreements allowed us to fix the coupon payments at an interest rate of 6.3975% and 6.68%, respectively. In the third quarter of 2019, one of the loans with a notional amount of Ps.250.0 million and the related interest rate swaps matured. During the second quarter of 2020, the loan with a notional amount of Ps. 250.0 million and the related interest rate swap matured.

During 2018, in connection with all the Senior Notes issued by the Company in U.S. Dollars, we entered into forward exchange rate agreements on a notional amount of U.S.$224.0 million. These agreements allowed us to fix the exchange rate of coupon payments due in the 2019 on an average of Ps.19.68 per U.S.$1.00. During 2019 we entered into forward exchange rate agreements on a notional amount of U.S.$218.7 million. These agreements allowed us to fix the exchange rate of coupon payments due until October 2020 on an average of Ps.19.93 per U.S.$1.00. During 2020, we entered into forward exchange rate agreements on a notional amount of U.S.$330.5 million. These agreements allowed us to fix the exchange rate of coupon payments until March 2022 on an average of Ps. 22.59 per U.S.$1.00.

As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, we did not have any active forward contracts, and as of and December 31, 2021, the notional amount outstanding was U.S.$67.1 million and the net fair value of these agreements was a liability of Ps.35.5 million.

During 2022, the Company entered into forward exchange rate agreements, primarily for capital expenditures that are expected to be made during 2023. As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the notional amount outstanding was U.S.$37.8 million and U.S.$113.4 million, respectively. The net fair value of these agreements was a liability of Ps.146.1 million and Ps.34.8 million, respectively. The potential loss in fair value for such instruments from a hypothetical 1.0% adverse change in the market exchange rate would be approximately Ps.2.2 million as of March 31, 2023 and Ps.0.4 million as of December 31, 2022. This sensitivity analysis assumes a downward parallel shift in the Mexican Peso.

During the last quarter of 2017, in connection with the variable rate bank loan with HSBC due 2022, the Company entered into interest rate swap agreements on notional amounts of Ps.2,000.0 million. These agreements involve the exchange of interest payments based on a variable interest rate for amounts based on fixed rates. These agreements allowed us to fix the coupon payments for a period of five years at an interest rate of 8.6275%. On February 23, 2022, we prepaid the full amount of this loan, and the interest rate swap matured in October 2022.

During the last quarter of 2017, in connection with the variable rate bank loan with Santander due 2022, the Company entered into interest rate swap agreements on notional amounts of Ps.1,500.0 million. These agreements involve the exchange of interest payments based on a variable interest rate for amounts based on fixed rates. These agreements allowed us to fix the coupon payments for a period of five years at an interest rate of 8.6%. On February 23, 2022, we prepaid the full amount of this loan, and the interest rate swap matured in November 2022.

During the last quarter of 2017 and the first quarter of 2018, in connection with the variable rate bank loan with Scotiabank due 2023, the Company entered into interest rate swap agreements on notional amounts of Ps.1,000.0 million and Ps.1,500.0 million respectively. These agreements involve the exchange of interest payments based on a variable interest rate for amounts based on fixed rates. These agreements allowed us to fix the coupon payments for a period of five years at an interest rate of 9.0485%. On March 7, 2022, we prepaid the full amount of this loan but the hedge remains active.

The net fair value of the interest rate swap was an asset of Ps.11.2 million as of December 31, 2022 and a liability of Ps.23.8 million as of December 31, 2021. The potential loss in fair value for such instruments from a hypothetical 50 bps adverse change in market interest rates would be approximately Ps.0.0 million as of December 31, 2022. This sensitivity analysis assumes a downward parallel shift in the Mexican interest rate swaps yield curve.

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During the third quarter of 2019, in connection with the variable rate syndicate loan due 2024, the Company entered into three interest rate swap agreements on notional amounts of Ps.2,000.0 million each. These agreements involve the exchange of interest payments based on a variable interest rate for amounts based on fixed rates. These agreements allowed us to fix the coupon payments for a period of five years at an interest rate of 7.3873%. During the fourth quarter of 2020, the Company entered into one interest rate swap agreement on the notional amount of Ps.4,000 million. This agreement involves the exchange of interest payments based on a variable interest rate for amounts based on fixed rates. With this last agreement the syndicate loan is fully hedged until its maturity at an interest rate of 6.7620%.

The net fair value of the interest rate swap was an asset of Ps.536.6 million as of March 31, 2023 and Ps.532.3 million as of December 31, 2022. The potential loss in fair value for such instruments from a hypothetical 50 bps adverse change in market interest rates would be approximately Ps.111.5 million as of March 31, 2023 and Ps.132.4 million as of December 31, 2022. This sensitivity analysis assumes a downward parallel shift in the Mexican interest rate swaps yield curve.

During the first quarter of 2020, the Company drew down from its RCF for an amount of Ps.14,771 million due 2022. In connection with the RCF, the company entered into interest rate swap agreements for the full amount. These agreements involve the exchange of interest payments based on a variable interest rate for amounts based on fixed rates. These agreements allowed us to fix the coupon payments for a two-year period at an interest rate of 6.0738%. The RCF was fully prepaid during the fourth quarter of 2020, during the same quarter we unwound two of the hedges for a notional amount of Ps.5,385 million. We kept the remaining position until 2022 at an interest rate of 6.0246%. In March 2022, the interest rate swap matured.

During 2022, Empresas Cablevisión entered into forward exchange rate agreements, primarily for capital expenditures that are expected to be made during 2023. As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the notional amount outstanding was U.S.$12.9 million and U.S.$38.6 million, respectively. The net fair value of these agreements was a liability of Ps.49.4 million and Ps.12.0 million, respectively. The potential loss in fair value for such instruments from a hypothetical 1.0% adverse change in market exchange rate would be approximately Ps.0.2 million as of December 31, 2022. This sensitivity analysis assumes a downward parallel shift in the Mexican Peso.

During 2022, TVI entered into forward exchange rate agreements, primarily for capital expenditures that are expected to be made during 2023. As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the notional amount outstanding was U.S.$9.3 million and U.S.$28.0 million, respectively. The net fair value of these agreements was a liability of Ps.35.5 million and Ps.7.6 million, respectively. The potential loss in fair value for such instruments from a hypothetical 1.0% adverse change in market exchange rate would be approximately Ps.0.2 million as of December 31, 2022. This sensitivity analysis assumes a downward parallel shift in the Mexican Peso.

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During 2022, Corporación Novavision entered into forward exchange rate agreements, primarily for capital expenditures that are expected to be made during 2023. As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the notional amount outstanding is U.S.$20.0 million and U.S.$58.0 million, respectively. The net fair value of these agreements was a liability of Ps.74.0 million and U.S.$16.9 million, respectively. The potential loss in fair value for such instruments from a hypothetical 1.0% adverse change in market exchange rate would be approximately Ps.0.6 million as of December 31, 2022. This sensitivity analysis assumes a downward parallel shift in the Mexican Peso.

Sensitivity and Fair Value Analyses

The sensitivity analyses that follow are intended to present the hypothetical change in fair value or loss in earnings due to changes in interest rates, inflation rates, foreign currency exchange rates and debt and equity market prices as they affect our financial instruments at December 31, 2022 and 2021. These analyses address market risk only and do not present other risks that we face in the ordinary course of business, including country risk and credit risk. The hypothetical changes reflect our view of changes that are reasonably possible over a one-year period. For purposes of the following sensitivity analyses, we have made conservative assumptions of expected near-term future changes in U.S. interest rates, Mexican interest rates, inflation rates and Peso to U.S. Dollar exchange rates of 10%. The results of the analyses do not purport to represent actual changes in fair value or losses in earnings that we will incur.

    

    

Increase

(decrease) of

fair value over

carrying amount

Increase

assuming a

(decrease) of

hypothetical

fair value over

10% increase in

December 31, 2022

    

Carrying amount(2)

    

Fair value(3)

    

carrying amount

    

fair value

Assets:

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Long-term loan and interest receivable from GTAC

Ps.

853.2

Ps.

857.0

Ps.

3.8

Ps.

89.5

Open-Ended Fund

 

773.2

773.2

 

 

Publicly traded equity instruments

2,611.0

2,611.0

Derivative financial instruments(1)

543.6

543.6

Liabilities:

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

U.S. dollar-denominated debt:

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Senior Notes due 2025

 

5,188.8

 

5,295.2

 

106.4

 

635.9

Senior Notes due 2026

 

5,842.8

 

5,717.8

 

(125.0)

 

446.7

Senior Notes due 2032

 

5,842.8

 

6,934.2

 

1,091.4

 

1,784.9

Senior Notes due 2040

 

11,685.6

 

12,083.6

 

398.0

 

1,606.4

Senior Notes due 2045

 

17,321.1

 

14,975.5

 

(2,345.6)

 

(848.1)

Senior Notes due 2046

 

17,528.4

 

17,570.1

 

41.7

 

1,798.7

Senior Notes due 2049

 

13,675.9

 

12,199.7

 

(1,476.2)

 

(256.2)

Peso-denominated debt:

 

 

 

 

Notes due 2027

 

4,500.0

 

4,238.6

 

(261.4)

 

162.5

Senior Notes due 2037

 

4,500.0

 

4,041.1

 

(458.9)

 

(54.8)

Senior Notes due 2043

 

6,500.0

 

4,046.7

 

(2,453.3)

 

(2,048.6)

Long-term notes payable to Mexican Banks

 

13,650.0

 

13,775.1

 

125.1

 

1,502.6

Lease Liabilities

 

8,369.1

 

8,497.1

 

128.0

 

977.7

Derivative financial instruments (1)

 

71.4

 

71.4

 

 

137

    

    

    

    

Increase

(decrease) of

fair value over

carrying amount

Increase 

assuming a

(decrease) of 

hypothetical

fair value over 

10% increase in

December 31, 2021

    

Carrying amount(2)

    

Fair value(3)

    

carrying amount

    

fair value

Assets:

  

  

 

  

 

  

Long-term loan and interests receivable from GTAC

Ps.

756.0

Ps.

760.1

 

Ps.

4.1

 

Ps.

80.1

Open-Ended Fund

945.2

945.2

 

  

 

  

Publicly traded equity instruments

3,517.7

3,517.7

Other equity instruments

1,608.0

1,608.0

 

  

 

  

Derivative financial instruments (1)

133.3

133.3

 

  

 

  

Liabilities:

  

  

 

  

 

  

U.S. dollar-denominated debt:

  

  

 

  

 

  

Senior Notes due 2025

12,301.9

14,056.8

 

  

1,754.9

 

  

3,160.6

Senior Notes due 2026

6,150.9

6,685.2

 

  

534.3

 

  

1,202.8

Senior Notes due 2032

6,150.9

8,857.2

 

  

2,706.3

 

  

3,592.0

Senior Notes due 2040

12,301.9

16,678.5

 

  

4,376.6

 

  

6,044.5

Senior Notes due 2045

20,503.1

24,205.1

 

  

3,702.0

 

  

6,122.5

Senior Notes due 2046

18,452.8

25,029.2

 

  

6,576.4

 

  

9,079.3

Senior Notes due 2049

15,377.3

19,307.2

 

  

3,929.9

 

  

5,860.6

Peso-denominated debt:

 

  

 

  

Notes due 2027

4,500.0

4,509.4

 

  

9.4

 

  

460.3

Senior Notes due 2037

4,500.0

4,110.5

 

  

(389.5)

 

  

21.6

Senior Notes due 2043

6,500.0

4,611.6

 

  

(1,888.4)

 

  

(1,427.2)

Long-term notes payable to Mexican Banks

20,260.4

20,417.9

 

  

157.5

 

  

2,199.3

Lease Liabilities

9,680.6

9,830.9

 

  

150.3

 

  

1,133.4

Derivative financial instruments (1)

172.9

172.9

 

  

 

  

(1)Given the nature and the tenor of these derivatives, an increase of 10% in the interest and/or exchange rates would not be an accurate sensitivity analysis.
(2)The carrying value of debt is stated in this table at its principal amount.
(3)The fair value of the Senior Notes and Notes due by the Group are within Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy as there is a quoted market price for them. The fair value of the lease liabilities are within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy and has been estimated based on cash flows discounted using an estimated weighted average cost of capital. The fair value of held-to-maturity securities are within Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy, and were based on market interest rates to the listed securities.

We are also subject to the risk of foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations, resulting from the net monetary position in U.S. Dollars of our Mexican operations, as follows:

    

Year Ended December 31,

2022

2021

(In millions of U.S. Dollars)

U.S. Dollar-denominated and U.S. Dollar-equivalent monetary assets, primarily cash and cash equivalents, and non-current investments in financial instruments(1)

     

U.S.$

2,319.9

     

U.S.$

785.1

U.S. Dollar-denominated and U.S. Dollar-equivalent monetary liabilities, primarily trade accounts payable, Senior debt securities, lease liabilities, and other liabilities(2)(3)

(4,428.1)

(5,180.8)

Net liability position

 

U.S.$

(2,108.2)

 

U.S.$

(4,395.7)

(1)

In 2022 and 2021, include U.S. Dollar equivalent amounts of U.S.$22.9 million and U.S.$17.7 million, respectively, related to other foreign currencies, primarily Euros and Swiss francs.

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(2)

In 2022 and 2021, include U.S. Dollar equivalent amounts of U.S.$25.4 million and U.S.$1.4 million, respectively, related to other foreign currencies, primarily Swiss francs and Euros.

(3)

In 2022 and 2021, monetary liabilities included U.S.$2,578.5 million (Ps.50,219.6 million) and U.S.$1,300.6 million (Ps.26,666.7 million), respectively, related to long-term debt designed as a hedging instrument of the Group’s investments in UH II and the investment in Open-Ended Fund (see Note 14 to our consolidated year-end financial statements).

At December 31, 2022, a hypothetical 10% appreciation/depreciation in the U.S. dollar to Mexican peso exchange rate would result in a foreign exchange gain/loss, net of hedge, of Ps.916.0 million. At December 31, 2021, a hypothetical 10% appreciation/depreciation in the U.S. dollar to Mexican peso exchange rate would result in a foreign exchange gain/loss, net of hedge, of Ps.6,345.8 million.

Item 12.Description of Securities Other than Equity Securities

Global Depositary Shares

The Bank of New York Mellon, the depositary for the securities underlying our GDSs, collects its fees for delivery and surrender of GDSs directly from investors depositing shares or surrendering GDSs for the purpose of withdrawal or from intermediaries acting for them. The depositary collects fees for making distributions to investors by deducting those fees from the amounts distributed or by selling a portion of distributable property to pay the fees. The depositary may collect its annual fee for depositary services by deductions from cash distributions or by directly billing investors or by charging the book-entry system accounts of participants acting for them. The depositary may generally refuse to provide fee-attracting services until its fees for those services are paid.

The following table summarizes the fees and charges that a GDS holder may be required to pay, directly or indirectly, to the depositary pursuant to the terms of the Deposit Agreement, which was filed with the SEC as an exhibit to our Registration Statement on Form F-6 filed on September 17, 2007:

Fee

    

Depositary Service

 

U.S.$5.00 (or less) per 100 GDSs (or portion of 100 GDSs)

Issuance of GDSs, including issuances resulting from a distribution of shares or rights or other property

Cancellation of GDSs for the purpose of withdrawal, including if the deposit agreement terminates

U.S.$0.02 (or less) per GDS

Any cash distribution to GDS registered holders

A fee equivalent to the fee that would be payable if securities distributed to holders had been CPOs and the CPOs had been deposited for issuance of GDSs

Distribution of securities distributed to holders of deposited securities which are distributed by the depositary to GDS registered holders

U.S.$0.02 (or less) per GDS per calendar year

Depositary services

Registration or transfer fees

Transfer and registration of CPOs on our CPO register to or from the name of the depositary or its agent when holders deposit or withdraw CPOs

Expenses of the depositary

Cable and facsimile transmissions (when expressly provided in the deposit agreement)

Converting foreign currency to U.S. dollars

Taxes and other governmental charges the depositary or the custodian have to pay on any GDS or share underlying a GDS, for example, stock transfer taxes, stamp duty or withholding taxes

As necessary

Any charges incurred by the depositary or its agents for servicing the deposited securities

As necessary

Note that the actual amounts charged by the depositary may differ from those set out in the table above, but may not exceed these levels.

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The Bank of New York Mellon, as depositary, pays us an agreed amount as reimbursement for certain expenses we incur related to our being a publicly-listed entity in the United States, including, but not limited to, internal and out-of-pocket investor relations expenses, corporate finance and accounting expenses, legal expenses, annual NYSE listing fees, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, travel expenses related to presentations to rating agencies and investors, road show presentations, or any other similar or related expenses. There are limits on the amount of expenses for which the depositary will reimburse us, but the amount of reimbursement available to us is not necessarily tied to the amount of fees the depositary collects from investors. In 2022, we received a U.S.$4.0 million reimbursement.

Part II

Item 13.Defaults, Dividend Arrearages and Delinquencies

Not applicable.

Item 14.Material Modifications to the Rights of Security Holders and Use of Proceeds

Not applicable.

Item 15.Controls and Procedures

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Based on the evaluation as of December 31, 2022, our Co-Chief Executive Officers and Principal Financial Officer of the Company have concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined under Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) are effective to provide reasonable assurance that the information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to management, including our Co-Chief Executive Officers and the Principal Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

The Company’s management, including our Co-Chief Executive Officers and Principal Financial Officer, is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting and is responsible for the assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as such terms are defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the Exchange Act.

Management assessed the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2022. In making this assessment, management used the criteria established in Internal Control—Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO).

Internal control over financial reporting has inherent limitations. Internal control over financial reporting is a process that involves human diligence and compliance and is subject to lapses in judgment and breakdowns resulting from human failures. Internal control over financial reporting also can be circumvented by collusion or improper management override. Because of such limitations, there is a risk that material misstatements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis by internal control over financial reporting. However, these inherent limitations are known features of the financial reporting process. Therefore, it is possible to design into the process safeguards to reduce, though not eliminate, this risk.

Management concluded that the Company maintained effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2022.

The effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2022 has been audited by KPMG Cárdenas Dosal, S.C., an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their report which appears herein.

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

There has been no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) that occurred during the year ended December 31, 2022 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting.

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Item 16.A.Audit Committee Financial Expert

Our board of directors has determined that Mr. Guillermo García Naranjo Álvarez, Chairman of the Audit Committee of the Company, as well as Mr. Francisco José Chevez Robelo, former Chairman of the Audit Committee of the Company, are audit committee financial experts. Mr. García Naranjo and Mr. Chevez are “independent” and meet the requisite qualifications as defined in Item 16A of Form 20-F.

Item 16.B.Code of Ethics

We have adopted a written code of ethics that applies to all of our employees, including our principal executive officers, principal financial officer, and principal accounting officer.

We did not grant any waivers to our code of ethics during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022.

You may request a copy of our code of ethics, at no cost, by writing to or telephoning us as follows:

Grupo Televisa, S.A.B.

Avenida Vasco de Quiroga, No. 2000

Colonia Santa Fe, 01210 Mexico City, Mexico.

Telephone: (+52) 55 5261-2000.

In addition, the English version of the code of ethics can be found at http://www.televisair.com/en/governance/codes-and-bylaws and the Spanish version at http://www.televisair.com/es-ES/governance/codes-and-bylaws.

Item 16.C.Principal Accountant Fees and Services

KPMG Cárdenas Dosal, S.C. acted as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2021 and 2022.

The chart below sets forth the total amount billed by our independent registered public accounting firms for services performed in the years 2022 and 2021, and breaks down these amounts by category of service:

    

2022

    

2021

 

(in millions of Pesos)

Audit Fees

 

Ps.

96.6

 

Ps.

104.8

Audit-Related Fees

4.6

 

  

19.5

Tax Fees

7.8

 

  

6.3

Other Fees

3.7

 

  

1.4

Total

 

Ps

112.7

 

Ps.

132.0

“Audit Fees” are the aggregate fees billed by our Independent Registered Public Accounting Firms for the audit of our consolidated annual financial statements, services related to regulatory financial filings with the SEC and attestation services that are provided in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements.

“Audit-Related Fees” are fees charged by our Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for assurance and related services that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of our financial statements and are not reported under “Audit Fees”. This category includes fees billed for due diligence reviews in connection with potential acquisitions and business combinations.

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“Tax Fees” are fees for professional services rendered by the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for tax compliance in connection with our subsidiaries and interests in the United States, as well as tax advice on actual or contemplated transactions.

“Other Fees” are fees charged by our Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm in connection with services rendered other than audit, audit-related and tax services.

We have procedures for the review and pre-approval of any services performed by KPMG Cárdenas Dosal, S.C. The procedures require that all proposed engagements of KPMG Cárdenas Dosal, S.C. for audit and non-audit services are submitted to the Board of Directors for approval, with the favorable opinion of the Audit Committee prior to the beginning of any such services.

Audit Committee Pre-approval Policies and Procedures

Our audit committee is responsible, among other things, for the oversight of our external auditors. On the other hand, our Board of Directors, with the support of our audit committee, is responsible, among other things, for the appointment and compensation of our external auditors. All services other than the audit related services must receive a specific approval from our Board of Directors, with the favorable opinion of the audit committee. Our external auditor, on a quarterly basis, provides a report to our audit committee in order for our audit committee to review the services that our external auditor is providing, as well as the status and cost of those services.

During 2022, KPMG, with the prior approval by our Board of Directors and the favorable opinion of our Audit Committee, rendered additional services in our favor and in favor of certain of our subsidiaries consisting of tax consulting, social security and local contributions related services, and services in connection with the TelevisaUnivision Transaction, which were for concepts other than the audit of our Financial Statements. KPMG billed us for such services an amount of Ps.11.5 million, which represents 10.2% of the total amounts that KPMG billed us for on services rendered in 2022.

Item 16.D.Exemptions from the Listing Standards for Audit Committees

Not applicable.

Item 16.E.Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers

The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, information regarding purchases of any of our equity securities registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act made by us or on our behalf or by or on behalf of any affiliated purchaser (as that term is defined in Rule 10b-18(a)(3) under the Exchange Act):

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Purchases of Equity Securities by the Company

    

    

    

    

Total Number of 

Maximum Number (or 

Total Number 

CPOs Purchased  

Appropriate Peso Value) of

of

as part of Publicly 

 CPOs that May Yet Be  

 CPOs  

Average Price 

Announced Plans

Purchased Under the Plans

Purchase Date

    

Purchased

    

Paid per CPO(1)

    

or Programs(2)

    

 or Programs(2)

January 1 to January 31

 

Ps.

 

 

Ps.

10,000,000,000

February 1 to February 28

 

 

10,000,000,000

March 1 to March 31

 

 

10,000,000,000

April 1 to April 30

 

10,000,000,000

May 1 to May 31

 

10,000,000,000

June 1 to June 30

 

10,000,000,000

July 1 to July 31

 

10,000,000,000

August 1 to August 31

1,000,000

26.0356

 

26,035,571

9,973,964,429

September 1 to September 30

13,800,000

23.9190

 

330,082,220

9,643,882,209

October 1 to October 31

4,500,000

21.9033

 

98,564,720

9,545,317,489

November 1 to November 30

500,000

21.3718

 

10,685,889

9,534,631,601

December 1 to December 31

8,895,193

18.4321

 

163,957,529

9,370,674,072

Total

 

28,695,193

 

Ps.

21.9314

  

(1)The values have not been restated in constant Pesos and therefore represent nominal historical figures.
(2)Our share repurchase program was announced in September 2002 and does not have an expiration date. On November 13, 2017, we announced our intention to reactivate our share repurchase program. Accordingly, we may, from time to time, at management’s discretion, seek to acquire shares of the Company’s common stock subject to legal, market and other business conditions at the time of purchase. The total amount of our share repurchase program was limited to Ps.10,000,000,000 during 2021, and to Ps.10,000,000,000 for 2022 in accordance with the resolutions that our stockholders approved in the annual shareholders meeting held on April 27, 2022.

Purchases of Equity Securities by Special Purpose Trust

Formed in Connection with Long-Term Retention Plan(1)

    

    

    

    

Maximum Number

Total Number of 

(or

CPOs Purchased  

 Appropriate Peso

as 

 Value) of 

part of Publicly 

CPOs that May Yet 

Announced Plans  

 Be Purchased Under 

Total Number of 

Average Price 

or 

the Plans or

Purchase Date

    

CPOs Purchased(2)

    

Paid per CPO(3)

    

Programs

    

 Programs

January 1 to January 31

2,000,000

 

40.3572

 

320,063,866

 

February 1 to February 28

5,700,000

 

  

42.8551

 

325,763,866

 

March 1 to March 31

9,500,000

 

  

43.8307

 

335,263,866

 

April 1 to April 30

1,900,000

 

  

38.9873

 

337,163,866

 

May 1 to May 31

532,104

 

  

36.0170

 

337,695,970

 

June 1 to June 30

2,700,000

 

  

35.1008

 

340,395,970

 

July 1 to July 31

 

  

 

340,395,970

 

August 1 to August 31

26,330

 

  

29.0510

 

340,422,300

 

September 1 to September 30

 

  

 

340,422,300

 

October 1 to October 31

 

  

 

340,422,300

 

November 1 to November 30

 

  

 

340,422,300

 

December 1 to December 31

 

 

340,422,300

 

Total

 

22,358,434

 

Ps.

41.6021

 

(1)See “Directors, Senior Management and Employees — Stock Purchase Plan and Long-Term Retention Plan” for a description of the implementation, limits and other terms of our Long-Term Retention Plan.

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(2)Represents open-market purchases by the special purpose trust formed in connection with our Long-Term Retention Plan.
(3)The values have not been restated in constant Pesos and therefore represent nominal historical figures.

Item 16.F.Change in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant

Not applicable.

Item 16.G.Corporate Governance

As a foreign private issuer with shares listed on the NYSE, we are subject to different corporate governance requirements than a U.S. company under the NYSE listing standards. With certain exceptions, foreign private issuers are permitted to follow home country practice standards. Pursuant to Rule 303.A11 of the NYSE listed company manual, we are required to provide a summary of the significant ways in which our corporate governance practices differ from those required for U.S. companies under the NYSE listing standards.

We are a Mexican corporation with shares, in the form of CPOs listed on the Bolsa Mexicana de Valores, or Mexican Stock Exchange. Our corporate governance practices are governed by our bylaws, the Mexican Securities Market Law, and the regulations issued by the CNBV and the Mexican Stock Exchange. Although compliance is not mandatory, we also substantially comply with the Mexican Code of Principles and Best Corporate Governance Practices (Código de Principios y Mejores Prácticas de Gobierno Corporativo), which was created in January 1999 by a group of Mexican business leaders and was endorsed by the CNBV and last amended in 2018. See “Additional Information-Bylaws” for a more detailed description of our corporate governance practices.

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The table below sets forth a description of the significant differences between corporate governance practices required for U.S. companies under the NYSE listing standards and the Mexican corporate governance standards that govern our practices.

NYSE rules

    

Mexican rules

 

Listed companies must have a majority of independent directors.

The Mexican Securities Market Law requires that listed companies have at least 25% of independent directors. Our stockholder’s meeting is required to assess the independence of the directors. The definition of “independent” under the Mexican Securities Market Law differs in some aspects from the one applicable to U.S. issuers under the NYSE standard and prohibits, among other relationships, an independent director from being an employee or officer of the company or a stockholder that may have influence over our officers, relevant clients and contractors, as well as certain relationships between the independent director and family members of the independent director. In addition, our bylaws broaden the definition of independent director. Our bylaws provide for an executive committee of our board of directors. The executive committee is currently composed of three members, and there are no applicable Mexican rules that require any of the members to be independent. The executive committee may generally exercise the powers of our board of directors, subject to certain exceptions. Our Co-Chief Executive Officers are members of our board of directors and the executive committee.

Listed companies must have a nominating/corporate governance committee composed entirely of independent directors.

The Mexican Securities Law requires that listed companies must have a corporate practices committee. The corporate practices committee of publicly traded corporations (sociedades anónimas bursátiles) which are controlled by a person or group of persons that own 50% (fifty percent) or more of the capital stock of a company, must be composed of a majority of independent members. Otherwise, the Chairman and all the members must be independent.

Listed companies must have a compensation committee composed entirely of independent directors.

The Mexican Code of Principles and Best Corporate Governance Practices recommends listed companies to have a compensation committee. While these rules are not legally binding, companies failing to comply with the Mexican Code of Principles and Best Corporate Governance Practices’ recommendation must disclose publicly why their practices differ from those recommended by the Mexican Code of Principles and Best Corporate Governance Practices.

Listed companies must have an audit committee with a minimum of three members and must be independent.

The Mexican Securities Market Law requires that listed companies must have an audit committee. The Chairman and the members must be independent.

Non-management directors must meet at regularly scheduled executive sessions without management.

Our non-management directors are not required to meet at executive sessions. The Mexican Code of Principles and Best Corporate Governance Practices does not expressly recommend executive sessions.

Listed companies must require shareholder approval for equity compensation plans, subject to limited exemptions.

Companies listed on the Mexican Stock Exchange are required to obtain shareholder approval for equity compensation plans, provided that such plans are subject to certain conditions.

Listed companies must adopt and disclose a code of business conduct and ethics for directors, officers and employees, and promptly disclose any waivers of the code for directors or executive officers.

Companies listed on the Mexican Stock Exchange are not required to adopt a code of ethics. However, we have adopted a code of ethics which is available free of charge through our offices or in the website provided in Item 16.B above. See “— Code of Ethics” for directions on how to obtain a copy of our code of ethics. Waivers involving any of our executive officers or directors will be made only by our Board of Directors or a designated committee of the Board or as determined in our Code of Ethics.

Item 16.H.Mine Safety Disclosure

Not applicable.

Item 16.I. Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections.

Not applicable.

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Part III

Item 17.Financial Statements

We have responded to Item 18 in lieu of Item 17.

Item 18.Financial Statements

See pages F-1 through F-101, which are incorporated in this Item 18 by reference.

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Item 19.Exhibits

Documents filed as exhibits to this annual report appear on the following

(a)       Exhibits.

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
Number

    

Description of Exhibit

1.1

 

English translation of Amended and Restated Bylaws (Estatutos Sociales) of the Registrant, dated as of April 26, 2023.

2.1

 

Indenture relating to Senior Debt Securities, dated as of August 8, 2000, between the Registrant, as Issuer, and The Bank of New York, as Trustee (previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form F-4 (File number 333-12738), as amended, and incorporated herein by reference).

2.2

 

Fourth Supplemental Indenture relating to the 8.5% Senior Exchange Notes due 2032 between the Registrant, as Issuer, and The Bank of New York and Dexia Banque Internationale à Luxembourg (previously filed with the Securities Exchange Commission as Exhibit 4.5 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form F-4 (the “2002 Form F-4”) and incorporated herein by reference).

2.3

 

Sixth Supplemental Indenture relating to the 8.5% Senior Notes due 2032 between Registrant, as Issuer, and The Bank of New York and Dexia Banque Internationale à Luxembourg (previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as Exhibit 4.7 to the 2002 Form F-4 and incorporated herein by reference).

2.4

 

Seventh Supplemental Indenture relating to the 6 5/8% Senior Notes due 2025 between Registrant, as Issuer, and The Bank of New York and Dexia Banque Internationale à Luxembourg, dated March 18, 2005 (previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as Exhibit 2.8 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2004 (the “2004 Form 20-F”) and incorporated herein by reference).

2.5

 

Eighth Supplemental Indenture relating to the 6 5/8% Senior Notes due 2025 between Registrant, as Issuer, and The Bank of New York and Dexia Banque Internationale à Luxembourg, dated May 26, 2005 (previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as Exhibit 2.9 to the 2004 Form 20-F and incorporated herein by reference).

2.6

 

Ninth Supplemental Indenture relating to the 6.625% Senior Exchange Notes due 2025 between Registrant, as Issuer, The Bank of New York and Dexia Banque Internationale à Luxembourg, dated September 6, 2005 (previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as Exhibit 2.8 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2005 (the “2005 Form 20-F”) and incorporated herein by reference).

2.7

 

Tenth Supplemental Indenture related to the 8.49% Senior Notes due 2037 between Registrant, as Issuer, The Bank of New York and The Bank of New York (Luxembourg) S.A., dated as of May 9, 2007 (previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as Exhibit 2.9 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2006, and incorporated herein by reference).

2.8

 

Eleventh Supplemental Indenture relating to the 8.49% Senior Exchange Notes due 2037 between Registrant, as Issuer, The Bank of New York and The Bank of New York (Luxembourg) S.A., dated as August 24, 2007 (previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as Exhibit 4.12 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form F-4 (File number 333-144460), as amended, and incorporated herein by reference).

2.9

 

Form of Deposit Agreement between the Registrant, The Bank of New York, as depositary and all holders and beneficial owners of the Global Depositary Shares, evidenced by Global Depositary Receipts (previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an Exhibit to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form F-6 (File number 333-146130) and incorporated herein by reference).

2.10

 

Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture relating to the 6.625% Senior Notes due 2040 between Registrant, as Issuer, The Bank of New York Mellon and The Bank of New York Mellon (Luxembourg) S.A., dated as of November 30, 2009 (previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as Exhibit 4.15 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form F-4 (File number 333-164595), as amended, and incorporated herein by reference).

147

Exhibit
Number

Description of Exhibit

2.11

 

Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture relating to the 6.625% Senior Exchange Notes due 2040 between Registrant, as Issuer, The Bank of New York Mellon and The Bank of New York Mellon (Luxembourg) S.A., dated as of March 22, 2010 (previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as Exhibit 2.15 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2009 and incorporated herein by reference).

2.12

 

Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture relating to the 7.25% Peso Denominated Senior Notes due 2043 among the Registrant, as Issuer, The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee, Registrar, Paying Agent and Transfer Agent, the Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch, as London Paying Agent and the Bank of New York Mellon (Luxembourg) S.A., as Luxembourg Paying Agent and Transfer Agent, dated as of May 14, 2013 (previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant’s Form 6-K filed on May 14, 2013 and incorporated herein by reference).

2.13

 

Seventeenth Supplemental Indenture relating to the 5.000% Senior Notes due 2045 among the Registrant, as Issuer, The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee, Registrar, Paying Agent and Transfer Agent and The Bank of New York Mellon (Luxembourg) S.A., as Luxembourg Paying Agent and Transfer Agent, dated as of May 13, 2014 (previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant’s Form 6-K filed on May 13, 2014 and incorporated herein by reference).

2.14

 

Eighteenth Supplemental Indenture relating to the 4.625% Senior Notes due 2026 among the Registrant, as Issuer, The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee, Registrar, Paying Agent and Transfer Agent and The Bank of New York Mellon (Luxembourg) S.A., as Luxembourg Paying Agent and Transfer Agent, dated as of November 24, 2015 (previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant’s Form 6-K filed on November 24, 2015 and incorporated herein by reference).

2.15

 

Nineteenth Supplemental Indenture relating to the 6.125% Senior Notes due 2046 among the Registrant, as Issuer, The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee, Registrar, Paying Agent and Transfer Agent and The Bank of New York Mellon (Luxembourg) S.A., as Luxembourg Paying Agent and Transfer Agent, dated as of November 24, 2015 (previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as Exhibit 4.2 to the Registrant’s Form 6-K filed on November 24, 2015 and incorporated herein by reference).

2.16

 

Twentieth Supplemental Indenture relating to the 5.250% Senior Notes due 2049 among the Registrant, as Issuer, The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee, Registrar, Paying Agent and Transfer Agent and The Bank of New York Mellon SA/NV, Luxembourg Branch, as Luxembourg Paying Agent and Transfer Agent , dated as of May 24, 2019 (previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant’s Form 6-K filed on May 24, 2019 and incorporated herein by reference).

2.17

 

Description of the rights of each class of securities registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act (previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as Exhibit 2.17 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2020 and incorporated herein by reference).

4.1

 

Form of Indemnity Agreement between the Registrant and its directors and executive officers (previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form F-4 (File number 33-69636), as amended, and incorporated herein by reference).

4.2

 

Amended and Restated Collateral Trust Agreement, dated as of June 13, 1997, as amended, among PanAmSat Corporation, Hughes Communications, Inc., Satellite Company, LLC, the Registrant and IBJ Schroder Bank and Trust Company (previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an Exhibit to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2001 and incorporated herein by reference).

4.3

 

Amended and Restated Bylaws (Estatutos Sociales) of Innova, S. de R.L. de C.V. (“Innova”) dated as of December 22, 1998 (previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an Exhibit to Innova’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2004 and incorporated herein by reference).

148

Exhibit
Number

Description of Exhibit

4.4

 

Administration Trust Agreement relating to Trust No. 80375, dated as of March 23, 2004, by and among Nacional Financiera, S.N.C., as trustee of Trust No. 80370, Banco Inbursa, S.A., as trustee of Trust No. F-0553, Banco Nacional de México, S.A., as trustee of Trust No. 14520-1, Nacional Financiera, S.N.C., as trustee of Trust No. 80375, Emilio Fernando Azcárraga Jean, Promotora Inbursa, S.A. de C.V., the Registrant and Grupo Televicentro, S.A. de C.V. (as previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an Exhibit to Schedules 13D or 13D/A in respect of various parties’ to the Trust Agreement (File number 005-60431) and incorporated herein by reference).

4.5

 

Full-Time Transponder Service Agreement, dated as of November, 2007, by and among Intelsat Corporation, Intelsat LLC, Corporación de Radio y Televisión del Norte de México, S. de R. L. de C.V. and SKY Brasil Serviços Ltda (previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as Exhibit 4.16 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2007 and incorporated herein by reference).

4.6

 

Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Broadcasting Media Partners, Inc. (previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as Exhibit 4.22 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2010 and incorporated herein by reference).

4.7

 

Amended and Restated Bylaws of Broadcasting Media Partners, Inc. dated as of December 20, 2010 (previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as Exhibit 4.23 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2010 and incorporated herein by reference).

4.8

 

Amendment to International Program Rights Agreement, dated as of December 20, 2010, by and among Univision Communications Inc. and the Registrant (previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as Exhibit 4.28 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2010 and incorporated herein by reference).

149

Exhibit
Number

Description of Exhibit

4.9

 

Letter Agreement, dated as of February 28, 2011, by and among Televisa, S.A. de C.V., the Registrant and Univision Communications Inc. (previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as Exhibit 4.30 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2010 and incorporated herein by reference).

4.10*

 

Purchase and Assignment and Assumption Agreement, dated as of December 20, 2010, by and among Pay-TV Venture, Inc., TuTv LLC and Univision Communications Inc., solely for purposes of Section 1.4, Televisa, S.A. de C.V., as successor to Visat, S.A. de C.V. and Televisa Internacional, S.A. de C.V., and, solely for purposes of Section 1.5, the Registrant (previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as Exhibit 4.31 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2010 and incorporated herein by reference).

4.11**

 

Second Amended and Restated Stockholders Agreement, dated as of Januray 31, 2022, by and among TelevisaUnivision, Inc., Univision Holdings, Inc., Broadcast Media Partners Holdings, Inc., Univision Communications Inc. and certain stockholders of TelevisaUnivision, Inc. (previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as Exhibit 4.11 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2021 and incorporated herein by reference).

4.12

 

Transaction Agreement, dated as of April 13, 2021, by and among Grupo Televisa, S.A.B., Univision Holdings, Inc., and, for the limited purposes set forth therein, Searchlight III UTD GP, LLC, ForgeLight Univision Holdings LLC and Liberty Global Ventures Limited (previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as Exhibit 4.18 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2020 and incorporated herein by reference).

4.13

 

English summary of Irrevocable Guaranty Trust Agreement, dated as of December 16, 2010 (and amended on December 16, 2010 and April 7, 2011), by and among Grupo Salinas Telecom, S.A. de C.V., México Media Investments, S.L., GSF Telecom Holdings, S.A.P.I. de C.V. and Banco Invex, S.A., Institución de Banca Múltiple, Invex Grupo Financiero and Assignment Agreement with respect to the Irrevocable Guaranty Trust Agreement, dated as of April 7, 2011, by and among Mexico Media Investments S.L., Sociedad Unipersonal, as assignor and Corporativo Vasco de Quiroga, S.A. de C.V., as assignee, with the consent of Grupo Salinas Telecom, S.A. de C.V., GSF Telecom Holdings, S.A.P.I. de C.V. and Banco Invex, S.A., Institución de Banca Múltiple, Invex Grupo Financiero (previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as Exhibit 4.33 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2010 and incorporated herein by reference).

4.14

 

English summary of Amendment and Restatement of the Indenture, dated April 7, 2011, relating to the issuance of the Series 1 and Series 2 Debentures by GSF Telecom Holdings, Sociedad Anónima Promotora de Inversión de Capital Variable with the consent of Deutsche Bank México, Sociedad Anónima, Institución de Banca Múltiple, División Fiduciaria and Assignment Agreement with respect to the Series 1 and Series 2 Debentures, dated April 7, 2011, by and among Mexico Media Investments S.L., Sociedad Unipersonal, as assignor and Corporativo Vasco de Quiroga, S.A. de C.V., as assignee, with the consent of GSF Telecom Holdings, S.A.P.I. de C.V. and Deutsche Bank México, S.A., Institución de Banca Múltiple, División Fiduciaria (previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as Exhibit 4.34 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2010 and incorporated herein by reference).

4.15

 

English summary of indenture, dated July 31, 2013, related to the issuance of Ps.7,000 million convertible debentures, by Tenedora Ares, S.A.P.I de C.V., together with Banco Invex, Sociedad Anónima, Institución de Banca Múltiple, Invex Grupo Financiero, Fiduciario, in its capacity as common representative for the holders of the debentures (previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as Exhibit 4.30 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2013 and incorporated herein by reference).

4.16

 

English summary of call and put option agreement, dated July 31, 2013, by and among Tenedora Ares, S.A.P.I. de C.V., Thomas Stanley Heather Rodríguez, Vamole Inversiones 2013, S.L. Sociedad Unipersonal and Arretis, S.A.P.I. de C.V. (previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as Exhibit 4.32 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2013 and incorporated herein by reference).

4.17

 

English summary of conversion of debentures, dated August 13, 2014, by and between Arretis, S.A.P.I. de C.V and Tenedora Ares, S.A.P.I. de C.V. (previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as Exhibit 4.33 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2014 and incorporated herein by reference).

150

Exhibit
Number

Description of Exhibit

4.18

 

English summary of share purchase agreement, dated August 13, 2014, by and among Vamole Inversiones 2013, S.L., Sociedad Unipersonal, Thomas Stanley Heather Rodriguez, Arretis, S.A.P.I. de C.V. and San Ángel Telecom, S.A. de C.V. (previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as Exhibit 4.34 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2014 and incorporated herein by reference).

4.19

 

English summary of share purchase agreement, dated August 13, 2014, by and among Dafel Investments B.V., Mexico Media Investments, S.L., Sociedad Unipersonal, Cable TV Investments, S.L., Sociedad Unipersonal, Tenedora Ares, S.A.P.I. de C.V. and San Ángel Telecom, S.A. de C.V. (previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as Exhibit 4.35 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2014 and incorporated herein by reference).

4.20

 

English summary of share purchase agreement, dated July 9, 2014, by and among Invex Grupo Financiero, as trustee of Trust F/1017 and Grupo Salinas Telecom, S.A. de C.V., with the acknowledgement of GSF Telecom Holdings, S.A.P.I. de C.V. and Corporativo Vasco de Quiroga, S.A. de C.V. (previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as Exhibit 4.36 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2014 and incorporated herein by reference).

4.21

 

English summary of merger agreement, dated January 8, 2015, by and among Consorcio Nekeas, S.A. de C.V., Galavisión DTH, S. de R.L. de C.V. and Inmobiliaria Hevi, S.A. de C.V. (previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as Exhibit 4.37 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2014 and incorporated herein by reference).

4.22

 

English summary of stock purchase agreement, dated January 8, 2015, by and among Mara del Carmen Ordóñez Valverde, Axel Eduardo Vielma Ordóñez, Héctor Vielma Ordóñez, José Francisco Vielma Ordóñez, Luis Edmundo Vielma Ordóñez and Corporativo Vasco de Quiroga, S.A. de C.V. (previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as Exhibit 4.38 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2014 and incorporated herein by reference).

4.23

 

 

English summary of merger agreement, dated March 4, 2016, by and among Corporativo Vasco de Quiroga, S.A. de C.V. and Grupo TVI Telecom, S.A. de C.V. (previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as Exhibit 4.41 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2015 and incorporated herein by reference)

8.1

 

List of Subsidiaries of Registrant.

12.1

 

Co-CEO Certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, dated April 28, 2023.

12.2

 

Co-CEO Certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, dated April 28, 2023.

12.3

 

Principal Financial Officer Certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, dated April 28, 2023.

13.1

 

Co-CEO Certification pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, dated April 28, 2023.

13.2

 

Co-CEO Certification pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, dated April 28, 2023.

13.3

 

Principal Financial Officer Certification pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, dated April 28, 2023.

151

Exhibit
Number

Description of Exhibit

23.1

 

Consent of KPMG Cárdenas Dosal, S.C.

23.2

Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, independent auditors of TelevisaUnivision, Inc.

99.1

Audited Financial Statements of TelevisaUnivision, Inc. as of and for the three years ended December 31, 2022.***

101

 

The following materials from the Company’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, formatted in eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL): (i) Consolidated Statements of Financial Position as of December 31, 2022 and 2021; (ii) Consolidated Statements of Income for the Years Ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020; (iii) Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the Years Ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020; (iv) Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity for the Years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020; (v) Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Years Ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020; and (vi)  Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for the Years Ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020.

104

Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101)

*

Portions of this exhibit have been omitted and filed separately with the SEC pursuant to a request for confidential treatment.

**

Portions of this exhibit have been omitted in accordance with Instruction 4 to Item 19 of Form 20-F.

***The financial statements as of and for the three years ended December 31, 2022 of TelevisaUnivision, Inc., prepared by TelevisaUnivision, Inc. and audited by its independent auditors, Ernst & Young LLP, are included in this Annual Report pursuant to Rule 3-09 of Regulation S-X.

Instruments defining the rights of holders of certain issues of long-term debt of the Registrant and its consolidated subsidiaries have not been filed as exhibits to this Form 20-F because the authorized principal amount of any one of such issues does not exceed 10% of the total assets of the Registrant and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis. The Registrant agrees to furnish a copy of each such instrument to the SEC upon request.

(b)       Financial Statement Schedules

All financial statement schedules relating to the Registrant are omitted because they are not required or because the required information, if material, is contained in the audited year-end financial statements or notes thereto.

152

SIGNATURE

The registrant hereby certifies that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form 20-F and that it has duly caused and authorized the undersigned to sign this annual report on its behalf.

GRUPO TELEVISA, S.A.B.

By:

/s/ Carlos Phillips Margain

Name:

Carlos Phillips Margain

Title:

Chief Financial Officer

Date: April 28, 2023

153

GRUPO TELEVISA, S. A. B. AND SUBSIDIARIES

INDEX TO AUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS OF

DECEMBER 31, 2022 AND 2021

    

Page

Reports of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (KPMG Cardenas Dosal, S.C., Mexico, Audit Firm ID: 1141)

F-2

Consolidated Statements of Financial Position as of December 31, 2022 and 2021

F-5

Consolidated Statements of Income for the Years Ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020

F-7

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the Years Ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020

F-8

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity for the Years Ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020

F-9

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Years Ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020

F-10

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for the Years Ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020

F-11

F-1

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Stockholders and Board of Directors

Grupo Televisa, S.A.B.:

Opinion on the Consolidated Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying consolidated statements of financial position of Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. and subsidiaries (the “Group”) as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, changes in equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2022,  and the related notes (collectively, the consolidated financial statements). In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Group as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2022, in conformity with International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IFRS).

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the Group’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2022, based on criteria established in Internal Control – Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission, and our report dated April 28, 2023 expressed an unqualified opinion on the effectiveness of the Group’s internal control over financial reporting.

Basis for Opinion

These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Group’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Group in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Critical Audit Matter

(thousands of Mexican pesos)

The critical audit matter communicated below is a matter arising from the current period audit of the consolidated financial statements that was communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that: (1) relates to accounts or disclosures that are material to the consolidated financial statements and (2) involved our especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments. The communication of a critical audit matter does not alter in any way our opinion on the consolidated financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matter below, providing a separate opinion on the critical audit matter or on the accounts or disclosures to which it relates.

Valuation of goodwill

As described in Note 13 to the consolidated financial statements, the goodwill balance as of December 31, 2022 was Ps. 13,904,998, of which Ps. 6,281,091 relates to the Cable segment cash-generating unit (CGU). The Group performs an impairment assessment of goodwill at least once a year, or whenever events or changes in business circumstances indicate that these carrying amounts may not be recoverable. An impairment loss is recognized for the amount by which the asset’s carrying amount exceeds its recoverable amount. The recoverable amount of the CGU is determined based on the higher of value in use (VIU) using a discounted cash flow model and fair value less costs of disposal.

F-2

We identified the valuation of goodwill of the Cable segment CGU as a critical audit matter. Subjective auditor judgment was required in the evaluation of the forecasted revenue growth rate, the long-term growth rate and the discount rate assumptions used. Minor changes to these assumptions could have had a significant effect on the VIU of the CGU. In addition, specialized skills and knowledge were required to assess the long-term growth rate and the discount rate used to determine the VIU of the CGU.

The following are the primary procedures we performed to address this critical audit matter. We evaluated the design and tested the operating effectiveness of certain internal controls related to the Group’s goodwill impairment testing process. This included controls related to the projection of the revenue growth rate, the determination of the long-term growth rate and the discount rate. We evaluated the Group’s historical ability to project the revenue growth rate by comparing prior year projections to the current year actual growth rate. We evaluated the reasonableness of the revenue growth rate used by obtaining an understanding of future year projections and comparing the revenue growth rate assumption to those of comparable companies using data publicly available.  We involved valuation professionals with specialized skills and knowledge, who assisted in:

evaluating the Group’s long-term growth rate by comparing the rate to publicly available data for comparable entities, and
evaluating the Group’s discount rate by comparing the inputs used to publicly available data for comparable entities and assessing the resulting discount rate.

/s/ KPMG Cárdenas Dosal S.C.

We have served as the Group’s auditor since 2018.

Mexico City, Mexico

April 28, 2023

F-3

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Stockholders and Board of Directors

Grupo Televisa, S.A.B.:

Opinion on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

We have audited Grupo Televisa S.A.B. and subsidiaries’ (the Group) internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2022, based on criteria established in Internal Control – Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. In our opinion, the Group maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2022, based on criteria established in Internal Control – Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the consolidated statements of financial position of the Group as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, changes in equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2022, and the related notes (collectively, the consolidated financial statements), and our report dated April 28, 2023, expressed an unqualified opinion on those consolidated financial statements.

Basis for Opinion

The Group’s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, included in the accompanying Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Group’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Group in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit of internal control over financial reporting included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, and testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk. Our audit also included performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Definition and Limitations of Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

/s/ KPMG Cárdenas Dosal, S.C.

Mexico City, Mexico

April 28, 2023

F-4

Consolidated Statements of Financial Position

As of December 31, 2022 and 2021

(In thousands of Mexican pesos)

(Notes 1, 2 and 3)

    

Notes

    

2022

    

2021

ASSETS

 

  

 

  

 

  

Current assets:

 

  

 

  

 

  

Cash and cash equivalents

 

6

Ps.

51,130,992

Ps.

25,828,215

Trade accounts and notes receivable, net

 

7

 

8,457,302

 

13,093,011

Other accounts and notes receivable, net

 

 

315,006

 

1,026,218

Income taxes receivable

6,691,366

7,261,999

Other recoverable taxes

6,593,730

9,417,978

Derivative financial instruments

15

11,237

127

Due from related parties

 

20

 

311,224

 

874,852

Transmission rights and programming

 

8

 

888,344

 

7,591,669

Inventories

 

 

1,448,278

 

2,212,859

Contract costs

1,918,287

1,782,723

Reimbursement receivable

27

1,431,486

Other current assets

 

 

2,379,571

 

4,169,299

Total current assets

 

 

81,576,823

 

73,258,950

Non-current assets:

 

 

 

Trade accounts and notes receivable, net of current portion

7

438,376

385,060

Due from related party

20

6,365,038

Derivative financial instruments

 

15

 

532,344

 

133,197

Transmission rights and programming

 

8

 

1,022,782

 

12,841,026

Investments in financial instruments

 

9

 

3,389,485

 

6,076,079

Investments in associates and joint ventures

 

10

 

50,450,949

 

26,704,235

Property, plant and equipment, net

 

11

 

82,236,399

 

87,922,126

Investment property, net

11

2,873,165

Right-of-use assets, net

12

6,670,298

7,604,567

Intangible assets and goodwill, net

 

13

 

41,123,587

 

42,255,881

Deferred income tax assets

 

24

 

18,769,968

 

33,173,148

Contract costs

3,399,939

3,215,591

Other assets

 

 

258,378

 

172,221

Total non-current assets

 

  

 

217,530,708

 

220,483,131

Total assets

 

  

Ps.

299,107,531

  

Ps.

293,742,081

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

F-5

    

Notes

    

2022

    

2021

LIABILITIES

 

  

 

  

 

  

Current liabilities:

 

  

 

  

 

  

Current portion of long-term debt

 

14

Ps.

1,000,000

Ps.

4,106,432

Interest payable

14

1,761,069

2,034,577

Current portion of lease liabilities

 

14

 

1,373,233

 

1,478,382

Derivative financial instruments

15

71,401

149,087

Trade accounts payable and accrued expenses

 

 

16,083,858

 

22,874,341

Customer deposits and advances

 

 

1,841,097

 

8,998,556

Income taxes payable

 

24

 

4,457,904

 

7,680,800

Other taxes payable

 

 

2,661,210

 

4,416,960

Employee benefits

 

 

1,384,808

 

2,332,260

Due to related parties

 

20

 

88,324

 

82,070

Current portion of deferred revenue

20

287,667

Provision for lawsuit settlement agreement

27

1,850,220

Other current liabilities

 

 

1,510,127

 

2,516,057

Total current liabilities

 

  

 

34,370,918

 

56,669,522

Non-current liabilities:

 

  

 

  

 

  

Long-term debt, net of current portion

 

14

 

104,240,650

 

121,685,710

Lease liabilities, net of current portion

 

14

 

6,995,839

 

8,202,177

Derivative financial instruments

 

15

 

 

23,798

Income taxes payable

 

24

 

 

104,825

Deferred revenue,net of current portion

20

5,178,014

Deferred income tax liabilities

 

24

 

1,249,475

 

2,210,609

Post-employment benefits

 

16

 

771,468

 

1,913,680

Other non-current liabilities

 

 

2,171,262

 

6,407,696

Total non-current liabilities

 

  

 

120,606,708

 

140,548,495

Total liabilities

 

  

 

154,977,626

 

197,218,017

EQUITY

 

  

 

  

 

  

Capital stock

 

17

 

4,836,708

 

4,836,708

Additional paid-in capital

 

 

15,889,819

 

15,889,819

Retained earnings

 

18

 

131,053,859

 

88,218,188

Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net

 

18

 

(10,823,878)

 

(13,621,992)

Shares repurchased

 

17

 

(12,648,558)

 

(14,205,061)

Equity attributable to stockholders of the Company

 

 

128,307,950

 

81,117,662

Non-controlling interests

 

19

 

15,821,955

 

15,406,402

Total equity

 

  

 

144,129,905

 

96,524,064

Total liabilities and equity

 

  

Ps.

299,107,531

Ps.

293,742,081

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

F-6

Consolidated Statements of Income

For the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020

(In thousands of Mexican pesos, except per CPO amounts)

(Notes 1, 2 and 3)

    

Notes

    

2022

    

2021

    

2020

Revenues

 

26

Ps.

75,526,609

Ps.

73,915,432

Ps.

70,680,227

Cost of revenues

 

21

 

48,807,606

 

46,653,598

 

45,220,302

Selling expenses

 

21

 

9,422,916

 

8,099,607

 

8,414,382

Administrative expenses

 

21

 

12,061,932

 

12,189,542

 

11,216,013

Income before other income or expense

 

26

 

5,234,155

 

6,972,685

 

5,829,530

Other (expense) income, net

 

22

 

(815,565)

 

3,716,237

 

628,622

Operating income

 

  

 

4,418,590

 

10,688,922

 

6,458,152

Finance expense

 

23

 

(11,357,273)

 

(12,478,039)

 

(10,502,529)

Finance income

 

23

 

2,151,109

 

560,026

 

4,853,102

Finance expense, net

 

 

(9,206,164)

 

(11,918,013)

 

(5,649,427)

Share of (loss) income of associates and joint ventures, net

 

10

 

(7,378,249)

 

3,671,030

 

(5,739,668)

(Loss) income before income taxes

(12,165,823)

2,441,939

(4,930,943)

Income tax benefit (expense)

24

1,227,462

(1,673,054)

(858,895)

Net(loss) income from continuing operations

(10,938,361)

768,885

(5,789,838)

Income from discontinued operations,net

 

28

 

56,222,185

 

6,585,900

 

6,092,662

Net income

 

  

Ps.

45,283,824

Ps.

7,354,785

Ps.

302,824

Net income (loss) attributable to:

 

  

 

 

 

Stockholders of the Company

 

  

Ps.

44,712,180

Ps.

6,055,826

Ps.

(1,250,342)

Non-controlling interests

 

19

571,644

 

1,298,959

 

1,553,166

Net income

 

Ps.

45,283,824

Ps.

7,354,785

Ps.

302,824

Basic earnings (loss) per CPO attributable to stockholders of the Company:

 

Continuing operations

Ps.

(4.06)

Ps.

(0.16)

Ps.

(2.34)

Discontinued operations

25

19.86

2.33

1.90

Total

Ps.

15.80

Ps.

2.17

Ps.

(0.44)

Diluted earnings (loss) per CPO attributable to stockholders of the Company:

 

Continuing operations

Ps.

(4.06)

Ps.

(0.16)

Ps.

(2.34)

Discontinued operations

25

19.86

2.33

1.90

Total

Ps.

15.80

Ps.

2.17

Ps.

(0.44)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

F-7

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income

For the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020

(In thousands of Mexican pesos)

(Notes 1, 2 and 3)

    

Notes

    

2022

    

2021

    

2020

Net income

 

  

Ps.

45,283,824

Ps.

7,354,785

Ps.

302,824

Other comprehensive income (loss):

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Items that will not be reclassified to income:

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Remeasurement of post-employment benefit obligations

 

16

 

158,119

 

279,825

 

(344,313)

Warrants issued by UHI, net of hedge

 

9

 

 

 

(21,899,164)

Open-Ended Fund, net of hedge

 

9

 

(131,957)

 

(19,718)

 

(904,423)

Publicly traded equity instruments

 

9

 

(906,658)

 

(123,359)

 

(353,496)

Items that may be subsequently reclassified to income:

 

 

 

 

Exchange differences on translating foreign operations

 

 

(143,156)

 

92,555

 

133,522

Cash flow hedges

395,807

1,927,601

(1,370,145)

Share of other comprehensive income (loss) of associates and joint ventures

 

10

 

4,245,546

 

245,714

 

(61,033)

Other comprehensive income (loss) before income taxes

 

  

 

3,617,701

 

2,402,618

 

(24,799,052)

Income tax (expense) benefit

 

24

 

(833,121)

 

(467,749)

 

7,936,914

Other comprehensive income (loss)

 

  

 

2,784,580

 

1,934,869

 

(16,862,138)

Comprehensive income (loss)

 

  

Ps.

48,068,404

Ps.

9,289,654

Ps.

(16,559,314)

Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to:

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

Stockholders of the Company

 

  

Ps.

47,510,294

Ps.

7,990,682

Ps.

(18,127,641)

Non-controlling interests

 

19

 

558,110

 

1,298,972

 

1,568,327

Comprehensive income (loss)

 

  

Ps.

48,068,404

Ps.

9,289,654

Ps.

(16,559,314)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

F-8

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity

For the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020

(In thousands of Mexican pesos)

(Notes 1, 2 and 3)

Accumulated

Other

Equity

Retained

Comprehensive

Shares

Attributable to

Non-controlling

Capital Stock

Additional

Earnings

Income (Loss)

Repurchased

Stockholders of

Interests

    

(Note 17)

    

Paid-in Capital

    

(Note 18)

    

(Note 18)

    

(Note 17)

    

the Company

    

(Note 19)

    

Total Equity

Balance at January 1,2020

Ps.

4,907,765

Ps.

15,889,819

Ps.

82,652,278

Ps.

1,320,451

Ps.

(14,018,847)

Ps.

90,751,466

Ps.

14,873,767

Ps.

105,625,233

Funding for acquisition of shares under the Long-term Retention Plan

 

(97,000)

(97,000)

(97,000)

Disposition of non-controlling interests in Radiópolis

(291,897)

(291,897)

Dividends to non-controlling interests

 

 

 

(1,653,173)

(1,653,173)

Share of income of OCEN (see Note 3)

147,975

147,975

147,975

Repurchase of CPOs

(195,597)

(195,597)

(195,597)

Shares repurchased

 

 

(111,979)

(111,979)

(111,979)

Sale of shares

 

 

(997,174)

1,109,153

111,979

111,979

Cancellation of sale of shares

2,764,854

(2,764,854)

Share-based compensation

 

 

962,806

962,806

962,806

Comprehensive (loss) income

 

 

(1,250,342)

(16,877,299)

(18,127,641)

1,568,327

(16,559,314)

Balance at December 31, 2020

4,907,765

15,889,819

84,280,397

(15,556,848)

(16,079,124)

73,442,009

14,497,024

87,939,033

Funding for acquisition of shares under the Long-term Retention Plan

(328,500)

(328,500)

(328,500)

Dividends

(1,053,392)

(1,053,392)

(405,928)

(1,459,320)

Share cancellation

(71,057)

(1,510,290)

1,581,347

Shares repurchased

(774,073)

(774,073)

(774,073)

Sale of shares

 

 

(1,126,573)

1,900,646

774,073

774,073

Cancellation of sale of shares

505,357

(505,357)

Share-based compensation

 

 

1,066,863

1,066,863

1,066,863

Other

 

 

16,334

16,334

Comprehensive income

6,055,826

1,934,856

7,990,682

1,298,972

9,289,654

Balance at December 31,2021

4,836,708

15,889,819

88,218,188

(13,621,992)

(14,205,061)

81,117,662

15,406,402

96,524,064

Funding for acquisition of shares under the Long-term Retention Plan

 

(648,242)

(648,242)

(648,242)

Disposition of non-controlling interests of discontinued operations

 

(142,071)

 

(142,071)

Dividends

(1,053,392)

(1,053,392)

(1,053,392)

Repurchase of CPOs

(629,326)

(629,326)

(629,326)

Shares repurchased

(980,410)

(980,410)

(980,410)

Sale of shares

 

 

(3,080,729)

 

 

4,061,139

 

980,410

 

980,410

Cancellation of sale of shares

 

 

246,658

 

 

(246,658)

 

 

Share-based compensation

2,009,304

2,009,304

2,009,304

Other

 

 

1,650

 

 

 

1,650

 

(486)

1,164

Comprehensive income

44,712,180

2,798,114

47,510,294

558,110

48,068,404

Balance at December 31,2022

Ps.

4,836,708

Ps.

15,889,819

Ps.

131,053,859

Ps.

(10,823,878)

Ps.

(12,648,558)

Ps.

128,307,950

Ps.

15,821,955

Ps.

144,129,905

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated finanvcial statements.

F-9

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

For the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020

(In thousands of Mexican pesos)

(Notes 1, 2 and 3)

    

2022

    

2021

    

2020

Operating Activities:

 

  

 

  

 

  

(Loss) Income before income taxes from continued operations

Ps.

(12,165,823)

Ps.

2,441,939

Ps.

(4,930,943)

Income before income taxes from discontinued operations

75,416,214

11,658,624

10,461,667

Adjustments to reconcile income before income taxes to net cash provided by operating activities:

 

 

 

Share of loss (income) of associates and joint ventures

 

7,378,249

 

(3,671,877)

 

5,739,668

Depreciation and amortization

 

21,239,306

 

21,418,369

 

21,260,787

Other amortization of assets

 

353,232

 

329,144

 

380,863

Impairment of long-lived assets

 

 

225,136

 

40,803

Gain on disposition of property and equipment

 

(131,683)

 

(279,593)

 

(74,175)

Impairment loss on trade notes and accounts receivable, and other receivables

 

1,172,555

 

1,276,990

 

1,387,431

Post-employment benefits

 

151,389

 

259,291

 

292,026

Interest income

 

(89,268)

 

(60,174)

 

(72,861)

Share-based compensation expense

 

1,665,909

 

1,088,413

 

984,356

Other finance loss (income), net

 

110,739

 

1,183,180

 

(89,323)

Gain on disposition of discontinued operations

(75,192,421)

Gain on disposition of investments, net

 

 

(4,547,029)

 

(789,873)

Cancellation of provision

691,221

Interest expense

 

9,459,377

 

9,135,531

 

10,482,168

Lawsuit settlement agreement

418,734

Unrealized foreign exchange (gain) loss, net

 

(999,499)

 

1,805,986

 

(2,596,198)

 

28,787,010

 

42,263,930

 

43,167,617

(Increase) decrease in trade notes and accounts receivable

 

(4,176,638)

 

(2,000,397)

 

634,108

Decrease (increase) in transmission rights and programming

 

1,241,568

 

(6,049,514)

 

(54,274)

Decrease (increase) in due from related parties, net

 

4,987,868

 

18,959

 

(393,631)

Increase in inventories

 

(588,954)

 

(571,281)

 

(522,003)

Increase in other accounts and notes receivable and other current assets

 

(2,217,989)

 

(2,882,822)

 

(2,469,724)

(Decrease) increase in trade accounts payable and accrued expenses

 

(122,945)

 

850,760

 

1,065,101

Increase in deferred revenue,customer deposits and advances

 

267,237

 

3,060,769

 

185,143

(Decrease) increase in other liabilities and taxes payable

 

(3,027,186)

 

2,877,152

 

(96,832)

(Decrease) increase in post-employment benefits

 

(564,382)

 

923,196

 

326,892

Income taxes paid

 

(12,118,014)

 

(9,166,602)

 

(8,681,478)

 

(16,319,435)

 

(12,939,780)

 

(10,006,698)

Net cash provided by operating activities

 

12,467,575

 

29,324,150

 

33,160,919

Investing activities:

 

 

 

Disposition of investments in financial instruments

 

 

2,014,371

 

3,155,643

Disposition of OCEN and Radiópolis

4,625,291

1,248,000

Proceeds from disposition of discontinued operations

 

66,095,454

 

 

Long-term credit with related party

(5,738,832)

Disposition or investment in joint ventures

 

(7,922)

 

122,227

 

125,624

Dividends from preferred shares

752,556

Release of holdback payment of OCEN

364,420

Investment in other equity instruments

 

 

(1,122,178)

 

(602,466)

Dividends received

10,000

10,000

Investments in property, plant and equipment

 

(17,315,387)

 

(23,267,847)

 

(20,131,738)

Disposition of property, plant and equipment

 

264,163

 

672,424

 

1,520,417

Non-current trade account receivable

87,663

Other investments in intangible assets

 

(1,807,183)

 

(1,899,464)

 

(1,235,177)

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

 

42,704,932

 

(18,845,176)

 

(15,919,697)

Financing activities:

 

 

 

Partial prepayment of Senior Notes due 2025, 2045 and 2049

(10,099,581)

Prepayment of long-term loans from Mexican banks

(6,000,000)

Proceeds from Mexican banks long-term loans

 

 

2,650,000

 

Repayment of Mexican peso debt

 

(610,403)

 

(242,489)

 

(492,489)

Prepayment of Mexican peso debt related to Sky

 

 

(1,750,000)

 

(2,750,000)

Payments of lease liabilities

 

(699,263)

 

(646,527)

 

(668,277)

Other payments of lease liabilities

(991,048)

(1,082,226)

(953,771)

Prepayment of other notes payable

(1,324,063)

Interest paid

 

(8,893,000)

 

(8,258,243)

 

(9,455,387)

Funding for acquisition of shares of the Long-term Retention Plan

(648,242)

(328,500)

(197,000)

Repurchases of CPOs under a share repurchase program

(629,326)

(195,597)

Repurchase of capital stock

 

(980,410)

 

(774,073)

 

(111,979)

Sale of capital stock

 

980,410

 

774,073

 

111,979

Dividends paid

 

(1,053,392)

 

(1,053,392)

 

Dividends paid of non-controlling interests

 

 

(328,774)

 

(1,420,477)

Derivative financial instruments

 

(145,131)

 

(2,692,241)

 

1,261,845

Net cash used in financing activities

 

(29,769,386)

 

(13,732,392)

 

(16,195,216)

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

 

(100,344)

 

23,540

 

(11,516)

Net Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

 

25,302,777

 

(3,229,878)

 

1,034,490

Cash and cash equivalents related to assets held for sale

571,338

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year

 

25,828,215

 

29,058,093

 

27,452,265

Cash and cash equivalents at end of year

Ps.

51,130,992

Ps.

25,828,215

Ps.

29,058,093

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

F-10

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

For the Years Ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020

(In thousands of Mexican pesos, except per CPO, per share and exchange rate amounts, unless otherwise indicated)

1.

Corporate Information

Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. (the “Company”) is a limited liability public stock corporation (“Sociedad Anónima Bursátil” or “S.A.B.”), incorporated under the laws of Mexico. Pursuant to the terms of the Company’s bylaws (“Estatutos Sociales”), its corporate existence continues through 2106. The shares of the Company are listed and traded in the form of  “Certificados de Participación Ordinarios”, or “CPOs,” on the Mexican Stock Exchange (“Bolsa Mexicana de Valores” or “BMV”) under the ticker symbol TLEVISA CPO, and in the form of Global Depositary Shares, or “GDSs,” on the New York Stock Exchange, or “NYSE,” under the ticker symbol TV. The Company’s principal executive offices are located at Av. Vasco de Quiroga No. 2000, Colonia Santa Fe, 01210, Mexico City, Mexico.

Grupo Televisa, S.A.B., together with its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Group”), is a major telecommunications corporation which owns and operates one of the most significant cable companies as well as a leading direct-to-home (“DTH”) satellite pay television system in Mexico. The Group’s cable business offers integrated services, including video, high-speed data and voice to residential and commercial customers, as well as managed services to domestic and international carriers. The Group owns a majority interest in Sky, a leading DTH satellite pay television system and broadband provider in Mexico, operating also in the Dominican Republic and Central America. The Group holds a number of concessions by the Mexican government that authorizes it to broadcast programming over television stations for the signals of TelevisaUnivision, Inc. (“TelevisaUnivision”), and the Group’s cable and DTH systems. In addition, the Group is the largest shareholder of TelevisaUnivision, a leading media company producing, creating and distributing Spanish-speaking content through several broadcast channels in Mexico, the U.S. and over 50 countries through television networks, cable operators and over-the-top or OTT services. The Group also has interests in magazine publishing and distribution, professional sports and live entertainment, and gaming.

On January 31, 2022 the Company and TelevisaUnivision announced the closing of the transaction between the Group’s media content and production assets and TelevisaUnivision (the “TelevisaUnivision Transaction”) (see Note 3).

2.

Accounting Policies

The principal accounting policies followed by the Group and used in the preparation of these consolidated financial statements are summarized below.

(a)   Basis of Presentation

The consolidated financial statements of the Group as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, and for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020, are presented in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS Standards”), as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (“IASB”). IFRS Standards comprise: (i) IFRS Standards; (ii) International Accounting Standards (“IAS Standards”); (iii) IFRS Interpretations Committee (“IFRIC”) Interpretations; and (iv) Standing Interpretations Committee (“SIC”) Interpretations.

The consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a historical cost basis, except for the measurement at fair value of derivative financial instruments, financial assets, investments in equity financial instruments, plan assets of post-employment benefits and share-based payments, as described in the notes to the financial statements below.

The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with IFRS Standards, requires the use of certain critical accounting estimates. It also requires management to exercise its judgment in the process of applying the Group’s accounting policies. Changes in assumptions may have a significant impact on the consolidated financial statements in the period the assumptions changed. Management believes that the underlying assumptions are appropriate. The areas involving a higher degree of judgment or complexity, or areas where estimates and assumptions are significant to the Group’s financial statements are disclosed in Note 5 to these consolidated financial statements.

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The consolidated statements of income of the Group for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020, have been prepared to present the discontinued operations following the TelevisaUnivision Transaction closed on January 31, 2022. Accordingly, the consolidated statements of income of the Group for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, have been re-presented from those previously reported by the Company, to present in those periods the results from discontinued operations for the businesses disposed of by the Group on January 31, 2022 (see Notes 3 and 28).

These consolidated financial statements were authorized for issuance on March 31, 2023, and were also authorized for issuance on April 26, 2023, including the events disclosed in Note 30, by the Group’s Corporate Vice President of Finance.

(b)   Consolidation

The financial statements of the Group are prepared on a consolidated basis and include the assets, liabilities, and results of operations of all companies in which the Company has a controlling interest (subsidiaries). All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated from the consolidated financial statements.

Subsidiaries

Subsidiaries are all entities over which the Company has control. The Group controls an entity when it is exposed to, or has rights to, variable returns from its involvement with the entity and has the ability to affect those returns through its power over the entity. The existence and effects of potential voting rights that are currently exercisable or convertible are considered when assessing whether or not the Company controls another entity. The subsidiaries are consolidated from the date on which control is obtained by the Company and cease to consolidate from the date on which said control is lost.

The Group applies the acquisition method to account for business combinations. The consideration transferred for the acquisition of a subsidiary is the fair value of the assets transferred, the liabilities incurred to the former owners of the acquiree, and the equity interests issued by the Group. The consideration transferred includes the fair value of any asset or liability resulting from a contingent consideration arrangement. Identifiable assets acquired and liabilities and contingent liabilities assumed in a business combination are measured initially at their fair values at the acquisition date. The Group recognizes any non-controlling interest in the acquiree on an acquisition-by-acquisition basis at the non-controlling interest’s proportionate share of the recognized amounts of acquiree’s identifiable net assets.

Acquisition-related costs are expensed as incurred.

Goodwill is initially measured as the excess of the aggregate of the consideration transferred and the fair value of non-controlling interest over the net identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed. If this consideration is lower than the fair value of the net assets of the subsidiary acquired, the difference is recognized in income or loss.

Changes in Ownership Interests in Subsidiaries without Change of Control

Transactions with non-controlling interests that do not result in loss of control are accounted for as equity transactions that is, as transactions with the owners in their capacity as owners. The difference between fair value of any consideration paid and the interest acquired of the carrying amount of net assets of the subsidiary is recorded in equity. Gains or losses on disposals of non-controlling interests are also recorded in equity.

Loss of Control of a Subsidiary

When the Company ceases to have control of a subsidiary, any retained interest in the entity is remeasured to its fair value at the date when control is lost, with the change in carrying amount recognized in income or loss. The fair value is the initial carrying amount for the purposes of subsequently accounting for the retained interest as an associate, joint venture or financial asset. In addition, any amounts previously recognized in other comprehensive income in respect of that entity are accounted for as if the Group had directly disposed of the related assets or liabilities. This means that amounts previously recognized in other comprehensive income are reclassified to income or loss except for certain equity financial instruments designated irrevocably with changes in other comprehensive income or loss.

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Discontinued Operations

A discontinued operation is a component of the Group that either has been disposed of or is classified as held for sale, for which its operations and cash flows can be clearly distinguished, operationally and for financial reporting purposes, from the rest of the Group and represents a separate major line of business or operations.

Classification as a discontinued operation occurs at the earlier of disposal or when the operation meets the criteria to be classified as held for sale.

When an operation is classified as a discontinued operation, the comparative consolidated statements of income are re-presented as if the operation had been discontinued from the start of the comparative period.

Subsidiaries of the Company

At December 31, 2022 and 2021, the main direct and indirect subsidiaries of the Company were as follows:

Company’s

Ownership

Business

Subsidiaries

    

Interest (1)

    

Segment (2)

Empresas Cablevisión, S.A.B. de C.V. and subsidiaries (collectively, “Empresas Cablevisión”) (3)

 

51.2

%  

Cable

Subsidiaries engaged in the Cablemás business (collectively, “Cablemás”) (4)

 

100

%  

Cable

Televisión Internacional, S.A. de C.V. and subsidiaries (collectively, “TVI”) (5)

 

100

%  

Cable

Cablestar, S.A. de C.V. and subsidiaries (collectively, “Bestel”) (6)

 

66.2

%  

Cable

Arretis, S.A.P.I. de C.V. and subsidiaries (collectively, “Cablecom”) (7)

 

100

%  

Cable

Subsidiaries engaged in the Telecable business (collectively, “Telecable”) (8)

 

100

%  

Cable

FTTH de México, S.A. de C.V. (9)

100

%  

Cable

Corporativo Vasco de Quiroga, S.A. de C.V. (“CVQ”) and subsidiaries (10)

 

100

%  

Cable and Sky

Innova, S. de R.L. de C.V. (“Innova”) and subsidiaries (collectively, “Sky”) (11)

 

58.7

%  

Sky

Grupo Telesistema, S.A. de C.V. (“Grupo Telesistema”) and subsidiaries (13)

 

100

%  

Content and Other Businesses (2)

Televisa, S. de R. L. de C.V. (Televisa, S.A. de C.V. through May 2021) (“Televisa”) (12)

 

100

%  

Content (2)

Televisión Independiente de México, S.A. de C.V. (“TIM”) (12)

100

%  

Content (2)

G.Televisa-D, S.A. de C.V. (12)

 

100

%  

Content (2)

Multimedia Telecom, S.A. de C.V. (“Multimedia Telecom”) and subsidiary (13)

 

100

%  

Content (2)

Ulvik, S.A. de C.V. (14)

100

%  

Content and Other Businesses (2)

Controladora de Juegos y Sorteos de México, S.A. de C.V. and subsidiaries

100

%  

Other Businesses

Editorial Televisa, S.A. de C.V. and subsidiaries

 

100

%  

Other Businesses

Grupo Distribuidoras Intermex, S.A. de C.V. and subsidiaries

 

100

%  

Other Businesses

Villacezán, S.A. de C.V. (“Villacezán”) and subsidiaries (13)

 

100

%  

Content and Other Businesses (2)

(1)Percentage of equity interest directly or indirectly held by the Company.
(2)See Note 26 for a description of each of the Group’s business segments. The Group’s operations of the Content segment were discontinued following the closing of the TelevisaUnivision Transaction on January 31, 2022 (see Note 3).
(3)Empresas Cablevisión, S.A.B. de C.V., is a direct majority-owned subsidiary of CVQ.
(4)The subsidiaries in the Cablemás business are directly and indirectly owned by CVQ.
(5)Televisión Internacional, S.A. de C.V., is a direct subsidiary of CVQ.
(6)Cablestar, S.A. de C.V., is an indirect majority-owned subsidiary of CVQ and Empresas Cablevisión, S.A.B. de C.V.
(7)Arretis, S.A.P.I. de C.V., is a direct subsidiary of CVQ.
(8)The subsidiaries in the Telecable business are directly owned by CVQ.
(9)FTTH de México, S. A. de C.V., is an indirect subsidiary of CVQ.

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(10)CVQ is a direct subsidiary of the Company and the parent company of Empresas Cablevisión, Cablemás, TVI, Bestel, Cablecom, Telecable and Innova.
(11)Innova is an indirect majority-owned subsidiary of the Company, CVQ and Sky DTH, S.A. de C.V. (“Sky DTH”), and a direct majority-owned subsidiary of Innova Holdings, S. de R.L. de C.V. (“Innova Holdings”). Sky is a satellite television provider in Mexico, Central America and the Dominican Republic. Although the Company holds a majority of Innova’s equity and designates a majority of the members of Innova’s Board of Directors, the non-controlling interest has certain governance and veto rights in Innova, including the right to block certain transactions between the companies in the Group and Sky. These veto rights are protective in nature and do not affect decisions about relevant business activities of Innova.
(12)TIM and G.Televisa-D, S.A. de C.V., are direct subsidiaries of Grupo Telesistema, and through January 31, 2022, were part of the Group’s former Content business. Televisa was a direct subsidiary of Grupo Telesistema through January 31, 2022.
(13)Multimedia Telecom and its direct subsidiary, Comunicaciones Tieren, S.A. de C.V. (“Tieren”), and Villacezán are indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries of Grupo Telesistema. As of December 31, 2022, Multimedia Telecom, Grupo Telesistema, Tieren, Villacezán, and Corporativo TD Sports, S.A. de C.V., a direct subsidiary of Grupo Telesistema,  are the subsidiaries through which the Company owns shares of the capital stock of TelevisaUnivision (formerly known as Univision Holdings II, Inc. or UH II), the successor company of Univision Holdings, Inc. (“UHI”) and the parent company of Univision Communications Inc. (“Univision”), representing 43.8%, 49.7%, 2.1%, 3.7% and 0.7% , respectively, of the Group’s aggregate investment in shares of common stock issued by TelevisaUnivision as of December 31, 2022. Multimedia Telecom and Tieren were the subsidiaries through which the Company owned shares of the capital stock of UH II, representing 95.3% and 4.7%, respectively, of the Group’s aggregate investment in shares of common stock issued by UH II as of December 31, 2021 (see Notes 3, 10 and 20).
(14)A direct subsidiary of the company and the parent company of Televisa Corporación, S.A. de C.V., an indirect subsidiary of the company that provides services to certain companies in the Group’s Other Businesses segment and, through January 31, 2022, provided services to certain companies in the Group’s former Content segment.

Concessions and Permits

The Group’s Cable, Sky and Other Businesses segments, require governmental concessions and special authorizations for the provision of telecommunications and broadcasting services in Mexico. Such concessions are granted by the Mexican Institute of Telecommunications (“Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones” or “IFT”) for a fixed term, subject to renewal in accordance with the Mexican Telecommunications and Broadcasting Law (“Ley Federal de Telecomunicaciones y Radiodifusión” or “LFTR”).

Renewal of concessions for the Cable and Sky segments require, among others: (i) to request its renewal to IFT prior to the last fifth period of the fixed term of the related concession; (ii) to be in compliance with the concession holder’s obligations under the LFTR, other applicable regulations, and the concession title; and (iii) the acceptance by the concession holder of any new conditions for renewing the concession as set forth by IFT. IFT shall resolve any request for renewal of the telecommunications concessions within 180 business days of its request. Failure to respond within such period of time shall be interpreted as if the request for renewal has been granted.

The Group holds a number of concessions by the Mexican government that authorizes it to broadcast programming over television stations for the signals of TelevisaUnivision. The payments made by the Group for these broadcasting concessions were accounted for as intangible assets in the Group’s Content segment through January 31, 2022, and are accounted as intangible assets in the Group’s Other Businesses segment after that date (see Notes 3, 13 and 26).

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Renewal of broadcasting concessions for the broadcast programming operations over television stations for the signals of TelevisaUnivision, require, among others: (i) to request such renewal to IFT prior to the last fifth period of the fixed term of the related concession; (ii) to be in compliance with the concession holder’s obligations under the LFTR, other applicable regulations, and the concession title; (iii) a declaration by IFT that there is no public interest in recovering the spectrum granted under the related concession; and (iv) the acceptance by the concession holder of any new conditions for renewing the concession as set forth by IFT, including the payment of a related fee. IFT shall resolve within the year following the presentation of the request, if there is public interest in recovering the spectrum granted under the related concession, in which case it will notify its determination and proceed with the termination of the concession at the end of its fixed term. If IFT determines that there is no public interest in recovering the spectrum, it will grant the requested extension within 180 business days, provided that the concessionaire accepts, in advance, the new conditions set by IFT, which will include the payment of the fee referred to above. Such fee will be determined by IFT for the relevant concessions, considering the following elements: (i) the frequency band; (ii) the amount of spectrum; (iii) coverage of the frequency band; (iv) domestic and international benchmark regarding the market value of frequency bands; and (v) upon request of IFT, an opinion issued by the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit of IFT´s proposal for calculation of the fee.

The regulations of the broadcasting and the telecommunications concessions (including satellite pay TV) establish that at the end of the concession, the frequency bands or spectrum attached to the services provided in the concessions shall return to the Mexican government. In addition, at the end of the concession, the Mexican government will have the preferential right to acquire infrastructure, equipment and other goods directly used in the provision of the concession. If the Mexican government were to exercise its right to acquire infrastructure, equipment and other goods, it would be required to pay a price that is equivalent to a formula that is similar to fair value. To the knowledge of the Company’s management, no spectrum granted for broadcasting services in Mexico has been recovered by the Mexican government in at least the past three decades for public interest reasons. However, the Company’s management is unable to predict the outcome of any action by IFT in this regard. In addition, these assets, by themselves, would not be enough to immediately begin broadcasting or offering satellite pay TV services or telecommunications services, as no content producing assets or other equipment necessary to operate the business would be included.

Also, the Group’s Gaming business, which is reported in the Other Businesses segment, requires a permit granted by the Mexican Federal Government for a fixed term, subject to renewal in accordance with Mexican law. Additionally, the Group’s Sky businesses in Central America and the Dominican Republic require concessions or permits granted by local regulatory authorities for a fixed term, subject to renewal in accordance with local laws.

The accounting guidelines provided by IFRIC 12 Service Concession Arrangements, are not applicable to the Group due primarily to the following factors: (i) the Mexican government does not substantially control the Group’s infrastructure, what services are provided with the infrastructure and the price at which such services are offered; (ii) the Group’s  broadcasting service does not constitute a public service as per the definition in IFRIC 12; and (iii) the Group is unable to divide its infrastructure among the public (telephony and possibly Internet services) and non-public (pay TV) service components.

At December 31, 2022, the expiration dates of the Group’s concessions and permits were as follows:

Segments

    

Expiration Dates

Cable

Various from 2026 to 2056

Sky

Various from 2024 to 2056

Other Businesses:

Broadcasting concessions (1)

In 2042 and 2052

Gaming

In 2030

(1)In November 2018, the IFT approved (i) 23 concessions for the use of spectrum that comprise the Company’s 225 TV stations, for a term of 20 years, starting in January 2022 and ending in January 2042, and (ii) six concessions that grant the authorization to provide digital broadcasting television services of such 225 TV stations, for a term of 30 years, starting in January 2022 and ending in January 2052. In November 2018, the Group paid for such renewal an aggregate amount of Ps.5,754,543 in cash, which included a payment of Ps.1,194 for administrative expenses and recognized this payment as an intangible asset in its consolidated statement of financial position. This amount is being amortized over a period of 20 years beginning on January 1, 2022, by using the straight-line method. Through January 31, 2022, these broadcasting concessions were part of the Group’s former Content segment, and after the TelevisaUnivision Transaction closed on that date, these concessions became part of the Group’s Other Businesses segment (see Notes 3, 13 and 26).

The concessions or permits held by the Group are not subject to any significant pricing regulations in the ordinary course of business.

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(c)   Investments in Associates and Joint Ventures

Associates are those entities over which the Group has significant influence but not control or joint control, over the financial and operating policies, generally those entities with a shareholding of between 20% and 50% of the voting rights. Investments in joint arrangements are classified as either joint operations or joint ventures depending on the contractual rights and obligations of each investor. Joint ventures are those joint arrangements where the Group exercises joint control with one or more stockholders, without exercising control individually, and have rights to the net assets of the joint arrangements. Investments in associates and joint ventures are accounted for using the equity method of accounting. Under the equity method, the investment is initially recognized at cost, and the carrying amount is increased or decreased to recognize the investor’s share of the net assets of the investee after the date of acquisition. The investor’s income or loss includes its share of the investee’s income or loss and the investor’s other comprehensive income includes its share of the investee’s other comprehensive income.

The Group’s investments in associates include an equity interest in TelevisaUnivision (formerly known as UH II) represented by approximately 44.4% and 35.5% of the outstanding total common and preferred shares of TelevisaUnivision on an as-converted basis (excluding unvested and/or unsettled stock, restricted stock units and options of TelevisaUnivision) as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively (see Notes 3 and 10).

If the Group’s share of losses of an associate or a joint venture, equals or exceeds its interest in the investee, the Group discontinues recognizing its share of further losses. The interest in an associate or a joint venture is the carrying amount of the investment in the investee under the equity method together with any other long-term investment that, in substance, form part of the Group’s net investment in the investee. After the Group’s interest is reduced to zero, additional losses are provided for, and a liability is recognized, only to the extent that the Group has incurred legal or constructive obligations or made payments on behalf of the associate or joint venture.

Any gain or loss resulting from a downstream transaction involving assets that constitute a business, as defined in IFRS 3 Business Combinations, between the Company (including its consolidated subsidiaries) and its associate or joint venture is recognized in full in the Group’s financial statements. The Group adopted this accounting policy in connection with the TelevisaUnivision Transaction closed on January 31, 2022 (see Note 3), and in accordance with the guidelines of Amendments to IFRS 10 and IAS 28 Sale or Contribution of Assets between an Investor and its Associate or Joint Venture, and Effective Date of Amendments to IFRS 10 and IAS 28, issued by the IASB.

(d)   Segment Reporting

Operating segments are reported in a manner consistent with the internal reporting provided to the Group’s Co-Chief Executive Officers (“chief operating decision makers”), who are responsible for allocating resources and assessing performance for each of the Group’s operating segments.

(e)   Foreign Currency Translation

Functional and Presentation Currency

Items included in the financial statements of each of the Group’s entities are measured using the currency of the primary economic environment in which the entity operates (“functional currency”). The presentation and reporting currency of the Group’s consolidated financial statements is the Mexican peso, which is used for compliance with its legal and tax obligations.

Transactions and Balances

Foreign currency transactions are translated into the functional currency using the exchange rates prevailing at the dates of the transactions or measurement where items are remeasured. Foreign exchange gains and losses resulting from the settlement of such transactions and from the translation at year-end exchange rates of monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are recognized in the statement of income as part of finance income or expense, except when deferred in other comprehensive income as qualifying cash flow hedges and qualifying net investment hedges.

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Changes in the fair value of monetary securities denominated in foreign currency classified as investments in financial instruments are analyzed between exchange differences resulting from changes in the amortized cost of the security and other changes in the carrying amount of the security. Translation differences related to changes in amortized cost are recognized in income or loss, and other changes in carrying amount are recognized in other comprehensive income or loss.

Translation of Foreign Operations

The financial statements of the Group’s foreign entities that have a functional currency different from the presentation currency are translated into the presentation currency as follows: (a) assets and liabilities are translated at the closing rate at the date of the statement of financial position; (b) income and expenses are translated at average exchange rates (unless this average is not a reasonable approximation of the cumulative effect of the rates prevailing on the transaction dates, in which case income and expenses are translated at the rate on the dates of the transactions); (c) stockholders’ equity accounts are translated at the prevailing exchange rate at the time capital contributions were made and earnings were generated and (d) all resulting translation differences are recognized in other comprehensive income or loss.

Goodwill and fair value adjustments arising on the acquisition of a foreign entity are treated as assets and liabilities of the foreign entity and translated at the closing rate. Translation differences arising are recognized in other comprehensive income or loss.

Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies of non-Mexican subsidiaries that use the Mexican Peso as a functional currency are initially converted to Mexican Pesos by utilizing the exchange rate of the statement of financial position date for monetary assets and liabilities, and historical exchange rates for non-monetary items, with the related adjustment included in the consolidated statement of income as finance income or expense.

A portion of the Group’s outstanding principal amount of its U.S. dollar denominated long-term debt (hedging instrument, disclosed in the line item “Long-term debt, net of current portion” of the consolidated statement of financial position) has been designated as a hedge of a net investment in a foreign operation in connection with the Group’s investment in shares of TelevisaUnivision (formerly known as UH II) (hedged item), which amounted to U.S.$2,538.8 million (Ps.49,446,349) and U.S.$1,254.5 million (Ps.25,721,539) as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively. Consequently, any foreign exchange gain or loss attributable to this designated hedging long-term debt is credited or charged directly to other comprehensive income or loss as a cumulative result from foreign currency translation (see Note 10).

A portion of the Group’s outstanding principal amount of its U.S. dollar denominated long-term debt (hedging instrument, disclosed in the line item “Long-term debt, net of current portion” of the consolidated statement of financial position) was designated as a fair value hedge of foreign exchange exposure related to its investment in warrants that were exercisable for common stock of UHI (hedged item) through December 29, 2020, the date on which the Group exercised all of these warrants for common stock of UHI, which amounted to U.S.$871.6 million (Ps.17,387,699) as of December 29, 2020. Consequently, any foreign exchange gain or loss attributable to this designated hedging long-term debt was credited or charged directly to other comprehensive income or loss through December 29, 2020, along with the recognition in the same line item of any foreign currency gain or loss of this investment in warrants designated as a hedged item through that date (see Notes 14 and 18).

A portion of the Group’s outstanding principal amount of its U.S. dollar denominated long-term debt (hedging instrument, disclosed in the line item “Long-term debt, net of current portion” of the consolidated statement of financial position) has been designated as a fair value hedge of foreign exchange exposure related to its investment in Open-Ended Fund (hedged item), which amounted to U.S.$39.7 million (Ps.773,209) and U.S.$46.1 million (Ps.945,176), as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively. Consequently, any foreign exchange gain or loss attributable to this designated hedging long-term debt is credited or charged directly to other comprehensive income or loss, along with the recognition in the same line item of any foreign currency gain or loss of this investment in Open-Ended Fund designated as a hedged item (see Notes 9, 14 and 18).

(f)   Cash and Cash Equivalents and Temporary Investments

Cash and cash equivalents consist of cash on hand and all highly liquid investments with an original maturity of three months or less at the date of acquisition. Cash is stated at nominal value and cash equivalents are measured at fair value, and the changes in the fair value are recognized in the statement of income.

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Temporary investments consist of short-term investments in securities, including without limitation debt with a maturity of over three months and up to one year at the date of acquisition, stock and other financial instruments, or a combination thereof, as well as current maturities of non-current financial assets. Temporary investments are measured at fair value with changes in fair value recognized in finance income in the consolidated income statement, except the current maturities of non-current held-to-maturity securities which are measured at amortized cost.

As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, cash equivalents primarily consisted of fixed short-term deposits and corporate fixed income securities denominated in U.S. dollars and Mexican pesos, with an average yield of approximately 1.53% for U.S. dollar deposits and 7.40% for Mexican peso deposits in 2022, and approximately 0.07% for U.S. dollar deposits and 4.36% for Mexican peso deposits in 2021.

(g)   Transmission Rights and Programming

Transmission rights are valued at the lesser of acquisition cost and net realizable value.

Transmission rights are recognized from the point at which the legally enforceable license period begins. Until the license term commences and the programming rights are available, payments made are recognized as prepayments. Cost of revenues is calculated and recorded for the month in which transmission rights are matched with related revenues.

Transmission rights are recognized in income over the lives of the contracts. Transmission rights in perpetuity are amortized on a straight-line basis over the period of the expected benefit as determined by past experience, but not exceeding 25 years.

Through January 31, 2022, programming was comprised of programs, literary works, production talent advances and films.  Programs and films were valued at the lesser of production cost, which consisted of direct production costs and production overhead, and net realizable value. Literary works were valued at the lesser of acquisition cost and net realizable value. Payments for production talent advances were initially capitalized and subsequently included as direct or indirect costs of program production. Cost of revenues was calculated and recorded for the month in which programs, literary works, production talent advances and films were matched with related revenues.

Through January 31, 2022, the Group’s policy was to capitalize the production costs of programs which benefited more than one annual period and amortized them over the expected period of future program revenues based on the Company’s historical revenue patterns and usage for similar productions.

(h)   Inventories

Inventories of paper, magazines, materials and supplies for maintenance of technical equipment are recorded at the lower of cost or its net realizable value. The net realization value is the estimated selling price in the normal course of business, less estimated costs to conduct the sale. Cost is determined using the average cost method.

(i)   Financial Assets

The Group classifies its financial assets in accordance with IFRS 9 Financial Instruments (“IFRS 9”). Under the guidelines of IFRS 9, the Group classifies financial assets as subsequently measured at amortized cost, fair value through other comprehensive income or loss (“FVOCIL”), or fair value through income or loss (“FVIL”), based on the Company’s business model for managing the financial assets and the contractual cash flows characteristics of the financial asset.

Financial Assets Measured at Amortized Cost

Financial assets are measured at amortized cost when the objective of holding such financial assets is to collect contractual cash flows, and the contractual terms of the financial asset give rise on specified dates to cash flows that are only payments of principal and interest on the principal amount outstanding. These financial assets are initially recognized at fair value plus transaction costs and subsequently carried at amortized cost using the effective interest rate method, with changes in carrying amount recognized in the consolidated statement of income in the line which most appropriately reflects the nature of the item or transaction. They are included in current assets, except for maturities greater than 12 months after the end of the reporting period that are included in non-current assets. The Group’s financial assets measured at amortized costs are primarily presented as “trade accounts and notes receivable”, “other accounts and notes receivable”, and “due from related parties” in the consolidated statement of financial position (see Note 7).

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Financial Assets Measured at FVOCIL

Financial assets are measured at FVOCIL when the objective of holding such financial assets is both collecting contractual cash flows and selling financial assets, and the contractual terms of the financial asset give rise on specified dates to cash flows that are solely payments of principal and interest on the principal amount outstanding.

The Group’s investments in certain equity instruments have been designated to be measured at FVOCIL, as permitted by IFRS 9. In connection with this designation, any amounts presented in consolidated other comprehensive income are not subsequently transferred to consolidated income. Dividends from these equity instruments are recognized in consolidated income when the right to receive payment of the dividend is established, and such dividend is probable to be paid to the Group.

Financial Assets at FVIL

Financial assets at FVIL are financial assets held for trading. A financial asset is classified in this category if acquired principally for the purpose of selling in the short term. Derivatives are also categorized as held for trading unless they are designated as hedges. Assets in this category are classified as current assets if expected to be settled within 12 months, otherwise they are classified as non-current.

Impairment of Financial Assets

The Group assesses on a forward-looking basis the expected credit losses associated with its financial assets carried at FVOCIL. The impairment methodology applied depends on whether there has been a significant increase in credit risk.

For trade receivables, the Group applies the simplified approach permitted by IFRS 9, which requires expected lifetime losses to be recognized from initial recognition of the receivables (see Note 7).

Offsetting of Financial Instruments

Financial assets are offset against financial liabilities and the net amount reported in the consolidated statement of financial position if, and only when the Group: (i) currently has a legally enforceable right to set off the recognized amounts; and (ii) intends either to settle on a net basis, or to realize the assets and settle the liability simultaneously.

(j)   Property, Plant and Equipment, and Investment Property

Property, plant and equipment are recorded at acquisition cost.

Subsequent costs are included in the asset’s carrying amount or recognized as a separate asset, as appropriate, only when it is probable that future economic benefits associated with the item will flow to the Group and the cost of the item can be measured reliably. The carrying amount of the replaced part is derecognized. All other repairs and maintenance are charged to income or loss during the financial period in which they are incurred.

The initial estimate of the costs of dismantling items of property, plant and equipment are recognized as incurred at the fair value of related dismantling obligations. These dismantling obligations are primarily related to the use of the Group’s Cable segment networks during a particular period and presented as part of other long-term liabilities in the Group’s consolidated statements of financial position. As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, the present value of the Group’s dismantling obligations amounted to Ps.1,129,184 and Ps.933,880, respectively.

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Land is not depreciated. Depreciation of property, plant and equipment is based upon the carrying amount of the assets in use and is computed using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the asset, as follows:

Estimated

    

Useful Lives

Buildings

 

20-50 years

Technical equipment

 

3-30 years

Satellite transponders

 

15 years

Furniture and fixtures

 

10-15 years

Transportation equipment

 

4-8 years

Computer equipment

 

3-6 years

Leasehold improvements

 

5-30 years

The assets’ residual values and useful lives are reviewed, and adjusted if appropriate, at the end of each reporting period.

An asset’s carrying amount is written down immediately to its recoverable amount if the asset’s carrying amount is greater than its estimated recoverable amount.

Gains and losses on disposals are determined by comparing the proceeds with the carrying amount and are recognized within other income or expense in the consolidated statement of income.

If significant parts of an item of property, plant and equipment have different useful lives, then they are accounted for as separate items (major components) of property, plant and equipment.

Investment Property

Beginning on February 1, 2022 the Group has investment property. Investment property is property of the Group (land or a building or part of a building or both) held by a lessee as a right-of-use asset to earn rentals rather than for use in the production or supply of goods or services or for administrative purposes, or sale in the ordinary course of business.

Land is not depreciated. Depreciation of investment property is based upon the carrying amount of the assets in use and is computed using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the asset, as follows:

    

Estimated 
Useful Lives

Buildings

20-65 years

The Group’s investment property is measured at cost less any accumulated depreciation and any accumulated impairment losses.

(k)   Lease Agreements

As a lessee, the Group recognizes a right-of-use asset representing its right to use the underlying asset in a lease agreement, and a lease liability representing its obligation to make lease payments.

Right-of-use assets are measured at cost comprising the following: the amount of the initial measurement of lease liability, any lease payments made at or before the commencement date less any lease incentives received, any initial direct costs and restoration costs.

Right-of-use assets are generally depreciated over the shorter of the asset’s useful life and the lease term on a straight-line basis. If the Group is reasonably certain to exercise a purchase option, the right-of-use asset is depreciated over the underlying asset’s useful life.

Payments associated with short-term leases of equipment and vehicles and mostly leases of low-value assets are recognized on a straight-line basis as an expense in profit or loss. Short-term leases are leases with a lease term of 12 months or less.

The Group recognizes a depreciation of rights-of-use assets for long-term lease agreements, and a finance expense for interest from related lease liabilities.

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The Group leases its investment property consisting of certain owned building and land property (see Note 11). These lease agreements are classified as operating leases from a lessor perspective.

(l)   Intangible Assets and Goodwill

Intangible assets and goodwill are recognized at acquisition cost. Intangible assets and goodwill acquired through business combinations are recorded at fair value at the date of acquisition. Intangible assets with indefinite useful lives, which include, trademarks, concessions, and goodwill, are not amortized, and subsequently recognized at cost less accumulated impairment losses. Intangible assets with finite useful lives are amortized on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives, as follows:

Estimated

    

Useful Lives

Trademarks with finite useful lives

4 years

Licenses

 

3-10 years

Subscriber lists

 

4-5 years

Payments for renewal of concessions

 

20 years

Other intangible assets

 

3-20 years

Trademarks

The Group determines its acquired trademarks to have an indefinite life when they are expected to generate net cash inflows for the Group indefinitely. Additionally, the Group considers that there are no legal, regulatory or contractual provisions that limit the useful lives of trademarks. The Group has not capitalized any amounts associated with internally developed trademarks.

Concessions

The Group defined concessions to have an indefinite life due to the fact that the Group has a history of renewing its concessions upon expiration, has maintained the concessions granted by the Mexican government, and has no foreseeable limit to the period over which the assets are expected to generate net cash inflows. In addition, the Group is committed to continue to invest for the long term to extend the period over which the broadcasting and telecommunications concessions are expected to continue to provide economic benefits.

Any fees paid by the Group to regulatory authorities for concessions renewed are determined to have finite useful lives and are amortized on a straight-line basis over the fixed term of the related concession.

Goodwill

Goodwill arises on the acquisition of a business and represents the excess of the consideration transferred over the Group’s interest in net fair value of the identifiable assets, liabilities and contingent liabilities of the acquiree and the fair value of the non-controlling interest in the acquiree.

For the purpose of impairment testing, goodwill acquired in a business combination is allocated to each of the cash generating units (“CGUs”), or groups of CGUs, that are expected to benefit from the synergies of the combination. Each unit or group of units to which the goodwill is allocated represents the lowest level within the entity at which the goodwill is monitored for internal management purposes.

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Goodwill impairment reviews are undertaken annually or more frequently if events or changes in circumstances indicate a potential impairment. The carrying amount of goodwill is compared to the recoverable amount, which is the greater of the value in use and the fair value less costs to sell. Any impairment of goodwill is recognized as an expense in the consolidated statement of income and is not subject to be reversed in subsequent periods.

(m)   Impairment of Long-lived Assets

The Group reviews for impairment the carrying amounts of its long-lived assets, tangible and intangible (see Note 13), whenever events or changes in business circumstances indicate that these carrying amounts may not be recoverable. An impairment loss is recognized for the amount by which the asset’s carrying amount exceeds its recoverable amount. The recoverable amount is the greater of an asset’s fair value less costs to sell and value in use. To determine whether an impairment exists, the carrying amount of the reporting unit is compared with its recoverable amount. Fair value estimates are based on quoted market values in active markets, if available. If quoted market prices are not available, the estimate of fair value is based on various valuation techniques, including discounted value of estimated future cash flows, market multiples or third-party appraisal valuations. Any impairment of long-lived assets other than goodwill may be subsequently reversed under certain circumstances.

(n)   Trade Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses

Trade accounts payable and accrued expenses are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Trade accounts payable and accrued expenses are classified as current liabilities if payment is due within one year or less (or in the normal operating cycle of the business if longer). If not, they are presented as non-current liabilities.

Trade accounts payable and accrued expenses are recognized initially at fair value and subsequently measured at amortized cost using the effective interest method.

Trade accounts payable and accrued expenses are presented as a single item of consolidated current liabilities in the consolidated statements of financial position as of December 31, 2022 and 2021.

(o)   Debt

Debt is recognized initially at fair value, net of transaction costs incurred. Debt is subsequently carried at amortized cost; any difference between the proceeds (net of transaction costs) and the redemption value is recognized in the consolidated statement of income over the period on which the debt is outstanding using the effective interest method.

Fees paid on the establishment of debt facilities are recognized as transaction costs of the loan to the extent that it is probable that some or all of the facility will be drawn down. In this case, the fee is deferred until the draw-down occurs. To the extent there is no evidence that it is probable that some or all of the facility will be drawn down, the fee is capitalized as a pre-payment for liquidity services and amortized over the period of the facility to which it relates.

Current portion of long-term debt and interest payable are presented as a separate line item in the consolidated statements of financial position as of December 31, 2022 and 2021.

Debt early redemption costs are recognized as finance expense in the consolidated statement of income.

(p)   Customer Deposits and Advances

Customer deposits and advance agreements for advertising services provide that customers receive prices that are fixed for the contract period for advertising time in the Group’s platforms or other services, based on rates established by the Group. Such rates vary depending on when the advertisement is made or the service is provided, including the season, hour, day and type of programming.

Through January 31, 2022, in connection with its former Content business, the Group recognized customer deposits and advance agreements for advertising services in the consolidated statement of financial position, when these agreements were executed either with a consideration in cash paid by customers or with short-term non-interest bearing notes received from customers in connection with annual (“upfront basis”) and from time to time (“scatter basis”) prepayments (see Note 7).

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Customer deposits and advances agreements are presented by the Group as a contract liability in the consolidated statement of financial position when a customer pays consideration, or the Group has a right to an amount of consideration that is unconditional, before the Group transfers services to the customer. A contract liability is a Group’s obligation to transfer services or goods to a customer for which the Group has received consideration, or an amount of consideration is due, from the customer. In addition, the Group recognizes contract assets upon the approval of non-cancellable contracts that generate an unconditional right to receive cash consideration prior to services being rendered. The Company’s management has consistently recognized that an amount of consideration is due, for legal, finance and accounting purposes, when a short-term non-interest bearing note is received from a customer in connection with a deposit or advance agreement entered into with the customer for advertising services to be rendered by the Group in the short term.

(q)   Provisions

Provisions are recognized when the Group has a present legal or constructive obligation as a result of past events, it is probable that an outflow of resources will be required to settle the obligation, and the amount has been reliably estimated. Provisions are not recognized for future operating losses.

Provisions are measured at the present value of the expenditures expected to be required to settle the obligation using a pre-tax rate that reflects current market assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to the obligation. The increase in the provisions due to passage of time is recognized as interest expense.

(r)   Equity

The capital stock and other equity accounts include the effect of restatement through December 31, 1997, determined by applying the change in the Mexican National Consumer Price Index between the dates capital was contributed or net results were generated and December 31, 1997, the date through which the Mexican economy was considered hyperinflationary under the guidelines of IFRS Standards. The restatement represented the amount required to maintain the contributions and accumulated results in Mexican Pesos in purchasing power as of December 31, 1997.

Where any company in the Group purchases shares of the Company’s capital stock (shares repurchased), the consideration paid, including any directly attributable incremental costs is deducted from equity attributable to stockholders of the Company until the shares are cancelled, reissued, or sold. Where such shares repurchased are subsequently reissued or sold, any consideration received, net of any directly attributable incremental transaction costs, is included in equity attributable to stockholders of the Company.

(s)   Revenue Recognition and Contract Costs

Revenue is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable and represents amounts receivable for services provided. The Group recognizes revenue when the amount of revenue can be reliably measured; when it is probable that future economic benefits will flow to the entity; and when specific criteria have been met for each of the Group’s activities, as described below. The Group bases its estimate of return on historical results, taking into consideration the type of customer, the type of transaction and the specifics of each arrangement.

Through January 31, 2022, the Group derived the majority of its revenues from media and entertainment-related business activities both in Mexico and internationally. Following the TelevisaUnivision Transaction, which was closed on January 31, 2022, the Group derives the majority of its revenues from telecommunications-related business activities, primarily from its Cable and Sky segment operations (see Notes 3 and 26). Revenues are recognized when the service is provided, and collection is probable. A summary of revenue recognition policies by significant activity is as follows:

Cable television, internet and telephone subscription, and pay-per-view and installation fees are recognized in the period in which the services are rendered.
Revenues from other telecommunications and data services are recognized in the period in which these services are provided. Other telecommunications services include long distance and local telephony, as well as leasing and maintenance of telecommunications facilities.
Sky program service revenues, including advances from customers for future direct-to-home (“DTH”) program services, are recognized at the time the service is provided.

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Advertising revenues, including deposits and advances from customers for future advertising, were recognized at the time the advertising services were rendered. The advertising revenues of the Group’s Content segment operations were discontinued on January 31, 2022, in connection with the TelevisaUnivision Transaction (see Note 3).
Revenues from program services for network subscription and licensed and syndicated television programs were recognized when the programs were sold and became available for broadcast. These revenues were discontinued on January 31, 2022, in connection with the TelevisaUnivision Transaction (see Note 3).
Revenues from magazine subscriptions are initially deferred and recognized proportionately as products are delivered to subscribers. Revenues from the sales of magazines are recognized on the date of circulation of delivered merchandise, net of a provision for estimated returns.
Revenues from publishing distribution are recognized upon distribution of the products.
Revenues from attendance to soccer games, including revenues from advance ticket sales for soccer games and other promotional events, are recognized on the date of the relevant event.
Motion picture production and distribution revenues were recognized as the films were exhibited. These revenues were discontinued on January 31, 2022, in connection with the TelevisaUnivision Transaction (see Note 3).
Gaming revenues consist of the net win from gaming activities, which is the difference between amounts wagered and amounts paid to winning patrons and are recognized at the time of such net win.

In respect to sales of multiple products or services, the Group evaluates whether it has fair value evidence for each deliverable in the transaction. The Group sells cable television, internet and telephone subscription to subscribers in a bundled package at a rate lower than if the subscriber purchases each product on an individual basis. Subscription revenues received from such subscribers are allocated to each product in a pro-rata manner based on the fair value of each of the respective services.

Contract Costs

Incremental costs for obtaining contracts with customers in the Cable and Sky segments, primarily commissions, are recognized as contract costs (assets) in the Group’s consolidated statement of financial position and amortized in the expected life of contracts with customers.

The Group has recognized assets from incremental costs of obtaining contracts with customers, primarily commissions, which were classified as current and non-current assets in its consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, as follows:

    

Cable

    

Sky

    

Total

Contract costs:

 

  

  

 

  

  

 

  

  

At January 1, 2022

 

Ps.

2,498,124

    

Ps.

2,500,190

 

Ps.

4,998,314

Additions

1,764,989

580,042

 

  

2,345,031

Amount recognized in income

(965,677)

(1,059,442)

 

  

(2,025,119)

Total Contract Costs at December 31, 2022

3,297,436

2,020,790

 

  

5,318,226

Less:

Current Contract Costs

1,077,417

840,870

 

  

1,918,287

Total Non-current Contract Costs

 

Ps.

2,220,019

 

Ps.

1,179,920

 

Ps.

3,399,939

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Cable

    

Sky

    

Total

Contract costs:

At January 1, 2021

 

Ps.

2,027,691

 

Ps.

2,513,866

 

Ps.

4,541,557

Additions

1,209,894

1,088,956

 

  

2,298,850

Amount recognized in income

(739,461)

(1,102,632)

 

  

(1,842,093)

Total Contract Costs at December 31, 2021

2,498,124

2,500,190

 

  

4,998,314

Less:

Current Contract Costs

797,273

985,450

 

  

1,782,723

Total Non-current Contract Costs

 

Ps.

1,700,851

 

Ps.

1,514,740

 

Ps.

3,215,591

(t)   Interest Income

Interest income is recognized using the effective interest method. When a loan and receivable is impaired, the Group reduces the carrying amount to its recoverable amount, being the estimated future cash flow discounted at the original effective interest rate of the instrument and continues unwinding the discount as interest income. Interest income on impaired loan and receivables is recognized using the original effective interest rate.

(u)   Employee Benefits

Pension and Seniority Premium Obligations

Plans exist for pensions and seniority premiums (post-employment benefits), for most of the Group’s employees funded through irrevocable trusts. Increases or decreases in the consolidated liability or asset for post-employment benefits are based upon actuarial calculations. Contributions to the trusts are determined in accordance with actuarial estimates of funding requirements. Payments of post-employment benefits are made by the trust administrators. The defined benefit obligation is calculated annually using the projected unit credit method. The present value of the defined benefit obligation is determined by discounting the estimated future cash outflows using interest rates of government bonds that are denominated in the currency in which the benefits will be paid, and that have terms to maturity approximating to the terms of the related pension obligation.

Remeasurement of post-employment benefit obligations related to experience adjustments and changes in actuarial assumptions of post-employment benefits are recognized in the period in which they are incurred as part of other comprehensive income or loss in consolidated equity.

Profit Sharing

The employees’ profit sharing required to be paid under certain circumstances in Mexico, is recognized as a direct benefit to employees in the consolidated statements of income in the period in which it is incurred. The profit sharing is paid to employees on a yearly basis and calculated by the Mexican companies in the Group at the statutory rate of 10% on their respective adjusted income in accordance with the Federal Labor Law. Beginning in 2021, there is a cap on the payment of profit sharing of up to three months of salary per employee (see Note 24).

Termination Benefits

Termination benefits, which mainly represent severance payments by law, are recorded in the consolidated statement of income. The Group recognizes termination benefits at the earlier of the following dates: (a) when the Group can no longer withdraw the offer of those benefits; and (b) when the entity recognizes costs for a restructuring that involves the payment of termination benefits.

(v)   Income Taxes

The income tax expense for the period comprises current and deferred income tax. Income tax is recognized in the consolidated statement of income, except to the extent that it relates to items recognized in other comprehensive income or directly in equity. In this case, the income tax is recognized in other comprehensive income.

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The current income tax charge is calculated on the basis of the tax laws enacted or substantively enacted at the statement of financial position date in the countries where the Company and its subsidiaries operate and generate taxable income. Management periodically evaluates positions taken in tax returns and establishes provisions where appropriate on the basis of amounts expected to be paid to the tax authorities.

Deferred income tax is recognized, using the balance sheet liability method, on temporary differences arising between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their carrying amounts in the consolidated financial statements. However, deferred income tax liabilities are not recognized if they arise from the initial recognition of goodwill; deferred income tax is not accounted for if it arises from initial recognition of an asset or liability in a transaction (other than in a business combination) that at the time of the transaction affects neither accounting nor taxable income or loss. Deferred income tax is determined using tax rates (and laws) that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the statement of financial position date and are expected to apply when the related deferred income tax asset is recovered or the deferred income tax liability is settled.

Deferred income tax assets are recognized only to the extent that it is probable that future taxable profit will be available against which the temporary differences and tax loss carryforwards can be utilized. For this purpose, the Group takes into consideration all available positive and negative evidence, including factors such as market conditions, industry analysis, projected taxable income, carryforward periods, current tax structure, potential changes or adjustments in tax structure, and future reversals of existing temporary differences.

Deferred income tax liabilities are provided on taxable temporary differences associated with investments in subsidiaries, joint ventures and associates, except for deferred income tax liabilities where the timing of the reversal of the temporary difference is controlled by the Group and it is probable that the temporary difference will not reverse in the foreseeable future. Deferred income tax assets are provided on deductible temporary differences associated with investments in subsidiaries, joint ventures and associates, to the extent that it is probable that there will be sufficient taxable income against which to utilize the benefit of the temporary difference and it is expected to reverse in the foreseeable future.

Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are offset when there is a legally enforceable right to offset current tax assets against current tax liabilities and when the deferred income taxes assets and liabilities relate to income taxes levied by the same taxation authority on either the same taxable entity or different taxable entities where there is an intention to settle the balances on a net basis.

(w)   Derivative Financial Instruments

The Group recognizes derivative financial instruments as either assets or liabilities in the consolidated statements of financial position and measures such instruments at fair value. The accounting for changes in the fair value of a derivative financial instrument depends on the intended use of the derivative financial instrument and the resulting designation. For a derivative financial instrument designated as a cash flow hedge, the effective portion of such derivative’s gain or loss is initially reported as a component of  other comprehensive income or loss and subsequently reclassified into income when the hedged exposure affects income. The ineffective portion of the gain or loss is reported in income immediately. For a derivative financial instrument designated as a fair value hedge, the gain or loss is recognized in income in the period of change together with the offsetting loss or gain on the hedged item attributed to the risk being hedged. When a hedging instrument expires or is sold, terminated or exercised, the cumulative gain or loss on the hedging instrument that has been recognized in other comprehensive income remains in equity until the forecast transaction occurs. When a forecast transaction is no longer expected to occur, the cumulative gain or loss that was reported in equity is immediately reclassified to income or loss. For derivative financial instruments that are not designated as accounting hedges, changes in fair value are recognized in income in the period of change. During the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020, certain derivative financial instruments qualified for hedge accounting (see Note 15).

(x)   Comprehensive Income

Comprehensive income for the period includes the net income for the period presented in the consolidated statement of income plus other comprehensive income for the period reflected in the consolidated statement of comprehensive income.

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(y)   Share-based Payment Agreements

Key officers and employees of certain subsidiaries of the Company have entered into agreements for the conditional sale of Company’s shares under the Company’s Long-Term Retention Plan (“LTRP”). The share-based compensation expense is measured at fair value at the date the equity benefits are conditionally sold to these officers and employees and recognized as a charge to consolidated income (administrative expense) over the vesting period. The Group recognized a share-based compensation expense of Ps.968,628, Ps.903,764 and Ps.863,782 for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020, respectively, of which Ps.968,628, Ps.1,066,863 and Ps.962,806 was credited in consolidated stockholders’ equity for each of those years, respectively (see Note 17).

(z)   New and Amended IFRS Standards

The Group adopted some amendments and improvements to certain IFRS Standards that became effective in 2022, 2021 and 2020, which did not have any significant impact on the Group’s consolidated financial statements.

Below is a list of the new and amended IFRS Standards that have been issued by the IASB and are effective for annual periods beginning on January 1, 2023.

    

    

Effective for Annual

Periods Beginning

New or Amended IFRS Standard

    

Title of the IFRS Standard

    

On or After

Amendments to IFRS 10 and IAS 28

 

Sale or Contribution of Assets between an Investor and its Associate or Joint Venture

 

Postponed

IFRS 17 (1)

 

Insurance Contracts

 

January 1, 2023

Amendments to IAS 1 (1)

Classification of Liabilities as Current or Non-current

January 1, 2023

Amendments to IAS 8 (1)

 

Definition of Accounting Estimates

 

January 1, 2023

Amendments to IAS 1 and IFRS Practice Statement 2 (1)

Disclosure of Accounting Policies

January 1, 2023

Amendments to IAS 12 (1)

 

Deferred Tax related to Assets and Liabilities arising from a Single Transaction

January 1, 2023

Amendment to IFRS 17 (1)

Initial Application of IFRS 17 and IFRS 9 - Comparative Information

January 1, 2023

Amendments to IFRS 16 (1)

Lease Liability in a Sale and Leaseback

January 1, 2024

Amendments to IAS 1 (1)

Non-current Liabilities with Covenants

January 1, 2024

(1)This new or amended IFRS Standard is not expected to have a significant impact on the Group’s consolidated financial statements.

Amendments to IFRS 10 and IAS 28 Sale or Contribution of Assets between an Investor and its Associate or Joint Venture, were issued by the IASB in September 2014, and addressed and acknowledged an inconsistency between the requirements in IFRS 10 Consolidated Financial Statements and those in IAS 28 Investments in Associates and Joint Ventures, in dealing with the sale or contribution of assets between an investor and its associate or joint venture. The main consequence of the amendments is that a full gain or loss is recognized when a transaction involves a business (whether it is housed in a subsidiary or not). A partial gain or loss is recognized when a transaction involves assets that do not constitute a business, even if these assets are housed in a subsidiary.In December 2015, the IASB decided to postpone the effective date of these amendments indefinitely. Entities are required to apply these amendments prospectively to the sale or contribution of assets occurring in annual periods beginning on or after a date to be determined by the IASB. Earlier application is permitted. If an entity applies these amendments earlier, it shall disclose that fact. These amendments became applicable to the Group’s consolidated financial statements in connection with the closing of the TelevisaUnivision Transaction in the first quarter of 2022 (see Note 3). As permitted, the Group has applied these amendments in 2022 and disclosed this fact in its consolidated financial statements.

IFRS 17 Insurance Contracts (“IFRS 17”) was issued by the IASB in May 2017 and amended in June 2020. IFRS 17  supersedes IFRS 4 Insurance Contracts (“IFRS 4”), which has given companies dispensation to carry on accounting for insurance contracts using national accounting standards, resulting in a multitude of different approaches. IFRS 17 establishes principles for the recognition, measurement, presentation and disclosures of insurance contracts issued. It also requires similar principles to be applied to reinsurance contracts with discretionary participation features issued. IFRS 17 solves the comparison problems created by IFRS 4 by requiring all insurance contracts to be accounted for in a consistent manner. Under the provisions of IFRS 17, insurance obligations will be accounted for using current values instead of historical cost. Amendments to IFRS 17 were issued in June 2020 aimed at helping companies implement the Standard and making it easier for them to explain their financial performance. The fundamental principles introduced when IFRS 17 was issued in May 2017 remained unaffected. IFRS 17 became effective on January 1, 2023.

Amendments to IAS 1 Classification of Liabilities as Current or Non-current were issued by the IASB in January 2020, and clarify one of the criteria in IAS 1 for classifying a liability as non-current that is, the requirement for an entity to have the right to defer settlement of the liability for at least 12 months after the reporting period. An entity shall apply these amendments for annual reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2023, retrospectively in accordance with IAS 8. Earlier application is permitted.

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Amendments to IAS 8 Definition of Accounting Estimates, were issued by the IASB in February 2021, the amendments introduced the definition of accounting estimates and included other amendments to IAS 8 to help entities distinguish changes in accounting estimates from changes in accounting policies. The amendments are effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2023. Earlier application is permitted.

Amendments to IAS 1 and IFRS Practice Statement 2 Disclosure of Accounting Policies, were issued by the IASB in February 2021, the Board amended paragraphs 117–122 of IAS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements to require entities to disclose their material accounting policy information rather than their significant accounting policies. To support this amendment the Board also amended IFRS Practice Statement 2 Making Materiality Judgements (Materiality Practice Statement) to explain and demonstrate the application of the “four-step materiality process” to accounting policy disclosures.

Amendments to IAS 12 Deferred Tax related to Assets and Liabilities arising from a Single Transaction were issued by the IASB in May 2021 and specify how companies should account for deferred tax on transactions such as leases and decommissioning obligations. IAS 12 Income Taxes specifies how a company accounts for income tax, including deferred tax, which represents tax payable or recoverable in the future. In specified circumstances, companies are exempt from recognizing deferred tax when they recognize assets and liabilities for the first time. Previously, there had been some uncertainty about whether the exemption applied to transactions such as leases and decommissioning obligations, transactions for which companies recognize both an asset and a liability. The amendments clarify that the exemption does not apply and that companies are required to recognize deferred tax on such transactions. The aim of the amendments is to reduce diversity in the reporting of deferred tax on leases and decommissioning obligations. The amendments will become effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2023, with early application permitted.

Amendment to IFRS 17 Initial Application of IFRS 17 and IFRS 9 – Comparative Information, was issued by the IASB in December 2021 and includes a narrow-scope amendment to the transition requirements in IFRS 17, providing insurers with an option aimed at improving the usefulness of information to investors on initial application of the new Standard. The amendment relates to insurers’ transition to the new Standard only, and it does not affect any other requirements in IFRS 17. IFRS 17 and IFRS 9 have different transition requirements. For some insurers, these differences can cause temporary accounting mismatches between financial assets and insurance contract liabilities in the comparative information they present in their financial statements when applying IFRS 17 and IFRS 9 for the first time. IFRS 17, including this amendment, is effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2023.

Amendments to IFRS 16 Lease Liability in a Sale and Leaseback, were issued by the IASB in September 2022, and add to requirements in IFRS 16 Leases (“IFRS 16”) explaining how a company accounts for a sale and leaseback after the date of the transaction. A sale and leaseback is a transaction for which a company sells an asset and leases the same asset back for a period of time from the new owner. IFRS 16 includes requirements on how to account for a sale and leaseback at the date the transaction takes place. However, IFRS 16 had not specified how to measure the transaction when reporting after that date. The amendments issued add to the sale and leaseback requirements in IFRS 16, thereby supporting the consistent application of the IFRS Standard. These amendments will not change the accounting for leases other than those arising in a sale and leaseback transaction. These amendments to IFRS 16 are effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2024, with early application permitted.

Amendments to IAS 1 Non-current Liabilities with Covenants, were issued by the IASB in October 2022, to improve the information companies provide about long-term with covenants. IAS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements requires a company to classify debt as non-current only if the company can avoid settling the debt in the 12 months after the reporting date. However, a company’s ability to do so is often subject to complying with covenants. For example, a company might have long-term debt that could become repayable within 12 months if the company fails to comply with covenants in that 12-month period. The amendments to IAS 1 specify that covenants to be complied with after the reporting date do not affect the classification of debt as current or non-current at the reporting date. Instead, the amendments require a company to disclose information about these covenants in the notes to the financial statements. The amendments are effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2024, with early adoption permitted.

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3.

Disposition of OCEN and Radiópolis, TelevisaUnivision Transaction and Reorganization Proposal

In July 2019, the Company announced an agreement with Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. (“Live Nation”) to dispose of its 40% equity interest in OCESA Entretenimiento, S.A. de C.V. (“OCEN”), a live entertainment company with operations in Mexico, Central America and Colombia. OCEN (i) was a direct associate of OISE Entretenimiento, S.A. de C.V. (“OISE Entretenimiento”), which was a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company; and (ii) was a former subsidiary of Compañía Interamericana de Entretenimiento, S.A.B. de C.V. (“CIE”). The disposal of OCEN was completed by the parties in the first half of 2020, through the sale of the total outstanding shares of OISE Entretenimiento, which net assets were comprised primarily of the 40% equity stake in OCEN. This transaction was subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory approvals and certain notifications, and to the closing of the proposed sale by CIE to Live Nation of a portion of its stake in OCEN. In consideration for the sale of the shares of OISE Entretenimiento, the Company received cash proceeds in the aggregate amount of Ps.5,206,000. On September 13, 2021, the Company announced that it had reached an agreement with Live Nation to move forward with the previously announced acquisition by Live Nation of the Group’s unconsolidated 40% equity participation in OCEN. As a result, the Group classified the assets of OISE Entretenimiento, including the carrying amount of its investment in OCEN, as current assets held for sale in its consolidated statement of financial position, and discontinued recognizing its share of income or loss from October 1 through November 30, 2021. On December 6, 2021, the Company announced the closing of the sale of its consolidated 40% equity participation in OCEN to Live Nation. In December 2021, the Company concluded this transaction and received a payment in cash of Ps.4,806,549; recognized an account receivable of Ps.364,420 in connection with a 7% retention of the total amount of the transaction to cover OCEN potential operating losses, if any, for a period of time following closing; and accounted for a pretax income of Ps.4,547,029 for the disposal of this investee in other consolidated income for the year ended December 31, 2021 (see Note 20). In the second quarter of 2022, Live Nation paid to the Company the holdback amount of Ps.364,420, and a purchase price adjustment of Ps.35,950 in connection with this transaction (see Notes 20 and 22).

In July 2019, the Company announced a stock purchase agreement with Corporativo Coral, S.A. de C.V. (“Coral”) and Miguel Alemán Magnani as Obligor to dispose of its 50% equity interest in Radiópolis, a direct subsidiary of the Company at that date which was engaged in the Radio business, for an aggregate amount of Ps.1,248,000, as well as the payment of a dividend by Radiópolis to the Company by the closing date of the transaction. While the sale of the Company’s equity interest in the Radio business was consummated for legal and tax purposes as of December 31, 2019, the total assets and related total liabilities of Radiópolis in the amount of Ps.1,675,426 and Ps.432,812, respectively, as of December 31, 2019, were classified as current assets and current liabilities held for sale in the Group’s consolidated statement of financial position as of that date, as the voting interest of the Company in Radiópolis continued to be in place until the full payment of the purchase price was made by the acquirer. In March and June 2020, the Company entered into additional agreements with Coral an its Obligor to complete this transaction by which, among other things, the acquirer made two cash payments in March and June 2020, for the amount of Ps.603,395 and Ps.110,000, respectively, and a final cash payment in July 2020 for the amount of Ps.534,605. In July 2020, the Company concluded this transaction and received the payment of a dividend from Radiópolis in the amount of Ps.285,669.As a result of this transaction, the Group recognized a pre-tax gain on the disposition of Radiópolis of Ps.932,449 in consolidated other income for the year ended December 31, 2020. Following this transaction, the Group classified its former Radio operations as disposed operations in the segment information of its consolidated statement of income for the year ended December 31, 2020. The Group did not classify its former Radio operations as discontinued operations in these consolidated statements of income, as these operations did not represent a separate major line of business in any of those years, based on a materiality assessment performed by management (see Notes 2 (b), 22 and 26).

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On April 13, 2021, the Group and Univision Holdings, Inc. (“UHI”) announced a transaction agreement (the “Transaction Agreement”) in which the Group’s content and media assets would be combined with Univision Holdings II, Inc. (“UH II,” the successor company of UHI), and the Group would continue to participate in UH II, with an equity stake of approximately 45% following the closing of the transaction. The Group would also retain ownership of its Cable, Sky and Other Businesses segments, as well as the main real estate associated with the production facilities, the broadcasting concessions and transmission infrastructure in Mexico. The Group would contribute to UH II the assets specified in the Transaction Agreement, including, subject to certain exceptions, its Content business, for a total value of U.S.$4,500 million, comprised of U.S.$3,000 million in cash, U.S.$750 million in common stock of UH II and U.S.$750 million in preferred stock of UH II, with an annual dividend of 5.5%. In connection with this transaction, UH II would receive all assets, intellectual property and library related to the News division of the Group’s Content business but would outsource production of news content for Mexico to a company owned by the Azcárraga family. The combination was approved by each of the Board of Directors of the Company, the Board of Directors of UHI, and the Stockholders of the Company in the first half of 2021. The transaction was subject to customary closing conditions, including receipt of regulatory approvals in primarily in the United States and Mexico, among others. On September 14, 2021, the Mexican Institute of Telecomunications (Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones or “IFT “) announced its approval of this transaction. As of December 31, 2021, the Group consolidated the results of its Content business as the Group had not ceased to exercise control of this business segment as of that date; and presented its Content business as a reportable segment of continuing operations, as all the required regulatory approvals had not been obtained by the parties as of that date, and those approvals were considered substantive. On January 24, 2022, the Company and UH II announced that all required regulatory approvals for the transaction had been already received by that date. As a result, the transaction announced on April 13, 2021, was closed by the parties on January 31, 2022 (the “TelevisaUnivision Transaction”). In connection with the TelevisaUnivision Transaction, the Group recognized an income from disposition of discontinued operations in the aggregate amount of Ps.93,066,741 in its consolidated statement of income for the year ended December 31, 2022, comprising a consideration in cash received from TelevisaUnivision in the aggregate amount of U.S.$2,971.3 million (Ps.61,214,741), a consideration in common and preferred stock of TelevisaUnivision, in the aggregate amount of U.S.$1,500.0 million (Ps.30,912,000), and a cash consideration received from Tritón Comunicaciones, S.A. de C.V. (“Tritón,” a company of the Azcárraga family) in the amount of Ps.940,000, related to the rights for the production of news content for Mexico. Also, in connection with the TelevisaUnivision Transaction, the Group (i) began to present and disclose the results of operations of its disposed businesses as discontinued operations in its consolidated statements of income for any comparative prior period and for the month ended January 31, 2022; (ii) recognized a net gain on disposition of discontinued operations of Ps.56,065,530, for the year ended December 31, 2022, and a net loss on disposition of discontinued operations of Ps.1,943,647 for the year ended December 31, 2021; and (iii) recognized as deferred income a prepayment made by TelevisaUnivision in the aggregate amount of U.S.$276.2 million (Ps.5,729,377), for the use of concession rights owned by the Group, which was classified as current and non-current liabilities in the Group’s consolidated statement of financial position, and amounted to Ps.287,667 and Ps.5,178,014, respectively, as of December 31, 2022. In the fourth quarter of 2022, the Group concluded the disposition of certain assets and liabilities that were classified as held for sale in the Group’s consolidated statement of financial position in connection with the TelevisaUnivision Transaction (see Notes 2, 10 and 28).

On October 27, 2022, the Board of Directors of the Company approved a reorganization proposal to separate from the Group some businesses that are part of its Other Businesses segment, including its interests in professional sports and live entertainment, gaming, and magazine publishing and distribution, as well as certain related assets and real estate (the “Spin-off Businesses”). It is expected that this proposed reorganization will be carried out through a spin-off (escisión) from the Company, creating a new controlling entity listed on the Mexican Stock Exchange that would hold the Spin-off Businesses, and that would have the same shareholding structure as the Company. The Company’s management considers that this plan will allow both the Group and the new entity resulting from the spin-off, to focus on their respective business models and growth opportunities, thereby enhancing their ability to generate better conditions for access to capital, financing sources and investors, that are aligned with each business. It is expected that the reorganization will be completed in the first half of 2023. The reorganization will be subject to several conditions, including compliance with applicable law, as well as obtaining all required corporate and regulatory authorizations, and the approval of the spin-off at the Company’s shareholder’s meeting. As of December 31, 2022, the Group continued to present its Other Businesses segment as a reportable segment of continuing operations, and the Spinoff Businesses as part of the Group’s Other Businesses segment, as the required Company’s stockholders and regulatory approvals had not been obtained by the Group as of that date, and those approvals are considered substantive.

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4.

Financial Risk Management

(a)   Market Risk

Market risk is the exposure to an adverse change in the value of financial instruments caused by market factors including changes in equity prices, interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates, commodity prices and inflation rates.

The Group is exposed to market risks arising from changes in equity prices, interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates and inflation rates, in both the Mexican and U.S. markets. Market risk management activities are monitored by the Investments, Risk Management and Treasury Committee on a quarterly basis.

(i)    Foreign Exchange Risk

The Group is exposed to foreign exchange risk arising from various currency exposures, primarily with respect to the U.S. dollar and in those subsidiaries with functional currency other than the Mexican peso. Foreign exchange risk arises from future commercial transactions, recognized assets and liabilities and net investments in foreign operations.

Foreign currency exchange risk is monitored by assessing the net monetary liability position in U.S. dollars and the forecasted cash flow needs for anticipated U.S. dollar investments and servicing the Group’s U.S. dollar-denominated debt.

Management has set up a policy to require Group companies to manage their foreign exchange risk against their functional currency. To manage their foreign exchange risk arising from future commercial transactions and recognized assets and liabilities, entities in the Group use forward contracts. In compliance with the procedures and controls established by the Risk Management Committee, in 2022 and 2021, the Group entered into certain derivative transactions with certain financial institutions in order to manage its exposure to market risks resulting from changes in interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates. The objective in managing foreign currency fluctuations is to reduce earnings and cash flow volatility.

Foreign Currency Position

The foreign currency position of monetary items of the Group at December 31, 2022, was as follows:

Foreign

Currency

Amounts

Year-End

    

(Thousands)

    

Exchange Rate

    

Mexican Pesos

Assets:

 

  

 

  

 

  

U.S. dollars

 

2,372,570

 

Ps.

19.4760

 

Ps.

46,208,173

Euros

 

20,720

 

20.8878

 

432,795

Swiss francs

 

2,009

 

21.1275

 

42,445

Other currencies

 

 

 

3,032

Liabilities:

 

 

 

U.S. dollars (1)

 

4,411,584

 

Ps.

19.4760

 

Ps.

85,920,010

Euros

237

20.8878

4,950

Swiss francs

 

23,281

 

21.1275

 

491,869

Other currencies

 

 

 

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The foreign currency position of monetary items of the Group at December 31, 2021, was as follows:

Foreign

Currency

Amounts

Year-End

    

(Thousands)

    

Exchange Rate

    

Mexican Pesos

Assets:

 

  

 

  

 

  

U.S. dollars

 

831,806

 

Ps.

20.5031

 

Ps.

17,054,602

Euros

 

11,139

 

23.3478

 

260,071

Swiss francs

 

4,139

 

22.4997

 

93,126

Argentinean pesos

 

64,026

 

0.1996

 

12,780

Chilean pesos

 

576,044

 

0.0240

 

13,825

Other currencies

 

 

 

5,266

Liabilities:

 

 

 

U.S. dollars (1)

 

5,215,150

 

Ps.

20.5031

 

Ps.

106,926,742

Euros

 

598

23.3478

13,962

Swiss francs

 

883

 

22.4997

 

19,867

Other currencies

 

 

 

185

(1)As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, monetary liabilities include U.S.$2,578.5 million (Ps.50,219,558) and U.S.$1,300.6 million (Ps.26,666,715), respectively, related to long-term debt designated as a hedging instrument of the Group’s investments in TelevisaUnivision (formerly known as UH II) and Open-Ended Fund (see Note 14).

As of March 31, 2023, the exchange rate was Ps.18.0275 per U.S. dollar, which represents the interbank free market exchange rate on that date as reported by Banco Nacional de México, S.A. or Citibanamex.

The Group is subject to the risk of foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations, resulting primarily from the net monetary position in U.S. dollars and U.S. dollar equivalent amounts of the Group’s Mexican operations, as follows (in millions of U.S. dollars):

December 31, 

    

2022

    

2021

U.S. dollar-denominated and U.S. dollar-equivalent monetary assets, primarily cash and cash equivalents, and non-current investments in financial instruments (1)

 

U.S.$

2,319.9

 

U.S.$

785.1

U.S. dollar-denominated and U.S. dollar-equivalent monetary liabilities, primarily trade accounts payable, Senior debt securities, lease liabilities, and other liabilities (2)  (3)

 

(4,428.1)

 

(5,180.8)

Net liability position

 

U.S.$

(2,108.2)

 

U.S.$

(4,395.7)

(1)As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, this line includes U.S. dollar equivalent amounts of U.S.$22.9 million and U.S.$17.7 million, respectively, related to other foreign currencies, primarily Euros and Swiss francs.
(2)As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, this line includes U.S. dollar equivalent amounts of U.S.$25.4 million and U.S.$1.4 million, respectively, related to other foreign currencies, primarily Swiss francs and Euros.
(3)As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, monetary liabilities include U.S.$2,578.5 million (Ps.50,219,558) and U.S.$1,300.6 million (Ps.26,666,715), respectively, related to long-term debt designated as a hedging instrument of the Group’s investments in UH II and the investment in Open-Ended Fund (see Note 14).

At December 31, 2022, a hypothetical 10% appreciation/depreciation in the U.S. dollar to Mexican peso exchange rate would result in a foreign exchange gain/loss, net of hedge, of Ps.915,996 in the consolidated statement of income. At December 31, 2021, a hypothetical 10% appreciation/depreciation in the U.S. dollar to Mexican peso exchange rate would result in a foreign exchange gain/loss, net of hedge, of Ps.6,345,797 in the consolidated statement of income.

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(ii)    Cash Flow Interest Rate Risk

The Group monitors the exposure to interest rate risk by: (i) evaluating differences between interest rates on its outstanding debt and short-term investments and market interest rates on similar financial instruments; (ii) reviewing its cash flow needs and financial ratios (indebtedness and interest coverage); (iii) assessing current and forecasted trends in the relevant markets; and (iv) evaluating peer Group and industry practices. This approach allows the Group to determine the interest rate “mix” between variable and fixed rate debt.

The Group’s interest rate risk arises from long-term debt. Debt issued at variable rates expose the Group to cash flow interest rate risk which is partially offset by cash and cash equivalents held at variable rates. Debt issued at fixed rates expose the Group to fair value interest rate risk. During recent years the Group has maintained most of its debt in fixed rate instruments (see Note 14).

Based on various scenarios, the Group manages its cash flow interest rate risk by using cross-currency interest rate swaps, exchange rate agreements and floating-to-fixed interest rate swaps. Cross-currency interest rate swap agreements allow the Group to hedge against Mexican peso depreciation on the interest payments for medium-term periods. Interest rate swaps have the economic effect of converting borrowings from floating rates to fixed rates.

Sensitivity and Fair Value Analysis

The sensitivity analyses that follow are intended to present the hypothetical changes in fair value or loss in earnings due to changes in interest rates, inflation rates, foreign currency exchange rates and debt and equity market prices and the effect that they would have had on the Group’s financial instruments at December 31, 2022 and 2021. These analyses address market risk only and do not take into consideration other risks that the Group faces in the ordinary course of business, including country risk and credit risk. The hypothetical changes reflect management’s view of changes that are reasonably possible over a one-year period. For purposes of the following sensitivity analyses, the Group has made assumptions of a hypothetical change in fair value of 10% for expected near-term future changes in the United States interest rates, Mexican interest rates, inflation rates and Mexican peso to U.S. dollar exchange rate. The results of the analyses do not purport to represent actual changes in fair value or losses in earnings that the Group will incur.

Difference between

Fair Value and

Carrying Amount

Assuming a

Difference between

Hypothetical

Fair Value and

10% Increase in

December 31, 2022

    

Carrying Amount

    

Fair Value

    

Carrying Amount

    

Fair Value

Assets:

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Long-term loan and interest receivable from GTAC

 

Ps.

853,163

Ps.

857,006

 

Ps.

3,843

 

Ps.

89,544

Open-Ended Fund

773,209

773,209

Publicly traded equity instruments

2,611,053

2,611,053

Derivative financial instruments (1)

543,581

543,581

 

 

Liabilities(2) (3):

 

  

  

 

  

 

  

U.S. dollar-denominated debt:

 

  

  

 

  

 

  

Senior Notes due 2025

 

5,188,796

5,295,218

 

106,422

 

635,944

Senior Notes due 2026

 

5,842,800

5,717,764

 

(125,036)

 

446,740

Senior Notes due 2032

 

5,842,800

6,934,235

 

1,091,435

 

1,784,859

Senior Notes due 2040

 

11,685,600

12,083,611

 

398,011

 

1,606,372

Senior Notes due 2045

 

17,321,136

14,975,508

 

(2,345,628)

 

(848,077)

Senior Notes due 2046

 

17,528,400

17,570,118

 

41,718

 

1,798,730

Senior Notes due 2049

13,675,853

12,199,681

(1,476,172)

(256,204)

Peso-denominated debt:

 

 

 

Notes due 2027

4,500,000

4,238,640

 

(261,360)

162,504

Senior Notes due 2037

 

4,500,000

4,041,135

 

(458,865)

(54,752)

Senior Notes due 2043

 

6,500,000

4,046,705

 

(2,453,295)

(2,048,625)

Long-term loans payable to Mexican banks

 

13,650,000

13,775,125

 

125,125

1,502,638

Lease liabilities

8,369,072

8,497,104

128,032

977,742

Derivative financial instruments (1)

 

71,401

71,401

 

 

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Difference between

Fair Value and

Carrying Amount

Assuming a

Difference between

Hypothetical

Fair Value and

10% Increase in

December 31, 2021

    

Carrying Amount

    

Fair Value

    

Carrying Amount

    

Fair Value

Assets:

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Long-term loan and interest receivable from GTAC

 

Ps.

755,973

Ps.

760,143

 

Ps.

4,170

 

Ps.

80,184

Open-Ended Fund

 

945,176

945,176

 

 

Publicly traded equity instruments

3,517,711

3,517,711

 

 

Other equity instruments

1,607,969

1,607,969

Derivative financial instruments (1)

133,324

133,324

Liabilities(2) (3):

 

  

 

 

U.S. dollar-denominated debt:

 

  

 

 

Senior Notes due 2025

 

12,301,860

14,056,843

 

1,754,983

 

3,160,667

Senior Notes due 2026

 

6,150,930

6,685,200

 

534,270

 

1,202,790

Senior Notes due 2032

 

6,150,930

8,857,216

 

2,706,286

 

3,592,008

Senior Notes due 2040

 

12,301,860

16,678,493

 

4,376,633

 

6,044,482

Senior Notes due 2045

 

20,503,100

24,205,140

 

3,702,040

 

6,122,554

Senior Notes due 2046

 

18,452,790

25,029,180

 

6,576,390

 

9,079,308

Senior Notes due 2049

15,377,325

19,307,154

3,929,829

5,860,544

Peso-denominated debt:

 

 

 

Notes due 2027

4,500,000

4,509,405

 

9,405

460,346

Senior Notes due 2037

 

4,500,000

4,110,480

 

(389,520)

21,528

Senior Notes due 2043

 

6,500,000

4,611,620

 

(1,888,380)

(1,427,218)

Long-term notes payable to Mexican banks

 

20,260,404

20,417,854

 

157,450

2,199,235

Lease liabilities

9,680,559

9,830,878

150,319

1,133,407

Derivative financial instruments (1)

 

172,885

172,885

 

 

(1)Given the nature and the tenor of these derivative financial instruments, an increase of 10% in interest and/or exchange rates would not be an accurate sensitivity analysis on the fair value of these financial instruments.
(2)The carrying amount of debt is stated in this table at its principal amount.
(3)The fair value of the Senior Notes and Notes issued by the Group are within Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy as there are quoted market prices for such notes. The fair value of the lease liabilities is within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy and has been estimated based on cash flows discounted using an estimated weighted average cost of capital. The fair value of held-to-maturity securities are within Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy and were based on market interest rates to the listed securities.

(iii)    Price Risk

The Group is exposed to equity securities price risk because of investments held by the Group and classified in the consolidated statements of financial position as non-current investments in financial instruments. To manage its price risk arising from investments in equity securities, the Group diversifies its portfolio. Diversification of the portfolio is done in accordance with the limits set by the Group. The Group is not exposed to commodity price risk.

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(b)   Credit Risk

Credit risk is managed on a Group basis, except for credit risk relating to accounts receivable balances. Each local entity is responsible for managing and analyzing the credit risk for each of their new clients before standard payment and delivery terms and conditions are offered. Credit risk arises from cash and cash equivalents, derivative financial instruments and deposits with banks and financial institutions, as well as credit exposure to customers, including outstanding receivables and committed transactions. For banks and financial institutions, only independently rated parties with a minimum rating of “AA” in local scale for domestic institutions and “BBB” in global scale for foreign institutions are accepted. If customers are independently rated, these ratings are used. If there is no independent rating, the Group’s risk control function assesses the credit quality of the customer, taking into account its financial position, past experience and other factors. Individual risk limits are set based on internal or external ratings in accordance with limits set by the Company’s management. See Note 7 for further disclosure on credit risk.

No credit limits were exceeded during the reporting period, and management does not expect any losses from non-performance by any counterparties.

The Group historically has not realized significant credit losses arising from customers.

(c)   Liquidity Risk

Cash flow forecasting is performed in the operating entities of the Group and aggregated by corporate management. Corporate management monitors rolling forecasts of the Group’s liquidity requirements to ensure it has sufficient cash to meet operational needs while maintaining sufficient headroom on its borrowing facilities at all times so that the Group does not breach borrowing limits or covenants (where applicable) on any of its borrowing facilities. Such forecasting takes into consideration the Group’s debt financing plans, covenant compliance, compliance with internal statement of financial position ratio targets and, if applicable external regulatory or legal requirements.

Surplus cash held by the operating entities over and above balance required for working capital management are transferred to the Group treasury. Group treasury invests surplus cash in interest bearing current accounts, time deposits, money market deposits and marketable securities, choosing investments with appropriate maturities or sufficient liquidity to provide sufficient headroom as determined by the above-mentioned forecasts. At December 31, 2022 and 2021, the Group held cash and cash equivalents of Ps.51,130,992 and Ps.25,828,215, respectively (see Note 6).

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The table below analyses the Group’s non-derivative and derivative financial liabilities as well as related contractual interest on debt and lease liabilities into relevant maturity groupings based on the remaining period at the statement of financial position date to the contractual maturity date. Derivative financial liabilities are included in the analysis if their contractual maturities are essential for an understanding of the timing of the cash flows. The amounts disclosed in the table below are the contractual undiscounted cash flows (except for lease liabilities that are stated at present value).

Less Than 12 Months

12-36 Months

36-60 Months

Maturities

January 1, 2023 to

January 1, 2024 to

January 1, 2026 to

Subsequent to

    

December 31, 2023

    

December 31, 2025

    

December 31, 2027

    

December 31, 2027

    

Total

At December 31, 2022

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Debt (1)

Ps.

1,000,000

Ps.

15,188,796

Ps.

12,992,800

Ps.

77,053,789

Ps.

106,235,385

Lease liabilities

 

1,373,233

 

2,902,742

 

2,752,640

 

1,340,457

 

8,369,072

Trade and other liabilities

 

28,107,852

 

531,617

 

173,898

 

2,237,215

 

31,050,582

Interest on debt (2)

 

5,259,796

 

12,024,064

 

10,041,317

 

66,654,473

 

93,979,650

Interest on lease liabilities

 

641,423

 

1,093,813

 

732,818

 

666,139

 

3,134,193

Less Than 12 Months

12-36 Months

36-60 Months

Maturities

January 1, 2022 to

January 1, 2023 to

January 1, 2025 to

Subsequent to

    

December 31, 2022

    

December 31, 2024

    

December 31, 2026

    

December 31, 2026

    

Total

At December 31, 2021

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Debt (1)

Ps.

4,110,404

Ps.

13,500,000

Ps.

21,102,790

Ps.

88,286,005

Ps.

126,999,199

Lease liabilities

 

1,478,382

 

2,469,270

 

2,478,486

 

3,254,421

 

9,680,559

Trade and other liabilities

 

40,051,575

 

2,743,298

 

2,041,627

 

3,665,074

 

48,501,574

Interest on debt (2)

 

6,188,285

 

15,237,650

 

12,453,353

 

86,405,197

 

120,284,485

Interest on lease liabilities

 

659,049

 

1,136,036

 

775,332

 

921,942

 

3,492,359

(1)The amounts of debt are disclosed on a principal amount basis (see Note 14).
(2)Interest to be paid in future years on outstanding debt as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, based on contractual interest rates and exchange rates as of that date.

Capital Management

The Group’s objectives when managing capital are to safeguard the Group’s ability to continue as a going concern in order to provide returns for stockholders and benefits for other stakeholders and to maintain an optimal capital structure in order to minimize the cost of capital.

5.

Critical Accounting Estimates and Assumptions

Estimates and assumptions are continually evaluated and are based on historical experience and other factors, including expectations of future events that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances.

The Group makes estimates and assumptions concerning the future. By definition, the resulting accounting estimates will seldom equal the related actual results. The estimates and assumptions that have a risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of consolidated assets and liabilities within the next financial year are addressed below:

(a)

Accounting for Programming

Beginning on January 31, 2022, the Group is no longer engaged in the Content business operations as a result of the closing of the TelevisaUnivision Transaction on that date (see Notes 3 and 28).

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Through January 31, 2022 the Group produced a significant portion of programming for initial broadcast in Mexico, its primary market. Following the initial broadcast of this programming, the Group then licensed some of this programming for broadcast in secondary markets, such as Mexico, the United States, Latin America, Asia, Europe and Africa. Under IFRS, in order to properly capitalize and subsequently amortize production costs related to this programming, the Group estimated the expected future benefit period over which a given program would generate revenues (generally, over a five-year period). The Group then amortized the production costs related to a given program over the expected future benefit period. Under this policy, the Group generally expensed approximately 70% of the production costs related to a given program in its initial broadcast run and deferred and expensed the remaining production costs over the remainder of the expected future benefit period (see Note 2 (g)).

The Group estimated the expected future benefit periods based on past historical revenue patterns and usage for similar types of programming and any potential future events, such as new outlets through which the Group could exploit or distribute its programming, including its consolidated subsidiaries and equity investees. To the extent that a given future expected benefit period was shorter than the estimate, the Group might have accelerated capitalized production costs sooner than anticipated. Conversely, to the extent that a given future expected benefit period was longer than the estimate, the Group might have extended the amortization schedule for the remaining capitalized production costs.

The Group also entered into license arrangements with various third-party programming producers and providers, pursuant to which it received the rights to broadcast programming produced by third parties over its television networks in Mexico. For programming licensed from third parties, the Group estimated the expected future benefit period based upon the term of the license. In addition, the Group might have purchased programming from third parties, from time to time. In this case, the Group estimated the expected future benefit period based on the anticipated number of showings in Mexico. To the extent that a given future expected benefit period was shorter than the estimate, the Group might have accelerated the amortization of the purchase price or the license fee sooner than anticipated. Conversely, to the extent that a given future expected benefit period was longer than the estimate, the Group might have extended the amortization schedule for the remaining portion of the purchase price or the license fee.

(b)   Goodwill and Other Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets

Goodwill and other intangible assets with indefinite useful lives are reviewed for impairment at least annually. When an impairment test is performed, the recoverable amount is assessed by reference to the greater of the net present value of the expected future cash flows (value in use) of the relevant CGU and the fair value less cost to sell.

The recoverable amount of CGUs has been determined based on the greater of value in use and fair value less costs to disposal calculations. These calculations require the use of estimates, which include management’s expectations of future revenue growth, operating costs, profit margins and operating cash flows for each CGU, long-term growth rates and discount rates based on weighted average cost of capital, among others.

During 2022 and 2021, the Group recorded impairment adjustments for other indefinite-lived intangible assets (trademarks) related to its Publishing business. See Note 2 (b) and (l) for disclosure regarding concession intangible assets.

(c)   Long-lived Assets

The Group presents certain long-lived assets other than goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets in its consolidated statement of financial position. Long-lived assets are tested for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value of an asset may no longer be recoverable. An impairment loss is recognized for the amount by which the asset’s carrying amount exceeds its recoverable amount. The recoverable amount is the greater of an asset’s fair value less costs to sell and value in use. Recoverability is analyzed based on projected cash flows. Estimates of future cash flows involve considerable judgment on the part of management. These estimates are based on historical data, future revenue growth, anticipated market conditions, management plans, and assumptions regarding projected rates of inflation and currency fluctuations, among other factors. If these assumptions are not correct, the Group would have to recognize a write-off or write-down or accelerate the amortization schedule related to the carrying amount of these assets (see Notes 2 (m), 13 and 22). The Group has not recorded any significant impairment charges during any of the years presented herein.

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(d)   Deferred Income Taxes

The Group records its deferred tax assets based on the likelihood that these assets are realized in the future. This likelihood is assessed by taking into consideration the future taxable income. In the event the Group were to determine that it would be able to realize its deferred tax assets in the future in excess of the net recorded amount, an adjustment to the deferred tax asset would increase income in the period such determination was made. Should the Group determine that it would not be able to realize all or part of its net deferred tax asset in the future, an adjustment to the deferred tax asset would be charged to income in the period such determination was made.

(e)   Financial Assets Measured at Fair Value

The Group has a significant amount of financial assets that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis. The degree of management’s judgment involved in determining the fair value of a financial asset varies depending upon the availability of quoted market prices. When observable quoted market prices exist, that is the fair value estimate the Group uses. To the extent such quoted market prices do not exist, management uses other means to determine fair value (see Notes 4 and 15).

6.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, consisted of:

    

2022

    

2021

Cash and bank accounts

Ps.

2,041,883

Ps.

1,180,817

Short-term investments (1)

 

49,089,109

 

24,647,398

Total cash and cash equivalents

Ps.

51,130,992

Ps.

25,828,215

(1) Highly-liquid investments with an original maturity of three months or less at the date of acquisition.

7.

Trade Accounts and Notes Receivable, Net

Current trade accounts and notes receivable, net as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, consisted of:

    

2022

    

2021

Non-interest bearing notes received in 2021 from customers as deposits and advances mainly in connection with annual (“upfront basis”) and from time to time (“scatter basis”) prepayments (see Note 2 (p))

Ps.

Ps.

1,499,335

Trade accounts receivable

 

10,489,336

 

14,955,334

Loss allowance

 

(2,032,034)

 

(3,361,658)

Ps.

8,457,302

Ps.

13,093,011

Non-current trade receivables as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, amounted to Ps.438,376 and Ps.385,060, respectively, and consisted of non-current trade accounts receivable in our Cable Segment.

As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, the aging analysis of the current trade accounts and notes receivable that were past due is as follows:

    

2022

    

2021

1 to 90 days

Ps.

2,350,853

Ps.

4,367,863

91 to 180 days

 

1,066,211

 

1,459,188

More than 180 days

 

1,811,592

 

2,785,308

The carrying amounts of the Group’s trade accounts and notes receivables denominated in other than peso currencies are as follows:

    

2022

    

2021

U.S. dollar

Ps.

338,123

Ps.

1,714,490

Other currencies

 

6,077

 

46,255

At December 31

Ps.

344,200

Ps.

1,760,745

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Movements on the Group for loss allowance of trade accounts and notes receivables are as follows:

    

2022

    

2021

At January 1

Ps.

(3,361,658)

Ps.

(4,249,133)

Provision for credit losses

 

(1,189,594)

 

(1,263,083)

Write-off of receivables

 

1,576,375

 

2,260,182

Reclassifications

 

(40,018)

 

(109,624)

Disposed operations

982,861

At December 31

Ps.

(2,032,034)

Ps.

(3,361,658)

The maximum exposure to credit risk of the trade accounts and notes receivable as of December 31, 2022 and 2021 is the carrying amount of each class of receivables (see Note 4).

8.

Transmission Rights and Programming

At December 31, 2022 and 2021, transmission rights and programming consisted of:

    

2022

    

2021

Transmission rights

Ps.

1,911,126

Ps.

14,743,043

Programming

 

 

5,689,652

 

1,911,126

 

20,432,695

Non-current portion of:

 

 

Transmission rights

 

1,022,782

 

9,823,088

Programming

 

 

3,017,938

 

1,022,782

 

12,841,026

Current portion of transmission rights and programming

Ps.

888,344

Ps.

7,591,669

Transmission rights and programming charged to consolidated cost of revenues for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020, amounted to Ps.2,497,519, Ps.14,577,558 and Ps.12,691,287, respectively which included Ps.1,211,927, Ps.12,704,761 and Ps.10,988,850, corresponding of discontinued operations, for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020, respectively (see Note 21).

9.

Investments in Financial Instruments

At December 31, 2022 and 2021, the Group had the following investments in financial instruments:

    

2022

    

2021

Equity instruments measured at FVOCIL:

 

  

 

  

Open-Ended Fund (1)

Ps.

773,209

Ps.

945,176

Publicly traded equity instruments (2)

2,611,053

 

3,517,711

Other equity instruments (3)

 

 

1,607,969

 

3,384,262

 

6,070,856

Other

 

5,223

 

5,223

Ps.

3,389,485

Ps.

6,076,079

(1)The Group has an investment in an Open-Ended Fund that has as a primary objective to achieve capital appreciation by using a broad range of strategies through investments in securities, including without limitation stock, debt and other financial instruments, a principal portion of which are considered as Level 1 financial instruments, in telecom, media and other sectors across global markets, including Latin America and other emerging markets. Shares may be redeemed on a quarterly basis at the Net Asset Value (“NAV”) per share as of such redemption date. The fair value of this fund is determined by using the NAV per share. The NAV per share is calculated by determining the value of the fund assets, all of which are measured at fair value, and subtracting all of the fund liabilities and dividing the result by the total number of issued shares. In March 2021, the Company redeemed a portion of its investment in Open-Ended Fund at the aggregate fair value amount of U.S.$10.0 million (Ps.258,956) and recognized cash proceeds from this redemption for such aggregate amount (see Note 2 (i)).

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(2)Their fair value of publicly traded equity instruments is determined by using quoted market prices at the measurement date. In the first half of 2021, the Company disposed of a portion of these publicly traded equity instruments and recognized cash proceeds from this disposition in the aggregate amount of Ps.1,755,415.
(3)As of December 31, 2021, other equity instruments include unquoted equity investments, which are initially recognized at cost with any subsequent changes in fair value recognized through other comprehensive income or loss. The Group disposed of these investments on January 31, 2022, in connection with the closing of the TelevisaUnivision Transaction (see Note 3).

A roll forward of investments in financial assets at FVOCIL for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 is presented as follows:

Publicly Traded

Open-Ended

Equity

Other Equity

    

Fund (1)

    

Instruments

    

Instruments

    

Total

At January 1, 2022

Ps.

945,176

Ps.

3,517,711

Ps.

1,607,969

Ps.

6,070,856

Disposition of investments

(1,607,969)

(1,607,969)

Change in fair value in other comprehensive loss

 

(171,967)

 

(906,658)

 

(1,078,625)

At December 31, 2022

Ps.

773,209

Ps.

2,611,053

Ps.

Ps.

3,384,262

Publicly Traded

Open-Ended

Equity

Other Equity

    

Fund (1)

    

Instruments

    

Instruments

    

Total

At January 1, 2021

Ps.

1,135,803

Ps.

5,397,504

Ps.

468,552

Ps.

7,001,859

Investments

1,118,178

1,118,178

Disposition of investments

(258,956)

(1,756,434)

(2,015,390)

Change in fair value in other comprehensive income (loss)

 

68,329

(123,359)

21,239

 

(33,791)

At December 31, 2021

Ps.

945,176

Ps.

3,517,711

Ps.

1,607,969

Ps.

6,070,856

(1)The foreign exchange loss and gain derived from the investment in the Open-Ended Fund for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively, was hedged by a foreign exchange gain and loss derived from Senior Notes designated as hedging instruments for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively, in the amount of Ps.114,046 and Ps.99,673, respectively (see Notes 14 and 23).

The maximum exposure to credit risk of the investments in financial instruments as of December 31, 2022 and 2021 is the carrying amounts of the financial assets (see Note 4).

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10.

Investments in Associates and Joint Ventures

At December 31, 2022 and 2021, the Group had the following investments in associates and joint ventures accounted for by the equity method:

Ownership as of

December 31, 

    

2022

    

2021

2022

    

2021

Associates:

 

  

 

  

 

  

TelevisaUnivision and subsidiaries

 

44.4

%

35.5

%

Ps.

49,446,349

Ps.

25,721,539

Other

 

 

51,864

 

164,903

Joint ventures:

 

 

 

Grupo de Telecomunicaciones de Alta Capacidad, S.A.P.I. de C.V. and subsidiaries (collectively “GTAC”) (1)

 

33.3

%

33.3

%

 

750,169

 

614,147

Periódico Digital Sendero, S.A.P.I. de C.V. and subsidiary (collectively, “PDS”) (2)

50.0

%

50.0

%

202,567

203,646

 

  

Ps.

50,450,949

Ps.

26,704,235

(1)GTAC was granted a 20-year contract for the lease of a pair of dark fiber wires held by the Mexican Federal Electricity Commission and a concession to operate a public telecommunications network in Mexico with an expiration date in 2030. GTAC is a joint venture in which a subsidiary of the Company, a subsidiary of Grupo de Telecomunicaciones Mexicanas, S.A. de C.V. and a subsidiary of Megacable, S.A. de C.V. have an equal equity participation of 33.3%. In June 2010, a subsidiary of the Company entered into a long-term credit facility agreement to provide financing to GTAC for up to Ps.688,217 , with an annual interest rate of the Mexican Interbank Interest Rate (“Tasa de Interés Interbancaria de Equilibrio” or “TIIE”) plus 200 basis points. Under the terms of this agreement, principal and interest were paid at dates agreed by the parties, between 2013 and 2021. During the year ended December 31, 2021, GTAC paid principal and interest to the Group in connection with this credit facility in the aggregate principal amount of Ps.97,342. Also, a subsidiary of the Company entered into supplementary long-term loans to provide additional financing to GTAC for an aggregate principal amount of Ps.1,243,955, with an annual interest of TIIE plus 200 basis points computed on a monthly basis and payable on an annual basis or at dates agreed by the parties. Under the terms of these supplementary loans, principal amounts can be prepaid at dates agreed by the parties before their maturities between 2023 and 2032. During the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, GTAC paid principal and interest to the Group in connection with these supplementary loans in the aggregate principal amount of Ps.146,386 and Ps.147,413, respectively. The net investment in GTAC as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, included amounts receivable in connection with these supplementary loans to GTAC in the aggregate amount of Ps.853,163 and Ps.755,973, respectively. These amounts receivable are in substance a part of the Group’s net investment in this investee (see Note 15).
(2)The Group accounts for its investment in PDS under the equity method, due to its 50% interest in this joint venture. As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, the Group’s investment in PDS included intangible assets and goodwill in the aggregate amount of Ps.113,837.

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TelevisaUnivision

The Group accounts for its investment in common stock of TelevisaUnivision (formerly known as UH II),  the parent company of Univision Communications Inc. (“Univision”), under the equity method due to the Group’s ability to exercise significant influence, as defined under IFRS Standards, over TelevisaUnivision operations. The Group has the ability to exercise significant influence over the operating and financial policies of TelevisaUnivision because (i) it owned 9,290,999 and 5,701,335 shares of Class A Common Stock shares of TelevisaUnivision as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively, and 750,000 Series B Preferred shares of TelevisaUnivision as of December 31, 2022 and 2021 representing 44.4% and 35.5% of the outstanding common and preferred shares of TelevisaUnivision on an as-converted basis, (excluding unvested and/or unsettled stock, restricted stock units and options of TelevisaUnivision), respectively, and 45.1% and 40.1% of the outstanding voting common shares TelevisaUnivision, respectively; and (ii) it has designated three members of the Board of Directors of TelevisaUnivision, one of which serves as the Chairman. The Chairman does not presently have a tie-breaking vote or other similar power in connection with any decisions of the Board. The governing documents of TelevisaUnivision provide for a 13-member Board of Directors; however, the Board of Directors currently consists of 11 members, and the Group has the right to appoint two additional members. Until January 31, 2022, the Group was also a party to a Program Licensing Agreement (“PLA”), as amended, with Univision, pursuant to which Univision had the right to broadcast certain Televisa content in the United States, and to another program license agreement pursuant to which the Group had the right to broadcast certain Univision content in Mexico.

On February 25, 2020, UHI, Searchlight Capital Partners, LP (“Searchlight”), a global private investment firm, and ForgeLight LLC (“ForgeLight”), an operating and investment company focused on the media and consumer technology sectors, announced a definitive agreement in which Searchlight and ForgeLight would acquire a majority ownership interest in UHI from all stockholders of UHI other than the Group. The Group elected to retain its approximately 36% stake in UHI’s equity upon exercise of its warrants for shares of UHI common stock. Under the terms of the acquisition, Searchlight and ForgeLight would purchase the remaining 64% ownership interest from the other stockholders of UHI. In conjunction with this transaction and a related decline in the estimated fair value of the Group’s investment in warrants issued by UHI, the Company’s management recognized an impairment loss in the amount of U.S.$228.6 million (Ps.5,455,356) that decreased the carrying amount of the Group’s investment in shares of UHI in the first quarter of 2020. This impairment adjustment was accounted for in share of income or loss of associates and joint ventures in the Group’s consolidated statement of income for the year ended December 31, 2020. This transaction closed on December 29, 2020, and the Group exercised all of its remaining warrants for common shares of UHI to increase its equity stake in UHI from 10% to 35.9% on a fully diluted basis.

On April 13, 2021, the Group and UHI announced a transaction agreement in which the Group’s content and media assets would be combined with UH II, the successor company of UHI, and the Group would continue to participate in UH II, with an equity stake of approximately 45% following the closing of the transaction. On May 18, 2021, UHI concluded a reorganization through a series of transactions (the “Reorganization”) pursuant to which, among other things, UH II acquired a controlling financial interest in UHI on that date. As a result of the Reorganization of UHI: (i) the Group and other existing stockholders of UHI exchanged their shares of the capital stock of UHI for the same number and class of newly issued shares of UH II; (ii) UHI issued common stock to a new investor and then these shares were exchanged for shares in UH II; (iii) the Group held an equity interest in the capital stock of UH II of 35.5% on an as-converted basis; and (iv) UH II became a successor company of UHI. In connection with the Reorganization of UHI, and other observable indications that the value of the Group’s net investment in UH II increased significantly during 2021 (including internal and external valuations of the recoverable amount of UH II), in the second half of 2021 the Group’s management assessed whether there was any indication that the impairment loss recognized by the Group in the first quarter of 2020 in the amount of U.S.$228.6 million (Ps.5,455,356) for its net investment in shares of UHI might no longer exist or might have decreased. As a result, of this assessment, the Group’s management concluded that there had been a change in the estimates used to determine the recoverable amount of the Group’s net investment in UH II since the last impairment loss was recognized, and the carrying amount of such net investment was increased to its recoverable amount. The reversal of the impairment loss amounted to U.S.$199.1 million (Ps.4,161,704) and was recognized in share of income of associates and joint ventures in the Group’s consolidated statement of income for the year ended December 31, 2021.

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On January 31, 2022, the Group increased its investment in shares of TelevisaUnivision in the aggregate fair value amount of U.S.$1,500 million (Ps.30,912,000) comprised 3,589,664 Class A Common Stock shares of TelevisaUnivsion, in the amount of U.S.$750 million (Ps.15,456,000), and 750,000 Series B Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock shares (“Series B Preferred Shares”) of TelevisaUnivision, with a annual preferred dividend of 5.5% payable on a quarterly basis, in the amount of U.S.$750 million (Ps. 15,456,000). The Series B Preferred Shares are entitled or permitted to vote on any matter required or permitted to be voted upon by the stockholders of TelevisaUnivision. The investment in Series B Preferred Shares of TelevisaUnivision has been classified by the Group as investments in associates and joint ventures because this investment has in substance potential voting rights and gives access to the returns associated with an ownership in TelevisaUnivision. For the year ended December 31, 2022, the Group received from TelevisaUnivision a preferred dividend in cash in the aggregate amount of U.S.$37.8 million (Ps.752,556), which was accounted for in share of income of associates in the Group’s consolidated statement of income for the year ended December 31, 2022. In connection with the TelevisaUnivision Transaction, and other observable indications that the value of the Group’s net investment in TelevisaUnivision increased significantly during 2022 (including internal valuations of the recoverable amount of TelevisaUnivision), in the second quarter of 2022, the Group’s management assessed whether there was any indication that the remaining impairment loss recognized by the Group in the first quarter of 2020 for its net investment in shares of TelevisaUnivision might no longer exist or might have decreased. As a result of this assessment, the Group’s management concluded that there had been a change in the estimates used to determine the recoverable amount of the Group’s net investment in TelevisaUnivision since the last impairment loss was recognized, and the carrying amount of such net investment was increased to an amount lower than its recoverable amount. The reversal of the impairment loss amounted to U.S.$29.5 million (Ps.593,838) and was recognized in share of income of associates and joint ventures in the Group’s consolidated statement of income for the year ended December 31, 2022. The Group recognized a share in loss of TelevisaUnivision for the year ended December 31, 2022, primarily in connection with a goodwill impairment loss recognized by TelevisaUnivision in the fourth quarter of 2022 (see Notes 1, 2 (a), 3, 9, 15, 20, 23 and 28).

A roll forward of investments in associates and joint ventures for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, is presented as follows:

    

2022

    

2021

At January 1

Ps.

26,704,235

Ps.

22,813,531

Reversal of impairment loss

593,838

4,161,704

Share of loss of associates and joint ventures, net

 

(8,724,643)

 

(490,674)

Share of other comprehensive income of associates

 

4,245,546

 

245,714

Long-term loans granted to GTAC, net

 

166,223

 

131,604

Foreign currency translation adjustments

 

(3,261,758)

 

505,183

GTAC payments of principal and interest

(146,386)

(244,755)

Disposition of OCEN

(503,872)

Dividends from PDS

(10,000)

(10,000)

Investment in Flyacross (other associate)

43,855

Consideration in common and preferred stock of TelevisaUnivision (see Notes 3 and 28)

30,912,000

Other

 

(28,106)

 

51,945

At December 31

Ps.

50,450,949

Ps.

26,704,235

IFRS summarized financial information of TelevisaUnivision (formerly known as UH II, the successor company of UHI) as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, and for the years then ended, and UHI for the year ended December 31, 2020, is set forth below.

IFRS summarized financial information of TelevisaUnivision (formerly known as UH II) as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively (amounts in thousands of U.S. dollars):

    

2022

    

2021

Current assets (include cash and cash equivalents for U.S.$538,600 and U.S.$647,000, respectively)

U.S.$

2,444,700

U.S.$

2,579,100

Non-current assets

 

15,764,400

 

11,729,470

Total assets

 

18,209,100

 

14,308,570

Current liabilities (include financial liabilities for U.S.$60,100 and U.S.$54,000, respectively)

 

1,405,000

 

691,600

Non-current liabilities (include financial liabilities for U.S.$628,100 and U.S.$631,437, respectively)

 

13,600,800

 

10,619,970

Total liabilities

 

15,005,800

 

11,311,570

Total net assets

U.S.$

3,203,300

U.S.$

2,997,000

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The table below reconciles the summarized financial information of TelevisaUnivision (formerly known as UH II) to the carrying amount of the Group’s interest TelevisaUnivision as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively (amounts in thousands of U.S. dollars):

    

2022

    

2021

 

Ownership as of December 31

 

  

44.4

%  

35.5

%

Group’s share of net assets

 

U.S.$

1,423,488

 

U.S.$

1,065,225

Group’s share of net assets

 

Ps.

27,723,859

 

Ps.

21,840,404

Goodwill, purchase price allocation and other adjustments

 

21,722,490

 

3,881,135

Carrying amount of the Group’s interest in TelevisaUnivision

 

Ps.

49,446,349

 

Ps.

25,721,539

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IFRS summarized financial information of TelevisaUnivision (formerly known as UH II, the successor company of UHI) for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020 (amounts in thousands of U.S. dollars):

    

2022

    

2021

    

2020

Revenue

 

U.S.$

4,609,600

 

U.S.$

2,841,000

 

U.S.$

2,541,900

Depreciation and amortization

524,300

251,500

152,800

Interest income

11,400

400

1,100

Interest expense

610,300

420,387

427,500

(Expense) income from continuing operations

(1,203,200)

550,128

45,537

Income tax (expense) benefit

(232,400)

36,872

(9,137)

Net (loss) income

 

(1,435,600)

 

587,000

 

36,400

Other comprehensive income (loss)

 

471,113

 

32,000

 

(23,700)

Total comprehensive (loss) income

 

(964,487)

 

619,000

 

12,700

Preferred dividends received from TelevisaUnivision

37,812

The table below reconciles the summarized financial information of TelevisaUnivision (formerly known as UH II, the successor company of UHI) to the carrying amount of the Group’s interest in TelevisaUnivision for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020 (amounts in thousands of U.S. dollars):

    

2022

    

2021

    

2020

Net (loss) income

 U.S.$

(637,955)

 U.S.$

208,638

 U.S.$

3,635

Other comprehensive income (loss)

 

209,354

 

11,374

 

(2,367)

Net (loss) income

 Ps.

(12,555,817)

 Ps.

4,232,441

 Ps.

78,133

Other comprehensive income (loss)

 

4,245,660

 

232,773

 

(50,872)

Purchase price allocation and other adjustments:

 

 

 

Net income (loss) adjustments

 

3,790,887

 

(4,834,744)

 

(79,163)

Other comprehensive loss adjustments

 

 

 

(6,657)

Group’s interest in UHI:

 

 

 

Net loss

 

(8,764,930)

 

(602,303)

 

(1,030)

Other comprehensive income (loss)

 

4,245,660

 

232,773

 

(57,529)

Reversal of impairment (impairment loss)

593,838

4,161,704

(5,455,356)

Combined condensed balance sheet information related to the Group’s share in associates other than TelevisaUnivision (formerly known as UH II) as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, including adjustments made by the Group when using the equity method, such as fair value adjustments made at the time of acquisition, is set forth below:

    

2022

    

2021

Current assets

Ps.

17,896

Ps.

196,110

Non-current assets

39,213

118,207

Total assets

57,109

314,317

Current liabilities

26,952

154,957

Non-current liabilities

1,295

23,459

Total liabilities

28,247

178,416

Net assets

Ps.

28,862

Ps.

135,901

Goodwill, purchase price allocation and other adjustments

23,002

29,002

Carrying amount of the Group’s interest in associates

Ps.

51,864

Ps.

164,903

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Combined condensed balance sheet information related to the Group’s share in joint ventures as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, including adjustments made by the Group when using the equity method, such as fair value adjustments made at the time of acquisition, is set forth below:

    

2022

    

2021

Current assets

Ps.

181,740

Ps.

159,619

Non-current assets

796,426

651,674

Total assets

978,166

811,293

Current liabilities

101,167

75,110

Non-current liabilities

891,263

788,200

Total liabilities

992,430

863,310

Net liabilities

Ps.

(14,264)

Ps.

(52,017)

Goodwill, purchase price allocation and other adjustments

113,837

113,837

Long-term loans granted to GTAC, net

853,163

755,973

Carrying amount of the Group’s interest in joint ventures

Ps.

952,736

Ps.

817,793

The Group recognized its share of comprehensive income (loss) of associates and joint ventures other than TelevisaUnivision (formerly known as UH II, the successor company of UHI) for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020, as follows:

    

2022

2021

    

2020

Share of income (loss) of associates and joint ventures, net

Ps.

40,287

Ps.

111,629

Ps.

(283,282)

Share of other comprehensive (loss) income of associates and joint ventures:

Foreign currency translation adjustments, net

58

1,757

Other items of comprehensive (loss) income, net

(114)

12,883

(5,261)

(114)

12,941

(3,504)

Share of comprehensive income (loss) of associates and joint ventures

Ps.

40,173

Ps.

124,570

Ps.

(286,786)

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11.

Property, Plant and Equipment, Net, and Investment Property, Net

Property, Plant and Equipment, Net

Changes in the carrying amounts of property, plant and equipment for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, are as follows:

Construction 

Buildings 

Technical

Satellite

Furniture

Transportation

Computer

Leasehold

and Projects

    

and Land

    

Equipment

    

Transponders

    

and Fixtures

    

Equipment

    

Equipment

    

Improvements

    

in Progress (1)

    

Total

Cost:

January 1, 2021

Ps.

14,886,912

Ps.

157,262,188

Ps.

6,026,094

Ps.

1,263,800

Ps.

3,122,232

Ps.

9,198,382

Ps.

3,605,636

Ps.

12,873,670

Ps.

208,238,914

Additions

2,290

14,334,876

68,201

395,005

339,967

17,508

8,110,000

23,267,847

Dismantling cost

69,350

69,350

Retirements and reclassifications to other accounts

 

(93,883)

 

(2,423,831)

 

 

(62,210)

 

(280,189)

 

(618,714)

 

(19,860)

 

(1,055,858)

 

(4,554,545)

Transfers from intangibles assets, net

(547,940)

(547,940)

Transfers and reclassifications

 

412,054

 

3,513,272

 

 

28,976

 

170,788

 

594,158

 

125,175

 

(4,844,423)

 

Effect of translation

 

(4,773)

 

39,351

 

 

36

 

71

 

306

 

37

 

97

 

35,125

December 31, 2021

15,202,600

172,795,206

6,026,094

1,298,803

3,407,907

9,514,099

3,728,496

14,535,546

226,508,751

Additions

3,329

13,978,378

35,064

118,028

201,745

23,279

2,955,564

17,315,387

Dismantling cost

195,304

195,304

Retirements and reclassifications to other accounts

 

(91,077)

 

(6,171,083)

 

 

(148,546)

 

(523,397)

 

(558,400)

 

(331,212)

 

974,880

 

(6,848,835)

Transfers from intangibles assets, net

(502,017)

(502,017)

Transfers investment property

(3,867,138)

(3,867,138)

Transfers and reclassifications

 

226,903

 

5,900,361

 

 

29,147

 

24,357

 

84,970

 

128,544

 

(6,394,282)

 

Effect of translation

 

(15,030)

 

(148,110)

 

 

(41)

 

(148)

 

(655)

 

(47)

 

1,086

 

(162,945)

December 31, 2022

Ps.

11,459,587

Ps.

186,550,056

Ps.

6,026,094

Ps.

1,214,427

Ps.

3,026,747

Ps.

9,241,759

Ps.

3,549,060

Ps.

11,570,777

Ps.

232,638,507

Accumulated depreciation:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

January 1, 2021

Ps.

(5,307,759)

Ps.

(103,248,870)

Ps.

(3,971,069)

Ps.

(718,471)

Ps.

(2,031,266)

Ps.

(7,106,312)

Ps.

(2,573,540)

Ps.

Ps.

(124,957,287)

Depreciation of the year

 

(304,842)

 

(15,641,059)

 

(282,414)

 

(117,255)

 

(262,008)

 

(848,426)

 

(274,546)

 

 

(17,730,550)

Retirements

 

70,754

 

3,326,801

 

 

58,751

 

127,440

 

557,776

 

(133)

 

 

4,141,389

Effect of translation

 

(1,362)

 

(38,575)

 

 

(28)

 

(69)

 

(110)

 

(33)

 

 

(40,177)

December 31, 2021

(5,543,209)

(115,601,703)

(4,253,483)

(777,003)

(2,165,903)

(7,397,072)

(2,848,252)

(138,586,625)

Depreciation of the year

 

(211,805)

 

(16,063,925)

 

(282,414)

 

(93,462)

 

(210,362)

 

(495,891)

 

(221,854)

 

 

(17,579,713)

Retirements

 

252,367

 

3,520,999

 

 

70,413

 

406,901

 

215,279

 

182,517

 

 

4,648,476

Transfers investment property

 

993,973

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

993,973

Effect of translation

 

2,248

 

118,584

 

 

36

 

82

 

784

 

47

 

 

121,781

December 31, 2022

Ps.

(4,506,426)

Ps.

(128,026,045)

Ps.

(4,535,897)

Ps.

(800,016)

Ps.

(1,969,282)

Ps.

(7,676,900)

Ps.

(2,887,542)

Ps.

Ps.

(150,402,108)

Carrying amount:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

January 1, 2021

Ps.

9,579,153

Ps.

54,013,318

Ps.

2,055,025

Ps.

545,329

Ps.

1,090,966

Ps.

2,092,070

Ps.

1,032,096

Ps.

12,873,670

Ps.

83,281,627

December 31, 2021

Ps.

9,659,391

Ps.

57,193,503

Ps.

1,772,611

Ps.

521,800

Ps.

1,242,004

Ps.

2,117,027

Ps.

880,244

Ps.

14,535,546

Ps.

87,922,126

December 31, 2022

Ps.

6,953,161

Ps.

58,524,011

Ps.

1,490,197

Ps.

414,411

Ps.

1,057,465

Ps.

1,564,859

Ps.

661,518

Ps.

11,570,777

Ps.

82,236,399

(1)Retirements and reclassifications to other accounts include: (i) set-up box refurbishment projects that are subsequently reclassified to inventory in order to be assigned or sold to a customer; and (ii) projects in progress related to certain costs that are reclassified to programming when a specific program benefits from those costs.

Depreciation charges are presented in Note 21. Depreciation charged to income for the year ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, was Ps.17,579,713 and Ps.17,730,550, respectively, which included Ps.73,473 and Ps.884,103, corresponding to the depreciation of discontinued operations, respectively.

Property, plant and equipment include the following carrying amounts of technical equipment leased to subscribers in the Cable and Sky segments as of December 31, 2022 and 2021:

    

2022

    

2021

Subscriber leased set-top equipment

Ps.

54,493,281

Ps.

47,813,940

Accumulated depreciation

 

(34,231,392)

 

(30,316,415)

Ps.

20,261,889

Ps.

17,497,525

Property, plant and equipment include the following carrying amounts of dismantling costs (technical equipment) related to incurred obligations in the Cable segment as of December 31, 2022 and 2021:

    

2022

    

2021

Dismantling costs

 

Ps.

1,133,071

 

Ps.

937,767

Accumulated depreciation

 

(522,651)

 

(433,426)

 

Ps.

610,420

 

Ps.

504,341

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Investment Property, Net

Beginning in the first quarter of 2022, in connection with the TelevisaUnivision Transaction, the Group leases some buildings and land to TelevisaUnivision under operating lease agreements. These operating lease agreements contain initial non-cancellable periods between 7 and 19 years. Subsequent renewals are negotiated with the lessee and average renewal periods are of five years. The leased buildings and land are in Mexico City and include the Group’s San Angel and Chapultepec facilities and part of the Company’s headquarters. These properties are classified as investment properties in accordance with IFRS Standards given that such properties are held by the Group primarily to earn rentals rather than for use in the production or supply of goods or services or for administrative purposes, or sale in the ordinary course of business (see Note 3).

Changes in the carrying amount of investment property for the year ended December 31, 2022, are as follows:

    

Buildings and Land

Cost:

  

Reclassification from property, plant and equipment in the first quarter of 2022

Ps.

3,867,138

December 31, 2022

 

Ps.

3,867,138

Accumulated depreciation:

 

 

  

Reclassification from property, plant and equipment in the first quarter of 2022

 

 

(910,264)

Depreciation of the period

 

 

(83,709)

December 31, 2022

 

Ps.

(993,973)

Carrying amount:

 

 

  

December 31, 2022

 

Ps.

2,873,165

Depreciation charges are presented in Note 21.

As of December 31, 2022, the fair value of the Group’s investment property amounted to Ps.8,837,686, as measured by an independent appraiser who holds a recognized and relevant professional qualification and experience in the investment property being valued.

Net lease income from investment property, net of direct operating expenses amounted to Ps.311,343,for the year ended December 31, 2022, and was accounted for as a reduction of the Group’s corporate expense included in administrative expenses (see Note 21).

A maturity analysis of undiscounted lease payments to be received by the Group as of December 31, 2022 for buildings and land subject to operating leases is presented as follows (Thousands of U.S. dollars):

    

Undiscounted

Year

Lease Payments

2023

U.S.$

22,037

2024

 

 

22,037

2025

 

 

22,037

2026

 

 

22,037

2027

 

 

22,037

Thereafter

 

310,981

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12.

Right-of-use Assets, Net

Changes in the carrying amounts of right-of-use assets for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, are as follows:

Satellite

Technical

Computer

    

Buildings

    

Transponders

    

Equipment

    

Equipment

    

Others

    

Total

Cost:

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

January 1, 2021

Ps.

5,464,584

Ps.

4,275,619

Ps.

1,883,982

Ps.

Ps.

231,138

Ps.

11,855,323

Additions

1,166,607

 

 

115,591

 

437,361

 

154,159

 

1,873,718

Retirements

(342,237)

(63,837)

(406,074)

Effect of translation

270

 

 

 

 

 

270

December 31, 2021

Ps.

6,289,224

Ps.

4,275,619

Ps.

1,999,573

Ps.

437,361

Ps.

321,460

Ps.

13,323,237

Additions

797,811

99,209

56,332

71,759

1,025,111

Retirements

(1,147,014)

(375,045)

137,786

(1,384,273)

Effect of translation

(561)

(561)

December 31, 2022

Ps.

5,939,460

Ps.

4,275,619

Ps.

2,098,782

Ps.

118,648

Ps.

531,005

Ps.

12,963,514

Accumulated depreciation:

 

 

 

 

 

January 1, 2021

Ps.

(1,176,679)

Ps.

(2,351,590)

Ps.

(988,266)

Ps.

Ps.

(126,623)

Ps.

(4,643,158)

Depreciation of the year

(611,120)

 

(285,042)

 

(132,862)

 

(83,342)

 

(35,682)

 

(1,148,048)

Retirements

72,065

 

 

352

 

 

223

 

72,640

Effect of translation

(104)

 

 

 

 

 

(104)

December 31, 2021

Ps.

(1,715,838)

Ps.

(2,636,632)

Ps.

(1,120,776)

Ps.

(83,342)

Ps.

(162,082)

Ps.

(5,718,670)

Depreciation of the year

(610,652)

(285,041)

(135,527)

(35,986)

(89,808)

(1,157,014)

Retirements

513,267

335

82,289

(13,787)

582,104

Effect of translation

364

364

December 31, 2022

Ps.

(1,812,859)

Ps.

(2,921,673)

Ps.

(1,255,968)

Ps.

(37,039)

Ps.

(265,677)

Ps.

(6,293,216)

Carrying amount:

 

 

 

 

 

January 1, 2021

Ps.

4,287,905

Ps.

1,924,029

Ps.

895,716

Ps.

Ps.

104,515

Ps.

7,212,165

December 31, 2021

Ps.

4,573,386

Ps.

1,638,987

Ps.

878,797

Ps.

354,019

Ps.

159,378

Ps.

7,604,567

December 31, 2022

Ps.

4,126,601

Ps.

1,353,946

Ps.

842,814

Ps.

81,609

Ps.

265,328

Ps.

6,670,298

Depreciation charges are presented in Note 21. Depreciation charged to income for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, was Ps.1,157,014 and Ps.1,148,048, respectively, which included Ps.16,978 and Ps.84,310, corresponding to the depreciation of discontinued operations, respectively.

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13.

Intangible Assets and Goodwill, Net

As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, intangible assets and goodwill are summarized as follows:

2022

2021

    

    

Accumulated

    

    

    

Accumulated

    

Cost

Amortization

Carrying Amount

Cost

Amortization

Carrying Amount

Intangible assets and goodwill with indefinite useful lives:

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Trademarks

Ps.

32,828

Ps.

Ps.

32,828

Ps.

35,242

Ps.

Ps.

35,242

Concessions

 

15,166,067

 

 

15,166,067

 

15,166,067

 

 

15,166,067

Goodwill

 

13,904,998

 

 

13,904,998

 

14,036,657

 

 

14,036,657

29,103,893

29,103,893

29,237,966

29,237,966

Intangible assets with finite useful lives:

 

 

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

Trademarks

2,227,096

(2,115,570)

111,526

2,227,096

(2,043,442)

183,654

Concessions

 

 

 

 

553,505

 

(553,505)

 

Licenses and software

 

15,111,644

(10,952,399)

 

4,159,245

 

14,831,874

(9,672,946)

 

5,158,928

Subscriber lists

 

8,791,701

(7,874,480)

 

917,221

 

8,806,951

(7,574,668)

 

1,232,283

Payments for renewal of concessions

 

5,824,365

 

(287,668)

 

5,536,697

 

5,825,559

 

 

5,825,559

Other intangible assets

 

6,252,593

 

(4,957,588)

 

1,295,005

 

5,446,636

 

(4,829,145)

 

617,491

38,207,399

(26,187,705)

12,019,694

37,691,621

(24,673,706)

13,017,915

Ps.

67,311,292

Ps.

(26,187,705)

Ps.

41,123,587

Ps.

66,929,587

Ps.

(24,673,706)

Ps.

42,255,881

Changes in intangible assets and goodwill with indefinite useful lives in 2022 and 2021, were as follows:

2022

    

Trademarks

    

Concessions

    

Goodwill

    

Total

Cost:

Balance at beginning of period

Ps.

35,242

Ps.

15,166,067

Ps.

14,036,657

Ps.

29,237,966

Retirements

 

(2,429)

 

 

(131,659)

 

(134,088)

Effect of translation

 

15

 

 

 

15

Balance at end of period

Ps.

32,828

Ps.

15,166,067

Ps.

13,904,998

Ps.

29,103,893

2021

    

Trademarks

    

Concessions

    

Goodwill

    

Total

Cost:

Balance at beginning of period

Ps.

35,242

Ps.

15,166,067

Ps.

14,113,626

Ps.

29,314,935

Impairment adjustments

 

 

 

(76,969)

 

(76,969)

Balance at end of period

Ps.

35,242

Ps.

15,166,067

Ps.

14,036,657

Ps.

29,237,966

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Changes in intangible assets with finite useful lives in 2022 and 2021, were as follows:

2022

Licenses

Payments for

Other

and

Subscriber

Renewal of

Intangible

    

Trademarks

    

Concessions

    

Software

    

Lists

    

Concessions

    

Assets

    

Total

Cost:

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Balance at beginning of period

Ps.

2,227,096

Ps.

553,505

Ps.

14,831,874

Ps.

8,806,951

Ps.

5,825,559

Ps.

5,446,636

Ps.

37,691,621

Additions

 

 

 

965,046

 

 

 

842,137

 

1,807,183

Transfers from property, plant and equipment

502,017

502,017

Retirements and impairment adjustments

 

 

(553,505)

 

(1,206,643)

 

(10,386)

 

(1,194)

 

(118)

 

(1,771,846)

Transfers and reclassifications

 

 

 

35,921

 

 

 

(35,921)

 

Effect of translation

 

 

 

(16,571)

 

(4,864)

 

 

(141)

 

(21,576)

Balance at end of period

2,227,096

15,111,644

8,791,701

5,824,365

6,252,593

38,207,399

Accumulated amortization:

  

Balance at beginning of period

(2,043,442)

(553,505)

(9,672,946)

(7,574,668)

(4,829,145)

(24,673,706)

Amortization of the year

(72,128)

(1,640,543)

(315,062)

(287,668)

(103,469)

(2,418,870)

Other amortization of the year (1)

(353,232)

(353,232)

Retirements and impairment adjustments

553,505

610,038

10,386

63,074

1,237,003

Transfers and reclassifications

(264,968)

264,968

Effect of translation

16,020

4,864

216

21,100

Balance at end of period

(2,115,570)

(10,952,399)

(7,874,480)

(287,668)

(4,957,588)

(26,187,705)

Ps.

111,526

Ps.

Ps.

4,159,245

Ps.

917,221

Ps.

5,536,697

Ps.

1,295,005

Ps.

12,019,694

2021

Licenses

Payments for

Other

and

Subscriber

Renewal of

Intangible

    

Trademarks

    

Concessions

    

Software

    

Lists

    

Concessions

    

Assets

    

Total

Cost:

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Balance at beginning of period

Ps.

2,227,096

Ps.

553,505

Ps.

13,139,480

Ps.

8,804,334

Ps.

5,825,559

Ps.

5,169,795

Ps.

35,719,769

Additions

 

 

 

1,599,671

 

 

 

299,793

 

1,899,464

Transfers from property, plant and equipment

609,974

(62,034)

547,940

Retirements and impairment adjustments

 

 

 

(643,888)

 

 

 

 

(643,888)

Transfers and reclassifications

 

 

 

117,716

 

 

 

39,278

 

156,994

Effect of translation

 

 

 

8,921

 

2,617

 

 

(196)

 

11,342

Balance at end of period

2,227,096

553,505

14,831,874

8,806,951

5,825,559

5,446,636

37,691,621

Accumulated amortization:

  

  

  

  

  

Balance at beginning of period

(1,971,314)

(442,804)

(8,446,906)

(7,258,070)

(4,191,392)

(22,310,486)

Amortization of the year

(72,128)

(110,701)

(1,741,517)

(313,981)

(301,444)

(2,539,771)

Other amortization of the year (1)

(329,144)

(329,144)

Retirements and impairment adjustments

516,045

516,045

Effect of translation

(568)

(2,617)

(7,165)

(10,350)

Balance at end of period

(2,043,442)

(553,505)

(9,672,946)

(7,574,668)

(4,829,145)

(24,673,706)

Ps.

183,654

Ps.

Ps.

5,158,928

Ps.

1,232,283

Ps.

5,825,559

Ps.

617,491

Ps.

13,017,915

(1)Other amortization of the year relates primarily to amortization of soccer player rights, which is included in consolidated cost of revenues.

Amortization charges are presented in Note 21. Amortization charged to income for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, was Ps.2,418,870 and Ps.2,539,771, respectively, which included Ps.31,423 and Ps.396,654, corresponding to the amortization of discontinued operations, respectively. Additional amortization charged to income for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, was Ps.353,232 and Ps.329,144, respectively, primarily in connection with amortization of soccer player rights.

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The changes in the net carrying amount of goodwill, indefinite-lived trademarks and concessions for the year ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, were as follows:

    

Foreign

Balance as of

Currency

Balance as of

January 1,

Translation

Impairment

December 31, 

    

2022

    

Acquisitions

    

Retirements

    

Adjustments

    

Adjustments

    

Transfers

    

2022

Goodwill:

    

  

    

  

    

  

    

Cable

 

Ps.

13,794,684

  

Ps.

 

Ps.

  

Ps.

 

Ps.

  

Ps.

 

Ps.

13,794,684

Other Businesses (1)

 

  

241,973

  

 

  

(131,659)

  

 

  

  

 

  

110,314

 

Ps.

14,036,657

  

Ps.

 

Ps.

(131,659)

  

Ps.

 

Ps.

  

Ps.

 

Ps.

13,904,998

Indefinite-lived trademarks (see Note 3):

 

Cable    

 

Ps.

32,813

  

Ps.

 

Ps.

  

Ps.

15

 

Ps.

  

Ps.

 

Ps.

32,828

Other Businesses

 

  

2,429

  

 

  

(2,429)

  

 

  

  

 

  

 

Ps.

35,242

  

Ps.

 

Ps.

(2,429)

  

Ps.

15

 

Ps.

  

Ps.

 

Ps.

32,828

Indefinite-lived concessions (see Note 3):

 

Cable

 

Ps.

15,070,025

  

Ps.

 

Ps.

  

Ps.

 

Ps.

  

Ps.

 

Ps.

15,070,025

Sky

 

  

96,042

  

 

  

  

 

  

  

 

  

96,042

 

Ps.

15,166,067

  

Ps.

 

Ps.

  

Ps.

 

Ps.

  

Ps.

 

Ps.

15,166,067

(1)Through January 31, 2022, this goodwill was part of the Group’s former Content business.

Foreign

Balance as of

Currency

Balance as of

January 1,

Translation

Impairment

December 31, 

    

2021

    

Acquisitions

    

Retirements

    

Adjustments

    

Adjustments

    

Transfers

    

2021

Goodwill:

    

  

    

  

    

  

    

Cable

 

Ps.

13,794,684

  

Ps.

 

Ps.

  

Ps.

 

Ps.

  

Ps.

 

Ps.

13,794,684

Content

 

241,973

  

 

  

 

  

 

241,973

Other Businesses

 

  

76,969

  

 

  

  

 

  

(76,969)

  

 

  

 

Ps.

14,113,626

  

Ps.

 

Ps.

  

Ps.

 

Ps.

(76,969)

  

Ps.

 

Ps.

14,036,657

Indefinite-lived trademarks (see Note 3):

 

Cable    

 

Ps.

32,813

  

Ps.

 

Ps.

  

Ps.

 

Ps.

  

Ps.

 

Ps.

32,813

Other Businesses

 

  

2,429

  

 

  

  

 

  

  

 

  

2,429

 

Ps.

35,242

  

Ps.

 

Ps.

  

Ps.

 

Ps.

  

Ps.

 

Ps.

35,242

Indefinite-lived concessions (see Note 3):

 

Cable

 

Ps.

15,070,025

  

Ps.

 

Ps.

  

Ps.

 

Ps.

  

Ps.

 

Ps.

15,070,025

Sky

 

  

96,042

  

 

  

  

 

  

  

 

  

96,042

 

Ps.

15,166,067

  

Ps.

 

Ps.

  

Ps.

 

Ps.

  

Ps.

 

Ps.

15,166,067

During the second half of 2020, the Group monitored the market associated with its Publishing business, which is classified into the Other Businesses segment, which experienced a general slow-down in Latin America. Accordingly, the Group reduced its cash flow expectations for some of its foreign operations. As a result, the Group compared the fair value of the intangible assets in the reporting units with the related carrying amounts and recorded an aggregate impairment charge in connection with trademarks of Ps.40,803, in other expense, net, in the consolidated statement of income for the year ended December 31, 2020 (see Note 22).

The key assumptions used for either fair value or value in use calculations of goodwill and intangible assets in 2022, were as follows (see Note 15):

Cable

    

Minimum

    

Maximum

    

Value in use calculations:

Long-term growth rate

 

4.90

%  

4.90

%  

Discount rate

 

11.50

%  

12.30

%  

Pre-tax discount rate

13.20

%  

15.30

%

Fair value calculations:

Multiple of sales

2.0

2.9

Multiple of EBITDA (as defined)

5.5

7.1

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The key assumptions used for either fair value or value in use calculations of goodwill and intangible assets in 2021, were as follows (see Note 15):

Cable

 

    

Minimum

    

Maximum

 

Value in use calculations:

Long-term growth rate

 

4.00

%  

4.00

%

Discount rate

 

10.00

%  

10.60

%

Pre-tax discount rate

13.66

%

16.50

%

Fair value calculations:

Multiple of sales

2.2

3.3

Multiple of EBITDA (as defined)

6.8

7.9

Management has identified that a reasonable possible change in the key assumptions identified above could cause the carrying amount to exceed in 2022 the recoverable amount of one of the five CGUs with indefinite-life intangible assets tested for impairment. The change required for the carrying amount to equal the recoverable amount is a 1.2% increase in the discount rate (equivalent to a 120 basis point change) or a 1.6% decrease in the long term growth rate (equivalent to a 160 basis point change).

As described in Note 2 (l), in 2015, the Company’s management estimated the remaining useful life of four years for acquired trademarks in specific locations of Mexico, in connection with the migration to an internally developed trademark in the Group’s Cable segment.

In the fourth quarter of 2017, the Company’s management reviewed the useful life of certain Group’s television concessions accounted for as intangible assets in conjunction with the payment made in 2018 for renewal of concessions expiring in 2021, which amount was determined by the IFT before the renewal date (see Note 2 (b)). Based on such review, the Group classified these concessions as intangible assets with a finite useful life and began to amortize the related net carrying amount of Ps.553,505 in a period ended December 31, 2021. Amortization of  these concessions with a finite useful life amounted to Ps.110,701 for each of the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020.

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14.

Debt and Lease Liabilities

Debt and lease liabilities outstanding as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, were as follows:

2022

2021

Effective

Interest

Finance

Principal, Net

Principal, Net

    

Interest Rate

    

Payable

Principal

    

Costs

    

of Finance Costs

    

of Finance Costs

U.S. dollar Senior Notes:

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

6.625% Senior Notes due 2025 (1)

 

7.60

%  

Ps.

85,939

Ps.

5,188,796

 

Ps.

(46,107)

Ps.

5,142,689

 

Ps.

12,177,355

4.625% Senior Notes due 2026 (1)

 

5.03

%  

135,115

5,842,800

 

(14,489)

5,828,311

 

6,131,473

8.5% Senior Notes due 2032 (1)

 

9.00

%  

151,751

5,842,800

 

(16,337)

5,826,463

 

6,132,826

6.625% Senior Notes due 2040 (1)

 

7.05

%  

352,678

11,685,600

 

(107,746)

11,577,854

 

12,187,745

5% Senior Notes due 2045 (1)

 

5.39

%  

125,097

17,321,136

 

(323,875)

16,997,261

 

20,107,046

6.125% Senior Notes due 2046 (1)

 

6.47

%  

536,807

17,528,400

 

(109,710)

17,418,690

 

18,338,293

5.250% Senior Notes due 2049 (1)

5.59

%

71,798

13,675,853

(273,503)

13,402,350

15,093,468

Total U.S. dollar debt

 

 

1,459,185

77,085,385

 

(891,767)

76,193,618

 

90,168,206

Mexican peso debt:

 

 

 

 

8.79% Notes due 2027 (2)

8.84

%  

97,789

4,500,000

(11,403)

4,488,597

4,486,238

8.49% Senior Notes due 2037 (1)

 

8.94

%  

48,818

4,500,000

 

(10,453)

4,489,547

 

4,488,822

7.25% Senior Notes due 2043 (1)

 

7.92

%  

52,361

6,500,000

 

(48,355)

6,451,645

 

6,449,277

Bank loans (3)

 

11.57

%  

77,003

10,000,000

 

(32,757)

9,967,243

 

15,939,483

Bank loans (Sky) (4)

 

10.17

%  

25,913

3,650,000

 

3,650,000

 

3,650,000

Bank loans (TVI) (5)

 

 

 

610,116

Total Mexican peso debt

 

 

301,884

29,150,000

 

(102,968)

29,047,032

 

35,623,936

Total debt (6)

 

  

 

1,761,069

106,235,385

 

(994,735)

105,240,650

 

125,792,142

Less: Current portion of long-term debt

 

  

 

1,761,069

  

1,000,000

 

  

1,000,000

 

  

4,106,432

Long-term debt, net of current portion

 

  

 

Ps.

Ps.

105,235,385

 

Ps.

(994,735)

Ps.

104,240,650

 

Ps.

121,685,710

2022

2021

Lease liabilities:

 

  

 

  

  

 

  

 

  

Satellite transponder lease agreement (7)

 

 

Ps.

2,807,184

 

Ps.

3,457,524

Other lease agreement (8)

 

 

608,250

 

689,483

Lease liabilities (9)

 

  

 

 

4,953,638

 

5,533,552

Total lease liabilities

8,369,072

9,680,559

Less: Current portion

 

 

1,373,233

 

1,478,382

Lease liabilities, net of current portion

 

 

Ps.

6,995,839

 

Ps.

8,202,177

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(1)The Senior Notes due between 2025 and 2049, in the aggregate outstanding principal amount of U.S.$3,958 million as of December 31, 2022 and Ps.11,000,000 as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, are unsecured obligations of the Company, rank equally in right of payment with all existing and future unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Company, and are junior in right of payment to all of the existing and future liabilities of the Company’s subsidiaries. Interest  rate on the Senior Notes due 2025, 2026, 2032, 2037, 2040, 2043, 2045, 2046 and 2049, including additional amounts payable in respect of certain Mexican withholding taxes, is 6.97%, 4.86%, 8.94%, 8.93%, 6.97%, 7.62%, 5.26%, 6.44% and 5.52% per annum, respectively, and is payable semi-annually. These Senior Notes may not be redeemed prior to maturity, except: (i) in the event of certain changes in law affecting the Mexican withholding tax treatment of certain payments on the securities, in which case the securities will be redeemable, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company; and (ii) in the event of a change of control, in which case the Company may be required to redeem the securities at 101% of their principal amount. Also, the Company may, at its own option, redeem the Senior Notes due 2025, 2026, 2037, 2040, 2043, 2046 and 2049, in whole or in part, at any time at a redemption price equal to the greater of the principal amount of these Senior Notes or the present value of future cash flows, at the redemption date, of principal and interest amounts of the Senior Notes discounted at a fixed rate of comparable U.S. or Mexican sovereign bonds. The Senior Notes due 2026, 2032, 2040, 2043, 2045, 2046 and 2049 were priced at 99.385%, 99.431%, 98.319%, 99.733%, 96.534%, 99.677% and 98.588%, respectively, for a yield to maturity of 4.70%, 8.553%, 6.755%, 7.27%, 5.227%, 6.147% and 5.345%, respectively. The Senior Notes due 2025 were issued in two aggregate principal amounts of U.S.$400 million and U.S.$200 million, and were priced at 98.081% and 98.632%, respectively, for a yield to maturity of 6.802% and 6.787%, respectively. The terms of these Senior Notes contain covenants that limit the ability of the Company and certain restricted subsidiaries, to incur or assume liens, perform sale and leaseback transactions, and consummate certain mergers, consolidations, and similar transactions. The Senior Notes due 2025, 2026, 2032, 2037, 2040, 2045, 2046 and 2049, are registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). The Senior Notes due 2043 are registered with both the SEC and the Mexican Banking and Securities Commission (“Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores” or “CNBV”). In March 2022, the Company completed a partial redemption of U.S.$200 million aggregate principal amount of its 6.625% Senior Notes due 2025, in the aggregate amount of U.S.$221.3 million, including U.S.$220.9 million of the applicable redemption price and U.S.$0.4 million of accrued and unpaid interest on the redemption date. In August 2022, the Company concluded a tender offer to purchase in cash a principal amount of U.S.$133.6 million of its 6.625% Senior Notes due 2025, U.S.$110.6 million of its 5.000% Senior Notes due 2045, and U.S.$47.8 million of its 5.250% Senior Notes due 2049, for an aggregate principal amount of U.S.$292.0 million. The aggregate tender consideration paid amounted to U.S.$294.8 million plus U.S.$5.5 million of accrued and unpaid interest on the settlement date (see Note 23).
(2)In 2017, the Company issued Notes (“Certificados Bursátiles”) due 2027, through the BMV in the aggregate principal amount of Ps.4,500,000, with interest payable semi-annually at an annual rate of 8.79%. The Company may, at its own option, redeem the Notes due 2027, in whole or in part, at any semi-annual interest payment date at a redemption price equal to the greater of the principal amount of the outstanding Notes and the present value of future cash flows, at the redemption date, of principal and interest amounts of the Notes discounted at a fixed rate of comparable Mexican sovereign bonds. The terms of the Notes due 2027 contain covenants that limit the ability of the Company and certain restricted subsidiaries appointed by the Company’s Board of Directors, to incur or assume liens, perform sale and leaseback transactions, and consummate certain mergers, consolidations, and similar transactions.
(3)In 2017, the Company entered into long-term credit agreements with three Mexican banks, in the aggregate principal amount of  Ps.6,000,000, with interest payable on a monthly basis at a rate of 28-day TIIE plus a range between 125 and 130 basis points, and principal maturities in 2022 and 2023. In February and March 2022, the Company prepaid these outstanding long-term loans in the aggregate principal amount of Ps.6,000,000 and paid related accrued interest in the aggregate amount of Ps.37,057. In July 2019, the Company entered into a credit agreement for a five-year term loan with a syndicate of banks in the aggregate principal amount of Ps.10,000,000. The funds from this loan were used for general corporate purposes, including the refinancing of the Company’s indebtedness. This loan bears interest payable on a monthly basis at a floating rate based on a spread of 105 or 130 basis points over the 28-day TIIE rate depending on the Group’s net leverage ratio. The credit agreement of this loan requires the maintenance of financial ratios related to indebtedness and interest expense.

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(4)In March 2016, Sky entered into long-term credit agreements with two Mexican banks in the aggregate principal amount of Ps.5,500,000, with maturities between 2021 and 2023, and interest payable on a monthly basis with an annual interest rate in the range of 7.0% and 7.13%. In July 2020, Sky prepaid a portion of these loans in the aggregate cash amount of Ps.2,818,091, which included a principal amount prepayment of Ps.2,750,000, and related accrued interest and transaction costs in the amount of Ps.68,091. In December 2021, Sky prepaid a portion of these loans in the aggregate cash amount of Ps.1,750,365, which included a principal amount prepayment of Ps.1,750,000, and related accrued interest in the amount of Ps.365. In December 2021, Sky entered into long-term credit agreement with a Mexican Bank in the aggregate principal amount of Ps.2,650,000, with interest payable on a monthly basis and maturity in December 2026, which included a Ps.1,325,000 loan with an annual interest rate of 8.215% and a Ps.1,325,000 loan with an annual interest rate of 28-day TIIE plus 90 basis points. The funds from these loans were used for general corporate purposes, including the prepayment of Sky´s indebtedness. Under the terms of this credit agreement, Sky is required to: (a) maintain certain financial coverage ratios related to indebtedness and interest expense; and (b) comply with a restrictive covenant on spin-offs, mergers and similar transactions (see Note 30).
(5)As of December 31, 2021, included an outstanding balance in the aggregate principal amount of Ps.610,404, in connection with credit agreements entered into by TVI with Mexican banks, with maturities between 2020 and 2022, bearing interest payable on a monthly basis at an annual rate of TIIE plus a range between 100 and 125 basis points. In the second quarter of 2022, TVI repaid all of its outstanding indebtedness at maturity including a principal amount of Ps.549,781 and related accrued interest in the amount of Ps.3,569.
(6)Principal amount of total debt as of December 31, 2021, is presented net of unamortized finance costs in the aggregate amount of Ps.1,207,057.
(7)In March 2010, Sky entered into a lease agreement with Intelsat Global Sales & Marketing Ltd. (“Intelsat”) by which Sky is obligated to pay at an annual interest rate of 7.30%, a monthly fee through 2027 of U.S.$3.0 million for satellite signal reception and retransmission service from 24 KU-band transponders on satellite IS-21, which became operational in October 2012. The service term for IS-21 will end at the earlier of: (a) the end of 15 years; or (b) the date IS-21 is taken out of service (see Note 12).
(8)Lease agreement entered into by a subsidiary of the Company and GTAC for the right to use certain capacity of a telecommunications network through 2030 (see Note 20).
(9)Lease liabilities recognized beginning on January 1, 2019, under IFRS 16 Leases, in the aggregate amount of Ps.4,953,638 and Ps.5,533,552, as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively. These lease liabilities have terms which expired or will expire at various dates between 2021 and 2051.

As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, the outstanding principal amounts of Senior Notes of the Company that have been designated as hedging instruments of the Group’s investment in TelevisaUnivision (formerly known as UH II) and Open-Ended Fund (hedged items), were as follows (see Notes 2 (e) and 4):

December 31, 2022

December 31, 2021

Millions of

    

Thousands of

    

Millions of 

    

Thousands of

Hedged Items

    

 U.S. Dollars

    

Mexican Pesos

    

U.S. Dollars

    

Mexican Pesos

Investment in shares of TelevisaUnivision (formerly known as UH II) (net investment hedge)

U.S.$

2,538.8

Ps.

49,446,349

U.S.$

1,254.5

Ps.

25,721,539

Open-Ended Fund (foreign currency fair value hedge)

39.7

773,209

46.1

945,176

Total

U.S.$

2,578.5

Ps.

50,219,558

U.S.$

1,300.6

Ps.

26,666,715

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The foreign exchange gain or loss derived from the Company’s U.S. dollar denominated long-term debt designated as a hedge, for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, is analyzed as follows (see Notes 9 and 23):

Year Ended

Year Ended

Foreign Exchange Gain or Loss Derived from Senior Notes Designated as Hedging Instruments

    

December 31, 2022

    

December 31, 2021

Recognized in:

    

    

Comprehensive gain (loss)

 

Ps.

3,375,804

 

Ps.

(604,856)

Total foreign exchange gain (loss) derived from hedging Senior Notes

 

Ps.

3,375,804

 

Ps.

(604,856)

Offset against:

 

  

 

  

Foreign currency translation (loss) gain derived from the hedged net investment in shares of TelevisaUnivision (formerly known as UH II)

 

Ps.

(3,261,758)

 

Ps.

505,183

Foreign exchange (loss) gain derived from the hedged Open-Ended Fund

(114,046)

 

  

99,673

Total foreign currency translation and foreign exchange (loss) gain derived from hedged assets

 

Ps.

(3,375,804)

 

Ps.

604,856

Maturities of Debt and Lease Liabilities

Debt maturities for the years subsequent to December 31, 2022, are as follows:

Unamortized

    

Nominal

    

Finance Costs

2023

Ps.

1,000,000

Ps.

2024

 

10,000,000

32,757

2025

 

5,188,796

46,107

2026

 

8,492,800

14,489

2027

 

4,500,000

11,403

Thereafter

 

77,053,789

889,979

 

Ps.

106,235,385

Ps.

994,735

Future minimum payments under lease liabilities for the years subsequent to December 31, 2022, are as follows:

2023

    

Ps.

2,014,656

2024

 

2,047,781

2025

 

1,948,773

2026

 

1,870,879

2027

1,614,579

Thereafter

 

2,006,597

 

11,503,265

Less: Amount representing interest

 

(3,134,193)

 

Ps.

8,369,072

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A reconciliation of long-term debt and lease liabilities arising from financing activities in the Group’s consolidated statement of cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, is as follows:

Cash Flow

Non-Cash Changes

Foreign

    

Balance as of 

    

    

Discontinued

    

New Debt

    

Exchange

    

    

Balance as of

    

January 1, 2022

    

New Debt

    

Payments

    

operation

    

and Leases

    

Income

    

Interest

    

December 31, 2022

Debt

Ps.

126,999,199

Ps.

Ps.

(16,709,984)

Ps.

Ps.

Ps.

(4,053,830)

Ps.

Ps.

106,235,385

Satellite transponder lease agreement

3,457,524

(494,021)

(156,319)

2,807,184

Other lease agreement

689,483

(205,242)

99,545

24,464

608,250

Lease liabilities

5,533,552

(991,048)

(485,362)

490,987

(23,498)

429,007

4,953,638

Total debt and lease liabilities

Ps.

136,679,758

Ps.

Ps.

(18,400,295)

Ps.

(485,362)

Ps.

590,532

Ps.

(4,233,647)

Ps.

453,471

Ps.

114,604,457

Cash Flow

Non-Cash Changes

Foreign

    

Balance as of 

    

    

    

New Debt

    

Exchange

    

    

Balance as of

    

January 1, 2021

    

New Debt

    

Payments

    

and Leases

    

Income

    

Interest

    

December 31, 2021

Debt

Ps.

123,877,278

Ps.

2,650,000

Ps.

(1,992,489)

Ps.

Ps.

2,464,410

Ps.

Ps.

126,999,199

Satellite transponder lease agreement

3,818,559

(460,210)

99,175

3,457,524

Other lease agreement

728,500

115,943

(186,317)

31,357

689,483

Lease liabilities

4,745,292

(1,082,226)

1,424,507

445,979

5,533,552

Total debt and lease liabilities

Ps.

133,169,629

Ps.

2,765,943

Ps.

(3,721,242)

Ps.

1,424,507

Ps.

2,563,585

Ps.

477,336

Ps.

136,679,758

Credit Facility

During 2018, the Company executed a revolving credit facility with a syndicate of banks, for up to an amount equivalent to U.S.$618 million payable in Mexican pesos, which funds might be used for the repayment of existing indebtedness and other general corporate purposes. In March 2020, the Company drew down Ps.14,770,694 under this revolving credit facility, with a maturity in the first quarter of 2022, and interest payable on a monthly basis at a floating rate based on a spread over the 28-day TIIE rate depending on the Group’s net leverage ratio. This facility was used by the Company as a prudent and precautionary measure to increase the Group’s cash position and preserve financial flexibility in light of uncertainty in the global and local markets resulting from the COVID-19 outbreak. On October 6, 2020, the Company prepaid in full without penalty the principal amount of Ps.14,770,694 under this revolving credit facility. This credit facility remained unused through its maturity in the first quarter of 2022.

In February 2022, the Company executed a revolving credit facility with a syndicate of banks for up to an amount equivalent to U.S.$650 million payable in Mexican pesos, which funds may be used for the repayment of existing indebtedness and other corporate purposes, with a maturity in February 2025. As of December 31, 2022, this credit facility remained unused. Under the terms of this credit facility, the Company is required to comply with certain restrictive covenants and financial coverage ratios.

15.

Financial Instruments

The Group’s financial instruments presented in the consolidated statements of financial position included cash and cash equivalents, accounts and notes receivable, a long-term loan receivable from GTAC, non- current investments in debt and equity securities, and in securities in the form of an open-ended fund, accounts payable, outstanding debt, lease liabilities, and derivative financial instruments. For cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable, and the current portion of long-term debt and lease liabilities, the carrying amounts approximate fair value due to the short maturity of these instruments. The fair value of the Group’s long-term debt securities is based on quoted market prices.

The fair value of long-term loans that the Group borrowed from leading Mexican banks (see Note 14), has been estimated using the borrowing rates currently available to the Group for bank loans with similar terms and average maturities. The fair value of non-current investments in financial instruments, and currency option and interest rate swap agreements were determined by using valuation techniques that maximize the use of observable market data.

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The carrying and estimated fair values of the Group’s non-derivative financial instruments as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, were as follows:

    

2022

2021

    

Carrying Amount

    

Fair Value

    

Carrying Amount

    

Fair Value

Assets:

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Cash and cash equivalents

Ps.

51,130,992

Ps.

51,130,992

Ps.

25,828,215

Ps.

25,828,215

Trade notes and accounts receivable, net

 

8,457,302

 

8,457,302

 

13,093,011

 

13,093,011

Long-term loan and interest receivable from GTAC (see Note 10)

 

853,163

 

857,006

 

755,973

 

760,143

Open-Ended Fund (see Note 9)

 

773,209

 

773,209

 

945,176

 

945,176

Publicly traded equity instruments (see Note 9)

 

2,611,053

 

2,611,053

 

3,517,711

 

3,517,711

Other equity instruments (see Note 9)

1,607,969

1,607,969

Liabilities:

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Senior Notes due 2025, 2032 and 2040

 

Ps.

22,717,196

  

Ps.

24,313,064

 

Ps.

30,754,650

  

Ps.

39,592,552

Senior Notes due 2045

 

17,321,136

 

14,975,508

 

20,503,100

 

24,205,140

Senior Notes due 2037 and 2043

 

11,000,000

 

8,087,840

 

11,000,000

 

8,722,100

Senior Notes due 2026 and 2046

 

23,371,200

 

23,287,882

 

24,603,720

 

31,714,380

Senior Notes due 2049

 

13,675,853

 

12,199,681

 

15,377,325

 

19,307,154

Notes due 2027

 

4,500,000

 

4,238,640

 

4,500,000

 

4,509,405

Long-term loans payable to Mexican banks

 

13,650,000

 

13,775,125

 

20,260,404

 

20,417,854

Lease liabilities

8,369,072

8,497,104

9,680,559

9,830,878

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The carrying amounts (based on estimated fair values), notional amounts, and maturity dates of the Group’s derivative financial instruments as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, were as follows:

Notional

Amount

December 31, 2022:

    

Carrying

    

(U.S. Dollars in

    

Derivative Financial Instruments

    

Amount

    

Thousands)

    

Maturity Date

Assets:

 

  

  

  

Derivatives recorded as accounting hedges (cash flow hedges):

Interest rate swaps (f)

Ps.

11,237

Ps.

2,500,000

February 2023

Interest rate swaps (b)

532,344

Ps.

10,000,000

June 2024

Total assets

Ps.

543,581

Liabilities:

Derivatives not recorded as accounting hedges:

TVI’s forwards (i)

Ps.

7,650

U.S.$

27,963

January through June 2023

Empresas Cablevisión’s forwards (j)

12,047

U.S.$

38,649

January through June 2023

Sky’s forwards (k)

16,903

U.S.$

58,000

January through June 2023

Forwards (l)

34,801

U.S.$

113,388

January through June 2023

Total liabilities

Ps.

71,401

    

    

Notional

    

    

Amount

    

December 31, 2021:

Carrying

(U.S. Dollars in

Derivative Financial Instruments

Amount

Thousands)

Maturity Date

Assets:

 

  

  

  

Derivatives recorded as accounting hedges (cash flow hedges):

 

  

  

  

TVI’s interest rate swap (a)

Ps.

127

Ps.

87,600

May 2022

Interest rate swaps (b)

133,197

Ps.

10,000,000

June 2024

Total assets

Ps.

133,324

Liabilities:

Derivatives recorded as accounting hedges (cash flow hedges):

TVI’s interest rate swaps (c)

Ps.

2,015

Ps.

522,804

April 2022

Interest rate swaps (d)

9,749

Ps.

2,000,000

October 2022

Interest rate swaps (e)

7,243

Ps.

1,500,000

October 2022

Interest rate swaps (f)

23,798

Ps.

2,500,000

February 2023

Forwards (g)

35,524

U.S.$

67,125

January 2022 through March 2022

Derivatives not recorded as accounting hedges:

Interest rate swaps (h)

2,943

Ps.

9,385,347

March 2022

TVI’s forwards (i)

10,057

U.S.$

12,600

January 2022 through February 2022

Empresas Cablevisión’s forwards (j)

11,006

U.S.$

13,820

January 2022 through February 2022

Sky’s forwards (k)

14,054

U.S.$

15,000

February 2022

Forwards (l)

56,496

U.S.$

57,620

January 2022 through February 2022

Total liabilities

Ps.

172,885

(a)TVI has entered into several derivative transaction agreements (interest rate swaps) with two financial institutions from August 2013 through May 2022 to hedge the variable interest rate exposure resulting from Mexican peso loans of a total principal amount of Ps.87,600 as of December 31, 2021. Under these agreements, the Company received monthly payments based on aggregate notional amounts of Ps.87,600 and made payments based on the same notional amount at an annual weighted average fixed rate of 5.585%. TVI has recognized the change in fair value of this transaction as an accounting hedge and recorded a loss of Ps.57,843 and Ps.58,847 in other comprehensive income or loss as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively. In the years ended as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, TVI recorded a gain (loss) of Ps.145 and Ps.(1,118), respectively, in consolidated other finance income or expense.
(b)In June and July 2019 and October 2020, the Company entered into derivative transaction agreements (interest rate swaps) through June 2024, to hedge the variable interest rate exposure resulting from a Mexican peso loan of a total principal amount of Ps.10,000,000 as of December 31, 2022 and 2021. Under these agreements, the Company receives monthly payments based on aggregate notional amounts of Ps.10,000,000 as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, at an annual variable rate of 28 days of TIIE and makes monthly payments based on the same notional amount at an annual weighted average fixed rate of 6.7620%. The Company has recognized the change in fair value of this transaction as an accounting hedge and recorded a cumulative or income of Ps.507,663 in other comprehensive income or loss as of December 31, 2022. In 2022, the Company recorded a gain of Ps.56,253 in consolidated other finance income or expense.

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(c)In March and April 2017, TVI entered into several derivative transaction agreements (interest rate swaps) with two financial institutions through April 2022 to hedge the variable interest rate exposure resulting from Mexican peso loan of a total principal amount of Ps.522,804 as of December 31, 2021. Under these agreements, the Company received monthly payments based on aggregate notional amounts of Ps.522,804 as of December 31, 2021, at an annual variable rate of 28- days TIIE and made monthly payments based on the same notional amounts at an annual weighted average fixed rate of 7.2663%. The Company has recognized the change in fair value of this transaction as an accounting hedge and recorded a loss of Ps.1,131 and Ps.2,015 in other comprehensive income or loss as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively. TVI recorded a loss of Ps.1,961 and Ps.17,501 for this transaction agreement in consolidated other finance income or expense as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
(d)In November 2017, the Company entered into derivative transaction agreements (interest rate swaps) through October 2022, to hedge the variable interest rate exposure resulting from a Mexican peso loan of a total principal amount of Ps.2,000,000. Under this transaction, the Company received monthly payments based on an aggregate notional amount of Ps.2,000,000, at an annual variable rate of 28 days of TIIE and made monthly payments based on the same notional amount at an annual fixed rate of 7.3275%. The Company has recognized the change in fair value of this transaction as an accounting hedge and recorded a cumulative loss of Ps.9,031 and Ps.9,031 in other comprehensive income or loss as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively. In 2022 and 2021, the Company recorded a loss of Ps.3,874 and Ps.56,263, respectively,  in consolidated other finance income or expense.
(e)In November and December 2017, the Company entered into derivative transaction agreements (interest rate swaps) through October 2022, to hedge the variable interest rate exposure resulting from a Mexican peso loan of a total principal amount of Ps.1,500,000. Under this transaction, the Company received monthly payments based on an aggregate notional amount of Ps.1,500,000, at an annual variable rate of 28 days of TIIE and made monthly payments based on the same notional amount at an annual fixed rate of 7.35%. The Company has recognized the change in fair value of this transaction as an accounting hedge and recorded a cumulative loss of Ps.6,697 and Ps.6,697 in other comprehensive income or loss as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively. In 2022, the Company recorded a loss of Ps.457 in consolidated other finance income or expense.
(f)In January 2018, the Company entered into derivative transaction agreements (interest rate swaps) through February 2023, to hedge the variable interest rate exposure resulting from a Mexican peso loan of a total principal amount of Ps.2,500,000. Under this transaction, the Company receives monthly payments based on aggregate notional amount of Ps.2,500,000, at an annual variable rate of 28 days of TIIE and makes monthly payments based on the same notional amount at an annual fixed rate of 7.7485%. The Company has recognized the change in fair value of this transaction as an accounting hedge and recorded a cumulative loss of Ps.19,612 and Ps.19,612 in other comprehensive income or loss as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively. In 2022, the Company recorded a gain of Ps.387 in consolidated other finance income or expense.
(g)As of December 31, 2021, the Company had entered into derivative contracts of foreign currency (forwards) to fix the exchange rate for the purchase of U.S.$67.1 million, at an average exchange rate of Ps.21.1433. The Company has recognized the change in fair value of this transaction as an accounting hedge and recorded a cumulative loss of Ps.35,524 for this transaction agreement in other comprehensive income or loss as of December 31, 2021. In 2022 and 2021, the Company recorded a loss of Ps.31,850 and Ps.725,209 in consolidated other finance income or expense, respectively.
(h)In March 2020, the Company entered into derivative transaction agreements (interest rate swaps) through March 2022, to hedge the variable interest rate exposure resulting from a Mexican peso loan of a total principal amount of Ps.9,385,347. Under this transaction, the Company received monthly payments based on aggregate notional amounts of Ps.9,385,347, at an annual variable rate of 28 days of TIIE, and made monthly payments based on the same notional amount at an annual fixed rate of 6.0246%. In 2022 and 2021, the Company recorded a gain of Ps.341 and Ps.62,679 in consolidated other finance income or expense, respectively.
(i)As of December 31, 2022, TVI had foreign currency contracts (forwards) in the aggregate notional amount of U.S.$28.0 million at an average rate of Ps.20.0975. As a result of the change in fair value of these agreements in the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company recorded a loss of Ps.13,269 in consolidated other finance income or expense.
(j)As of December 31, 2022, Empresas Cablevisión had foreign currency contracts (forwards) in the aggregate notional amount of U.S.$38.6 million at an average rate of Ps.20.1365. As a result of the change in fair value of these agreements in the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company recorded a loss of Ps.18,396 in consolidated other finance income or expense.
(k)As of December 31, 2022, Sky had foreign currency contracts (forwards) in the aggregate notional amount of U.S.$58.0 million at an average rate of Ps.20.1170. As a result of the change in fair value of these agreements in the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company recorded a loss of Ps.31,368 in consolidated other finance income or expense.

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(l)As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, the Company had foreign currency contracts (forwards) in the aggregate notional amount of U.S.$113.4 million and U.S.$57.6 million at an average rate of Ps.20.1289 and Ps.21.5927, respectively. As a result of the change in fair value of these agreements, in the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, the Company recorded a loss of Ps.66,690 and Ps.56,447 in consolidated other finance income or expense, respectively.

Fair Value Measurement

Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis

All fair value adjustments as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, represent assets or liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis. In determining fair value, the Group’s financial instruments are separated into two categories: investments in financial assets at FVOCIL and derivative financial instruments.

Financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value as of December 31, 2022 and 2021:

    

    

Quoted Prices in 

    

Internal Models 

    

Internal Models 

Balance as of 

Active Markets 

with Significant 

with Significant

December 31, 

for Identical 

Observable 

Unobservable 

    

2022

    

Assets (Level 1)

    

Inputs (Level 2)

    

Inputs (Level 3)

Assets:

 

  

  

 

  

  

At FVOCIL:

  

  

  

  

Open-Ended Fund

Ps.

773,209

Ps.

Ps.

773,209

Ps.

Publicly traded equity instruments

2,611,053

2,611,053

Derivative financial instruments

543,581

543,581

Total

Ps.

3,927,843

Ps.

2,611,053

Ps.

1,316,790

Ps.

Liabilities:

Derivative financial instruments

Ps.

71,401

Ps.

Ps.

71,401

Ps.

Total

Ps.

71,401

Ps.

Ps.

71,401

Ps.

Quoted Prices in 

Internal Models 

    

Internal Models

    

Balance as of 

    

Active Markets 

    

with Significant 

with Significant 

December 31, 

for Identical 

Observable 

Unobservable 

    

2021

    

Assets (Level 1)

    

Inputs (Level 2)

    

Inputs (Level 3)

Assets:

 

  

  

 

  

  

At FVOCIL:

  

  

  

  

Open-Ended Fund

Ps.

945,176

Ps.

Ps.

945,176

Ps.

Publicly traded equity instruments

3,517,711

3,517,711

Derivative financial instruments

133,324

133,324

Total

Ps.

4,596,211

Ps.

3,517,711

Ps.

1,078,500

Ps.

Liabilities:

Derivative financial instruments

Ps.

172,885

Ps.

Ps.

172,885

Ps.

Total

Ps.

172,885

Ps.

Ps.

172,885

Ps.

Non-current Financial Assets

Investments in debt securities or with readily determinable fair values, are classified as non-current investments in financial instruments, and are recorded at fair value with unrealized gains and losses included in consolidated stockholders’ equity as accumulated other comprehensive result.

Non-current financial assets are generally valued using quoted market prices or alternative pricing sources with reasonable levels of price transparency. Such instruments are classified in Level 1, Level 2, and Level 3, depending on the observability of the significant inputs.

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Open-Ended Fund

The Group has an investment in an Open-Ended Fund that has as a primary objective to achieve capital appreciation by using a broad range of strategies through investments in securities, including without limitation stock, debt and other financial instruments, a principal portion of which are considered as Level 1 financial instruments, in telecom, media and other sectors across global markets, including Latin America and other emerging markets. Shares may be redeemed on a quarterly basis at the NAV per share as of such redemption date (see Notes 4 and 9).

UHI Warrants

On December 29, 2020, the Group exercised all of its remaining warrants for common shares of UHI to increase its equity stake in UHI from 10% to 35.9% on a fully diluted basis (see Note 10).

The Group determined the fair value of its investment in warrants as of December 29, 2020, by using the income approach based on post-tax discounted cash flows.  The income approach requires management to make judgments and involves the use of significant estimates and assumptions.  These estimates and assumptions include long-term growth rates and operating margins used to calculate projected future cash flows, risk-adjusted discount rates based on weighted average cost of capital within a range of 8% to 9%, among others. The Group’s estimates for market growth were based on historical data, various internal estimates and observable external sources when available and are based on assumptions that are consistent with the strategic plans and estimates used to manage the underlying business. Since the described methodology is an internal model with significant unobservable inputs, the UHI warrants were classified as Level 3. Additionally, the Group determined the fair value of its investment in warrants by using the Black-Scholes model (“BSPM”). The BSPM involved the use of significant estimates and assumptions. The assumptions used as of December 29, 2020 , included the UHI stock´s spot price of U.S.$190 per share on a fully-diluted, as–converted basis, and the UHI stock’s expected volatility of 64%.

Disclosures for Each Class of Assets and Liabilities Subject to Recurring Fair Value Measurements Categorized Within Level 3

The Corporate Finance Department of the Company has established rules for a proper portfolio asset classification according to the fair value hierarchy defined by the IFRS Standards. On a monthly basis, any new assets recognized in the portfolio are classified according to this criterion. Subsequently, there is a quarterly review of the portfolio in order to analyze the need for a change in classification of any of these assets.

Sensitivity analysis is performed on the Group’s investments with significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) in order to obtain a reasonable range of possible alternative valuations. This analysis is carried out by the Corporate Finance Department of the Company.

Derivative Financial Instruments

Derivative financial instruments include swaps, forwards and options (see Notes 2 (w), 4 and 15).

The Group’s derivative portfolio is entirely over-the-counter (“OTC”). The Group’s derivatives are valued using industry standard valuation models; projecting future cash flows discounted to present value, using market-based observable inputs including interest rate curves, foreign exchange rates, and forward and spot prices for currencies.

When appropriate, valuations are adjusted for various factors such as liquidity, bid/offer spreads and credit spreads considerations. Such adjustments are generally based on available market evidence. In the absence of such evidence, management’s best estimate is used. All derivatives are classified in Level 2.

Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Non-Recurring Basis

The majority of the Group’s non-financial instruments, which include the investment in shares of TelevisaUnivision (formerly known as UH II), goodwill, intangible assets, inventories, transmission rights and programming, property, plant and equipment and right-of-use assets are not required to be carried at fair value on a recurring basis. However, if certain triggering events occur (or at least annually in the fourth quarter for goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets) such that a non-financial instrument is required to be evaluated for impairment, a resulting asset impairment would require that, the non-financial instrument be recorded at the lower of carrying amount or its recoverable amount.

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The impairment test for goodwill involves a comparison of the estimated fair value of each of the Group’s reporting units to its carrying amount, including goodwill. The Group determines the fair value of a reporting unit using the higher between the value in use and the fair value less costs to sell, which utilize significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) within the fair value hierarchy. The impairment test for intangible assets not subject to amortization involves a comparison of the estimated fair value of the intangible asset with its carrying amount. The Group determines the fair value of the intangible asset using a discounted cash flow analysis, which utilizes significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) within the fair value hierarchy. Determining fair value requires the exercise of significant judgment, including judgment about appropriate discount rates, perpetual growth rates, the amount and timing of expected future cash flows for a period of time that comprise five years, as well as relevant comparable company earnings multiples for the market-based approach.

Once an asset has been impaired, it is not remeasured at fair value on a recurring basis; however, it is still subject to fair value measurements to test for recoverability of the carrying amount.

16.

Post-employment Benefits

Certain companies in the Group have collective bargaining contracts which include defined benefit pension plans and other retirement benefits for some of their employees. Additionally, the Group has defined benefit pension plans for certain eligible executives and employees. All pension benefits are based on salary and years of service rendered.

Under the provisions of the Mexican Labor Law, seniority premiums are payable based on salary and years of service to employees who resign or are terminated prior to reaching retirement age. Some companies in the Group have seniority premium benefits which are greater than the legal requirement.

Post-employment benefits are actuarially determined by using nominal assumptions and attributing the present value of all future expected benefits proportionately over each year from date of hire to age 65.

The Group used actuarial assumptions to determine the present value of defined benefit obligations, as follows:

    

2022

    

2021

 

Discount rate

 

10.2

%  

7.8

%

Salary increase

 

5.2

%  

5.0

%

Inflation rate

 

3.7

%  

3.5

%

Had the discount rate of 10.2% used by the Group in 2022 been decreased by 50 basis points, the impact on defined benefit obligation would have been an increase to Ps.1,314,138 as of December 31, 2022.

Had the discount rate of 7.8% used by the Group in 2021 been decreased by 50 basis points, the impact on defined benefit obligation would have been an increase to Ps.3,308,348 as of December 31, 2021.

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The reconciliation between defined benefit obligations and post-employment benefit liability in the consolidated statements of financial position as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, is presented as follows:

As of December 31, 2022

Seniority 

    

Pensions

    

Premiums

    

2022

Vested benefit obligations

Ps.

323,414

Ps.

261,857

Ps.

585,271

Unvested benefit obligations

403,549

288,413

691,962

Defined benefit obligations

726,963

550,270

1,277,233

Fair value of plan assets

459,618

46,147

505,765

Underfunded status of the plans

Ps.

267,345

Ps.

504,123

Ps.

771,468

Post-employment benefit liability

Ps.

267,345

Ps.

504,123

Ps.

771,468

As of December 31, 2021

Seniority 

    

Pensions

    

Premiums

    

2021

Vested benefit obligations

Ps.

560,723

Ps.

335,294

Ps.

896,017

Unvested benefit obligations

1,881,974

406,374

2,288,348

Defined benefit obligations

2,442,697

741,668

3,184,365

Fair value of plan assets

978,892

291,793

1,270,685

Underfunded status of the plans

Ps.

1,463,805

Ps.

449,875

Ps.

1,913,680

Post-employment benefit liability

Ps.

1,463,805

Ps.

449,875

Ps.

1,913,680

The components of net periodic pensions and seniority premiums cost for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 consisted of the following:

    

2022

    

2021

Service cost

Ps.

94,416

  

Ps.

175,648

Interest cost

 

99,889

 

193,313

Prior service cost for plan amendments

 

(7,070)

 

(40,124)

Interest on plan assets

 

(35,846)

 

(69,546)

Net periodic cost

 

Ps.

151,389

  

Ps.

259,291

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The Group’s defined benefit obligations, plan assets, funded status and balances in the consolidated statements of financial position as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, associated with post-employment benefits, are presented as follows:

Seniority 

    

Pensions

    

Premiums

    

2022

    

2021

Defined benefit obligations:

 

Beginning of year

Ps.

2,442,697

Ps.

741,668

Ps.

3,184,365

Ps.

3,276,400

Retirement of discontinued operation

(1,577,973)

(228,740)

(1,806,713)

Service cost

33,003

61,413

94,416

175,648

Interest cost

58,085

41,804

99,889

193,313

Benefits paid

(38,552)

(47,658)

(86,210)

(222,035)

Remeasurement of post-employment benefit obligations

(148,125)

(53,319)

(201,444)

(198,837)

Past service cost

(42,172)

35,102

(7,070)

(40,124)

End of year

726,963

550,270

1,277,233

3,184,365

Fair value of plan assets:

Beginning of year

978,892

291,793

1,270,685

1,195,749

Retirement of discontinued operation

(493,447)

(202,147)

(695,594)

Return on plan assets

29,423

6,423

35,846

69,546

Contributions

6,972

Remeasurement on plan assets

(34,669)

(8,656)

(43,325)

80,988

Benefits paid

(20,581)

(41,266)

(61,847)

(82,570)

End of year

459,618

46,147

505,765

1,270,685

Unfunded status of the plans

Ps.

267,345

Ps.

504,123

Ps.

771,468

Ps.

1,913,680

The changes in the net post-employment liability in the consolidated statements of financial position as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, are as follows:

Seniority 

    

Pensions

    

Premiums

    

2022

    

2021

Net post-employment liability at beginning of year

Ps.

1,463,805

Ps.

449,875

Ps.

1,913,680

Ps.

2,080,651

Retirement of discontinued operation

(1,084,526)

(26,593)

(1,111,119)

Net periodic cost

19,493

131,896

151,389

259,291

Contributions

(6,972)

Remeasurement of post-employment benefits

(113,456)

(44,663)

(158,119)

(279,825)

Benefits paid

(17,971)

(6,392)

(24,363)

(139,465)

Net post-employment liability at end of year

Ps.

267,345

Ps.

504,123

Ps.

771,468

Ps.

1,913,680

The post-employment benefits as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, and remeasurements adjustments for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, are summarized as follows:

    

2022

    

2021

Pensions:

 

  

 

  

Defined benefit obligations

Ps.

726,963

Ps.

2,442,697

Plan assets

459,618

978,892

Unfunded status of plans

267,345

1,463,805

Remeasurements adjustments (1)

(113,456)

(327,898)

Seniority premiums:

  

Defined benefit obligations

Ps.

550,270

Ps.

741,668

Plan assets

46,147

291,793

Unfunded status of plans

504,123

449,875

Remeasurements adjustments (1)

(44,663)

48,073

(1)On defined benefit obligations and plan assets.

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Pensions and Seniority Premiums Plan Assets

The plan assets are invested according to specific investment guidelines determined by the technical committees of the pension plan and seniority premiums trusts and in accordance with actuarial computations of funding requirements. These investment guidelines require a minimum investment of 30% of the plan assets in fixed rate instruments, or mutual funds comprised of fixed rate instruments. The plan assets that are invested in mutual funds are all rated “AA” or “AAA” by at least one of the main rating agencies. These mutual funds vary in liquidity characteristics ranging from one day to one month. The investment goals of the plan assets are to preserve principal, diversify the portfolio, maintain a high degree of liquidity and credit quality, and deliver competitive returns subject to prevailing market conditions. Currently, the plan assets do not engage in the use of financial derivative instruments. The Group’s target allocation in the foreseeable future is to maintain approximately 30% in equity securities and 70% in fixed rate instruments.

The weighted average asset allocation by asset category as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, was as follows:

    

2022

    

2021

 

Equity securities (1)

 

36.1

%  

32.7

%

Fixed rate instruments

 

63.9

%  

67.3

%

Total

 

100.0

%  

100.0

%

(1)Included within plan assets at December 31, 2022 and 2021, are shares of the Company held by the trust with a fair value of Ps.23,865 and Ps.119,851, respectively.

The weighted average expected long-term rate of return of plan assets of 10.17% and 7.79% were used in determining net periodic pension cost in 2022 and 2021, respectively. The rate used reflected an estimate of long-term future returns for the plan assets. This estimate was primarily a function of the asset classes (equities versus fixed income) in which the plan assets were invested and the analysis of past performance of these asset classes over a long period of time.

This analysis included expected long-term inflation and the risk premiums associated with equity investments and fixed income investments.

The following table summarizes the Group’s plan assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2022 and 2021:

Quoted Prices in 

Internal Models 

Internal Models 

Balance as of 

Active Markets 

with Significant 

with Significant 

December 31, 

for Identical 

Observable 

Unobservable 

    

2022

    

Assets (Level 1)

    

Inputs (Level 2)

    

Inputs (Level 3)

Common Stocks (1)

Ps.

23,865

Ps.

23,865

Ps.

Ps.

Mutual funds (fixed rate instruments) (2)

21,685

21,685

Money market securities (3)

255,588

255,588

Other equity securities

145,327

145,327

Total investment assets

446,465

446,465

Cash management

59,300

Total investment assets and cash management

Ps.

505,765

Ps.

446,465

Ps.

Ps.

Quoted Prices in

Internal Models

Internal Models

Balance as of

Active Markets

with Significant

with Significant

December 31, 

for Identical

Observable

Unobservable

    

2021

    

Assets (Level 1)

    

Inputs (Level 2)

    

Inputs (Level 3)

Common Stocks (1)

Ps.

119,851

Ps.

119,851

Ps.

Ps.

Mutual funds (fixed rate instruments) (2)

115,185

115,185

Money market securities (3)

726,781

726,781

Other equity securities

308,868

308,868

Total investment assets

Ps.

1,270,685

Ps.

1,270,685

Ps.

Ps.

(1)Common stocks are valued at the closing price reported on the active market on which the individual securities are traded. All common stock  included in this line item relate to the Company’s CPOs.
(2)Mutual funds consist of fixed rate instruments. These are valued at the net asset value provided by the administrator of the fund.

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(3)Money market securities consist of government debt securities, which are valued based on observable prices from the new issue market, benchmark quotes, secondary trading and dealer quotes.

The Group did not make significant contributions to its plan assets in 2022 and 2021 and does not expect to make significant contributions to its plan assets in 2023.

The weighted average duration of the defined benefit plans as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, were as follows:

    

2022

    

2021

Seniority Premiums

 

8.7 years

9.0 years

Pensions

 

3.8 years

5.1 years

17.Capital Stock and Long-term Retention Plan

Capital Stock

The Company has four classes of capital stock: Series “A” Shares, Series “B” Shares, Series “D” Shares and Series “L” Shares, with no par value. The Series “A” Shares and Series “B” Shares are common shares. The Series “D” Shares are limited-voting and preferred dividend shares, with a preference upon liquidation. The Series “L” Shares are limited-voting shares.

The Company’s shares are publicly traded in Mexico, primarily in the form of Ordinary Participation Certificates (“CPOs”), each CPO representing 117 shares comprised of 25 Series “A” Shares, 22 Series “B” Shares, 35 Series “D” Shares and 35 Series “L” Shares; and in the United States in the form of Global Depositary Shares (“GDS”), each GDS representing five CPOs. Non-Mexican holders of CPOs do not have voting rights with respect to the Series “A”, Series “B” and Series “D” Shares.

At December 31, 2022, shares of capital stock and CPOs consisted of (in millions):

    

    

Repurchased

Held by a

    

Authorized and

by the

Company’s 

    

Issued (1)

    

Company (2)

    

Trust (3)

    

Outstanding

Series “A” Shares

 

121,073.9

 

(717.4)

(5,606.3)

 

114,750.2

Series “B” Shares

 

57,046.9

 

(631.3)

(4,765.9)

 

51,649.7

Series “D” Shares

 

87,006.6

 

(1,004.3)

(3,832.4)

 

82,169.9

Series “L” Shares

 

87,006.6

 

(1,004.3)

(3,832.4)

 

82,169.9

Total

 

352,134.0

 

(3,357.3)

(18,037.0)

 

330,739.7

Shares in the form of CPOs

 

290,849.7

 

(3,357.3)

(12,811.0)

 

274,681.4

Shares not in the form of CPOs

 

61,284.3

 

(5,226.0)

 

56,058.3

Total

 

352,134.0

 

(3,357.3)

(18,037.0)

 

330,739.7

CPOs

2,485.9

(28.7)

(109.5)

2,347.7

(1)As of December 31, 2022, the authorized and issued capital stock amounted to Ps.4,836,708 (nominal Ps.2,423,549).
(2)In connection with a share repurchase program that was approved by the Company’s stockholders and is exercised at the discretion of management. During the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company repurchased 3,357.3 million shares, in the form of 28.7 million CPOs, in the amount of Ps.629,326, in connection with such share repurchase program. In April 2021, the Company’s stockholders approved the cancellation of 5,173.2 million shares of capital stock in the form of 44.2 million CPOs which were repurchased by the Company in 2019 and 2020 under this program.
(3)Primarily, in connection with the Company’s LTRP described below.

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A reconciliation of the number of shares and CPOs outstanding for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, is presented as follows (in millions):

Series “A”

Series “B”

Series “D”

Series “L”

Shares

CPOs

    

Shares

    

Shares

    

Shares

    

Shares

    

Outstanding

    

Outstanding

As of January 1, 2021

 

113,019.2

 

50,928.5

 

81,022.4

 

81,022.4

 

325,992.5

 

2,314.9

Forfeited (2)

 

(187.9)

 

(165.4)

 

(263.1)

 

(263.1)

 

(879.5)

 

(7.5)

Acquired (2)

(429.8)

(378.2)

(601.7)

(601.7)

(2,011.4)

(17.2)

Released (2)

 

1,683.5

 

1,078.6

 

1,716.1

 

1,716.1

 

6,194.3

 

49.0

As of December 31, 2021

 

114,085.0

 

51,463.5

 

81,873.7

 

81,873.7

 

329,295.9

 

2,339.2

Acquired (1)

(717.4)

(631.3)

(1,004.3)

(1,004.3)

(3,357.3)

(28.7)

Forfeited (2)

 

(155.5)

 

(136.9)

 

(217.8)

 

(217.8)

 

(728.0)

 

(6.2)

Acquired (2)

(598.0)

(526.3)

(837.3)

(837.3)

(2,798.9)

(23.9)

Released (2)

 

2,136.1

 

1,480.7

 

2,355.6

 

2,355.6

 

8,328.0

 

67.3

As of December 31, 2022

 

114,750.2

 

51,649.7

 

82,169.9

 

82,169.9

 

330,739.7

 

2,347.7

(1)Repurchased or cancelled by the Company in connection with a share repurchase program.
(2)Acquired, released, cancelled or forfeited by a Company’s trust in connection with the Company’s Long-Term Retention Plan described below.

Under the Company’s bylaws, the Company’s Board of Directors consists of 20 members, of which the holders of Series “A” Shares, Series “B” Shares, Series “D” Shares and Series “L” Shares, each voting as a class, are entitled to elect eleven members, five members, two members and two members, respectively.

Holders of Series “D” Shares are entitled to receive a preferred dividend equal to 5% of the nominal capital attributable to those Shares (nominal Ps.0.00034412306528 per share) before any dividends are payable in respect of Series “A” Shares, Series “B” Shares or Series “L” Shares. Holders of Series “A” Shares, Series “B” Shares and Series “L” Shares are entitled to receive the same dividends as holders of Series “D” Shares if stockholders declare dividends in addition to the preferred dividend that holders of Series “D” Shares are entitled to. If the Company is liquidated, Series “D” Shares are entitled to a liquidation preference equal to the nominal capital attributable to those Shares nominal Ps.0.00688246130560 per share before any distribution is made in respect of Series “A” Shares, Series “B” Shares and Series “L” Shares.

At December 31, 2022, the restated for inflation tax value of the Company’s common stock was Ps.60,103,280. In the event of any capital reduction in excess of the tax value of the Company’s common stock, such excess will be treated as dividends for income tax purposes (see Note 18).

Long-Term Retention Plan

The Company has adopted a LTRP for the conditional sale of the Company’s capital stock to key Group officers and employees under a special purpose trust.

At the Company’s annual general ordinary stockholders’ meeting held on April 2, 2013, the Company’s stockholders approved that the number of CPOs that may be granted annually under the LTRP shall be up to 1.5% of the capital of the Company. As of December 31, 2022, approximately 26.1 million CPOs or CPO equivalents that were transferred to LTRP participants were sold in the open market during 2021 and 2022. Additional sales will continue to take place during or after 2023.

The special purpose trust created to implement the LTRP as of December 31, 2022 had approximately 152.3 million CPOs or CPO equivalents. This figure is net of approximately 4.4 million, 52.9 million and 38.5 million CPOs or CPO equivalents vested in 2020, 2021 and 2022, respectively. Of the 152.3 million CPOs or CPO equivalents approximately 70.7% are in the form of CPOs and the remaining 29.3% are in the form of Series “A”, Series “B”, Series “D” and Series “L” Shares, not in the form of CPO units. As of December 31, 2022, approximately 86.7 million CPOs or CPO equivalents are held by a company trust and will become vested between 2023 and 2025 at prices ranging from Ps.38.32 to Ps.1.60 per CPO, which may be reduced by dividends, a liquidity discount and the growth of the consolidated or relevant segment Operating Income Before Depreciation and Amortization, or OIBDA (including OIBDA affected by acquisitions) between the date of award and the vesting date, among others.

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During the year ended December 31, 2022, the trust for the LTRP increased the number of shares and CPOs held for the purposes of this Plan in the amount of (i) 2,798.9 million shares of the Company in the form of 23.9 million CPOs, which were acquired in the amount of Ps.980,410; and (ii) 728.0 million shares of the Company in the form of 6.2 million CPOs, in connection with forfeited rights under this Plan.

Following the completion of the TelevisaUnivision Transaction, the Board of Directors of the Company approved: (i) to cancel certain sale contracts for 10.8 million CPOs, corresponding to unvested conditional to sales under the LTRP to certain officers and employees of the Company in 2019, 2020 and 2021; and (ii) to release 8.0 million CPOs under the corresponding grants to such individuals. The CPOs released under such grants were sold at Ps.1.60 per CPO. In connection with this approval, the Company cancelled 10.8 million CPOs under such contracts and recognized the release of 7.1 million CPOs in the first half of 2022.

In addition to the LTRP, the Company entered into conditional sale contracts with certain officers of the Group, primarily in February 2022, for 24.7 million CPOs, of which 23.9 million of CPOs and 0.8 million of CPOs were released as a share-based expense in the first quarter and second quarter of 2022, respectively.

During the year ended December 31, 2021, the trust for the LTRP increased the number of shares and CPOs held for the purposes of this Plan in the amount of: (i) 2,011.4 million shares of the Company in the form of 17.2 million CPOs, which were acquired in the amount of Ps.774,073 and (ii) 879.5 million shares of the Company in the form of 7.5 million CPOs, in connection with forfeited rights under this Plan.

During the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2022, the Company made a funding for acquisition of shares in the aggregate amount of Ps.328,500 and Ps.648,242, respectively, to the trust held for the Company’s LTRP.

The Group has determined its share-based compensation expense (see Note 2 (y)), by using the BSPM at the date on which the stock was conditionally sold to certain officers and employees of the Company under the Company’s LTRP, based on the following arrangements and weighted-average assumptions:

Long-Term Retention Plan

 

Arrangements:

    

    

    

  

    

    

    

  

    

Year of grant

2018

 

2019

 

2020

 

2021

 

2022

Number of CPOs or CPOs equivalent granted

32,500

 

72,558

 

39,200

 

38,800

27,500

Contractual life

3.00 years

2.67 years

  

3.00 years

3.00 years

3.00 years

Assumptions:

Dividend yield

0.55

%  

0.82

%  

1.38

%  

0.94

%

0.92

%

Expected volatility (1)

25.38

%  

30.47

%  

35.13

%  

43.74

%

45.75

%

Risk-free interest rate

7.17

%  

6.88

%  

5.74

%  

5.51

%

9.17

%

Expected average life of awards

3.00 years

2.67 years

3.00 years

3.00 years

3.00 years

(1)Volatility was determined by reference to historically observed prices of the Company’s CPOs.

A summary of the stock conditionally sold to employees under the LTRP as of December 31, 2022 and 2021 is presented below (in Mexican pesos and thousands of CPOs):

2022

2021

CPOs or CPOs

Weighted- Average 

CPOs or CPOs

Weighted- Average 

    

Equivalent

    

Exercise Price

    

Equivalent

    

Exercise Price

Long-Term Retention Plan:

  

  

  

  

Outstanding at beginning of year

 

176,858

 

31.22

 

160,365

 

39.36

Conditionally sold

 

27,500

 

10.00

 

38,800

 

8.62

Paid by employees

 

(15,047)

 

30.10

 

(8,633)

 

38.30

Forfeited

 

(18,580)

 

70.14

 

(13,674)

 

64.96

Outstanding at end of year

 

170,731

 

30.68

 

176,858

 

31.22

To be paid by employees at end of year

 

83,985

 

44.79

 

60,155

 

52.69

As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, the weighted-average remaining contractual life of the stock conditionally sold to employees under the LTRP is 1.29 years and 1.28 years respectively.

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In addition to the LTRP, the Company entered into conditional sale contracts with members of its Board of Directors for 1.0 and 1.7 million CPOs in August 2021and July 2022 respectively, with vesting periods of eight and nine months, respectively and with certain officers of the Group for 7.5 and 17.2 million CPOs in December 2021 and January 2022 respectively, with vesting periods of three years, respectively.

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Retained Earnings and Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

(a)   Retained Earnings:

Unappropriated

Net Income 

Retained

    

Legal Reserve

    

Earnings

    

for the Year

    

Earnings

Balance at January 1, 2021

Ps.

2,139,007

  

Ps.

83,391,732

 

Ps.

(1,250,342)

  

Ps.

84,280,397

Appropriation of net income relating to 2020

 

 

(1,250,342)

 

1,250,342

 

Dividends

(1,053,392)

(1,053,392)

Shares cancellation

(1,510,290)

(1,510,290)

Sale of repurchased shares

(1,126,573)

(1,126,573)

Cancellation of sale of shares

505,357

505,357

Share-based compensation

1,066,863

1,066,863

Net income attributable to stockholders of the Company

 

 

 

6,055,826

 

6,055,826

Balance at December 31, 2021

 

2,139,007

  

80,023,355

 

6,055,826

  

88,218,188

Appropriation of net income relating to 2021

 

 

6,055,826

 

(6,055,826)

 

Dividends

(1,053,392)

(1,053,392)

Sale of repurchased shares

(3,080,729)

(3,080,729)

Cancellation of sale of shares

246,658

246,658

Share-based compensation

2,009,304

2,009,304

Other

1,650

1,650

Net income attributable to stockholders of the Company

 

 

44,712,180

 

 

44,712,180

Balance at December 31, 2022

 

Ps.

2,139,007

  

Ps.

128,914,852

 

Ps.

  

Ps.

131,053,859

In accordance with Mexican law, the legal reserve must be increased by 5% of annual net profits until it reaches 20% of the capital stock amount. As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, the Company’s legal reserve amounted to Ps.2,139,007 for both years, respectively and was classified into retained earnings in consolidated equity. As the legal reserve reached 20% of the capital stock amount, no additional increases were required in 2022, 2021 and 2020. This reserve is not available for dividends but may be used to reduce a deficit or may be transferred to stated capital. Other appropriations of profits require the vote of the Company’s stockholders.

In April 2020, to further maximize liquidity and as a precautionary measure, the Company’s Board of Directors did not propose the payment of a 2020 dividend for approval of the Company’s general stockholders’ meeting held on April 28, 2020.

In April 2021, the Company’s stockholders approved the payment of a dividend of Ps.0.35 per CPO and Ps.0.002991452991 per share of Series “A,” “B,” “D” and “L” Shares, not in the form of a CPO unit, which was paid in cash in May 2021, in the aggregate amount of Ps.1,053,392.

In April 2022, the Company’s stockholders approved the payment of a dividend of Ps.0.35 per CPO and Ps.0.002991452991 per share of Series “A,” “B,” “D” and “L” Shares, not in the form of a CPO unit, which was paid in cash in May 2022, in the aggregate amount of Ps.1,053,392.

Dividends, either in cash or in other forms, paid by the Mexican companies in the Group will be subject to income tax if the dividends are paid from earnings that have not been subject to Mexican income tax computed on an individual company basis under the provisions of the Mexican Income Tax Law. In this case, dividends will be taxable by multiplying such dividends by a 1.4286 factor and applying to the resulting amount the income tax rate of 30%. This income tax will be paid by the company paying the dividends.

In addition, the entities that distribute dividends to its stockholders who are individuals or foreign residents must withhold 10% thereof for income tax purposes, which will be paid in Mexico. The foregoing will not be applicable when distributed dividends arise from the “taxed net earnings account” computed on an individual company basis generated through December 31, 2013.

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As of December 31, 2022, cumulative earnings that have been subject to income tax and can be distributed by the Company free of Mexican income tax amounted to Ps.88,820,912.

(b)   Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income or loss:

Exchange

Remeasurement

Derivative

Share of

Warrants

Differences on

of Post-

Financial

Income (Loss)

Other

Exercised for

Translating

Employment

Instruments

of Associates

Open-Ended

Equity

Common Stock

Foreign

Benefit

Cash Flow

and Joint

    

Fund

    

Instruments

    

of UHI

    

Operations

    

Obligations

    

Hedges

    

Ventures

    

Income Tax

    

Total

Accumulated at January 1, 2021

 

Ps.

1,524,860

  

Ps.

638,406

Ps.

(23,602,220)

 

Ps.

850,241

  

Ps.

(1,350,451)

 

Ps.

(1,915,508)

  

Ps.

(136,448)

8,434,272

  

Ps.

(15,556,848)

Changes in other comprehensive income

 

(19,718)

 

(123,359)

 

84,232

 

291,697

 

1,927,601

245,714

(471,311)

 

1,934,856

Accumulated at December 31, 2021

 

Ps.

1,505,142

  

Ps.

515,047

Ps.

(23,602,220)

 

Ps.

934,473

  

Ps.

(1,058,754)

 

Ps.

12,093

  

Ps.

109,266

7,962,961

  

Ps.

(13,621,992)

Changes in other comprehensive income

 

(131,957)

 

(906,658)

 

(124,179)

 

150,343

 

395,807

4,245,546

(830,788)

 

2,798,114

Accumulated at December 31, 2022

 

Ps.

1,373,185

  

Ps.

(391,611)

Ps.

(23,602,220)

Ps.

810,294

  

Ps.

(908,411)

 

Ps.

407,900

  

Ps.

4,354,812

7,132,173

  

Ps.

(10,823,878)

19.

Non-controlling Interests

Non-controlling interests as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, consisted of:

    

2022

    

2021

Capital stock

Ps.

1,099,009

  

Ps.

1,100,312

Additional paid-in capital

 

2,970,693

 

2,986,354

Legal reserve

 

215,475

 

215,736

Retained earnings from prior years (1) (2)

 

10,822,975

 

9,649,348

Net income for the year

 

571,644

 

1,298,959

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss):

 

 

Cumulative result from foreign currency translation

 

155,621

 

174,598

Remeasurement of post-employment benefit obligations on defined benefit plans

 

(13,462)

 

(18,905)

 

Ps.

15,821,955

  

Ps.

15,406,402

(1)In 2021, the holding companies of the Sky segment paid a dividend to its equity owners in the aggregate amount of Ps.750,000, of which Ps.309,174, was paid to its non-controlling interests.
(2)In 2021, Publicidad Virtual, S.A. de C.V. paid a dividend to its equity owners in the aggregate amount of Ps.40,000, of which Ps.19,600 was paid to its non-controlling interests.

Amounts of consolidated current assets, non-current assets, current liabilities and non-current liabilities of Empresas Cablevisión and Sky as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, are set forth as follows:

Empresas Cablevisión

 

Sky

    

2022

    

2021

     

2022

    

2021

Assets:

Current assets

Ps.

7,461,520

Ps.

6,653,310

Ps.

6,019,166

Ps.

5,689,494

Non-current assets

 

23,172,533

 

24,099,561

18,266,359

 

19,590,056

Total assets

 

30,634,053

 

30,752,871

24,285,525

 

25,279,550

Liabilities:

 

 

 

Current liabilities

 

5,176,500

 

5,755,703

4,183,480

 

3,685,208

Non-current liabilities

 

4,076,876

 

4,308,115

5,367,448

 

7,041,237

Total liabilities

 

9,253,376

 

10,063,818

9,550,928

 

10,726,445

Net assets

 

Ps.

21,380,677

  

Ps.

20,689,053

Ps.

14,734,597

  

Ps.

14,553,105

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Amounts of consolidated revenues, net income and total comprehensive income of Empresas Cablevisión and Sky for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, are set forth as follows:

Empresas Cablevisión

Sky

    

2022

    

2021

    

2022

    

2021

    

Revenues

Ps.

16,128,549

Ps.

16,849,160

Ps.

20,339,075

Ps.

22,026,616

Net-income

 

760,576

 

1,135,053

224,989

1,281,472

 

Total comprehensive income

 

748,916

 

1,134,181

181,491

1,304,822

 

Amounts of consolidated summarized cash flows of Sky and Empresas Cablevisión for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, are set forth as follows:

Empresas Cablevisión

Sky

    

2022

    

2021

    

2022

    

2021

    

Cash flows from operating activities

Ps.

4,319,496

Ps.

5,594,662

Ps.

5,227,892

Ps.

6,004,261

Cash flows used in investing activities

 

(3,406,227)

 

(5,144,521)

(3,934,993)

 

(5,236,815)

 

Cash flows used in by financing activities

 

(590,249)

 

(740,046)

(1,233,044)

 

(1,350,432)

 

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

 

Ps.

323,020

  

Ps.

(289,905)

Ps.

59,855

  

Ps.

(582,986)

 

20.

Transactions with Related Parties

The principal transactions carried out by the Group with affiliated companies, including equity investees, stockholders and entities in which stockholders have an equity interest, for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020, were as follows:

    

2022

    

2021

    

2020

Revenues, other income and interest income:

 

  

 

  

 

  

Royalties (Univision) (a)

 

Ps.

660,842

Ps.

8,548,036

Ps.

8,155,338

Programming production and transmission rights (b)

 

1,453,875

 

738,650

 

707,247

Telecom services (c)

 

205,591

 

57,759

 

97,754

Administrative services (d)

 

115,190

 

7,371

 

13,561

Advertising (e)

 

1,854,152

 

10,417

 

36,385

Interest income (f)

 

618,921

 

49,736

 

64,809

Lease (i)

 

408,893

 

 

 

Ps.

5,317,464

Ps.

9,411,969

Ps.

9,075,094

Costs and expenses:

 

 

 

  

Donations

 

Ps.

26,229

 

Ps.

26,606

 

Ps.

26,729

Advertising

297,497

Administrative services (d)

 

127,762

 

19,410

 

1,529

Technical services (g)

 

391,896

 

295,915

 

459,960

Programming production, transmission rights and telecom (h)

 

4,499,464

 

787,487

 

674,270

 

Ps.

5,342,848

 

Ps.

1,129,418

 

Ps.

1,162,488

(a)The Group received royalties from Univision for programming provided pursuant to an amended PLA, pursuant to which Univision had the right to broadcast certain Televisa content in the United States. The amended PLA included a provision for certain yearly minimum guaranteed advertising, with a value of U.S.$10.8 million (Ps.211,829), U.S.$35.1 million (Ps.712,417) and U.S.$42.6 million (Ps.909,159), for the fiscal years 2022, 2021 and 2020, respectively, to be provided by Univision, at no cost, for the promotion of certain of the Group’s businesses. This advertising did not have commercial substance for the Group, as it was related to activities that were considered ancillary to Group’s normal operations in the United States. The Group received these royalties through January 31, 2022, as a result of the TelevisaUnivision Transaction, which was closed on that date (see Notes 3, 9, 10 and 30).
(b)Services rendered to Univision in 2022, 2021 and 2020. In 2022 includes transmission costs of concession rights owned by the Group.
(c)Services rendered to a subsidiary of AT&T, Inc. (“AT&T”) in 2022, 2021 and 2020, and Univision in 2021.

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(d)The Group receives revenue from and is charged by affiliates for various services, such as: property and equipment rental, security and other services, at rates which are negotiated. The Group provides management services to affiliates, which reimburse the Group for the incurred payroll and related expenses. In 2022 includes a provision of administrative services to Tritón and certain companies of TelevisaUnivision.
(e)Advertising services rendered to Univision in 2021, and OCEN and Univision in 2020. In 2022 the Cable and Sky segments received advertising revenue from TelevisaUnivision.
(f)Includes mainly interest income from GTAC. In 2022 includes interest income from the long-term loan of the Group.
(g)In 2022, 2021 and 2020, Sky received services from a subsidiary of AT&T, Inc. for play-out, uplink and downlink of signals.
(h)Paid mainly to Univision and GTAC in 2022 and 2021. The Group paid royalties to Univision for programming provided pursuant to a Mexico License Agreement, under which the Group had the right to broadcast certain Univision content in Mexico for the same term as that of the PLA. The Group paid these royalties through January 31, 2022, as a result of the TelevisaUnivision Transaction, which was closed on that date (see Notes 3, 9, 10 and 30). It also includes payments by telecom services to GTAC in 2022, 2021 and 2020. Includes payments for transmission rights to AT&T in 2022 and 2021. Includes the cost of programming of TelevisaUnivision for the Cable and Sky segments in 2022.
(i)Includes operating lease agreements with certain companies of TelevisaUnivision and Tritón.

Other transactions with related parties carried out by the Group in the normal course of business include the following:

(1)A consulting firm controlled by a relative of one of the Company’s directors, has provided consulting services and research in connection with the effects of the Group’s programming on its viewing audience. Total fees for such services during 2021 and 2020 amounted to Ps.19,983 and Ps.19,433, respectively.
(2)Two Mexican banks have made loans to the Group. Some members of the Company’s Board serve as Board members of these banks.
(3)Several other current members of the Company’s Board serve as members of the Boards and/or are stockholders of other companies, some of which purchased advertising services from the Group in connection with the promotion of their respective products and services.
(4)During 2022, 2021 and 2020, a professional services firm in which the current Secretary of the Company’s Board maintains an interest, provided legal advisory services to the Group in connection with various corporate matters. Total fees for such services amounted to Ps.16,861, Ps.57,925 and Ps.52,848, respectively.
(5)During 2022, 2021 and 2020, a professional services firm in which two current directors of the Company maintain an interest provided finance advisory services to the Group in connection with various corporate matters. Total fees for such services amounted to Ps.18,021, Ps.20,006 and Ps.121,789, respectively.
(6)In 2022, 2021 and 2020, the Group entered into contracts leasing office space directly or indirectly from certain of our directors and officers for an aggregate annual amount of Ps.25,320, Ps.34,478 and Ps.32,784, respectively.

During 2022, 2021 and 2020, the Group paid to its directors, alternate directors and officers an aggregate compensation of Ps.963,254, Ps.1,115,354 and Ps.936,794, respectively, for services in all capacities. This compensation included certain amounts related to the use of assets and services of the Group, as well as travel expenses reimbursed to directors and officers. Projected benefit obligations related to the Group’s directors, alternate directors and officers amounted to Ps.178,340, Ps.212,310 and Ps.196,584 as of December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020, respectively. Cumulative contributions made by the Group to the pension and seniority premium plans on behalf of these directors and officers amounted to Ps.64,042, Ps.76,241 and Ps.71,744 as of December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020, respectively. In addition, the Group has made conditional sales of the Company’s CPOs to its directors and officers under the LTRP.

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In 2015, the Group established a deferred compensation plan for certain officers of its Cable segment, which was payable in certain revenue and EBITDA targets (as defined) of a five-year plan were met. The present value of this long-term employee benefit obligation as of December 31, 2020 amounted to Ps.1,224,000, and the related service net cost for the year ended December 31, 2020, amounted to Ps.225,804. In 2020, the Group made contributions to a trust (plan assets) for funding this deferred compensation in the aggregate amount of Ps.435,500. In 2020, the Group paid an amount of Ps.470,000, related to this deferred compensation plan. The deferred compensation liability, net of related plan assets, amounted to Ps.1,208 as of December 31, 2020, and was presented in other current liabilities and other long-term liabilities in the Group’s consolidated statements of financial position as of those dates. The related expense was classified in other expense in the Group’s consolidated statements of income (see Note 22). In March 2021, the Group made a final payment of Ps.1,107,658, related to this deferred compensation plan, which amount was funded by plan assets.

In 2021, the Group established a new deferred compensation plan for certain key officers of its Cable segment, which will be payable if certain revenue and EBITDA targets (as defined) of a five-year plan are met. The present value of this long-term employee benefit obligation as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, amounted to Ps.337,450 and Ps.207,640, respectively, and was presented in other long-term liabilities in the Group’s consolidated statement of financial position as of that date, and the net cost of related services for the year ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, amounted to Ps.129,810 and Ps.207,640, and was classified in other expense in the Group’s consolidated statement of income for the year ended on that date.

The balances of receivables and payables between the Group and related parties as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, were as follows:

    

2022

    

2021

Current receivables:

 

  

 

  

TelevisaUnivision (formerly known as UH II) (2)

Ps.

136,944

  

Ps.

819,355

Cadena de las Américas, S.A. de C.V. (1)

40,186

Televisa, S. de R.L. de C.V. (1)

 

22,650

 

Televisa Producciones, S.A. de C.V. (1)

 

15,535

 

Tritón Comunicaciones, S.A. de C.V.

11,140

ECO Producciones, S.A. de C.V. (1)

 

10,792

 

Other

 

73,977

 

55,497

 

Ps.

311,224

  

Ps.

874,852

Non-current receivables:

Televisa, S. de R.L. de C.V. (1) (3)

Ps.

6,365,038

Ps.

Current payables:

 

  

 

  

AT&T/ DirectTV

 

Ps.

40,183

  

Ps.

54,598

Desarrollo Vista Hermosa, S.A. de C.V. (1)

 

15,189

 

Other

 

32,952

 

27,472

 

Ps.

88,324

  

Ps.

82,070

(1)An indirect subsidiary of TelevisaUnivision.
(2)Receivables from TelevisaUnivision were related primarily to the PLA as of December 31, 2021.
(3)In January 2022, Televisa, S. de R.L. de C.V. entered into a long-term credit agreement with the Company in the principal amount of Ps.5,738,832, with a fixed annual interest rate of 10.2%. Under the terms of this agreement, principal and interest are payable at maturity on April 30, 2026, and prepayments of principal can be made by debtor at any time without any penalty. As of December 31, 2022, amounts receivable from Televisa, S. de R. L. de C.V. in connection with this long-term credit amounted to Ps.6,365,038.

The Group recognized as deferred income a prepayment made by TelevisaUnivision in the aggregate amount of U.S.$276.2 million (Ps.5,729,377), for the use of concession rights owned by the Group, which was classified as current and non-current liabilities in the Group’s consolidated statement of financial position, an amounted to Ps.287,667 and Ps.5,178,014, respectively, as of December 31, 2022 (see Note 3).

All significant account balances included in amounts due from affiliates bear interest, in 2022 and 2021, were charged average interest rates of 10.6 % and 6.6%, respectively. Advances and receivables are short-term in nature; however, these accounts do not have specific due dates.

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Customer deposits and advances as of December 31, 2021, included deposits and advances from affiliates and other related parties, in an aggregate amount of Ps. 146,354, which were primarily made by UH II and UHI, including Univision.

In 2012, a subsidiary of the Company entered into an amended lease contract with GTAC for the right to use certain capacity in a telecommunication network. This amended lease agreement contemplates annual payments to GTAC in the amount of Ps.41,400 through 2029, with an annual interest rate of the lower of TIIE plus 122 basis points or 6% (see Notes 10, 11 and 14).

21.

Cost of Revenues, Selling Expenses and Administrative Expenses

Through January 31, 2022 cost of revenues included the production costs of programming, acquired programming and transmission rights at the moment of broadcasting or at the time the produced programs were sold and became available for broadcast, as they were part of the Group’s former Content business (see Note 8).

After January 31, 2022, cost of revenues include cost of acquired programming and transmission rights at the moment of broadcasting, benefits to employees and post-employment benefits, network maintenance and interconnections, satellite links, paper and printing, depreciation of property, plant and equipment, leases of real estate property, and amortization of intangible assets.

Selling expenses and administrative expenses include primarily benefits to employees, sale commissions, postemployment benefits, share-based compensation to employees, depreciation of property, plant and equipment, leases of real estate property, and amortization of intangibles.

The amounts of depreciation, amortization and other amortization included in cost of revenues, selling expenses and administrative expenses for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020, were as follows:

    

2022

    

2021

    

2020

Cost of revenues

Ps.

17,918,347

Ps.

17,126,606

Ps.

16,858,777

Selling expenses

 

357,681

 

273,479

 

774,394

Administrative expenses

 

3,194,636

 

2,982,361

 

2,669,676

Discontinued operations

121,874

1,365,067

1,338,803

 

Ps.

21,592,538

  

Ps.

21,747,513

  

Ps.

21,641,650

The amounts of expenses related to IFRS 16 included in cost of revenues, selling expenses and administrative expenses for the year ended December 31, 2022, were as follows:

    

2022

Expenses relating to variable lease payment not included in the measurement of the lease liability

 

Ps.

639,261

Expenses relating to short-term leases and leases of low-value assets

194,016

Total

 

Ps.

833,277

Expenses related to short-term employee benefits, share-based compensation and post-employment benefits and incurred by the Group for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020, were as follows:

    

2022

    

2021

    

2020

Short-term employee benefits

Ps.

15,064,471

Ps.

12,807,423

Ps.

14,042,004

Other short-term employee benefits

1,130,535

  

1,711,945

  

1,396,804

Share-based compensation

 

  

968,628

  

903,764

  

863,782

Post-employment benefits

 

  

151,389

  

140,857

  

101,132

Discontinued operations

251,350

6,531,559

4,190,730

 

Ps.

17,566,373

  

Ps.

22,095,548

  

Ps.

20,594,452

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22.

Other Income or Expense, Net

Other (expense) income for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020, is analyzed as follows:

    

2022

    

2021

    

2020

Gain on disposition of OCEN (1)

Ps.

35,950

Ps.

4,547,029

Ps.

Gain on disposition of Radiópolis (2)

932,449

Donations (see Note 20)

 

(27,233)

 

(2,000)

 

(45,919)

Legal and financial advisory and professional services (3)

 

(218,731)

 

(191,609)

 

(421,760)

Gain on disposition of property and equipment

 

76,579

 

38,665

 

67,570

Deferred compensation (see Note 20) (4)

 

(129,810)

 

(207,640)

 

(225,804)

Dismissal severance expense (5)

 

(126,695)

 

(194,187)

 

(128,042)

Surcharges for payments of taxes of prior years (6)

(400,641)

Impairment adjustments (7)

(97,293)

(40,803)

Income for cash reimbursement received from Imagina (8)

167,619

Lawsuit settlement agreement, net (9)

(425,762)

Other, net

 

137

 

223,913

 

323,312

 

Ps.

(815,565)

  

Ps.

3,716,237

  

Ps.

628,622

(1)In 2022, included a purchase price adjustment paid to the Company on disposal of OCEN in the second quarter of 2022. In 2021, included a payment in cash on disposal of OCEN in the amount of Ps.4,806,549 (see Note 3).
(2)In 2020, included a pretax gain on disposal of Radiópolis, the Group’s former Radio business in the amount of Ps.932,449 (see Note 3).

(3)

Includes primarily advisory and professional services in connection with certain litigation, financial advisory, and other matters (see Notes 3 and 20).

(4)

Includes the service cost of long-term deferred compensation plans for certain officers of the Group’s Cable segment, which payment becomes payable when certain financial targets (as defined in the plans) are met.

(5)

Includes severance expense in connection with the dismissals of personnel, as a part of a continued cost reduction plan.

(6)

In 2021, included surcharges for taxes paid by three subsidiaries of the Company in connection with tax assessments of prior years.

(7)

In 2021 and 2020, included impairment adjustments in connection with long-lived assets in the Group’s Other Business segment (see Note 13).

(8)

In the second quarter of 2020, the Company received a cash reimbursement from Imagina Media Audiovisual, S.L. (“Imagina”), in connection with a legal outcome that was favorable to Imagina, a former associate of the Company.

(9)

In the fourth quarter 2022, the Company announced a settlement agreement for a class action lawsuit and recognized an expense of U.S.$21.5 million (Ps.425,762) resulting from a related provision for the amount to be paid by the Company, net of an expected insurance reimbursement (see Note 27).

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23.

Finance Expense, Net

Finance (expense) income, net, for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020, included:

    

2022

    

2021

    

2020

Interest expense (1)

Ps.

(9,455,578)

Ps.

(9,105,998)

Ps.

(10,502,529)

Other finance expense, net (2)

 

(110,739)

 

(1,183,180)

 

Foreign exchange loss, net (4)

 

(1,790,956)

 

(2,188,861)

 

Finance expense

 

(11,357,273)

 

(12,478,039)

 

(10,502,529)

Interest income (3)

 

2,151,109

 

560,026

 

1,067,066

Other finance income, net (2)

 

 

 

89,323

Foreign exchange gain, net (4)

3,696,713

Finance income

 

2,151,109

 

560,026

 

4,853,102

Finance expense, net

 

Ps.

(9,206,164)

  

Ps.

(11,918,013)

  

Ps.

(5,649,427)

(1)

Interest expense for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020 included: (i) interest related to lease liabilities that were recognized beginning on January 1, 2019, in accordance with the guidelines of IFRS 16 Leases, in the aggregate amount of  Ps.450,454, Ps.431,419 and Ps.461,895, respectively; (ii) interest related to satellite transponder lease agreement and other lease agreement that were recognized in the aggregate amount of Ps.257,938, Ps.275,371 and Ps.75,378, respectively; (iii) interest related to dismantling obligations incurred primarily in connection with the Group’s Cable segment networks, in the aggregate amount of Ps.123,209, Ps.48,624 and Ps.921,658, respectively; and (iv) amortization of finance costs in the aggregate amount of Ps.292,189, Ps.179,212 and Ps.180,500, respectively; and finance expense related to prepayment of long-term debt in the aggregate amount of  Ps.490,430, for the year ended December 31, 2022 (see Notes 2 and 14).

(2)Other finance income or expense, net, included fair value gain or loss from derivative financial instruments (see Note 15).
(3)This line item included primarily interest income from cash equivalents.
(4)Foreign exchange gain or loss, net, for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020 included: (i) foreign exchange gain or loss resulted primarily from the appreciation or depreciation of the Mexican peso against the U.S. dollar on the Group’s U.S. dollar-denominated monetary asset or liability position, excluding designated hedging long-term debt of the Group’s investments in TelevisaUnivision (formerly known as UH II) and Open-Ended Fund (see Notes 2(e), 4 and 14). The exchange rate of the Mexican peso against the U.S. dollar was of Ps.19.4760, Ps.20.5031 and Ps.19.9493, as of December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

24.

Income Taxes

The income tax benefit (expense) for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020, was comprised of:

    

2022

    

2021

    

2020

 

Income taxes, current (1)

Ps.

(2,384,491)

Ps.

(1,356,052)

Ps.

(2,262,956)

  

Income taxes, deferred

 

3,611,953

 

(317,002)

 

1,404,061

 

Ps.

1,227,462

  

Ps.

(1,673,054)

  

Ps.

(858,895)

  

(1)The current income tax of Mexican companies payable in Mexico represented 90%, 96% and 93% of total current income taxes in 2022, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

The Mexican corporate income tax rate was 30% in 2022, 2021 and 2020.

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2014 Tax Reform

As a result of a 2014 Mexican Tax Reform (the “2014 Tax Reform”), which included the elimination of the tax consolidation regime allowed for Mexican controlling companies, beginning on January 1, 2014, the Company is no longer allowed to consolidate income or loss of its Mexican subsidiaries for income tax purposes and: (i) accounted for an additional income tax liability for the elimination of the tax consolidation regime in the aggregate amount of Ps.6,813,595 as of December 31, 2013; (ii) recognized a benefit from tax loss carryforwards of Mexican companies in the Group in the aggregate amount of Ps.7,936,044 as of December 31, 2013; and (iii) adjusted the carrying amount of deferred income taxes from temporary differences by recognizing such effects on a separate company basis by using the enacted corporate income tax rate as of December 31, 2013.

The income tax payable as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, in connection with the 2014 Tax Reform, is as follows:

    

2022

    

2021

Tax losses of subsidiaries, net

Ps.

183,256

  

Ps.

771,873

Less: Current portion (a)

 

183,256

 

667,048

Non-current portion (b)

 

Ps.

  

Ps.

104,825

(a)Accounted for as current income taxes payable in the consolidated statement of financial position as of December 31, 2022 and 2021.
(b)Accounted for as non-current income taxes payable in the consolidated statement of financial position as of December 31, 2022 and 2021.

Maturities of income tax payable as of December 31, 2022, in connection with the 2014 Mexican Tax Reform, are as follows:

2023

Ps.

183,256

 

Ps.

183,256

The following items represent the principal differences between income taxes computed at the statutory rate and the Group’s provision for income taxes.

%

%

%

    

2022

    

2021

    

2020

Statutory income tax rate

 

(30)

 

30

 

30

Differences between accounting and tax bases, including tax inflation gain that is not recognized for accounting purposes

 

17

 

20

 

25

Tax loss carryforwards

 

(6)

 

4

 

7

2014 Tax Reform

 

1

 

 

Foreign operations

 

7

 

(1)

 

(2)

Disposition of investments

 

 

(3)

 

Disposition of Radiópolis

3

Share of income in associates and joint ventures, net

 

13

 

6

 

2

(Reversal of impairment) Impairment loss in investment in shares of TelevisaUnivision

(2)

(8)

30

Discontinued operations

 

(10)

 

 

Effective income tax rate

 

(10)

 

48

 

95

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The Group has recognized the benefits from tax loss carryforwards of Mexican companies in the Group as of December 31, 2022 and 2021. The years of expiration of tax loss carryforwards as of December 31, 2022, are as follows:

Tax Loss

 Carryforwards

for Which

 Deferred Taxes 

Year of Expiration

    

Were Recognized

2023

 

Ps.

4,051

2024

 

266,660

2025

 

3,283,424

2026

 

5,291,187

2027

426,624

Thereafter

 

9,550,617

 

Ps.

18,822,563

As of December 31, 2022, tax loss carryforwards of Mexican companies in the Group for which deferred tax assets were not recognized amounted to Ps.8,151,553 and will expire between 2023 and 2032.

During 2022, 2021 and 2020, certain Mexican subsidiaries utilized operating tax loss carryforwards in the amounts of Ps.11,944,218, Ps.2,618,821 and Ps.6,160,740, respectively.

In addition the Group has tax loss carryforwards derived from the disposal in 2014 of its former investment in GSF Telecom Holdings, S.A.P.I. de C.V. (“GSF”) in the amount of Ps.14,899,329. As of December 31, 2022, tax loss carryforwards derived from this disposal for which deferred taxes were recognized amounted to Ps.14,899,329, will expire in 2025.

As of December 31, 2022, tax loss carryforwards of subsidiaries in South America, the United States, and Europe amounted to Ps.2,501,359, of which Ps.1,698,340 have not date to expire and what remains will expire between 2023 and 2034.

The deferred income taxes as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, were principally derived from the following temporary differences and tax loss carryforwards:

    

2022

    

2021

Assets:

 

  

 

  

Accrued liabilities

Ps.

4,323,561

  

Ps.

7,128,606

Loss allowance

 

607,773

 

946,559

Customer advances

 

2,335,751

 

1,854,424

Derivative financial instruments

615

Property, plant and equipment, net

3,923,889

3,704,746

Prepaid expenses and other items

4,508,914

Tax loss carryforwards:

 

 

Operating

 

4,552,116

 

6,240,930

Capital (1)

 

5,564,452

 

5,160,921

Tax credit carryforward (2)

5,738,832

Liabilities:

 

 

Investments

 

(700,285)

 

(1,733,507)

Prepaid expenses and other items

(560,183)

Derivative financial instruments

 

(130,879)

 

Intangible assets and transmission rights

 

(2,642,515)

 

(2,807,484)

Deferred income tax assets of Mexican companies

 

17,273,680

 

30,743,556

Deferred income tax assets of certain foreign subsidiaries

 

246,813

 

218,983

Deferred income tax assets, net

 

Ps.

17,520,493

  

Ps.

30,962,539

(1)Includes the benefit from tax loss carryforwards derived from the disposal in 2014 of the Group’s investment in GSF, in the amount of Ps.4,469,799 and Ps.4,145,649 in 2022 and 2021, respectively.

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(2)Tax credit carryforward derived from a capital reduction made by one of the Company’s subsidiaries in December 2021, which can be credited in a three-year period in accordance with applicable tax law.

The deferred tax assets are in tax jurisdictions in which the Group considers that based on financial projections of its cash flows, results of operations and synergies between subsidiaries, will generate taxable income in subsequent periods.

The gross roll-forward of deferred income tax assets, net, is as follows:

    

2022

    

2021

At January 1

Ps.

30,962,539

  

Ps.

26,213,382

Statement of income credit (charge)

 

3,611,953

 

(317,002)

Other comprehensive income (“OCI”) credit (charge)

 

145,406

 

(619,304)

Tax credit

5,738,832

Reserve for low value

(861)

Discontinued operations

(9,410,332)

(52,508)

Disposed operations

(7,789,073)

At December 31

 

Ps.

17,520,493

  

Ps.

30,962,539

The roll-forward of deferred income tax assets and liabilities for the year 2022, was as follows:

Credit (Charge) 

(Charge) to  

to Consolidated

Consolidated

Credit

Statement of

Statement of

(Charge) 

Income

Income

to OCI and

Disposed

At January 1,

(Continuing

(Discontinued

Retained

Operations

At December 31, 

    

2022

    

Operations)

    

Operations)

    

Earnings

(see Note 3)

    

2022

Assets:

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Accrued liabilities

Ps.

7,128,606

Ps.

(2,805,045)

Ps.

Ps.

Ps.

Ps.

4,323,561

Loss allowance

946,559

(338,786)

607,773

Customer advances

1,854,424

1,283,170

(801,843)

2,335,751

Derivative financial instruments

615

(615)

Property, plant and equipment, net

3,704,746

219,143

3,923,889

Prepaid expenses and other items

4,508,914

(842,078)

(1,569,159)

(47,436)

(2,050,241)

Tax loss carryforwards

11,401,851

1,349,105

(2,634,388)

10,116,568

Deferred income tax assets of foreign subsidiaries

218,983

27,830

246,813

Tax Credit

5,738,832

(5,738,832)

Liabilities:

Investments

(1,733,507)

969,922

(248,284)

311,584

(700,285)

Prepaid expenses and other items

(560,183)

(560,183)

Derivative financial instruments

(12,137)

(118,742)

(130,879)

Intangible assets and transmission rights

(2,807,484)

4,321,627

(4,156,658)

(2,642,515)

Deferred income tax assets, net

Ps.

30,962,539

Ps.

3,611,953

Ps.

(9,410,332)

Ps.

145,406

Ps.

(7,789,073)

Ps.

17,520,493

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The roll-forward of deferred income tax assets and liabilities for the year 2021, was as follows:

Credit (Charge) 

Credit (Charge) 

Credit

to Consolidated

to OCI and

(Charge) 

At January 1,

Statement of

Retained

to Other

At December 31, 

    

2021

    

Income

    

Earnings

    

Accounts

2021

Assets:

 

  

 

  

 

  

Accrued liabilities

Ps.

6,219,312

Ps.

909,294

Ps.

Ps.

Ps.

7,128,606

Loss allowance

1,235,658

(289,099)

946,559

Customer advances

1,600,334

254,090

1,854,424

Derivative financial instruments

972,991

(394,096)

(578,280)

615

Property, plant and equipment, net

2,084,550

1,620,196

3,704,746

Prepaid expenses and other items

5,868,717

(1,274,995)

(83,947)

(861)

4,508,914

Tax loss carryforwards

11,249,585

152,266

11,401,851

Deferred income tax assets of foreign subsidiaries

261,929

(42,946)

218,983

Tax Credit

5,738,832

5,738,832

Liabilities:

  

Investments

(729,910)

(1,046,520)

42,923

(1,733,507)

Intangible assets and transmission rights

(2,549,784)

(257,700)

(2,807,484)

Deferred income tax assets, net

Ps.

26,213,382

Ps.

(369,510)

Ps.

(619,304)

Ps.

5,737,971

Ps.

30,962,539

F-82

The tax (charge) credit relating to components of other comprehensive income (loss) is as follows:

2022

Tax (Charge)

    

Before Tax

    

Credit

    

After Tax

Remeasurement of post-employment benefit obligations

Ps.

158,119

Ps.

(47,436)

Ps.

110,683

Exchange differences on translating foreign operations

 

(143,156)

 

(978,527)

 

(1,121,683)

Derivative financial instruments cash flow hedges

 

395,807

 

(118,742)

 

277,065

Open-Ended Fund

(131,957)

39,587

(92,370)

Other equity instruments

(906,658)

271,997

(634,661)

Share of income or loss of associates and joint ventures

 

4,245,546

 

 

4,245,546

Other comprehensive income

 

Ps.

3,617,701

  

Ps.

(833,121)

 

Ps.

2,784,580

Current tax

 

  

 

Ps.

(978,527)

  

Deferred tax

 

  

 

145,406

 

  

 

  

 

Ps.

(833,121)

  

2021

Tax (Charge)

    

Before Tax

    

Credit

    

After Tax

Remeasurement of post-employment benefit obligations

Ps.

279,825

Ps.

(83,947)

Ps.

195,878

Exchange differences on translating foreign operations

 

92,555

 

151,555

 

244,110

Derivative financial instruments cash flow hedges

 

1,927,601

 

(578,280)

 

1,349,321

Open-Ended Fund

(19,718)

5,915

(13,803)

Other equity instruments

(123,359)

37,008

(86,351)

Share of income or loss of associates and joint ventures

 

245,714

 

 

245,714

Other comprehensive income

 

Ps.

2,402,618

  

Ps.

(467,749)

 

Ps.

1,934,869

Current tax

 

  

 

Ps.

151,555

  

Deferred tax

 

  

 

(619,304)

 

  

 

  

 

Ps.

(467,749)

  

2020

Tax (Charge)

    

Before Tax

    

Credit

    

After Tax

Remeasurement of post-employment benefit obligations

Ps.

(344,313)

Ps.

103,294

Ps.

(241,019)

Exchange differences on translating foreign operations

 

133,522

 

408,221

 

541,743

Derivative financial instruments cash flow hedges

 

(1,370,145)

 

411,044

 

(959,101)

Warrants exercised for common stock of UHI

 

(21,899,164)

 

6,639,400

 

(15,259,764)

Open-Ended Fund

(904,423)

268,906

(635,517)

Other equity instruments

(353,496)

106,049

(247,447)

Share of loss of associates and joint ventures

 

(61,033)

 

 

(61,033)

Other comprehensive loss

 

Ps.

(24,799,052)

  

Ps.

7,936,914

 

Ps.

(16,862,138)

Current tax

 

  

 

Ps.

408,221

  

Deferred tax

 

  

 

7,528,693

 

  

 

  

 

Ps.

7,936,914

  

The Group does not recognize deferred income tax liabilities related to its investments in certain associates and joint ventures, as either (i) the Group is able to control the timing of the reversal of temporary differences arising from these investments, and it is probable that these temporary differences will not reverse in the foreseeable future or (ii) no temporary difference arises due to the application of Mexican income tax law. As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, the unrecognized deferred tax liabilities in connection with the Group’s investment in PDS amounted to an aggregate of Ps.43,628 and Ps.44,945, respectively.

F-83

In December 2019, the Mexican Federal Congress approved reforms to the Economic Plan for 2020. These tax reforms included amendments to the Mexican Income Tax Law, Value Added Tax Law, Special Tax on Production and Services Law, and Federal Tax Code, and they became effective as of January 1, 2020. Some of the most relevant changes to the Mexican tax legislation incorporated some of the Actions included in the Base Erosion and Profit Shifting Final Report (BEPS) published by the OCDE in February 2013, such as: (i) limitations to the deduction of net interest paid by companies as well as to some other deductions, (ii) update of the Controlled Foreign Corporation (CFC) Rules, (iii) new provisions to tax transparent entities, (iv) modification of the definition of permanent establishment, and (v) incorporation of new rules to tax digital economy. Some other relevant amendments to avoid tax evasion included: (i) a new obligation of tax advisors and taxpayers to disclose reportable schemes, and (ii) inclusion of general anti-avoidance rule.

In December 2020, the Mexican Federal Congress approved minimum amendments to the Income Tax Law, Value Added Tax Law and Federal Tax Code as part of the Economic Plan for 2021. Regarding the Income Tax Law several changes were made to the general regime applicable to Tax-Exempt Organizations, that aimed to control and restrict the application of such regime to ensure that only the companies that perform non-for-profit activities benefit from the dispositions of such Regime. Another important amendment was the decrease of the rate of annual withholding tax applicable to the capital that produces interest paid by the financial system, which changed from 1.45% to 0.97%. In terms of value added tax, derived from the entry into force of the digital economy dispositions, some more dispositions were included to specify the way to comply with those obligations, as well as penalties to ensure such compliance.

In December 2021, the Mexican Federal Congress approved minimum amendments to the Income Tax Law, Value Added Tax Law, Special Tax on Production and Services Law, and Federal Tax Code as part of the Economic Plan for 2022. These amendments do not propose the addition of new taxes or increases to the existing ones. With respect to the Income Tax Law, a new simplified regime applicable to individuals and corporations was added. This new regime applies under certain conditions and is based on cash flow received and paid. With respect to the Value Added Tax Law, a few modifications were included such as the concept of non-subject activities. Most of the reforms were made to the Federal Tax Code, the most relevant of which are: (i) several cases where the Certificate of Digital Signature can be canceled or restricted to the taxpayer were included, this certificate is used to issue invoices; (ii) the definition of resident was modified; (iii) new requirements were added or modified regarding the procedure to perform a split or a merger to ensure that any splits or mergers are done for a business reason; and (iv) new information has to be added in invoices and the time for canceling them was limited for certain period.

The Economic Plan for 2023 does not include any changes to the Mexican Income Tax Law, the Mexican Value Added Tax Law or the Mexican Federal Tax Code. In the Federal Income Law for 2023 approved by the Mexican Congress, the withholding income tax rate applicable to the payments of interest made by Mexican financial entities is increased from 0.08% to 0.15%.

2021 and 2022 Labor Reform

In April 2021, the Mexican Congress approved modifications to various laws in connection with outsourcing structures, including the Income Tax law, VAT Law, and the Labor Law (the “2021 Labor Reform”). Outsourcing is defined as a Mexican entity contracting with a related or unrelated legal entity/individual for services and the employees of the service provider are at the disposition and benefit of the service recipient. The most significant modifications to outsourcing included in the 2021 Labor Reform are the following:

The 2021 Labor Reform, generally, prohibits outsourcing activities. An exception was created to allow for the rendering of specialized services or the execution of special projects that are not within the business purpose stated in the formation documents or are no part of the primary economic activity of the service recipient (“Specialized Services”) so long as the service provided is duly registered. Entities that provide Specialized Services must comply with a registration procedure with the Mexican Ministry of Labor. The registry is public.
The employee profit sharing obligation is capped at an amount per employee. The maximum profit sharing payable per employee is the higher of a three-months’ salary and the average profit sharing received over the last three years.
Significant penalties apply to entities that do not comply with the outsourcing limitations, including potential characterization as tax fraud. Payments for outsourcing is not deductible for income tax purposes unless they qualify as Specialized Services and comply with all relevant formalities. Payments that are not deductible for the Income Tax law are also not creditable for purposes of the VAT Law. The tax law changes became effective on September 1, 2021.

During 2021, the Group’s management analyzed the effects of these changes on its Mexican operations, made the changes prescribed by the 2021 Labor Reform, including the transfer of employees among companies in the Group, and established controls to comply with the modifications to the various laws.

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In December 2022, the final phase to amend Articles 76 and 78 of the Federal Labor Law was approved, under which employees will be entitled to more mandatory and paid vacation days. The amendment became effective on January 1, 2023. The amendment established that workers who have completed one year of service will enjoy an annual and continuous paid vacation period of at least twelve working days, and that it will increase by two working days, up to twenty, for each additional year of service. As of the sixth year, the vacation period will increase by two days for every five additional years of service.

25.

Earnings per CPO/Share

Basic Earnings per CPO/Share

For the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, the weighted average for basic earnings per CPO/Share of outstanding total shares, CPOs and Series “A,” Series “B,” Series “D,” and Series “L” Shares (not in the form of CPO units), was as follows (in thousands):

    

2022

    

2021

Total Shares

 

331,143,326

 

327,524,800

CPOs

 

2,353,417

 

2,326,366

Shares not in the form of CPO units:

 

 

Series “A” Shares

 

55,792,921

 

55,339,297

Series “B” Shares

 

187

 

187

Series “D” Shares

 

239

 

239

Series “L” Shares

 

239

 

239

Basic earnings (loss) per CPO and per each Series “A,” Series “B,” Series “D,” and Series “L” Share (not in the form of a CPO unit) attributable to stockholders of the Company for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020, are presented as follows:

2022

2021

2020

Per

Per

Per

    

Per CPO

    

Share (*)

    

Per CPO

    

Share (*)

    

Per CPO

    

Share (*)

Continuing operations

Ps.

(4.06)

Ps.

(0.03)

Ps.

(0.16)

Ps.

0.00

Ps.

(2.34)

Ps.

(0.02)

Discontinued operations

19.86

0.17

2.33

0.02

1.90

0.02

Basic earnings (loss) per CPO/Share attributable to stockholders of the Company

Ps.

15.80

Ps.

0.14

Ps.

2.17

Ps.

0.02

Ps.

(0.44)

Ps.

0.00

(*) Series “A,” “B,” “D,andLShares not in the form of CPO units.

Diluted Earnings per CPO/Share

Diluted earnings per CPO and per Share attributable to stockholders of the Company are calculated in connection with CPOs and shares in the LTRP.

For the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, the weighted average for diluted earnings per CPO/Share of outstanding total shares, CPOs and Series “A,” Series “B,” Series “D,” and Series “L” Shares (not in the form of CPO units), was as follows (in thousands):

    

2022

    

2021

Total Shares

 

351,466,191

 

352,134,036

CPOs

 

2,480,187

 

2,485,895

Shares not in the form of CPO units:

 

 

Series “A” Shares

 

58,926,613

 

58,926,613

Series “B” Shares

 

2,357,208

 

2,357,208

Series “D” Shares

 

239

 

239

Series “L” Shares

 

239

 

239

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Diluted earnings (loss) per CPO and per each Series “A,” Series “B,” Series “D,” and Series “L” Share (not in the form of a CPO unit) attributable to stockholders of the Company for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020, are presented as follows:

2022

2021

2020

Per

Per

Per

    

Per CPO

    

Share (*)

    

Per CPO

    

Share (*)

    

Per CPO

    

Share (*)

Continuing operations

Ps.

(4.06)

Ps.

(0.03)

Ps.

(0.16)

Ps.

0.00

Ps.

(2.34)

Ps.

(0.02)

Discontinued operations

19.86

0.17

2.33

0.02

1.90

0.02

Diluted earnings (loss) per CPO/Share attributable to stockholders of the Company

Ps.

15.80

Ps.

0.14

Ps.

2.17

Ps.

0.02

Ps.

(0.44)

Ps.

0.00

(*) Series “A,” “B,” “D,” and “LShares not in the form of CPO units.

26.

Segment Information

Reportable segments are those that are based on the Group’s method of internal reporting.

The Group is organized on the basis of services and products. The Group’s segments are strategic business units that offer different entertainment services and products. On January 31, 2022, the Content business and other related net assets were disposed of by the Group in conjunction with the TelevisaUnivision Transaction. Beginning in the first quarter of 2022, the Group’s operating results of its former Content business through January 31, 2022, are classified as discontinued operations, including the corresponding information for earlier period (see Notes 3 and 28). Through December 31, 2022, the Group’s reportable segments were as follows:

Cable

The Cable segment includes the operation of cable multiple systems covering the Mexico City metropolitan area, Monterrey and suburban areas, and over 200 other cities of Mexico, as well as the operation of telecommunication facilities through a fiber-optic network that covers the most important cities and economic regions of Mexico and the cities of San Antonio and San Diego in the United States (Bestel).

The cable multiple system businesses derive revenues from cable subscribers, principally from basic and premium television services subscription, pay-per-view fees, installation fees, internet services subscription, telephone and mobile services subscription as well as from local and national advertising sales.

The telecommunication facilities business derives revenues from providing data and long-distance services solutions to carriers and other telecommunications service providers through its fiber-optic network.

Sky

The Sky segment includes DTH broadcast satellite pay television services in Mexico, Central America and the Dominican Republic. Sky revenues are primarily derived from program services, installation fees,  equipment rental to subscribers, and national advertising sales.

Other Businesses

The Other Businesses segment included the Group’s domestic operations in sports and show business promotion, soccer, publishing distribution, gaming, and transmission concessions and facilities.

Through December 31, 2021, the Other Businesses segment included the Group’s feature-film production and distribution, domestic operations in sports and show business promotion, soccer, publishing and publishing distribution, and gaming. On January 31, 2022, the feature-film production and distribution business was disposed of by the Group in conjunction with the TelevisaUnivision Transaction. Beginning in the first quarter of 2022, the Group’s operating results of the feature-film production and distribution business through January 31, 2022, are classified as discontinued operations, including the corresponding information for earlier periods (see Notes 3 and 28).

F-86

The table below presents information by segment and a reconciliation to consolidated total of continuing operations for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020:

Intersegment

Consolidated

Segment

 

    

Total Revenues

    

Revenues

    

Revenues

    

Income

 

2022:

Cable

Ps.

48,411,776

Ps.

151,403

Ps.

48,260,373

Ps.

19,902,785

Sky

20,339,038

3,804

20,335,234

6,416,270

Other Businesses

7,338,790

407,788

6,931,002

1,691,041

Segment totals

76,089,604

562,995

75,526,609

28,010,096

Reconciliation to consolidated amounts:

Corporate expenses

(1,538,085)

Intersegment operations

(562,995)

(562,995)

(120,424)

Depreciation and amortization expense

(21,117,432)

Consolidated revenues and operating income before other expense

75,526,609

75,526,609

5,234,155

(1)

Other expense, net

(815,565)

Consolidated revenues and operating income

Ps.

75,526,609

Ps.

Ps.

75,526,609

Ps.

4,418,590

(2)

Intersegment

Consolidated

Segment

 

    

Total Revenues

    

Revenues

    

Revenues

    

Income

 

2021:

Cable

Ps.

48,020,929

Ps.

54,919

Ps.

47,966,010

Ps.

20,285,023

Sky

22,026,616

1,858

22,024,758

8,504,169

Other Businesses

4,388,141

463,477

3,924,664

589,745

Segment totals

74,435,686

520,254

73,915,432

29,378,937

Reconciliation to consolidated amounts:

Corporate expenses

(2,351,342)

Intersegment operations

(520,254)

(520,254)

(1,608)

Depreciation and amortization expense

(20,053,302)

Consolidated revenues and operating income before other income

73,915,432

73,915,432

6,972,685

(1)

Other income, net

3,716,237

Consolidated revenues and operating income

Ps.

73,915,432

Ps.

Ps.

73,915,432

Ps.

10,688,922

(2)

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Intersegment

Consolidated

Segment

 

    

Total Revenues

    

Revenues

    

Revenues

    

Income

 

2020:

Cable

Ps.

45,367,108

Ps.

59,071

Ps.

45,308,037

Ps.

18,898,301

Sky

22,134,701

225

22,134,476

9,135,346

Other Businesses

3,480,932

466,490

3,014,442

(52,971)

Segment totals

70,982,741

525,786

70,456,955

27,980,676

Reconciliation to consolidated amounts:

Disposed operations (3)

223,272

223,272

(3,991)

Corporate expenses

(2,223,616)

Intersegment expenses

(525,786)

(525,786)

(1,555)

Depreciation and amortization expense

(19,921,984)

Consolidated revenues and operating income before other income

70,680,227

70,680,227

5,829,530

(1)

Other income, net

628,622

Consolidated revenues and operating income

Ps.

70,680,227

Ps.

Ps.

70,680,227

Ps.

6,458,152

(2)

(1)This amount represents income before other income or expense, net.
(2)This amount represents consolidated operating income.
(3)Through the third quarter of 2019, the former Radio operations the Group were reported as part of the Group’s Other Businesses segment. In 2020, the Radio operations were classified as disposed operations of the Group for comparison purposes.

Accounting Policies

The accounting policies of the segments are the same as those described in the Group’s summary of significant accounting policies (see Note 2). The Group evaluates the performance of its segments and allocates resources to them based on operating income before depreciation and amortization.

Intersegment Revenue

Intersegment revenue consists of revenues derived from each of the segments principal activities as provided to other segments.

The Group accounts for intersegment revenues as if the revenues were from third parties, that is, at current market prices.

Allocation of Corporate Expenses

Non-allocated corporate expenses primarily include share-based compensation expense for certain key officers and employees in connection with the Company’s LTRP, as well as other general expenses that, because of their nature and characteristics, are not subject to be allocated within the Group’s business segments.

F-88

The table below presents segment information about assets, liabilities, and additions to property, plant and equipment as of and for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020:

Segment

Additions to

Segment Assets

Liabilities

Property, Plant

    

at Year-End

    

at Year-End

    

and Equipment

2022:

  

  

  

Continuing operations:

  

  

  

Cable

Ps.

121,786,224

Ps.

23,278,943

Ps.

13,011,456

Sky

24,590,186

9,570,547

3,891,684

Other Businesses

16,285,203

3,779,852

273,881

Corporate asset

68,750

Disposed operations

69,616

Total

Ps.

162,661,613

Ps.

36,629,342

Ps.

17,315,387

2021:

  

  

  

Continuing operations:

  

  

  

Cable

Ps.

119,102,077

Ps.

24,449,798

Ps.

17,339,270

Sky

25,615,006

10,745,984

4,949,039

Content

93,463,141

37,286,277

909,164

Other Businesses

8,744,886

3,203,932

70,374

Total

Ps.

246,925,110

Ps.

75,685,991

Ps.

23,267,847

2020:

  

  

  

Continuing operations:

  

  

  

Cable

Ps.

112,478,015

Ps.

22,295,808

Ps.

14,182,848

Sky

26,423,707

10,696,397

5,361,494

Content

80,237,558

27,427,941

479,731

Other Businesses

8,177,183

3,936,289

107,665

Total

Ps.

227,316,463

Ps.

64,356,435

Ps.

20,131,738

Segment assets reconcile to total assets as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, as follows:

    

2022

    

2021

Segment assets

Ps.

162,661,613

Ps.

246,925,110

Investments attributable to:

 

  

 

  

Cable

 

750,169

 

614,146

Content

 

31,920,796

Other Businesses(1)

3,643,916

245,372

TelevisaUnivision

49,446,349

Goodwill attributable to:

 

 

Cable

 

13,794,684

 

13,794,684

Content

241,973

Other Businesses(1)

110,314

Other assets

 

68,700,486

 

Total assets

 

Ps.

299,107,531

  

Ps.

293,742,081

(1)

Includes investments and goodwill that through January 31, 2022 were part of the Group’s former Content business.

Equity method gain (loss) recognized in income for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020 attributable to equity investments in Cable, was Ps.38,833, Ps.161,468 and Ps.(7,826), respectively.

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Equity method (loss) gain recognized in income for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020 attributable to equity investments in TelevisaUnivision, was Ps.(7,418,536), Ps.3,560,248 and Ps.(5,456,386), respectively. Through January 31, 2022 were part of the Group’s former Content business.

Equity method gain (loss) recognized in income for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020 attributable to equity investments in Other Businesses, was Ps.1,454, Ps.(49,839) and Ps.(275,456), respectively.

Segment liabilities reconcile to total liabilities as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, as follows:

    

2022

    

2021

Segment liabilities

Ps.

36,629,342

  

Ps.

75,685,991

Debt not allocated to segments

 

101,590,649

 

121,532,026

Other liabilities

16,757,635

Total liabilities

 

Ps.

154,977,626

  

Ps.

197,218,017

Geographical segment information:

Additions to

Segment Assets at

Property, Plant and

    

Total Revenues

    

Year-End

    

Equipment

2022:

  

Mexico

Ps.

73,845,741

Ps.

149,520,957

Ps.

17,102,445

Other countries (1)

  

1,680,868

13,140,656

  

212,942

Ps.

75,526,609

Ps.

162,661,613

Ps.

17,315,387

2021:

  

  

  

Mexico

Ps.

72,076,755

Ps.

230,559,883

Ps.

22,859,403

Other countries (1)

  

1,838,677

16,365,227

  

408,444

Ps.

73,915,432

Ps.

246,925,110

Ps.

23,267,847

2020:

  

  

  

Mexico

Ps.

68,638,166

Ps.

215,395,954

Ps.

19,707,436

Other countries (1)

  

2,042,061

11,920,509

  

424,302

Ps.

70,680,227

Ps.

227,316,463

Ps.

20,131,738

(1)The United States is the largest country from which revenue is derived.

Revenues are attributed to geographical segment based on the location of customers.

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Disaggregation of Total Revenues

The table below present total revenues of continuing operations for each reportable segment disaggregated by major service/product lines and primary geographical market for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020:

    

Domestic

    

Export

    

Abroad

    

Total

2022:

  

  

  

Cable:

Digital TV Service (a)

 

Ps.

16,054,150

Ps.

Ps.

Ps.

16,054,150

Advertising

 

2,073,346

 

 

 

2,073,346

Broadband Services (a)

 

19,197,699

 

 

 

19,197,699

Telephony (a)

 

5,259,768

 

 

 

5,259,768

Other Services

 

627,303

 

 

 

627,303

Enterprise Operations

 

4,940,564

 

 

258,946

 

5,199,510

Sky:

DTH Broadcast Satellite TV (a)

17,970,812

1,101,419

19,072,231

Advertising

1,183,495

1,183,495

Pay-Per-View

71,003

12,309

83,312

Other Businesses:

  

  

  

Gaming

 

2,493,534

  

 

 

  

 

2,493,534

Soccer, Sports and Show Business Promotion

 

2,189,093

  

 

308,194

 

  

 

2,497,287

Publishing - Magazines

 

275,755

  

 

 

  

 

275,755

Publishing - Advertising

 

152,820

  

 

 

  

 

152,820

Publishing Distribution

 

261,077

  

 

 

  

 

261,077

Transmission Concessions Rights and Facilities of production

 

1,658,317

  

 

 

  

 

1,658,317

Segment totals

 

74,408,736

  

 

308,194

 

1,372,674

  

 

76,089,604

Intersegment eliminations

 

(562,995)

 

 

 

(562,995)

Consolidated total revenues

 

Ps.

73,845,741

  

Ps.

308,194

Ps.

1,372,674

  

Ps.

75,526,609

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Domestic

    

Export

    

Abroad

    

Total

2021:

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

Cable:

  

Digital TV Service (a)

 

Ps.

15,883,520

Ps.

Ps.

Ps.

15,883,520

Advertising

 

1,971,853

 

 

 

1,971,853

Broadband Services (a)

 

18,648,098

 

 

 

18,648,098

Telephony (a)

 

4,977,671

 

 

 

4,977,671

Other Services

 

598,890

 

 

 

598,890

Enterprise Operations

 

5,699,425

 

 

241,472

 

5,940,897

Sky:

DTH Broadcast Satellite TV (a)

19,210,652

1,514,377

20,725,029

Advertising

1,233,537

1,233,537

Pay-Per-View

56,883

11,167

68,050

Other Businesses:

  

  

  

Gaming

 

1,673,911

  

 

 

  

 

1,673,911

Soccer, Sports and Show Business Promotion

 

1,658,928

  

 

71,661

 

  

 

1,730,589

Publishing - Magazines

 

341,159

  

 

 

  

 

341,159

Publishing - Advertising

 

143,622

  

 

 

  

 

143,622

Publishing Distribution

 

286,454

  

 

 

  

 

286,454

Transmission Concessions Rights and Facilities of production

 

212,406

  

 

 

  

 

212,406

Segment totals

 

72,597,009

  

 

71,661

 

1,767,016

  

 

74,435,686

Intersegment eliminations

 

(520,254)

 

 

 

(520,254)

Consolidated total revenues

 

Ps.

72,076,755

  

Ps.

71,661

Ps.

1,767,016

  

Ps.

73,915,432

    

Domestic

    

Export

    

Abroad

    

Total

2020:

Cable:

  

  

  

Digital TV Service (a)

Ps.

16,549,458

Ps.

Ps.

Ps.

16,549,458

Advertising

1,633,201

 

 

 

1,633,201

Broadband Services (a)

16,540,687

 

 

 

16,540,687

Telephony (a)

4,382,964

 

 

 

4,382,964

Other Services

702,023

 

 

 

702,023

Enterprise Operations

5,245,443

 

 

313,332

 

5,558,775

Sky:

DTH Broadcast Satellite TV (a)

19,398,285

1,569,999

20,968,284

Advertising

1,112,662

1,112,662

Pay-Per-View

42,291

11,464

53,755

Other Businesses:

  

  

  

Gaming

959,985

  

 

 

  

 

959,985

Soccer, Sports and Show Business Promotion

1,382,708

  

 

146,324

 

  

 

1,529,032

Publishing - Magazines

269,768

  

 

 

942

  

 

270,710

Publishing - Advertising

173,645

  

 

 

  

 

173,645

Publishing Distribution

309,673

  

 

 

  

 

309,673

Transmission Concessions Rights and Facilities of production

237,887

  

 

 

  

 

237,887

Segment totals

68,940,680

  

 

146,324

 

1,895,737

  

 

70,982,741

Disposed operations: Radio - Advertising (see Note 3)

223,272

  

 

 

  

 

223,272

Intersegment eliminations

(525,786)

 

 

 

(525,786)

Consolidated total revenues

Ps.

68,638,166

  

Ps.

146,324

Ps.

1,895,737

  

Ps.

70,680,227

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(a)Digital TV Service revenues include revenue from leasing set-top equipment to subscribers in the Cable segment in the amount of Ps.5,899,902, Ps.5,678,042 and Ps.5,514,984, for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020, respectively. DTH Broadcast Satellite TV revenues include revenue from leasing set-top equipment to subscribers in the Sky segment in the amount of Ps.7,783,254, Ps.9,338,664 and Ps.9,212,317, for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020 respectively. Revenue from leasing set-top equipment to subscribers is recognized when services are rendered to such subscribers. Set-top equipment is part of the Group’s property, plant and equipment and is leased to subscribers through operating lease contracts.

Revenues from external customers for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020 are presented by sale source, as follows:

    

2022

    

2021

    

2020

Services

    

Ps.

59,788,397

  

Ps.

57,331,417

  

Ps.

54,397,074

Royalties

 

  

1,187,135

  

689,870

  

669,294

Goods

 

  

683,740

  

775,318

  

805,690

Leases (1)

 

  

13,867,337

  

15,118,827

  

14,808,169

Total

 

Ps.

75,526,609

  

Ps.

73,915,432

  

Ps.

70,680,227

(1)

This line includes primarily revenue from leasing set-top equipment to subscribers in the Cable and Sky segments, which is recognized when services are rendered to such subscribers. Set-top equipment is part of the Group’s property and equipment and is leased to subscribers through operating lease contracts.

27.

Commitments, Lawsuit Settlement Agreement and Contingencies

Commitments

As of December 31, 2022, the Group had commitments for transmission rights to be acquired, mainly related to special events, in the aggregate amount of U.S.$521.8 million (Ps.10,162,968) with various payment commitments to be made between 2023 and 2031.

At December 31, 2022, the Group had commitments in an aggregate amount of Ps.1,747,473, of which Ps.12,292, were commitments related to gaming operations, Ps.40,304, were commitments to acquire television technical equipment, Ps.167,040, were commitments for the acquisition of software and related services, and Ps.1,527,837, were construction commitments for building improvements and technical facilities.

As of December 31, 2022, in connection with a long-term credit facility, the Group had commitments to provide financing to GTAC in the principal amounts of U.S.$4.0 million (Ps.77,904) and Ps.147,194 in 2023 (see Note 10).

At December 31, 2022, the Group had the following aggregate minimum annual commitments (undiscounted) for the use of satellite transponders:

Thousands of

    

U.S. Dollars

2023

 

U.S.$

6,629

2024

 

  

6,540

2025

 

  

3,491

2026 and thereafter

 

  

948

 

U.S.$

17,608

Preponderant Economic Agent

On March 6, 2014, the IFT issued a decision whereby it determined that the Company, together with certain subsidiaries with concessions that provide broadcast television, are preponderant economic agents in the broadcasting sector in Mexico (together, the “Preponderant Economic Agent”). The preponderance decision imposes on the Preponderant Economic Agent various measures, terms, conditions and restrictive obligations, some of which may adversely affect the activities of the Group’s broadcasting businesses, as well as their results of operations and financial condition. Among these measures, terms, conditions and restrictive obligations are included the following:

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Infrastructure sharing - The Preponderant Economic Agent must make its passive broadcasting infrastructure (as defined in the preponderance decision) available to third-party concessionaries of broadcast television (as defined in the preponderance decision) for commercial purposes in a non-discriminatory and non-exclusive manner, with the exception of broadcasters that, at the time the measures enter into force, have 12 MHz or more of radio-electric spectrum in the geographic area concerned.

Advertising sales – The Preponderant Economic Agent must deliver to IFT and publish the terms and conditions of certain broadcast advertising services and fee structures, including, without limitation, commercials, packages, bonuses and discount plans and any other commercial practice, and publish them on its webpage.

Prohibition on acquiring certain exclusive content - The Preponderant Economic Agent may not acquire transmission rights, on an exclusive basis, for any location within Mexico with respect to certain relevant content, determined by IFT in the Ruling whereby IFT identifies the relevant audiovisual contents in terms and for the purposes of the fourth measure and the second transitory article of the fourth attachment whereby the Preponderant Economic Agent in the telecommunication sector was resolved and the eighteenth and thirteenth transitory articles of the first attachment of the resolution whereby the Preponderant Economic Agent in the broadcasting sector as resolved (the “Relevant Content Ruling”), which may be updated every two years by IFT.

Over-the-air channels - When the Preponderant Economic Agent offers any of its over-the-air channels, or channels that have at least 50% of the programming broadcasted between 6:00 and 24:00 hours on such channels in the same day, to its affiliates, subsidiaries, related partiers and third parties, for distribution through a different technological platform than over-the-air-broadcast television, the Preponderant Economic Agent must offer these channels to any other person that asks for distribution over the same platform as the Preponderant Economic Agent has offered, on the same terms and conditions.

Prohibition on participating in “buyers’ clubs” or syndicates to acquire audiovisual content, without IFT’s prior approval - The Preponderant Economic Agent may not enter into or remain in any “buyers’ club” or syndicates of audiovisual content unless it has received the prior approval of IFT.

There are currently no resolutions from the IFT, judgments or orders that would require the Group to divest any of the assets as a result of being declared a Preponderant Economic Agent in the broadcasting sector.

On February 27, 2017, as part of a biennial review of the broadcasting sector preponderance rules, the IFT issued a ruling that amended some of the existing preponderance rules in broadcasting and included some additional obligations on the Company and some of its subsidiaries (the “New Preponderance Measures”), as follows:

Infrastructure sharing - In addition to the previously imposed obligations regarding the sharing of passive infrastructure, the New Preponderance Measures have included the service of signal emissions only in the event that no passive infrastructure exists on the requested site. In addition, the New Preponderance Measures strengthen the supervision of the infrastructure services provided by the Group, including certain rules relating to the publicity of its tariffs. In addition, more specifications for the Electronic Management System as part of the new measures are included. Likewise, the IFT determined specific tariffs for our infrastructure offer.

Prohibition to acquire certain exclusive content for broadcasting - This measure has been modified by enabling the Group to acquire relevant content under certain circumstances, as long as it obtains the right to sublicense such transmission rights to the other broadcasters in Mexico on non-discriminatory terms. In December 2018, the Relevant Content Ruling was updated.

Advertising sales - IFT modified this measure mainly by including specific requirements to the Group in its provision of over-the-air advertising services, particularly, to telecommunications companies. Such requirements include, among others: a) publishing and delivering to IFT specific information regarding tariffs, discount plans, contracting and sales terms and conditions, contract forms and other relevant practices; and b) terms and conditions that prohibit discrimination or refusal to deal, conditioned sales and other conditions that inhibit competition. The Group began the process of providing very detailed information to IFT on a recurrent basis of over the air advertising services related to telecommunications companies.

Accounting separation – The Group, as Preponderant Economic Agent, is required to implement an accounting separation methodology under the criteria defined by IFT, published in the Official Gazette of the Federation on December 29, 2017, as amended.

On March 28, 2014, the Company, together with its subsidiaries determined to be the Preponderant Economic Agent in the broadcasting sector, filed an amparo proceeding challenging the constitutionality of the Preponderance Decision. The Supreme Court resolved the amparo proceeding, resolving the constitutionality of the Preponderance Resolution and therefore, it is still valid.

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Additionally, on March 31, 2017, the Company, together with its subsidiaries, filed an amparo proceeding challenging the constitutionality of the New Preponderance Measures. On November 21, 2019 the Second Court of the Supreme Court granted the amparo and revoked the New Preponderance Measures. Consequently, the valid and applicable measures in force are the resolved in accordance with the Preponderance Resolution.

The earliest bi-annual review of the preponderance measures for broadcasting sector that began in 2019 was concluded as a result of the amparo resolution.

The Company will continue to assess the extent and impact of the various measures, terms, conditions and restrictive obligations in connection with its designation by IFT as Preponderant Economic Agent, including the New Preponderance Measures, and will analyze carefully any actions and/or remedies (legal, business and otherwise) that the Company should take and/or implement regarding these matters.

Substantial Power Economic Agent

On November 26, 2020, the IFT notified the Company of the final resolution confirming the existence of substantial power in the 35 relevant markets of restricted television and audio services. Consequently, on December 17, 2020, the Company filed three amparos challenging the constitutionality of the resolution, which are now under review by the competent court. However, we are unable to predict the outcome of these procedures. Some of the consequences derived from the determination of substantial market power, are applicable as a matter of law and others may be imposed by IFT in a new procedure in accordance with the LFTR; these may consist of: (i) the obligation to obtain IFT’s approval and to register the rates for our services; (ii) to inform the IFT in case of the adoption of new technology or modifications to the network; (iii) the agent with substantial power may not be entitled to the benefits of some rules of the “must carry” and “must offer” provisions; and (iv) the implementation of accounting separation.

In October 2022, The Company, Televisa, S. de R.L. de C.V. and certain subsidiaries of the Company of the Cable and Sky segments (the “Complainants”) obtained favorable amparo resolutions from a Federal specialized judge, ruling the determination by the IFT of substantial power in the market of restricted television and audio services in 35 municipalities of Mexico as a result of the acquisition of the residential optical fiber-to-the home and related assets from Axtel, S.A.B. de C.V. on 2018, to be unconstitutional. In the event the authority challenges this resolution, the Complainants would continue defending the judgment and will seek to extend the effects of its protection.

Lawsuit Settlement Agreement

On March 5, 2018, a purported stockholder class action lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (the “District Court”), alleging securities law violations in connection with allegedly misleading statements and/or omissions in the Company’s public disclosures. The lawsuit alleges that the Company and two of its executives failed to disclose alleged involvement in bribery activities relating to certain executives of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (“FIFA”), and wrongfully failed to disclose weaknesses in the Company’s internal control over its financial reporting as of December 31, 2016.

On May 17, 2018, the District Court appointed a lead plaintiff for the putative stockholder class. On August 6, 2018, the lead plaintiff filed an amended complaint. The Company thereupon filed a motion to dismiss the amended complaint. On March 25, 2019, the District Court issued a decision denying the Company’s motion to dismiss, holding that plaintiff’s allegations, if true, were sufficient to support a claim. The parties began to exchange discovery materials, and the discovery process continued into 2022. On June 8, 2020, the District Court issued a decision denying class certification based on the inadequacy of the proposed class representative. On June 29, 2020, the District Court issued a decision granting class certification to a new class representative. The Company sought permission for leave to appeal the District Court’s order.

On October 6, 2020, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (the “Court of Appeals”) denied the Company’s request for leave to appeal the District Court’s class certification order.

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On May 19, 2021, the District Court issued an order disqualifying class counsel and stayed the case for thirty days so the class representative could identify replacement counsel. On June 17, 2021, the District Court granted a request from the class representative and disqualified counsel to extend the stay for an additional sixty days. On June 18, 2021, a petition for a writ of mandamus was filed in the Court of Appeals, seeking reinstatement of disqualified counsel. On June 23, 2021, the Court of Appeals granted a request from the petitioners to stay proceedings in the District Court pending the Court of Appeals’ decision on the petition. On August 24, 2021, the Court of Appeals denied the petition. On September 14, 2021, the case was returned to the District Court. On October 8, 2021, the District Court appointed new class counsel. On October 22, 2021, the Company filed a motion to define the class period. On March 31, 2022, the discovery period concluded, with exceptions.

On July 20, 2022, the District Court issued a decision on the Company’s class definition motion, defining the class period as April 11, 2013 through November 17, 2017, inclusive. On August 3, 2022, the Company filed a petition with the Court of Appeals seeking permission for leave to appeal the District Court’s order. On November 15, 2022, the Court of Appeals denied the Company’s petition. On August 5, 2022, the Company filed a motion for summary judgment.

On November 23, 2022, the Company announced that it had reached an agreement in principle to settle the securities class action. As set forth in that disclosure, the Company will be paying approximately U.S.$21.5 million of the total settlement amount of U.S.$95 million, with the remainder to be funded under the Company’s insurance policies. As explained in the disclosure, while the Company continues to believe that the allegations in the case were without merit, it also believes that eliminating the distraction, expense, and risk of continued litigation is in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders. On December 28, 2022, the parties executed a memorandum of understanding memorializing the agreement in principle. On February 28, 2023, the parties executed a settlement agreement to fully resolve and settle the class’s claims, which the lead plaintiff filed with the District Court the same day, along with a motion for preliminary approval of the settlement. On March 17, 2023, the District Court held a conference to discuss the motion for preliminary approval of the settlement. The District Court directed the parties to revise the settlement agreement to clarify certain issues relating to a potential award of attorneys’ fees. The Company is working with lead plaintiff to submit to the District Court a revised settlement agreement that comports with the District Court’s direction. The settlement is subject to approval by the District Court, notice to the class, and the satisfaction of customary conditions to effectiveness.

In the fourth quarter of  2022, the Company recognized a provision for the settlement of this class action lawsuit in the amount of  U.S.$95.0 million (Ps.1,850,220), and a receivable for a related reimbursement  in the amount of U.S.$73.5 million (Ps.1,431,486) to be funded by the Company’s insurance contracts, which were classified in current liabilities and assets, respectively, in the Group’s consolidated statement of financial position as of December 31, 2022. The net amount of U.S.$21.5 million (Ps.425,762) was recognized in other expense in the Group’s consolidated statement of income for the year ended December 31, 2022 (see Note 22).

Contingencies

On April 27, 2017, the tax authorities initiated a tax audit to the Company, with the purpose of verifying compliance with tax provisions for the fiscal period from January 1 to December 31, 2011, regarding federal taxes as direct subject of Income Tax (Impuesto sobre la Renta or ISR), Flat tax (Impuesto Empresarial a Tasa Única) and Value Added Tax (Impuesto al Valor Agregado). On April 25, 2018, the authorities informed the observations determined as a result of such audit, that could entail a default on the payment of the abovementioned taxes. On May 25, 2018, by a document submitted before the authority, the Company asserted arguments and offered evidence to undermine the authority’s observations. On June 27, 2019, the Company was notified of the outcome of the audit, in which a tax liability was determined for an amount of Ps.682 million for ISR, penalties, surcharges and inflation adjustments. On August 22, 2019, the Company filed an administrative proceeding (recurso de revocación) against such tax liability, before the Legal area of the Tax Authorities, which is in the process of being resolved. As of the date of this report, there are no elements to determine if the outcome would be adverse to the Company’s interests.

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On June 1, 2016, the tax authority initiated a tax audit to a Company’s indirect subsidiary that carries out operations in the Gaming business, which is presented in the Other Businesses segment, with the purpose of verifying compliance with tax provisions for the period from January 1 to December 31, 2014, regarding federal taxes as direct subject, as well as withholder. On April 24, 2017, the authorities informed the facts and omissions detected during the development of the verification process, that could entail a default on the payment of the abovementioned taxes. On May 30, 2017, by a document submitted before the authorities, the Company’s subsidiary asserted arguments and offered evidence to undermine the facts and omissions included in the authority’s last partial record. On June 21, 2019, such entity was notified of the outcome of the audit, in which a tax liability was determined for an amount of Ps.1,334 million, essentially related to IEPS (Impuesto Especial sobre Producción y Servicios or Excise Tax); on August 16, 2019, an administrative proceeding (recurso de revocación) was filed before the Legal area of the Tax Authorities. On January 7, 2021, the resolution to the administrative proceeding was notified, in which the appealed resolution was confirmed. On February 19, 2021 a claim (juicio de nulidad) against the resolution issued in the referred administrative proceeding was filed in the Second Regional Court of Puebla of the Federal Court of Administrative Justice (Tribunal Federal de Justicia Administrativa), which is still pending of resolution.  As of the date of this report, there are no elements to determine if the outcome would be adverse to the Company’s interests.

On August 12, 2019, the tax authority initiated a Foreign Trade Audit of one of the Company’s indirect subsidiaries (Cablebox. S.A. de C.V.), with the purpose of verifying the correct payment of the contributions and levies on the import of the merchandise, as well as compliance with non-customs regulations and restrictions applicable to 26 foreign trade operations carried out during fiscal year 2016. On April 30, 2020, the tax authority released the observations determined as a result of the aforementioned review, which could lead to non-compliance with the payment of the referred contributions. On April 30, 2020, the tax authority informed the facts and omissions detected during the development of the verification process, that could entail a default on several provisions of the Customs Act (Ley Aduanera). On June 2 and 29, 2020, by several documents submitted before the authorities, the Company’s subsidiary asserted arguments and offered evidence to undermine the facts and omissions included in the tax authority’s last partial record. On July 16, 2020 such entity was notified of the outcome of the audit, in which a tax liability was determined for an amount of Ps.290 million for a fine consisting of 70% of the commercial value of the merchandise subject to review, due to the alleged failure to comply with the Norma Oficial Mexicana, or Official Mexican Standards (NOM-019-SCFI-1998), as well as on the amount of the commercial value of the merchandise due to the material impossibility of the merchandise becoming property of the Federal Treasury. On August 27, 2020, an administrative proceeding (recurso de revocación) was filed before the Legal department of the Tax Authority, which is in the process of being resolved. As of the date of this report, it is not possible to determine if the outcome would be adverse or favorable to the Company’s interests.

On July 29, 2019, the tax authority initiated a Foreign Trade Audit of one of the Company’s indirect subsidiaries (CM Equipos y Soporte, S.A. de C.V.), with the purpose of verifying the correct payment of the contributions and levies on the import of the merchandise, as well as compliance with non-customs regulations and restrictions applicable to 32 foreign trade operations carried out during fiscal year 2016. On July 10, 2020, the tax authority released the observations determined as a result of the aforementioned review, which could lead to a determination of non-compliance with the payment of the referred contributions. On August 21, 2020, through several documents submitted to the authorities, the Company’s subsidiary asserted arguments and offered evidence to undermine the facts and omissions included in the tax authority’s most recent partial record. On May 28, 2021, the subsidiary was notified of the outcome of the audit, in which a tax liability was determined for an amount of Ps.256.3 million for a fine consisting of 70% of the commercial value of the merchandise subject to review, due to the alleged failure to comply with the Normas Oficiales Mexicanas, or Official Mexican Standards (NOM-019-SCFI-1998, NOM-EM-015-SCFI-2015 and NOM-024-SCFI-2013), as well as on the amount of the commercial value of the merchandise due to the material impossibility of the merchandise becoming property of the Federal Treasury. On July 12, 2021, an administrative proceeding (recurso de revocación) was filed before the Legal department of the Tax Authority, which is in the process of being resolved. As of the date these financial statements, it is not possible to determine if the outcome would be adverse or favorable to the Company.

On June 19, 2020, the tax authority initiated a tax audit of an indirect subsidiary of the Company that carries out operations in the soccer business. The purpose of the tax audit was to verify compliance with tax provisions for the period from January 1 to December 31, 2014, regarding federal taxes as direct subject, as well as its withholding of income tax and value added tax. On August 9, 2022, the authorities informed the subsidiary of the facts and omissions detected during the development of the verification process, that could entail a default on the payment of the abovementioned taxes. On December 8, 2022, such entity was notified of the outcome of the audit, in which a tax liability was determined for an amount of Ps.575 million, for income tax of the abovementioned fiscal year. On January 31, 2023, an administrative proceeding (recurso de revocación) was filed before the Legal department of the Tax Authority against such tax liability, which is in process of being resolved. As of the date these financial statements, the Company has not determined whether the outcome would be adverse to the Company’s interests.

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The matters discussed as contingencies in the previous paragraphs did not require the recognition of a provision as of December 31, 2022.

There are several legal actions and claims pending against the Group, which are filed in the ordinary course of business. In the opinion of the Company’s management, none of these actions and claims is expected now to have a material adverse effect on the Group’s financial statements as a whole; however, the Company’s management is unable to predict the outcome of any of these legal actions and claims.

28.

Income from Discontinued Operations, Net

The operations of the Group’s former Content segment and feature-film production and distribution business were discontinued on January 31, 2022, in connection with the closing of the TelevisaUnivision Transaction. As a result, the Group’s consolidated statements of income for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020, present the results of operations of the Group’s former Content segment and feature-film production and distribution business as net income from discontinued operations for the month ended January 31, 2022, and for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020. Accordingly, the Group’s consolidated statements of income for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, have been modified from those previously reported by the Company for those years to present the results from discontinued operations for the businesses disposed of by the Group on January 31, 2022 (see Note 3).

Income from discontinued operations, net, for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020, is presented as follows:

    

2022

    

2021

    

2020

Net income from discontinued operations

Ps.

156,655

Ps.

8,529,547

Ps.

6,092,662

Gain (loss) on disposition of discontinued operations, net

 

56,065,530

(1,943,647)

 

Income from discontinued operations, net

 

Ps.

56,222,185

Ps.

6,585,900

Ps.

6,092,662

Net income from discontinued operations for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020, is presented as follows:

    

2022

    

2021

    

2020

Revenues

Ps.

2,302,875

Ps.

35,822,423

Ps.

32,457,395

Cost of revenues and operating expenses

1,922,035

22,818,205

20,973,331

Income before other expense

380,840

13,004,218

11,484,064

Other expense, net

19,796

397,584

394,994

Operating income

361,044

12,606,634

11,089,070

Finance (expense) income, net

(137,251)

151,788

(627,403)

Share of income of associates, net

847

Income before income taxes

223,793

12,759,269

10,461,667

Income taxes

 

67,138

 

4,229,722

 

4,369,005

Net income from discontinued operations

 

Ps.

156,655

Ps.

8,529,547

Ps.

6,092,662

In connection with the TelevisaUnivision Transaction, the Group has recognized an income from disposition of discontinued operations in the aggregate amount of Ps. 93,066,741 in its consolidated statement of income for the year ended December 31, 2022, comprising a consideration in cash from TelevisaUnivision in the aggregate amount of U.S.$2,971.3 million (Ps.61,214,741); consideration in the form of common and preferred stock of TelevisaUnivision, in the aggregate amount of U.S.$1,500.0 million (Ps.30,912,000); and a cash consideration received from Tritón Comunicaciones, S.A. de C.V., a company of the Azcárraga family, in the amount of Ps.940,000, related to the purchase of  the rights for the production of news content for Mexico. The gain on disposition of discontinued operations related to the TelevisaUnivision Transaction, net of income taxes, amounted to Ps.56,065,530, for the year ended December 31, 2022, and a loss of Ps.1,943,647, for the year ended December 31, 2021, and consisted of the total consideration received by the Group for the shares of those companies that were disposed of by the Group on January 31, 2022, and certain other net assets and rights that were transferred by the Group to TelevisaUnivision and Tritón, less the carrying amounts of these consolidated net assets as of January 31, 2022, and related expenses and income taxes incurred by the Group in connection with the TelevisaUnivision Transaction for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 (see Note 3).

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Gain or (loss) on disposition of discontinued operations, net, for the years ended December 31, 2022, and 2021, is presented as follows:

    

2022

    

2021

Gain (loss) on disposition of discontinued operations before income taxes

 

Ps.

75,192,421

 

Ps.

(1,100,645)

Income taxes

 

19,126,891

 

843,002

Gain (loss) on disposition of discontinued operations, net

 

Ps.

56,065,530

 

Ps.

(1,943,647)

The total carrying amount of the consolidated net assets disposed of by the Group on January 31, 2022, in connection with the TelevisaUnivision Transaction is presented, as follows:

 2022

ASSETS

 

Current assets:

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

Ps.

(1,890,141)

Trade accounts and notes receivable, net

 

(1,997,862)

Other accounts, taxes receivable and notes receivable, net

 

(2,388,939)

Transmission rights and programming

 

(7,162,846)

Other current assets

(2,312,941)

Total current assets

 

(15,752,729)

Non-current assets:

 

Transmission rights and programming

 

(8,513,024)

Investments in financial instruments

 

(1,721,654)

Property, plant and equipment, net

 

(3,955,680)

Right-of-use assets, net

 

(2,179,704)

Intangible assets and goodwill, net

(623,818)

Deferred income tax assets

 

(7,847,995)

Other assets

 

(9,716)

Total non-current assets

 

(24,851,591)

Total assets

 

Ps.

(40,604,320)

LIABILITIES

Current liabilities:

Current portion of lease liabilities

Ps.

470,686

Trade accounts payable and accrued expenses

6,856,041

Customer deposits and advances

2,071,060

Due from related parties

5,383,763

Other current liabilities

1,983,995

Total current liabilities

16,765,545

Non-currents liabilities:

Lease liabilities, net of current portion

1,703,747

Post-employment benefits

1,105,376

Other non-current liabilities

4,246,327

Total non-current liabilities

7,055,450

Total liabilities

Ps.

23,820,995

Desconsolidation net assets

 

3,598,567

Total net assets

 

Ps.

(13,184,758)

Consideration received, satisfied in cash

 

Ps.

67,985,597

Cash and cash equivalents disposed of

 

(1,890,143)

Net cash inflows

Ps.

66,095,454

Cash flows provided by (used in) discontinued operations

    

2022

    

2021

    

2020

Net cash provided by operating activities

 

Ps.

 

Ps.

6,993,434

 

Ps.

4,546,516

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

 

66,025,838

 

(2,016,523)

 

(864,053)

Net cash used in financing activities

 

(15,218)

 

(758,999)

 

(757,024)

Net cash flows

 

Ps.

66,010,620

 

Ps.

4,217,912

 

Ps.

2,925,439

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29.  Impact of COVID-19

On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of Coronavirus (“COVID-19”) as a pandemic. Most governments in the world have been implementing different restrictive measures to contain the spread of this pandemic. This situation is significantly affecting the global economy, including Mexico, due to the disruption or slowdown of supply chains and the increase in economic uncertainty, as evidenced by the increase in volatility of asset prices, exchange rates and increases/decreases in long-term interest rates. For the year ended December 31,2021, the financial crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic still had a negative effect on the Group’s businesses, financial position, and results of operations, and it is currently difficult to predict the degree of the impact in the future. The Company’s management will continue to assess the potential adverse impacts of COVID-19, including the monitoring of impairment indicators and testing, forecasts and budgets, fair values and/or estimated future cash flows related to the recoverability of significant financial and non-financial assets of its business segments. As of the authorization date of these consolidated financial statements, the Company’s management cannot predict the adverse impact of COVID-19 in the Group’s consolidated financial statements for the year ending December 31, 2022.

For year ended December 31, 2022, the COVID-19 pandemic still had a negative effect on our business, financial position and results of operations, and it is currently difficult to predict the degree of the impact in the future.

The Company´s management cannot guarantee that conditions in the bank lending, capital and other financial markets will not continue to deteriorate as a result of the pandemic, or that its access to capital and other sources of funding will not become constrained, which could adversely affect the availability and terms of future borrowings, renewals or refinancings. In addition, the deterioration of global economic conditions as a result of the pandemic may ultimately reduce the demand for the Group´s products across its segments, as its clients and customers reduce or defer their spending.

Substantially all non-essential economic activities are open. However, a resurgence of COVID-19, an increase in infection rates or the effect of new variants could trigger a renewal of governmental restrictions on non-essential activities, including but not limited to temporary shutdowns or additional guideline, which could be expensive or burdensome to implement, and which may affect the Group´s operations. The magnitude of the continuing impact of COVID-19 and new and emerging variants on the Group’s businesses will depend on the duration and extent of the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact of federal, state, local and foreign governmental actions, consumer behavior in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and such governmental actions, as well as economic and operating conditions in the aftermath of COVID-19. Due to the evolving and uncertain nature of the COVID-19 pandemic and the risk of new variants, the Company’s management is not able to estimate the full extent of the impact that COVID-19 may have in the Group’s businesses, financial position and results of operations over the near, medium or long-term.

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30. Events after the Reporting Period

In February 2023, the Company’s Board of Directors approved a proposed dividend of Ps.0.35 per CPO payable in the second quarter of 2023, subject to approval of the Company’s stockholders.

In February 2023, Sky executed a revolving credit facility with a Mexican bank for an amount up to Ps.1,000,000, and with a maturity in 2028. The funds may be used for general corporate purposes, including the repayment of debt. Under the terms of this revolving credit facility, Sky is required to comply with certain restrictive covenants and financial coverage ratios. In March 2023, upon the maturity of loans with two Mexican banks, Sky repaid the remaining portions of these loans in the aggregate principal amount of Ps.1,000,000 with (i) available cash on hand in the amount of Ps.600,000 and (ii) funds from this revolving credit facility in the principal amount of Ps.400,000, plus interest payable on a monthly basis at the annual interest rate of TIIE plus 0.85%. As of March 31, 2023, the unused principal amount of this revolving credit facility amounted to Ps.600,000.

In March 2023, the Company received funds derived from insurance contracts in the amount of U.S.$73.5 million (Ps.1,325,600) in connection with a provision for the settlement of a class action lawsuit (see Note 27).

On April 20, 2023, the District Court granted preliminary approval of the settlement agreement discussed in Note 27. The settlement remains subject to notice to the class, final approval by the District Court, and the satisfaction of customary conditions to effectiveness. Within twenty business days of receiving of complete payment instructions, the Company must transfer the settlement amount to the designated escrow account that was established for the administration of the settlement.

On April 26, 2023, the Company’s stockholders approved, among other resolutions, (i) the audited consolidated financial statements of the Company as of December 31, 2022, and for the year ended on that date; (ii) the payment of a dividend of Ps.0.35 per CPO and Ps.0.002991452991 per share of series “A,” “B,” “D,” and “L” Shares, not in the form of a CPO, which will be paid in May 2023; (iii) the cancellation in May 2023 of 8,294.7 million shares of the Company’s capital stock in the form of 70.9 million CPOs, which were repurchased by the Company in 2022 and 2023; and (iv) a reorganization to separate from the Company certain businesses of the Group’s Other Businesses segment, including the soccer operations, the Azteca Stadium, gaming operations, and publishing and distribution of magazines. This reorganization will be implemented through a partial spin-off (escisión) of the Company and the creation of a new holding company of the spun-off businesses, which will be listed on the Mexican Stock Exchange and will have conditions, including compliance with applicable law, as well as obtaining all required corporate and regulatory authorizations (see Note 3).

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