Telefonica S.A. — Earnings Release 2012

Apr 18, 2013

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Telefonica SA

18 April 2013

TELEFÓNICA, S.A.  as provided in article 82 of the Spanish Securities Market Act (Ley del Mercado de Valores), hereby reports the following

SIGNIFICANT EVENT

On January 10, 2013, a significant event was filed, reporting that Telefónica de Contenidos, S.A.U., a wholly-owned company by Telefónica, S.A.:

(i)            had transferred to Abertis Telecom, S.A. 23,343 shares of Hispasat, S.A. for a total price, in cash, of €68 million, and

(ii)           had signed a contract with Eutelsat Services & Beteiligungem, GmbH for the sale to this company of its remaining stake in Hispasat, S.A., subject to approval of foreign investment, in accordance with Royal Decree 664/1999, of April 23, on the Legal Regime of foreign investment (Régimen Jurídico de las Inversiones Exteriores);

After obtaining the aforementioned authorization of foreign investment, Telefónica de Contenidos, S.A.U., has transferred today its remaining stake in Hispasat, S.A. to Eutelsat Services & Beteiligungen, GmbH, that is, 19,359 shares of that company for a total price of €56 million, which have been received in cash.

The capital gain for both transactions will be €47 million (of which, €26 million correspond to the sale of the shares of Hispasat to Abertis Telecom, S.A., and have been already registered in the results for the year 2012).

Madrid, April 18, 2013

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