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Telefonica S.A. Interim / Quarterly Report 2021

Jul 29, 2021

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Interim / Quarterly Report

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RESULTS January - June 2021

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Key takeaways

Mr. José María Álvarez-Pallete

Chairman & CEO

Growth trend restored; 30% net debt reduction

Q2 21 highlights

Revenues
y-o-y org
OIBDA
y-o-y org
All-time record net
income
Material net debt
reduction
Gaining scale
+4.8 p.p. vs. Q1
+3.4% y-o-y
+3.0 p.p. vs Q1
+3.3% y-o-y
€1.37 EPS
€7,743m
net income
Organic & Inorganic
€26.2bn1
Including VMED O2 JV accesses
367m accesses
+4% y-o-y
Positive momentum across all
business lines
Accelerating growth Reflects strategic transactions H1 FCF ex spectrum +31% y-o-y Digital care in customer service
Growth focused investments

✓ Inflection point in transition to sustainable, profitable growth with organic revenue and OIBDA up y-o-y (4th consecutive Q of improvement)

  • Net income, EPS and balance sheet reflect capital gains on strategic transactions in Q2
  • Net debt down 30%1 y-o-y on strong progress against strategy
  • More efficient capital structure; net financial debt+leases in Latam currencies 30%1 of total, +9 p.p. vs Mar-21
  • ✓ Actively enabling economic and social recovery through digitalisation

Progress on strategy

  • Key operations closed in June; UK Joint Venture between O2 and Virgin Media and sale of Telxius towers to ATC
  • Hispam: sustained effort to reduce exposure and increase efficiency. InfraCo Chile completed in July and announced neutral fibre Co. in Colombia with KKR
  • T-Tech continued strong growth (+26.6% y-o-y in Q2); reinforced positioning in Cloud, Cancom UK and Altostratus acquisitions
  • T. Infra: FiBrasil completed and launched operations on 2nd July
  • Streamlined operations: Increasing digitalised processes y-o-y (79%); Open RAN testing will start soon in Spain
  • Progress against ESG objectives; new industry-wide Eco Rating scheme for mobile phones; nominated Europe's Climate Leader by Financial Times

Financial performance

H1 21 Q2 21
€ in millions Reported Reported
y-o-y
Organic
y-o-y
Reported Reported
y-o-y
Organic
y-o-y
Revenues 20,305 (6.5%) 0.9% 9,964 (3.6%) 3.4% Reported figures affected by capital
gains and changes in consolidation
perimeter; VMED O2 JV and Telxius
OIBDA 16,886 138.7% 1.7% 13,469 n.s. 3.3%
OIBDA Underlying 6,763 (6.5%) 3,270 (4.7%)
OIBDA-CapEx (ex-spectrum) 14,160 225.2% (4.0%) 12,080 n.s. (8.5%)
(OIBDA-CapEx)/Revenues
(organic)
19.9% (1.0 p.p.) 19.0% (2.5 p.p.) Lower FX headwinds in Q2; limited
impact at FCF level
Net Income 8,629 n.s. 7,743 n.s.
EPS (€) 1.51 n.s. 1.37 n.s.
FCF (incl. leases principal
payments)
910 (25.5%) 877 (11.3%)
FCF (ex-spectrum paid) 1,613 30.9% 886 (10.6%) Net financial debt down
€11.0bn y-o-y to €26.2bn
Net Financial Debt (€bn)
(Post estimated distribution of
proceeds to Telxius
minorities)
ex-leases
26.2 (29.5%)
€ (m) Q2 H1
Revenues (205) (959)
OIBDA (78) (366)

FX impact Changes in the perimeter impact

€ (m) Q2
Revenues (531)
OIBDA (177)

Upgrading Revenues & OIBDA guidance

2021 guidance perimeter updated; Telxius Towers and UK JV deconsolidated as of 1 June and Costa Rica as of 1 August

Financial Targets Initial 2021
guidance
Upgraded 2021
guidance
H1 21
Revenues (y-o-y organic) "Stabilisation" "Stable to slight growth" 0.9%
OIBDA (y-o-y organic) "Stabilisation" 1.7%
Back to normalised level
CapEx/Sales (ex
spectrum)
up to 15%
Back to normalised level
up to 15%
13.4%

Shareholder remuneration; 1.5% treasury stock cancelled in May

2021 Dividend €0.30/Share
Interim Dec-21 €0.15/sh. (Voluntary Scrip)
Final Jun-22 €0.15/sh. (Voluntary Scrip)

0.7% treasury stock to be cancelled

2021 calendar payments

Jun/21 €0.20/sh. (Voluntary Scrip)

Dec/21 €0.15/sh. (Voluntary Scrip)

Significant progress to achieve ESG objectives

Our activities are aligned with the UN's Sustainable Development Goals

LEADING BY EXAMPLE

Building trust capital with our customers, employees, suppliers and shareholders

  • Collective agreement with unions to adopt flexible working in Spain
  • 33% of women in management positions by the end of 2024
  • Pioneer report on Telefónica's contribution to UN SDGs: A sustainable world, a connected world

HELPING SOCIETY TO THRIVE

Economic and social development based on digitalisation

  • Founded Spain's first industrial consortium for AI to digitalise SMEs and create employment
  • Launched Vida V, a health marketplace to promote the democratisation of Telemedicine in Brazil
  • New initiatives to promote digital training and employability (e.g Conecta Empleo, Miríadax_Empresas and a new 42 Campus)

BUILDING A GREENER FUTURE

Through digitalisation, we continue to contribute to a more sustainable, circular and decarbonised world

  • Launched a new industry wide Eco Rating scheme for mobile phones
  • Published Virgin Media O2 Green Bond Framework
  • Nominated Europe's Climate Leader by Financial Times

Q2 21 Results

Mr. Ángel Vilá COO

Spain | Back to revenue growth in a more rational market

Net adds

Accesses (m)

Key financials

y-o-y organic

  • Net adds improvement throughout Q2, record NPS
  • Signs of a more rational market
  • Positive net gain in FBB (June)
  • NPS (33) +2 p.p. vs Q1
  • Sequential improvement in Revenue and OIBDA y-o-y
  • Service revenue: +1.2 p.p. q-o-q; strong IT, delayed roaming
  • Handset sales (+62% y-o-y) on new Fusion portfolio
  • Recovery continues, anticipating better Q3 margin
  • Higher trading and roaming, football ARPU to improve
  • High operating leverage, scaled and top-quality networks
  • 26.1m FTTH p.p.; >80% 5G coverage, wholesale LT agreements
  • 700 MHz spectrum acquired (July) at favourable terms
  • New "Movistar Experience Store"

5

Profitability and cash generation

H1, Organic margin

Germany | Accelerating commercial performance

Q1 21 Q2 21

Operational KPIs

Key milestones

  • Improved commercial activity; lockdown restrictions gradually eased
  • 5G network active in >80 cities
  • Strong results in Opensignal and Speedcheck mobile network tests, 'very good' in Connect fixed network test
  • T.DE and 1&1 signed NRA, securing valuable long term revenue
  • Corporate responsibility report 'Enabling sustainable digitalisation' published in May; focused on climate targets and social responsibility

Key financials

0.2% 5.7% 5.7% 10.3% y-o-y organic Margin 30.1%

Revenues OIBDA

Good financial performance

  • Revenue trends improving; strong commercial momentum reinforced by the gradual opening of the economy
  • OIBDA growth driven by efficiencies, partially offset by network marketing campaigns
  • CapEx +6.9% y-o-y in H1; back-end loaded phasing
  • OIBDA-CapEx/Revenues +1.0 p.p. vs H1 20

UK | JV completed, continued commercial traction

Accesses, m (y-o-y)

Key financials

Operational KPIs Operational highlights

  • Regulatory approval received without remedies
  • JV closed 1st June, integration moving at pace
  • £540m run rate synergies by mid-2026 confirmed (NPV £6.2bn)
  • Continued commercial focus and traction, total base 54.6m +7% y-o-y; mobile contract net adds +65k, FBB net adds +36k
  • NGN expansion; 5G in 200 towns & cities and fixed gigabit network extended to 7.2m premises passed
  • ESG focus from day 1; launch of green bond and 'Together' campaign to support local charities

Financial highlights

  • Q2 revenue stable y-o-y, with growth in fixed on solid consumer and growing B2B, and improving mobile trends
  • OIBDA +5.8% y-o-y in Q2 on the back of continued cost control, a focus on direct trading and phasing of marketing spend
  • Margin +2.0 p.p. y-o-y in Q2
  • Capex +8.0% y-o-y in H1 > NGN investments in Lightning and 5G
  • Cash profitability; OIBDA-CapEx margin +0.8 p.p. y-o-y in H1

UK | Network upgrade to full fibre

Window of opportunity for the UK's largest UBB network; low UK fibre penetration, supportive regulatory framework and increased UBB demand

  • Upgrading 14.3m cable premises to full fibre to complement existing 1.2m FTTP
  • Upgrade to start in 2021, expected to be completed in 2028
  • Commitment to deliver gigabit speeds via DOCSIS 3.1 upgrades by YE 2021
  • CPP upgrade cost ~£100 per premise vs previously planned ~£60 for DOCSIS 4.0
  • Sizable opportunities
    • Large untapped wholesale market in the UK
    • Extended fibre footprint to increase our relevance in B2B
  • FTTP delivers long term OpEx efficiencies relating to energy usage and network maintenance

Brazil | Unique value proposition; revenue & OIBDA growth

25.1%

Revenues

Operational KPIs Key milestones

Accesses (y-o-y)

  • Unrivalled quality of service paying off
  • Reinforced mobile leadership (33.4% MS; +0.4 p.p. y-o-y)
  • Consistent and strong net adds in contract & prepaid
  • Contract churn under control (1.3%, -0.2 p.p.)
  • Increasing demand for high-quality connectivity
  • 4.0m homes connected with FTTH (2.9m in Jun-20)
  • Increasing ARPU; overlay xDSL & FTTC with FTTH
  • FiBrasil fully operational since Jul-21

Good financial performance

  • Accelerating revenue growth
  • MSR +3.1%, growing both in contract & prepaid
  • Fixed revenues close to stabile (-1.1%)
  • OIBDA back to growth; 44.6% margin in H1 21
  • Growth & transformation CapEx 83% of total (> fibre; < legacy)
  • Vivo's ESG initiatives continue to expand
  • 11th position in Governance, Responsibility and Diversity Merco´s ranking during the pandemic

Key financials

Infra | Fibre vehicles well on track, growth ahead

50% Allianz / 50% TEF (40% T. Infra / 10% T.DE)

UGG

  • c.50,000 km fibre
  • Target: >2m PPs in 6yrs
  • Rollout & Commercialisation initiated
  • 1st retail client connected in Jun-21 in record time
  • Financing in place for 3yrs

  • 50% CDPQ / 50% TEF (25% T. Infra / 25% T.BR)

  • Vivo 1st wholesale customer; 10y contract
  • 1.6m brownfield PPs from T.BR; +500k additional PPs by 21E
  • Target: c.5.5m PPs in 4yrs
  • Closing Jul-21 after approvals
  • Starts operations already in 34 cities
  • EV/OIBDA PF 16.5x

InfraCo

60% KKR/ 40% T.CHL1

  • 2m brownfield PPs from T. CHL
  • 400k additional PPs built since announcement
  • Target: 3.5m PPs by 22E
  • Closing Jul-21 after approvals ▪ ND reduction TEF €0.4bn
  • EV/OIBDA 18.4x

InfraCo

  • 60% KKR/ 40% T.COL1
  • c.1.2m brownfield PPs from T. COL
  • Target: c.4.3m PPs in 3y
  • EV/OIBDA PF c.20x
  • ND reduction TEF c.€0.2bn
  • Closing after approvals Q1 22E

  • Further optionality

  • Fibre
  • 51.4m owned FTTH PPs
  • 27% up-take2 ; +0.8 p.p. y-o-y
  • Optionality in Europe & Hispam

  • Towers

  • Telxius Subsea Cable
  • Data Centres

Tech | Growth acceleration, increased scale

T. Tech revenue

€M; y-o-y

Delivering on strategic goals

  • Sequential revenue acceleration
  • Reinforced capabilities and revenue mix (value added services)
  • ACENS and Altostratus (cloud professional services) added in Q2
  • Cancom UK acquired in July-21
  • Footprint expansion
  • Unique assets & premium partnerships
  • Cloud Hub in Spain, Intelligent SOCs, global IoT, in-house AI/Big data
  • 300 partners & agreements with global hyperscalers

  • Large cross-selling lever, >5.5M B2B customers at T. Group

T. IoT & Big Data Tech

  • Significant recovery in commercial activity: Connected Cars, Big Data, Industry 4.0, Utilities and Smart Buildings..
  • IoT connectivity rev. acceleration (+8.1% y-o-y in Q2).
  • Key role in B2B digitisation fostered post COVID-19
  • Unique "AI of Things"

T. Cloud & Cyber Tech

  • High value services as "Managed, Professional and Platform services" (>50%) growing and increasing recurrent revenues
  • Strengthened SMB integrated offer in Spain. Reinforced Hybrid Digital Workplace solutions
  • 1st Commercial Telco Edge services in Europe (Nov-20)
  • TM ONE agreement to offer global cybersecurity in Malaysia
  • Enhanced scale: Cancom UK; E2E advanced cloud and security services, highly skilled team (600) and differential growth in Managed and Professional Services (20% and 26% revenue CAGR18-21)
  • "VERY STRONG" player in WAN Services GLOBALDATA "LEADER in IoT assessment" ANALYSYS MASON "Top 4 Player IoT, PIONEER"

GLOBALDATA

MICROSOFT "Best Spanish Partner of the Year" award in the " Digitalisation in SMEs"

Q2 21 Results

Ms. Laura Abasolo

CFCDO & Head of T. Hispam

Hispam | Accelerating growth while modulating exposure

Key financials

Operational KPIs Key milestones

  • Asset-light model
  • InfraCo in CHL launched, announced InfraCo in COL (Jul-21)
  • 11.0m FTTH PPs (+1.8m in LTM)
    • 40% FTTH deployment in LTM through ATC & ATP partnerships

Accelerating value growth:

  • Contract net adds +1.1m in H1 21 (-895k in H1 20; +652k in H2 20)
  • FTTH net adds +469k in H1 21 (+205K in H1 20; +383k in H2 20)
  • Enhanced customer service & loyalty: low churn across services
  • Contract churn: -0.2 p.p. y-o-y to 2.1% H1 21
  • FTTH churn: -0.3 p.p. y-o-y to 1.7% H1 21
  • Launch of social services & initiatives in most countries
  • 2m Peruvians connected in rural areas
  • Renewable electricity long-term contract in Chile

Good financial performance

  • Improved capital structure:
  • Aligning local leverage with T. Group levels
  • Improving y-o-y trends in revenues:
  • Top-line growth in every country
  • OIBDA back to growth
  • Reduced capital employed:
  • CapEx/sales H1 21: 10%; -1 p.p. y-o-y

Significant debt reduction on inorganic deals completion

Net Financial Debt

13

  1. Includes net proceeds from the second tranche of T. Deutschland towers sale, the disposal of Costa Rica, the sale of stakes in InfraCo Chile, Fibrasil and InfraCo Colombia and reduced by payment for the acquisition of Oi assets and impact from LME repurchase

  2. Post estimated distribution of proceeds to Telxius minorities

Conclusion

Mr. José María Álvarez-Pallete Chairman & CEO

Wrap up

Material progress against strategic priorities

  • Completed two significant steps in long-term strategy: VMED O2 UK JV and sale of Telxius towers portfolio
  • Reinforced path to sustainable, profitable growth
  • Continued progress in building a connected and greener future by facilitating digitisation through high-quality, secure and low-carbon connectivity

Top-line organic growth trend restored as COVID-19 impact recedes

  • Return to growth in organic revenues; with accelerated momentum across all business lines
  • +31% y-o-y H1 FCF excluding spectrum payments to €1,613m
  • All-time record net income reflects capital gains on strategic transactions in Q2

Growth focused investments

  • CapEx normalising at 13% of sales in H1, within 2021 guidance
  • ~50% CapEx ex spectrum allocated to NGN

Significant net debt reduction, post estimated distribution of proceeds to TLXS minorities (-30% y-o-y)

  • Net financial debt down by €11.0bn y-o-y to €26.2bn
  • Balance sheet further strengthened by capital gains, increasing equity and quality of Telefónica EV

Upgraded 2021 financial guidance

• From "stabilisation" to "stable to slight growth" in both revenues and OIBDA. Up to 15% CapEx/Sales reiterated

Telefónica's management will host a webcast on 29th July at 10:00 AM (CET), 9:00 AM (BST), and 4:00 AM (EST)

Participants from Telefónica: José María Álvarez-Pallete (Chairman & CEO), Ángel Vilá (COO), Laura Abasolo (CFCDO & Head of T. Hispam), Eduardo Navarro (Chief Strategy and Corporate Affairs Officer), and Adrián Zunzunegui (Global Director of Investor Relations). From Virgin Media-O2 JV: Lutz Schüler (CEO)

  • To access the webcast: click here
  • The webcast replay will be available on Telefónica IR's website after the event

Webcast Q&A Session

• To participate in the Q&A session, please register using the following link to receive the dial in and PIN details. click here.

For further information, please contact: Investor Relations Adrián Zunzunegui ([email protected]) Isabel Beltrán ([email protected]) Torsten Achtmann ([email protected]) Tel. +34 91 482 87 00 [email protected] www.telefonica.com/investors

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