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Telefonica S.A. Investor Presentation 2017

Jun 30, 2017

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Results_ January –June 2017

Disclaimer

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Mr. José María Álvarez-Pallete Chairman & CEO

Q2: Executing on strategy; structural quality

Organic growth acceleration across the board

  • Improving Avg. rev per access to +3.1% y-o-y; churn -0.2 p.p. q-o-q
  • Accelerating trends; Revs +3.1%, OIBDA +7.2%, OpCF +17.5%
  • Flowing through EPS +16.3% y-o-y (Q2: €0.15)

Ongoing transformation (Efficiencies + Synergies + Digital Agenda)

Focus on efficiency driving Q2 margin expansion to 32.1% (+1.2 p.p. org.)

  • Well invested & high quality assets; strong competitive position
  • CapEx targeted to UBB, underpinning E2E digitalisation and Cognitive Intelligence; differential value proposition for customers

Stronger Balance Sheet

  • Net Debt Jun-17: €48.5Bn; €-3.7Bn y-o-y
  • Net Debt €47.2Bn incl. Telxius deal; €-5.0Bn y-o-y
  • Robust FCF (H1: €1,620m, 2x y-o-y; Q2: €1,021m, +36.8%)
  • Falling cash interest cost & extended avg. debt maturity

2017 outlook upgraded; dividend confirmed

Financial Summary

H1 17 Q2 17

in millions
Reported Reported
y-o-y
Organic
y-o-y
Reported Reported
y-o-y
Organic
y-o-y
Revenue 26,091 3.4% 2.3% 12,960 1.9% 3.1%
Service revenues 24,224 3.7% 2.3% 12,037 1.8% 2.9%
OIBDA 8,179 5.5% 4.3% 4,158 6.1% 7.2%
OIBDA Margin 31.3% 0.6 p.p. 0.6 p.p. 32.1% 1.3 p.p. 1.2 p.p.
OIBDA Underlying 8,292 6.0% 4,183 5.5%
OpCF
(ex-spectrum)
4,676 13.7% 13.0% 2,273 15.5% 17.5%
Net Income 1,600 28.9% 821 18.4%
EPS 0.29 30.3% 0.15 16.3%
FCF 1,620 98.6% 1,021 36.8%
Net Financial
Debt
48,487 (7.1%)
  • Accelerating growth in Revs., OIBDA, OpCF in Q2
  • OIBDA margin expansion y-o-y
  • Doubling H1 FCF y-o-y
  • Significant net debt reduction y-o-y
  • EPS +30.3% vs H1 16

Upgrading full year guidance

2017E Guidance
(Organic)
Original Guidance 2017 UPGRADED GUIDANCE 2017 H1 17
Revenues Stable
(in spite of regulation: ~-1.2 p.p.)
> 1.5%
(regulation ~-1.2 p.p.)
2.3%
(regulation -1.0 p.p.)
OIBDA margin Expansion up to 1 p.p. Expansion up to 1 p.p. +0.6 p.p.
CapEx
ex-spectrum/Sales
Around 16% Around 16% 13.4%

MAINTAINING A SOLID INVESTMENT GRADE RATING

Growth + Sustainable Dividend + Deleverage

OIBDA growth flowing to net income

H1 VZ weight over total Group reduced to 0.3% in Revs; 0.2% in OIBDA

(1) Capital loss in Mediaset Premium and CU; impairment in Prisa and net effect of VZ devaluation

Robust FCF generation; improvement y-o-y and q-o-q

Q2 q-o-q change in Net Debt (€m)

  • FCF to accelerate in H2 17
  • Continued net debt decline

Accelerating OIBDA growth

OIBDA: Organic growth & FX impact (€m)

FX impact in H1 FCF (€m)

Strong organic improvement in Q2Up to June, organic and FX added €477m to OIBDAOrganic OIBDA trends ramping-up o +€285m in Q2 vs +52m in Q1 • FX impact reverting positive trend in Q1

  • o -€51m in Q2 vs. +191m in Q1 due to VZ devaluation
  • o Excluding VZ, positive contribution continues (+€70m) mainly on BRL
  • o FX effect limited at FCF level

Strengthening organic trends; sustainable growth

Q2 17 Profitability (y-o-y organic)

Q1 17 Q2 17 Margin

Top line (y-o-y organic)

Operating leverage improving returns

  • Q2 Service revenues ramping up +120 bps
  • o All segments accelerating; UK stable
  • Outstanding sequential improvement in OIBDA of +590 bps
  • o All segments improving q-o-q; Brazil stable
  • OpCF sequential improvement +860 bps
  • o CapEx easing y-o-y decline to -3.3%
  • Hispam: Main growth lever of acceleration in Q2 in all metrics
  • Q2 OpCF growth in all segments

Gaining momentum in data monetisation

Fostering data usage and revenue growth

Ensuring ARPU growth in Latam: recurrent plans & tiered pricing

  • o ~10% ARPU uplift after data adoption
  • o 46% smartphone penetration in prepay (+7 p.p. y-o-y)
  • Increasing ARPU; higher value for money in mobile data proposals
  • o "M4M" in mobile-only (Spain)
  • o "O2 Free" portfolio (Germany)
  • Neuropricing: Pioneer in the sector; more effective communication
  • o Proving different techniques to foster higher value plans
  • o Proven value accretion (+5% ARPU of gross adds)

Ample growth opportunity

  • Better trends in Data traffic in Q2 y-o-y (mobile and fixed)
  • o Mobile data (+15 p.p. vs Q1)
  • o Fixed data (+7 p.p. vs Q1)

New wave of value creation opportunities

Digital Services: progress in the new ecosystem

Global Resources: Progress on technology evolution

Telxius: Consolidating solid results

Mr. Ángel Vilá COO

Spain: Improved trading, ongoing upselling

Mobile contract net adds ex M2M ('000)

TV net adds ('000) FBB net adds 2017 ('000)

Mobile contract (y-o-y ex M2M)

Quality, ARPU & loyalty increase

  • Churn improvement q-o-q (Fusión, TV, mobile)
  • Steady "Fusión" upselling; high-end: 24% (+3 p.p. q-o-q)
  • Mobile voice contract growth acceleration
  • o Improved portability
  • TV recovery fostered by new bundle ("Fusión+ Ocio")
  • Gradual improvement in FBB; stable churn
  • o FBB base largely on fiber (53% o/FBB; +9 p.p.)
  • o New offer to foster trading in H2

New entry-level; adding differentiation

Segmentation strengths competitive positioning

  • o 2 new bundles in July: "Fusión #0"; "Fusión Series"
  • o Best value for money: TV, exclusive content & VAS

Leading assets

o 18m premises passed FTTH, LTE 97% pop., Pay TV 100% pop.

Spain: Revenues trending upwards, solid cash flow

2017 Service Revenues (organic y-o-y)

Telefónica, S.A.

Revenues in the right direction

  • Consumer revs. back to growth (+1.4 p.p. q-o-q)
  • o Tariff upgrade and upselling
  • Business revs. (-1.4 p.p. q-o-q) reflecting seasonal factors
  • Wholesale & Other revs. eased decline (+2.2 p.p. q-o-q)
  • o Flat y-o-y in Q2 ex-TV ("La Liga")
    • Drag (-€30m; -1.0 p.p.of SR) to disappear in August
  • o FFTH wholesale continues to grow, strong potential

Benchmark cash conversion

  • Q2 OIBDA improving (-1.5% y-o-y; +0.9 p.p. q-o-q)
  • o Q2 margin expansion: 40.6% organic (+0.8 p.p. q-o-q)
  • H1 OpCF solid growth
  • o 27.6% OpCF margin (+2.7 p.p. y-o-y); 70.9% OpCF/OIBDA (+6.6 p.p.)
  • CapEx/Sales 11.3% (-2.6 p.p. vs H1 16)

Germany: Solid momentum; realisation of synergies

Promotions with larger data buckets MSR ex-regulation (y-o-y organic)

  • Contract (+7% y-o-y); 197k net adds (172k in Q1)
  • o 55% of gross adds from partners (stable q-o-q)
  • o Promotional activities; 15yr anniversary O2 and Non-Premium
  • o Churn improving 0.1 p.p. y-o-y to 1.5% in Q2
  • Prepay (+2% y-o-y); strong 322k net adds (4.6x y-o-y)
  • Driving data usage (mobile data traffic +60% vs. Q2 16)
  • o LTE cust. +53%, penetration 33% (+11 p.p.); cov. 80% (+4 p.p.)
  • o "O2 Free 15" cust. >3GB of data usage

Improving financial trends

  • Continued recovery in MSR ex-reg (+0.2 p.p. q-o-q)
  • OIBDA growth rate accelerated to 3.8% y-o-y (+2.7% in H1)
  • o Revenue flow (+1.2 p.p. sequentially; -4.1% in H1)
  • o ~ €40m incremental OIBDA synergies (~€75m in H1)…
  • o …despite investments in "O2 Free" positioning and 15y anniversary promotions
  • ~€20m CapEx synergies in H1

16

MSR Regulation

UK: Customer focus delivers robust performance

Continued customer growth in a challenging market Quality customer base growing…

  • Contract growing: 62% o/total (+1 p.p.)
  • o Contract accesses: +2% y-o-y
  • o Leading contract churn: 1.0% in Q2
  • 58% LTE penetration (+9 p.p.); 97% outdoor cov. (+7 p.p.)
  • Avg. data usage per smartphone +66% vs. Q2 16

… Leading to sound financial performance

  • MSR continued to grow: H1 +1.3% y-o-y
    • Larger spend: subscription & out-of-bundle
    • Quality customer base growth
  • ̶ Impact from regulation (-0.9 p.p.)
  • Handset and other revs. +7.6% vs Q2 16
    • FX driving up handset prices, Smart Metering contribution
  • OIBDA boosted by top line acceleration & lower commercial activity
  • CapEx +15.4% y-o-y in H1: accelerating LTE rollout

Brazil: Accelerating profitable growth

Q2 Pay TV ARPU +5.0% FTTx Net adds 2017 (k) 81 139 Q1 Q2 29 42 Q1 Q2 IPTV Net adds 2017 (k) Q2 FBB ARPU +10.5% x2.0 y-o-y x2.3 y-o-y

Quality-centric strategy continues delivering

Strengthening mobile leadership

  • o Total market share of 30.6%; 42.3% in contract
  • o Smartphones accesses (+33%), LTE (+90%)
  • o 4G coverage to 71% of pop.; +657 cities with 4G in Q2
  • o Booming data ARPU (+35.9%)

Fixed; widening quality gap

  • o 17.7m premises passed with FTTx, 4.4m connected
  • Record high net adds in FTTx and IPTV
  • o Reaching 69 cities with FTTH, 5 new cities in H1 17

Brazil: Sustained benchmark performance

Consistent mid-single digit MSR growth o Double-digit postpay growth o Data / MSR: 72% (+15 p.p. vs Q2 16) • Fixed revs. improving trend on FBB performance Accelerating revenue growth

  • o UBB revs.: +19.5% y-o-y in Q2
  • Regulation dragged 1.8 p.p. to revs. y-o-y

Expanding margins once again

  • Sustained OpEx reduction; 6 th consecutive Q of efficiencies and synergies
  • Successful execution of operational synergies (€286m in OpCF in H1; €833m over last two years)

Telefónica, S.A.

19

HispAm: Focus on value driving ARPU acceleration

Network upgrades driving superior growth

Strong ARPU increase on booming data

  • o Mobile data ARPU 55% o/total
  • o LTE coverage 54%; +9 p.p. y-o-y
  • o 5.4m premises passed FTTx/Cable (+1.8m in LTM)
  • ARGENTINA: Solid value growth (Contract +6%; LTE +91%); fiber uptake (58k net adds)
  • MEXICO: Sequential ARPU improvement; easing pricing pressure and solid contract performance
  • CHILE: Growth across value accesses (contract +1%; LTE +40%; FTTx +18%; Pay TV +2%) amid intense competition
  • PERU: Positive adoption of new prepay portfolio ("Preplan") and strong momentum in FTTx (+32% to 822k connections)
  • COLOMBIA: Sound growth in mobile (contract +5%; prepay +4%); FTTH launch in 5 cities

Cable

9.4%

12.1%

HispAm: Growth acceleration across the board

Strong Revs., OIBDA, OpCF both organic & reported

  • Organic top line ramped-up on MSR (Q2: +18.2%; Q1: +10.6%) and fixed (Q2: +5.7%; Q1: +4.1%)
  • o Mobile data revs. +34.7% in Q2 (+23.1% in Q1)
  • o Pay TV revs. +13.4% in Q2; FBB & new services +7.3%
  • OpCF accelerating y-o-y growth (+71.8% Q2; +23.6% Q1)
  • ARGENTINA: Revs. & OIBDA y-o-y acceleration driving strong OpCF (H1: €210m, +€207m y-o-y)
  • CHILE: Top line trend affected by commercial intensity. H1 OpCF +19% y-o-y to €159m
  • PERU: Revs & OIBDA trends impacted by intense competition; mobile ARPU stabilization along Q2
  • COLOMBIA: Solid revenue and OIBDA performance amid consolidation of positive commercial trends. OpCF +27.5% y-o-y
  • MEXICO: Positive revs. & OIBDA y-o-y on ARPU improvement

Deleverage on strong organic FCF and disposals

Net Financial Debt (€m)

Telefónica, S.A.

Solid and diversified liquidity

Net Debt maturities (Jun-17)

(€Bn; not considering hybrid NC dates)

Interest payments cost

Closing remarks

  • Solid acceleration in organic growth; Revenues, OIBDA and OpCF
  • Sustained commercial momentum; adding higher value customers & "M4M" actions
  • Strengthening our differentiation; network leadership & quality businesses
  • Upfront CapEx investments fading
  • Sound earnings growth
  • Robust FCF generation; reducing leverage organically
  • 2017 guidance upgraded; dividend reiterated

Positioning for sustainable long-term growth

For further information: Investor Relations Tel. +34 94 482 87 00 [email protected] www.telefonica.com/investors