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Telefonica S.A. Investor Presentation 2018

Jul 26, 2018

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Q2 18 Highlights

Mr. José María Álvarez-Pallete Chairman & CEO

Q2 Highlights | Continued progress with strategic priorities

Enable people with the
power of connectivity

Strong demand drives value momentum; +31% LTE; +23% FTTx/Cable; +6% Pay TV

UBB deployments; +15% y-o-y premises
passed with FTTx/Cable ; +6pp LTE cov.

Bundling & Upselling; Avg. Rev per Access +3.0% org.; lower churn
Operate in markets
where we can have an
impact & create value

Spain: Consistent
trends; stronger franchise (O2 brand; football rights' acquisition)

Brazil:
OIBDA accelerates, strong margin expansion; best ever fiber
net adds

Germany: Better commercial activity; new propositions (O2 Boost; O2 Connect)

UK:
Sustainably improving financial trends;
leading loyalty

South Hispam: High
single-digit increase in Revs & OIBDA

North Hispam:
Accelerating momentum in value customers
Optimise
our capabilities
for a sustainable
digital future

Radically transforming networks, bringing new opportunities (Network slicing,
Edge computing, Network as a Service)

Global digital ecosystem (Novum, IoT, Movistar Play, Smart Wifi)

Digitalisation driving business strategies, starting to generate efficiencies

Forefront runners in cognitive intelligence
Strong
Delivery
continues

Profitable growth; accelerating in revenues, OIBDA and margin vs Q1 y-o-y
Net debt decline for 5th

consecutive Q

Guidance reiterated; H1 performance consistent with FY targets

Dividend payment of €0.2/share in cash

Financial achievements

H1 18 Q2 18
Reported Reported Organic Reported Reported Organic

in millions
IFRS 15&9 y-o-y y-o-y IFRS 15&9 y-o-y y-o-y
Revenues 24,334 (6.7%) 2.0% 12,144 (6.3%) 2.0%
Service revenues 22,042 (9.0%) 0.7% 11,002 (8.6%) 0.7%
OIBDA 8,102 (0.9%) 3.7% 4,237 1.9% 4.1% Sustained
Revenue,
OIBDA and OpCF
growth
OIBDA margin 33.3% 1.9 p.p. 0.5 p.p. 34.9% 2.8 p.p. 0.7 p.p.
OpCF
(ex-spectrum)
4,765 1.9% 2.4% 2,384 9.7% 0.3%
Net Income 1,739 8.6% 902 9.9% Net Income boost
EPS
(€)
0.29 (0.8%) 0.16 11.0%
FCF 1,548 (4.8%) 998 (2.5%) 1.5x FCF
FCF (ex-spectrum) 2,167 32.7% 1,588 54.7% ex-spectrum
y-o-y
Net Financial
Debt
43,593 (10.1%) Cutting
debt

Reported figures y-o-y affected by

  • Negative FX evolution & regulation
  • Non-recurrent impacts (OIBDA: Q2: +€225m ; H1: +€215m; Net Income Q2: -€60m ; H1: -€68m)

Guidance confirmed

Operating 2018
guidance (organic)
Guidance 2018E (IAS 18) H1 18
Revenues Growth of around 1%
(despite regulation dragging: -0.9 p.p.)
+2.0%
OIBDA Margin Continues expanding around 0.5 p.p.
(despite regulation dragging -1.6 p.p.
on OIBDA growth)
+0.5
p.p.
CAPEX
ex-spectrum/Sales
Around 15% 13.9
%
Dividends to be paid in 2018 calendar yr. €0.40/sh. 2018 DIVIDEND €0.4/SH. CASH
Cash: 15/Jun/18 €0.20/sh. Interim Dec-18 €0.20/sh.
Cash: 20/Dec/18 €0.20/sh. Final Jun-19 €0.20/sh.

Continued Revenue, OIBDA and OpCF increase

  • Improving Q2 revenue trends y-o-y
  • Service rev. trends maintained (Q2: +0.7%; Q1: +0.8%), despite regulatory drag of -1.2p.p.
  • Handset sales improving (+19.6% y-o-y vs. +16.5% Q1)
  • OIBDA growth ramping-up (+0.9 p.p. vs. Q1 18) levered on T. Brasil, N. Hispam and T. UK
  • All regions contributing to Q2 OIBDA growth (ex. N. Hispam)
  • Margin progression y-o-y (Q2:+0.7 p.p.; Q1 +0.4 p.p.)
  • Steady growth in OpCF
  • CapEx phasing in Q2 (+8.8% y-o-y vs. +1.5% in Q1)

1.9% Healthy growth rates in main metrics Revenues, OIBDA, & OpCF (ex spectrum) y-o-y organic Q1 18 Q2 18 €12.2bn Reported y-o-y 3.3% 4.1% Q1 18 Q2 18 Revenues OIBDA €3.9bn 2.0% (7.2%) (6.3%) (3.9%) 1.9% €12.1bn €4.2bn

A platform Company advancing towards a Digital Telco

Data monetisation | Capturing the added value of connectivity

Open platform ecosystem to integrate digital services at home

• Smart Wi-Fi, Consumer IoT, Movistar Play

Evolved portfolio; increasing Customer Lifetime Value

  • Capturing the prepaid growth opportunity
  • Integrated Recurrent Data Plans, more loyalty & ARPU
  • Accelerating the mobile postpaid potential
  • Family plans (data sharing…)
  • Dedicated data (increasing value perceived with content)
  • Content bundling: "Movistar Play" (Video OTT) in almost all Latam countries
  • Fixed: Upselling with UBB and Video

B2C B2B

A leading technological partner to B2B digitalisation

• Comprehensive solution: flexible, secure, on-demand

Differential capabilities to capture a large opportunity

  • Global capillarity
  • 45k km network, 11 SOCs, Cloud VPN, 12k sales force…
  • Complete Digital ecosystem

Video| a key driver for engagement gaining scale

Latam

UK

Netflix promotion already launched in the UK from mid June

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Q2 18 Results

Mr. Ángel Vilá COO

Digitalization increases customer value and lifespan

Build….

  • Leading-edge smart networks
  • Network stands for >50% of total customer satisfaction
  • Radical processes automatisation
  • Full stack deployment, the seed of our transformation

… to offer

  • World-class digital experience
  • Novum, Movistar Play, IoT, Smart Wifi
  • Distinctive value proposition
  • Customer satisfaction, loyalty, cross-sell, up-sell, winback

Increasing customer lifetime

Clear proof points of business sustainability

Avg. Rev/Access +3.0% y-o-y

Q2 ARPU (y-o-y) Avg. Lifetime
Fusión
(4.5m)
+5.5% (€89.5) 6 years
Mobile contract (38.4m)
FTTX (4.8m)
flat
+9.1%
5 years
4 years
Mobile contract (15.9m) +1.9% 8 years

Digital Transformation | Easing customer's digital life

...proof points on our largest operations enhancing customer experience and operational efficiency

Spain | Good trading; increasing long-term high-value

Growth in accesses; higher ARPU

  • Sustained growth at retail base (+1.4% y-o-y)
  • FBB back to growth (Fiber net adds exceed DSL loss)
  • "Fusión" trends positive overall
  • Growth in accesses y-o-y (+10%) and ARPU (+5.5%)
  • Longer CLV in mid-high segments (+ARPU, churn)
  • High-end: 27% of "Fusión" base (+3 p.p. y-o-y)
  • Churn reduction across services

Fiber gaining traction

  • Predominant at retail; increasing at wholesale
  • Increasing ROCE, adding long-term value
  • Largest owned FTTH coverage & TV platform

Jun-17 Mar-18 Jun-18

Spain | Solid financials; stronger franchise

Q2 Serv. Revs. Growth; +1.4% ex-MTR/MasMóvil

  • Serv. Rev. growth deceleration due to calendar effect
  • "Residential" & "Business" revs. growing (83% o/Serv. Rev.)
  • Solid "Fusión": +7.7% y-o-y; accelerating IT: +7.4%
  • "Wholesale & Others" y-o-y decline on regulation and MVNO
  • MVNO negative impact not material from Q4 18
  • MTR cut larger impact in Q2

Solid profitability and operating leverage

  • Q2 OpEx stable y-o-y (-0.7 p.p. q-o-q)
  • Acquisition of Premium football rights (Jun-18)
  • High visibility on mid-term cost structure
  • Further expected savings (personnel, distribution, digitalization….)
  • Football content cost peak Q4 18 (starting to decline in Q3 19)
  • Q2 CapEx (+16.2% y-o-y) on different phasing (FY18E<FY17)

OIBDA margin

Germany | Network integration well on-track

Robust operational momentum

  • Q2 Contract net adds +333k (+69% y-o-y)
  • Launched refreshed O2 Free (boost option) & O2 Connect
  • O2 contract LTE cust. avg. data usage of 3.4GB (+22% q-o-q)
  • Partner trading; 58% of gross additions (+61% in Q1)

Improving data monetisation

LTE customers & Penetration

Focus on profitable growth

  • MSR ex reg. remains positive y-o-y (H1 +0.3%)
  • Strong demand for high-end handsets (H1: +9.1% y-o-y)
  • Continued growth in OIBDA (H1: +0.5% y-o-y)
  • Synergy capture (~€65m in H1)
  • Focus on value-over-growth approach and efficient cost controls
  • Efficient spend: CapEx (-2.3% vs. H1 17); synergies ~ €25m in H1

Financials (y-o-y organic)

UK | Ongoing growth delivery across the period

Sustained customer growth

  • Remains the UK's favourite network carrier (>32m customers)
  • Contract net adds 84k (43k ex-M2M)
  • Market leading loyalty with lowest churn at 1% in contract
  • 59% LTE penetration (+0.8 p.p. y-o-y)
  • Continuing investment in customers and the network
  • Netflix promotion already launched in UK
  • Spectrum acquisition of 40MHz of 2.3GHz, and 40MHz of 3.4GHz
  • Mobile data traffic +58% vs. Q2 17

7 th consecutive quarter of top-line growth

  • Consistent revenue growth y-o-y: +4.2% in H1
  • Increased customer spend (incl. RPI impacts), handsets, wholesale and non-mobile
  • OIBDA growth and margin expansion (top-line growth +lower annual licence fee payment)
  • Strong OpCF increase of 21.0% in H1 ex-spectrum
  • CapEx (-6.1% vs. H1 17); due to phasing of spend

Financials

Brazil | Reinforcing a leading sustainable business

Unrivaled assets; enhancing differentiation

  • Accelerating high-quality growth
  • Sustainable leadership: 41.3% contract M.S. (stable q-o-q)
  • 4G+: 714 cities (+596 in 2018)
  • 0.9m Q2 contract net adds (+9% y-o-y)
  • 1.8% Q2 contract churn (stable y-o-y)
  • H1 Mobile ARPU +1% y-o-y (+11.8% Data ARPU)

Fixed Penetration (Jun-18)

Mobile Penetration (Jun-18)

Outstanding fiber expansion

  • 18.8m FTTx premises passed
  • 4.8M already connected (+10% y-o-y)
  • FTTH record high Q2 Net adds (162K)
  • Q2 IPTV net adds 56k (+36% y-o-y)
  • H1 FBB ARPU +8% y-o-y; Pay TV +4%

Brazil | Expanding profitability

Consistent evolution of revenue

  • Total Revenue : Q2 +0.5% y-o-y
  • MSR +1.9%
  • Sustained postpaid evolution offsetting weaker prepaid trend on tougher macro trends
  • +11.8% data revenue driven by plan upgrades
  • Handset sales soaring (+60.5% in Q2; +20.8% in Q1)
  • Fixed: -5.2% vs Q2 17
  • Affected by fixed to mobile voice substitution, regulation & DTH
  • Double digit growth in Fiber (+20.3%) and IPTV (+59.1%)

Highest Q2 margin since 2013

  • OpEx continue declining (-0.7% in Q2; 10th consecutive Qs of cost reduction) driven by digital initatives
  • OpCF -2.6% vs. H1 17; 26.1% margin
  • CapEx (+17.2% in H1 18; on different CapEx phasing)
  • -IT transformation to full stack (accelerated pace)

1.0% 3.5% (4.0%) 0.5% 1.9% (5.2%) Total MSR Fixed Revenues y-o-y organic OIBDA y-o-y organic 4.5% 7.1% Margin (organic) Q1 18 Q2 18 36.1% +1.2 p.p. 36.5% +2.2 p.p. Q1 18 Q2 18

South Hispam | Solid revenue & OIBDA growth

Commercial momentum

  • Value-acesss growth acceleration
  • Positive contract net adds in every country
  • FTTx/Cable: 2.1M connected (1.5M FTTH/Cable)
  • Q2 ARGENTINA (Revs. €703m; OIBDA €218m)
  • Accesses: Contract +5%; LTE +43%; FTTx: x3
  • Sound Revenue & OIBDA growth
  • Q2 CHILE (Revs. €525m; OIBDA €158m)
  • Fixed & mobile ARPU trends stabilized in Q2
  • Both Rev & OIBDA growing y-o-y for the 1st time in 10 Qs
  • Q2 PERU (Revs. €518m; OIBDA €111m)
  • Positive trend in Contract; more rational market
  • Differential attributes in Pay TV (Q2: 66k net adds)
  • Improved Rev & OIBDA trends

Financials 2018

North Hispam | Mantaining solid commercial performance

Network improvements driving value growth

  • FTTx/Cable: 284k connected (+117 in Q2 18)
  • Record Pay TV net adds in Q2
  • LTE (+70%), Smartphones (+1%)
  • Financials strongly affected by Mexican regulation
  • Q2 COLOMBIA (Revs. €370m; OIBDA €128m)
  • -Acceleration in FTTx net adds (x6 vs. Q2 17)
  • -Highest contract net adds in the last 8 quarters
  • -OpCF growing by 38.7% vs. H1 17
  • Q2 MEXICO (Revs. €297m; OIBDA €55m)
  • -Further deterioration in competitive environment in prepaid
  • -Solid contract performance (7Qs with positive net adds)
  • -Rev. and OIBDA (-6.1% and -24.6%) strongly affected by regulation (-28.3 p.p. in OIBDA)

Financials 2018

Telxius | Accelerating growth

Strong financials Revenues OIBDA
y-o-y organic Revenues y-o-y organic OIBDA

Solid revenue growth across businesses in Q2
-+8.8% y-o-y towers; +4.1% y-o-y cable 6.1% 4.5%

Improving OIBDA trends (+3.9 p.p. q-o-q)
-OIBDA margin 47.0% (47.3% in H1) 2.0%

CapEx
mainly intended for MAREA and BRUSA deployments
0.6%
-To be reduced once BRUSA comes into service in H2 18 Q1 18 Q2 18 Q1 18 Q2 18
€180m €186m €86m €87m

Q2 18 Results

Ms. Laura Abasolo CFCO

Q2 results factors

  • Non-cash:
  • Contingencies in T. Brasil
  • Goodwill impairment & DTA reversal in Mexico
  • Court Ruling in Brazil:
  • FCF neutral in Q2 18; to flow in FCF from 2019 onwards
  • Restructuring costs, enhancing future profitability and cash flow
  • T. DE -€18m; T. Brasil -€28m

H1 Net income of €1.7bn and EPS of 0.29€

H1 2018 impacted by Q2 factors

EPS (0.8%) reported

€m

FX remains a major drag in Q2 OIBDA year-on-year

Strong cash generation

H1 18 FCF affected by UK spectrum & H1 seasonality €m

FCF to improve in H2

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Net debt reduction on strong FCF

Strong liquidity thanks to attractive long-term financing

Sources of long-term financing

Liquidity position

Net Debt maturities

Jun-18 | €bn; not considering hybrid NC dates

Interest payment costs

Conclusion

Mr. José María Álvarez-Pallete Chairman & CEO

Concluding remarks| Solid quarterly results

Executing on key priorities

Reported y-o-y

1.9%

€12.2bn

€3.9bn

€12.1bn €4.2bn

Revenues (y-o-y organic) OIBDA (y-o-y organic)

(7.2%) (6.3%) (3.9%) 1.9%

1 Delivering robust financials, strenghtening BS 2 Returning

value to shareholders 3 Outlook

2018 confirmed

4

Spain: Consistent trends; stronger franchise (O2 brand; football rights' acquisition)

  • Brazil: OIBDA accelerates, strong margin expansion; best ever fiber net adds
  • Germany: Better commercial activity; new propositions (O2 Boost; O2 Connect)
  • UK: Sustainably improving financial trends; leading loyalty
  • South Hispam: High single-digit increase in Revs & OIBDA
  • North Hispam: Accelerating momentum in value customers

Net debt decline for 5th consecutive Q

Customer-centric transformation (digitalisation + values)

For further information: Investor Relations Tel. +34 91 482 87 00 [email protected] www.telefonica.com/investors