TIDM82HR

RNS Number : 8831B

Telefonica Europe B.V.

04 February 2020

NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION IN OR INTO OR TO ANY PERSON LOCATED OR RESIDENT IN THE UNITED STATES, ITS TERRITORIES AND POSSESSIONS (INCLUDING PUERTO RICO, THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS, GUAM, AMERICAN SAMOA, WAKE ISLAND AND THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS, ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA) (the "United States") OR TO ANY U.S. PERSON (AS DEFINED IN THE TENDER OFFER MEMORANDUM) OR INTO ANY OTHER JURISDICTION WHERE IT IS UNLAWFUL TO DISTRIBUTE THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.

4 February 2020

TELEFÓNICA EUROPE B.V. ANNOUNCES FINAL RESULTS OF THE TENDER OFFERS

On 27 January 2020, Telefónica Europe B.V. (the "Issuer") launched separate invitations to holders of its outstanding (i) GBP 600,000,000 Undated 7 Year Non-Call Deeply Subordinated Guaranteed Fixed Rate Reset Securities (ISIN: XS0997326441) and (ii) EUR 625,000,000 Undated 8 Year Non-Call Deeply Subordinated Guaranteed Fixed Rate Reset Securities (ISIN: XS0972588643) (each a "Series" and together the "Notes") irrevocably guaranteed by Telefónica, S.A. (the "Guarantor"), to tender such Notes for purchase by the Issuer for cash (each such invitation an "Offer" and together the "Offers"). The Offers were made on the terms and subject to the conditions contained in the tender offer memorandum dated 27 January 2020 (the "Tender Offer Memorandum") and are subject to the offer restrictions more fully described in the Tender Offer Memorandum. Capitalised terms used and not otherwise defined in this announcement have the meanings given in the Tender Offer Memorandum.

The Issuer today announces that it will (subject to satisfaction or waiver of the New Financing Condition) accept all validly tendered Notes pursuant to the Offers for purchase in cash in an aggregate principal amount of GBP 128,200,000 of the GBP Notes and EUR 232,000,000 of the EUR Notes.

The final results of the Offers are as follows:

 
                                                                                                  Aggregate Principal 
                                                                                                  Amount of Notes of 
                                               Aggregate Principal                               each Series accepted 
  Description of Notes    First Reset Date      Amount Outstanding         Purchase Price            for purchase 
-----------------------  ------------------  -----------------------  ------------------------  ---------------------- 
    GBP 600,000,000          26/11/2020          GBP 171,500,000           GBP 104,571 per          GBP 128,200,000 
     Undated 7 Year                               (28.58% of the             GBP 100,000 
    Non-Call Deeply                             original nominal) 
      Subordinated 
 Guaranteed Fixed Rate 
    Reset Securities 
   (the "GBP Notes") 
 Current Coupon: 6.75% 
    EUR 625,000,000 
     Undated 8 Year 
     Non-Call Deeply 
      Subordinated 
  Guaranteed Fixed Rate 
    Reset Securities 
    (the "EUR Notes")                            EUR 292,700,000 
     Current Coupon:                              (46.83% of the         EUR 112,313 per EUR 
         7.625%               18/9/2021          original nominal)             100,000              EUR 232,000,000 
 

The Offers remain subject to the conditions and restrictions set out in the Tender Offer Memorandum.

Whether the Issuer will purchase any Notes validly tendered in the Offers is subject, without limitation, to the satisfaction of the New Financing Condition. Subject to the satisfaction (or waiver) of the New Financing Condition, the expected Settlement Date is 6 February 2020.

Following the settlement of the Offers and subsequent cancellation of the repurchased Notes, more than 80 per cent. of the original aggregate principal amount of each of the EUR Notes and the GBP Notes will have been purchased and cancelled by the Issuer. Pursuant to the terms and conditions of each of the EUR Notes and the GBP Notes, the Issuer will therefore have the option to redeem (after providing the required notice) all of the remaining outstanding EUR Notes and/or GBP Notes (each Series in whole but not in part) at their principal amount plus any interest accrued to, but excluding, the relevant day on which the EUR Notes and/or the GBP Notes become due for early redemption in accordance with the Conditions and any Arrears of Interest (as defined in the Conditions).

The Issuer intends to exercise this option following the settlement of the Tender Offer.

All Notes repurchased pursuant to the Offers will be cancelled.

Full details concerning the Offers are set out in the Tender Offer Memorandum.

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. (Telephone: +44 20 7648 7516; Email: liabilitymanagement@bbva.com; Attention: Liability Management), BNP Paribas (Telephone: +44 20 7595 8668; Email: liability.management@bnpparibas.com; Attention: Liability Management Group) and NatWest Markets N.V. (Telephone: +44 20 7085 6124; Email: liabilitymanagement@natwestmarkets.com; Attention: Liability Management) are acting as Dealer Managers and Lucid Issuer Services Limited (Telephone: +44 20 7704 0880; Email: telefonica@lucid-is.com; Attention: Thomas Choquet) is acting as Tender Agent.

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT RELATES TO THE DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION THAT QUALIFIED OR MAY HAVE QUALIFIED AS INSIDE INFORMATION WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE 7(1) OF THE MARKET ABUSE REGULATION (EU) 596/2014 ("MAR").

FOR THE PURPOSES OF MAR AND ARTICLE 2 OF COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2016/1055, THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS MADE BY CARLOS DAVID MAROTO SOBRADO AND MARIA CHRISTINA VAN DER SLUIJS - PLANTZ, DIRECTORS OF TELEFÓNICA EUROPE B.V.

DISCLAIMER This announcement must be read in conjunction with the Tender Offer Memorandum. No offer or invitation to acquire or sell any securities is being made pursuant to this announcement. The Dealer Managers do not take responsibility for the contents of this announcement. The distribution of this announcement and the Tender Offer Memorandum in certain jurisdictions may be restricted by law. Persons into whose possession this announcement and/or the Tender Offer Memorandum come into are required by each of the Issuer, the Dealer Managers and the Tender Agent to inform themselves about, and to observe, any such restrictions.

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