FORM 6-K
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the month of May, 2012
Commission File Number: 001-09531
Telefónica, S.A.
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
Distrito Telefónica, Ronda de la Comunicación s/n,
28050 Madrid, Spain
3491-482 85 48
(Address of principal executive offices)
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Telefónica, S.A.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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RAMIRO SÁNCHEZ DE LERÍN GARCÍA-OVIES
General Secretary and
Secretary to the Board of Directors
TELEFÓNICA, S.A.
TELEFÓNICA, S.A., as provided in article 82 of the Spanish Stock Market Law (Ley del Mercado de Valores) hereby reports the following
SIGNIFICANT EVENT
Pursuant to the resolution adopted by the shareholders of TELEFÓNICA, S.A. at their Annual General Meeting of May 14th , 2012, the Board of Directors has resolved to execute the capital reduction of the Company by the cancellation of own shares. The public deed of this share capital reduction has been registered in the Madrid Mercantile Registry (Registro Mercantil) on May 25th, 2012.
Therefore, 84,209,363 of the own shares of TELEFÓNICA, S.A. have been cancelled, reducing the company’s share capital by the sum of 84,209,363 euros. This also means rewording Article 5 of the By-laws, relative to share capital, which now stands at 4,479,787,122 euros, made up of an equal number of ordinary shares, all of a single series and with a nominal value of one (1) euro per share, totally paid in.
Madrid, May 25th, 2012
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| Telefónica, S.A. | ||||||||
| Date: May 25th , 2012 |
By: | /s/ Ramiro Sánchez de Lerín García-Ovies | ||||||
| Name: | Ramiro Sánchez de Lerín García-Ovies | |||||||
| Title: | General Secretary and Secretary to the Board of Directors | |||||||