Form 6-K

 

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 6-K

 

 

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 C, 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

 

Item

   

1.

          Telefónica – 2012 First quarter financial results

2.

          Recent Development


Item 1.

TELEFÓNICA GROUP CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION

AT MARCH 31, 2012 AND DECEMBER 31, 2011

(MILLIONS OF EUROS)

 

            ASSETS    2012(*)      2011  

A) NON-CURRENT ASSETS

     107,038         108,800   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Intangible assets

     23,707         24,064   

Goodwill

     29,207         29,107   

Property, plant and equipment

     35,162         35,463   

Investment properties

     6         6   

Investments in associates

     4,498         5,065   

Non-current financial assets

     7,870         8,678   

Deferred tax assets

     6,588         6,417   

B) CURRENT ASSETS

     22,124         20,823   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Inventories

     1,190         1,164   

Trade and other receivables

     11,363         11,331   

Current financial assets

     2,312         2,625   

Tax receivables

     1,529         1,567   

Cash and cash equivalents

     5,729         4,135   

Non-current assets held for sale

     1         1   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

TOTAL ASSETS (A+B)

     129,162         129,623   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

            EQUITY AND LIABILITIES    2012(*)      2011  

A) EQUITY

     27,551         27,383   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Equity attributable to equity holders of the parent

     21,663         21,636   

Non-controlling interests

     5,888         5,747   

B) NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES

     70,882         69,662   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Non-current interest-bearing debt

     56,561         55,659   

Non-current trade and other payables

     2,153         2,092   

Deferred tax liabilities

     4,909         4,739   

Non-current provisions

     7,259         7,172   

C) CURRENT LIABILITIES

     30,729         32,578   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Current interest-bearing debt

     10,985         10,652   

Current trade and other payables

     15,675         17,855   

Current tax payables

     2,413         2,568   

Current provisions

     1,656         1,503   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

TOTAL EQUITY AND LIABILITIES (A+B+C)

     129,162         129,623   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(*) Unaudited information

 

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TELEFÓNICA GROUP CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENTS FOR THE THREE MONTH PERIOD ENDED MARCH 31

(MILLIONS OF EUROS)

 

            INCOME STATEMENT    2012(*)     2011(*)  

Revenues

     15,511        15,435   

Other income

     412        371   

Supplies

     (4,596     (4,476

Personnel expenses

     (2,217     (2,077

Other expenses

     (4,029     (3,679

Depreciation and amortization

     (2,570     (2,517
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

OPERATING INCOME

     2,511        3,057   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Share of (loss) profit of associates

     (481     (16

Finance income

     185        195   

Exchange gains

     1,424        2,113   

Finance costs

     (970     (779

Exchange losses

     (1,457     (2,109
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net financial expense

     (818     (580
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

PROFIT BEFORE TAX FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS

     1,212        2,461   

Corporate income tax

     (401     (728
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

PROFIT FOR THE PERIOD FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS

     811        1,733   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Profit after taxes from discontinued operations

    

PROFIT FOR THE PERIOD

     811        1,733   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Non-controlling interests

     (63     (109
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

PROFIT FOR THE PERIOD ATTRIBUTABLE TO EQUITY HOLDERS OF THE PARENT

     748        1,624   

Basic earnings per share attributable to equity holders of the parent (euros)

     0.17        0.36   

 

(*) Unaudited information

 

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TELEFÓNICA GROUP CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS FOR THE THREE MONTH PERIOD ENDED MARCH 31

(MILLIONS OF EUROS)

 

     2012(*)     2011(*)  

Cash flows from operating activities

    

Cash received from customers

     19,213        19,278   

Cash paid to suppliers and employees

     (15,257     (14,767

Dividends received

     9        11   

Net interest and other financial expenses paid

     (1,178     (889

Taxes paid

     (319     (476
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash from operating activities

     2,468        3,157   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash flows from investing activities

    

Proceeds on disposals of property, plant and equipment and intangible assets

     157        23   

Payments on investments in property, plant and equipment and intangible assets

     (2,739     (2,448

Proceeds on disposals of companies, net of cash and cash equivalents disposed

     —          —     

Payments on investments in companies, net of cash and cash equivalents acquired

     (2     (708

Proceeds on financial investments not included under cash equivalents

     15        2   

Payments made on financial investments not included under cash equivalents

     (208     (186

Payments from cash surpluses not included under cash equivalents

     109        (87

Government grants received

     —          6   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash used in investing activities

     (2,668     (3,398
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash flows from financing activities

    

Dividends paid

     —          —     

Transactions with equity holders

     (234     342   

Proceeds on issue of debentures and bonds

     2,512        3,341   

Proceeds on loans, borrowings and promissory notes

     1,237        841   

Cancellation of debentures and bonds

     (686     (2,348

Repayments of loans, borrowings and promissory notes

     (1,030     (478
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash used in financing activities

     1,799        1,698   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Effect of foreign exchange rate changes on collections and payments

     (5     (170

Effect of changes in consolidation methods

     —          —     

Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents during the period

     1,594        1,287   

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT BEGINNING OF THE PERIOD

     4,135        4,220   

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT THE END OF THE PERIOD

     5,729        5,507   

BALANCE AT JANUARY 1

     4,135        4,220   

Cash on hand and at banks

     3,411        3,226   

Other cash equivalents

     724        994   

BALANCE AT MARCH 31

     5,729        5,507   

Cash on hand and at banks

     4,230        4,528   

Other cash equivalents

     1,499        979   

 

(*) Unaudited information

 

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Consolidated Results

Beginning as of January 1, 2012, Telefónica’s consolidated results are reported in line with the new corporate structure approved in September 2011 that contemplates two regional business units, Telefónica Europe and Telefónica Latin America, and two global business units, Telefónica Digital and Telefónica Global Resources.

Telefónica’s management model, regional and integrated, means that the legal structure of the companies is not relevant for the presentation of Group financial information, and therefore, the operating results of each of these business units are presented independently, regardless of their legal structure.

For the purpose of presenting information on a regional basis, revenue and expenses arising from invoicing among companies within Telefónica’s perimeter of consolidation for the use of the brand and management contracts have been excluded from the operating results for each Group region, while centrally-managed projects are included at the regional level. This breakdown of the results does not affect Telefónica’s consolidated revenue and expenses.

In line with this reorganisation, Telefónica has included in the Telefónica Latin America and Telefónica Europe regional business units all information pertaining to fixed, mobile, cable, data, Internet and television businesses based on their respective locations. The "Other Companies and Eliminations" heading includes the global business units Telefónica Digital and Telefónica Global Resources, which are not taken into account for segmental reporting, the Atento business, as well as other Group subsidiaries and eliminations from the consolidation process.

As of January 1, 2012, Telefónica Europe’s consolidation perimeter encompasses Telefónica España, with the exception of Tuenti and Terra España. Conversely, Telefónica International Wholesale Services (TIWS), Telefónica North America (TNA) and Jajah are excluded. These five companies are now listed under the “Other Companies and Eliminations” heading, as part of a group of businesses managed by Telefónica Digital and Telefónica Global Resources. Similarly, the operations of Terra, Medianetworks Peru, Wayra and the joint venture Wanda, which in 2011 fell under Telefónica Latin America's scope, are now listed under the "Other Companies and Eliminations" heading, as part of a group of businesses run by Telefónica Digital.

With the aim of facilitating a homogeneous understanding of the information, the financial results of Telefónica Europe and Telefónica Latin America have been restated for the fiscal year 2011 to reflect the new corporate structure as of January 1, 2011. Telefónica’s consolidated results are unaffected by the restatement.

Also, with the objective to provide greater detail in a consistent manner across regions, from January 2012 the revenue breakdown by country is reported under a new structure. Thus, the fixed business is subdivided into "Broadband (FBB) and new services revenues,” “Voice and Access Revenues” and “Other”, while reporting of mobile revenues is subdivided into “Service Revenues” which includes “Data Revenue,” and “Handset Revenues.”

 

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TELEFÓNICA

TELEFÓNICA

ACCESSES

Unaudited figures (thousands)

 

     March  
     2012      2011      % Chg  

Final Clients Accesses

     303,974.6         285,634.6         6.4   

Fixed telephony accesses (1)

     40,283.9         40,946.4         (1.6

Internet and data accesses

     19,282.1         18,769.4         2.7   

Narrowband

     785.1         1,185.4         (33.8

Broadband (2)

     18,340.9         17,423.2         5.3   

Other (3)

     156.0         160.8         (2.9

Mobile accesses (4)

     241,084.6         223,053.5         8.1   

Prepay (5)

     164,136.3         152,471.6         7.7   

Contract (6)

     76,948.3         70,581.9         9.0   

Pay TV (7)

     3,324.0         2,865.3         16.0   

Wholesale Accesses

     5,438.4         4,856.4         12.0   

Unbundled loops

     3,031.2         2,630.3         15.2   

Shared ULL

     194.8         240.3         (18.9

Full ULL

     2,836.4         2,390.0         18.7   

Wholesale ADSL (8)

     878.0         747.3         17.5   

Other (9)

     1,529.2         1,478.8         3.4   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Accesses

     309,413.0         290,491.0         6.5   

TELEFÓNICA

MOBILE ACCESSES

Unaudited figures (thousands)

 

     March  
     2012     2011     % Chg  

Prepay percentage (%)

     68.1     68.4     (0.3 p.p.

Contract percentage (%)

     31.9     31.6     0.3 p.p.   

MBB accesses (’000)(10)

     41,170.4        26,518.4        55.3

MBB penetration (%)

     17     12     5.2 p.p.   

Smartphone penetration (%)

     14     9     5.5 p.p.   

Notes:

(1) PSTN (including Public Use Telephony) x1; ISDN Basic access x1; ISDN Primary access; 2/6 Access x30. Company’s accesses for internal use and total fixed wireless included. Includes VoIP and Naked ADSL. Since the first quarter of 2012, fixed telephony accesses includes 384 thousand VoIP customers in Germany and 65 thousand fixed lines in UK to homogenize these accesses to the criteria of Telefónica.
(2) ADSL, satellite, optical fiber, cable modem and broadband circuits.
(3) Retail circuits other than broadband.
(4) First quarter of 2012 includes the disconnection of 2.0 million inactive accesses in Spain.
(5) First quarter of 2012 includes the disconnection of 1.2 million inactive accesses in Spain. Additionally, 360 thousand inactive accesses were disconnected in Chile in the third quarter of 2011 and 1.0 million inactive accesses in Brasil in the fourth quarter of 2011.
(6) First quarter of 2012 includes the disconnection of 0.8 million inactive accesses in Spain.
(7) Includes 153 thousand clients of TVA from June 2011.
(8) Includes ULL rented by T. Germany and T. UK.
(9) Circuits for other operators. Includes Wholesale Line Rental (WLR) in Spain.
(10) MBB means “Mobile broadband”

 

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Telefónica’s first quarter 2012 results illustrate the benefits of the Company’s geographic diversity and its reinvigorated commercial momentum, started in the second half of 2011 and geared towards enhancing the Company’s growth opportunities.

 

   

Total accesses increased by 7% year-on-year to 309 million by the end of March 2012. The strong quarterly mobile commercial activity (+11% year-on-year in gross additions and handset upgrades) was the main factor driving mobile net additions of 4.3 million accesses (excluding 2 million mobile accesses disconnections in Spain), more than 1.5 times the first quarter of 2011 figure. Mobile contract accesses rose 9% year-on-year to account for 32% of the total mobile accesses base.

 

   

Mobile broadband accesses posted a strong growth of 55% year-on-year, to 41 million at the end of the quarter, accounting for 17% of total mobile accesses (+5 percentage points versus March 2011). In Latin America, mobile broadband accesses doubled vs. March 2011. In Europe, it is important to mention the significant increase in smartphone penetration to 30% (+9 percentage points year-on-year). This growth, along with the adoption of integrated data tariffs, bolstered the monetization of our customers’ growing demand for mobile data connectivity.

 

   

By region, it is worth highlighting Telefónica Latin America, whose accesses went up by 11% year-on-year, with net mobile additions of 4.5 million in the quarter, almost doubling the first quarter 2011 figure.

 

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TELEFÓNICA

CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT

Unaudited figures (Euros in millions)

 

     January - March  
     2012     2011     % Chg  

Revenues

     15,511        15,435        0.5   

Internal exp capitalized in fixed assets

     187        169        10.4   

Main Operating expenses

     (10,775     (10,176     5.9   

Supplies

     (4,596     (4,476     2.7   

Personnel expenses

     (2,217     (2,077     6.7   

Subcontracts

     (3,400     (3,129     8.7   

Bad Debt Provisions

     (245     (181     35.2   

Taxes

     (317     (312     1.5   

Other net operating income (expense)

     23        42        (44.5

Gain (loss) on sale of fixed assets

     136        104        30.6   

Impairment of goodwill and other assets

     (1     (0     164.2   

Depreciation and amortization

     (2,570     (2,517     2.1   

Operating income (OI)

     2,511        3,057        (17.8

Profit from associated companies

     (481     (16     n.m.   

Net financial income (expense)

     (818     (579     41.2   

Income before taxes

     1,212        2,461        (50.8

Income taxes

     (401     (728     (44.9

Income from continuing operations

     811        1,733        (53.2

Non-controlling interests

     (63     (110     (42.9

Net income

     748        1,624        (53.9

Weighted average number of ordinary shares

     4,473        4,524        (1.1

outstanding during the period (millions)

      

Basic earnings per share (euros)

     0.17        0.36        (53.4

Notes:

- For the basic earnings per share calculation purposes, the weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding during the period have been obtained applying IAS rule 33 “Earnings per share”. Thereby, the weighted average number of shares held as treasury stock during the period have not been taken into account as outstanding shares.
- 2011 and 2012 reported figures include the hyperinflationary adjustments in Venezuela in both years.

Revenues totaled 15,511 million euros in the first quarter of 2012, a 0.5% year-on-year increase (-1.8% in the previous quarter), due to higher sales at Telefónica Latin America (+8.3% year-on-year), which more than offset lower revenues at the European businesses (-6.6% year-on-year). Excluding the negative impact of mobile termination rates cuts, revenues rose by 1.6% from the first quarter of 2011. Exchange rate effects added 0.4 percentage points to growth.

The Company’s push into the mobile data business was reflected in a steady increase of these revenues, with a year-on-year growth of 15.4%. This business accounted for more than 33% of mobile service revenues in the quarter (+4 percentage points year-on-year). Also noteworthy was the sharp increase in non-SMS data revenues of 27.3% year-on-year, which accounted for more than 55% of total data revenues (+5 percentage points year-on-year).

 

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As a result, revenues from services with the most growth potential (fixed and mobile broadband, and new services beyond connectivity) continued to increase their weight to total Telefónica revenue (27%; +3 percentage points year-on-year) offsetting a receding contribution from traditional voice and access revenue.

The Company’s high and increasing diversification was the driver of its positive revenue performance. Telefónica Latin America accounted for 48% of consolidated revenues (+3.5 percentage points year-on-year) and remained the Company’s main growth engine and largest contributor to growth (+3.7 percentage points). Telefónica Europe accounted for 49% of consolidated revenues (-3.7 percentage points year-on-year).

Consolidated main operating expenses (which consist of supplies, subcontract expenses, personnel expenses, bad debt provisions and taxes) for the first quarter totaled 10,775 million euros (+5.9% year-on-year) against a backdrop of higher commercial-related spending versus the first quarter of 2011. By concepts:

 

   

Supplies amounted to 4,596 million euros, a year-on-year increase of 2.7% due to increased handset purchases made in the quarter, particularly in Latin America, which was partially offset by the impact of lower mobile termination rates.

 

   

Subcontract expenses (3,400 million euros) rose by 8.7% year-on-year, mainly due to higher commercial activity including commissions paid to distributors, and rising operating expenses stemming from expansion of the Latin American network.

 

   

Personnel expenses stood at 2,217 million euros, up 6.7%, year-on-year, amid rising costs in higher-inflation countries in Latin America and expenses associated with redundancy programs in Brazil and in the Czech Republic, which were partly offset by savings in Spain deriving from the Redundancy Program approved in 2011.

The average headcount in the first quarter was 289,037 employees (4,685 more than the average for the first quarter of 2011), mainly due to the larger workforce at Atento. Excluding Atento, Telefónica’s average workforce stood at 133,322 employees, 512 fewer than in the same period a year earlier, following the aforementioned Redundancy Program in Spain.

Gains on sale of fixed assets stood at 136 million euros in the first quarter, mainly due to the sale of non-strategic towers in Spain and Brazil, which totaled 123 million euros. This heading totaled 104 million euros in the first quarter of 2011, primarily due to the impact of the partial reduction of our economic exposure to Portugal Telecom.

As a result, operating income before depreciation and amortization (OIBDA) in the first quarter totaled 5,081 million euros (-8.8% year-on-year). OIBDA margin stood at 32.8% in the quarter (-3.4 percentage points year-on-year).

By regions, Telefónica Latin America continued to increase its contribution to the Group’s consolidated OIBDA, accounting for over 50% of OIBDA (up from a 45% in the first quarter of 2011), while Telefónica Europe reduced its contribution to 49% (from a 53% in the first quarter of 2011). Within Europe, Telefónica España represented 33% of OIBDA.

 

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Depreciation and amortization in the first quarter (2,570 million euros) increased by 2.1% year-on-year. The depreciation and amortization charges derived from purchase price allocation processes amounted to 262 million euros in the quarter (-19.5% year-on-year).

Operating income (OI) totaled 2,511 million euros in the first three months of the year (-17.8% year-on-year).

Profit from associates stood at -481 million euros in the first quarter of 2012 (-16 million euros in the same period of 2011). This year-on-year change was mainly the result of the impact of Telco, S.p.A.’s adjustment of the value of its investment in Telecom Italia, as well as of the operating synergies achieved, with both effects totaling 482 million euros (337 million euros after the related tax effect). It is worth to highlight that this effect is a non-cash impact.

Net financial expenses in the first quarter of 2012 reached 818 million euros, of which 23 million euros were negative foreign exchange differences. This yielded an effective cost of debt of 5.57% in the last 12 months (5.22% in the 12 months ended December 31, 2011). If foreign exchange differences were excluded, the effective cost of debt would be 5.23% compared to 4.91% at December 31, 2011. Regarding this increase in the cost of debt (excluding foreign exchange effects) more than a third is due to higher financing costs, a higher proportion of fixed rate liabilities and the Telefónica España Redundancy Program; approximately another third is due to higher costs and a higher leverage in Latin American currencies and the remaining third is due to various effects.

Corporate income tax in the first quarter of 2012 totaled 401 million euros which, over an income before tax figure of 1,212 million euros, implied an effective tax rate of 33%.

Profit attributable to minority interests reduced net income by 63 million euros in the first three months of the year and fell by 42.9% year-on-year, mainly due to Telefónica’s increased stake in Vivo and to minority interests at Colombia Telecom.

As a result of the abovementioned items, consolidated net profit amounted to 748 million euros in the first quarter of 2012 (-53.9% year-on-year). Basic earnings per share amounted to 0.17 euros.

Telefónica reached in the first quarter of 2012 an Operating Cash Flow of almost four thousand million euros (3,956 million euros; -12.4 % year-on-year). Out of this decrease, 211 million euros are explained by working capital consumption resulting from the regular activity reduction in the first quarter of the year compared to the closing of last year. Payment for CapEx (2,594 million euros) increased 161 million euros from the first quarter of 2011 and exceeded the CapEx accrued during the current quarter by 882 million euros. This will be translated into lower payments in the future which, along with the disappearance of the activity reduction effect, should improve working capital evolution throughout the year.

Interest payments totaled 1,169 million euros, 291 million euros more than in the first quarter of 2011. Out of this amount, 170 million euros are non-recurrent impacts derived from payment of interests related to the restructuring of Colombian companies, payments to the SUNAT in Peru and front-end fees related to financing operations signed in the first quarter. The remaining is mainly due to the seasonality in the payment of interests. It is worth mentioning that interest payments were 373 million euros higher than the interest accrued in the quarter, which will be corrected throughout the year.

 

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Payment for taxes totaled 319 million euros during the first quarter of 2012, 157 million euros lower than in the first quarter of 2011, mainly due to refund of taxes paid in advance in 2011 and the tax amortization in Brazil of the goodwill resulting from the acquisition of VIVO.

As a result, the amount available to remunerate Telefónica, S.A. shareholders, to protect solvency levels (financial debt and commitments), and to accommodate strategic flexibility for the first quarter of 2012 amounted to 82 million euros. This should not be extrapolated over the rest of the year due to the differences created by seasonality in various payments.

At the end of March 2012, net financial debt amounted to 57,131 million euros. The increase in this figure with respect to December 2011 (+828 million euros) can be explained, on the one hand, by greater payments due to commitments, financial investments and share buybacks, these three concepts totaling 625 million euros. On the other hand, the appreciation of Latin American currencies with respect to the euro and other impacts explain a debt increase of 285 million euros. These factors have affected the amount available to remunerate Telefónica, S.A. shareholders, to protect solvency levels (financial debt and commitments), and to accommodate strategic flexibility in the first quarter.

The leverage ratio for the past 12 months (net debt over OIBDA, adjusted by the provision related to the redundancy program in Spain) stood at 2.55 times as of the end of March 2012. If net commitments related to workforce reduction are considered, the ratio of total net debt plus commitments over OIBDA (excluding results on the sale of fixed assets and adjusted by the provision related to the redundancy program in Spain) stood at 2.74 times.

During the first quarter of 2012, Telefónica’s financing activity, excluding short-term Commercial Paper Programmes activity, stood at around 7,500 million equivalent euros, and the main focus was on financing in advance debt maturing in 2012, and smoothing the debt maturity profile for 2013 at the holding level. Net debt maturities for 2013 amount to 7,100 million euros and for 2014 to 7,700 million euros. Main financing operations included:

 

   

In January, a loan facility with a Chinese financial entity was signed to finance telecom equipment purchases with a local supplier for an amount of 375 million US Dollars.

 

   

In February, Telefónica increased the 6 year euro bond issued last February 2011 through a private placement, for an amount of 120 million euros.

 

   

In February, Telefónica issued a 6 year bond in the euro market for an amount of 1,500 million euros that experienced an excess of demand of over 6.5 times.

 

   

In February, Telefónica signed a 3 year loan with a financial entity for an amount of 200 million euros.

 

   

In March, Telefónica issued a bond in sterling pounds for an amount of 700 million and 8 year maturity, which was 3.8 times oversubscribed.

 

   

Also in March, Telefónica issued a 5 year bond in Czech crowns through a private placement, for an amount of 1,250 million Czech crowns.

 

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It is worth highlighting, in the loan market, the refinancing signed in March with nearly 40 lenders for two tranches of the O2 syndicated loan maturing in December 2012 and December 2013 for approximately 3,400 million equivalent sterling pounds. On the one hand, Telefónica extended to December 2015 a total of approximately 1,300 million pounds of the 2,100 million sterling pounds maturing in December 2012. On the other hand, Telefónica extended to February 2017 the 2,100 million sterling pounds maturing in December 2013.

Telefónica, S.A. and its holding companies have remained active during the first quarter of 2012 under its various Commercial Paper Programmes (Domestic and European), with an outstanding balance of nearly 2,100 million euros at the end of March (up from 1,685 million euros at the end of December 2011).

Regarding Latin America, as of March 2012 Telefónica’s subsidiaries have tapped the capital markets for an amount of nearly 350 million equivalent euros.

Telefónica maintains total undrawn committed credit lines for an amount of approximately 11,400 million euros, with around 8,500 million maturing in more than 12 months.

At the end of March 2012, bonds and debentures represented 64% of consolidated financial debt breakdown, while debt with financial institutions weighted 36%.

CapEx totaled 1,712 million euros in the quarter, up 10.3% year-on-year, with a CapEx over revenues ratio of 11.0%, excluding investments in spectrum. The Company continued to devote the bulk of its investments to growth and transformation projects (81% of total CapEx), fostering the expansion of broadband services, both fixed and mobile. It should be noted that the year-on-year change of the quarter cannot be extrapolated over the rest of the year given the different levels of investment execution in both years.

Operating cash flow (OIBDA-CapEx), excluding investments in spectrum, stood at 3,374 million euros in the first quarter of 2012.

 

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RESULTS BY REGIONAL BUSINESS UNITS

Telefónica Latin America

TELEFÓNICA LATIN AMERICA

ACCESSES

Unaudited figures (thousands)

 

     2011      2012         
     March      June      September      December      March      % Chg  

Final Clients Accesses

     185,432.9         189,779.0         194,260.6         200,760.5         205,433.8         10.8   

Fixed telephony accesses (1)

     24,196.2         24,173.4         24,126.6         23,960.7         23,905.3         (1.2

Internet and data accesses

     7,776.8         7,974.5         8,147.9         8,244.2         8,397.3         8.0   

Narrowband

     493.0         449.3         386.9         304.6         291.1         (40.9

Broadband (2)

     7,171.6         7,412.7         7,651.8         7,828.9         7,997.8         11.5   

Other (3)

     112.3         112.5         109.2         110.6         108.4         (3.5

Mobile accesses

     151,589.0         155,523.1         159,795.4         166,297.9         170,836.9         12.7   

Prepay (4)

     120,676.5         123,108.6         125,569.4         131,087.2         134,802.7         11.7   

Contract

     30,912.5         32,414.4         34,226.0         35,210.7         36,034.2         16.6   

Pay TV (5)

     1,870.9         2,108.0         2,190.6         2,257.7         2,294.3         22.6   

Wholesale Accesses

     54.5         54.4         53.8         50.9         49.3         (9.6
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

Total Accesses T. Latam

     185,487.4         189,833.5         194,314.4         200,811.3         205,483.1         10.8   

Terra Accesses

     551.1         539.0         572.3         641.7         691.5         25.5   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

Total Accesses in Latin America

     186,038.6         190,372.4         194,886.7         201,453.0         206,174.6         10.8   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

TELEFÓNICA LATIN AMERICA

MOBILE ACCESSES

Unaudited figures (thousands)

 

     March  
     2012     2011     % Chg  

Prepay percentage (%)

     78.9     79.6     (0.7 p.p.

Contract percentage (%)

     21.1     20.4     0.7 p.p.   

MBB accesses (‘000)

     18,554.3        8,716.0        112.9

MBB penetration (%)

     11     6     5.1 p.p.   

Smartphone penetration (%)

     8     3     5.1 p.p.   

 

(1) PSTN (including Public Use Telephony) x1; ISDN Basic access x1; ISDN Primary access; 2/6 Access x30. Company’s accesses for internal use included. Total “fixed wireless” accesses included.
(2) Includes ADSL, optical fiber, cable modem and broadband circuits.
(3) Retail circuits other than broadband.
(4) 360 thousand inactive accesses were disconnected in Chile in the third quarter of 2011 and 1.0 million inactive accesses in Brazil in the fourth quarter of 2011.
(5) Includes 153 thousand clients of TVA from June 2011.

In the first quarter of 2012 Telefónica continued focused on capturing the growth of its markets, strongly fuelling commercial activity as a lever for future revenues growth. This strategy translated into a historic mark for new customer acquisition in a first quarter, despite higher penetration levels in the region, and enabled Telefónica to accelerate the pace of growth in its customer base to 205

 

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million accesses. Accesses rose by 11% year-on-year in the quarter, accelerating the pace of growth in the customer base for the fourth consecutive quarter.

Highlights of key trends in the mobile business in the first quarter of 2012 include:

 

   

Penetration in Latin America is estimated at 122% (+21 percentage points year-on-year).

 

   

Telefónica’s mobile accesses growth accelerated to 13% year-on-year in the first quarter (+11% to December 2011), boosting the accesses base to 170.8 million users.

 

   

Telefónica maintained its lead in the region’s contract segment, with a total of 36.0 million accesses (+17% year-on-year in the quarter), which accounted for more than 21% of the Company’s total mobile accesses.

 

   

Mobile broadband accesses doubled from the first quarter of 2011 to 18.6 million, reaching a penetration rate of 11% of the Company’s mobile access base. It is worth mentioning the sharp increase in demand for smartphones, whose customer base has more than tripled from March 2011.

 

   

Net additions amounted to 4.5 million accesses, nearly double those of the same period in 2011, thanks to the higher gross additions (+24% year-on-year) and churn containment.

 

   

Traffic in the mobile network rose by 19% year-on-year, with outgoing traffic rising by 22% and voice traffic growth outpacing the growth of accesses.

 

   

ARPU in the region rose by 0.4% year-on-year in organic terms despite the negative impact of mobile termination rates cuts. Outgoing ARPU rose 4.2% year-on-year in organic terms, reflecting the Company’s focus on maximizing customer value.

Highlights from the fixed business in the first quarter of 2012 include the following:

 

   

Telefónica’s fixed accesses in the region rose by 2% year-on-year to 34.6 million accesses.

 

   

Accesses at the traditional business delivered an improved performance from previous quarters, slipping by 1% year-on-year to 23.9 million.

 

   

The Company’s retail broadband accesses climbed by 12% year-on-year to reach 8.0 million, following net additions of 169 thousand accesses in the quarter.

 

   

Net additions of pay TV customers totaled 37 thousand in the quarter, bringing the customer base to 2.3 million, up 23% year-on-year.

 

   

The ongoing focus on bundling and broadband is reflected in the fact that 75% of fixed accesses now include some bundled offer package (+7 percentage points year-on-year), while 89% of broadband accesses are subscribed to a double or triple-play offer.

 

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TELEFÓNICA LATIN AMERICA

CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT

Unaudited figures (Euros in millions)

 

     January - March  
     2012     2011     % Chg  

Revenues

     7,519        6,941        8.3   

Internal exp. capitalized in fixed assets

     39        35        14.3   

Main Operating expenses

     (5,136     (4,494     14.3   

Supplies

     (1,916     (1,781     7.6   

Personnel expenses

     (741     (611     21.2   

Subcontracts

     (2,074     (1,806     14.8   

Bad debt provision

     (172     (103     67.5   

Taxes

     (233     (192     21.2   

Other net operating income (expense)

     30        38        (22.6

Gain (loss) on sale of fixed assets

     96        8        n.s.   

Impairment of goodwill and other assets

     —          —          —     

Operating income before D&A (OIBDA)

     2,549        2,528        0.8  

OIBDA Margin

     33.9     36.4     (2.5 p.p.

Depreciation and amortization

     (1,239     (1,148     7.9   

Operating income (OI)

     1,309        1,379        (5.1

 

Notes:
- OIBDA and OI before management and brand fees.
- 2011 and 2012 reported figures include the hyperinflationary adjustments in Venezuela.
- From January 1, 2012, and due to the implementation of the new organization announced in September 2011, companies related to the digital world that were previously included in the consolidation perimeter of T. Latin America (Terra, Medianetworks Perú, Wayra and the joint venture Wanda) have been excluded from the consolidation perimeter and are included within “Other companies and eliminations”. As a result, the results of T. Latin America and “Other companies and eliminations” have been restated for the fiscal year 2011, to reflect the above mentioned new organization. As this is an intragroup change, Telefónica consolidated results for 2011 are not affected.

Telefónica Latin America’s revenues reached 7,519 million in the quarter and rose by 8.3% year-on-year in reported terms, showing acceleration in the first quarter (+2.5% reported in the fourth quarter of 2011). The acceleration of revenues growth mainly reflects improved performance in mobile service revenues and is due to the success of the mid-2011 shift in the Company’s commercial strategy.

The increase in mobile broadband revenues remained a key growth driver, leading for another quarter to a significant increase in mobile data revenues, which rose by 28.8% year-on-year and accounted for 28% of mobile service revenues (+3 percentage points year-on-year). Rising connectivity revenues bolstered the growing weight of non-SMS data revenues, which accounted for 55% of data revenues (+3 percentage points year-on-year).

 

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Main operating expenses (which consist of supplies, subcontract expenses, personnel expenses, bad debt provisions and taxes) reached 5,136 million euros in the quarter, increasing 14.3% year-on-year in reported terms, in a context of higher level of commercial activity than in the same period of 2011 in an effort to increase the future revenues growth of the Company.

 

   

Supply costs posted a year-on-year increase of 7.6% to reach 1,916 million euros, as a consequence of market dynamics characterized by the growth of new businesses. This can be observed in the growth of costs of circuits, sites and tower rentals, higher handset costs, influenced similarly by the higher weight of high end handsets as the smartphones, and higher content provider costs.

 

   

Subcontract expenses reached 2,074 million euros after rising 14.8% year-on-year in reported terms. This evolution is a consequence of the higher commercial activity and the Company’s focus on keeping high quality levels amid increased inflation in some countries, which led to increased commissions, systems and network costs, and higher expenses in customer care.

 

   

Personnel expenses totaled 741 million euros, with a year-on-year increase of 21.2% in reported terms which is partially explained by non-recurrent restructuring expenses associated with headcount reduction programs in Brazil (56 million euros in the quarter).

OIBDA stood at 2,549 million euros in the first quarter of 2012, growing by 0.8% year-on-year in reported terms, despite the sizeable increase in commercial activity. First-quarter OIBDA reflected the impact of the sale of non-strategic towers (95 million euros versus 11 million euros in the first quarter of 2011) and the workforce restructuring costs in Brazil above mentioned. Moreover, OIBDA was affected by the start-up operation in Costa Rica from the fourth quarter of 2011 (-15 million euros). The OIBDA margin was 33.9% in the quarter.

CapEx reached 906 million euros in the quarter (703 million euros in the first quarter of 2011), a 28.8% year-on-year increase, mainly related to network rollout to provide voice and fixed and mobile broadband and CapEx related to the deployment of pay TV services, corporate services and systems.

Thus, Operating Cash Flow totaled 1,643 million euros, showing a year-on-year decrease of 10.0%, although year-on-year evolution cannot be extrapolated to the rest of the year given the different levels of investment execution in both years.

 

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TELEFÓNICA LATIN AMERICA

ACCESSES BY COUNTRY (I)

Unaudited figures (Thousands)

 

     2011      2012         
     March      June      September      December      March      % Chg  

BRAZIL

                 

Final Clients Accesses

     77,592.3         79,767.2         82,750.8         87,172.1         90,333.7         16.4   

Fixed telephony accesses (1)

     11,172.6         11,126.6         11,086.6         10,977.4         10,880.9         (2.6

Internet and data accesses

     3,849.7         3,909.8         3,933.1         3,942.6         3,986.3         3.5   

Narrowband

     378.1         344.2         287.7         214.5         207.9         (45.0

Broadband (2)

     3,393.6         3,486.9         3,567.5         3,648.0         3,700.1         9.0   

Other (3)

     78.0         78.8         77.9         80.0         78.2         0.3   

Mobile accesses

     62,061.3         64,049.1         67,038.4         71,553.6         74,783.7         20.5   

Prepay (4)

     48,742.0         49,809.7         51,679.3         55,438.1         58,163.0         19.3   

Contract

     13,319.2         14,239.4         15,359.1         16,115.5         16,620.7         24.8   

Pay TV (5)

     508.7         681.7         692.7         698.6         682.8         34.2   

Wholesale Accesses

     32.9         32.4         32.0         28.0         26.9         (18.3
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

Total Accesses

     77,625.2         79,799.6         82,782.8         87,200.1         90,360.6         16.4   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

ARGENTINA

                 

Final Clients Accesses

     22,142.2         22,537.3         22,630.4         23,008.4         22,786.3         2.9   

Fixed telephony accesses (1)

     4,614.6         4,621.3         4,617.1         4,611.0         4,597.0         (0.4

Fixed wireless

     36.8         40.2         38.2         38.2         36.8         0.0   

Internet and data accesses

     1,527.8         1,562.6         1,611.1         1,630.7         1,655.0         8.3   

Narrowband

     54.9         48.4         43.4         35.7         28.4         (48.2

Broadband (2)

     1,472.9         1,514.1         1,567.7         1,595.1         1,626.6         10.4   

Mobile accesses

     15,999.8         16,353.5         16,402.2         16,766.7         16,534.2         3.3   

Prepay

     10,127.8         10,347.3         10,303.2         10,581.3         10,274.0         1.4   

Contract

     5,871.9         6,006.2         6,099.0         6,185.4         6,260.2         6.6   

Wholesale Accesses

     12.8         13.2         13.2         13.9         13.4         5.0   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

Total Accesses

     22,155.0         22,550.5         22,643.6         23,022.3         22,799.7         2.9   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

CHILE

                 

Final Clients Accesses

     12,214.7         12,442.1         12,253.1         12,674.4         12,809.1         4.9   

Fixed telephony accesses (1)

     1,920.2         1,903.8         1,871.4         1,848.1         1,810.3         (5.7

Internet and data accesses

     834.9         857.1         875.1         887.4         894.9         7.2   

Narrowband

     6.3         6.0         6.0         5.8         5.7         (9.0

Broadband (2)

     820.8         844.2         864.9         878.1         886.0         7.9   

Other (3)

     7.8         6.8         4.2         3.5         3.2         (59.4

Mobile accesses

     9,100.5         9,308.3         9,125.5         9,548.1         9,703.3         6.6   

Prepay (6)

     6,448.1         6,586.0         6,326.0         6,732.7         6,922.7         7.4   

Contract

     2,652.5         2,722.3         2,799.5         2,815.4         2,780.6         4.8   

Pay TV

     359.1         372.9         381.1         390.8         400.6         11.6   

Wholesale Accesses

     5.1         5.1         4.9         5.2         5.3         3.7   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

Total Accesses

     12,219.8         12,447.1         12,258.0         12,679.6         12,814.4         4.9   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    
(1) PSTN (including Public Use Telephony) x1; ISDN Basic access x1, ISDN Primary access, 2/6 Access x30. Company’s accesses for internal use included. Total “fixed wireless” accesses included.
(2) Includes ADSL, cable modem and broadband circuits.
(3) Retail circuits other than broadband.
(4) 1.0 million inactive accesses were disconnected in Brazil in the fourth quarter of 2011.
(5) Includes 153 thousand clients of TVA from June 2011.
(6) 360 thousand inactive accesses were disconnected in Chile in the third quarter of 2011.

 

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TELEFÓNICA LATIN AMERICA

ACCESSES BY COUNTRY (II)

Unaudited figures (Thousands)

 

     2011      2012         
     March      June      September      December      March      % Chg  

PERU

                 

Final Clients Accesses

     17,057.3         17,504.6         18,205.6         18,766.1         19,332.8         13.3   

Fixed telephony accesses (1)

     2,852.0         2,842.8         2,855.8         2,848.4         2,877.2         0.9   

Fixed wireless

     515.4         491.7         471.2         444.6         638.0         23.8   

Internet and data accesses

     934.3         1,005.3         1,070.3         1,120.4         1,182.5         26.6   

Narrowband

     11.0         10.5         9.8         9.4         9.7         (11.9

Broadband (2)

     903.6         974.7         1,040.3         1,090.6         1,152.2         27.5   

Other (3)

     19.7         20.1         20.2         20.4         20.5         4.2   

Mobile accesses

     12,559.9         12,920.9         13,506.8         13,998.3         14,445.2         15.0   

Prepay

     10,100.5         10,300.8         10,707.6         11,079.6         11,372.7         12.6   

Contract

     2,459.5         2,620.1         2,799.2         2,918.7         3,072.5         24.9   

Pay TV

     711.1         735.6         772.6         799.0         828.0         16.4   

Wholesale Accesses

     0.5         0.5         0.5         0.4         0.4         (4.4
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

Total Accesses

     17,057.7         17,505.1         18,206.0         18,766.6         19,333.3         13.3   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

COLOMBIA

                 

Final Clients Accesses

     12,338.5         12,312.8         13,081.0         13,746.9         14,287.7         15.8   

Fixed telephony accesses (1)

     1,569.2         1,540.4         1,521.0         1,480.6         1,463.3         (6.7

Internet and data accesses

     581.6         594.3         613.6         620.3         636.4         9.4   

Narrowband

     6.0         6.7         7.1         7.9         8.5         41.7   

Broadband (2)

     575.6         587.6         606.5         612.3         627.9         9.1   

Mobile accesses

     9,970.6         9,949.4         10,700.0         11,391.1         11,933.0         19.7   

Prepay

     7,531.4         7,420.0         8,047.6         8,626.8         9,076.4         20.5   

Contract

     2,439.2         2,529.4         2,652.4         2,764.2         2,856.6         17.1   

Pay TV

     217.1         228.7         246.4         255.0         255.0         17.4   

Wholesale Accesses

     3.3         3.3         3.3         3.3         3.3         0.0   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

Total Accesses

     12,341.8         12,316.1         13,084.3         13,750.2         14,291.0         15.8   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

MEXICO

                 

Mobile accesses

     20,057.0         20,566.7         20,515.7         19,742.4         19,210.8         (4.2

Prepay

     18,476.2         18,930.9         18,731.4         18,149.8         17,690.8         (4.3

Contract

     1,580.8         1,635.9         1,784.3         1,592.6         1,520.0         (3.8

Fixed wireless

     604.1         667.6         726.6         745.3         821.4         36.0   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

Total Accesses

     20,661.1         21,234.3         21,242.2         20,487.7         20,032.2         (3.0
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

VENEZUELA

                 

Mobile accesses

     9,078.1         9,359.7         9,246.2         9,438.7         9,695.0         6.8   

Prepay

     8,272.2         8,515.7         8,391.7         8,570.9         8,812.2         6.5   

Contract

     805.9         843.9         854.6         867.8         882.9         9.6   

Fixed wireless

     916.3         920.0         893.7         883.4         866.8         (5.4

Pay TV

     74.9         89.0         97.8         114.3         127.9         70.9   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

Total Accesses

     10,069.2         10,368.6         10,237.8         10,436.4         10,689.8         6.2   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    
(1) PSTN (including Public Use Telephony) x1; ISDN Basic access x1, ISDN Primary access, 2/6 Access x30. Company’s accesses for internal use included. Total “fixed wireless” accesses included.
(2) Includes ADSL, optical fiber, cable modem and broadband circuits.
(3) Retail circuits other than broadband.

 

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TELEFÓNICA LATIN AMERICA

ACCESSES BY COUNTRY (III)

Unaudited figures (Thousands)

 

     2011      2012         
     March      June      September      December      March      % Chg  

CENTRAL AMERICA (1)

                 

Fixed telephony accesses (2)

     470.6         491.2         512.3         530.1         547.5         16.3   

Fixed Wireless

     303.1         314.2         328.0         340.9         391.7         29.2   

Internet and data accesses

     2.7         2.9         2.9         3.0         3.3         21.6   

Broadband (3)

     1.6         1.7         1.8         1.8         1.8         12.5   

Other (4)

     1.1         1.1         1.2         1.2         1.5         34.3   

Mobile accesses

     6,626.3         6,805.8         7,018.2         7,562.5         8,085.3         22.0   

Prepay

     5,994.9         6,160.9         6,348.5         6,850.7         7,310.5         21.9   

Contract

     631.4         644.9         669.7         711.8         774.9         22.7   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

Total Accesses

     7,099.7         7,299.9         7,533.5         8,095.6         8,636.1         21.6   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

ECUADOR

                 

Mobile accesses

     4,392.4         4,454.2         4,459.3         4,477.5         4,627.3         5.3   

Prepay

     3,723.3         3,775.6         3,758.8         3,756.5         3,887.6         4.4   

Contract

     669.1         678.6         700.5         721.0         739.7         10.6   

Fixed Wireless

     76.5         59.8         42.1         36.4         40.8         (46.6
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

Total Accesses

     4,468.9         4,514.0         4,501.5         4,513.9         4,668.2         4.5   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

URUGUAY

                 

Mobile accesses

     1,743.1         1,755.6         1,783.0         1,819.0         1,819.1         4.4   

Prepay

     1,260.0         1,261.7         1,275.4         1,300.8         1,292.9         2.6   

Contract

     483.1         493.9         507.6         518.2         526.1         8.9   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

Total Accesses

     1,743.1         1,755.6         1,783.0         1,819.0         1,819.1         4.4   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    
(1) Includes Guatemala, Panama, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and from Q4 11, Costa Rica.
(2) PSTN (including Public Use Telephony) x1; ISDN Basic access x1; ISDN Primary access, 2/6 Access x30. Company’s accesses for internal use included. Total “fixed wireless” accesses included.
(3) Includes optical fiber, cable modem and broadband circuits.
(4) Retail circuits other than broadband.

 

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TELEFÓNICA LATIN AMERICA

SELECTED MOBILE BUSINESS OPERATING DATA BY COUNTRY

Unaudited figures

 

     2011      2012         
     Q1      Q2      Q3      Q4      Q1      % Chg Local Cur  

BRAZIL (1)

                 

Traffic (Million minutes)

     20,589         22,152         24,395         24,944         26,221         29.7   

ARPU (EUR)

     10.3         10.4         10.2         10.1         10.1         (5.5

ARGENTINA

                 

Traffic (Million minutes)

     4,297         4,674         4,871         4,947         4,665         8.6   

ARPU (EUR)

     9.4         9.3         9.9         10.5         10.5         15.9   

CHILE

                 

Traffic (Million minutes)

     3,000         3,006         3,039         3,173         3,188         6.2   

ARPU (EUR)

     12.0         11.3         11.7         11.6         12.0         (2.6

PERU

                 

Traffic (Million minutes)

     3,868         3,956         4,551         4,771         4,988         29.0   

ARPU (EUR)

     6.1         5.7         6.0         6.3         6.5         (1.7

COLOMBIA

                 

Traffic (Million minutes)

     4,148         4,573         4,727         4,439         4,351         4.9   

ARPU (EUR)

     6.8         7.1         7.2         6.8         7.1         (4.0

MEXICO

                 

Traffic (Million minutes) (2)

     5,860         5,857         6,004         5,754         4,454         (24.0

ARPU (EUR)

     5.8         5.3         5.1         5.1         5.5         (1.9

VENEZUELA

                 

Traffic (Million minutes)

     3,464         3,534         3,714         3,816         3,766         8.7   

ARPU (EUR) (3)

     15.7         15.7         16.5         19.0         19.4         18.6   

CENTRAL AMERICA (4)

                 

Traffic (Million minutes)

     2,249         2,371         2,564         2,676         2,754         22.5   

ARPU (EUR)

     6.1         5.6         5.6         5.9         5.9         (2.4

ECUADOR

                 

Traffic (Million minutes)

     1,176         1,158         1,163         1,222         1,127         (4.2

ARPU (EUR)

     6.4         6.3         6.6         7.4         7.3         8.2   

URUGUAY

                 

Traffic (Million minutes)

     764         744         781         825         827         8.2   

ARPU (EUR)

     9.9         9.7         10.0         10.5         10.6         2.0   

Notes:

 

   

ARPU calculated as a monthly quarterly average.

 

   

Traffic is defined as minutes used by the company customers, both outbound and inbound. On-net traffic is only included once (outbound), and promotional traffic is included. Traffic not associated to the Company’s mobile customers (roaming-in, MVNOs, interconnection of third parties and other business lines) is excluded. Traffic volume non rounded.

 

(1) 2011 figures have been reclassified according to a proforma criteria regarding the ownership of the licenses and “inter-company” eliminations. ARPU affected by the disconnection of 1.0 million inactive accesses in Brazil in the fourth quarter of 2011.
(2) From the first quarter of 2012 traffic is accounted in seconds without rounding to minutes.
(3) For comparative purposes and in order to facilitate the interpretation of the year-on-year change versus 2011 results, the variation in local currency of the ARPU in Venezuela is reported excluding the impact of the hyperinflation adjustment.
(4) Includes Guatemala, Panama, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and from Q4 11, Costa Rica.

 

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TELEFÓNICA LATIN AMERICA

CUMULATIVE SELECTED MOBILE BUSINESS OPERATING DATA BY COUNTRY

Unaudited figures

 

     2011      2012         
     Jan-Mar      Jan-Jun      Jan-Sept      Jan-Dec      Jan-Mar      % Chg Local Cur  

BRAZIL (1)

                 

Traffic (Million minutes)

     20,589         42,741         67,136         92,081         26,221         29.7   

ARPU (EUR)

     10.3         10.3         10.3         10.2         10.2         (5.5

ARGENTINA

                 

Traffic (Million minutes)

     4,297         8,970         13,842         18,788         4,665         8.6   

ARPU (EUR)

     9.4         9.2         9.5         9.7         10.5         15.9   

CHILE

                 

Traffic (Million minutes)

     3,000         6,006         9,045         12,218         3,188         6.2   

ARPU (EUR)

     12.0         11.6         11.7         11.6         12.0         (2.6

PERU

                 

Traffic (Million minutes)

     3,868         7,823         12,374         17,145         4,988         29.0   

ARPU (EUR)

     6.1         5.9         5.9         6.0         6.5         (1.7

COLOMBIA

                 

Traffic (Million minutes)

     4,148         8,721         13,448         17,887         4,351         4.9   

ARPU (EUR)

     6.8         6.9         7.0         6.9         7.1         (4.0

MEXICO

                 

Traffic (Million minutes) (2)

     5,860         11,717         17,721         23,474         4,454         (24.0

ARPU (EUR)

     5.8         5.5         5.4         5.3         5.5         (1.9

VENEZUELA

                 

Traffic (Million minutes)

     3,464         6,998         10,713         14,529         3,766         8.7   

ARPU (EUR) (3)

     15.7         15.7         15.9         16.7         19.4         18.6   

CENTRAL AMERICA (4)

                 

Traffic (Million minutes)

     2,249         4,620         7,184         9,860         2,754         22.5   

ARPU (EUR)

     6.1         5.9         5.8         5.8         5.9         (2.4

ECUADOR

                 

Traffic (Million minutes)

     1,176         2,334         3,497         4,720         1,127         (4.2

ARPU (EUR)

     6.4         6.4         6.5         6.7         7.3         8.2   

URUGUAY

                 

Traffic (Million minutes)

     764         1,508         2,290         3,114         827         8.2   

ARPU (EUR)

     9.9         9.8         9.9         10.0         10.6         2.0   

Notes:

 

   

ARPU calculated as a monthly average for each period.

 

   

Traffic is defined as minutes used by the company customers, both outbound and inbound. On-net traffic is only included once (outbound), and promotional traffic is included. Traffic not associated to the Company’s mobile customers (roaming-in, MVNOs, interconnection of third parties and other business lines) is excluded. Traffic volume non rounded.

 

(1) 2011 figures have been reclassified according to a proforma criteria regarding the ownership of the licenses and “inter-company” eliminations. ARPU affected by the disconnection of 1.0 million inactive accesses in Brazil in the fourth quarter of 2011.
(2) From the first quarter of 2012 traffic is accounted in seconds without rounding to minutes.
(3) For comparative purposes and in order to facilitate the interpretation of the year-on-year change versus 2011 results, the variation in local currency of the ARPU in Venezuela is reported excluding the impact of the hyperinflation adjustment.
(4) Includes Guatemala, Panama, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and from Q4 11, Costa Rica.

 

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TELEFÓNICA LATIN AMERICA

SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA BY COUNTRY (I)

Unaudited figures (Euros in millions, except percentages)

 

     January - March  
     2012     2011     % Chg     % Chg Local Cur  

BRAZIL (1)

        

Revenues

     3,604        3,515        2.5        4.2   

Wireless Business (1)

     2,208        2,036        8.4        10.2   

Service revenues

     2,127        1,901        11.9        13.7   

Data revenues

     531        417        27.3        29.4   

Handset revenues

     81        135        (39.9     (38.9

Wireline Business (1)

     1,395        1,479        (5.6     (4.1

FBB and new services (2)

     468        427        9.6        11.4   

Voice & Access Revenues

     914        1,037        (11.9     (10.4

Other

     14        15        (8.9     (7.4

OIBDA

     1,246        1,260        (1.1     0.5   

OIBDA margin

     34.6     35.8     (1.3 p.p.  

CapEx

     507        313        62.2        64.9   

OpCF (OIBDA-CapEx)

     739        947        (22.0     (20.7

ARGENTINA

        

Revenues

     869        759        14.4        18.6   

Wireless Business

     561        482        16.5        20.8   

Service revenues

     518        441        17.5        21.8   

Data revenues

     214        166        28.9        33.6   

Handset revenues

     43        41        6.0        9.9   

Wireline Business

     337        303        11.3        15.3   

FBB and new services (2)

     150        123        21.7        26.2   

Voice & Access Revenues

     176        169        4.2        8.0   

Other

     11        11        3.3        7.1   

OIBDA

     271        259        4.4        8.2   

OIBDA margin (3)

     30.6     33.3     (2.7 p.p.  

CapEx

     86        60        42.5        47.8   

OpCF (OIBDA-CapEx)

     185        199        (7.1     (3.7

CHILE

        

Revenues

     622        573        8.7        5.7   

Wireless Business

     378        347        9.1        6.2   

Service revenues

     351        322        8.9        5.9   

Data revenues

     64        59        7.9        5.0   

Handset revenues

     27        24        12.5        9.4   

Wireline Business

     269        256        4.8        1.9   

FBB and new services (2)

     135        114        18.3        15.1   

Voice & Access Revenues

     126        134        (5.8     (8.3

Other

     7        8        (12.0     (14.4

OIBDA

     242        247        (2.1     (4.7

OIBDA margin

     38.9     43.1     (4.3 p.p.  

CapEx

     107        76        39.7        35.9   

OpCF (OIBDA-CapEx)

     135        170        (20.8     (23.0

Notes:

 

   

OIBDA is presented before management and brand fees.

 

   

From January 1, 2012, and due to the implementation of the new organization announced in September 2011, companies related to the digital world that were previously included in the consolidation perimeter of T. Latin America (Terra, Medianetworks Perú, Wayra and the joint venture Wanda) have been excluded from the consolidation perimeter and are included within “Other companies and eliminations”. As a result, the results of T. Latin America and “Other companies and eliminations” have been restated to reflect the above mentioned new organization.

 

(1) 2011 figures have been reclassified according to a proforma criteria regarding the ownership of the licenses and “inter-company” eliminations.
(2) Includes FBB connectivity services (retail and wholesale), including value added services, TV services, ICT revenues and other services over connectivity.
(3) Margin over revenues includes fixed to mobile interconnection.

 

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TELEFÓNICA LATIN AMERICA

SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA BY COUNTRY (II)

Unaudited figures (Euros in millions, except percentages)

 

     January - March  
     2012     2011     % Chg     % Chg Local Cur  

PERU

        

Revenues

     566        495        14.3        5.8   

Wireless Business

     312        263        18.9        10.0   

Service revenues

     277        229        20.9        11.8   

Data revenues

     45        32        41.1        30.5   

Handset revenues

     35        33        5.2        (2.7

Wireline Business

     285        264        7.8        (0.3

FBB and new services (1)

     166        138        19.7        10.8   

Voice & Access Revenues

     115        120        (4.4     (11.6

Other

     4        6        (25.0     (30.6

OIBDA

     204        188        8.4        0.3   

OIBDA margin

     36.1     38.0     (2.0 p.p.  

CapEx

     58        34        67.5        54.9   

OpCF (OIBDA-CapEx)

     147        154        (4.8     (11.9

COLOMBIA

        

Revenues

     439        377        16.5        7.0   

Wireless Business

     267        221        21.0        11.2   

Wireless service revenues

     247        205        20.6        10.8   

Wireless data revenues

     60        42        41.8        30.2   

Handset revenues

     20        16        27.0        16.6   

Wireline Business

     181        165        9.8        0.8   

FBB and new services (1)

     91        73        25.9        15.6   

Voice & Access Revenues

     89        92        (3.2     (11.0

Other

     1        1        49.4        37.2   

OIBDA

     137        119        14.8        5.4   

OIBDA margin

     31.2     31.7     (0.5 p.p.  

CapEx

     38        47        (18.4     (25.0

OpCF (OIBDA-CapEx)

     99        72        36.2        25.1   

MEXICO (T. Móviles Mexico)

        

Revenues

     390        417        (6.4     (3.4

Service revenues

     349        379        (7.9     (5.0

Data revenues

     113        94        21.0        24.8   

Handset revenues

     41        38        9.2        12.7   

OIBDA

     83        114        (27.0     (24.7

OIBDA margin

     21.4     27.4     (6.1 p.p.  

CapEx

     28        77        (63.4     (62.2

OpCF (OIBDA-CapEx)

     55        37        47.7        52.3   

Notes:

 

   

OIBDA is presented before management and brand fees.

 

   

From January 1, 2012, and due to the implementation of the new organization announced in September 2011, companies related to the digital world that were previously included in the consolidation perimeter of T. Latin America (Terra, Medianetworks Perú, Wayra and the joint venture Wanda) have been excluded from the consolidation perimeter and are included within “Other companies and eliminations”. As a result, the results of T. Latin America and “Other companies and eliminations” have been restated to reflect the above mentioned new organization.

 

(1) Includes FBB connectivity services (retail and wholesale), including value added services, TV services, ICT revenues and other services over connectivity.

 

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TELEFÓNICA LATIN AMERICA

SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA BY COUNTRY (III)

Unaudited figures (Euros in millions, except percentages)

 

     January - March  
     2012     2011     % Chg     % Chg Local Cur  

VENEZUELA (T. Móviles Venezuela) (1)

        

Revenues

     663        508        30.5        23.5   

Service revenues

     597        450        32.6        23.7   

Data revenues (2)

     229        161        41.9        33.4   

Handset revenues

     66        58        14.2        29.2   

OIBDA

     287        233        23.2        17.8   

OIBDA margin

     43.3     45.9     (2.6 p.p.  

CapEx

     64        81        (21.4     (30.9

OpCF (OIBDA-CapEx)

     223        152        47.1        41.1   

CENTRAL AMERICA (3)

        

Revenues

     163        135        20.9        17.1   

Service revenues

     145        127        13.8        10.3   

Data revenues

     31        22        37.6        37.6   

Handset revenues

     19        8        151.0        69.8   

OIBDA

     21        39        (44.6     (46.3

OIBDA margin

     13.1     28.6     (15.5 p.p.  

CapEx (4)

     8        5        61.2        60.4   

OpCF (OIBDA-CapEx)

     14        34        (59.3     (61.2

ECUADOR (T. Móviles Ecuador)

        

Revenues

     117        96        21.5        16.5   

Service revenues

     104        86        21.8        16.7   

Data revenues

     31        21        46.5        40.4   

Handset revenues

     12        10        19.5        14.5   

OIBDA

     39        31        24.8        19.6   

OIBDA margin

     33.5     32.7     0.9 p.p.     

CapEx

     8        2        n.m.        n.m.   

OpCF (OIBDA-CapEx)

     31        29        6.4        2.0   

URUGUAY (T. Móviles Uruguay)

        

Revenues

     64        58        10.2        5.3   

Service revenues

     62        56        10.2        5.3   

Data revenues

     21        19        6.8        2.1   

Handset revenues

     3        2        11.2        6.3   

OIBDA

     29        27        7.3        2.5   

OIBDA margin

     45.7     46.9     (1.3 p.p.  

CapEx

     2        1        n.m.        190.9   

OpCF (OIBDA-CapEx)

     27        27        2.5        (2.0

Notes:

 

   

OIBDA is presented before management and brand fees.

 

   

From January 1, 2012, and due to the implementation of the new organization announced in September 2011, companies related to the digital world that were previously included in the consolidation perimeter of T. Latin America (Terra, Medianetworks Perú, Wayra and the joint venture Wanda) have been excluded from the consolidation perimeter and are included within “Other companies and eliminations”. As a result, the results of T. Latin America and “Other companies and eliminations” have been restated for the fiscal year 2011, to reflect the above mentioned new organization. As this is an intragroup change, Telefónica consolidated results for 2011 are not affected.

 

(1) Reported figures include the hyperinflationary adjustments in Venezuela in both years. For comparison purposes and to facilitate the interpretation of the year-on-year changes vs. 2011, variations in local currency of the headings affected by the hyperinflation adjustments are reported excluding the impact of this adjustment.
(2) Data revenues do not include hyperinflationary adjustments.
(3) Includes Guatemala, Panama, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and from Q4 11, Costa Rica.
(4) CapEx includes 5 million euros from the spectrum acquired in Nicaragua in the first quarter of 2012.

 

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Telefónica Europe

TELEFÓNICA EUROPE

ACCESSES

Unaudited figures (thousands)

 

     2011      2012         
     March      June      September      December      March      % Chg  

Final Clients Accesses

     99,650.6         99,711.0         99,703.6         99,909.7         97,849.3         (1.8

Fixed telephony accesses (1)

     16,750.2         16,520.5         16,320.9         16,158.5         16,378.5         (2.2

Internet and data accesses

     10,441.5         10,396.2         10,285.4         10,248.3         10,193.4         (2.4

Narrowband

     598.7         577.6         554.7         519.8         494.0         (17.5

Broadband

     9,794.2         9,770.4         9,682.8         9,680.4         9,651.6         (1.5

Other (2)

     48.5         48.1         47.8         48.2         47.7         (1.7

Mobile accesses (3)

     71,464.5         71,800.5         72,079.4         72,450.7         70,247.7         (1.7

Prepay (4)

     31,795.1         31,643.2         31,502.8         31,159.7         29,333.6         (7.7

Contract (5)

     39,669.4         40,157.3         40,576.6         41,291.0         40,914.1         3.1   

Pay TV

     994.4         993.9         1,017.9         1,052.2         1,029.7         3.5   

Wholesale Accesses (6)

     4,801.9         4,939.7         5,126.2         5,245.1         5,389.1         12.2   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

Total Accesses

     104,452.5         104,650.8         104,829.9         105,154.8         103,238.3         (1.2
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

TELEFÓNICA EUROPE

MOBILE ACCESSES

Unaudited figures (thousands)

 

     March  
     2012     2011     % Chg  

Prepay percentage (%)

     41.8     44.5     (2.7 p.p.

Contract percentage (%)

     58.2     55.5     2.7 p.p.   

MBB accesses (‘000)

     22,616.1        17,802.4        27.0

MBB penetration (%)

     32     25     7.3 p.p.   

Smartphone penetration (%)

     30     22     8.5 p.p.   

 

(1) PSTN (including Public Use Telephony) x1; ISDN Basic access x1; ISDN Primary access; 2/6 Access x30. Company’s accesses for internal use included. Includes VoIP and Naked ADSL. Since the first quarter of 2012, fixed telephony accesses include 384 thousand VoIP customers in Germany and 65 thousand fixed lines in UK to homogenize these accesses to the criteria of Telefónica.
(2) Retail circuits other than broadband.
(3) First quarter of 2012 includes the disconnection of 2.0 million inactive accesses in Spain.
(4) First quarter of 2012 includes the disconnection of 1.2 million inactive accesses in Spain.
(5) First quarter of 2012 includes the disconnection of 0.8 million inactive accesses in Spain.
(6) Includes unbundled lines by T. Germany and T. UK. In the fourth quarter of 2011, 78 thousand inactive acceses were disconnected in Germany.

Telefónica’s operations in Europe continued to face economic headwinds, with negative impacts from regulation and stiff competition along the first quarter of the year 2012. Against this backdrop, Telefónica Europe continued delivering its strategy to increase mobile data adoption obtaining positive results of the new commercial propositions launched across markets in the second half of 2011 to enhance our competitive position.

At the end of March 2012, Telefónica Europe’s total customer base stood at 103.2 million accesses (-1% year-on-year), impacted by the disconnection of 2.0 million mobile accesses on the reported customer base in Spain, after the Company applied more selective activity criteria from January 1, 2012, given the current market environment and the changed commercial model.

 

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Some of the key trends in the mobile business in the first quarter of the year 2012 were as follows:

 

   

Total mobile customer base reached 70.2 million (-2% year-on-year), impacted by the disconnections in Spain already mentioned, and reflecting the strong momentum in the contract segment which grew by 3% year-on-year to account for 58% of the base (+3 percentage points year-on-year). Handset upgrades rose in the quarter 16% year-on-year.

 

   

Mobile broadband accesses rose steadily by 27% year-on-year to 22.6 million in March 2012, to reach 32% penetration of the total mobile base (+7 percentage points year-on-year). Increased smartphone adoption was crucial to this performance, with an estimated share of total handset sales in the quarter of 81%, that drove smartphone penetration to 30% of total mobile accesses at the end of quarter (+9 percentage points year-on-year).

Highlights from the fixed-telephony business were:

 

   

Retail fixed telephony accesses totaled 16.4 million in March 2012 (-2% year-on-year).

 

   

Retail fixed broadband accesses stood at 9.7 million accesses at the end of March 2012 (-1% year-on-year), mainly reflecting slower market growth and intense competition.

 

   

Pay TV accesses continued growing 4% year-on-year to 1.0 million customers at the end of March 2012.

 

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TELEFÓNICA EUROPE

CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT

Unaudited figures (Euros in millions, except percentages)

 

     January - March  
     2012     2011     % Chg  

Revenues

     7,554        8,088        (6.6

Internal exp. capitalized in fixed assets

     120        121        (0.8

Main Operating expenses

     (5,190     (5,276     (1.6

Supplies

     (2,563     (2,612     (1.8

Personnel expenses

     (927     (974     (4.9

Subcontracts

     (1,564     (1,509     3.6   

Bad debt provision

     (67     (75     (11.2

Taxes

     (69     (106     (34.7

Other net operating income (expense)

     (10     7        c.s.   

Gain (loss) on sale of fixed assets

     40        7        n.m.   

Impairment of goodwill and other assets

     (1     (0     164.2   

Operating income before D&A (OIBDA)

     2,513        2,947        (14.7

OIBDA Margin

     33.3 %      36.4 %      (3.2 p.p. ) 

Depreciation and amortization

     (1,251     (1,295     (3.4

Operating income (OI)

     1,262        1,652        (23.6

Notes:

 

   

OIBDA and OI before management and brand fees.

 

   

From January 1, 2012, and due to the implementation of the new organization announced in September 2011, companies related to the digital world and global resources that were previously part of the scope of consolidation of T. Spain and T. Europe (TIWS, TNA, Jajah, Tuenti and Terra Spain) have been excluded from them and included in “Other companies and eliminations”. Additionally, since the beginning of the year, the scope of consolidation of T. Europe includes T. España. Consequently, the results of T. Europe and “Other companies and eliminations” have been restated for the fiscal year 2011, to reflect this new organization. As this is an intragroup change, Telefónica consolidated results for 2011 are not affected.

Revenues declined 6.6% year-on-year to reach 7,554 million euros in the first quarter of 2012. This performance is mainly explained by lower ARPUs among services amid challenging economies, the accesses evolution and the mobile termination rate cuts.

Total mobile data revenues continued posting solid growth of 6.1% year-on-year in the quarter, to account for 40% of mobile service revenues (+5 percentage points above first quarter of 2011), leveraging strong year-on-year growth of non-SMS data revenues at 21.1% year-on-year to account for 56% of total data revenues (+7 percentage points year-on-year).

Continued focus on cost contention despite increased commercial activity brought main operating expenses (which consist of supplies, subcontract expenses, personnel expenses, bad debt provisions and taxes) to decrease 1.6% year-on-year to reach 5,190 million euros in the first quarter of 2012. By major components:

 

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Supplies decreased 1.8% year-on-year to 2,563 million euros in the first quarter, mainly driven by lower interconnection costs in the year.

 

   

Personnel expenses decreased by 4.9% year-on-year to 927 million euros in the quarter, mainly reflecting the benefits of headcount redundancy programs in Spain and Germany in 2011.

 

   

Subcontract expenses reached 1,564 million euros in first quarter 2012, an increase of 3.6% year-on-year due to higher commercial costs associated to strong commercial momentum in contract segment.

As a result, OIBDA totaled 2,513 million euros the first quarter of 2012 (-14.7% year-on-year). OIBDA margin stood at 33.3% in the first quarter of 2012 (36.4% in the first quarter of 2011), mainly impacted by revenues performance and the boost in commercial activity.

CapEx stood at 742 million euros in the first quarter 2012, up 2.9% year-on-year as a result of continued improvement in mobile networks to deliver high-quality services. This year-on-year performance should not be extrapolated for the whole year due to different shaping of investment execution.

Operating cash flow reached 1,771 million euros to March 2012 (-20.4% year-on-year).

 

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TELEFÓNICA EUROPE

ACCESSES BY COUNTRY

Unaudited figures (Thousands)

 

     2011      2012         
     March      June      September      December      March      % Chg  

TELEFÓNICA SPAIN

                 

Final Clients Accesses

     44,047.0         43,685.6         43,128.6         43,023.8         40,192.4         (8.8

Fixed telephony accesses (1)

     13,006.2         12,729.0         12,494.7         12,305.4         12,103.5         (6.9

Naked ADSL

     37.4         37.2         36.3         34.4         32.4         (13.2

Internet and data accesses

     5,888.0         5,802.1         5,729.6         5,710.9         5,694.6         (3.3

Narrowband

     118.4         113.2         103.7         84.4         78.0         (34.2

Broadband (2)

     5,749.2         5,669.1         5,607.3         5,608.6         5,599.5         (2.6

Other (3)

     20.4         19.8         18.5         17.9         17.2         (15.6

Mobile accesses (4)

     24,366.4         24,369.9         24,099.9         24,174.3         21,581.4         (11.4

Prepay (5)

     7,823.1         7,708.6         7,440.5         7,359.4         5,735.4         (26.7

Contract (6)

     16,543.3         16,661.3         16,659.4         16,814.9         15,846.0         (4.2

Pay TV

     786.4         784.6         804.4         833.2         812.9         3.4   

Wholesale Accesses

     3,536.2         3,686.4         3,854.5         4,031.9         4,150.7         17.4   

WLR (7)

     341.7         379.2         415.3         440.6         461.8         35.2   

Unbundled loops

     2,578.9         2,654.2         2,752.2         2,881.1         2,984.1         15.7   

Shared ULL

     240.3         223.7         215.0         205.0         194.8         (18.9

Full ULL (8)

     2,338.6         2,430.4         2,537.2         2,676.1         2,789.3         19.3   

Wholesale ADSL

     614.9         652.3         686.3         709.6         704.1         14.5   

Other (9)

     0.8         0.7         0.7         0.6         0.6         (26.0
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

Total Accesses

     47,583.2         47,372.0         46,983.1         47,055.7         44,343.1         (6.8
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

TELEFÓNICA UK

                 

Final Clients Accesses

     23,071.7         22,931.3         23,021.2         23,003.9         23,258.9         0.8   

Fixed telephony accesses (1)

     116.1         135.9         182.3         216.1         315.8         172.1   

Internet and data accesses

     669.2         652.9         625.3         620.3         617.8         (7.7

Broadband

     669.2         652.9         625.3         620.3         617.8         (7.7

Mobile accesses

     22,286.4         22,142.6         22,213.6         22,167.5         22,325.4         0.2   

Prepay

     11,636.5         11,468.0         11,448.2         11,227.3         11,162.6         (4.1

Contract

     10,649.9         10,674.6         10,765.4         10,940.3         11,162.8         4.8   

Wholesale Accesses (10)

     —           —           22.6         26.7         31.4         n.a.   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

Total Accesses

     23,071.7         22,931.3         23,043.8         23,030.7         23,290.3         0.9   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

TELEFÓNICA GERMANY

                 

Final Clients Accesses

     22,383.2         22,849.5         23,219.7         23,440.9         23,943.3         7.0   

Fixed telephony accesses (1)

     1,988.6         2,044.8         2,042.1         2,055.1         2,403.5         20.9   

Internet and data accesses

     2,958.5         2,977.2         2,949.2         2,922.3         2,865.6         (3.1

Narrowband

     367.7         356.8         346.7         334.6         319.0         (13.3

Broadband

     2,590.8         2,620.4         2,602.5         2,587.7         2,546.6         (1.7

Mobile accesses

     17,357.2         17,748.0         18,145.6         18,380.1         18,595.5         7.1   

Prepay

     8,896.8         9,035.1         9,180.7         9,144.5         9,066.3         1.9   

Contract

     8,460.4         8,712.8         8,964.9         9,235.7         9,529.2         12.6   

Pay TV

     79.0         79.5         82.8         83.3         78.7         (0.3

Wholesale Accesses (11)

     1,127.6         1,118.2         1,112.3         1,042.4         1,059.1         (6.1
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

Total Accesses

     23,510.8         23,967.7         24,332.0         24,483.2         25,002.3         6.3   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

TELEFÓNICA IRELAND

                 

Internet and data accesses

     15.2         18.5         21.3         24.2         26.4         74.1   

Broadband

     15.2         18.5         21.3         24.2         26.4         74.1   

Mobile accesses

     1,680.3         1,668.8         1,659.1         1,622.9         1,590.5         (5.3

Prepay

     944.2         927.1         912.5         870.1         830.0         (12.1

Contract

     736.0         741.7         746.6         752.9         760.5         3.3   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

Total Accesses

     1,695.4         1,687.2         1,680.4         1,647.2         1,616.9         (4.6
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

TELEFÓNICA CZECH REPUBLIC

                 

Final Clients Accesses

     7,505.6         7,554.7         7,574.7         7,629.8         7,620.9         1.5   

Fixed telephony accesses (1)

     1,639.3         1,610.8         1,601.9         1,581.9         1,555.8         (5.1

Naked ADSL

     186.7         198.2         222.1         237.4         247.2         32.4   

VoIP

     41.1         47.1         50.1         52.1         63.5         54.8   

Internet and data accesses

     910.7         945.6         960.0         970.6         989.0         8.6   

Narrowband

     112.6         107.6         104.3         100.7         97.1         (13.7

Broadband

     769.9         809.6         826.4         839.6         861.4         11.9   

Other (12)

     28.1         28.3         29.3         30.3         30.5         8.3   

Mobile accesses

     4,826.6         4,868.6         4,882.2         4,941.7         4,938.0         2.3   

Prepay

     1,927.1         1,912.3         1,886.9         1,892.4         1,861.3         (3.4

Contract

     2,899.5         2,956.4         2,995.4         3,049.3         3,076.7         6.1   

Pay TV

     129.0         129.8         130.6         135.6         138.1         7.0   

Wholesale Accesses

     138.0         135.1         136.8         144.1         147.9         7.1   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

Total Accesses

     7,643.6         7,689.9         7,711.5         7,773.9         7,768.8         1.6   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

TELEFÓNICA SLOVAKIA

                 

Mobile accesses

     947.7         1,002.6         1,079.0         1,164.1         1,216.9         28.4   

Prepay

     567.4         592.1         634.1         666.1         678.1         19.5   

Contract

     380.3         410.5         444.9         498.0         538.8         41.7   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

Total Accesses

     947.7         1,002.6         1,079.0         1,164.1         1,216.9         28.4   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

(1) PSTN (including Public Use Telephony) x1; ISDN Basic access x1; ISDN Primary access; 2/6 Access x30. Company’s accesses for internal use included. Includes VoIP and Naked ADSL. Since the first quarter of 2012, fixed telephony accesses include 384 thousand VoIP customers in Germany and 65 thousand fixed lines in UK to homogenize these accesses to the criteria of Telefónica.
(2) ADSL, satellite, optical fiber and broadband circuits.
(3) Leased lines.
(4) First quarter of 2012 includes the disconnection of 2.0 million inactive accesses.
(5) First quarter of 2012 includes the disconnection of 1.2 million inactive accesses.
(6) First quarter of 2012 includes the disconnection of 0.8 million inactive accesses.
(7) Wholesale Line Rental.
(8) Includes naked shared loops.
(9) Wholesale circuits.
(10) Includes Unbundled Lines by T. UK.
(11) Includes Unbundled Lines by T. Germany. In the fourth quarter of 2011, 78 thousand inactive acceses were disconnected in Germany.
(12) Retail circuits other than broadband.

 

   

Accesses in UK and Ireland show a more detailed split than in previous quarters: Telefónica UK details fixed telephony and wholesale acccesses and Telefonica Ireland, Internet and data accesses, which all were previously recorded within T. Europe.

 

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TELEFÓNICA EUROPE

SELECTED OPERATING MOBILE BUSINESS DATA BY COUNTRY

Unaudited figures

 

     2011     2012        
     Q1     Q2     Q3     Q4     Q1     % Chg Local Cur  

TELEFÓNICA SPAIN

            

Traffic (Million minutes)

     9,936        10,229        10,068        9,677        9,346        (5.9

ARPU (EUR) (1)

     23.2        23.2        23.4        21.5        21.9        (5.6

Prepay (2)

     9.6        9.5        9.6        8.4        9.3        (2.8

Contract (3)

     29.7        29.6        29.7        27.3        26.7        (10.3

Data ARPU (EUR)

     5.7        5.8        6.2        6.3        6.5        13.8   

% non-SMS over data revenues

     72.0     73.3     75.4     77.2     82.0     10.0 p.p.   

TELEFÓNICA UK

            

Traffic (Million minutes)

     13,500        13,139        12,920        12,690        12,254        (9.2

ARPU (EUR)

     24.2        22.6        23.1        22.9        22.8        (8.1

Prepay

     10.8        10.1        10.1        10.1        9.9        (10.8

Contract

     39.0        36.1        37.0        36.2        35.8        (10.2

Data ARPU (EUR)

     10.5        10.3        10.6        10.7        10.9        1.3   

% non-SMS over data revenues

     37.6     40.2     41.7     42.3     43.6     6.0 p.p.   

TELEFÓNICA GERMANY

            

Traffic (Million minutes)

     6,859        7,018        6,907        7,208        7,365        7.4   

ARPU (EUR)

     13.1        13.6        14.0        13.8        13.5        2.7   

Prepay

     5.4        5.7        5.8        5.8        5.3        (2.7

Contract

     21.3        21.8        22.5        21.8        21.4        0.4   

Data ARPU (EUR)

     5.2        5.6        5.8        5.9        6.0        15.7   

% non-SMS over data revenues

     47.5     50.2     51.6     52.0     53.9     6.5 p.p.   

TELEFÓNICA IRELAND

            

Traffic (Million minutes)

     1,117        1,140        1,088        1,048        1,004        (10.1

ARPU (EUR)

     34.4        34.0        32.5        31.3        29.2        (15.0

Prepay

     20.1        22.4        21.6        21.1        19.5        (2.9

Contract

     53.0        48.5        45.9        43.4        40.1        (24.3

Data ARPU (EUR)

     14.3        13.0        13.0        13.0        13.0        (9.1

% non-SMS over data revenues

     37.4     43.0     44.7     42.9     45.7     8.2 p.p.   

TELEFÓNICA CZECH REPUBLIC (4)

            

Traffic (Million minutes)

     2,159        2,274        2,213        2,310        2,330        7.9   

ARPU (EUR)

     17.4        17.6        17.4        16.5        15.7        (7.3

Prepay

     7.5        7.8        7.7        7.3        6.8        (6.0

Contract

     24.2        24.1        23.6        22.3        21.1        (10.0

Data ARPU (EUR)

     4.7        4.7        4.9        4.7        4.4        (3.3

% non-SMS over data revenues

     45.5     44.7     45.3     45.5     45.6     0.1 p.p.   

 

(1) ARPU and year-on-year change affected by the disconnection of 2.0 million inactive accesses in the first quarter of 2012.
(2) ARPU and year-on-year change affected by the disconnection of 1.2 million inactive accesses in the first quarter of 2012.
(3) ARPU and year-on-year change affected by the disconnection of 0.8 million inactive accesses in the first quarter of 2012.
(4) Key Performance Indicators for mobile business in Czech Republic do not include Slovakia.

Notes:

 

 

ARPU calculated as monthly quarterly average.

 

 

Traffic is defined as minutes used by the company customers, both outbound and inbound. On-net traffic is only included once (outbound), and promotional traffic is included. Traffic not associated to the Company's mobile customers (roaming-in, MVNOs, interconnection of third parties and other business lines) is excluded. Traffic volume non rounded.

 

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TELEFÓNICA EUROPE

CUMULATIVE SELECTED OPERATING MOBILE BUSINESS DATA BY COUNTRY

Unaudited figures

 

     2011     2012        
     Jan-Mar     Jan-Jun     Jan-Sept     Jan-Dec     Jan-Mar     % Chg Local Cur  

TELEFÓNICA SPAIN

            

Traffic (Million minutes)

     9,936        20,165        30,233        39,909        9,346        (5.9

ARPU (EUR) (1)

     23.2        23.2        23.3        22.9        21.9        (5.6

Prepay (2)

     9.6        9.6        9.6        9.3        9.3        (2.8

Contract (3)

     29.7        29.7        29.7        29.1        26.7        (10.3

Data ARPU (EUR)

     5.7        5.8        5.9        6.0        6.5        13.8   

% non-SMS over data revenues

     72.0     72.7     73.6     74.6     82.0     10.0 p.p.   

TELEFÓNICA UK

            

Traffic (Million minutes)

     13,500        26,639        39,560        52,250        12,254        (9.2

ARPU (EUR)

     24.2        23.4        23.3        23.2        22.8        (8.1

Prepay

     10.8        10.5        10.3        10.3        9.9        (10.8

Contract

     39.0        37.5        37.4        37.1        35.8        (10.2

Data ARPU (EUR)

     10.5        10.4        10.5        10.5        10.9        1.3   

% non-SMS over data revenues

     37.6     38.9     39.8     40.5     43.6     6.0 p.p.   

TELEFÓNICA GERMANY

            

Traffic (Million minutes)

     6,859        13,877        20,785        27,993        7,365        7.4   

ARPU (EUR)

     13.1        13.4        13.6        13.6        13.5        2.7   

Prepay

     5.4        5.6        5.7        5.7        5.3        (2.7

Contract

     21.3        21.5        21.9        21.9        21.4        0.4   

Data ARPU (EUR)

     5.2        5.4        5.5        5.6        6.0        15.7   

% non-SMS over data revenues

     47.5     48.9     49.8     50.4     53.9     6.5 p.p.   

TELEFÓNICA IRELAND

            

Traffic (Million minutes)

     1,117        2,257        3,345        4,394        1,004        (10.1

ARPU (EUR)

     34.4        34.2        33.6        33.1        29.2        (15.0

Prepay

     20.1        21.3        21.4        21.3        19.5        (2.9

Contract

     53.0        50.8        49.1        47.7        40.1        (24.3

Data ARPU (EUR)

     14.3        13.7        13.5        13.4        13.0        (9.1

% non-SMS over data revenues

     37.4     40.1     41.6     41.9     45.7     8.2 p.p.   

TELEFÓNICA CZECH REPUBLIC (4)

            

Traffic (Million minutes)

     2,159        4,433        6,645        8,956        2,330        7.9   

ARPU (EUR)

     17.4        17.5        17.5        17.2        15.7        (7.3

Prepay

     7.5        7.6        7.7        7.6        6.8        (6.0

Contract

     24.2        24.1        23.9        23.5        21.1        (10.0

Data ARPU (EUR)

     4.7        4.7        4.8        4.8        4.4        (3.3

% non-SMS over data revenues

     45.5     45.1     45.2     45.3     45.6     0.1 p.p.   

 

(1) ARPU and year-on-year change affected by the disconnection of 2.0 million inactive accesses in the first quarter of 2012.
(2) ARPU and year-on-year change affected by the disconnection of 1.2 million inactive accesses in the first quarter of 2012.
(3) ARPU and year-on-year change affected by the disconnection of 0.8 million inactive accesses in the first quarter of 2012.
(4) KPIs for mobile business in Czech Republic do not include Slovakia.

Notes:

 

   

ARPU calculated as monthly quarterly average of each period.

   

Traffic is defined as minutes used by the company customers, both outbound and inbound. On-net traffic is only included once (outbound), and promotional traffic is included. Traffic not associated to the Company's mobile customers (roaming-in, MVNOs, interconnection of third parties and other business lines) is excluded. Traffic volume non rounded.

 

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TELEFÓNICA EUROPE

SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA BY COUNTRY

Unaudited figures (Euros in millions, except percentages)

 

     January - March  
     2012     2011     % Chg     % Chg
Local Cur
 

TELEFÓNICA SPAIN

        

Revenues

     3,899        4,369        (10.7  

Wireless Business

     1,705        1,977        (13.7  

Wireless service revenues

     1,354        1,647        (17.8  

Wireless data revenues

     413        402        2.7     

Handset revenues

     351        330        6.5     

Wireline Business

     2,493        2,677        (6.9  

FBB and new services (1)

     1,129        1,172        (3.7  

Voice & access revenues

     1,218        1,363        (10.7  

Others

     147        142        2.9     

OIBDA

     1,669        1,931        (13.6  

OIBDA margin

     42.8     44.2     (1.4 p.p.  

CapEx

     356        385        (7.7  

OpCF (OIBDA-CapEx)

     1,313        1,545        (15.0  

TELEFÓNICA UK

        

Revenues

     1,719        1,788        (3.9     (6.0

Service revenues

     1,518        1,619        (6.2     (8.3

Data revenues

     725        700        3.5        1.2   

Handset revenues and other

     201        169        19.0        16.4   

OIBDA

     334        489        (31.7     (33.2

OIBDA Margin

     19.4     27.3     (7.9 p.p.  

CapEx

     198        163        21.6        18.9   

OpCF (OIBDA-CapEx)

     136        326        (58.4     (59.3

TELEFÓNICA GERMANY

        

Revenues

     1,258        1,228        2.5     

Wireless Business

     904        864        4.7     

Wireless service revenues

     758        686        10.5     

Wireless data revenues

     336        269        24.8     

Handset revenues

     146        178        (17.9  

Wireline Business

     353        363        (2.8  

FBB and new services (1)

     251        290        (13.4  

Voice & access revenues

     97        67        45.5     

Others

     4        6        (30.9  

OIBDA

     295        261        13.1     

OIBDA margin

     23.4     21.2     2.2 p.p.     

CapEx

     134        114        18.0     

OpCF (OIBDA-CapEx)

     160        147        9.2     

TELEFÓNICA IRELAND

        

Revenues

     155        187        (17.0  

Service revenues

     143        178        (19.3  

Data revenues

     63        73        (13.5  

Handset revenues and other

     12        9        26.8     

OIBDA

     31        54        (42.5  

OIBDA Margin

     19.9     28.6     (8.8 p.p.  

CapEx

     14        9        47.4     

OpCF (OIBDA-CapEx)

     17        44        (61.6  

TELEFÓNICA CZECH REPUBLIC (2)

        

Revenues

     496        528        (6.0     (3.5

Wireless Business

     285        296        (3.7     (1.3

Wireless service revenues

     272        283        (4.0     (1.6

Wireless data revenues

     75        75        (0.4     2.2   

Handset revenues

     13        13        2.1        5.2   

Wireline Business

     211        231        (8.9     (6.2

FBB and new services (1)

     100        107        (6.5     (3.7

Voice & access revenues

     110        123        (10.9     (8.3

Others

     1        1        (15.0     (12.5

OIBDA

     201        218        (7.8     (5.2

OIBDA margin

     40.5     41.3     (0.8 p.p.  

CapEx

     39        46        (15.6     (13.2

OpCF (OIBDA-CapEx)

     162        172        (5.7     (3.1

Notes:

 

 

OIBDA before management and brand fees.

 

 

From January 1, 2012, and due to the implementation of the new organization announced in September 2011, companies related to the digital world and global resources that were previously part of the scope of consolidation of T. Spain and T. Europe (TIWS, TNA, Jajah, Tuenti and Terra Spain) have been excluded from them and included in “Other companies and eliminations”. Additionally, since the beginning of the year, the scope of consolidation of T. Europe includes T. España. Consequently, the results of T. Europe and "Other companies and eliminations" have been restated for the fiscal year 2011, to reflect this new organization. As this is an intragroup change, Telefónica consolidated results for 2011 are not affected.

 

(1) Includes FBB conectivity services (retail and wholesale), including value added services, TV services, ICT revenues and other services over conectivity.
(2) Includes Slovakia.

 

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Key performance indicators

The Group uses a series of indicators in its decision-making which it considers provide a better indication of its performance. These indicators, different from accounting measures, are as follows:

Operating income before depreciation and amortization (OIBDA)

Operating income before depreciation and amortization (OIBDA) is calculated by excluding depreciation and amortization expenses from operating income in order to eliminate the impact of generally long-term capital investments that cannot be significantly influenced by management in the short term. OIBDA is considered to be more meaningful for investors as it provides an analysis of segment operating performance and profitability using the same measures utilized by management. This metric also allows for comparisons with other companies in the telecommunications sector without consideration of their asset structure.

OIBDA is used to track the performance of the business and to establish operating and strategic targets. OIBDA is a commonly reported measure and is widely used among analysts, investors and other interested parties in the telecommunications industry, although not a measure explicitly defined in IFRS-IASB, and therefore, may not be comparable to similar indicators used by other companies. OIBDA should not be considered as an alternative to operating income as a measurement of our operating results or as an alternative to cash flows from operating activities as a measurement of our liquidity.

The following table presents the reconciliation of OIBDA to operating income for the Telefónica Group for the three month periods ended March 31, 2012 and 2011:

 

Millions of euros

   March 31,
2012 (*)
    March 31,
2011(*)
 

OIBDA

     5,081        5,574   

Depreciation and amortization

     (2,570     (2,517
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

OPERATING INCOME

     2,511        3,057   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(*) unaudited information

The following tables present the reconciliation of OIBDA to operating income for each business segment for the three month periods ended March 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively:

 

March 31, 2012 (*)

 

Millions of euros

   Telefónica
Latin
America
    Telefónica
Europe
    Other
companies
and
eliminations
    Total
Group
 

OIBDA

     2,549        2,513        19        5,081   

Depreciation and amortization

     (1,240     (1,251     (79     (2,570
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

OPERATING INCOME

     1,309        1,262        (60     2,511   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(*) unaudited information

 

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March 31, 2011 (revised1)(*)

 

Millions of euros

   Telefónica
Latin
America
    Telefónica
Europe
    Other
companies
and
eliminations
    Total
Group
 

OIBDA

     2,528        2,947        99        5,574   

Depreciation and amortization

     (1,149     (1,295     (73     (2,517
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

OPERATING INCOME

     1,379        1,652        26        3,057   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

1

Revised to present, for comparative purposes, the new group structure as if it had been in place as of January 1, 2011.

(*) unaudited information

Debt indicators

The Group calculates net financial debt by deducting the positive mark-to-market value of derivatives with a maturity beyond one year from the relevant balance sheet date and other interest-bearing assets (each of which are components of non-current financial assets in our consolidated statement of financial position), current financial assets and cash and cash equivalents from the sum of (i) current and non-current interest-bearing debt (which includes the negative mark-to-market value of derivatives with a maturity beyond one year) and (ii) other payables (a component of non-current trade and other payables in our consolidated statement of financial position). The Group calculates net debt by adding to net financial debt those commitments related to financial guarantees, not considered as net financial debt, and those related to workforce reduction. The Company believes that net financial debt and net debt are meaningful for investors because they provide an analysis of our solvency using the same measures used by our management. The Company uses net financial debt and net debt to calculate internally certain solvency and leverage ratios used by management. Neither net debt nor net financial debt as calculated by us should be considered an alternative to gross financial debt (the sum of current and non-current interest-bearing debt) as a measure of our liquidity.

The following table presents the reconciliation between the Telefónica Group’s gross financial debt, net financial debt and net debt at March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011:

 

Millions of euros

   March 31,
2012 (*)
    December 31,
2011
 

Gross financial debt

     67,604        66,311   

Other non-current payables

     1,665        1,583   

Non-current financial assets

     (4,040     (4,830

Current financial assets

     (2,369     (2,625

Cash and cash equivalents

     (5,729     (4,135
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net financial debt

     57,131        56,304   

Net commitments related to workforce reduction

     1,946        1,810   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net debt

     59,077        58,114   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(*) unaudited information

 

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Item 2

Recent Development

Merger of Telefónica Móviles Colombia, S.A. and Colombia Telecomunicaciones, S.A. ESP

On March 30, 2012, Telefónica Móviles Colombia, S.A. (a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Guarantor), the Colombian government (the “Government”) and Colombia Telecomunicaciones, S.A. ESP (in which the Guarantor has a 52% interest and the Government has a 48% interest) entered into certain agreements to restructure the fixed and mobile businesses of such entities in Colombia.

Pursuant to these agreements, the Government will assume responsibility for the payment of 48% of the amounts due by Colombia Telecomunicaciones, S.A. ESP to the public entity PARAPAT (Patrimonio Autónomo Receptor de Activos de la Empresa Nacional de Telecomunicaciones) which become due following the effectiveness of such agreements. In addition, the agreements provide for the temporal extension of Colombia Telecomunicaciones, S.A. ESP’s payment obligations to PARAPAT for six additional years (until 2028). As of March 31, 2012, the amounts due by Colombia Telecomunicaciones, S.A. ESP to PARAPAT amounted to 664,171,264,796 Colombian pesos, plus interest.

Finally, Telefónica Móviles Colombia, S.A. and Colombia Telecomunicaciones, S.A. ESP are expected to merge. The Guarantor will initially hold 70% of the share capital of the resulting company. The Government will initially hold the remaining 30% but may increase its stake up to 33% by 2015, based on the operating performance of the resulting company. The resulting company is expected to be the second largest integrated telecommunications operator in Colombia, and will be responsible for the remaining 52% of the payment obligations to PARAPAT.

The agreements referred to above are subject to the obtention of the required regulatory approvals, some of which are currently pending, and the merger of Telefónica Móviles Colombia, S.A. and Colombia Telecomunicaciones, S.A. ESP.

 

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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 21, 2012     By:  

/s/ Miguel Escrig Meliá

 
      Name:   Miguel Escrig Meliá  
      Title:   Chief Financial Officer