Capital Increase, etc.

Telefonica SA 17 July 2000 TO THE SPANISH NATIONAL SECURITIES MARKET COMMISSION Jose Maria Mas Millet, acting on behalf of and in the name of TELEFONICA, S.A. (the 'Company' or 'TELEFONICA'), in his position as Secretary General and Secretary of the Board of the Company, before the Spanish National Securities Market Commission HEREBY CERTIFIES THAT I. The Annual General Shareholders' Meeting of the Company, held on April 7th, 2000, resolved to increase the Company's share capital by a nominal amount of up to euros 215,200,000, through the issue of 215,200,00 new ordinary shares of a nominal value of one (1) euro each, with the total elimination of pre-emptive rights, in order to address the exchange established for the acquisition of the ordinary shares, or the securities that represent these, of the Dutch company Endemol Entertainment Holding N.V. (hereinafter 'ENDEMOL') through a public exchange offer, as well as delegating in the Board of Directors, which, in turn may delegate in the Standing Committee or any of the Directors, the execution of the capital increase in accordance with article 153.1,a) of the Corporate Law. II. The aforementioned capital increase was resolved subject to the Offer being effective. III. This document, in accordance with that stated in article 26 of the Securities Market Law 24/1988, of July 28th and article 5.2.a) of Royal Decree 291/1992, of March 27th, regarding Issues and Public Tender Offers, represents the compulsory Prior Announcement of the increase in share capital of the Company, stating that the principal characteristics of this are the following: 1. The Issuer The issuer of the shares deriving from the capital increase is TELEFONICA, S.A., with its head offices in Madrid, c/ Gran Via 28 and registered under Fiscal Identification Code (CIF) number A-28015865, in the Madrid Mercantile Register, Volume 12534, Sheet 21 and Page M-6164. The Company forms part of the Telefonica Group in accordance with that stated in article 4 of the Securities Market Law, with the Company acting as the head of this group. 2. Type and characteristics of the shares to be issued and the amount of the issue The shares derived from the capital increase are ordinary TELEFONICA shares with a nominal value of one (1) euro each, of the same series and carrying the same rights as the remaining TELEFONICA shares currently outstanding, and will represented by book entries. The new shares to be issued under the capital increase will be entitled to the total amount of the dividends to be distributed from the date of the issuance of these. The number of shares to be issued under the capital increase is up to 215,200,000 with a nominal value of up to euros 215,200,000. The shares are to be issued with a premium of euros 2.875 for each share issued, to reach a maximum total of euros 618,700,000. Therefore, the total figure for the Issue will stand at a maximum of euros 833,900,000. The Company will apply for the official listing of these shares on the four Spanish stock exchanges, as well as their trading on the Automated Quotation System and their listing on the New York, London, Frankfurt, Paris, Buenos Aires, Lima, Sao Paulo and the other Brazilian stock exchanges, and their listing on the Stock Exchange Automated Quotation System (SEAQ International). 3. Subscribers to whom the issue will be offered The aim of the capital increase, to which this Announcement refers, is that of addressing the exchange of the ordinary ENDEMOL shares, deriving from the Offer launched by TELEFONICA on 34,688,690 ordinary ENDEMOL shares. Therefore, the holders of ENDEMOL shares that contribute these to the Offer launched by TELEFONICA will be entitled to the TELEFONICA shares issued as a result of the capital increase. The exchange ratio has been set at 6.2033 new TELEFONICA shares for every ordinary ENDEMOL share. 4. Allotment process The subscription and payment of the new TELEFONICA shares derived from the capital increase will be made by the ENDEMOL shareholders that accept the Offer launched by TELEFONICA. Once the newly issued TELEFONICA shares have been subscribed and paid in and the capital increase has been registered on the Mercantile Register, the exchange of TELEFONICA shares will be made with the acceptors of the Offer. The exchange will take place approximately ten (10) weekdays, to be dictated by the Madrid Stock Exchange, dating from the close of the period for the delivery of the ENDEMOL shares to TELEFONICA. Bearing in mind that the increase will take place through the exchange of ENDEMOL shares, no payment will be made by the subscribers to the capital increase. 5. Entities involved in the Issue All those entities, which in the course of their normal activities form part of the Spanish Settlement and Clearance Service (SCLV), will take part in the allotment of the shares derived from, this capital increase. 6. Prospectus of the Issue TELEFONICA will present the corresponding Abridged Prospectus on the issue derived from this capital increase, in order for this to be verified and registered by the Spanish National Securities Commission, in accordance with that stated in article 5.2.d) of Royal Decree 291/1992. It is hereby requested that the Spanish National Securities Commission accept this Prior Announcement regarding the capital increase, and, having fulfilled the necessary requirements, proceed to register this in the Commission's corresponding Register. Madrid, July 14th, 2000 TELEFONICA, S.A. P.p Jose Maria Mas Millet Restrictions The distribution of the Offer Document and the making of the Telefonica Offer in jurisdictions other than the Netherlands, may be restricted by law and therefore persons into whose possession this Offer Document comes, should inform themselves about and observe any such restrictions. Any failure to comply with these restrictions may constitute a violation of the securities laws of any jurisdiction. Neither Telefonica nor ENDEMOL assume any responsibility for any violation of such restrictions by anyone. United States of America The Telefonica Offer is not being made, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States, or by use of the United States mails, or by any means or instrumentality of United States interstate or foreign commerce, or any facility of a United States national securities exchange, and the Telefonica Offer cannot be accepted by any such use, means or instrumentality to or from within the United States. Accordingly, copies of the Offer Document and any related materials are not being mailed or otherwise distributed or sent in or into the United States and persons receiving such documents (including custodians, nominees and trustees) must not distribute or send them in, into or from the United States and doing so will render invalid any related purported acceptance of the Telefonica Offer. The Telefonica Shares to be exchanged for ENDEMOL Ordinary Shares pursuant to the Telefonica Offer have not been, and will not be, registered under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended, nor under the laws of any state of the United States and may not be offered, sold, resold or delivered, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States except pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of such Act. United Kingdom The Telefonica Offer is not being made, directly or indirectly, in or into the United Kingdom. Accordingly copies of this Offer Document may not be distributed, directly or indirectly, to any person in the United Kingdom. A prospectus in respect to the Telefonica Shares to be exchanged for ENDEMOL Ordinary Shares pursuant to the Telefonica Offer has not been and will not be prepared pursuant to the UK Public Offer of Securities Regulations 1995. Accordingly, the Telefonica Shares may not be sold or offered, directly or indirectly, to any person in the United Kingdom.
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