CTC Special Meeting of Shareh

RNS Number : 8911G

Telefonica SA

28 October 2008

 

TELEFÓNICA, S.A., as provided in article 82 of the Spanish Stock Market Act (Ley del Mercado de Valores), hereby reports the following

SIGNIFICANT EVENT

Further to the information filed on October 13, a Special Meeting of Shareholders of COMPAÑÍA DE TELECOMUNICACIONES DE CHILE, S.A. ('CTC') was held today, October 28, to vote on the amendment of certain provisions of CTC´s by-laws, which constituted a condition for the validity of the Tender Offer for CTC shares launched by INVERSIONES TELEFÓNICA INTERNACIONAL HOLDING, LTDA., on September 17, 2008, and amended on October 13.

The proposed amendment to CTC's by-laws consisted on the removal of the 45% limit on  the maximum stake that may be held by a single CTC shareholder. The majority required to pass the resolution is a 75% of the total number of shares of CTC.

At the Special Meeting of Shareholders of CTC held today, 85.9% of the share capital voted in favour of the by-law Amendment, with 0.2% voting against. Consequently, the by-law Amendment was approved.

Accordingly, the aforementioned Tender Offer will proceed in accordance with the established schedule.

Madrid, October 28th, 2008

 

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