Offer Endemol Ord Shares

Telefonica SA 30 June 2000 TELEFONICA TELEFONICA, S.A., in accordance with that stated in article 82 of the Spanish Stock Market Law and that set forth in the Circular Letter 14/1998 of the Spanish Securities Commission of December 28th, 1998, hereby announces the following: SIGNIFICANT EVENT Today, Friday June 30, 2000, Telefonica, S.A. is to launch a Public Acquisition Offering (the 'Offer') of the shares of the Dutch company Endemol Entertainment Holding, N.V. ('Endemol'). The Offer is a consequence of the agreements reached with this same company and its core shareholders on March 17th, 2000, which was duly announced as a Significant Event by way of a letter on this same date. The highlights of the Offer are as follows: * The Offer covers one hundred percent of Endemol's ordinary shares outstanding (34,688,690 ordinary shares) to be exchanged for newly issued Telefonica, S.A. shares. * The exchange ratio has been set at 6.2033 Telefonica, S.A. shares for every ordinary Endemol share. * The Offer's acceptance period will begin on Monday July 3rd, 2000 and will close on July 24th, 2000. * The Offer is, among other things, conditional to the acceptance of at least 75 percent of Endemol's ordinary shares outstanding, as well as the obtaining of the authorisations deemed necessary by the national or European Union authorities. * The Offer has been unanimously approved by Endemol's 'Supervisory Board' and Executive Committee, which have also recommended that their shareholders accept this Offer. * Several Endemol shareholders, representing 50.6% of the ordinary Endemol shares outstanding, have undertaken the commitment to accept this Offer. * The corresponding capital increase of the Telefonica shares to be exchanged for the ordinary Endemol shares accepted by the Offer, was approved by Telefonica's General Shareholders Meeting held on April 7th, 2000. * The formalisation of the capital increase and listing of the new shares is foreseen to take place in the first weeks of August 2000. 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 Telfonica Shares may not be sold or offered, directly or indirectly, to any person in the United Kingdom.
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