TDE.L Regulatory News (TDE)

Personnel changes in the Supervisory Board

January 29, 2014

The Supervisory Board of Telefónica Czech Republic, a.s., has decided on January 29, 2014 on the following personnel changes. As of this date resigned from their offices the Chairwoman, Mrs María Eva Castillo Sanz and members of the Supervisory Board Mr Jesús Pérez de Uriguen and Mr Francisco de Borja de Nicolás Benito. Subsequently, the Supervisory Board elected Mr Martin Štefunko as its Chairman and Mr Ladislav Bartoníček as its 1st Vice-chairman.

All these changes are effective as of January 30, 2014.

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Telefónica Czech Republic is a major integrated operator in the Czech Republic. It is now operating almost seven million lines, both fixed and mobile, making it one of the world's leading providers of fully converged services. The organization offers the most comprehensive portfolio of voice and data services in this country. It is paying special attention to the exploitation of the growth potential, particularly in the data and Internet sector. Telefónica Czech Republic operates the largest fixed and mobile network including a 3rd generation network, CDMA (for data), and UMTS, enabling voice, data and video transmission. Telefónica Czech Republic is also a notable provider of ICT services.

Telefónica is one of the world's largest telecommunications operators by market capitalisation. Its activities are centred mainly on the fixed and mobile telephony businesses, while its broadband business is the key growth driver underpinning both. It operates in 25 countries and has a global customer base of over 300 million. Telefónica's growth strategy is focused on the markets in which it has a strong foothold: Europe and Latin America. Telefónica is a 100% private sector company with its shares listed in Madrid and other stock exchanges and more than 1.5 million individual shareholders.