16 Oct 2012 07:18
TELEFÓNICA, S.A. as provided in article 82 of the Spanish Securities Market Act (Ley del Mercado de Valores), hereby reports the following
SIGNIFICANT EVENT
Further to the communication filed on October 3, 2012 Telefónica, S.A. hereby reports that the number of shares in its subsidiary Telefónica Deutschland Holding A.G. (the "Company") to be offered in the IPO, the offer period and the price range within in which investors may submit purchase orders has been determined. The commencement of the offer period is subject to the prior approval of the securities prospectus by the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht - BaFin) and, once approved, the prospectus will be available at the Company's website.
The number of shares offered to the market is 258,750,000 including the shares that the underwriters have the option to purchase under the greenshoe option, representing approximately 23.17% of Telefónica Deutschland Holding, A.G.'s share capital. Telefónica Group will remain the majority shareholder of the Company.
The price range within which investors may submit purchase orders is between 5.25 and 6.50 Euros per share, corresponding to total gross proceeds at the mid-point of the price range of 1,520 million euros (including the shares under the greenshoe option). The period in which interested investors can submit their offers to purchase shares is scheduled tomorrow, October 17, 2012 and is scheduled to end on October 29, 2012. The first day of trading of the shares on the regulated market (Prime Standard) of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange is expected to be on October 30, 2012.
Please see attached Press Release from Telefónica Deutschland Holding AG.
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In Madrid, October 16, 2012.
Disclaimer:
These written materials are not an offer of securities for sale in the United States, Canada, Australia, South Africa and Japan. Securities may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or an exemption therefrom. The issuer or selling security holder has not and does not intend to register any securities under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and does not intend to offer any securities in the United States. No money, securities or other consideration from any person inside the United States is being solicited and, if sent in response to the information contained in these written materials, will not be accepted.
This publication constitutes neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation to buy securities. The offer will be made solely by means of, and on the basis of, a securities prospectus which is to be published. The securities prospectus will be available free of charge from the company, at the German offices of the Joint Global Coordinators J.P. Morgan and UBS or on the website of the Company.
The securities may not be offered or sold in Spain except in accordance with the requirements of the Spanish Securities Market Law ("Ley 24/1988, de 28 de Julio del Mercado de Valores"), as amended and restated and Royal Decree 1310/2005 on admission of securities to trading, public offerings and prospectuses ("Real Decreto 1310/2005, de 4 de noviembre, por el que se desarrolla parcialmente la Ley 24/1988, de 28 de Julio del Mercado de Valores, en material de admission a negociación de valores en mercados secundarios oficiales, de ofertas públicas de venta o suscripción y del folleto exigible a tales efectos"), as amended and restated, and the decrees and regulations made thereunder. The securities may not be sold, offered or distribute to persons in Spain except: (i) in circumstances which do not constitute a public offering of securities in Spain within the meaning of Article 38 of Royal Decree 1310/2005; or (ii) subject to one of the exceptions of the prospectuses requirements envisaged in article 41 of Royal Decree 1310/2005.