UPDATE ON EUSKALTEL BOARD REPRESENTATION

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ZEGONA COMMUNICATIONS PLC ("Zegona")

LEI: 213800ASI1VZL2ED4S65

 5 JUNE 2019

UPDATE ON EUSKALTEL BOARD REPRESENTATION

Zegona announces that José Miguel García, Zegona's proprietary director on the board of Euskaltel S.A has today been appointed as Euskaltel's CEO in place of Francisco Arteche. In addition, Eamonn O'Hare, Zegona's Chairman and CEO, has been appointed as Zegona's proprietary director on the Euskaltel Board. As the largest shareholder in Euskaltel, Zegona has also requested an additional proprietary director position, and expects Robert Samuelson, Zegona's COO, to be reappointed to the Euskaltel board in this capacity in due course.

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Llorente y Cuenca (Public Relations adviser - Spain)

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Jorge López-Zafra - jlopez@llorenteycuenca.com 

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