FORM 6-K
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the month of January, 2019
Commission File Number: 001-09531
Telefónica, S.A.
(Translation of registrant's name into English)
Distrito Telefónica, Ronda de la Comunicación s/n,
28050 Madrid, Spain
3491-482 87 00
(Address of principal executive offices)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:
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Telefónica, S.A.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
| Item | Sequential Page Number | |
| 1. | Telefónica – Issue of EMTN Notes | 2 |
TELEFÓNICA, S.A. in compliance with the Securities Market legislation, hereby communicates the following
INSIDE INFORMATION
Today, TELEFÓNICA, S.A., through its wholly-owned subsidiary TELEFÓNICA EMISIONES, S.A.U., has launched in the Euro market under its Guaranteed Euro Programme for the Issuance of Debt Instruments (EMTN Programme) an issuance of Notes guaranteed by TELEFÓNICA, S.A. amounting to 1,000 million euros.
These Notes are due on February 5, 2024, pay an annual coupon of 1.069% and are issued at par (100%). The settlement and closing date is scheduled for February 5, 2019. Application will be made for the Notes to be listed on the Irish Stock Exchange plc trading as Euronext Dublin.
The net proceeds of the Notes are to be allocated towards projects aiming at improving the energy efficiency in the network transformation from copper to fibre optic in Spain.
Madrid, January 28, 2019
Legal Notice
"This announcement is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to buy any of the securities referred to herein and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation nor sale in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale is unlawful -including but not limited to the United States, Australia, Canada or Japan-.
The securities referred to herein have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any state securities laws, and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and in accordance with applicable state securities laws."
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| Telefónica, S.A. | |||||
| Date: | January 28, 2019 | By: | /s/ Pablo de Carvajal González | ||
| Name: | Pablo de Carvajal González | ||||
| Title: | Secretary to the Board of Directors | ||||