Immediate Report

Possible Decline in Value of Subsidiary

Tel Aviv, Israel - July 29, 2019- Bezeq The Israel Telecommunication Corp., Ltd. (TASE: BEZQ), announced today that as part of the preparations of the financial statements for Q2 2019, on July 29, 2019 the Board of the subsidiary Pelephone Communications Ltd ('Pelephone') held a meeting regarding indications of a decline in value and the multi-year forecast of Pelephone. After taking into account the cash flow forecast, the Company estimates that there is a possibility of an impairment of the value of Pelephone as compared with the book value, which may lead to a write-off on the Company's books in the range of NIS 0.8 - 1.1 billion.

It is clarified that this is an initial internal estimate, and in due course an external valuation will be carried out, as a result of which it is possible that the impairment on the Company's books will be different and even materially different from what is stated above.

Part of the information included in this report is forward looking information in the meaning of the term in the Securities Law, 1968, and it is based, inter alia, on estimates and forecasts concerning future trends in the markets applicable to Pelephone, and the impact of these on the value of Pelephone. Accordingly, the information may not occur in whole or in part if the Company's estimates and forecasts will come about differently than expected.

The above information constitutes a translation of theImmediate Report published by the Company. The Hebrew version wassubmitted by the Company to the relevant authorities pursuant to Israeli law, and represents the binding version and the only onehaving legal effect. This translation was prepared for convenience purposes only.

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